Yep, credits and you are done. Getting 100% in a game seems more mundane to me than anything. 99 of each item when I only need 3 and so on is not my idea of fun. I would much rather get as much as I could from it without compulsively going for 100% and then move on to another game.
Finishing a game to me is beating the last boss and finishing the story. Completing a game is beating all the side quests, collecting all the items, seeing all there is to see in the game etc.
Technically, i would have to agree with most and say its over when the credits roll. But for me, i think that 100% is TRULY finishing a game, and i dont consider it beaten until i do so.
When i've completed a game three times, the first time without any help at all, the second time fully completing a game 100% with guides but onlyifI can't get 100% without and finally I play through with funcheatsand mess as much as possible. Only then will I say that i've fully completed the game.
i go by 100%, if there's more to do that's actually worthwhile then the game isn't finished as far as i'm concerned...there is a limit to what is worthwhile though...things like maxing out items when you can carry a ridiculous amount and it'd take forever to max them all out is rather pointless though, as you'll never use those items anyway...as long i've got alot of each item (or if the max is low then the max of them) then i'm happy...
how bout those with multiple endings ? does one ending count as finish ? or must you get all ? or at least half ?
Ernice
To be honest if the game doesn't interest me enough then instead of completing it again and again I'd just search the web and find out what happens that way. I'm reminded of Abe's Oddesy for some reason :roll:
i go by 100%, if there's more to do that's actually worthwhile then the game isn't finished as far as i'm concerned...there is a limit to what is worthwhile though...things like maxing out items when you can carry a ridiculous amount and it'd take forever to max them all out is rather pointless though, as you'll never use those items anyway...as long i've got alot of each item (or if the max is low then the max of them) then i'm happy...robbristow
[QUOTE="robbristow"]i go by 100%, if there's more to do that's actually worthwhile then the game isn't finished as far as i'm concerned...there is a limit to what is worthwhile though...things like maxing out items when you can carry a ridiculous amount and it'd take forever to max them all out is rather pointless though, as you'll never use those items anyway...as long i've got alot of each item (or if the max is low then the max of them) then i'm happy...kingrich06
is there alot of games u play this way yup...most of them in fact :| unfortunately i dn have as much time as i used to so longer games will take me weeks to finish now...used to be completing most games that are shorter than 40 hours in a week with ease...it's surprisingly rare that extra unlockables are difficult to get...GTA is one of those games that is very long winded when it comes to the extras...i normally get everything still though...well...everything but the easter egg signs...normally i only spot a few of them, they're useless anyway so i dnt see any reason to look for them...
Finishing a game is finishing it, ending the story. Now completing a game is different. I havent completed many games, only some RPGs or the RE, ZoE, and some other qaction and RPGs.
i usually don't finish games.. since new games comes out and i get tired of the one olds.. but saying that.. i do finish games if i'm really interested in it.
i've also finish(in normal difficulty and mostly getting 60% or 70% of the game complete) a lot of games but complete(getting all items ,all weapons, playing as tofu(RE2),getting the gun-sword,beating sephiroth and unknown(KH1FM)) a few
Beat the final boss androll credits... unless there are multiple endings. For multiple endings, some are better than others, especially if there is an "easy" route (Castlevania for GBA and DS). In those cases, the "good" ending counts in my mind. Or a third qualification would be that the game becomes so infuriating due to poor control or unrelenting difficulty that you break the disc into many small pieces.
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