Topic: I suck

[The Omen]

  I've noticed a disturbing trend regarding me finishing games.  I haven't beat Metroid Prime yet, nor Windwaker.  Dead to rights? nope.  How about Sunshine?  No sir!  Not even Eternal darkness.  I don't know whats happened to me, but i used to beat every game i played.   In the NES/SNES days, i beat over 100 games.  Now, i'm far along in each, but something always pulls me away, like a new game, movies, writing, ect..  i did beat RE :remake, but even that took a few months of dust collecting before i ventured back to it.  I think it has to do with getting older and having my career, along with other hobbies.  But the disconcerting thing is, i still play a lot, just a lot of different games.  I no longer spend hours upon hours on one game.  Getting game guides would help, but i'm much too proud to do that.  I just wouldn't respect myself.  I still love games, especially when i have writers block, as it helps me stir up my imagination, but i still don't finish the games i like, and i'm always saying 'i gotta finish Zelda soon' .  It just doesn't happen.   Does anyone else have this 'problem'?

[Grey Ninja]

Be warned that I am taking your sig very much to heart right now, so be warned that I might not make much sense.

But I have the same problem as you.  I did finish Zelda: Wind Waker and Eternal Darkness, but I can count many games that I have started but never finished.  I just hope it doesn't mean that I am growing out of games personally, as I still very much enjoy them, and want to play them.  I just can't seem to finish many of them these days.  It seems like I get stuck in them for a few minutes and I move on to something else in the meantime.  Hell, even a boring part will do that to me.  It takes a well designed game indeed to make me finish it.

But like you, I can't even count the number of NES or SNES games I finished.  Helll, I even got gold medals in all levels of Rogue Squadron.  I don't know what is causing this either.

[The Omen]

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Be warned that I am taking your sig very much to heart right now, so be warned that I might not make much sense.

Yeah, me too.

But anyway, the worst part is, i just put in WW, and its been so long, i feel i have to start over so i know what the frig i'm doing.   AAAARggggggg!!!

[aoi tsuki]

Don't feel bad, i'm in the exact same boat. As a matter of fact, i haven't beaten any of the games you mentioned, although i got them all on release day. i don't think i'll ever beat SMS;  i just don't have the interest to play it, nor do i have the heart to sell it. Back in the 8/16-bit days i beat almost every game i came across, whether it was owned, rented, or borrowed. i do consult GameFAQs for those games i haven't played in ages, simply refresh my memory on where i was and what i need to do.

On the other hand, i've been beating games on previous systems that i never finished. i'm wading through Shenmue 2 on Dreamcast and i'm trying to be Metal Gear Solid for the umpeenth time (accidentally deleted my old save file), but Metal Gear Rex is kicking my butt. That Playstation's not going off until he's dead.

[KDR_11k]

Well, I rarely finish a game. Many games get uninteresting at certain points. Often it's a frustrating boss/level, but it can also be a slowing of events (SMS, after nothing happens in the city anymore it got REALLY boring) or the collectathon where you miss one or two objects (MP and WW are prime examples here!). Five out of my 13 games I consider finished. That's a much higher ratio than with my PC games (almost zero to a few hundred).

[Ian Sane]

I too rarely beat games.  I believe the last game I beat was Luigi's Mansion which I rented a few months ago (first time I ever really played it for any length of time)  before that the most recent game I beat was Eternal Darkness.  Though this isn't only a recent trend for me.  I tend to suck ass at most videogames so I've beaten very few SNES games due to lack of skill.  I've actually beaten more Cube and N64 games.  Still I find that due to work and a lack of free time I rarely finish games just because I either lose interest or I buy something new that takes away my attention.  Here's a list of games I've bought since ED that I haven't beaten yet and why.

Super Mario Sunshine: I'm at Bowser's level but I keep dying on the stupid boat part so I've quit due to frustration (a common emotion when playing that game) but I'll probably come back again.

Metroid Prime:  I just really REALLY suck at this game so I keep dying.  Naturally this causes me to lose interest.

Star Fox Adventures:  This is just really boring and really unfun so I've quit because it got to a part that's annoyingly difficult and the game just provides me with no incentive to keep going.

Wind Waker:  All I have left to do is Ganon's castle.  Traditionally with Zelda games I take a "break" when the last dungeon is all that's left because it means that there's nothing really left for me to discover and that the game is going to end.  I will beat it though I just don't know if I'll bother to get all the figures for the Nintendo gallery.  That's a big pain because of the "one figure a day" restriction.

F-Zero and Soul Caliber II:  Well I just got them so that's why I haven't beat them yet though you can't really "beat" each game in the classic sense only unlock stuff.  I doubt I'll unlock everything in F-Zero because it's just too hard.

[KnowsNothing]

Glad to see i'm not alone.  I haven't even beat Pikmin!

[ThePerm]

iv been havign the same problem...i still havnt beaten RE and RE0, Metroid Prime(though im on the last boss....however it was late at night i needed the soudn off and i was tired so i didnt really try to beat her...i just said hi ran out of ammo without gettign hit and then quit.) and Banjo Tooie. Iv beaten every other game i have though(i just went mad crazy on SC2). My problem with RE and RE0 is i keep delting my files to play other games....and i cant get into it at the beginning anymore...its just to tedious.  

[yellowfellow]

i find there are two reasons:
one, the fact that i have not found a game that has really "pulled me in" in the last little while.  zelda did a bit, metroid did sort of, hitman did a little... but other than that...
and two, sadly i have too much responsibility these days to devote a great deal of time to gaming.  i'm finishing my degree up now in immunology and am getting ready for dental school, so any free time i have is spent eating or sleeping.  unfortunately, i don't have the hour before class or couple hours after class and before bed, not to mention the hours upon hours during the weekend, like i once did to play nintendo.
both these reasons are not separate, meaning like Grey Ninja said, if i get bored... i'm moving on to more pertinent things.

[Hostile Creation]

Strange, I seem to be beating games more and more often.  I've beaten Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Wind Waker (even the Ninty Gallery), Metroid Prime, Star Fox Adventures, Super smash Brothers Melee (except for one trophy), and Super Mario Sunshine.  Every game I own and then some.  I'm also well on my way to beating F-Zero GX.  Could be that I have no money for more games, but I still like doing everything in them.

Whereas on earlier systems it was the opposite (though I got much better during the 64 age).  That may be because I was only about seven when I was playing NES, though, so it's forgivable.  And for all this beating of games recently, I still don't play that often.

[>X< Kitten >X<]

   Well I don't think there's a problem with not finishing games. I think it just depends on the type of person you are. My cousin is like most of you; trying to experience all the games he can, while beating some, and abandoning others. I'm the complete opposite; I play very little games, but the ones I play get fully beaten, because I like to know everything about the game. After that's done, I move on to another game.
  Beating a game also takes a lot of time....which most of us don't have. Games could be beaten in a few hours back in the days, but now it can take up to weeks. Omen, you don't suck because you don't finish games    

[KnowsNothing]

YES HE DOES!!!!!  wait...that means I do too....

[Hostile Creation]

Yeah, I agree with her.  I didn't, of course, mean to imply that leaving games incomplete was wrong. . . I just don't do it.  Of course now I sound like a super geek with no life, but I really don't play that often. . . I don't know how I get all my games finished.

Yeah, so there's actually no excuse for not beating games!  Get your lazy @sses up and go play!

[KnowsNothing]

YES HE DOES!!!!!  wait...that means I do too....

[Hostile Creation]

Yeah, I agree with her.  I didn't, of course, mean to imply that leaving games incomplete was wrong. . . I just don't do it.  Of course now I sound like a super geek with no life, but I really don't play that often. . . I don't know how I get all my games finished.

Yeah, so there's actually no excuse for not beating games!  Get your lazy @sses up and go play!

EDIT: Okay, now that is just weird. . . two mixed in double posts. . .

[KnowsNothing]

Just checked, these are my games

Madden 2003-Don't play much, nothing unlocked
MG:TT-Three characters and all courses unlocked
ED-Not completed even one chapter
Agent Under Fire-Finished but haven't collected medalsin every mission
Metroid Prime-48% (or so) complete
SMS-Beat Bowser, MANY more coins to go
LoZ:WW-Beat Ganondorf-haven't done many quests, don't have many heart pieces or treasure charts and nintendo gallery practically empty (few statues)
OoT/Master's Quest- Finished Deku tree then got bored
Animal Crossing-can't really beat this one
SSBM:  Had all the characters and all but one arena (not many trophies) but my data got corrupted and now I'm FAR behind
Pikmin-deleted file from day (17?), now I'm on the 6 or so
Fifa 2002- nothing unlocked (if there are unlockables)
SSX Tricky- All characters and courses unlocked and not much else
Spider-Man- Half-done?  
Sonic Mega Collection-Nope
Home Run King- Bah.

And it's just the same or worse on the N64.  Actually, reading this, I didn't do as badly as I thought I did.  I MUST BE TEH AWESOMEST!
 

[The Omen]

I want to finish games like i used to, so it annoys me in a weird way.  Its like chinese water torture looking at those games, laughing at me day and night, yet i only attempt to beat them in spurts.  Its frustrating.

[Grey Ninja]

I know what you mean Omen.  NES games didn't have save files for the most part, and passwords sucked for the most part, meaning that you had to learn the entire game by heart in order to finish it.  I remember I even beat Ninja Gaiden.  I got to the last boss of Nightshade several times!  (And Nightshade sucked.  I never figured out how to beat the last guy, which explains why I didn't beat the game)

I think half of it began for me when I suddenly had access to all the PSX games I had been missing out on.  I played a little bit of all of them, and I found I bit off more than I could chew, and got bored with all of them.

I am really proud of myself when I show the ability to have a sustained video game marathon these days.  I played Zelda for 5 days straight when it came out.  I did nothing else for those days.  I did the same for Skies of Arcadia.  I started playing Xenosaga and my own copy of Skies of Arcadia on Friday.  I am currently 30 hours into Xenosaga, and I have put 5 - 10 hours into Skies of Arcadia.  I am not sure what my total time in Skies of Arcadia is, but it's close to 30 hours.  I beat Pikmin 3 times.  I finally finished Mario Sunshine about 2 months ago.  I finished all 3 parts of Eternal Darkness.  

But I have about 10 SNES games I have yet to finish.  Some of them are within an hour of the end.  I have about 20 PSX games I mean to finish.  Some of those I have accumulated about 20 hours of gameplay in.  I am nearing the end of Metroid Prime.  I swore up and down I would be playing the extra bits of Resident Evil 0 when I finished the game.  I haven't touched it in about 6 months.

Anyways, that's it for my random thoughts tonight.  I am going to go back to drinking, and I might play some more Xenosaga later.

[Sirmorphix]

My issue is that that not enough games have a consistent story that maintains my interest long enough to complete.  So when I got ED I beat it 4 times, as I found the story interesting and compelling.  Wind Waker on the other hand, started off awesome, but then when I was tuck sailing around the seas for what seemed like forever, trying to collect all the peices of the Tri-Force, my enthusiasm sort of teetered a bit.  

Most recently I picked up FFTA and because of it's interesting story, I find myself wanting to play it frequently.  I think that as gamers grow older, they often require more to hold their attention and interest.  More action/more story/more strategy, whatever it is for that particular gamer is often what makes the difference between a finished game, and a game that garners dust.

[Sirmorphix]

Just because I'm motivated to actually think about what I have or haven't beaten:

SMS: Finished game, not all shines collected

LoZ WW: Finished game, didn't do many side quests

Fifa 2003: Nothing unlocked, played infrequently in season mode

NCAA Football 2004: Unlocked a few pennants, played infrequently on Dynasty mode

Def Jam Vendetta: Finished game with one character, unlocked all characters, finished about 50% of photo galleries

NBA Street Vol.2: In the midst of Street Legend mode, played rarely (at least at the moment)

F-Zero GX: Currently doing story mode and Grand Prixs, nothing but new stories unlocked.  Played infrequently (just too busy)

Soul Calibur 2: Almost all characters unlocked, about 25% of the weapons, all arenas.

ED: Game completed, 4 times, absolutely everything unlocked.

RE: Beat the game once with Jill, played pretty much never.

RE0: Didn't even beat the game... kind of pathetic.

Animal Crossing: Fully upgradded my house missing one payment completion.

SSBM: HAD everything unlocked, memory card flopped out too depresed to get it back.

Metroid Prime: Beat the game with about 82% completion.

Rocky: Beat the game unlocked everything (This has got to be one of the most under rated games of all time)

Mario Gold: Unlocked several courses, no characters...

Those are about all the games I remember owning, but odds are I own more than I can actually remember.

[GoldShadow1]

I think I have beaten just about every game I have that can be beaten (although not always on the hardest difficulty level), except for Dark Summit just because that game is so boring and shallow.

[Hostile Creation]

Hey, I got a job, so now between school, more money for more games, and work, I'm sure I'll have a lower chance of finishing games now!

But somehow it'll work out I'm sure.  Yesterday I beat expert on Sapphire cup (or the second one, I think that's the name, though) in F-Zero.  Now for the last cup. . . then comes Kirby Air Ride, which should be fun but not too hard to beat.

[mouse_clicker]

KnowsNothing: You're finishing all the bad games and ignoring all the great games. Get back there and finish Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness, Ocarina of Time, SSBM.

There's only a few of my Cube games I haven't beaten yet- Pikmin, Jedi Outcast, Skies of Arcadia, and Ikaruga.

[KnowsNothing]

I know, I know.....shut up.  I beat OoT on the N64, so that's why I didn't bother to on the GC.  I'm still playing ED, but I've turned into a bit of a PIAC if you know what I mean.  Metroid, and don't make fun of me, scares me WAY more than ED, and even I don't know why.  SSBM I've played to death, and then my data was corrupted and it doesn't hold my attention long enough to play it again.

I'm getting Fzero GX next. I read some reviews on FFTA, and I decided against it.  it looked pretty good, but AW2 has kicked my but over again many times, and more tactics games might bore me.  I need something fast, something furious....f-zero fits the description quite nicely.

[Grey Ninja]

I'm making an honest effort to finish Xenosaga right now, but that still doesn't explain why I am looking up pr0n instead of playing it.  *sigh*