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

[striderno9]

This has always intrigued me. I used to use the term "beat" a game but lately have been trying to use the world finish and I don't know why when my natural inclination is to say beat.

What word do you use when you are done playing a game?

 

[LiK]

Beat it into submission

 

[Indy in the Fridge]

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

 

[Gunny T Highway]

I think I use the word "beat" the majority of the time.

 

[Dest]

I use whatever word comes to mind at the time. I often finalize the events of my actions over the course of that digital piece of work.

 

[stinkyguy666]

I usually say finished. To me "complete" means 100% completion.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I feel like "beat" was the classic word growing up. I beat Final Fantasy. I beat Dragon Warrior. And so on.

These days, I'm more likely to say finish. Complete, IMO, suggests a more total "100% complete" notion, rather than "I killed the final boss" or similar.

 

[Gabbo]

For single player games, I complete the campaign, but don't often worry about 100%'ing, so to speak, the optional open world bits and pieces, unless they draw me in somehow.

For multiplayer, I just play until it stops being fun.

I don't go for achievements in either case

 

[Deleted member 22750]

I beat it. lol


Complete means platinum to me. Only did that with 2 games.

I beat my games.

 

[Aaron D.]

I mostly just drop off before finishing.

Damn, A.D.D., lol.

 

[Sargerus]

 

[Euler]

Beat in English, "klara ut" in Swedish.

 

[MrHedin]

I beat the game but if I go back and clean up the side quests and other stuff (maybe not 100% but close) then I complete it.

 

[RPGam3r]

Depends on the games.

Mario, Zelda, TES, Fallout, The Witcher, Dragon Age etc. deserve to be completed. Many other games I just finish, but may never complete (a lot of indie games fall into this category for me).

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

I don't beat games, I clock them!

 

[StreamedHams]

I used beat growing up, a buddy of mine always said "conquer". I used to think that was hilarious.

 

[Gevurztraminer]

Each one has different connotations.

Beat usually for games with one ending or such, only one possible conclusion.

Finish for games with branches or multiple endings and seeing the ones that are considered 'canon'. Ie; nier automata.

Complete for 100%ing.

I use 'finish' usually

 

[Kittens McMittens]

I beat hard games. I finish some games. I complete massive games.

 

[Sword Familiar]

I used to beat games. Sometimes I would even complete them. Now I just try to finish games.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

I used beat growing up, a buddy of mine always said "conquer". I used to think that was hilarious.

Click to shrink...

My cousin always said "conquer" as well, and I would laugh every time. Like damn man, you are pretty serious about this shit lol.

Anyway I say finished.

 

[dancingphlower]

Beat is the easiest to say lol

 

[pagrab]

Since English is not my mother tongue I always use Finish as it is the closest to the Polish word for it. In Polish we "beat" the records but we do not "beat" the games.

 

[Dolobill]

The poll is missing "solved".

I would sometimes hear people say it back in the snes days.

 

[Bradford]

I guess I use all three interchangeably depending on the circumstances. I use complete generally when I 100% something.

That being said colloquially I tend to say 'beat' the most.

 

[Waluigilicious]

I don't beat games, I clock them!

Click to shrink...

👊

 

[shaneo632]

I used to say complete as a kid but that was when games were generally much more linear and had a defined end point.

I tend to say finish as it doesn't imply I've cleared every part of the game, basically I'm "done" with it.

I have a friend who says "clocked", which amuses me.

 

[Torpedo Vegas]

I have 2 I use.

"I've moved on."

in a sentence

I played Persona 5 for about 6 hours and I've moved on.

"Got through."

I got through God of War.

 

[Okada]

I generally use the term "complete" when I've completed the main story of the game and "100%(ed)" when I've done everything possible.

Sadly I don't get to use either term often.

 

[Budi]

All of them. I like to keep my vocabulary varied, or atleast try to. I also use "played through", it's closest to what I usually say in my own language. Funny how I have more words for it in a foreign language than on my own. In my own language I would also say "went through", but this I wouldn't use in English. "Got through" is something I say in my own language and could see myself using in English too. Like "finally got through Sekiro".

 

[Complicated]

"That game brought me to completion."

 

[striderno9]

I don't beat games, I clock them!

Click to shrink...

I've heard that word used before also. Where are you from?

 

[mute]

Still say beat.

 

[eXistor]

I'm Dutch so I say "uitgespeeld". But I think I'd use "completed".

/edit: actually thinking on it some more, I think I usually say finished. Ah, who cares anyway.

 

[RagManX]

I don't know about anyone else, but I backlog games...

 

[Zuly]

I reach the last boss and stop due to being burned out on the game and figure I've experienced the entire game already.

 

[DontHateTheBacon]

Beat the hell out of it.

 

[ThankDougie]

Depends on the game. With all of the content something like Isaac or EtG has, it's more likely I will "beat" them before I complete or finish either because that's like a 600 hour investment easily.

 

[SturokBGD]

I usually only get as far as "buy". Sometimes "install".

 

[RetroCCN]

I chose 'other'. I play until I've had my fill.

 

[Killer]

I beat my meat 🍖

 

[klastical]

I beat the story. I finished the story plus some extras. I completed all of the trophies/achievments.

That's how I think of it anyways.

 

[G_O]

I roll the credits






nah

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Depends on how much I did. If I just blazed straight through to the end, I beat it.

If I did everything there is to do, I completed it.

 

[Deleted member 37928]

In Sweden we use an expression called "varva" which means "lap"; so instead of talking about finishing a game you say that you have lapped it and that you are now on the second run.

 

[Duxxy3]

Finish. And any credit roll counts as a finish (unless it's a game that doesn't have a credit roll).

 

[Canucked]

I beat them when I was 16. Now I finish them and if I go for all the extras I complete them.

 

[Velikost]

Beat/finish is when you just run through the story once. Completing means you 100%'d that shit.

I say beat and complete.

 

[Vitor]

In portuguese we say we "closed it".

 

[Ubik]

Beat. Used to say "conquered" back in the NES/SNES days.

 

[Tangyn]

Always say complete but no idea why as i've never completed (as in everything) a single game in my life.

Said complete since 4-5 years old though!