Current Events > How far do you usually go with games? Do you 100% many?

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A lot of games I play a little bit then stop. Sometimes I'll go halfway through and get bored/sidetracked/find it tedious. Usually the furtherest I'll go is simple completion.

I'm currently in the process of 100%ing my first game in a long time with Odyssey though. I had kind of made up my mind from the start that I'd 100% that.
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I never finish them unless they're rockstar games lol
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Most of the AAA style games I don't finish. GTA V might be the only one this gen I've completed. XCom 2 if strategy counts. I'm better about going through racing/sports titles, to the extent that they even have campaigns.
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I dont even finish the main story 1/2 the time.
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If the game is enjoyable and doesn't require me to use a wiki to 100% it, then I'll try to do as much as i can (i.e. If it has an in-game tracker for sidequests and collectibles)
But I usually don't bother about difficulty achievements anymore, unless the game was really that good to play more than once.
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Spooking posted...

According to Steam, I have 220 games sitting at 100%. So, yes, I do try to 100% them.

wtf? 220?

There's not even 220 games on Steam worth playing, much less 100%ing
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I play them until they're not fun anymore. I don't give a flying fuck about 100%ing a game that's not fun.
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Vindris_SNH posted...

I play them until they're not fun anymore. I don't give a flying fuck about 100%ing a game that's not fun.

What about the sense of pride and accomplishment?
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I almost never 100% platformers since I think that takes a lot of the fun away from them. I mainly enjoy platforming games since they're fairly straightforward in the sense that you don't really need a guide.
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Steve Nick posted...

Vindris_SNH posted...

I play them until they're not fun anymore. I don't give a flying fuck about 100%ing a game that's not fun.

What about the sense of pride and accomplishment?

Pride/accomplishment do factor into my enjoyment of a game. If a game has challenges it presents to me that are fun, I'll do those challenges. If I have to go out of my way to play a game in a manner I find "unfun", I won't bother with those challenges.
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I try to at least finish the story/main objective(s). If not that, then until I get as much as I can out of it. e.g. Mario Odyssey has a short story, but the majority of the real game is in the post-game.

I rarely play through games more than once. Even less common is me going for all the achievements. I think I've done that with about 5 games out of hundreds.
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That's one thing I appreciate about Odyssey.

I'm going for 880 moons, and the game is balanced very carefully so that it's hard to ever reach a point where you're 100% stuck. When you get down to a few moons left in the Kingdom, you can get hints for those specific ones and stuff like that to help you figure out the last stuff.
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I usually 100% games as I usually only play games I really like. But there are exceptions.
Didn't like FFXIII, finished the story, fuck everything else.
Love Skyrim, but doing every single fetch quest takes away from my enjoyment.
Love GTA as well, but no way am I spending hours upon hours hunting down hidden packages, pigeons, oysters, ufo parts,... GTA5 being the biggest offender
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Until any given game is no longer amusing.

my main goal is to beat the story
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achievements/trophy's aren't really appealing to me. I get why some people love them, but for me when I get a pop-up of getting one it's just like "oh, ok."
I just play them until I find it a chore to boot it up
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_Near_ posted...

my main goal is to beat the story

That's how I feel. I rarely ever go back to do other things once that's done.
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There are 102 I have beaten without 100%, and 266 that I have 100%'d.
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I play a game until it's not fun any more. There are games I have been playing for years. I've been playing the same Gran Turismo 4 save on the PS2 since it came out in 2004.
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I usually play for 2-3 hours then never again
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Steve Nick posted...

What about the sense of pride and accomplishment?

It's a game. There is no lasting pride.
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Play through the main portion of the game if it has a story, campaign, etc. probably do post game things in about 10% of the games I play, otherwise I move on to a new game, so many to play and so little time.
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I usually at least finish them.
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I try to finish them and get as many of the important and interesting sidequests done, but I'm past the point where I have time to completely 100% them.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

LinksLiege posted...

Steve Nick posted...

What about the sense of pride and accomplishment?

It's a game. There is no lasting pride.

that's a matter of opinion

Because, as we all know, a Counterstrike K/D ratio is totally worth engraving on a tombstone.

As close to 100% as I can manage/tolerate, usually. I want to experience all the game has to offer.

Bullshit such as repetition, RNG, time limit missions, dumb minigames, and such gets in the way of 100% quite a number of times, and I don't bother with achievements. Plenty of times 100% is inconsequential to truly experience all the game has to offer anyway, as I don't need to win to know what the task is like.
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I play them to the end of the story doing the sidequests along the way. Don't bother with achievements or post ending content unless they unlock something in the next game.
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r4X0r posted...

I play a game until it's not fun any more. There are games I have been playing for years. I've been playing the same Gran Turismo 4 save on the PS2 since it came out in 2004.

And I bet you're still only around 80%.
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According to steam I have over 900 100%s. A lot of it is garbage though, but I do try to do actual games in there.

Mostly just Legend of Zelda-type games.

It bothers me that after all these years I still havent fully completed Spider-Man 2, but I just cant be arsed to look for the tokens I missed.
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100% then play it again if i like it enough

FF8,9, xenosaga 1-3, eternal sonta
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Electrokinesis posted...

Mostly just Legend of Zelda-type games.

It bothers me that after all these years I still havent fully completed Spider-Man 2, but I just cant be arsed to look for the tokens I missed.

Funny that you mention Spider-man 2. I actually just took it out of my 'Cube at 97.2% because I gave up on the remaining challenges. Some of the insane ones are aptly described. Not all though.
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Don't have the time to 20% games anymore, let alone 100%.

My game backlog is scary. I have original Xbox and PS1 games in the wrapper.
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I almost never do 100%, but I usually try for as much as I can within the first playthrough (unless the requirements are not fun).
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Notti posted...

Don't have the time to 20% games anymore, let alone 100%.

My game backlog is scary. I have original Xbox and PS1 games in the wrapper.

Pfft. I have untouched NES games. Though they were used, so no wrapper.
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I own at least 400 games I've never finished. my steam backlog alone is like 115-120
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I used to do hundo for everything, but recently my backlog started ballooning. The solution: I try all my games as I buy them, and I only invest serious time into the ones that are really fun.

It's why I dropped Golf Story after a couple hours but put 60+ into Picross.
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I 100% very rarely.

I tend to beat the main storyline and do most sidequests, game pending. Not all the sidequests (especially in sandbox games a la Fallout) and stuff to do in the postgame generally bores me. Like, between messing with postgame or starting the game again, this time differently -- I generally opt for the latter.
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I never find a game worth doing a 100% but right now Im trying to 100% Horizon Zero Dawn.
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DevsBro posted...

Electrokinesis posted...

Mostly just Legend of Zelda-type games.

It bothers me that after all these years I still havent fully completed Spider-Man 2, but I just cant be arsed to look for the tokens I missed.

Funny that you mention Spider-man 2. I actually just took it out of my 'Cube at 97.2% because I gave up on the remaining challenges. Some of the insane ones are aptly described. Not all though.

I raged so many times playing those challenges. Not even sure if I ended up getting them all, to be honest.
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Electrokinesis posted...

DevsBro posted...

Electrokinesis posted...

Mostly just Legend of Zelda-type games.

It bothers me that after all these years I still havent fully completed Spider-Man 2, but I just cant be arsed to look for the tokens I missed.

Funny that you mention Spider-man 2. I actually just took it out of my 'Cube at 97.2% because I gave up on the remaining challenges. Some of the insane ones are aptly described. Not all though.

I raged so many times playing those challenges. Not even sure if I ended up getting them all, to be honest.

What was that one in the park with the target like 200 feet in the air? I nope'd that one after like 2 tries, lol. There was also that one wallsprint one around the elevated train tracks that sucked. And the one on the bridge. And that walljump one on the castle-like building. And like ten others that were just garbage.
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I definitely didnt get the wall sprint one, now I think about it. I think I bullshitted my way to clearing the park one.

This is also reminding me of the Bugle missions, and Im actually getting angry thinking about some of the later ones.

Ah, memories.
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Electrokinesis posted...

I definitely didnt get the wall sprint one, now I think about it. I think I bullshitted my way to clearing the park one.

This is also reminding me of the Bugle missions, and Im actually getting angry thinking about some of the later ones.

Ah, memories.

And don't forget the pizza missions where you average like 120mph swinging around New York at blinding speed and finally reach the last guy before time runs out, only to find that you still have to return the bag before time expires for some reason.

How does the pizzeria owner think you accomplish this? "Parker left three minutes ago and isn't back yet. All he had to do was deliver pizzas to window washers on high floors on opposite sides of the city. What's taking him?"
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DevsBro posted...

Electrokinesis posted...

I definitely didnt get the wall sprint one, now I think about it. I think I bullshitted my way to clearing the park one.

This is also reminding me of the Bugle missions, and Im actually getting angry thinking about some of the later ones.

Ah, memories.

And don't forget the pizza missions where you average like 120mph swinging around New York at blinding speed and finally reach the last guy before time runs out, only to find that you still have to return the bag before time expires for some reason.

How does the pizzeria owner think you accomplish this? "Parker left three minutes ago and isn't back yet. All he had to do was deliver pizzas to window washers on high floors on opposite sides of the city. What's taking him?"

That guy was an asshole. I cant believe you didnt get from Manhattan to Soho to Liberty Island to back here in a few minutes! Youre the worst delivery boy ever!

I exaggerate because of hatred, and also Im not familiar enough with New York City to know if that was geographically accurate.
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DevsBro posted...

Notti posted...

Don't have the time to 20% games anymore, let alone 100%.

My game backlog is scary. I have original Xbox and PS1 games in the wrapper.

Pfft. I have untouched NES games. Though they were used, so no wrapper.

I will only accept my defeat if you bought those games before the PS1 came out. I bought these PS1 games when they were at near full price.
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Back when I had time I would be adamant about 100%ing my games in terms of achievements. Now I just don't give a shit as long as I'm not missing anything I should have. I basically refuse to go after some of the harder ones. Like in Gears 4 there are some really stupid achievements they added like beating the campaign on Ironman mode (death deletes your save) on hardcore solo. Fuck that.

I tried 100%ing the achievements in Dark Souls 2 SotFS and Dark Souls 3 but they require NG+ and I refuse to do those. If I'm doing a second playthrough I'm not wasting it by playing the same character.
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