Why most people don't finish video games

**icontrolyourworld** · 08-19-2011, 11:59 AM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

anyone that spends $30 on a game and doesn't complete it is a noob and needs to give me all their games

anyone that buys football games needs to die

anyone that plays shorter games in place of longer games is still spending time playing games and needs to get their head out of their vagina and actually play some good games

anyone that plays multiplayer games ONLY either has never played a good single player game, or has beaten all their single player games and has nothing else to do and needs money to buy more. But typically I think it's the never played a good single player game part.

**x_lambourghini_x** · 08-19-2011, 12:11 PM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

Originally posted by MrGiggles

I don't finish games I don't like playing, otherwise I usually play to completion and occasionally 100%.

Maybe this helps explain why most recent titles have maybe 6-8 hours of actual playtime before you beat them.

This is about the same for me. Some games that really annoy me I'll just end up ragequitting and everything else I can beat pretty decently (wouldn't necessarily
go for the 100% because that takes up too much of my time).

**Crashfan3** · 08-19-2011, 12:16 PM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

Originally posted by yo man im awesome

This is really depressing... Especially since I can't stand multiplayer of most games... The farthest I tend to go with multiplayer is playing with people on the same console.

Yeah, this. Only a select few games have an interesting multiplayer that's worth putting more than 3 hours into. I mean, really does anyone still play Medal of Honor MP?

Developers are more and more frequently putting all the effort into multiplayer thinking their game will be the one that will replace Call of Duty or World of Warcraft. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred that's not true, and if the single player is no good, the end result is a shitty game that fades into obscurity three months after its initial release.

**Izzy** · 08-19-2011, 12:43 PM

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Whenever I have children that want to play video games I am going to make them play a certain number of classic games from previous console generations before they can play modern games.

**Sephiroth28** · 08-19-2011, 12:59 PM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

Originally posted by icontrolyourworld

anyone that spends $30 on a game and doesn't complete it is a noob and needs to give me all their games

Rofl. This.

**MalReynolds** · 08-19-2011, 02:57 PM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

Originally posted by Jousway

here you have this FREE LAND JOURNALIST or w/e he is saying I dont know what, but basicly the thing is the games these days are just plain shit like I dont care if I need to spend 6 whole days on completing games aslong as the game is fun and not ****ing repeating like for example he used red dead redemption, the so called game of 2010 or w/e guess what I also played it and it when like this
first 3 hours: hey this is quite fun
after 3 first hourse: WHY THE SAME BORING SHIT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
so I never finished it, and besides you have anoying bugs EVERY WERE that piss you the **** off like these so called "main stream" games usally have 70% more bugs that indie games.
if people would actually work on quality games with quality gameplay and not be lazy like **** with the same gameplay over and over and over and over which is donkey ball sucking boring I would be interested in so called "main stream".
till then **** so called "main stream" I'm going back to indie games

What.

**andy-o24** · 08-19-2011, 03:20 PM

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PS3, my main console, has the trophy system, so you get platinums for 100%-ing games. I think my brother and I together collectively have 20 (upper-teens without a doubt). So, I enjoy completing a game.

In fact, I pulled out my PS2 and put in Kingdom Hearts during the last week of summer vacation just to play a IMO high quality game (or at least fun). Took 25 hours to beat the whole thing. I skipped full trinities and full dalmatians, but everything else I did.

Then I put in Kingdom Hearts 2. A game that I apparently beat but had very little recollection of it. Spent 40+ hours on it (a lot was cinematics). Had the same feel as KH1 so it wasn't a burden to play. As far as I know, there was nothing I missed. I level capped, fully synthesized, Pooh booked, etc.

When I play CoD or other games with both campaigns and multiplayer support, I almost always play the campaign first. Being a trophy whore, however, I figure, the online might die, so let's get those trophies first 'cause I'll always have the campaign.

Only game I can think of that I own and didn't finish fully was FF8 because the final disk got scratched to bits. Glitched during the final boss battles, too.

tl;dr Finish your games, or at least try the campaign. Waste of money IMO otherwise.

-o24

**Sephiroth28** · 08-19-2011, 03:25 PM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

My friend and I pretty much share an Xbox Live account and play on it all the time. We shoot for as many achievements as we can and always aim for 100%. We just broke 50k gamerscore last week.

**~kitty~** · 08-19-2011, 04:26 PM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

I don't know about you guys, but I started not liking the newer Final Fantasy games after FFX. I've played II, V, VII, VIII, IX, and X. I played a little of XII but I didn't really enjoy it. I almost completed most of the titles but never could finish because the PS2 I had wasn't backwards compatible and the PS1 wasn't working properly anymore. I wanted to finish VII, VIII and IX which I got to the very last hour of game play on both but couldn't due to this issue. It's too late for me now, though. :P Until I get a steady source of income, at least.

**supermousie** · 08-19-2011, 08:47 PM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

Originally posted by ~kitty~

I don't know about you guys, but I started not liking the newer Final Fantasy games after FFX. I've played II, V, VII, VIII, IX, and X. I played a little of XII but I didn't really enjoy it. I almost completed most of the titles but never could finish because the PS2 I had wasn't backwards compatible and the PS1 wasn't working properly anymore. I wanted to finish VII, VIII and IX which I got to the very last hour of game play on both but couldn't due to this issue. It's too late for me now, though. :P Until I get a steady source of income, at least.

FFXIII-2 is supposed to be "better" but better than what, I don't know... Anyway, FF games of late have been pretty linear, so hopefully XIV will rectify that.

I thought you could find a good PS1 on eBay for under $30? Mine still works; maybe I'll let you borrow it. :P

**OneHandNow** · 08-19-2011, 09:02 PM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

here
ya'll shut up

give me your unfinished games

so i can resell them for a good profit ya nubs

**PrawnSkunk** · 08-19-2011, 10:32 PM

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i can't finish flash flash revolution!!!!!!!1

**samurai7694** · 08-19-2011, 11:54 PM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

what PrawnSkunk said

**rushyrulz** · 08-20-2011, 12:00 AM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

console games aren't good anymore.. they're all lame FPS shit that I hate.

**Crashfan3** · 08-20-2011, 12:06 AM

Re: Why most people don't finish video games

Originally posted by rushyrulz

console games aren't good anymore.. they're all lame FPS shit that I hate.

Hey now, there's a lot of good indies on XBLA.

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