Am I the only one who really needs to finish games more often?

[distortedreality]

I generally make sure I finish every game I buy (as long as i'm enjoying it, that is) before I start playing another SP game. The caveat is if a MP game grabs my attention, I could put the SP game down for months.

The exception atm being AC: Brotherhood, haven't even started the SP yet, been too busy Witchering.

 

[scorptatious]

You're not the only one. When I was little I rarely played games all the way through. As I hated losing in them, so I never tried to get to the harder areas. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a good example. I believe it's a very good game, but I have yet to beat it.

Of course now, I grew out of that and now I want to play some of the games I've never got around to beating. I just need some money...

 

[GonzoGamer]

Shenmue II?...
On the Dreamcast?...
That?s quite a list and while there are some good titles on that list, don?t feel like you need to finish all of them. As a renter, I don?t finish most of the games I play. Just the ones I really like.I don?t feel compelled to finish every game I play the way I do with every book I pick up.

 

[Hgame]

Same thing happens to me, I've only finished 5 games in my entire life, out of 130+ I own, and countless more I've borrowed (I wish my local library hadn't stopped renting out video games, they were £1 for a week.) I would finish them but I never have the time. Maybe one day when I am seriously bored.

 

[ntw3001]

I don't finish games all that often. I generally get bored before the end, and I don't feel any pressure to finish something I got bored of.

 

[Scizophrenic Llama]

I recently picked up a PS3 so that bumped up my list of games a bit, but I tend to get through games pretty quickly.

Little Big Planet 2: Can't really beat this, but I guess platinum trophy would cover that.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Have to be at least halfway through the game, but I have no clue really.
Uncharted 2: Probably the furthest along in single-player on this list.
inFAMOUS: Kind of touched on this one, not too far in.
God of War 3: Similar to inFAMOUS, sort of dabbled didn't play too much.
Portal 2: A good chunk of co-op levels to complete still.

I bought Terraria a few days ago and that has been eating up my game time, and Demon's Souls should be shipping to me sometime today and arrive tomorrow I would imagine.

 

[Jack Rascal]

I seem to buy more games than I have time to play or finish. And that really bugs me. I also have several games that are still neatly wrapped up as I haven't had the time to start playing them. And yet, I buy more games... I seem to be incapable of walking past any offer I see.

I have probably finished most of the games that I own, but there are a lot of games that I have enjoyed and not finished (Demon's Souls and Oblivion to give a few). If I don't particularly enjoy a game, I might run through it or just leave it. I don't feel bad about those later on though. I wish my boss gave me payed leave to concentrate on my games. I can only hope...

 

[FPSMadPaul]

My husband is notorious for not finishing games.
It's been happening to me more lately too. (I think it's contagious!) But I really plan to buckle down and finish some of my games, damn it! But...thanks to Steam and the fact that a lot of the games I like (and the types I like) are released almost always around the same time as each other, I have so many to play still. >_>

Edit: Or go on sale at the same time.**

This happened to me at a local game shop recently. I was intent on finishing Twilight Princess before buying any other game. However, I went to aforementioned game shop with a friend of mine who went to buy Magic cards.

Bored out of my mind waiting, I just browse around only to find Portal 2 and Bulletstorm both being sold for $20 each (and Portal 2 was new).

Resistance was futile.

Wow, what game shop was this? That's about 1/3 of the price of my local game shop :/

 

[RipperSU]

I'd say I complete about 90 percent of the games I play. Every so often I get a game that sucks too much to finish. While I really hate not finishing a game, sometimes it saves me from wanting to kill the developer.

 

[Smiles]

I have completed about seven games in my gaming lifetime. Super Mario Bros 3, portal 1 and 2, fable 1 and 2, and the half-life games that came in the orange box.

 

[Agayek]

Every holiday I have a similar situation because of Steam sales. I've got oodles of unfinished games that I'm looking to finish but probably won't.

 

[viranimus]

Wow, that is sort of an alien concept to me.

If a game is good, or hell even decent, then isnt the purpose of playing to finish it?

Hell, in recent memory the only game I can recall not finishing was FF9... and that was because I couldnt bring myself to end such a glorious tribute to the olden days of the series.
I dont think I will ever "finish" it.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

My husband is notorious for not finishing games.
It's been happening to me more lately too. (I think it's contagious!) But I really plan to buckle down and finish some of my games, damn it! But...thanks to Steam and the fact that a lot of the games I like (and the types I like) are released almost always around the same time as each other, I have so many to play still. >_>

Edit: Or go on sale at the same time.**

This happened to me at a local game shop recently. I was intent on finishing Twilight Princess before buying any other game. However, I went to aforementioned game shop with a friend of mine who went to buy Magic cards.

Bored out of my mind waiting, I just browse around only to find Portal 2 and Bulletstorm both being sold for $20 each (and Portal 2 was new).

Resistance was futile.

You had no chance. *pat*

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Let me put it this way; I currently own over 230 games. I've finished, at most, 50 of them -- and that's a really generous guess. The OP is probably more in the majority than the minority, especially of people old enough to have very little free time (read: anyone over the age of 10).

 

[Chancie]

Out of all of my games, I'm sad to say that I think I have more unfinished than finished. :/ I just don't have the time and sometimes, I don't have the attention span if it's one of those ridiculously long games.

 

[DigitalAtlas]

My husband is notorious for not finishing games.
It's been happening to me more lately too. (I think it's contagious!) But I really plan to buckle down and finish some of my games, damn it! But...thanks to Steam and the fact that a lot of the games I like (and the types I like) are released almost always around the same time as each other, I have so many to play still. >_>

Edit: Or go on sale at the same time.**

This happened to me at a local game shop recently. I was intent on finishing Twilight Princess before buying any other game. However, I went to aforementioned game shop with a friend of mine who went to buy Magic cards.

Bored out of my mind waiting, I just browse around only to find Portal 2 and Bulletstorm both being sold for $20 each (and Portal 2 was new).

Resistance was futile.

Wow, what game shop was this? That's about 1/3 of the price of my local game shop :/

A small Mom' N' Pop Store in New York known as Gamer Craze.

 

[Vault101]

anyway next on my list is darksiders....

if you get a chance tell me if that game is any good or not

Games I need to beat
1-Jak II
2-Front Mission 4
3-Beyond Good&Evil
4-The Mark of Kri
5-Suikoden III(I'm stuck on the final boss)
6-Lost Odyssey(I need to start that game soon)
7-God of War 2&3
8-Saint's Row II

its not bad, quite fun and I love the artstyle (its looks very pretty, not in a technical way but artstyle) great for you know just midless violence and escapism

as for story it has Narm Charm I supose, I wouldnt be putting it on my top 10 list anytime soon but it was worth the purchase

its alot like god of war in many ways, except I prefer it because I can move the camera around and it looks nicer

so yeah, its a fighter thats all about the specticle