Are you able to pick games back up?
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Sometimes, but rarely. Usually when I stop a game half way through it's because it's become boring, so I'd rather move on to something new and exciting. But occasionally a game can be good enough to be worth coming back to. Usually when I come back to an older game it's one I've already finished. It's one that I really loved and played a lot of, but haven't played in ages and I want to play through again.
I don't often drop a game until it's fully complete - I like having games in my collection that I know are done and dusted. I'm not just talking about obtaining all the trophies, I'm talking of having everything there is to be seen, seen.
Even goes so far as a game like The Saboteur, which is my current game - making sure I complete it with no deaths also. I obsess over statistics a little too much.
In the instances where I do switch games, it'll be to complete another and I'll return to the one on pause after the distraction is done with.
Even goes so far as a game like The Saboteur, which is my current game - making sure I complete it with no deaths also. I obsess over statistics a little too much.
In the instances where I do switch games, it'll be to complete another and I'll return to the one on pause after the distraction is done with.
Yes I can, there was almost a whole year between starting Red Dead Redemption and finishing it because I got bored halfway through.
Having said that I tried several times to restart Wind Waker several times and failed due to boredom.
Having said that I tried several times to restart Wind Waker several times and failed due to boredom.
Usually I have to start a fresh game. I just feel like I have to because if it's been months I probably won't remember much of what's going on and I definetely won't remember what my current objective is.
Plus it just feels better to go back to the beginning because then I can remember my motivation. Why am I doing this? Who am I angry with? What am I fighting for?
Plus it just feels better to go back to the beginning because then I can remember my motivation. Why am I doing this? Who am I angry with? What am I fighting for?
Depends on where I left off, if I just finished a quest/plot point I can pick it back up but if I'm in the middle of something it's a lot harder. Also the closer I am at the beginning the easier it is to pick back up since things haven't gotten serious. I rarely start completely over since that would take ~20 hours.
Pretty much always start over instead. Only game I can recall keeping going on was Darksiders, when I had beat half the game and taken a break for half a year or something. Couldn't be arsed with the first boss again.
usually I just pick it back up things tend to come back to me quite fast and if I started every game over after I left it for a few months I would not finish a lot.
The exception is if I stupidly left it on a difficult bit and I cant remember the controls or gameplay well enough to overcome the part I left it on.
The exception is if I stupidly left it on a difficult bit and I cant remember the controls or gameplay well enough to overcome the part I left it on.
I'm better about it now than I used to be. Due to Steam I have quite the backlog of games. It's not terribly uncommon for me to drop a game for a while and then pick it up where I left off. Just last night I finished Portal 2 after a 2 month hiatus. Got stuck on a puzzle at the end of chapter...8 I think and put it down for a few days so I could get a fresh perspective (disgusting how if you just walk away from a difficult puzzle for a bit the answer suddenly becomes obvious. Anyway, a couple of days stretched into a couple of months until I realized "Huh, still need to wrap that one up".
Once a game is finished I usually have a debate with myself whether or not it's worth pursuing the trophies. Sometimes yes, usually no. Typically once I walk away from a game after it's beaten, the trophies never get finished.
Now 10 years ago, I'd restart every time if it was more than a couple of weeks off. Back then I had a lot more time to do so, however.
Once a game is finished I usually have a debate with myself whether or not it's worth pursuing the trophies. Sometimes yes, usually no. Typically once I walk away from a game after it's beaten, the trophies never get finished.
Now 10 years ago, I'd restart every time if it was more than a couple of weeks off. Back then I had a lot more time to do so, however.
If it's a game like Fallout: NV I just create a new character most of the time. Any other games i'll just play them on and off no problem.
My backlog kinda demands that I actually devote some time to actually finishing one or two of these games for once DX. I keep putting it off and just keep playing UMVC3 and/or League of Legends. Why are these games so addictive when they can create so much rage?
I'm sure i'm just before the final boss in Catherine as well. I hate when I do this, the build up to the final boss (I think, it's hard to tell how final "final bosses" are when it comes to Atlus) was really good... So I dropped it for a few months.
Wat?
At least Skyrim had the good graces to give me a reason to drop it completely!
My backlog kinda demands that I actually devote some time to actually finishing one or two of these games for once DX. I keep putting it off and just keep playing UMVC3 and/or League of Legends. Why are these games so addictive when they can create so much rage?
I'm sure i'm just before the final boss in Catherine as well. I hate when I do this, the build up to the final boss (I think, it's hard to tell how final "final bosses" are when it comes to Atlus) was really good... So I dropped it for a few months.
Wat?
At least Skyrim had the good graces to give me a reason to drop it completely!
Around the time Skyrim came out, I lost interest in Dark Souls.
Recently, however, I picked it up again because I got the urge.
The patch changed the game to the degree that I felt a bit inexperienced again (as inexperienced you can be with a Lvl 149 NG+++ character under your belt)
So I started a new character build and won, and then started another character build.
I'm still having fun.
Other than that, if I stop playing half-way through, I'll either never look at it again (rarely happens) or I'll forget about it for a protracted period of time and then pick it up again, and I'll usually start a new game to get back into practise.
Recently, however, I picked it up again because I got the urge.
The patch changed the game to the degree that I felt a bit inexperienced again (as inexperienced you can be with a Lvl 149 NG+++ character under your belt)
So I started a new character build and won, and then started another character build.
I'm still having fun.
Other than that, if I stop playing half-way through, I'll either never look at it again (rarely happens) or I'll forget about it for a protracted period of time and then pick it up again, and I'll usually start a new game to get back into practise.
Considering how I buy games (I buy one or two, beat them, perhaps platinum them, than buy one or two more). I usually don't have to. The only games I have that I haven't beaten and have no plan to pick back up are:
Shadows of the Damned
Vanquish
3D Dot Game Heroes
Dead Rising 2
Rage
Mostly due to glitches, or they felt like they were missing something. Vanquish, on paper, sounds like the best game ever, but for some reason I couldn't get into it at all. Beat the first boss and never picked it up since. Hell, most of those games I really wanted to like, but I don't
PC games I will come back to every now and then. Steam and it's sales are hard to beat. And my NES/SNES library has laid unbeaten for years. (I haven't played them after the N64 came out), and I hooked both back up about 2 years ago. Beat several of them, but most don't interest me anymore.
Shadows of the Damned
Vanquish
3D Dot Game Heroes
Dead Rising 2
Rage
Mostly due to glitches, or they felt like they were missing something. Vanquish, on paper, sounds like the best game ever, but for some reason I couldn't get into it at all. Beat the first boss and never picked it up since. Hell, most of those games I really wanted to like, but I don't
PC games I will come back to every now and then. Steam and it's sales are hard to beat. And my NES/SNES library has laid unbeaten for years. (I haven't played them after the N64 came out), and I hooked both back up about 2 years ago. Beat several of them, but most don't interest me anymore.
Depends on the game, really. I feel pretty confident that I could pick up Dead Space 2 right now, a game I haven't touched in about five months, and rock hardcore mode. But if I were to try playing Blazblue right now, a game I haven't touched in about five months as well, I don't think I'd have the same success.
Though funny story, I took a three month or so break from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and not only was I instantly better than I was when I was playing nonstop, but I could suddenly play Nova, a character I was shit with before my hiatus. Weirded me out, but I ran with it. He's a great partner for my point Thor.
Though funny story, I took a three month or so break from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and not only was I instantly better than I was when I was playing nonstop, but I could suddenly play Nova, a character I was shit with before my hiatus. Weirded me out, but I ran with it. He's a great partner for my point Thor.