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Do you find yourself 100% completing games less often as you've grown older?
- Thread starter perfectchaos007
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Nowadays? Lol, no.
Too big, not enough time and selection/competition has never been bigger. I'll make it to the credits and then 'ciao'! Next!
Too big, not enough time and selection/competition has never been bigger. I'll make it to the credits and then 'ciao'! Next!
I've never even worried about finishing a game let alone thought about 100%ing them.
I play till I want to play something else.
I play till I want to play something else.
I miss the days where beating a game was it. I kind of can't stand having to collect a million random artifacts or complete all these side quests to really 100% beat the game.
That's one thing I don't like about games these days: the baked in fluff to extend a game's replay value or pad its initial playthrough time.
I appreciate aspects that add to the experience and contribute to the main arc of storytelling; so it should add value from that perspective if it's going to be part of the game in my opinion.
That's one thing I don't like about games these days: the baked in fluff to extend a game's replay value or pad its initial playthrough time.
I appreciate aspects that add to the experience and contribute to the main arc of storytelling; so it should add value from that perspective if it's going to be part of the game in my opinion.
Of course. A full time job, a wife and not least two small kids. There's very little time. I'm very pleased every time I am able to finish a game at all.
I don't know if it's an age thing, but I'll be 50 this year and until about 6 months ago I'd be buying games regularly and playing through them. Since then I don't really play all that much. I'll play online most days with my friends, but that's only 1 game.
I get excited for new games, just not when I'm actually playing them. I've platinumed Borderlands 2 4 times and done virtually everything there is to do, but B3 was a play through and I've barely touched it since. Days Gone was an hour and then I put it away. Forza H4 was a lil longer but not played anywhere near as much as Forza H3.
There could be a number of factors involved here though, depression, working hours, etc, so not sure if age is the reason.
I get excited for new games, just not when I'm actually playing them. I've platinumed Borderlands 2 4 times and done virtually everything there is to do, but B3 was a play through and I've barely touched it since. Days Gone was an hour and then I put it away. Forza H4 was a lil longer but not played anywhere near as much as Forza H3.
There could be a number of factors involved here though, depression, working hours, etc, so not sure if age is the reason.
I don't complete games 100% as often now but it's not because i'm older or i lack patience.
It's just now i actually have more money for games, so i actually have a backlog now. When i was a kid i had less games so i explored them a lot better and for a lot longer.
It's just now i actually have more money for games, so i actually have a backlog now. When i was a kid i had less games so i explored them a lot better and for a lot longer.
Games were far easier and more fun to 100% in the past. These days it feels like a chore with how most devs design their games to have so much filler. Plus now there's more to play than ever cheaper than ever so there's zero reason for me to keep playing a game I'm not actively enjoying.
I find myself completing games more these days than I did when I was younger - ie getting to the end of the game.
But in terms of 100% competing and doing all side quests, finding all secrets, getting all trophies or whatever? Nah never been in to that, even for the games I love. Would rather put that time and effort in to a new experience.
But in terms of 100% competing and doing all side quests, finding all secrets, getting all trophies or whatever? Nah never been in to that, even for the games I love. Would rather put that time and effort in to a new experience.
I almost never completed games 100%, but I think it's a given that rapidly increasing game availability (I'm 37, so hit NES in elementary school, and needless to say the industry has grown by leaps and bounds since) and being an adult with money to buy games has changed it a lot for me.
Used to be, I'd get a game a couple times a year, maybe one or two at birthday and Christmas. You pretty much had to play things 100% and then just do it all over again when you only had a couple games. Now, shit, I easily own dozens of games I'd probably love that I've never even installed. It's silly.
Used to be, I'd get a game a couple times a year, maybe one or two at birthday and Christmas. You pretty much had to play things 100% and then just do it all over again when you only had a couple games. Now, shit, I easily own dozens of games I'd probably love that I've never even installed. It's silly.
I've hardly ever beaten a game unless it is a cinematic sort of game that actually has a linear path to the end. Most games nowadays are made to play endlessly so I'm not even sure what it means to finish those anymore.
On Switch, absolutely. I have a bus commute for work now and always bring it. For TV-tethered consoles, not so much.
I generally didn't care about 100% completions, but if I was playing games that I was about to finish and they were around 80% done, then i'd try to 100 it. Not so much anymore, too many responsibilities now as an adult, so I just finish the game and then move on(if i even get to finish them lmao)
The last game I was actually compelled to 100% was spider-man, I can't even remember before that, maybe uncharted 2. It takes a special game for me to want to go to those lengths.
Definitely less. I guess a combination of more money and less time means I don't have to save up to buy games anymore, I just buy them. As a kid I'd get maybe 2 games a year so I'd need to stretch them out by doing every single nook and cranny it has to offer. Not only do I not need to do that, I don't have the time to either. So a combo of them two things for me.
Some games I still 100% like I've gotten all the hidden weapons on the RE2 Remake, but that's a rarity.
Some games I still 100% like I've gotten all the hidden weapons on the RE2 Remake, but that's a rarity.
They have became jobs. I don't have the time to beat the same game more than once (I usually select the hardest difficulty available, because nowadays: normal=easy), not to mention there are many good games to play or even replaying classics...
The last game I've played too much was Zelda BOTW (beaten every shrine and most of the decent side missions, back in 2017). And the last game I've 100% is Bloodborne back in 2016... mainly because it doesn't require you to finish the game more than once and it wasn't too bad and the game was fun!
The last game I've played too much was Zelda BOTW (beaten every shrine and most of the decent side missions, back in 2017). And the last game I've 100% is Bloodborne back in 2016... mainly because it doesn't require you to finish the game more than once and it wasn't too bad and the game was fun!
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Normally I'd assume this was just me, but I'm confident that the underlying game design for many titles has shifted as I've gotten older, so I both care a bit less, but also what constitutes 100%ing a game has gotten more bloated/vapid/procedural. It's more and more busy-work, which is saying something for videogames.
Some of it's definitely just time/energy/focus, though.
Some of it's definitely just time/energy/focus, though.
Weirdly, the last few months have seen the most platinums and attempts to 100% games that I've ever had. I'm not sure why this is. I still tend to take the approach of not forcing myself to complete games if it feels like a big grind or makes the game no longer fun. For whatever reason, I've just been running into more games I enjoyed playing enough to keep going.
I had to change my vote because I didn't realize 100% meant do absolutely everything. I've never done that. I had originally voted that I complete more games than I used to but for me that means getting to the end. Finding all the secrets and stuff is usually boring busy work for me. I'll look for them during the course of play but if I miss a few I don't stress about it.
EDIT: I guess maybe I did 100% games in the old days when they didn't have all the secrets and hidden stuff, definitely not in the past couple of generations though.
EDIT: I guess maybe I did 100% games in the old days when they didn't have all the secrets and hidden stuff, definitely not in the past couple of generations though.
As i have gotten older, i have found it much easier to just sink into a game and stick with it until im done. I dont feel nearly as rushed now and im far more content to just take my time and have fun. Im currently 46hrs into AC: Odyssey and i am just gonna keep going
Absolutely... I don't have time for all these great games so 99% of them never get to be 100% completed.
Most of the time I do story and side objectives.
My only 100% game in the last 3 years was Control
Most of the time I do story and side objectives.
My only 100% game in the last 3 years was Control
Way less now. Way more busy + back in the day when I got a game it was like a fucking religious experience, and I knew I wouldn't get another until christmas/my next birthday. That means MONTHS of my focus being on one or two games at a time.
If a modern game is able to grab me enough that I feel compelled to get 100%, it's an all time great in my book.
If a modern game is able to grab me enough that I feel compelled to get 100%, it's an all time great in my book.
the last and only time i attempted to fully complete a game was far cry 3, and it just didn't happen. close though, that game just kinda hooked me.
In my early 20s, once I got back into console gaming with the original Xbox, I'd buy basically every game that caught my eye. Many/most of them I never played to completion. I was really only capable of focusing on one game at a time, and I'd spend little-to-no time on my backlog because something shiny and new would always be coming out.
I changed those bad habits to a certain extent with the next generation. I wouldn't allow myself to have a backlog (well, outside of the floodgates opening around my birthday/Christmas). I made it a point to get to the end of most (but not all) of the games I played.
But it really wasn't until my mid-to-late 30s where I started to be die-hard about it. With the exception of ZombiU, I went back and finished every game that gen that I'd started and hadn't finished. I started chasing achievements and trophies. I don't feel some psychological compulsion to platinum or 1000/1000 my games, but if it's feasible/enjoyable for me, I'll do my best. Open world games prey on my weakness, so I almost always 100% them. Maybe I won't get all the achievements, but if there's an upgrade I can get or an icon I can clear off the map, I'll do it.
So, yeah, I'm far more likely to 100% a game at 41 :p than I was, say, 20 years ago. Heck, or even 10 years ago.
I changed those bad habits to a certain extent with the next generation. I wouldn't allow myself to have a backlog (well, outside of the floodgates opening around my birthday/Christmas). I made it a point to get to the end of most (but not all) of the games I played.
But it really wasn't until my mid-to-late 30s where I started to be die-hard about it. With the exception of ZombiU, I went back and finished every game that gen that I'd started and hadn't finished. I started chasing achievements and trophies. I don't feel some psychological compulsion to platinum or 1000/1000 my games, but if it's feasible/enjoyable for me, I'll do my best. Open world games prey on my weakness, so I almost always 100% them. Maybe I won't get all the achievements, but if there's an upgrade I can get or an icon I can clear off the map, I'll do it.
So, yeah, I'm far more likely to 100% a game at 41 :p than I was, say, 20 years ago. Heck, or even 10 years ago.
I just sort of...stop. I'll play a game, love every minute of my time with it, and just not finish. I believe it was Tim Rogers who said that as he's gotten older he has played so many games in his life that he only needs a few hours to determine if he liked it. I agree wholeheartedly. Last game I saw through to 100% was Fallen Order.
Way less now than when I was a kid. It's a mix of not enough time, and a backlog of what seems like constantly good shit to play. I get FOMO hard. I also can only really play one game at a time, and I have to see it to the end before I jump to the next. Can't have three games going at the same time like I used to.
While I do complete the padding more often than not, I strongly agree with this sentiment.
It usually makes me happy when a game isn't overburdened with menial looting or checkbox completion. Extra content is one thing but sometimes enough is enough.
I usually dont have time to dedicate to the stupid little bullshit you have to do to get 100%. I usually beat the main missions and most/all of the side missions and leave it at that. I don't think I have ever really cared about it. Well, maybe for metroidvanias but I feel that is kind of an outlier