Poll: Do you typically finish a game or get bored and play something else?

[TheFPSisDead]

When I say finish the game, i mean the story line or campaign, not 100% the tropohies/achievements.

For me, I really try to finish games and if they aren't engaging enough to finish, i will get rid of them.

That being said, you don't have to finish every game, just what do you NORMALLY do?

 

[Sixcess]

Too many games, too little time. I hardly ever finish a game, and many fall by the wayside, maybe to be picked up again. Maybe not. On rare ocassions a game will grab me and I'll play it to the end to the exclusion of anything else - most recently Crysis - but that's rare.

It's one reason I enjoy sandboxes so much these days. I can put on Minecraft or Just Cause 2 or the like and play around for an hour without having to focus on some long involved story that I'll lose track of if I leave it alone for a few days/weeks.

 

[Ultress]

I tend to jump from game to game and come back to ones I don't beat later down the road when i get the urge to do something or see a certain scene.

 

[baddude1337]

I used to finish most, if not all games I bought, but lately I hardly finish any, some I have bought but never even tried.

 

[Palademon]

Having ADHD, I find the second option offensive.
Just kidding.
But I usually finish games. Because of my ADHD I happen to generally stick to things that interest me, not quickly get bored.

But I did recently buy 8 games, so don't blame me if I switch it up a bit, but I plan to finish them all, and the No More Heroes games make me want to stick to them until I've completed both.

 

[oplinger]

I try really hard to finish games I start. Sometimes I just can't. They're boring, or just like some other game I've played, or there is ONE GLARING FAULT WITH THE WHOLE GAME THAT I CANNOT SEE PAST NO MATTER HOW DARK MY SUN GLASSES ARE It makes me sad when I don't finish a game though, so I will try, and try, and try, and try. Eventually getting side tracked with something else and not coming back.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Too many games, too little time. I hardly ever finish a game, and many fall by the wayside, maybe to be picked up again. Maybe not. On rare ocassions a game will grab me and I'll play it to the end to the exclusion of anything else - most recently Crysis - but that's rare.

It's one reason I enjoy sandboxes so much these days. I can put on Minecraft or Just Cause 2 or the like and play around for an hour without having to focus on some long involved story that I'll lose track of if I leave it alone for a few days/weeks.

I know what you mean. Just Cause 2 is great for that.
This poll needs a middle ground. I like to rent because (lets face it) most games are crap. Most of them I?ll play for a little bit then send back. If a game is good, I?ll finish it, if it?s really good, I might keep it and play it a few times but these games are very few (maybe one every couple of years).
I don?t feel compelled to finish a game I started like I do for books or movies. If it?s crap, I wont waste my time.

 

[AceDefective]

I mostly play sandbox or games with no end so i guess get bored and play something else.

 

[darth.pixie]

I have a hard time playing a game and not getting all the achievements, quests and trophies. I'm a completionist like that.

I finish all the games I get. Otherwise I wouldn't buy them and not finishing them seems like wasted time and effort. If they end up really really bad, I may leave it and get back to it later, playing bit by bit but all in all I want to finish them.

 

[emenar]

hehehe still havnt finished oblivion, fallout 3, fallout new vegas, halo reach, final fantasy... ugh whatever the latest one is... saying that i completed all the other halo games, cod4,5,6,7 (cos that is the number they r on) ahhhh so many game si just get bored half way through and the ones i finish r pretty pathetic lol

 

[Valagetti]

Well I tend to pay full price for my games, so I try and get the most out of it.
I'm usually quite OCD with games and thats a bad and anti-social combonation when I played Fallout 3.

 

[SangRahl]

Many times, I'm a driven completionist... but in most of these cases, the game fits into a pretty short list of variables. Other times, the shear mass of available playstyles or customization leads to my falling off the wagon into full-fledged altoholism. With the desire to play multiple characters within a single game guiding my actions, I may never see the "end" or "end-game", in the case of MMOs or open-play RPG sandboxes.

Fallout 3 (and its many mods), led me to NEVER see the final battle, first-hand. I did, however, play a thieving sniper, a melée/explosives expert, a scientist/energy weapons specialist... the list goes on.

Another example is my most recent game, Mount & Blade: Warbands. I've had a Vaegir archer who specialized in manhunting, a Nordic thrower (3 stacks of throwing axes and a shield) who spent more time in jailbreaks (getting others out, not himself) than not, and I'm just starting a Scalian tactician who uses a sword and shield only when absolutely necessary. In all cases, I've not taken a side or sworn to a king or rebel usurper... just explored, taken odd jobs, and expanded my wealth, reputation, and my troops' experience and equipment.

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

Depends on the game, I guess.

I've already beaten Mass Effect 2 seven times, but for a game like Oblivion, where I've logged around a thousand hours, I've only beaten the story once.

If there's a free roaming world, I'll probably just dick around for a majority of the game and then maybe do the story later.

 

[DustyDrB]

I finish 90% of the games I play. Not only that, I finish them before I move on to the next thing. The only exceptions are when I really don't like the game for whatever reason: BioShock and Alan Wake because they were too scary for me, Borderlands because it just wasn't fun to me at all. Those are the only examples I can think of.
I didn't like Fallout 3 but I still finished it.

Edit: I don't 100% complete every game. I turn off achievements, and don't bother with most collectibles (like Assassin's creed feathers and flags, even though I bought all of Rome in Brotherhood). I just play the game in a way that feels organic to me and if I don't get all the sidequests and whatnot, that's something that will make my next playthrough a little different.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

I'm a story-oriented gamer so i play games to the end cause that's the culmination of everything. If i absolutely hate a game i won't finish it but i have come to know my own tastes well enough to be in the lucky position to say that i've not played a game i didn't love in a really long time. The last one was mario galaxy...i basically just got bored like 4 hours in, thought "same-ole same-ole" and let it collect dust.

 

[putowtin]

I have to finish a game to the end if it has a good story line....
What can I say I need to know how it ends!

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I spent my money on this, I better complete this thing! *eye twitch*

 

[King of Wei]

I try to finish a game before going onto something else. I hate leaving things incomplete.

 

[Romblen]

I usually finish, the only time I don't is if the game sucks. I take that back, the only time I don't finish a game is when it's so bad that I think it's physically hurting me.