Do you finish your games?

Peanut · 12-06-2006, 12:19 AM

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 · 12-06-2006, 12:24 AM

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** · 12-06-2006, 02:00 AM

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

**Krang** · 12-06-2006, 03:07 AM

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** · 12-06-2006, 03:11 AM

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* · 12-06-2006, 08:47 AM

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* · 12-06-2006, 10:59 AM

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* · 12-06-2006, 11:19 AM

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* · 12-06-2006, 11:24 AM

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** · 12-06-2006, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

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* · 12-06-2006, 02:01 PM

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* · 12-06-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

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* · 12-06-2006, 02:44 PM

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

*XERO* · 12-06-2006, 04:01 PM

Save me some, Doom.

*Spitfire* · 12-06-2006, 04:06 PM

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* · 12-06-2006, 09:04 PM

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

*Deathknight* · 12-06-2006, 09:37 PM

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 · 12-06-2006, 10:04 PM

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** · 12-06-2006, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

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* · 12-06-2006, 10:52 PM

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

View Poll Results: Do you finish your games?
Yes!	10	34.48%
No!	1	3.45%
Sometimes.	11	37.93%
It depends on how good it is.	7	24.14%
I don't play your childish, "games" fool!	0	0%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

12-06-2006, 12:19 AM	#1
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Do you finish your games? 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.

12-06-2006, 02:00 AM	#3
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,761	I think this is the first year since SNES days in which I didn't finish more games than I did finish. __________________ Make ****, not kill!

12-06-2006, 03:07 AM	#4
Krang Admin and Sega Guru Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Dimension X Posts: 3,755	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." __________________ "My motherboard's microchips are chomping at the... 'bit'. A little computer humor." --Krang, Welcome Back, Polarisoids

12-06-2006, 10:59 AM	#7
Mecha Cow Gorgeous and modest too Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,699	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. __________________

12-06-2006, 12:24 AM	#2
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	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.

12-06-2006, 03:11 AM	#5
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	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.

12-06-2006, 08:47 AM	#6
Duke Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,913	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...

12-06-2006, 11:19 AM	#8
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	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. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

12-06-2006, 11:24 AM	#9
Cure Y'all need Jesus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,938	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.

12-06-2006, 02:01 PM	#11
Dr. Doom Allons-y! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Castle Doom Posts: 4,535	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". __________________ I love you, Pickle.

12-06-2006, 02:44 PM	#13
Dr. Doom Allons-y! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Castle Doom Posts: 4,535	-=Turns him into a cheeseburger and devours him with some heavily-salted french fries, making quite sure to finish it all=- __________________ I love you, Pickle. Last edited by Dr. Doom; 12-06-2006 at 02:53 PM.

12-06-2006, 04:01 PM	#14
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	Save me some, Doom. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

12-06-2006, 04:06 PM	#15
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	I try to, some games I buy them without playing firstAlways a bad idea and they are so terribly bad I can'tThe 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. __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

12-06-2006, 09:04 PM	#16
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	It all depends on how good the game is. Some games just arn't worth my time.

12-06-2006, 09:37 PM	#17
Deathknight Mad Scientist Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: One of the 972 rooms of the technodrome Posts: 1,995	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. __________________ Shredder: "Ninja hall of fame? Ha! Where's MY statue?!" -My Brother, the Bad Guy

12-06-2006, 10:04 PM	#18
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	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.

12-06-2006, 10:52 PM	#20
Dr. Doom Allons-y! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Castle Doom Posts: 4,535	For me, wanting to finish a game and being able to finish a game are unfortuantely 2 seperate things altogether. __________________ I love you, Pickle.