Have you ever stopped playing a game because you’ve had your fill of it?

[Deleted member 17627]

Recently finished Kirby Star Allies, and despite my initial lukewarm first impressions, I really came to like the came, especially with how much character it had and how fun the combat was.

However, despite there being the usual extra modes in a Kirby game, I've decided to stop playing. Not because I think the game is bad or anything (although it being 30 FPS does not help in the slightest), but I feel like I've sort of seen everything the game has to offer in terms of what I can have fun.

Obviously this is probably a common sentiment, but I never really hear people talk about it that much, so I would love to hear from people who have similar stories.

 

[Platy]

90% of the breath of the wild players just stopped playing because "like no way i will get all the koroks" or someting like that xD

 

[Regulus Tera]

I never played Mega Man Zero 4 despite considering MMZ3 the best MM of all time. I just felt that I had gotten everything I could from that franchise at that point, both narratively and gameplay-wise.

 

[DNAbro]

Like 40 hours of Bravely Default, decided to just stop even though it was fun.

 

[Speevy]

I'm with you. I can't play a game just to pass the time. If it's showing me too much I don't like or not enough I haven't seen, I'll instantly click to another title.

 

[Pineapple]

I recently did this with the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon remake. Like I didn't think it was bad, but I had no interest in continuing. Played ten hours and felt like I had my fill of it.

 

[dancingphlower]

Too many games to count, but most recently it was probably Bloodstained? It was fun but I got what I wanted out of it and haven't gone back to it.

 

[J75]

Pretty much me and 95% of stuff I play. I don't beat games often.

 

[Deleted member 22630]

Every game.

 

[Flon]

I felt this way towards New Horizons in just a couple hours of playtime across a couple days. I played some online, visited a lot of friends, even had my keyboard set up, then I started to get my house sorted and then I was already done. I had a lot of fun, but I find that I just don't really need to play anymore. It's a mixture of burn out and I've had my fill.

 

[RochHoch]

This feels like me with Age of Calamity right now

I really like the game, it's a lot of fun, but I'm like 35 hours in, three chapters away from the end and I'm just kinda tired of playing it. Maybe I'll take a break and come back to it later.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Too many games to count, but most recently it was probably Bloodstained? It was fun but I got what I wanted out of it and haven't gone back to it.

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Just yesterday I wondered why exactly I stopped playing Bloodstained. I remember I was enjoying it.

But then this happens to me a lot. I just hit a certain point and then that game gets dropped for months or years or forever. Games that I was really into. It's weird.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Nope. I feel an obligation to finish games that I start.

Otherwise I would have dropped Valhalla well before 111 hours lmao.

 

[JigglesBunny]

This is most games for me. It takes something really damn captivating to hold me until the credits roll.

 

[Renteka-Bond]

Like 90% of what I play nowadays. A lot fo the fun of games is 'mastering' the systems and, a lot of the time, once I get that down, I lose the mot to keep going. Committing to quitting is the actual hard part.

 

[slothrop]

I think almost every game I ever play? I rarely feel compelled to 100% anything or see all the content. Sometimes I don't even bother with story endings for games with stories. I don't really think you are meant to 100% most games, I just like to have enjoyed the gameplay

Separately from my own behavior there though, many many games don't even have endings really, as you play runs or the same content in new ways repeatedly by design (most strategy games, roguelikes, sim games, survival/building games, puzzle games, all GaaS etc), so the only reason you even could stop is if you've had enough of it. So I don't even think the premise of the question quite works.

 

[Wrexis]

Metal Gear Solid 5. Burned out, will never play again.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2. After 200 hours I stopped. Still had a few bosses to go, and mastering the blades would have taken 300+ more hours I think.

 

[Allietraa]

I do this with like every game I play. I can probably count on one hand the number of games I've "beaten" in the last 5 years. I just play until I get tired of it, regardless of how much of the game I've finished. I mean why keep playing something if I've had as much as I want of it lol? I'm playing games for fun, not as a job

 

[Rayder]

Far too many times to even possibly count. The life of a game hoarder is filled with unfinished games.

 

[Teenage Fansub]

Most games. I don't really feel bad about moving on before finishing something.

 

[dancingphlower]

Just yesterday I wondered why exactly I stopped playing Bloodstained. I remember I was enjoying it.

But then this happens to me a lot. I just hit a certain point and then that game gets dropped for months or years or forever. Games that I was really into. It's weird.

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Yeah it's hard for me to out it into words but if I lose the "momentum" for something it's hard to get that same spark back. Especially the further away I get from when I last played something.

 

[Strings]

I do it a decent amount with Nintendo stuff outside of Mario because the story obviously isn't a driving force.

 

[Nightengale]

If a game isn't interesting I stop it after getting my fill.

 

[Juan]

Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but unlike 1st post said, not because of the Koroko, I stopped at the 4th Beast, but I felt like I did what I had to do, I had the discovery and the wonder I wanted and even more than expected, so I didn't want to push it to far once I felt I was "done" with the game (still 80 hours with it).

It's probably the only game I've put down like that, but I don't regret it, I enjoyed every minute the game offered me.

 

[mrmickfran]

Horizon Zero Dawn

I filled up the map, collected all the collectables and did a shitton of sidequests. Didn't finish the story

 

[Dogui]

If it's a story driven game, i always plan to finish it.

If it's a roguelike or something more arcade or online multiplayer, sure.

 

[Shopolic]

Far Cry 2,3,4,P. I liked all of them, but didn't finish them and after playing for hours and doing side quests and hunting, left them.
Also my first run of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Played it for maybe 50 hours or even more and really loved it, but didn't finish the main story.

 

[Vee]

I would say the messenger but thats less having my fill and more disliking what they do with the second half.

 

[Lobster Roll]

90% of the breath of the wild players just stopped playing because "like no way i will get all the koroks" or someting like that xD

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That's an intentional design of the game. The game even makes fun of you if you get all 900 by giving the player a literal piece of shit. Both shrines and korok seeds are plentiful so that they give the player a natural discovery of each, and so that expanding hearts, stamina, or inventory size can occur naturally as the player explores.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Really couldn't make myself play more of Valkyria Revolution. Was just mad boring.

 

[GamerJM]

I did this a lot when I was younger but now I'm more likely to just drop games because something else distracts me.

Something this kinda happened with recently is Dragon Quest Builders 2. I put like 15-20 hours into the game, might come back to it at some point, but I probably won't ever beat it. The gameplay loop is fun but it doesn't justify its length for me.

 

[EggmaniMN]

I don't really ever bother getting 100% in any game so yeah I do that all the time. But I finish pretty much every game I play. I don't see any reason to get 100% in a game just because it has a big ol checklist or trophies or achievements or any of that junk. It's all just superfluous to me. If the game has a side activity or substories or things, I'll do it if it sounds good or if the activity itself is fun, not for the sake of completion.

 

[Archduke Kong]

I planned on doing Super Mario 3D Land all the way to the end, but I stopped after the first half (before you unlock Luigi). I recently sold my 2DS XL and was going to try and finish the game off and get to the final level before sending it off, but I just didn't have it in me. The game is fun, and playing as Luigi is nice, but the main campaign just isn't very memorable and I don't trust the special worlds to be much different. It's a great game! But even after getting halfway through the main campaign (which is maybe 3 or 4 hours of levels), I still felt like I had my fill.

 

[Strings]

Really couldn't make myself play more of Valkyria Revolution. Was just mad boring.

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I mean, it's just a godawful game.

Not that many people played Revolution, but it probably didn't help VC4 localising it at all.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I mean, it's just a godawful game.

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I can do bad if it's at least unique. But that game was putting me to sleep.

 

[Oreoleo]

Literally every game I've ever stopped playing.

 

[Multievolution]

Recently finished Kirby Star Allies, and despite my initial lukewarm first impressions, I really came to like the came, especially with how much character it had and how fun the combat was.

However, despite there being the usual extra modes in a Kirby game, I've decided to stop playing. Not because I think the game is bad or anything (although it being 30 FPS does not help in the slightest), but I feel like I've sort of seen everything the game has to offer in terms of what I can have fun.

Obviously this is probably a common sentiment, but I never really hear people talk about it that much, so I would love to hear from people who have similar stories.

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Skyrim at least twice a year, most Pokemon games these past three years including old ones, probably more if I take a look, most games I just don't finish because I never have the motivation to, dragon age inquisition might be the biggest bloat filled game I played where I genuinely just had my fill actually.

 

[Roubjon]

That is why I don't finish the majority of the games I play. Most games don't really change that much after the first several hours and once I hit hour 20 I usually hit my limit and drop it. Obviously there are exceptions with games I really enjoy though.

 

[Dave.]

Pretty much me and 95% of stuff I play. I don't beat games often.

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Yep, this is me.

 

[YellowBara]

A lot of RPG's end up like this for me, not that it makes the games bad by any means.

For example, I've bought Xenoblade Chronicles every time its been available in the West, and I only ever get as far as the town with the wing head people and by then I figure I'm good with what I've played. I love the game lots though and I'll keep starting playthroughs over.

 

[Mahonay]

All the time. I rarely finish games.

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

I think this is me with Death Stranding. I reached the beginning of Chapter 4 and haven't touched it since

 

[ghibli99]

Kinda feeling that with Xenoblade X right now. Around Chapter 5, 30 some-odd hours, and while the exploration is great, the stories just aren't all that compelling to me. I'm going to try to power through though since I love XC1 and XC2.

 

[J_Viper]

Me with most games after I started working

Got to the train yard in FF7R, and despite really being invested in the characters and narrative, I can't deal with the gameplay any more.

Same for Yakuza 0. I'm dying to know how the last few hours play out, but I can't deal with the combat for another 10 or so hours. I'm just done with it.

 

[badatorigami]

As a mostly-lapsed game enjoyer, I put 70hrs in a week and a half into Hades when it came out on switch. Wonderful game with more still to do, but I never want to touch it again.

 

[Strings]

Kinda feeling that with Xenoblade X right now. Around Chapter 5, 30 some-odd hours, and while the exploration is great, the stories just aren't all that compelling to me. I'm going to try to power through though since I love XC1 and XC2.

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I wouldn't suggest powering through it. You have about ~45 hours left and it will grind you down as it did me.

 

[The Stig]

All the time these days. If the story doesn't have its claws in me once the gameplay loop plateaus I'll usually drop it a little while after that.

Far cry from my younger days where I'd play any hunk of trash you put in front of me through to completion.

 

[Deleted member 17627]

Metal Gear Solid 5. Burned out, will never play again.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2. After 200 hours I stopped. Still had a few bosses to go, and mastering the blades would have taken 300+ more hours I think.

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Xenoblade 2 is soooooo, so, so hard for me to continue because by the time you finish Chapter 2, you really have seen everything that that battle system has to offer, despite having 50 more hours of game to go through.

Shame because everything else about the game is great.

 

[turbobrick]

I mean, almost every game considering I almost never 100% a game.

I've dropped a lot of games before finishing them if that also counts, but that's more losing interest.

 

[psychedelic]

I played Ghost of Tsushima recently. Idk if this counts, but I realized early on that I was tired of open-world games in general and decided that I would only take side-quests from important characters, and I avoided going out of my way to collect stuff/complete checklists. I wish games would stop being open-world just for the sake of being open-world.