There are a LOT of games that aren't worth finishing and a LOT of games that are worth playing.
I agree with OP completely. If you don't have access to many games, by all means, finish what you have. But it's better to have played 500 great games than to have finished 50 or fully completed 20.
if youre not gonna finish why even buy?
if youre not gonna finish why even buy?
if youre not gonna finish why even buy?
There are games I have dropped early on only to go back and find to be amazing. Knights of the Old Republic, Witcher 2 etc. I don't always finish games but I think that sometimes I might be missing out on something if I don't give a chance.
The whole "it stopped being fun so I stopped it" thing makes me think you might be robbing yourself of a great experience. After all, tv shows and other media have dud seasons, slow beginnings etc. This isn't always true but it might be sometimes.
I like finishing games. Leaving a game unfinished agitates me.
Yep.Forcing myself to continue playing a game that I'm not enjoying agitates me FAR more.
Yep.
I guess I somewhat understand the irrational compulsion some people may have with regard to this.
But a little surprised to see the amount of vehement opposition the OP has been met with.
Our time on this rock is too short to spend playing games we don't really enjoy, or enjoy significantly less than numerous other things we could be doing.
Fair enoughDefinitely, to that first sentence. Many games have pretty awesome premises or mechanics worth experiencing. That doesn't mean they all end up being long, full games. Sometimes a game has a cool idea but doesn't know how to make it last as long as the developers decided to make the game. I don't owe anything to the game to finish it if it's not keeping me engaged. If I got from it what I wanted, that's good for me.
if youre not gonna finish why even buy?
There are a LOT of games that aren't worth finishing and a LOT of games that are worth playing.
I agree with OP completely. If you don't have access to many games, by all means, finish what you have. But it's better to have played 500 great games than to have finished 50 or fully completed 20.
Finishing a game only makes sense if its in regards to the story.
Any other aspect of the game, the end is irrelevant. Just play till its not fun anymore.
Take far cry 4. I liked the hunting, towers etc but gave zero fucks about the story. So when i had done all that interested me in the first half of the game and it tried to force me to play the story to continue i just stopped playing. I had done the bits i found fun and had my fill. I also got the game for about £12 so that obligation because i paid full price wasn't there.
I feel that a game worth playing is generally also worth finishing.
It's one thing if you hate the game but giving up instantly once you're not having fun often means you end up robbing yourself of a more rewarding experience in the end.
A lot of challenge based games are also designed around mastering them, where they don't really start to shine until you invest time and effort.
I finish my games.
Playing 1000 different games to 10% completion is more overrated
IMO games not worth finishing are games that weren't worth playing in the first place.
Play better games. If it's not worth finishing, it may not be good enough to keep. Sell it and buy something better.
It's not overrated, people often finish games to get closure on the story, gameplay etc of a game. Maybe the better terminology is that you can judge and evaluate a game without needing to finish which there might be a better reasoning for.
But if the game has one bad area or hour or two where you aren't having fun after hours and hours of having fun, why drop it so prematurely?
I didn't read all 5 pages and responded simply in the initial post and the title........no need to get snarky.I've clarified several times that it's not just a matter of one or two bad moments. I wish people would stop using this straw man.