Do you finish your games?

[Peanut]

How about it, folks? I know a ton of us buy games constantly. I myself live from release to release, rarely stopping to take a break from buying more and more stuff. Case in point, I've purchased 17 Xbox 360 games since March of this year. That is to say nothing of the 5 PSP games, 12 DS games, 13 PS2 games and now 5 Wii games I've purchased since that time. I'm sure I'm missing a couple GCN and Xbox games too. I tend to buy more than I can play and there was a point just a couple months ago where I was juggling 4 or 5 games at once.

Out of those games, I would say I finished less than half of them. I almost always finish DS games, usually because they're so short, but normal games are sometimes (oftentimes) a problem. I almost always play entirely through the stuff I love, like Gears, Zelda, God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, Viva Pinata, Two Thrones, Oblivion and whatever other great stuff I'm missing that I've played through this year.

Fortunately we're coming up onto a drought. I'm hoping to finish off some of the really good ones in there. Stuff like Okami, Enchanted Arms, We <3 Katamari, and even all of those Mega Man X games in the collection I bought for Gamecube.

So the point of the thread. Do you guys normally finish your games? It's weird that when you're younger, you have all the time in the world, but no money for games, but when you're older you have all the money, but no time. It sucks.

[愛]

Hell yeah, I finish my games. I make sure when I buy a game, I finish it. It's kind of an unwritten rule for hardcore gamers. However, when I have an abundance of games, it takes much longer to finish the games. I do finish the games, though.

[Barkworm]

I think this is the first year since SNES days in which I didn't finish more games than I did finish.

[Krang]

I generally try to finish all the games that I buy. I occasionally get sidetracked with other games, though, and some games (such as most rhythm-based games and some puzzle games) can't really be finished, so I voted for "sometimes."

[ThirdMarioBro]

I dink around. I'll buy a ton of regular games, then I'll drop them for something else big, then come back to them in random order, finish them, then go back and finish that new thing too. I'm sparatic, and I don't have an easy time letting one thing keep my interest long, but there are exceptions.

I drop everything for games like Mario, Zelda, Gears of War (new addition), and my other core series. Everything else, I'll procrastinate, but I eventually finish it. I just don't hammer through it like Peanut does. I can get burnt out easily.


Lack of time hurts me a lot too, and I do other things, but gaming is my primary hobby, and I always find some way to finish my games. If I'm going to spend money on a game, I'm going to finish it...eventually, unless it sucks donkey **** like Red Steel or Shadow the Hedgehog.


Keep in mind though, I spend a lot of time also on games that require less commitment like puzzle games, arcade action games, fighters, and racers. I have a well rounded catalouge, with the exception of J-RPG's. I'll be playing Tetris Attack until the day I die.

[Duke]

I'm going to have to go with sometimes. I'm like Peanut, in the sense that I buy way more games than I have time to play. Sometimes, I'll pick up a game on sale, then let it set for 3 months, before I'll even open it. That doesn't mean I don't finish games. Sometimes (usually during the summer when I seem to have more time) I'll go back and finish a bunch off. Then games that blow me out of the water, I usually play straight through. I just wish I had more free time...

[Mecha Cow]

I try to, but sometimes I just lose interest and stop playing the game. I still have a bunch of unfinished games, but I probably won't be bothered to finish most of them.

[XERO]

When it comes to old school games, I try to beat them as fast as possible.

When it comes to current games, it all goes down to the memory card data. That is, if it doesn't get 'accidentally' erased. If it does, I move on to something else for a while before coming back with a vengeance.

[Cure]

Always. It's an unwritten rule for me, like with Lain. If I buy it and spend it my hard earned money on it, I tend to get the most of it, no matter how long it takes. And when I buy more than one game, I play them one at a time. Beat one before moving on to the next.

[ThirdMarioBro]

and even all of those Mega Man X games in the collection I bought for Gamecube.


Buy a spare Wavebird. You'll break at least one.

[Dr. Doom]

I've made it well known that I have some....issues with completing games, even if I absolutely love them. Some infamous examples being Final Fantasy VI, Majora's Mask, Fire Emblem, Metroid Prime, and Wind Waker (the last two I eventually did finish after about 3 seperate attempts each, but it took a while). For me, leaving a game unfinished isn't an indication that I don't like the game or that it's not good. Hell look at what I just listed, those are all incredible games in my opinion, a few of them are among my favorites. Even Final Fantasy IX, my 2nd favorite game of all time by a slim margin, was only about 3/4 done when I stopped playing it the first time. My problem is that attention gets focused on other things very easily, I guess. I didn't respond to the poll, because my answer would probably lie somehwere inbetween "Yes" and "Sometimes". More like "Sometimes I DON'T finish them".

[Sewer Bull]

My problem is that attention gets focused on other things very easily, I guess.

Or maybe you're just too weak to finish them lol.

My answer is definitely "usually". Not "always", tho'.

[Dr. Doom]

-=Turns him into a cheeseburger and devours him with some heavily-salted french fries, making quite sure to finish it all=-

[XERO]

Save me some, Doom.

[Spitfire]

I try to, some games I buy them without playing first*Always a bad idea* and they are so terribly bad I can't*The Outfit*. Some are like Okami and I just don't have time. But for the most part I do. I buy a game and I play it until I'm bored and then I go get another one.

[Kid Icarus]

It all depends on how good the game is. Some games just arn't worth my time.

[Deathknight]

It really depends on if the game holds my interest or not. To this day I still want to get around to beating Zelda Wind Waker but the game never keeps me addicted at all. I've had it since the day it came out and I've only beaten the 2nd temple. It seems Twilight Princess might suffer the same fate for me as well. Had it since the launch and haven't played it much.

[Peanut]

Then why buy it? That's one thing I don't get. If you didn't have the drive to finish a game in a series, why continue to buy games in that series? For instance, I bought the first Ratchet & Clank game and thought it was average at very best, so I never went out and got the other ones. Metroid Prime? I thought the first one was crap, so I left the second one alone, despite the nagging of friends and the gleaming reviews.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I thought the first one was crap, so I left the second one alone, despite the nagging of friends and the gleaming reviews.

*insert nagging of friends here*

[Dr. Doom]

For me, wanting to finish a game and being able to finish a game are unfortuantely 2 seperate things altogether.

[Kid Icarus]

You do realize that you can't really finish WoW, right? ;)

[愛]

True, but you can get them phat lewtz! GETTIN' THEM PURPLZ! Besides, the expansion comes out soon, and I have to grind to level 70. Then I gotta buy a flying mount for 5k gold. JESUS H. CHRIST.

I also went shadow specced with my Priest the day of the patch. I went outside Durotar and dueled this Mage. I feared him, dotted him up, and casted Mind Blast. I crit him for 2k, and a second or two later, I won the duel. ONE-SHOT. Whenever I get a crit with a spell, I have to say, "BOOM! HEADSHOT!" I dunno, it's just something I do.

[Kid Icarus]

I never did learn to tell when you crit... does it do anything special?

[愛]

When you crit, it does a lot more damage, like in any RPG. Usually it's double the damage, but there's talent points to increase the damage done when you crit. It's a great feeling.

[Kid Icarus]

Do the numbers get bigger or something? That happens every now and then, specially with my warriors... nothin like slappin a ho down half their life bar.

[愛]

Yeah. You can tell when you crit a mob. The number flies up on your screen really fast, and the number is bigger in size.

[Deathknight]

Then why buy it? That's one thing I don't get. If you didn't have the drive to finish a game in a series, why continue to buy games in that series?

Well, I thought the game looked like it was finally the Zelda sequel I was looking for since Ocarina of Time. Also with Wind Waker, I do hope to finish it someday. When I do play it I usually play it for a decent amount of time it's just that I never get in the mood to play it for some reason.

[LogicDonny]

It seems to me that I just have so many old ps1 games to play and a few other games as well. It just that too many games comes out and I never get a chance to finish those games.

Take some of the great rpgs on the playstation.. I start them and then just leave them and not finish them.

I have zelda tp to finish still at the 6th dugeon.. Halo 2, etc.. It seem that this is a habit not only I do but possibly others as well.

[Mecha Cow]

My God, you monster!

I actually have a bad habit of doing this as well, but I tend to blame it on the game not being good enough.

[OA]

Yea, its hard to sit down and find the time to run through some games through their entirity. There are soooo many good games out and its soo easy to get behind (esp. if you get a new system like I did this christmas getting a 360). I was just able to finsih Shadow of Collosus, then RE4 on the cube, and castlevania on DS before I got my 360 so I basically was able to catch up. But now there are a ton of titles I want to play I just have to pace myself. I've been playing Halo 2, which is great, but I kinda want to move on already...

[Kid Icarus]

Between WoW, Elebits, and Zelda... I've ran out of time to start new games.

But I do usually finish my games. Out of all of the cube games I own, only three or four are left unfinished... DS has two, and so far Wii has two (after selling off Rayman and Marvel for Elebits...)

[Mr. Snackpants]

I try to finish all the games I get, but sometimes it's impossible.

This year for Christmas I got COD3 and R6V for the 360 and Elebits and Rayman for the Wii. I was only 10 hours into Zelda:TP and was still enjoying GoW multiplayer(when it wasn't so damn laggy)...not to mention my hour of Halo 2 on XBL every few days. I had too many games w/ too little time. Elebits and Rayman sucked. I guess Rayman was alright, the rabbids were kinda funny. After I finished Rayman I knew I would never, ever come back and replay it, so I sold it. IMO, Elebits was trash. I sold it a day after I bought it. A total waste.

I'm only 2-3 missions into COD3 and R6V. I enjoy multiplayer more than campaigns, so I'm highly doubting I will ever finish these 2 games...with Lost Planet, Crackdown, and Guitar Hero 2 coming out through March. Then you got Wario Ware and Wii Play for the Wii.

Point being, I probably won't finish any of the games I have gotten recently or the games I will be getting in the near future. I hate it but I don't have much time. But I guess that means there are a lot of good games out, so that's good.

I also just sold Zelda:TP today...I'm not motivated to finish it. I kept telling myself that I liked it, but I was lying to myself.

[Peanut]

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=17630

I made a thread about this not too long ago.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Which is why I've decided to stop buying games I have no intention of finishing, unless I'm getting them for kicks. I'd rather buy Zelda and finish it, then buy Zelda and something else and only enjoy them half-assed because I didn't have time for both. I'm being more cautious about my purchases from now on.

Tomorrow morning, Wario Ware. I need my yearly puff of whatever Intelligent Systems is smoking this time.

[Deathknight]

I do that way too much. Right now I continued playing FF6 and left TP in the dust for awhile.

[LogicDonny]

I'm glad you guys understand.. Well I did start contuining my game in zelda.. I got the new weapon in the 6th dugeon and I had to stop because my parents invited me to go with them for dinner considering they were going by themselves. So after I finish watching 24 I will um contuine or maybe in a while after.

[Kid Icarus]

Which is why I've decided to stop buying games I have no intention of finishing, unless I'm getting them for kicks. I'd rather buy Zelda and finish it, then buy Zelda and something else and only enjoy them half-assed because I didn't have time for both. I'm being more cautious about my purchases from now on.

Tomorrow morning, Wario Ware. I need my yearly puff of whatever Intelligent Systems is smoking this time.

Tuesday is going to KILL my bank account. Wario Ware, Pheonix Wright 2, and The Burning Crusade are ALL hitting on the SAME day.

I didn't preorder TBC, so that will have to wait I suppose... and with moving at the end of the month... PW2 is looking better then WWSM.

[Ra]

I sometimes finish my games, but then again, I'm not a hard-core gamer, nor do I find myself with a lot of free time on my hands. Here's a list of what I've done and completed:

Finished
- Spyro: Year of the Dragon
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus
- Dog's Life
- About 4 Pokemon games for the GameBoy

Yep. All the kiddy-friendly games :P However, I have another 6 games in my DVD case that is just screaming for just an hour or two more in front of the TV just to finish the story. Games like "Ratchet and Clank 3" are just a world or two away from finishing. Or there is my copy of "Kingdom Hearts", which only just saw the end for Deep Jungle last night. Yep, I suck :lol:

[Draconic]

I think that I'm not a typical gamer. I take my time and play them when I feel like it. Sometimes, I'll actually forget about a game that I haven't beaten yet.

Here is a list of games that I've played the greater portions of, but not actyally beaten yet:

Mario 1, Mario 2, Zelda 1, FFII, FFIII, FFVII, FFIX, FFX-2, Baten Kaitos, Bully, Pokemon Fire Red, Golden Sun, Pokemon Sapphire, LOZ Oracle of ages & seasons, Link's awakening

Earthbound almost met the same fate. Usually, I don't buy a game unless it's a sequel to a game that I liked, or a game that I've heard lots about... but I never buy on opening day. I just beat Kingdom Hearts 2, if that's any indication. :-)