Strider is my next obsessive nightmare (preview)

While trying to break from my obsession for video game completion, I kicked out Capcom and Double Helix from my support group. They are classic enablers. Turning Strider (releasing on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC) into a Metroid exploration game is a great idea for healthy people, but it’s going to be hell for my OCD.

Yet I accepted the PlayStation 4 disc anyways, so I have to accept responsibility for my problem. The accompanying paperwork confirmed that only 20 percent of the map would be playable for the press. Those words crunched slowly through the heavy gears of my brain for an eternal minute. Twenty percent of the map: I wonder if I can find every item and secret area there is to find in that small chunk? Can I find more items than the other writers? Could I do it quicker than them? Better? Oh, no — the obsession has started.