Do you play games to beat them?

[Mnementh]

Farsala said:

Mnementh said:

Sorry, this is a bad analogy. A movie is two hours, maybe three. And even for movies, especially long ones I did actually drop them if they suck.

But do you watch a show to the end, even if the first two episodes were shit? Probably not.

Many games nowadays are more akin to a series in length than a movie: you have many 100 hours games and only few two hour games. And let me tell you: I actually finished a lot of the two hour games I played. Again, A Short Hike is a good example. But 100 hour games? I did not finish a lot of them. I never finished any Assassins Creed game. That may be partly because for me the story part was usually boring, while I liked some of the regular gameplay, so I played it as long as it was fun and then stopped.

The thing that makes me wonder more: why are so many people here so committed to finish a game that stopped being fun tens of hours ago? No wonder people start to hate gaming. Why do you force yourself to endure that, do you hate yourself so much?

For me it is the intention of purchase. If I buy a movie ticket and go into the movie theater, you bet I am going to watch the whole thing to the end. If I buy a game I will probably play the game to the end. But I don't buy games that I won't enjoy. I have fun playing it til the end so why wouldn't I finish it?

If I get the game for free or try it at a friend's house, I probably won't play it to the end. I tend to not like the games gifted to me or what's available for free on services.

If I buy an entire tv show set of episodes, I will probably watch it to the end. It is very unlikely I ever buy something that would be worth dropping after 2 episodes. If I got it as part of a service, then I am more likely to drop it and watch something worth watching, because I didn't choose it.

You equalling paying for it = being fun. I cannot see into the future. I cannot see if a game is fun, a movie is fun, a show is fun, until I try it.