Do you honeslty care if you finish or complete a video game?

Not anymore for me, I just play to have fun and enjoy the experience. I don't really care if I complete games anymore since I play whatever I feel like even if I am playing another game, so I play other games even if I haven't finish the current one I am playing. Seems as I've gotten older I just feel apathy and uncompetitive in games now a days. I play mostly to pass the time and as I said earlier for the experience. Even if I am playing something multiplayer like Team Fortress 2 and I die a lot it really doesn't bug me and I just laugh usually.

But what about you all? Do you care if you finish/complete a game in general? Interested in your responses, thank you.

Well, of course. I buy the game with the full intention of finishing it. The only time that doesn't hapen is if I really hate the game. Even if I just think its okay, I'll still get through it. I like to finish my games :)

Of course. I don't watch half a movie or read half a book, so why would I play half a game? I like to finish what I've started.

I used to be very bad about not finishing games; especially in my childhood on the Super NES. I started doing it again and stopped myself. Why? Because we cheat ourselves when we do that. You think you're tired of it, but keep playing and there could be a spur that gets you interested and keeps you playing. It's also great to be able to tell your friends, "Yea, I beat it." Yea it sounds dirty, but it's true.

i do if i spend the full $60 on it. i thought the new castlevania game was pretty awful, haven't played it since the day it came out. i do keep meaning to pick it up and try it again since i spent that much on it though

The only games that i have completed are the mgs games, i have hundreds of games but i get bored playing one for too long(except for red dead redemption) and i usually find something else to play. Although i did finish hannah montana on the psp! Sshhhh dont tell anyone.

Even though I don't beat a lot my games, I do want to. Like someone else mentioned, it's about getting my money's worth. I also play for the experience, and I've recently found that the experience does get better with finishing the game.

Just like the OP, however, I have lost all interest in competitive gaming. I do like to play COD and Halo and the like, but I don't care if I win or lose. I'm a decent player, so it's not like I'm dragging anyone down, but i certainly don't get mad if I or a teammate gets killed. And yes, maybe that does come with age!

Not anymore for me, I just play to have fun and enjoy the experience. I don't really care if I complete games anymore since I play whatever I feel like even if I am playing another game, so I play other games even if I haven't finish the current one I am playing. Seems as I've gotten older I just feel apathy and uncompetitive in games now a days. I play mostly to pass the time and as I said earlier for the experience. Even if I am playing something multiplayer like Team Fortress 2 and I die a lot it really doesn't bug me and I just laugh usually.

But what about you all? Do you care if you finish/complete a game in general? Interested in your responses, thank you.

JmanRBS

I try to finish my single-player player games before buying more games. As for online gaming..... I've cut down almost to nothing.

not anymore. i see so many gamers complaining about their massive piles of unfinished games and i think.. it shouldn't be a chore. it appears to create stress. so now i only generally buy one game at a time, and play that. i also play more for performance or high score (shooters, action games etc.), or extreme challenge, rather than for story or trophies or collecting stuff. if a game is taking you so long to finish it obviously isn't compelling enough and you should forget about it.

it all depends on the game. if i have put in a crap load of time into it then i will most likely finsih ot or if the story is rly good then ill finish it. but if the story just blows then i ussaly stop playing it adn never touch it againevilmaster2424

I haven't completed or even started the single player campaign for most of the shooters I own. I got sick of that type of gameplay a decade ago.

I always aim to beat a game I purchase. However, I am not going to complete a game (i.e. get all special items, find all secret locations, etc.) unless I really enjoy the title.

Yes, certainly I do care about that. [spoiler] :lol: [/spoiler]

Yes, certainly I do care about that.

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SteelAttack

I'm in the same boat.:P I rarely beat anything. I trade in more new games in a year than I beat by at least a 3:1 margin.

Yep. I generally do. Sometimes it takes a while though. Especially with RPG's sometimes if I'm into several RPG's at a time that have a lot of content, then it can take me weeks, or even months to finish them ( I like exploring extra content a LOT).

Whenever I start playing a game, I usually play it through.

I try to. Right now I have a lot of games for PS2 I haven't completed, so I play them all equally.

Basically, I finish a game if it entertains me. The best games are supposed to hold your attention until the end, so if it doesn't, it's not really worth my time. That usually only happens for games I get cheap and with the prior knowledge that the purchase is a risk. I have a huge backlog, but it's generally filled with games I genuinely want to play and finish.

I try to eventually complete the games I buy, but some if I don't like em I don't force my self through them anymore. I mean finishing Two Worlds for me would have been murder I don't think I'll ever complete it.

I have other uncompleted games (usually ones that are meh such as Pirates of the Caribbean etc.), but I also have some that I really want to beat i.e Fable II, Oblivion, Bioshock 2, ones that I just haven't gotten around to due to my backlog. So in short some games I have started then stopped simply because I really want to play a new game I just bought (like Halo:Reach :P) others I have stopped because I genuinely disliked them. As for being competitive I myself don't really care if I lose or win in multi-player, but I do get slightly frustrated if I keep getting killed over and over again while having no success.

even if you like the game or not its worth finishing, complete waste of money otherwiseAbusedMajesty

I disagree if you hate it you're wasting your time and getting zero enjoyment out of it. Its one of those old philosophies that you somehow feel better that you beat the game even if you got just as little joy out of it in comparison to if you hadn't beaten it.

I would compare it to finishing food after your full. You feel like your not wasting it since your eating it, but in reality if your full and not enjoying it your wasting just as much as if you had simply thrown it out.

If I actually enjoy the game, then I intend to finish it. However, if it's a game that I don't enjoy, I'll almost never resume playing it, which means I won't ever complete it. For example, I bough Mass Effect from Steam a few months ago. I'll never finish that game.

not really thats what retirements for