Do you always finish computer games?

[Dis]

Finish as in "beat" the games. Some games such as mmorpg's can't be beat as far as I can tell (I have never actually played them), so those wouldn't count. Same with Sim game (never really played those either)

I normally don't like playing games I know I will never beat. Makes me feel like a failure. It's better to not to try, than try and fail . Although sometimes I get stuck and I have to ask for help, and sometimes even consult gamefaq's . I try not to do that the first time around. But I do get stuck at times.

But despite that, there are still many games I have not beat. Most were due to lack of interest. I just couldn't get "into" the game. Morrowind is one example. I did reinstall it recently since I got my new computer. But I still can't seem to play it. Recently I installed Soulbringer as well. Haven't done anything with that one either. I never finished Max Payne, because I suck, and I got tired of reloading . I don't like playing games that require me to reload excessively. Syncicate Wars (I was talking about this in another thread) I never finished. Along with Black and White and Star Wars Rebellion.

[Frankychan]

Like Comrade Tass said, I'll cheat to win....but only by going as far as possible without cheating.


Haven't beat the godawful GalCiv and don't plan to. That was a waste of some hard earned money.

[Urban Ranger]

I'll inish a game if I like it. Sometimes I'll finish a game even if I don't like it, like Starcraft. The solo campaign, of course.

[duke o' york]

I'll finish games I enjoy, but at the same time, will just play small sections of other games. I've finished all the Tony Hawk games to date, comprehensively, but will still stick it on and play a few levels just for the hell of it, without feeling that I have to keep playing to finish it for that character.
I've got one of those PS1 Mario Kart rip-offs, and have no interest in finishing it, but will play a few races now and again. Same with Pro Evo - I'll play a few friendlies rather than starting a World Cup each time.

[DrSpike]

I finish pretty much all the games I play.

[Adagio]

Usually games can't hold my attention for the time it takes to beat the game...

Hell... Max Payne 2 couldn't even hold my attention to finish level 2


I won about 3/4 of Need for Speed Underground before getting tired of it... now I only play the drifting mode...

Journey to the center of the earth (adventure) I only managed to beat 25% (I guess) before getting tired of it... the story itself is interesting, but it just takes too long to get from point a to point b... and there's no way to speed it up...


The games I play the most, is the games that can't be finished (e.g. SimCity)

[Daz]

Finish if possible. I its hopeless i just abandon it....

[Skanky Burns]

I always finish games if I can, although this may be constrained by my interest levels sometimes. I still haven't finished Star Trek Elite Forces for this reason, despite being skilled enough to do so.

There are other games where I finished despite not really enjoying that particular part of the game (Starcraft for instance), but I would not cheat just to say that I could beat a game. Hollow victory.

[Daz]

DrSpike:

I finish pretty much all the games I play.

Yea, on "beginner"....

*ducks*

[VetLegion]

I try to finish the good ones. Fallout 2 end game was becoming progressively boring so I remember shooting right for the finish and disregarding the smaller quests and character improvement.

The lousy games I deinstall on a whim. My time is too precious

[Spiffor]

I finish good games, or games with an enjoyable universe: I just love epilogues too much to miss them

[General Ludd]

I'll finish most good games, but really, all the games I play long enough for me to 'finish' are games with no end.

[lord of the mark]

seems this question makes assumptions about genre, etc.


I dont suppose ive ever "beaten" simcity. But then you cant.

Ive won several scenarios on the first day of Gettysburg, in SMG. One scenario i cant seem to win on, playing either side. Ive dabbled with the first scenario on the second day. So i guess i havent "finished" SMG, but i dont think winning each scenario (from either side?) is really necessary.

Ive "beaten" SMAC, but not on transcend ( I was doing well when i played transcend, but then put it aside)

[Jamski]

I've beaten all the games I own except SimCity and Worms

-Jam

[shmily_dana]

Sometimes I don't even START the game...Many games have a campaign that I never even try. I just enjoy random map single player games.

[Adagio]

Same here...The only campaign for strategy games I've played (and enjoyed) for the past many years is the Conquer the World campaign in RoN... I wouldn't call it a campaign though...

[alva]

I'll try to finish them but am not obsessed by it.

The last one I did finish was Vietcong

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Daz
DrSpike:


Yea, on "beginner"....

*ducks*

I always play the most difficult setting in FPS and RTS games as a matter of principle, even if it turns out to be as hard as it claims. After many years of MP in both those genres SP is usually way too easy.

On TBS I like to be able to play at all settings, since there are often different strategies that are optimal for each level.

[vovan]

void Vovan:: playGame(Game* g) {
  if (this->likesGame(g)) {
start:

    while (!g->isGameFinishedBy(this)) {
      g->playMore();
    }

    if (this->likesGameALot(g)) {
      g->setGameFinishedBy(this, false);
      goto start;
    }
  } else {

    while (!g->isGameFinishedBy(this) || this->hadEnoughOf(g)) {
      g->playMore();
    }

    this->throwAway(g);

  }
}

EDIT: Look what a night of coding and no sleep has done to me. I meant to say: I finish the games I like. And if they are really cool, I finish 'em again.

[alva]

That's something I very Rarely doo, start again..
(Not talking Civ like games here, IE open-end ones, and even then I need a break from it, usually a couple of weeks )

[duke o' york]

What about Mafia?

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by duke o' york
What about Mafia?

I swear I never managed to finish one

[duke o' york]

But no-one ever feels the need for a break. If they're not back in the next game it's because they've been, er, restricted, or because they weren't quick enough to sign up (or because the sign-up was at the weekend ), or they took a huff at always being killed first and avatars of President Putin were banned. One of these is not strictly true.

[Alex]

I sometimes finish them. The problem is that I have too many games installed at the same time and just can't find time to play them all to the end.

[Space05us]

I play games until I lose interest. If I finish them great, if not then oh well.

[SCG]

i have finished quite a few games (most notably 3 of the pool of radiance series, and 1 of the Bard's Tale series), although not nearly as many as i once did. if i like the game, i'll play it a lot for a while. lately i've stopped playing before i finish it, but do go back from time to time to move further along. Baldur's Gate (chapter 4) and Might and Magic 7 (level 40+ characters, still not Light or Dark) are the 2 i've been leaving, then coming back to every couple of months most recently. I suspect I'll eventually complete those 2. of course there are so many more games available to me now than there used to be, so it seems i'm quicker to lose interest than i used to be.

[Zero]

I play few games until I can say for sure Im as good as the best players in the world.

All other games I cheat or have someone beat it for me so i can watch the story plot.

[Verto]

I almost always finish a game. In fact, I make it a rule to beat a game in single player before playing MP(if available).

[Dis]

a lot of games I feel the need to finish again and again. Although I'm getting better at that.

A lot of Civ3 and even some Civ2 games I never finished. There was a time I just couldn't stand having unfinished games, it didn't feel right.

I also have a few unfinished Baldur's Gate games. Same with Fallout 1 and 2.

Although I did have an unfinished Fallout: Tactics game. but I'm finishing that one up right now.

[vmxa1]

Always finish games I like.