Do you actually finish the games you are playing?

[mohit9206]

I consider a game finished when i complete its single player campaign once.It doesnt have to be completing side quests or getting 100% completion or trophies. My last unfinished game was Dead Space 3. I tend to finish atleast 50% of the games i play.

 

[Goofguy]

I consider end state to be achieved when I've completed the main story line. In open world games, I tend to spend a lot of time faffing about in between main story missions so it's not like I ever beat the final boss in 5 hours and say "welp, guess I'm done the game".

I'm pretty stubborn in that I'll play through a game even if I'm not enjoying it. That being said, there are only a few I've stopped playing and have never come back to. Off the top of my head, I'd say in the last 3 years, there are only three such games: I Am Alive, Starhawk and God of War 2.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

With "finish' meaning the completion of the main story campaign then I usually strive to get through it if I can, but lately I just haven't had the motivation that I used to.

 

[BurningWyvern90]

1. When I've finished every bit of the main storyline and the credits roll. Or, for huge sandbox RPGs and such, once all the big quest lines are complete. And if I like it enough to play it again, I still count it as finished since it's been played thru once even if I might be in the middle of another playthrough.

2. Generally yes. I try to finish every game I can. I only abandon them if they completely piss me off enough that whatever investment I may have in the storyline doesn't matter or are so deathly boring that I'd rather watch paint dry.

 

[Trueflame]

I consider a game completed when I finish its main storyline, complete its campaign, or whatever happens to be the case in that particular game. Typically if you beat the final boss and you see the credits roll, then you just beat the game.

As for the main question... I typically beat the games I play eventually. But often, particularly with RPGs from older generations, I would start them and never beat them for many years. Not because they were bad or I got tired of them, but because I would get to the very end, need to go to the final dungeon, and then would instead get bogged down with all the optional side stuff. Getting the golden chocobo in FF7, monster hunting in FFX, and so on. So I get very involved in those things, waste a lot of time, and then get kinda tired of it and put it off for later. Only when later comes, I realize I can't get into a game so near to the end and have to start it over again. Since I don't want to play through the entire thing again so soon, I set it aside for a year or two, and then start it anew, so that the cycle can repeat itself. I have beaten most of those games by now though, and in a few cases even managed the optional portions as well. Oddly this phenomenon mainly only happened with PS1 generation games, so maybe it's just because I was so much younger when I played them.

 

[DSK-]

Before answering that question, lets first take a look at what it means to finish a game. First off, multiplayer games don't really have an end. So it is up to the player to say when they have enough. I suppose when you have tried everything and seen it all.

For Singleplayer games finishing a game could mean to complete the last level. Or maybe to complete it on the highest difficulty or even getting all achievements.

So my first question is: When do you say you have finished a game?
And the main question: Do you actually finish games by your standard?

With all those indie bundles and Steam sales I haven't even touched 75% of my library. So when a game isn't very good, I quickly turn it down. I haven't really paid much money for it anyhow and I have plenty of other choices. I guess I only have completed about 1/3 of the games I have played in recent years. In the past that percentage was over 90.

I am not as invested in specific games as I used to be.

When do you say you have finished a game?

A) When the credits roll, and the game is effectively over. Or there is no more story left. Along those lines.

Do you actually finish games by your standard?

A) More often than not, depending on the platform. On PC I've completed about 90% of the games I have. On my consoles that number is probably as low as 5%.

 

[Sir Pootis]

So my first question is: When do you say you have finished a game?
And the main question: Do you actually finish games by your standard?

1. When I complete the main campaign. It really depends on the game, though.
2. Again, depends on the game. Right now, I'm playing through:
Deus Ex
Hotline Miami
Half Life 2
Serious Sam Series
I intend to finish these games through, then I'll move on to the next thing I've filed under "Get Around to Playing" in my steam library.

 

[Flames66]

I define finishing a single-player game as having brought the story to a conclusion. I prefer to finish a game before moving on to another, but recently I have been leaving games when I get stuck or get bored.

 

[WWmelb]

I generally finish main storylines of the games i buy, however i went through a bit of game ADD over the last couple of years due to an immense amount of disposable income so i did a lot of "oooh shiny" and dropping a current game for a new one. said disposable income is a thing of the past now so i'm working my way back through my game collection.

Only ever 100% completed one game since that became a tangible thing, and that was dark souls. My only platinum trophy on ps3.

However, 82% completion of fallout 3 with one play through i call a substantial win lol. Considering it was due to loving it, and exploring most everything i could, and no actual attempt to get as many trophies as i could.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

So my first question is: When do you say you have finished a game?
And the main question: Do you actually finish games by your standard?[/b]

A) I consider most games (99%) to be finished once you've played far enough to get the credits screen and an ending.
B) Kind of...It takes me a while but I do eventually finish them unless I just don't like them...mostly...I didn't like Crysis 2 but I finished that and I remember liking Legend of Dragoon but my Memory Card needed reformatting a million times.

Most recently I beat Donkey Kong Country Returns, a game I got...three Christmases ago? Possibly two? I can't remember how long ago I got it but I only just beat it. I also know I'm more than 3/4 of the way through Final Fantasy V...but not really having the best of times with that one...

 

[Paprik]

So my first question is: When do you say you have finished a game?
And the main question: Do you actually finish games by your standard?

1. When I'm satisfied with what I've accomplished.
2. Mostly not. Games often have really shallow gameplay and when I realize that I've been just blindly grinding or replaying the same dull parts of the game for hours I just say 'fuck it' and stop. Sometimes I finish games just too see the ending and/or to see what the hype was all about, even though I'm having no fun whatsoever.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

First: When I beat the main storyline.
Second: I'm embarrassed to say, but roughly half the games I start end up in "I'll come back to it." purgatory.

yup this.


game purgatory is hard to get out of, i've only had a few games so far truly get out..(i've had some get halfway out but something like school/work/an omfgamazingg game comes out and gets in the way.)

 

[JEBWrench]

So my first question is: When do you say you have finished a game?
And the main question: Do you actually finish games by your standard?

With all those indie bundles and Steam sales I haven't even touched 75% of my library. So when a game isn't very good, I quickly turn it down. I haven't really paid much money for it anyhow and I have plenty of other choices. I guess I only have completed about 1/3 of the games I have played in recent years. In the past that percentage was over 90.

I am not as invested in specific games as I used to be.

First answer: When I've beaten the last level/boss or completed the storyline.
Second answer: Almost never. Most games I pick up, I lose interest in fairly quickly. Off the top of my head, I've finished five games in the last year - Saint's Row the Third, XCom: Enemy Unknown, Pokemon Black 2, Mega Man 10 and Thomas Was Alone. (There may have been others, but those are the ones I actually recall.)
(Also I've gotten some endings in 999, but I haven't gotten the full story yet)

In contrast to the number of games I've gotten, thanks to Steam sales and indie bundles, well, there's quite a few. I'd guess... 5% or so in the last year? Which is probably on pace with most of my gaming life. The peak was probably during my RPG-obsessed teenage years when I got very few games, almost exclusively JRPGs, and played them until I beat them.