Do you suck at finishing games because there is always something new to play?

Referring to single player fps type games mostly for this: If a game gets too repetitive or rehashed then I stop playing.
Story has to be enticing and actually go somewhere. I am incredibly fussy when it comes to actually finishing a game, there are only a handful I have actually played right through to the end. Others have only gotten 1/4 or 1/2 or even 3/4 way in.
There are a few exceptions which I have replayed (mass effect, borderlands, fallout)

The story has keep me going to the end wanting to see what happens, gameplay has to be challenging (not ridicouslousy difficult), gameplay needs to be a bit different and not just shooting over and over with a different backdrop. Throw in a few puzzle type efforts, hell even a sequence to activate certain things, something to make you feel more immersed into the game. I have to feel like I am playing that character's story and details in the world make a huge difference. If it feels empty and linear - not interested.
 
Kiruna, the reasons you mentioned above is exactly why I never bothered to go much further in FarCry2.
 
I finish everything I buy
Personal rule is that I don't start with anything new until a game is finished
Only exceptions to this rule are games that are broken, or have save/load issues
 
Crzwaco said:
Has any of you felt like you just want to finish the game and get done with it even if it sucks?
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I've had that with series or a movie, but never with a game.
If a game starts sucking I can't muster the energy to look at it again let alone play it. I guess laziness could be on my side on that one.
 
Only time I won't finish a game is if it starts getting frustrating, but generally I try finish everything I start.
 
I would finsh more games if I had the time. The problem though is with being a married man without kids, I don't get enough time to do all the playing I want. I have many, many games I would like to play through to completion, but with the little bit of time I get to play, the question always looms, what DO I play? And I also love playing my BC2 online and that takes up most of my gaming time, so my single player games really have to grip my badly, otherwise it's back to online.

I'm hoping to get some good game time in over the Dec Holidays! Closing from 15th til the 10th of Jan.
 
Depends which genre.

I always finish my crpg games at least once, usually more.

I suck at finishing the hack and slash,fps and other genre games. They usually bore me too quick.
 
When I first got a PS2 I didn't have a lot of money for games so I generally played the life of whatever game I was playing - even if it was some tacky rubbish bargain bin game. Now that I've discovered the magic of buying second-hand games I do find myself owning more games than I can play.

I would generally like to finish every game I buy, but the problem is that often I'll feel like this one one day, and that one the other day, then I start forgetting the story or stop getting immersed in the game and it puts me off. Think I need to go back to buying one game at a time and only buy another one when I've finished the last.
 
Crzwaco said:
Has any of you felt like you just want to finish the game and get done with it even if it sucks?
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No, but I've had that with a game that was awesome - I don't know, Resident Evil 5 was taking forever and I really got to a point where I wanted it to finish.
 
Of course! I paid good money for the games in question even if they were on sale or second hand and would prefer not to have to admit defeat. That is why I am trying God of War again. Thing is, I get stuck quite early in the game.
I have however, managed to fill a small box with games I would like to sell.
 
I just realized, I have Uncharted: among thieves that I've never even played once yet as well. OMW.
 
Neo said:
I just realized, I have Uncharted: among thieves that I've never even played once yet as well. OMW.
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Hah, I know the feeling. I have quite a few games, as suggested in the article, where I have battled to get the time to play them. I often find I am in the middle of X then something new comes out and I move onto it before finishing Y, and not because it X was a bad game. I am just spoilt for choice liking so many genres and owning so many platforms. I noticed this trend in many posts on this site and others.

But I was good recently I finished Dragon Quest IX (50hrs) and am now working on Final Fantasy III on DS.
 
Started but not yet completed:

Uncharted 2 - PS3
Red Dead Redemption - PS3
Bad Company 1 - PS3
Infamous - PS3
Assassin's Creed I & II - PS3

Bioshock 1 - PC
Mafia II - PC
 
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