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Well, When I'm playing the game I'm trying to to get all the secrets and finish all the quests, unless it the game that I'm not really interested in, and just playing it to finish, and be done with it.
For example, in DMC I was exciting in playing all the extra hard modes, and getting the secrets. But in Fear Effect 2, I just wanted to finish the game as fast as I could.
I find myself doing this all too much. There is about one game every year that I just fall in love with and fully complete the game. The rest of the year I am either playing that said game in that said quest or I am bitching and moaning about having a game like that to play. There are numerous games I wish I could get into like that or games I feel deserve the attention but just don't hook me and then I feel all bad and like a neglective parent...:(Quote:
Originally posted by Despair
For example, in DMC I was exciting in playing all the extra hard modes, and getting the secrets. But in Fear Effect 2, I just wanted to finish the game as fast as I could.
A game is "beaten" when the credits roll.
A game is "completed" once you've seen everything the programmers put into it.
I've beaten many, but completed few - those games have to be worth it, whether through extras or because the game's just that frickin good.
I don't think games like sports games and shooters are ever completed. You can always do better.
Just like a movie, once those credits roll it's over.
Par usual, I'm in complete agreement with Mode7.Quote:
Originally posted by Mode7
I'll play the living snot out of most anything, but for shooters I don't consider them 'beaten' until I can take them out on a single credit, as every good shooter is meant to be played.
-Gon
I never get around to unlocking COMPLETELY everything in most games...
Sometimes it simply isn't worth it.
The more I keep reading the term "beat the game," the less and less sense it is making to me. Damn language.
Exactly what I was going to type.Quote:
Originally posted by BioMechanic
[B]A game is "beaten" when the credits roll.
A game is "completed" once you've seen everything the programmers put into it.
When it's lying on the ground and can't get up :pQuote:
Originally posted by Schlep
Out of curiosity, at what point do you feel that you've beaten a game?
God, I have so many games I need to complete just looming over my head... the bane of my existance are RPGs. I love 'em, but I just don't have the muthafookin time to beat them all, let alone try to "complete" them.
I like games with organized goals, such as a training mode (like in HOTD2 and Confidential Mission), or something to keep track of and TELL you when you have 100% and can put the damn thing away forever (like in most Nintendo games... SMW, Metroid 3, Super Punch Out!! (beat all the time attacks and EVERYTHING, yeah!)) I consider a game complete when all goals set by the designer have been accomplished. Like getting 100% in GTA3. Sure, you can go achieve goals that you set for yourself, like flying for a certain time or stealing a bulletproof vehicle, but I say screw that!
But that was the point I had... I hate the way RPGs are so... unorganized. Do I need to find every single type of item to complete it? Does that mean I have to keep 1 of each type of armor, weapon, etc.? Do I need every spell and whatnot for every character, and do I max them out to Lvl. 99? Lately, I've been playing through by myself (no guide, of course) once, and what I find I find. Then, if it's good enough, I play again with a guide, and get everything that the guide denotes. Like I said, it's love/hate with me and RPGs.
Back from the dead bump. :p
I wanted to reply to this as my opinion's done a complete 180 since I originally posted this thread. In Kingdom Hearts, for example, I'm at level 51 with Sora right now, and I could pretty much finish the game within the next couple hours. But, I've gotten all 99 dalmations, I want to level up so I can do the Hades cup, and then after that I want to level up to beat Sephiroth. And I absolutely must beat Sephiroth with the Ultima Keyblade. :D
I think at the time, my main reason for not playing through games this much was that 1) I was buying too many games (which I'm doing a bit of now, but these are gonna last me through college, hehe) and 2) I was just bored with games in general...not anymore. :D
Anyway, just an update on something insignificant, hehe. Maybe some more people would respond to the original question.