It depends on how much I like the game, whether I get distracted by some other game and move on to that, etc. Like right now I'm thinking about just youtubing the rest of Catherine (a game that I was anticipating for months) and youtubing the endings (I'm in the middle of Stage 6. There are 9 in the game) because the puzzle game play just isn't all that fun to me and I'd much rather play something else right now. I'm only really interested in the game's interactive story and seeing what happens with the story in each of the different branches you can take. If a game stops being fun for you, I see no reason to continue playing. I used to trudge through games I lost interest in mid-way just to beat them and get them out of my backlog. But that made gaming into more of a chore/job rather than a fun hobby. I'd rather not take that philosophy on gaming anymore.
Plus I find that if you focus too much on beating your games rather than experiencing your games, it can cut time into other hobbies that you enjoy (unless you buy less but play each individual game more intensively. I find that I'm the type that wants to experience more games rather than say focus on 100%-ing a smaller selection of games. If you feel "I want to try that new game, but I have to beat this game first." Ugh. That's a bad thing).
Btw I'm on backloggery and my beat and completion rates are not impressive at all. lol. That's ok though. Gaming should be about fun.
Lyrikalstylez said:
Thats odd......
You'd think buying a $60 game, you'd try to get your moneys worth by finishing the entire game.....people are seriously weird!
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I understand that feeling. I just paid $80 for the Catherine "Love is Over" Deluxe Edition a month ago and I'm struggling to find the motivation to continue the game. It makes me feel like I'm wasteful with money. But why should you go play something that isn't fun for you anymore? That defeats the whole purpose of gaming. The logical solution would be to resell in that case. But since it's a collector's edition, I don't want to resell it unless I really have to because it's going to appreciate in value in the future.
If I youtubed the later stages of the game before buying, I could have saved myself from $80 since from the youtube video it would have been clear that the puzzles are so crazy that they would frustrate me (there are walkthroughs on youtube where you can see what you need to do step-by-step to beat the stages. But when you get to that point that the game itself isn't fun anymore for you and you need a youtube video to hold your hand, why stop there? Why not just watch the rest of the game on youtube when it's clear that I don't like the gameplay? Why not just watch an anime or TV show with a good story than endure a game you don't like with a good story?). But youtubing the later parts of a game would be spoiling the game for you. Ah well. Just be thankful that we still have the ability to resell games.
I am not bashing Catherine for having difficult puzzles (hell i was playing on easy mode. lol.) but I'm not about to pretend that I like this kind of gameplay to earn cred with ATLUS fanboys. I loved Persona but Catherine is not my game.
