Do You "Beat" "Finish" or "Complete" Games?

[ASaiyan]

To use speedrunning terms, "beat" to me means "Any%" (i.e., beat the final boss, finish the story, get to the end credits, etc.), whereas "complete" means "100%" (i.e., clear every questline, obtain every item and milestone the game keeps track of, etc.).

In general, I beat games. The last game I completed was Mario Odyssey.

 

[monmagman]

Beat seems like an Americanism. I say finish for done with the game. Complete for did everything in the game.

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That's what I was thinking.I'm British so I finish,lol.

 

[Pyro]

I beat game.

 

[TruSpindash]

I have a friend that says "pass" in place of beat.

 

[dm101]

Finish because most games these days are a fucking chore. I finished doing the dishes just like I finished this mammoth open-world RPG.

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Yup finished. Like with RDR2: thank fuck when it was finally over. Kicking that poor dead horse.

 

[Ushay]

Actually this a great question. I treat all my games differently. Some I will simply finish, others I have this need to complete all the achievements for it.

I prefer to get games I can proper invest into.

 

[angelgrievous]

I like to get 100%/platinum trophy in all my games.

It doesn't bother me if I don't but it is what I aim for.

Of course if it's not in the Playstation ecosystem/doesn't have any trophies then I'll play it until I finish the main campaign and call it a day.

 

[riverfr0zen]

I once knew a kid who would say "I defeated the game."

 

[Why would you do that?]

Depends on the level of completion. I usually say beat if I saw the credits, but I'll also say something like 100% completed as well.

Like I can say I beat every Zelda game but have never 100% completed one (except the first one).

 

[Bitanator]

I say complete as I try to get everything in the games I play

 

[Perzeval]

I end them.

 

[Deleted member 5535]

For me it's "zerei" which comes from portuguese lol But in english I prefer to use finish

 

[butman]

Finish and move on. If complete means all trophies and shiets nope.

 

[Tygre]

I'll usually "have enough of" a game.

I might be "finished with" a game.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

Finish because sometimes i am finished with a game before it's done.

 

[enkaisu]

I finish. Beating a game hasn't made sense in a long time and is just a holdover from the old days.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

I'm there for the story. Once it's done I don't see a reason to go collect 200 widgets.

 

[Richietto]

Guess I say beat most of the time.

 

[riverfr0zen]

I'll usually "have enough of" a game.

I might be "finished with" a game.

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ditto

 

[RavFiveFour]

I'll go with beat. The get-out-of-my-way beat the game method. When you're going for "completion" you are going for trophies/achievements and keeping a total on gamer score.

 

[Caspar]

I recently beat Wuthering Heights.

 

[JamboGT]

I have always said that I completed a game when credits roll.

 

[DRock]

Beat to me is completing the campaign. Finish would be when I'm completely done with it.

 

[Boy Wander]

Voted finish but also use complete. Never say 'beat'.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

I master games. I don't 'beat' them, I'm not a caveman. I don't 'finish' them, it's not a race. And I don't 'complete' them, they're not a checklist. Mastery is my craft.

/s

 

[ArjanN]

Beat and finish are basically the same thing to me, beat feels a bit more dated, arcade/nes era terminology. Complete I would probably use more for 100% trophy/achievements completion.

 

[Dr. Caroll]

The whole "beating" or "winning" at games thing is something I don't think I've ever personally encountered. It overall strikes me as an Americanism, as others have noted. This isn't sports. This isn't a contest. You don't "beat" a book. You don't "beat" a song. You don't "beat" a walk through the countryside. You complete these things. I've noticed that on the internet, there is a strong overlap between sports rhetoric and gaming rhetoric. When people talk about how their gaming experience is validated by challenge and overcoming that challenge, it's like hearing a football player talk. They talk as though the gaming experience is a battle where the only acceptable outcome is their own "victory".

 

[cooldawn]

To me:

Beat = campaign
Finish = campaign and side missions etc...
Complete = campaign, side mission etc... and trophies/achievements

Beat all the time.

 

[Deleted member 54674]

I beat a (game's) boss, I finished a game (= end credits), I completed a game (= platinum achievement).

 

[Aske]

I say I've "finished" a game when I'm done with it, in the sense of having done everything I want to do. "Complete" implies 100%, Platinum trophy, etc to me.

My ex used to say she'd "wrapped" a game.

I beat a (game's) boss, I finished a game (= end credits), I completed a game (= platinum achievement).

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Yes, exactly this.

 

[chrisPjelly]

I think "beating" a game usually implies a single campaign playthrough, so that

 

[Pancracio17]

Finish, unless I leave the game incomplete because it bored me or something. I like to see all of the most important content.

 

[Deleted member 36708]

Something in between beat and finish