Why do you give up or not complete video games?

[WickedSkin]

American football was created after the original football, so why are you trying to make yours the "official" football? And it's soccer. Also American football is a cheap rip-off of Rugby. See? I can make snarky remarks about your sports too.

[/offtopic]

Soccer has to make way for better sports, like the Brits had to make way for their superior: America. It does nothing but hurt you when you try to get in the way of progress. Soccer is kicking a round ball around for a long time... there is nothing compelling about it and is the sport that needs the least equipment and has the fewest rules, and it is therefor easy for poorer countries to participate.

Yes, Football has an ancestrial connection to rugby, but it's like comparing old black and white tv's with today's High Def TVs. Ours is better, because WE are better. I know it's not polite to say, and I certainly respect your right to play such games and throw rocks at each other and all that good fun, but maybe when you've discovered fire you can figure out how to play a game that takes physical skill and a mental capacity greater than a pickle.

Wow! You make it sound like you are speaking for all of America, you opinionated buffoon!

Man... Please don't judge all Americans based on this idiot. Some people take the free speech thing to their head and get carried away.

I'll judge every American after that guy from now on. Therefore no person from the United States of America will ever disappoint me again.

 

[scnj]

American football was created after the original football, so why are you trying to make yours the "official" football? And it's soccer. Also American football is a cheap rip-off of Rugby. See? I can make snarky remarks about your sports too.

[/offtopic]

Soccer has to make way for better sports, like the Brits had to make way for their superior: America. It does nothing but hurt you when you try to get in the way of progress. Soccer is kicking a round ball around for a long time... there is nothing compelling about it and is the sport that needs the least equipment and has the fewest rules, and it is therefor easy for poorer countries to participate.

Yes, Football has an ancestrial connection to rugby, but it's like comparing old black and white tv's with today's High Def TVs. Ours is better, because WE are better. I know it's not polite to say, and I certainly respect your right to play such games and throw rocks at each other and all that good fun, but maybe when you've discovered fire you can figure out how to play a game that takes physical skill and a mental capacity greater than a pickle.

Wow! You make it sound like you are speaking for all of America, you opinionated buffoon!

Man... Please don't judge all Americans based on this idiot. Some people take the free speech thing to their head and get carried away.

I've been to America four times and everyone I spoke to there was very friendly. The only times I've had bad experiences with American people is on internet forums.

 

[WickedSkin]

I don't see how American football can be called football when they spend the majority of the game with the ball in their hands. It's false advertising.

As for not finishing games, if the story and world doesn't drag me in (if the game lacks immersion) I probably won't bother seeing it to it's conclusion.

QFT x2. This is a perfect post right here.

 

[gomerkyle9]

Wow... some people just don't understand humor.

I like the opinionated buffoon part though... I think I'll get a plaque and hang it above my "Disallusioned Misanthrope" one...

Wow, you made me laugh... Well done.

 

[gomerkyle9]

American football was created after the original football, so why are you trying to make yours the "official" football? And it's soccer. Also American football is a cheap rip-off of Rugby. See? I can make snarky remarks about your sports too.

[/offtopic]

Soccer has to make way for better sports, like the Brits had to make way for their superior: America. It does nothing but hurt you when you try to get in the way of progress. Soccer is kicking a round ball around for a long time... there is nothing compelling about it and is the sport that needs the least equipment and has the fewest rules, and it is therefor easy for poorer countries to participate.

Yes, Football has an ancestrial connection to rugby, but it's like comparing old black and white tv's with today's High Def TVs. Ours is better, because WE are better. I know it's not polite to say, and I certainly respect your right to play such games and throw rocks at each other and all that good fun, but maybe when you've discovered fire you can figure out how to play a game that takes physical skill and a mental capacity greater than a pickle.

Wow! You make it sound like you are speaking for all of America, you opinionated buffoon!

Man... Please don't judge all Americans based on this idiot. Some people take the free speech thing to their head and get carried away.

I've been to America four times and everyone I spoke to there was very friendly. The only times I've had bad experiences with American people is on internet forums.

Maybe all Americans have some little angry man inside of them that only lashes out on internet forums... I hope I can keep mine contained.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

It's like the heavy weapons guy just has to be the dumb guy, or the sniper the tough silent bastard.
Mix it up a little for gods sake...

There's psychology behind weapon specialization. Heavy weapons are appealing to dumb guys who like loud noises and explosions, sniping is appealing to introverted tough guys. Why mix it up when it would just make it wrong?

I've quit games because they're broken and I can't pass a certain point. Like in Star Fox Adventures.

You never finished Starfox Adventures? Oh dear. That's probably the easiest game I own. Tut tut.

Not because it was hard, because I couldn't beat Musclefoot. The rest was pretty easy.

 

[LisaB1138]

I never finished Devil May Cry 4. My inability to master a certain attack for Sanctus was my downfall. I kept trying though, till my thumb died. I don't think my index finger will ever forgive me.

I have yet to finish Psychonauts. Two works: Meat Circus. I will go back though; it's too good a game to give up completely on.

I also never finish Sphinx and the Mummy's Curse. Cute game, but just not a super engaging main character. Playing as the Mummy was fun though.

I'll play a game forever if I feel I have a chance to beat it. Nightmare 3 in DMC1 is the most insane battle, but I always felt if I just paid closer attention, were a little more evasive, etc., I could win. I tend to think about giving up when I feel I'm fighting the Game, rather than the enemy onscreen. Bad camera angles, off-screen attacks you can't defend . . . these things make you feel you can't win.

 

[neoman10]

American football was created after the original football, so why are you trying to make yours the "official" football? And it's soccer. Also American football is a cheap rip-off of Rugby. See? I can make snarky remarks about your sports too.

[/offtopic]

Soccer has to make way for better sports, like the Brits had to make way for their superior: America. It does nothing but hurt you when you try to get in the way of progress. Soccer is kicking a round ball around for a long time... there is nothing compelling about it and is the sport that needs the least equipment and has the fewest rules, and it is therefor easy for poorer countries to participate.

Yes, Football has an ancestrial connection to rugby, but it's like comparing old black and white tv's with today's High Def TVs. Ours is better, because WE are better. I know it's not polite to say, and I certainly respect your right to play such games and throw rocks at each other and all that good fun, but maybe when you've discovered fire you can figure out how to play a game that takes physical skill and a mental capacity greater than a pickle.

I think all three are great, and Britain is pretty damn awesome, and this is coming from and American, but of course i did live in Europe for some time.

 

[Avida]

American football was created after the original football, so why are you trying to make yours the "official" football? And it's soccer. Also American football is a cheap rip-off of Rugby. See? I can make snarky remarks about your sports too.

[/offtopic]

Soccer has to make way for better sports, like the Brits had to make way for their superior: America. It does nothing but hurt you when you try to get in the way of progress. Soccer is kicking a round ball around for a long time... there is nothing compelling about it and is the sport that needs the least equipment and has the fewest rules, and it is therefor easy for poorer countries to participate.

Yes, Football has an ancestrial connection to rugby, but it's like comparing old black and white tv's with today's High Def TVs. Ours is better, because WE are better. I know it's not polite to say, and I certainly respect your right to play such games and throw rocks at each other and all that good fun, but maybe when you've discovered fire you can figure out how to play a game that takes physical skill and a mental capacity greater than a pickle.

*jaw drops*





Anyway i normally dont finish games if i have another game that begs for my attention a little bit more, doesnt have to mean that its better though - took me ages to get through the rest of the orange box despite that being a collection of some of the finest games i own.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

With regards to the "sports" debate, all I'll say is that I got the "slayer of trollkin" badge in Too Human.

With regards to why I leave a game unfinished, the simple answer is "when it stops being fun". More precisely, when the mechanical act of playing the game ceases to be rewarding (either because the act itself is tedious or because the game doesn't offer enough in the way of a sense of achievement in return for the effort expended) or when the rewards stop being enjoyable.

The first condition is why I gave up on Dead Rising; level grinding by repeating the first few acts over-and-over so that I could become powerful enough to continue the story became too tedious, and the "let's change the interface for every different act" control scheme made the effort I needed to invest in the game too high given that the reward was to have to quit and do it all over again to grind for XPs.

The second condition is why I gave up on single player Dawn of War: Winter Assault; the campaign wasn't terribly enjoyable in its own sake, because as soon as I felt I was making progress with the Guard the game would force me to change to the Eldar and vice versa, and the voice acting in the cutscenes was dreadful enough that they weren't enough to pull me through.

-- Steve

 

[NeedAUserName]

I move onto bigger and better things...

 

[Tyrant55]

American football was created after the original football, so why are you trying to make yours the "official" football? And it's soccer. Also American football is a cheap rip-off of Rugby. See? I can make snarky remarks about your sports too.

[/offtopic]

Soccer has to make way for better sports, like the Brits had to make way for their superior: America. It does nothing but hurt you when you try to get in the way of progress. Soccer is kicking a round ball around for a long time... there is nothing compelling about it and is the sport that needs the least equipment and has the fewest rules, and it is therefor easy for poorer countries to participate.

Yes, Football has an ancestrial connection to rugby, but it's like comparing old black and white tv's with today's High Def TVs. Ours is better, because WE are better. I know it's not polite to say, and I certainly respect your right to play such games and throw rocks at each other and all that good fun, but maybe when you've discovered fire you can figure out how to play a game that takes physical skill and a mental capacity greater than a pickle.

Something tells me you aren't going to last long on this forum...

 

[Quinn Davis]

Never Ever Ever- No matter how bad or hard, i have to finish it.

I finished Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro Am for god's sake. And that was a crime against humanity.

 

[Amnestic]

American football was created after the original football, so why are you trying to make yours the "official" football? And it's soccer. Also American football is a cheap rip-off of Rugby. See? I can make snarky remarks about your sports too.

[/offtopic]

Soccer has to make way for better sports, like the Brits had to make way for their superior: America. It does nothing but hurt you when you try to get in the way of progress. Soccer is kicking a round ball around for a long time... there is nothing compelling about it and is the sport that needs the least equipment and has the fewest rules, and it is therefor easy for poorer countries to participate.

Yes, Football has an ancestrial connection to rugby, but it's like comparing old black and white tv's with today's High Def TVs. Ours is better, because WE are better. I know it's not polite to say, and I certainly respect your right to play such games and throw rocks at each other and all that good fun, but maybe when you've discovered fire you can figure out how to play a game that takes physical skill and a mental capacity greater than a pickle.

I admit I lol'd. It'd hard to believe that someone made it past their teen years holding such a blind view of the world.

 

[kharn-ivor]

American football was created after the original football, so why are you trying to make yours the "official" football? And it's soccer. Also American football is a cheap rip-off of Rugby. See? I can make snarky remarks about your sports too.

[/offtopic]

Soccer has to make way for better sports, like the Brits had to make way for their superior: America. It does nothing but hurt you when you try to get in the way of progress. Soccer is kicking a round ball around for a long time... there is nothing compelling about it and is the sport that needs the least equipment and has the fewest rules, and it is therefor easy for poorer countries to participate.

Yes, Football has an ancestrial connection to rugby, but it's like comparing old black and white tv's with today's High Def TVs. Ours is better, because WE are better. I know it's not polite to say, and I certainly respect your right to play such games and throw rocks at each other and all that good fun, but maybe when you've discovered fire you can figure out how to play a game that takes physical skill and a mental capacity greater than a pickle.

mhh ok so if Americans are so much better than the rest of us how come only 17 percent of 18 to 24 year olds, in America, can place afganistan on the world map, and 11 percent could not place the United States(thats a National Geographic survey by the way http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/0502_060502_geography.html)^^.
As for American football or football well football is played with the foot so it should be called football no ? oO so why cant american football find a diffrent name (if one had to go), rugby did.

As for games well i normaly finish them exept when I get so bored I cant bear it anylonger. Or when RTS games only unlock things one by one, thats fustrating, for me at least.

 

[Galletea]

Ok now that I've finished laughing at the American superiority claim, back to the matter at hand.

I tend to give up on games when the storyline ceases to engage me, or when everyone else I know is playing it and getting further than I am and then telling me all about it. I don't tend to give up due to difficulty or grind boredom, unless it is so bad that I've forgotten what the story was all about (FFXII I'm looking at you).

 

[the_tramp]

In Rugby, when we get hit THE GAME CONTINUES. We do not have the need to stop the game every 5 seconds so that our overly testoterone laden 'men' can sit down and rest within their huge armour of shoulderpads and helmets.

On Topic:
I guess a boss where it is seemingly random how to do damage and attack them. The swamp monster on Painkiller springs to mind, I know that you're supposed to shoot the gas bubbles when he is underneath them but there just doesn't seem to be enough time.