Do you normally finish the story or complete everything?
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Usually do all the story then either if they have it like chapter/mission select, replay or open world portion all the extra stuff but if the game has a closed ending will usually round it all up before the last boss mission if I can.
And what does 'Game' mean? Cruise-control?XxMLGxX said:I realy dont need storyline because its a GAME lol, but seriously i play like black ops and if u read my post under yours u'd see i can tell the story jus from playing the game, lol who really needs cutscenes anymoreKaizokuouHasu said:
Story and cut-scenes are good for people who like storyline above A to B time-attack, presumably.
I guess a game means somethin where u can have fun and win and kick butt, im mlg so i know alot about games and i guess if story and cutscenes are your cup of orange juice thats okay but im just voicin my opinoin and im sorry if u dont respect that but i have freedom of speeche and and im sorry if you don't respect thatKaizokuouHasu said:And what does 'Game' mean? Cruise-control?XxMLGxX said:I realy dont need storyline because its a GAME lol, but seriously i play like black ops and if u read my post under yours u'd see i can tell the story jus from playing the game, lol who really needs cutscenes anymoreKaizokuouHasu said:
Story and cut-scenes are good for people who like storyline above A to B time-attack, presumably.
The grammar nazis are going to love you.XxMLGxX said:
OT: I usually just go through the main story. But with fallout 3 & NV I like doing the side quests.
Very much depends on the game. If I fell I want more out of it after I finish the story, I'll go for 100%. I won't necessarily get there, I'll play the game for as long as I'm having fun. If I stop having fun I usually stop before I finish the story (happens very rarely though).
i do it like this:
first playthrough: as many side missions/collectables i can find during the main quest.
second playthrough: all side missions more collectables then last playthrough and main quest.
i want as much story as i can get,ive played threw DA:O 3 times now im on a fourth and i STILL listen to every bit of dialog. plus roleplay is run P:
first playthrough: as many side missions/collectables i can find during the main quest.
second playthrough: all side missions more collectables then last playthrough and main quest.
i want as much story as i can get,ive played threw DA:O 3 times now im on a fourth and i STILL listen to every bit of dialog. plus roleplay is run P:
I do both. I play basically every game I start until the very end and try to finish all sidequests and collect as many collectibles. I do however skip the latter very often, because there are usually tons of these collectibles scattered over the entire game world and collecting that shit is incredibly irritating and boring. I don't want to spend too much time doing trivial stuff, since that takes me out of the game and kills all immersion.
And the "I have movies and books for that" argument doesn't hold up either. Videogames have something movies and books never have: Interactivity. Yes, video game story's can rarely compare to a good book or great movie, but the interactive part of storytelling is what makes videogames special. Of course, different people have different reasons for playing games, but you are missing out on some good stuff.
I..that..what? That doesn't even make sense. Why should videogames remain primitive while other entertainment media keep growing? Story's add something to everything, including games. While gameplay is important as well, it's the story what drives us forward, it's the story that immerses us into the world, it's the story that makes us care for the world and the NPC's. At least for me, this rings true. I can rarely play though a long story-less game unless its gameplay is just incredible (Bayonetta comes to mind). Without story, you'd just be doing the shame shit over and over again.XxMLGxX said:
And the "I have movies and books for that" argument doesn't hold up either. Videogames have something movies and books never have: Interactivity. Yes, video game story's can rarely compare to a good book or great movie, but the interactive part of storytelling is what makes videogames special. Of course, different people have different reasons for playing games, but you are missing out on some good stuff.
XxMLGxX said:I guess a game means somethin where u can have fun and win and kick butt, im mlg so i know alot about games and i guess if story and cutscenes are your cup of orange juice thats okay but im just voicin my opinoin and im sorry if u dont respect that but i have freedom of speeche and and im sorry if you don't respect thatKaizokuouHasu said:And what does 'Game' mean? Cruise-control?XxMLGxX said:I realy dont need storyline because its a GAME lol, but seriously i play like black ops and if u read my post under yours u'd see i can tell the story jus from playing the game, lol who really needs cutscenes anymoreKaizokuouHasu said:
Story and cut-scenes are good for people who like storyline above A to B time-attack, presumably.
I'm one of those annoying people that like to understand how people justify their preferences. And you're right; you do have a freedom of "speeche" (not to be confused with speech which you only have to a limit - one you've not yet breached), which you are perfectly entitled to utilise.
So, what kind of games do you play then? I asked before, but you didn't actually answer.
The pain of reading your posts. The "nazsis" aren't from world war 2, they were around 19 years before the start of world war 2. Also they aren't all dead, there are modern day Nazi groups, there is a high chance that someone in your town is a Nazi.XxMLGxX said:
Depends on the game really. Most RPGs I'll play the main story once then start again and focus on all the side missions. Sometimes I don't go back and play the side missions and sometimes I don't play the story because I don't enjoy it compared to the side quests (Fallout: New Vegas for example).
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I am a completionist - Ma! I made mesself one of themthere words! - so I try to do everything. Well, up to a point. If I start getting so frustrated I want to smash my fist through my monitor, I either look for a hint guide[footnote]BTW, why aren't there any proper hint guides around? They always tell you EXACTLY what to do when all I want is something along the lines of, "Have you tried looking in the corners?" or "Green's a lovely colour isn't it?" You know, HINTS. /rant [/footnote] or I get on with the story and have that side quest gnawing on me for a month.
Or sometimes I stop playing completely for several months, promptly forgetting every minutia of the story line so when I do start to play again I'm completely lost. >_<
I am a completionist - Ma! I made mesself one of themthere words! - so I try to do everything. Well, up to a point. If I start getting so frustrated I want to smash my fist through my monitor, I either look for a hint guide[footnote]BTW, why aren't there any proper hint guides around? They always tell you EXACTLY what to do when all I want is something along the lines of, "Have you tried looking in the corners?" or "Green's a lovely colour isn't it?" You know, HINTS. /rant [/footnote] or I get on with the story and have that side quest gnawing on me for a month.
Or sometimes I stop playing completely for several months, promptly forgetting every minutia of the story line so when I do start to play again I'm completely lost. >_<
If I'm being serious, I believe that it honestly depends on the game. If it's a sandbox, such as Infamous or Fable 3 (even though Fable 3 is barely a sandbox, considering the choking linearity of the entire game world) I'll try to be a completionist. If it's something like the intel in Black Ops or the skulls from Halo 3 I'll ignore them and go back to whore some acheivement points or trophies. Basically if the completion is easily accessed I'll jump on it like a ***** in heat, but if it's that crappy "go back to level 4 and look in this corner for this box" I'll skip it, no questions asked.
I'm a completionist to an extent. Like I've never grinded out the ultimate weapons in any Final Fantasy. "Do you want to grind even more so you can fight more bosses, but with no story, fuzzy?" "Uh, no thanks, FF. Goodbye and thanks for all the fish."
I did search out all of the Riddler's "puzzles" in Batman: Arkham Asylum. However, I have no interest in the challenge maps.
I will grind for stupid crap in FF Tactics though. That's one game I enjoy grinding in.
In Cthulhu Saves the World, I definitely have zero interest in the bonus modes that unlock after beating the game once. No, I don't want to replay the same game with slight variations, thank you very much. The story's so thread bare, there's no motivation to replay the game. But as far as turn based old school JRPG combat goes, it's quite good. Who knows I may replay it one day. I also don't care about the Cthulhu's Angels mode if that story's gonna be just as thread bare and take you to all the same locations as the first playthrough. The humor carried me through the shallow story, but it's not enough to play it again. Amazing deal for 2.69 USD though.
So yeah, a completionist to an extent. If it offers something worthwhile to me, doesn't take too long and is kinda along the way like 16's "The Truth" artifacts in Assassin's Creed 2, then I'll do it. If it's blowing up every single government owned tank in Just Cause 2, then no.
Depends on the game.
I did search out all of the Riddler's "puzzles" in Batman: Arkham Asylum. However, I have no interest in the challenge maps.
I will grind for stupid crap in FF Tactics though. That's one game I enjoy grinding in.
In Cthulhu Saves the World, I definitely have zero interest in the bonus modes that unlock after beating the game once. No, I don't want to replay the same game with slight variations, thank you very much. The story's so thread bare, there's no motivation to replay the game. But as far as turn based old school JRPG combat goes, it's quite good. Who knows I may replay it one day. I also don't care about the Cthulhu's Angels mode if that story's gonna be just as thread bare and take you to all the same locations as the first playthrough. The humor carried me through the shallow story, but it's not enough to play it again. Amazing deal for 2.69 USD though.
So yeah, a completionist to an extent. If it offers something worthwhile to me, doesn't take too long and is kinda along the way like 16's "The Truth" artifacts in Assassin's Creed 2, then I'll do it. If it's blowing up every single government owned tank in Just Cause 2, then no.
Depends on the game.
Trolldar is off the charts.
OT: I always try and complete everything in one go. Doesn't usually happen but if a mission that I know about is sitting off to the side, I will go out of my way to do it.
OT: I always try and complete everything in one go. Doesn't usually happen but if a mission that I know about is sitting off to the side, I will go out of my way to do it.
The only games that push me to complete everything are the latest two additons to the Fallout series and Oblivion. Guess it must be the enigne.
As for other games, I'm never a minimalist but I'm not a 100% completionist either.
As for other games, I'm never a minimalist but I'm not a 100% completionist either.