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Modern Tendency to not Finish Games?

November 18, 2010 in Blog comments 12

Levi Buchanan types up a very interesting blog about the tendency of modern gamers to not finish their game before moving onto the next one. Surprised by the statistics, he delves into the reasons why.

With video games more expensive than ever, you would think that gamers would squeeze every last second of play out of them before moving on to the next adventure. But that's not always the case. Earlier this year, Bioware released some fascinating statistics about Mass Effect 2, but the stand-out figure was the revelation that only 50 -percent of players actually finished Commander Shepherd's mission to stop the Collectors.
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    ShadowGuard Nov 18, 10
    ok, they said Fallout has a good story, but Borderlands does not. They are essentially the same game with different characters and different art styles.

    I tend to finish all my games simply because I feel I wasted my money if I do not. The best example is Alpha Protocol which falls under the lack of a good story section. I painfully beat that game and put it away ASAP. not sure why 50% of the Mass Effect 2 players never finished it, but I wished more companies would use software to try and find out their statistics as well.
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      Province Nov 18, 10
      Excuse me, wut?

      How the hell can you think Borderlands & Fallout have any similarity in story?

      One takes place in 2280 (Ish) on Earth in Retro-Future Apocolypse America. The other takes place on an alien planet called Pandora. Aside use of the word Vault I don't think you can confuse Lilith with 101...

      Seriously, where the hell did you get that impression?

      As far as finishing games, the only one I've not finished recently was FFXIII. In the words of Jim Sterling; "You don't need eat to eat the entire bowl of shit to know what it tastes like."
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        FinalFantasyFanaticc Nov 18, 10
        Haha! You described FFXIII perfectly!

        I got to disc 2, played about 2hours of that disc then went "Nah, not putting myself through this anymore"
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      Hideo1 Nov 18, 10
      quote ShadowGuard
      They are essentially the same game with different characters and different art styles.
      Well you clearly haven't played them properly.
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      redneonfish Nov 18, 10
      I disagree that they're essentially 'the same game', but I can see where you're coming from. They both take place in desolate places, they're both rpgs/shooters. But that's where the similarities end...

      And every game I play, I always complete the campaign/story. I don't really get games that often, and I think it's a waste if you don't.
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    Fury Nov 18, 10
    I've done this quite a bit, but never with a game that I actually purchased. Most of the games I play come through Gamefly, so I send them back knowing that I could always play them again if I really wanted to. GRAW, Dead Rising, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, and FFXIII are ones that come to mind.
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    Shinobi_razor Nov 18, 10
    the only time i dont finish a game i start is when i just end up hating it and cant bear playing anymore, or its so unbelievably hard that i cant make any progress without getting totally frustrated, which doesnt happen often. almost every game i start i see through to the end. i got to the end of COD4 on veteran and couldnt get past a hard part so got rid of it, and havent finished Dead Rising cause i just couldnt really get anywhere. those are the only ones i can think of right away. but as i kept the game saves, i can always continue them later.
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    Dark Arcanine Nov 18, 10
    I must say, I always finish my games, unless I rather dislike them. Once I get into a game, I really need to finish it, or it'll be on my mind until I do. Like I finally feel like I've "finished" with Monster Hunter Tri, but I was totally obsessed with it for several months. That's just the way I am.
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    Gotenks Nov 19, 10
    If I really wanted too, I could go through my game collection and count how many games I have no completed. I still haven't finished Final Fantasy X and I've been working on and off with that file for who knows how long!

    I know that I stop playing some games when I get a new game. It's sad when I do it because I know I should aim to beat that other game buttttt I just bought this nice new game and I really want to sink my teeth into it. And I do, and it ends up being days/weeks before I finish that game or move onto a new game I bought.

    This is what happens when you have the money to spend on games. You buy all of these new games and you don't spend enough time on one game. If this was 2 years ago, I'd be finishing more of my games than I was buying them.
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    Bale Fire Nov 19, 10
    I almost never fail to complete a game. Even if it isn't that good, I usaully want to get to the end just to see what happens. And I just feel that I wasted some of my money if I can't get through everything at least once.

    So yeah, definitely not the case with me.
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    HoodedSolidSnake Nov 20, 10
    Yeah, I have noticed too. When Modern Warfare 2 came out all my friends were playing it, right up to abotu 2 weeks ago. But Black Ops came out, they bought it and most of them have quit it already (and has moved onto Medal Of Honor).
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    Shadow of Death Nov 21, 10
    These days, I am more likely to not finish a game. I guess that now I have enough spending money to buy new games at will, I worry less about getting the best bang for buck out of a game.

    Open world games, especially ones with lots to do (see Oblivion, and the 2 modern fallout games), I get sidetracked and eventually I just don't feel like playing more.

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