Quokka
wandering
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Just out of curiosity I thought I'd post a question, do you tend to finish games? Do you finish games even if they start to be less enjoyable, just to have completed it or is it only games that are still holding your attention?
Are there particular games/ genres of games that you finish or not?
Ok thats a few questions but you see where I'm going here.
Personally I am absolutely shocking for not finishing games and always have been. I always finish a book I've started, with very very few exceptions over the years but despite having spent alot of time playing games I'm actually really bad at finishing them.
One of the big reasons for this I play alot of rpg's and am a particular fan of any sort of group/squad based rpg... unfortunately I'm also a touch complusive when it comes to restarting to create that perfect character/team.
I did complete FF7 although thats probably an exception. I've loved the Black Isle games, Baldurs Gate 1 & 2 and particularly Ice Wind Dale 2 (which IMO is easily the best but again some of thats just that by creating the whole team, something I did anyway, I wasnt missing any storyline elements) but I havent completed any of them.
Baldur's Gate I think I got close to it and IWD2 I must have been 2/3 of the way through but I'd lose interest stop for awhile and then decide I could make a better team and restart it.
Knights of the Old Republic, great game and Im on my 5th planet but again I've started so many characters that game-time wise I probably could be on my 3rd playthrough .
Halo I had to really force myself to play through and finish and I'm not even close with Halo2 but then Ive never been a big FPS fan.
I used to play a MUD many years ago and the friend who got me onto it, started a new character soon after I joined, he became god-like while I was still saying if I go with this race and that class add this skill, yeah that would be fun.
Half-Life, Morrowind, Buffy: Chaos Bleeds, Shenmue 2 the list just goes on and on.
So what about everyone else? compulsive finisher/non-finisher, hit and miss....
Are there particular games/ genres of games that you finish or not?
Ok thats a few questions but you see where I'm going here.
Personally I am absolutely shocking for not finishing games and always have been. I always finish a book I've started, with very very few exceptions over the years but despite having spent alot of time playing games I'm actually really bad at finishing them.
One of the big reasons for this I play alot of rpg's and am a particular fan of any sort of group/squad based rpg... unfortunately I'm also a touch complusive when it comes to restarting to create that perfect character/team.
I did complete FF7 although thats probably an exception. I've loved the Black Isle games, Baldurs Gate 1 & 2 and particularly Ice Wind Dale 2 (which IMO is easily the best but again some of thats just that by creating the whole team, something I did anyway, I wasnt missing any storyline elements) but I havent completed any of them.
Baldur's Gate I think I got close to it and IWD2 I must have been 2/3 of the way through but I'd lose interest stop for awhile and then decide I could make a better team and restart it.
Knights of the Old Republic, great game and Im on my 5th planet but again I've started so many characters that game-time wise I probably could be on my 3rd playthrough .
Halo I had to really force myself to play through and finish and I'm not even close with Halo2 but then Ive never been a big FPS fan.
I used to play a MUD many years ago and the friend who got me onto it, started a new character soon after I joined, he became god-like while I was still saying if I go with this race and that class add this skill, yeah that would be fun.
Half-Life, Morrowind, Buffy: Chaos Bleeds, Shenmue 2 the list just goes on and on.
So what about everyone else? compulsive finisher/non-finisher, hit and miss....