The Journey Begins

 What is the Backlog Project?

Yesterday I was going through my library of video games and thought "How many have I actually Beat?" and then decided to categorize the games I've played and beat from those I haven't beat.  The results shook me as I saw that over six hundred were games I hadn't touched, so I decided to invite my good friends Edward Orange and Bryan Redd to tackle this journey with me. 

How Does it Work?

Edward, Bryan and I all listed 10 games from our backlog that were games we wanted to play but had yet to play through.  Then afterwards we voted each selecting a game from the other's list telling them to play that game.  As an added layer we decided to leverage Microsoft's incredible Game Pass to select a game we could all play and review at once.

Austyn's List

Most of the games were newer and have been sitting in my library for a while.  The Inclusions were

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Control

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Kingdoms of Amular: Reckoning

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Outlast 2

Xcom 2

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Jade Empire

Edward's List

Edward's list was a bit more varied with many critically acclaimed titles from the past decade.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Assassin's Creed III Remastered

Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection

Bioshock 2

Bioshock Infinite

Grand Theft Auto IV

Red Dead Redemption 2

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Bryan's List

Another Varied List of great releases with a tinge more of horror than the other two lists.

Resident Evil 2 Remake

Spiritfarer

Bloodbourne

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Red Dead Redemption 2

Bioshock 2

Mad Max

The Evil Within

Far Cry 5

What now?

We will update you with posts on how the games are going and eventually our reviews of our selected titles.  Thank you for joining us on the great journey!

Austyn Greene