I don’t care if I finish a game anymore

[Mack]

After getting a kid I started not to care whether I finish a game. Limited time for gaming made me enjoy the gameplay in the particular session, without obsessing that I have to roll the credits to be done with a game. Of course there are many games that I play from start to finish, but in the age of Game Pass, I often just download a title, play it for an hour or two and I'm done. Also still have some games that I bought years ago, which I know I won't finish. And it's ok. You could say that the urge to complete all the games I have died with my age and a plethora of responsibilities.

 

[leng jai]

I've never cared bro.

 

[Any Questions]

After getting a kid I started to not care whether I finish a game. Limited time for gaming made me enjoy the gameplay in the particular session, without obsessing that I have to roll the credits to be done with a game. Of course there are many games that I play from start to finish, but in the age of Game Pass, I often just download a title, play it for an hour or two and I'm done. Also still have some games that I bought years ago, which I know I won't finish. And it's ok. You could say that the urge to completing all the games I have died with my age and a new plethora of responsibilities.

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I completed games on consoles. Got lazy with PC as it's easy to buy more then you need.

 

[Kamek]

As long as I get fun out of the purchase, I don't feel the NECESSITY to complete it, unless it's a game I've really been looking forward to, or something by a designer that will make an indelible mark in gaming culture. Then I really feel motivated to complete it.

 

[Mushlikeahusky]

The older I get the harder it is to sink tons of hours in a game unless I love it a ton of games if it does not hook me in a couple hours I'm out

 

[Mr.Deadshot]

I try to finish all the games I started and like. I succeed in most cases. But I should be more harsh on games that are just okay. Too many great games to bother with the mediocre titles. I am currently struggling with dropping Jedi Fallen Order.

 

[Pankratous]

I play one game at a time and that is all I play until I complete it. I don't leave games unfinished.

*Endgame content is at my discretion though.

 

[Numberfox]

The ones I finish are generally my personal GoTY's, since they're the only ones that interested me enough to see them through.

 

[80s Old School]

I try, but its hard when you grew up playing games and the only way to get full value was to finish it. Honestly I feel my issue with game is that publishers feel the need to cram single player campaigns with so much padding to compete with multiplayer, GTA, and Elder scrolls that its hard to finish a game.

 

[Deleted member 23850]

Agreed. It's your time, gamers who try to dictate and police what you do with your time can fuck off.

 

[Deleted member 7883]

I think I bought like 50ish games this year but the only one I beat was Ape Out, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, and Street Fighter 2 on the arcade for the first timel. Had/having a blast with like 30 of those games rn too. I don't expect to beat any of them. Death Stranding's currently my GOTY.

 

[Rizific]

Same. Sometimes it isn't even an issue of if the game is good or not, I dont even know why I just stop sometimes. Its whatever though.

 

[AllMight1]

OK BOOM...
jk, it's the fruits of growing up. Gotta play what you think it's really worth your time.

 

[CountAntonio]

Yep.. Thanks to gamepass I started but never finished the outer worlds and rage 2. Both games seemed fine but I just wanted to go back and play rocket league.

 

[TaterTots]

I rarely finish games. In fact, this is the first year in many I've finished a handful of games. Outside of this year, I might finish 1 game per year lol.

Due to responsibilities and other hobbies, I favor games I can play in short bursts(15 mins here and there). This is typically MP games.

 

[SunBroDave]

Somewhat adjacent, over the last few years I've become much more comfortable with saying "this game isn't very good, so I'm not gonna finish it". I'm looking at you Ni no Kuni 2. For games that I do like, I still absolutely try to finish it, especially if it's very story-focused.

 

[Ramako]

I almost always finish every game I start, but I'm pretty selective with what I start. I typically stick to the GOTY candidates, classic retro titles, and short indies.

 

[shinobi602]

Even with two kids (another on the way), I complete my games 99% of the time unless it's something I'm really not feeling. I can't leave stories unfinished.

 

[Tohsaka]

I finish almost all the games I play since I only play one thing at a time, and I only buy games I'm almost positive I'll enjoy.

 

[Mirage]

I play one game at a time and that is all I play until I complete it. I don't leave games unfinished.

*Endgame content is at my discretion though.

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This is how I go about it as well, though I won't like force myself to finish a game I don't like. Though I rarely end up getting stuff I don't like.

Edit: But also I don't think anyone needs to finish games if they don't feel like it, and looking at trophies/achievements that's in line with most people anyways.

 

[_bemusedchunk]

I don't care about finishing games.
I don't care if reviewers finish games either.

 

[SparkleMotion]

I'm so OCD that I can't NOT finish a game I'm playing (that I like, otherwise I drop a game I'm not having fun with)

 

[Van Bur3n]

Welcome to the club, where we don't give a shit about things.

 

[Bansai]

Even with two kids (another on the way), I complete my games 99% of the time unless it's something I'm really not feeling. I can't leave stories unfinished.

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This (except for the kids part :P)

 

[Servbot24]

Games are for enjoying, not for work

 

[aiswyda]

I generally finish games--I have to really dislike them to put them down or just quit if they're story based.

I think the only game I did that too this year was The Last Remnant. Truly not for me.

 

[Indelible]

It has never been a priority for me, I just play games for however long I get enjoyment.

 

[Dogui]

I mostly don't do extra stuff, but i will defeat the final boss and see the credits if i liked the game.

Ending the single player campaign experience is part of the fun for me. Can't see them just as "gameplay loop with a context".

 

[Deleted member 4247]

I always go into a new game with the goal of finishing it. I don't always succeed.

 

[Deleted member 5725]

I'm somewhat surprised that so many finish all of their games. I finish probably half of the games I start.

 

[HououinKyouma]

I really wish I could feel the same way lol. I'm grinding through Death Stranding and I really don't want to anymore...

Think I'm going to make it a goal in 2020 to drop games I'm just not enjoying (at least for games that are 30+ hours long). Too much great stuff out there.

 

[inner-G]

I've never cared bro.

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[Clowns]

Depends. Sometimes I can push through a game I'm not enjoying, sometimes I can't. Dropped MGSV at the half way point because that was just ungodly long and boring.

 

[StrappingYoungLance]

If I'm really enjoying a game I care about finishing it, otherwise I've got no issues dropping it.

 

[dDASTARDLY]

Facts OP. The only game I've cared to beat and actually remembered doing so, this gen, was RDR2.

If I beat a game I do, if I don't I don't.

 

[Sordid Plebeian]

Not sure if I'm getting through Death Stranding but I generally enjoy a main story

 

[Saiyaman]

It's never bothered me. My friends and family don't understand and tell me I'm wasting time/money by playing a game and not finishing it. I try to explain it's not so much about reaching an ending as it is about enjoying myself. If I reach my fill in twenty hours and haven't finished it? Time to move on, I got my enjoyment.

I'll keep doing me cause that's how I enjoy video games.

 

[wafflebrain]

Depends if I'm still having fun with it, if something becomes an absolute chore then no I don't think it's worth my time to stick it out unless the story is keeping me going to see the end and even so these days you can just watch that shit on YT.

There is a certain ocd I have about seeing certain kinds of games to their end even if I should probably take a break or space the experience out more, case in point I grinded through Death Stranding over two and a half days and felt like a shell of myself afterwards, but still found it to be a mostly unforgettable rewarding journey. I'm still playing it here and there for the side deliveries so clearly the base gameplay is keeping me coming back.

I loved what I played of Bloodborne but as soon as I got to the Upper Cathedral Ward and dlc area I felt like a damn scrub all over again and just couldn't find the patience to keep grinding or get gud which bums me out because the world and lore is just so rich and satisfying and I wanted to see more for myself, and for games like that there's zero appeal watching someone else play through the parts I couldn't get to, I wanna earn that shit. The irony of course is if it ever had a PC release I'd be all over using a trainer just to see everything, so I guess it's moreso I want to be able to control the exploration on my own.

 

[Fishook]

I tend to complete 90% of games I want to play. Other stuff on Game Pass and free games it doesn't bother me whether Complete them or not..

 

[Greywaren]

I only finish games I really enjoy or games that are very short. I have a lot of stuff to play and I'm not going to waste my time with something that isn't fun enough.

 

[JohnPaulv2.0]

I'm picky about what I pick up but, once I've chosen something, I try to finish it unless it's offensively bad. My rationale is: if I'm enjoying it then why wouldn't I keep on going. Not picking up too many games at once helps with that, as does the 52 games 1 year threads we do here.

 

[Oreoleo]

If I've paid money for a specific product I have a really hard time letting a game go if I'm not getting any enjoyment out of it. Definitely some kind of Gambler's Fallacy going on there.
It's been one nice thing (amongst others) about GamePass and similar services. If I don't like a game I finally don't feel obligated to still trudge through it anymore.

 

[x.f]

I feel incredibly guilty having a huge backlog of games I never beat. If I get halfway through a game I like and don't finish it, I feel bad. I know I'm a crazy person

 

[Undeniablybiased]

Games are just really different from other things where you don't get much out of them if you don't finish them. With games, you can get a lot out of them without "finishing" them. And only certain games can even be "finished". And then there's games where "finishing" them leaves you wanting a lot more. It varies so much it's just not worth worrying about. Play them until they run their course.

 

[doemaaan]

For me, deep down I want to finish every game and I try to, but so many games want so much of my time now that it's insulting. If something is too hard, I lower the difficulty to the easiest setting. If I get stuck, I go straight to the Internet for the answer. If I get too frustrated, I quit the game.

Mind you, I'm not so quick to turn in those examples. I do give it some time, but I definitely have less tolerance now than I did in the past.

 

[GemmolSwitchPS4]

After getting a kid I started not to care whether I finish a game. Limited time for gaming made me enjoy the gameplay in the particular session, without obsessing that I have to roll the credits to be done with a game. Of course there are many games that I play from start to finish, but in the age of Game Pass, I often just download a title, play it for an hour or two and I'm done. Also still have some games that I bought years ago, which I know I won't finish. And it's ok. You could say that the urge to complete all the games I have died with my age and a plethora of responsibilities.

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switch fix that for most who have limited time

 

[Couscous]

I only don't finish a game when I find it bad, but that almost never happens, because I try to buy games that I'm almost certainly going to like.

 

[Deleted member 9486]

I don't force myself to finding games I'm not enjoying. Never have. I do a pretty decent job of knowing my tastes and buying things I enjoy though so I finish way more games than I abandon.

 

[deftones r cool]

If i get bored with a game and something else interests me, I'm gonna move on. It's the ones I come back to and finish which stand out the most imho.

I play games as a break from my obligations. I refuse to let them turn into one

 

[Ryutaryi]

No time to care, even with no kids myself. Life is far too short to put much stock into finishing a game. As long as you get enjoyment out of it it's good enough.