Poll: Would you enjoy a game you could never finish?

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Let's say someone made a new game, and it was everything you wanted out of a game. It has good gameplay, a good story, good graphics, etc. It's an all-round enjoyable experience. Unfortunately, there's one problem: You can't finish it.

Halfway through the game, you just hit a point you can't get past, and you never will be able to get past it. Whether it's because it gets really hard at that point, because a bug stops your progress, or just because the gods of gaming have placed a curse on you, this one great game will be one you will never (no matter what, so no outside help or patches will aid you) be able to finish. You'll never see the last levels, you'll never see the final boss, and you'll never see the conclusion to the story.

To be clear, I'm not talking about games that don't have a real ending, like MMOs or sandbox games. I'm talking about a game that has a clearly defined ending that you will never be able to reach. You'll get stuck halfway, and no matter how much you try you'll never get past that point.

If you knew all of this in advance, would you still enjoy the game?

 

[Cherry Cola]

I would never be able to rest. I would stay up, trying to finish it, until it killed me!

I never give up! I never surrender! Not when my gaming-honor is at stake!

 

[ethaninja]

Yeah as long as it was fun. Then I'd stop playing it at that point. Or cheat my way past the stuck point. I think thats the only times I ever use cheats. Is when I get stuck and can't get passed no matter how many times I try.

Ok now I'm just rambling because I got my new keyboard and it sounds so awesome when I type and it's making me happy every character I write... I'm going to stop now so I don't get ass kicked by the mods

 

[Dragon_of_red]

I would cry, its just like what happend with me With Final Fantasy 7 through to 9.

Stupid losing disks, so annoying.

I did enjoy the game asn still enjoyed them, though i am fair annoyed about not being able to finsh them though... i still have fond memories.

 

[Frequen-Z]

I wouldn't even try. If I can't finish it to the ends I desire, what merit is there in even starting it?

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Yeah as long as it was fun. Then I'd stop playing it at that point. Or cheat my way past the stuck point.

Note that even with cheating you'll never finish it. That's the whole point. No matter how hard you try or what tricks you're willing to use, you'll never finish it.

 

[MegamattZero]

Especially when you try sooo hard to get 100% but find out you only got 98% completed. You run around trying to figure out what the hell you missed...

 

[C_sector]

You would get that feeling from playing a demo game, I did in the torchlight demo. I wouldn't continue enjoying the game because firstly it would get too repetitive. You would only be allowed to access the areas,levels,caves,dungeons etc that you have thoroughly explored 50 times already. Secondly, and don't blame me for using Yahtzees' word 'Immersion' but if something like a bug happens in the middle of the game and you cant progress anymore or learn what happens then it will ruin the immersion for me.

 

[LitleWaffle]

If i can still free roam i won't mind if i can't finish it

 

[The Lost Big Boss]

This happened to me with Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, could never get passed the labs making small pox bombs. I was like 11 so I wasn't good at the time.

 

[Zersy]

I would never be able to rest. I would stay up, trying to finish it, until it killed me!

I never give up! I never surrender! Not when my gaming-honor is at stake!

I love it when the most awesome post in a thread is the first one. Like this one.

 

[Hutchy_Bear]

Well I have a load of games I have never finished so I don't think it would make much of a difference. The only thing that would get me is if I knew I would never complete it.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

As long as there are ways to accomplish goals and make it seem like everything you do achieves something, otherwise it would have this pointless losing battle feeling constantly.

 

[ethaninja]

Yeah as long as it was fun. Then I'd stop playing it at that point. Or cheat my way past the stuck point.

Note that even with cheating you'll never finish it. That's the whole point. No matter how hard you try or what tricks you're willing to use, you'll never finish it.

Ah ok. Then hypothetically speaking, I might still enjoy playing it. But not finishing it.

 

[Doitpow]

I still play tetris...so yes.

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

I still play tetris...so yes.

Does Tetris even have an ending? I suppose it depends on what version of the game you're playing...

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Go and look up the ending levels on Youtube.
It's that simple.
So, yeah, I would enjoy it actually.

 

[iFail69]

Garry's mod is my favourite game and it is impossible to complete, so yeah I would

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Garry's mod is my favourite game and it is impossible to complete, so yeah I would

If you'd read the first post, you'd notice that games without a real ending don't count.