Vasharal

NEW YEAR. NEW FOCUS.


I've got a plan and I'm not afraid to use it

After a hectic few months, I finally feel like I have a bit more time to focus on the goals I've set for myself. Did I stick to the 1st Year Dad Plan? Absolutely not. Am I having fun anyway? Very much so.

I closed out the year deep in a JRPG bubble, and crawled out of it on the 31st of December with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as my last game of 2025. Not a bad way to go out. Now, 2026 kicks off with what might be my toughest challenge yet, Hollow Knight. It's a punishing game and progress will be slow, so bear with me on that one.

Beyond that, the plan is to finally breathe some open-world air. Red Dead Redemption 2 and AC: Valhalla are both sitting there staring at me, and honestly, I might just do both. My goal for this quarter is to hit 310 completed games and make a real dent in that backlog. Let's see if the plan survives contact with reality.

JANUARY - MARCH 2026


Unfinished Beaten Completed Backlog+ Library+ Wishlisted
9 3 9 ⇑ 4 ⇑ 35 ⇓ 790

Achievements Games Completed (All-Time) Average Completion Rate
⇑ 238 311 ⇑ 74.3%

Completed
311
Backlog
647
Unfinished (136) Beaten (80) Completed (311) Never Played (2987 · 647 Backlogged)

Yearly Challenge - Completed Games (9/30)

Completed this Quarter: 9

50% (9/18)
17% (3/18)
17% (3/18)
17% (3/18)
Completed
9/18
Beaten
3/18
Unfinished
3/18
Never Played
3/18

BEST SINGLEPLAYER THIS QUARTER

MOST EXCITING ADDITION

Unfinished ⭐ 10/10
🏆 Achievements: 9 / 51
🕐 52.5h
📀 Physical Copy
Beaten ⭐ 8/10
🏆 Achievements: N/A
🕐 30h

BEST MULTIPLAYER THIS QUARTER

WISH I PLAYED SOONER

Completed ⭐ 10/10
🏆 Achievements: 51 / 51
🕐 62.3h
Unfinished ⭐ 10/10
🏆 Achievements: 9 / 51
🕐 52.5h

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2 months ago* 6 comments
fernandopa

Awesome plan, Vash! I played RDR2 for the Steamgifts Magazine (a gift from xxxka) and it took me around 144 hours to feel finished with it. I have done the Epilogue (it’s a must) but haven’t really engaged with any of the map that opens up after beating the game, so there’s still a decent chunk of game for me to return eventually. It’s such a beautiful and well made game, once you get used to the slower pace of it, it becomes almost therapy

As for Hollow Knight, be kind to yourself. It’s a brutal game even if you’re not going for 100% (my case), and I cannot even imagine how difficult and frustrating it must be to go through the Path of Pain or the God’s Pantheon just chasing that completion badge. I personally struggled a lot with some mainline encounters like the Soul Master, Nosk and the Broken Vessel, and literally decided to stop chasing the side content once I fought Grimm a few times and realized it was a no go. Good luck!

2 months ago
Vasharal

I will honestly try my very best to complete it. Maybe I’ll have phases where I drop it, then get back to it, drop it again, and then return once more. It’s the type of game that requires a lot of “getting good,” and I feel like if I keep hammering away at it nonstop, I’ll eventually burn out. I don’t want to be the type who drops a game just because it’s too tough to complete. I’ve had a couple of games like that before, but eventually I managed to beat them, just nothing to the degree of what Hollow Knight is.

I do feel like it’s doable; I just think some bosses require a lot of pattern learning, and eventually I’ll get the hang of it and push through. Now, I don’t know how complicated it is to reach 120% completion, as one of the achievements requires, but I know for sure it will take a lot of time and a lot of going back and forth.

I was trying to mix it up with Red Dead Redemption 2, mainly because Hollow Knight doesn’t really have a story to compensate in the same way. However, now that I’ve added a voice mod to make the characters actually speak, I think it’s going to improve my overall experience with the game.

2 months ago
fernandopa

Ohhh voice mod? Very interesting, I imagine that does wonders for the game if the voice acting is good. I’ll definitely try it if I ever play through it again!

2 months ago
Vasharal

It actually is done by professionals.
Check it out!

2 months ago
fernandopa

So. Cool. Although I’d disable item description and stuff if I could. A disembodied voice sounds odd hahaha

2 months ago
Vasharal

Yes, you can for item descriptions. I don’t mind it.

2 months ago