We all have our backlogs of games we want to get to, but since time is limited, and life has other important things, we never get to play everything we want. But sometimes I find myself looking at my backlog, or at some game magazines ”best of” lists and I see titles I am kind of embarrassed I haven’t played yet. Either because they look exactly like the kind of game I would love, or they are almost universally considered among the finest games ever, or they have incredible historical importance.

So what are those games for you? I don’t want to set specific criteria, if you want to go by metacritic, this sites annual top list or just whatever game you strongly believe you would love but haven’t gotten to, it is up to you.

I will post my own list in a bit and will try to limit myself to 10 games.

Sometimes I get a heavily discounted bundle on Steam and maybe only play a couple games from it. So I’ve got all those ancient D&D games that I haven’t touched, pretty much all the Star Wars games even though I was only looking at X-Wing/TIE Fighter/Dark Forces, an anthology of Tomb Raider games just for the really new ones, and I keep getting tempted to buy up the Resident Evil franchise even though my only experience with it is watching someone play Code Veronica X on the PS2.

For almost 30 years I discarded handheld gaming. I could not fathom why to pay $$ for a handheld game when for a the same or little more $$$ I could get a higher quality game on a home console.

This is the reason I never owned a Nintendo handheld, while owning all of their home consoles (except Wii U).

But damn with the Switch I was proven wrong. Not just about the joy of playing handheld, but also because thanks to NSO I started playing Gameboy and Gameboy Advance games. Plenty are really good.

In retrospective I'm a bit ashamed to have looked down on handheld gaming for so long.

 Here are the 10 games I am the most ashamed of not having played through:

Fallout New Vegas

You could probably also add Fallout 3, I haven’t touched the series. New Vegas seems to be the one fans celebrate. It looks really cool, so even if I am not the biggest RPG fan, I would probably enjoy this.

Mass Effect 2

Another western RPG classic. Again I haven’t touched the series. It annoys me that I basicly have to play through the first one to start what is considered the most essential title. Maybe I’ll get to it some day.

Final Fantasy VII

This one I am not sure I will ever make it through. I have even tried twice. JRPGs are not exactly my comfort games, and they take so long, but this is so important I have to push myself through. I finally beat FFVI this year, so anything is possible I guess.

Final Fantasy X

Same as FFVII, I also tried this one and got quite far, until something else caught my interest. After a rough start I actually started appreciating the game more as it got along. I am more comfortable that I will make it through this one some day than VII.

God of War (2018)

Another game I tried multiple times, but quit for whatever reason, there is a lot to admire here, but I guess I struggled getting over the fact that it isn’t like the old games.

Uncharted 2

Yet another game I tried but never made it through. I love The Last of Us, so this should in principle be for me, I guess.

The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask

The only big classic Zelda game I never played through. The time mechanic is intimidating to me, hence I never tried, but I am a big fan of the series and the game seems so fascinating, so have to give it a go.

Chrono Trigger

Another JRPG. Even if I don’t love the genre, there are just some games you cannot avoid right?

Silent Hill 2

This is mostly embarrassing because I played the remake, which is probably my favorite or second favorite game of this decade, I cannot believe I didn’t play the original yet.

Metroid Prime

I played Super Metroid, I even played Metroid Prime 3: Corruption back in the day, but for whatever reason I never played Metroid Prime.

Big Nintendo fan, but never played the original Legend of Zelda or Metroid cos I grew up after the NES era and find it hard to go back to.

I bought my PS4 in 2015 which was a GTAV bundle. My copy of GTAV is still sealed, just never got around to playing it. I will play it at some stage though.

Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires is my first platinum Trophy, and it was shamefully easy.

Oh, not that kind of shame? Well, moving on, then...

Final Fantasy VII is my #1 pick. I've started the game twice, I think, but the beginning is just so boring, and the game looks ugly, so I didn't get very far either time. Maybe I would have liked the graphics more back then, but I just hate those character models, and the game hasn't aged too well otherwise either (or at least the beginning hasn't). I still intend to play it before the remake, and I think I'll be playing it within two years from now, possibly even quite soon, but so far it's been waiting for me attention.

The Witcher III is another good pick here. I want to play the first two games first, but the first one didn't suck me in good time the first time I tried it, so it's not exactly at the top of my list. It's a real shame, because it's really the third game I'm interested in, but I also want to get the story from the first two games first (and no, I don't read up stories or watch them on YouTube in anything I actually care about).

*WARNING* My List is highly shocking-

The Last of Us part 2
Witcher 3
Batman: Arkham Knight
Uncharted 3 & 4
Mass Effect 1, 2 & 3
Portal 1 & 2
Half Life 2 (and maybe 1)
Left 4 Dead 2
Death Stranding 1 & 2
Eden Ring
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
The Evil Within 2
Devil May Cry 5
Dragon's Dogma 2
Silent Hill 2 (remake & original)
FF14
FF7 Rebirth
Wu Kong
Monster Hunter World (or any other MH games)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Bayonetta 3
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Any Pokémon after Diamond (& between Yellow & Diamond)
99% of critically acclaimed Indie Games (Celest, Hollow Knight, Ori, Hades, Inside, Balatro, Undertale, etc)
All Souls likes (apart from Bloodborne)
All God of War Games
Chrono Trigger
FF6
Secret of Mana

The worst thing is I have most of these games yet never got round to playing them.

Seriously though, play them ASAP, the trilogy altogether represents one of the greatest journeys in gaming.

I completely agree.

*Another WARNING* The reason may seem worse.

I bought the first one for 360 but never got round to playing it. Later I bought the entire trilogy on PS3 but the disc reader broke. At this time I got a Wii U and Nintendo Land... I think I should stop writing lol.

I will get definitely round to playing them one day. It's been burning on my mind for the last 15 - 20 years.