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    FINISH HIM

    If you play a game part of the way through, but for some reason you just dont finish it, or say you make it to the last stage or boss fight or whatever and quit because its frustrating or too hard yet you enjoyed the game up to that point, will that one situation sour your entire opinion? Would you have given the game an 8/10 but because of not finishing it, you give it a 4? What if you just dont finish it because of real life business and when you return to it, you just cant get back into it?

    Also, mentally do you "let go" of a game, consider it finished, if you never beat it? I have a hard time with that. I never quite let go of a game I dont finish and it constantly nags at me while im playing other things. I wish I wasnt so obsessive about beating games, because to be honest I dont have a stellar track record of finishing games the past several years. I think its a holdover of having tons of free time/energy when i was younger and always finishing them. How about you guys?
    Oct 14, 2010 8:09pm PDT
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      I've just had to accept the fact that as I get older it will just happen more frequently. I always manage... : braaains
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      • it has an awesome end sequence. : RogerDandyThis person is cool!
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      Nah, I never beat games, I just play them until I've had my fill and walk away.. If I care about the stor... : randomnullThis person is cool!
      • This is what i do... although there have been a few games where I feel like i should go back and beat.. t... : DemiusThis person is cool!
    • I absolutely loved L4D. Problem is, it gave me terrible nightmares. I'll finish it one of these days. : BanjoBoyThis person is cool!
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      there are plenty of games i never finished that i still feel "done with". i played stalker: call of pripy... : dirge23
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        otoh, i played to the final boss of zelda 2 but never beat him and it haunts me to this day : dirge23
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          Haha, me too. I remember using a Game Genie with the infinite Thunder spell, skipped the hidden town, an... : rotten element
          • i just remember it being disproportionately difficult. i was 9. : dirge23
        • Wow, me as well. I was a kid then but it still comes back to me. In my defense, I got to the last boss an... : duncan432
      • Dude, each and every Stalker ending was absolutely brutal, but my OCD brain had to complete each one or e... : JPMcWhiskers
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    • I used to be obsessed with beating every single game I had, even if it sucked. Youtube made it easier to... : rotten element
    • I'm proud to say I finish almost every game I play, apart from the ones that suck balls. There are still ... : -JLN-
    • I do that, except when I get to that point I cheat : MamiyaOtaru
    • The problem I have is that I play a game for a chunk of time then stop playing for ages, then a few month... : Darky_06
    • I would first consider it a shit purchase, and then a failed gaming experience. Had a few lately. : OhMyHip
    • I know your pain: I have a weird system, though, that has arisen completely organically: I'll play a ... : JPMcWhiskers
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    • I have a serious problem with unfinished games. Although I am not done with a game until I've 100%'d it,... : IHATEDUST
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      Assassin's Creed had an absolutely Bullshit ending that made me quit the game in disgust, and never try t... : master_disaster_17
      • Well, if you get bored, Assassins Creed 2 was a fun game, and the ending was interesting. : JPMcWhiskers
      • never played the first, loved the second : MamiyaOtaru
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      GTA IV. I died a couple of times on the last mission. I just didn't care to finish it out. : PettytheftThis person is cool!
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      Red Dead Redemption froze up completely after I completely a very long mission and the save file was corr... : mr.sleepyThis person is cool!
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      I only play games until they cease to be fun. If I had fun right up to the end then got frustrated, then... : Jobos
      • Just to amend what I said, perhaps 'arching' is the wrong word. I mean difficulty that ramps up at a con... : Jobos
    • I mostly try to finish games but if the game is "broken" or just plain not fun... I walk away. In contra... : Thund3rball
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      • Haha, yea, I lasted probably about 2 hours before I packed that one in for good.... That first date with... : JPMcWhiskers
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    • Trine's final level did that to me. Had fun all game then was so angry at their shitty design : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles