What, to you, is completing a game?

[PureChaos]

Seeing the end credits is when I know I've completed a game.

yup this. doing the main story is completing the game. 100% the game is a different matter

 

[Nimcha]

When I feel like I want to stop playing it and move on to something else.

This!

Sometimes I come back to certain games though, I've recently started a new Mass Effect playthrough after I thought I'd never play that game again...

 

[deathbyoatmeal]

play it until it stops being fun

 

[Eythan]

Beating the main story is certainly part of it (in my humble opinion), but it is possible to beat the game's main story without feeling like you've completed the game. Mind, this isn't a "the only way to complete the game is to do EVERYTHING" rant. Instead of one or the other extreme (just the story or do everything possible), I fall somewhere in the middle. To me, a game is complete when you have progressed to the end of the tale through your own means; if that means diverting from the story to take on some side quests (or, hell, just fish for a couple of hours), then you have completed the game once the end credits roll.

I like the way you think XD

Why thank you! Of course, this is the only way I'll ever beat games like, oh, say...DISGAEA

I LOVE Disgaea XD i noticed you had a prinny picture

 

[Zeriu]

I've spent at least a hundred hours on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood after i've already beaten it. I don't care about completion that much. But that game just draws me in.

 

[vingtcinq]

For me, it kind of depends on the type of game. If it's a linear RPG/FPS, then when it's done, it's done. If it's an open game like Fallout, then even if I beat the game, if I haven't explored and found out what's in the nooks and crannies then I'll play again and again until I feel satisfied with what the game has offered me.
Why get a game if you're only going to power through and not take some time to look at what the developers made for you?
I'm a fairly curious and thorough person. If I feel satisfied with what I've done then the game is complete.

 

[Thundero13]

Depends on the game, I usually like to complete them in the OCD way however

 

[Mikeyfell]

Assuming there's a single player mode to be finished you should go through that.
I'll usually push through to get all the achievements for a 360 game.
For a Massive RPG I'll go through until I've seen all the sidequests.
If there's a moral choice system I'll make sure I've seen all the options available.


For multyplayer games I just play until they get boring. (So 2 minutes for CoD 4 +600 hours in L4D2)

Note: this only counts if a game if fun. If you're bored out of you head or fursterated beyond the point of no return you're officially done with a game.

 

[TheBadGamer]

Played from the beginning to end and see (if the game has one) the true/good ending of a game like what the Castlevanina game has.

 

[DanielBrown]

Completing a game for me is completing all the main quests. Getting all the achievements/100% the game is just extra work. I only do that myself if I find the game really fun.

Well, also if the achievements are easy to get. I'm slightly addicted to them, but I cant be arsed with those that take too much time.

 

[darkorion69]

Seeing the end credits, presumably via completing the 'Main Storyline.'

 

[MazdaXR]

Completing a game to me is finishing the story in anyway you want, getting all trophies etc is secondary to that. its like watching a film, when the credits role you are at the end its up to the individual if they watch all the extras.

 

[OrenjiJusu]

Following the story until its climax, i don't really care about collection items or getting to max super power. I love stories more than I love finding stuff.

 

[TheKramers]

100% everything needs to be found, every mission needs to be found, I have to be on the top of the leaderboards on everything, I need to have seen every ending. That's when I've beaten the game.

You Lose.

 

[drbarno]

well, I like to think of it as a two-stage completion.

stage 1 would be the vasic play to the end of the main story (generally end credits, possibly more, depending on whether the game is like pokemon mystery dungeon or not)

stage 2 would be the 100% completion (gotten all achievements, etc, etc)

I would only aim for stage 1 completion if it is a game I did not find great.

I would try to go for stage 2 completion if I really liked the game (pokemon, as an eample)

in some cases the two stages are the same, especially for the more retro games.

 

[Nieroshai]

First run? Experiencing the game from beginning to end blind. Second run? Unlocking all secrets that AREN'T just random items or fetch quests. Bored-as-hell 5th run? Complete everything then trade it in, unless I'm in love with the game like LOZ:OOT

 

[Eythan]

Played from the beginning to end and see (if the game has one) the true/good ending of a game like what the Castlevanina game has.

Which Castlevania, the newest one?

 

[Gearran]

Beating the main story is certainly part of it (in my humble opinion), but it is possible to beat the game's main story without feeling like you've completed the game. Mind, this isn't a "the only way to complete the game is to do EVERYTHING" rant. Instead of one or the other extreme (just the story or do everything possible), I fall somewhere in the middle. To me, a game is complete when you have progressed to the end of the tale through your own means; if that means diverting from the story to take on some side quests (or, hell, just fish for a couple of hours), then you have completed the game once the end credits roll.

I like the way you think XD

Why thank you! Of course, this is the only way I'll ever beat games like, oh, say...DISGAEA

I LOVE Disgaea XD i noticed you had a prinny picture

Oh, I love Disgaea (and its hardened criminal penguins) too! It's just...well, there's SO MUCH STUFF in that game, from side quests, to item worlds, to...well, everything. The only way for someone who isn't a die-hard completion fanatic to actually complete the game is to follow the "middle path," as it were.

 

[Eythan]

Beating the main story is certainly part of it (in my humble opinion), but it is possible to beat the game's main story without feeling like you've completed the game. Mind, this isn't a "the only way to complete the game is to do EVERYTHING" rant. Instead of one or the other extreme (just the story or do everything possible), I fall somewhere in the middle. To me, a game is complete when you have progressed to the end of the tale through your own means; if that means diverting from the story to take on some side quests (or, hell, just fish for a couple of hours), then you have completed the game once the end credits roll.

I like the way you think XD

Why thank you! Of course, this is the only way I'll ever beat games like, oh, say...DISGAEA

I LOVE Disgaea XD i noticed you had a prinny picture

Oh, I love Disgaea (and its hardened criminal penguins) too! It's just...well, there's SO MUCH STUFF in that game, from side quests, to item worlds, to...well, everything. The only way for someone who isn't a die-hard completion fanatic to actually complete the game is to follow the "middle path," as it were.

haha god damn it, you've made me want to go and play through Disgaea again D: i need my fix! PRINNY POWER!

 

[vance32]

You can never truly beat a game yes you can get to the credits at the end but if you replay it there will be a aspect that is different so no game is truly ever beaten