What is the resolution of your game in 2022?
If I had to guess the percentage of New Year’s resolutions actually retained, I would estimate it to be somewhere near almost absolute zero. But this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make them! This is a new year, a new beginning, and a new opportunity to develop some good habits and change some bad habits. Just because your determination didn’t hold on last year or the year before, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try again.
So keep making plans, exercise more, eat better, keep your desk organized, learn a language, take that cursed ring to Mordor and put it in the Doomsday Crack, or whatever you promised yourself Things” will do this year
Maybe this also extends to your gaming habits. Below we have written some new year game resolutions for 2022. If you have some yourself, we would love to see them in the comments.
Lauren Morton, Associate Editor: Released my first game mod
I like to install mods for games: custom content in The Sims, new partners in Skyrim, huge adventure maps in Minecraft, etc. I have always liked architecture and level design, and have considered making something myself many times. Every time I get three in-depth videos in the Creation Kit tutorial, I suddenly become paralyzed in choice. There are so many building sets. What do i want to do?
This year I want to finally get my hands dirty and finish what I can post. Maybe I will overcome my indecision and create some small new interiors for Skyrim. Or try to design a new Stardew Valley area. But it’s no big deal, because I am a victim of scope creep like hell.
Tyler Colp, Associate Editor: Quit the game without feeling guilty
When the game doesn’t suit me, I still can’t quit, or at least I don’t feel guilty about it. There are many games on the market, many of which are terrible, or have some problems that are not worth trying. My goal in 2022 is to stop playing games that don’t have enough reason to continue playing. This is a simple goal, really, but it is important to respect my time because there are many other things happening.
This may result in more games being quit this year, but it also means that I can understand what’s going on there and maybe try things that I won’t participate in. In the past, this approach led to some of my favorite games. I remember a few hours later I thought Dark Souls was stupid, and now I hate how much I like that game. I hope this year I can worry about some unexpected things, not just Elden Ring.
Andy Chalk, Head of North American News: Playing Elden Ring
In my life, I play as a soul. I don’t remember whether it was a demon or darkness, but I can tell you it’s utter nonsense: I was holding a pointed stick and a rag, and I was immediately thrown into a brutal boss battle with some huge monsters. Fight immediately and give me pancakes every time I look at it. After 15 minutes, I pulled the plug and vowed never to swear again. My thoughts on this subtype remained the same: very beautiful, paper-thin, meaningless masochism.
(I also don’t like using the controller. Compared to the accuracy and flexibility of the proper mouse and keyboard settings, the controller feels very clumsy.)
Anyway, given that I have decided to play Elden Ring in 2022, I will use a controller (especially Logitech F310) to play. The important thing is that I will work hard for it sincerely. I will not deny my prejudices, there are many of them, but it is possible–possible——I didn’t give the last game a suitable opportunity. Given the excitement of the upcoming Elden Ring, I thought it might be time for me to take a serious look at all the fuss.
Graeme Meredith, video producer: Have a more diverse gaming experience
As I may have mentioned elsewhere, I recently obtained a Game Pass. So, I will be one of those Game Pass people who talk about Game Pass, as if they were the first to subscribe to Game Pass and experience everything that Game Pass has to offer.
So, as for my determination, its length is to accept a more diversified gaming experience and use Game Pass as one of the tools for me to do so. I’m the kind of person who is obsessed with things and will play a game religiously for weeks or months before proceeding to the next thing-I don’t intend to stop doing this, but this will not create a very textured game. Live or allow great conversations. By the end of this year, I hope to have at least more samples of the content so that I can become more knowledgeable and enjoy the all-round experience the game provides.
So far, I have a one-week game pass, and I have played Forza Horizon 4 for 10 hours and…a few minutes of 4K Minecraft.
Fraser Brown, online editor: Sleep
I can’t play as many games as I do, but I have a strange technique: I don’t sleep. I always sacrifice travel to dreamland in order to support more practical forms of entertainment. When I was very young, my parents had to remove all the light sources from my room so that I could no longer peek at the pages of the book I was obsessed with. Then came the video game-my Game Boy and I were hidden under the duvet. In the decades since then, nothing has changed.
For most of my adult life, I could sleep 4-5 hours a night, but I am definitely starting to feel the loss now. After seeing how dry my eyes were, my optician had to ask for a second opinion. This may be why I am always irritable. So I’m going to try something new, and the next time I start thinking about starting an intensive RPG at 11pm, I will get drunk. A healthy alternative.
Hardware writer Katie Wickens: write more indie games
Now I am encouraged to make game resolutions. Although there are no real-world related resolutions, I think I’d better come up with something sharp. Suppose I will try to explore and report more obscure independent games, because I like to expose cute mini-games and give the hard-working independent companies the recognition they deserve. I think this covers games and reality, and it’s particularly pragmatic, because I really didn’t have much opportunity to write a lot of indie games last year. 2022 is the year I sneak away from the dark corners of hardware reporting and break some useful independent news to support the game. Hush, don’t tell my boss.
Lauren Aitken, Associate Guide Editor: Started to protect my PC and game consoles against babies
Children are very smart, and my toddler likes to press buttons on everything, so now is the time for babies to prove a lot-I mean more than just making the device out of reach. It’s time to make sure to delete my credit card and PayPal details from all consoles and my PC, turn off the automatic sign-in and automatic purchase options, and set up children and family settings so that someone does not fall by accident on the right-wing YouTube vulnerability. It’s also time to let my family understand the dangers of letting the video continue, and make sure that my father keeps the PS4 out of reach-he doesn’t need Chonk to deliberately install The Witcher 3 GOTY version on it… or Is he willing?
Filmmaker Imogen Mailer: Make time for the “Me” game
When I am not working for PC Gamer, I will broadcast live. Last year I streamed on Twitch for more than 500 hours, most of which was playing games from Stardew Valley to Halo Infinite. However, the worst part of streaming is that you associate the game with the content you want your audience to experience. No matter how much you want to take care of parsnips, you cannot play games without going online.
I had a nightmare in 2021, where I managed to defeat the infamous Dark Souls boss Ornstein and Smurf, and was frustrated that my audience did not see a fatal blow. This is just a symptom of my brain intertwined with Twitch and my gaming experience.So this year, I hope I can spare some time I game. The game I play is not to satisfy the audience or have to talk all the time. The games I play are just for my fun and my own fun. Hope this may just stop the nightmare.
Chris Livingston, feature film producer: Make a note of the game I am playing
In general, I try to be more organized-write a personal diary, leave notes and reminders for myself, set goals and write lists. My short-term memory is terrible, and as far as I know, my long-term memory is also terrible. So I really need to keep a written record to avoid forgetting things. Even the basic things.
It also happens in the game. I will play for a while, then let it bounce back in a few other games, and then when I finally return to the original game after a few weeks or months-when I quit, I don’t know what I’m doing . What tasks do I plan to accomplish? What is my goal when I am distracted by other things? What is my role in the middle? What am I going to do next? I think keeping a little game diary may help as a reference. Oh yes, I plan to add a room on my base to place a new workbench, and then start to research this special technology tree, which will allow me to unlock the windmill. Or whatever it is. I will try to remember to do this.