Fewer than half of Mass Effect 3 players finished it

Wow, I never thought that statistic was so low, considering how many people complained about the ending.
I finished this and the other two Mass Effect games (obviously). Dragon Age: Origins I never finished, but I am planning to. My attention span is terrible when it comes to finishing long games.
 
If you consider the figures of the entire series:

ME1: 40% of players Finished the game
ME2: 56% of players Finished the game
ME3: 42% of player Finished the game

and then compare the number to games that didn't undergo a massive internet lashing like

BF3: 17% of people finished the single player campaign.
COD: Black Ops: 18.6% of people finished the single player campaign.
Fallout 3: 45% of people completed the main quest.
Darksiders: is down to 30%
Dead Space: 43.24%

and are considered "Good" by many these figures are hardly what I would call bad & seems to hold up fairly well. It is common knowledge that a large majority of the people simply dont finish games and that often those screaming loudest about how bad the game is didn't finish it. (Not all mind you but a fair few).
 
That's still a few million people who finished the game, plenty of people to complain about the ending. :) Although yeah it is quite silly not to see these games through. Even while saying that I'm staring at my huge list of unfinished games on steam...
 
yes I did finish ME3. I recently made a list of the games I want to finish in the order I want to finish them. I highly recommend doing something like this if you have a bunch of games you haven't finished yet. So far I've completed 2 on my list and the list was only setup a week ago.
 
Depending on the length of the game I find it hard to stick to one at a time. So sometimes I find picking two quite different games help, so you can jump between them as you see fit, atm playing F:NV and SR:TT.
 
When you think about it Dragon Age: Origins did pretty damn well. 42% completion for ME3 which took me maybe around 20hrs to finish compared to 36% completion of DAO which took me 70hrs to finish.
 
Pr⊕phet said:
It's a trend. How many games have you finished recently?
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We actually just had this conversation in the office - I think the only game I have which I haven't finished is Batman: Arkham City (don't even ask my why, because I don't know.)

I was generally surprised that people would blow a significant amount of cash on something they never want to finish. I certainly don't.
 
MOnk said:
That's still a few million people who finished the game, plenty of people to complain about the ending. :) Although yeah it is quite silly not to see these games through. Even while saying that I'm staring at my huge list of unfinished games on steam...
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Yeah based on the March sales figures alone its about 1.47 million people who finished it. The question is of those 1.47 mill how many where those lambasting it from every direction? Peoples reason for disliking the ending is their own, I would just be curious to know in which part of the pie chart most of the hater lay.
 
I don't think people buy games they don't want to finish, it's just a case of eyes bigger than appetite.
 
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OmegaFenix said:
Yeah based on the March sales figures alone its about 1.47 million people who finished it. The question is of those 1.47 mill how many where those lambasting it from every direction? Peoples reason for disliking the ending is their own, I would just be curious to know in which part of the pie chart most of the hater lay.
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The internet the way it is I'm sure there were probably people shouting about the ending who didn't even own a copy of ME3. :)
 
Pr⊕phet said:
It's a trend. How many games have you finished recently?
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True we all have backlogs, however the only games I can think off that I've bought and not finished and or traded before Finishing is RAGE & Space Marine. The Rest of my (Extensive) Back Log I have a every intention to finish.

qornea said:
I was generally surprised that people would blow a significant amount of cash on something they never want to finish. I certainly don't.
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Most of my back log are titles I bought on Special, Syndicate, Darkness II, Operation Flashpoint, Bayonetta, Fallout Vegas (Which I am currently playing to death).
 
MOnk said:
I don't people buy games they don't want to finish, it's just a case of eyes bigger than appetite.
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This is true, the quantity of games that I want to play is far greater than the quantity of time I have to spend on Gaming.

MOnk said:
The internet the way it is I'm sure there were probably people shouting about the ending who didn't even own a copy of ME3. :)
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Considering that the first "Crushed Souls" Sob stories and blatant flaming light up the internet like a smoke of a Sydney to Los Angeles Flight mere hours (single digits) after the US release I suspect you are right.
 
The only games I don't finish are games that don't manage to hold my interest for very long for whatever reason.

I always go back to them in time and finish them though.
 
qornea said:
We actually just had this conversation in the office - I think the only game I have which I haven't finished is Batman: Arkham City (don't even ask my why, because I don't know.)

I was generally surprised that people would blow a significant amount of cash on something they never want to finish. I certainly don't.
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OmegaFenix said:
True we all have backlogs, however the only games I can think off that I've bought and not finished and or traded before Finishing is RAGE & Space Marine. The Rest of my (Extensive) Back Log I have a every intention to finish.
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"playing"

Assassins creed 2: 5%
Bioshock: 5%
Gabriel knight 1: 15%
GTA IV4: 10%
Machinarium: 1%
Witcher 2: 15%
Read dead redemption: 10%
MassEffect 3: 10%
Fallout new vegas: 5%
Superbrothers sword & sorcery: 5%
Alien Breed 1: 2%
NFS HP: 10%
DeadSpace 2: 120% (replying)
PainKiller Black Addition: 110% (expansion)
Star Wars republic commando : 60%
Fear 2:10%
Icewind dale1: 30%
Police Quest 3: 5%
Bastion: 15%
The Ball: 10%
Braid: 20%
Frozen Synapse:40%
Super meat boy: 40%
Titan Attacks: 15%
The Void: 10%
Revenge of the titans: 35%
Cthulhu saves the world: 10%
TES 3: 40%
TES 4: 20%
TES 5: 5%
Shogun 2: 80%
Warhammer dawn of war 2 retribution: 5%
Alan wake: 5%
Call of cthulhu DCOTE: 30%
Diablo 3: 10%
Dawn of war 1 exp 1: 5%
Planescape torment: 15%
Halo2: 5%
Dune 2000:105% (replaying)
Afro samurai: 40%
bayonetta: 5%
devil may cry3: 30%
devil may cry4: 15%
jericho: 120% (replaying)


....I think that pretty much sums up my current playing list with bioshock 1 being the focus and then returning to RDR. Steam specials for one has put me 300+ strong games yet to be played or still playing and GOG isn't doing me a favour. Best (lol) now is to make peace that I have too much and play a title here and there till the end over playing 10+ titles at the same time. I try to keep my focus list down to 4 titles so I can at least rotate if I get meh with one.
 
The problem with 'playing' a game leaving it and then trying to come back is that you forget part of the story, some of the gameplay mechanics take a while to remember and you are usually in a part where you are already expected to be familiar with them.
 
MOnk said:
The problem with 'playing' a game leaving it and then trying to come back is that you forget part of the story, some of the gameplay mechanics take a while to remember and you are usually in a part where you are already expected to be familiar with them.
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This why I try to not go ADD on my games and stick it out with one title at a time, however I need to switch sometimes between at least two.
 
At any one given time I'm usually playing at least 5 different games. :p

Like right now, I'm playing Divine Divinity, Sacrifice, Civilization 4, Rise of Nations, A Valley Without Wind, Deponia and I just installed Fallout Tactics. I like to keep it very varied.
 
MOnk said:
The problem with 'playing' a game leaving it and then trying to come back is that you forget part of the story, some of the gameplay mechanics take a while to remember and you are usually in a part where you are already expected to be familiar with them.
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I only have this issue with games with complex mechanics like Bayonetta or fighting games. I am cursed in that I pretty much remember the plot of every film, book, tv series & game i've ever watched, listened to or played. Its not quiet Eidetic, I couldn't recite it line by line but I could give you a fairly accurate synopses of what happened so I tend to only replay games that I found really special like Mass Effect, KOTOR, Halo etc. For me the no. 1 reason for not finish a game is time as I will at least finish a game regardless of its its shit or not. I wont however buy games I know I wont like, such as COD etc.

Hmm let me see if I can jot down my current back log (Owned only & none of the ones I have previously finished yet am replaying again):

Spec Ops the Line (Actively Playing)
ICO
Shadow of The Colossus
Sniper Elite V2
No More Heroes
Tomb Raider Aniversary
Darkness II
Syndicate
Driver San Fransico
Need for Speed HP (Actively Playing)
Fallout New Vegas (Very Actively Playing)
Dragon's Dogma
Dark Souls
Torchlight
Supermeat boy
Bastion
Lone Survivor
Braid
Hydrophobia
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
I am Alive
Amnesia The Dark Decent
Superbrother Swords & Sorcery
Psychonaughts
Metal Gear Solid 4
Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Bayonetta
Trails Evolution
Gears of War 3
Back to the Future the Game

There are probably a few more.
 
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