Misread the title as fishing, Don't you dare talk shit about Sega Bass Fishing!
Yeah, I read this as fishing too. And I thought "they still make fishing games??"
Misread the title as fishing, Don't you dare talk shit about Sega Bass Fishing!
I complete every game that I buy.
I hate not finishing games as it means I made a bad purchase decision. And it ends up with that Dev on my shit list and having to do a lot to get me to buy another of their games (at least in the same genre).
That said, I don't force myself to finish games I'm not enjoying at all anymore. I'll force myself through unfun parts if I'm enjoying the whole (especially if I'm close to the end and it's story driven). If I'm not having fun at all anymore, I move on. I try to by non-MP games either physical so I can sell after beating or dirt cheap (Steam sales etc.) so I'm not out much.
I pretty much never 100% games. Never have, there's just always boring, tedious or frustrating shit involved and I really don't care about finishing things beyond finishing the story. If there's some true ending that's tedious to get I'll just YouTube that.
Here's a confession: I played Tomb Raider like a year ago for the first time. It cost me just a few bucks on Steam. I liked the first third of the game. About halfway through I knew I got what I wanted out of this game and I'm not really interested anymore, but OCD crept in and I forced myself to finish it. Now I'm not saying it's not a good game, in fact it's pretty great for what it is, it's just not for me. And once I learned I'm about halfway through (using a youtube let's play to estimate), I just felt like I might as well finish it.
When I did finish it I did not feel a sense of accomplishment, in fact I didn't feel great about doing that, since I could have spent those 6-7 hours playing a game that I love, experiencing something new. And I realized it all comes down to guilt. I just feel guilty walking out on a game. So I decided it's not OK for me to feel this guilt anymore. I give myself full permission to stop playing when the game doesn't pull me in anymore, there are just too many amazing games out there that I could be playing.
I know this doesn't sound very economical, but I actually don't spend a lot of money on games, because I only buy full price games when I know it's a home run for me. The rest of the time I like trying stuff that's not very expensive, either because it's older or because it's a smaller game.
Misread the title as fishing, Don't you dare talk shit about Sega Bass Fishing!
My wife is notorious for getting to the final boss and then quitting. It drives me insane.
I did that with some games ... rage quitted the boss and watched the ending on youtube =P
This right here.There are so many damn games, I really became a lot happier when I realized that I don't need to play everything.
I gave myself a little rule where I have to finish a game to buy a new one, but I just bought Horizon because of the sale and will def get Crash next week.
I def try to finish the games Im having fun with but I def will check out on something average because there is way too much out there to play mediocre games.
Misread the title as fishing, Don't you dare talk shit about Sega Bass Fishing!
I resonate with everything you said except the bolded part. It's entirely possible these days to purchase a game for 3$ out of curiosity, have a good time with it for 3-4 hours and move on. If we're talking about something more expensive then yea, it usually stings.
There are so many damn games, I really became a lot happier when I realized that I don't need to play everything.
I gave myself a little rule where I have to finish a game to buy a new one, but I just bought Horizon because of the sale and will def get Crash next week.
I def try to finish the games Im having fun with but I def will check out on something average because there is way too much out there to play mediocre games.
The thing is she could do it! She just chooses not to.
I resonate with everything you said except the bolded part. It's entirely possible these days to purchase a game for 3$ out of curiosity, have a good time with it for 3-4 hours and move on. If we're talking about something more expensive then yea, it usually stings.
Yeah, no. I finish games. Most of the games I play are story driven, why on earth would I stop playing it? Thats like saying I stop reading a novel half way in. Talk about a waste of time.