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chiv
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id say 70% i finish... just depends on how good teh game is. every now and then i catch myself ONLY continuing on playing a game JUST for the sake of finishing... games should be for enjoyment, not a chore, and thats usually the point i say fuck it and uninstall because im no longer playing for fun.
case and point duke nukem forever.
the more interesting question would be this:
do you even INSTALL most of the games you download... ive still got loads i never bothered to install 
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 08:12 Post subject: |
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It's extremely rare when I don't finish a game I started, even if they're not good I get myself to just complete them. I rarely play RPGs so that might be one of the reasons of my high completion rate, as they're generally longer-lasting games. FPS games are more often than not short/medium length campaigns.
I had to do a great exercise of memory, and the only ones that I could remember so far were:
- Soul Reaver, from 1999 iirc. This game bored me pretty quickly. Back then I couldn't stand any third-person games, I was nearly 100% a fps gamer.
- Spiderman 3 (2006 I think?). At first I was having fun roaming a fairly-sized Manhattan, but right after I beat The Lizard, some game came out that interested me more and I never got back to Spidey. One day I just reformatted hard-drive and reinstalled windows and end of story.
- More recently Just Cause 2. Believe me I tried to like it, I forced myself to play it but it just didn't grow on me. Graphics were beautiful, the grappling hook was awesome but in the end I just couldn't stand the repetitiveness of the game. I just stopped fooling myself and uninstalled.
- Star Wars The Force Unleashed. Repetitive piece of shit. (And I love the Star Wars universe).
If I recall some other games (I doubt it) I'll edit the post.
EDIT: hmmm I think I overstated about my completion rate. I really doubt I have played a hundred games in the last 12-13 years. I'm gonna reassess and say it's more like 92%.
EDIT: just added SW The Force Unleashed to the list of unfinished, thanks to dataschmuck's post I remembered about it.
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prudislav
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 08:15 Post subject: |
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80% for me (20% are these caused by reformating disc) but back 10 yeqrs ago i finished almost nothing
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 08:48 Post subject: |
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back in the old days, i finished almost every game, no matter the genre/crapines.
now i play crap ones 1h top, and the good ones (heh, i counted 2-3 this year) until i finish.
but i play for like 1 week to finish them, not in 2 drunken nights like 5+ years ago.
i blame my wife for that.
and the exceptional ones, a second play. like the witcher2.
and between the good ones, dungeon keep 1, and xcom 1/2 with some homeworld + mods on top.
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 09:07 Post subject: |
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yes, even if i despise some games only because i started them in the first place, same thing goes for pretty much everything i do, i don't like to quit
not always though, if it's a game i already finished and want to play only a certain part i'll play that and then that's that, but i usually never start something and then uninstall it unless it's horrible
i installed system shock 2 and duke 3d about 2 years ago on my laptop, won't uninstall them unless i finish them, even though now i've got the time to do it, i'm not really interested in finishing them though, but there's a time and place to do it, just not now
but there are some games i played alot yet i still dropped them after a while
- Shift 2, horrible AI and controls, i couldn't finish the nurgburgring lap, not to mention fucking win it
- DIRT 3, rally stages were too short and gyakhama was pointless so fuck that
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prudislav
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 09:16 Post subject: |
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interesting is that when i a lot of time - i finished almost nothing but now when i have rapidly less free-time i finish everything I like
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 09:30 Post subject: |
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50% ish when i was under the age of 20.
90% now that im hitting 30.
But i guess that is explained with i dont have that much gaming time and i only pickup games with really good score or games i know beforehand i will like. Tho the last FF game killed that series for me.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 09:31 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | | id say 70% i finish... just depends on how good teh game is. every now and then i catch myself ONLY continuing on playing a game JUST for the sake of finishing... games should be for enjoyment, not a chore, and thats usually the point i say fuck it and uninstall because im no longer playing for fun. |
Up until a few months ago I was very OCD about finishing all the games I install - and I wouldn't even allow myself to start new games until some of the already installed ones weren't finished. Then I decided, like chiv said, games are for fun and I should only play those I truly enjoy.
So right now it's only about 30%, but few months ago was about 90%.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 10:16 Post subject: |
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It depends.
If I have time, if the game is good etc.
I didn't finish, and plan not to the DNF. The game sucks imo and I have no urge to finish it. As a matter of fact I'm gonna delete it now 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 11:03 Post subject: |
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I do because I play games very selectively and watch youtube videos of those I'll never touch.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 11:05 Post subject: |
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There are tons of games I don't finish; but that's because I stop playing them to finish those that I like more
But sometimes I'll revisit them at some point in the future.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 11:06 Post subject: |
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50% at most, between games not holding my attention or other games coming out, the recently played and completed games of mine are batman:aa , deus ex (must be my 12 playthrough by now) and vampire bloodlines (again)
when there is no more room in hell, the D34D will walk the earth
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 11:11 Post subject: |
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^ That as well, I replay several of my favorite games once every year or so..  That takes time as well.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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ixigia
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 11:45 Post subject: |
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It depends on the amount of free time available, but usually if the game is good I always try to finish it. That's one of the reasons why I have many unfinished games these days 
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 12:14 Post subject: |
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I finish about 70 % of games..
And related to that subject...
I know a game which only 5 % of us finished*
Far Cry 2
Moreover, if you had to choose between one of the most repetive games of all times,
what would It be?
*not a fact.. and no I didnt finish it neither... very repetitive
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 12:17 Post subject: |
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Sadly no. I'm like you guys; I probably finish around 70% or so -- and this has nothing to do with piracy either, rather I just get bored of most games these days. They have to be pretty damned special, or I have to be bored out of my skull, to finish them all - though it was never like this "back in the day" where I finished pretty much every game I got my hands on.
Yes, whether certain people want to admit it or not; the golden age has long since passed.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 12:19 Post subject: |
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Sometimes I don't finish my games, even if they are Game of the year worthy and I had a blast with them... for example Witcher 2. Great game, but I suddenly found myself playing BF:BC2 multiplayer which I hadn't played at all until I got to play with the guys from here... and I had it since christmas
Still got to finish titan quest and it's expansion set and I still have to play witcher 1...
I'd say I finish about ~ 20%. Maybe 
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 12:19 Post subject: |
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@sabin1981,
Yup, suffer from the same crap which is why I now only play the damned special ones.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2011 13:40 Post subject: |
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almost never finished games. Just feel bored after several hours (something like 10 hours) of gameplay.
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Dunno why, i just tend to put them away after a while
