Who here is guilty of "rushing" through games?

[mr starface]

I've traded quite a few titles recently and have a sizeable backlog of older games to play coupled with a few new releases.

Like most people my time alloted for playing games is not infinite so I've found myself in the last few titles I have played rushing through the game without really stopping to fully enjoy the experience :suspect:

Its almost as if I cast an eye over to my pile of games to play and think I must clear some out the way so sprint through levels as quick as I can essentially just going through the motions if that makes sense?

Its not my preferred way to play and try to reign myself in but there just isnt enough time before the next new release is out.

Slightly OT but it also impacts on how I waste my online games. Love Left4Dead but because it took me so long to complete in SP I'm too worried about joining a game and being made to look like a bit of a tool, ditto with a lot of other titles. And then I start thinking can I really devote hours to plaing online when I have a pile of unplayed games sitting there:help:

And no I cant stop buying new games so dont get all sensible on me:razz:

[AKPiggott]

I was for a while rushing through games I didn't like just to get the achievement points, whereas before if I didn't like it I'd just stop playing.

I'm not all that fussed about achievements anymore unless it's a game I really enjoy, so I probably would just stop playing these days.

[Roberto]

I'm guilty of burning through games, but not at the expense of enjoying them. What i do it load it up and play it solid until i finish it. I've been doing this very recently with a load of RTS games and rarely go online. Once the SP is done then it gets removed and on to the next game. There are so many to play and my stack of games are so high i don't have the time to spend on getting every last drop out of every game.

The only exception is Oblivion, i've played the main quest but i plan to load it up again and do all the side quests and add on.

And i plan on repalyng Homeworld 2. the best PC game in the world. And HL2 with the latest FakeFactory mod

[Ratfink]

Yes, I'm guilty. Bought my 360 late to the game, and of course stocked up on everything I was missing, only to not have enough hours in the day + the new releases coming out. Played a few seriously, and the others threw on and just rushed through. Half I didn't finish, as they didn't click with me (F.E.A.R., Assassins Creed, Crackdown - yes I know), but if I'm honest then I'll admit I probably didn't give them much of a chance; I just looked at everything else on the shelf and got overwhelmed by choice.

And although I've whittled down the collection a fair bit, I've still got loads of old stuff to play.

[LordoftheDance]

Nope. Being permanently skint can have its advantages like having a small number of games to play and plenty of time to play them in.

[Royle]

I have a kind friend who often lends me a game or two and I'll blitz through those so that I can give them back to him fairly quickly. I did Dead Space, Left4Dead and several other top titles like this and while I loved completing them I'd have liked to have spent a bit longer doing so.

However when I stumble across a really great game I do find I slow my exploration down a lot and savour them like a fine wine eg Saints Row 2, Sacred 2, Oblivion, Fallout 3. Nothing better than realising a game is going to keep me entertained for weeks rather than hours :)

[mikegray]

I envy people who savour games like that - for instance, I did Fallout 3 and pretty much just saw the main quest in my hurry to get on to other stuff from last year's Christmas deluge. There are people in my office still playing it and still finding new stuff.

But on the other hand, I don't remember many games that have engaged me enough to want to spend as long as possible in the world. I remember being disappointed at the length of Fable 2, though.

[Ratfink]

Yeah, I rush through the 'lesser' stuff, so I can get to things like Fallout 3 / Fable 2 and properly enjoy them. Those two are still waiting to be played! GTA4 didn't get a look in either, I threw it on once.

It's not even like I buy lots of new releases, I don't. There's enough cheapies in the back catalog to keep me entertained and them some. I do want Ghostbusters/Prototype though.

[clarkyboy100]

I rush through a game if I don't like it, if I really hate it I just stop (e.g. Jericho :razz:).

If I love a game then I concentrate on that for a long time. Like with Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead in recent months. I tend to only play one single player game and one multiplayer game at a time.

[SIMON ADEBISI]

:wave: I usually play through a game on normal and sell it on. Not arsed about achievements or trophy etc

Infamous was one of the few games ive played lately that i spent any bit of time with.

[mr starface]

Know what people mean about rushing lesser games.

Got FEAR Files via a trade and while it wasnt inherently rubbish didnt really grab my attention much so just tried to storm through both campaigns asap. Completed it last month after about a week which is lightning quick for me given the amount of spare time I have.

[SIMON ADEBISI]

I completed the last 50 cent game in 2 days and traded it in for more than i paid for it :D

Result.

[fivebyfive]

Sometimes if the game turns out to be disappointing but playable like Red faction, bionic commando, Riddick

[andyp2]

I get so little time now (hectic job, 10 month old son) that yeah, when I get a game and a chance to play it, I just hammer through it, usually on easy or normal.

Not good :(

[KRW]

I just have this big stack of things waiting to be played properly, I;ve not touched the Fallout 3 downloaded stuff, need to finish the GTA DLC stuff, I've started Dead Space, Killzone 2, uncharted, and Resi 5 and FF7 on the PSP. So little time....I do tend to take my time, though, and hate rushing through something. I have a feeling Fallout3 and Oblivion will still be keeping me going well into the next generation of consoles :D

[the_daddy]

Have to admit to rushing through COD:WAW, trophy whoring little git that I am.

[Bish]

I can understand how you can rush through a game like Fallout 3 but surely stuff like COD: WAW is quite linear so you can hardly go off exploring or go through it slowly.

[sigur]

:wave: I usually play through a game on normal and sell it on. Not arsed about achievements or trophy etc




Same here. I buy a game when it is a good few months old and give it a whirl, my next new purchase is going to be Bioshock.

In fact barring Pro Evo I have never really done any online gaming either.

[SIMON ADEBISI]

In fact barring Pro Evo I have never really done any online gaming either.

Me too. My net connection is **** and tbh im afraid if i start playing online id never leave the house again.

[cliff homewood]

Currently making my way through Bioshock, don't get much time for gaming, but after ahile it was getting too easy, well armoured up, always having to leave health packs behind because I was carrynig the maximum, so had a look on the settings and found Iw as palying on easy, moved it to harder levels and carried on, got frustrated as I kept getting killed every 5 minutes, so was making slow sluggish progress so put it back on easy again, can't be arsed constantly dying and reloading jsut before I died to carry on, jsut want to finish the game in the most efficient amount of time, its way too big for me as it is, although I am enjoying it, its just theres also loads of films I want to see, loads of TV series I want to follow, loads of books to read and other games that I've bought and not yet played.

[cjanderson]

with games like bioshock and dead space i suppose i do rush through it, in that i'll play it most nights for a week or so and complete it in a week.

things like night of the museum 2/triv pursuit all got the buy it and finish within 48 hours treatment, harry potter 6 would have if i didnt have to work over the weekend.

I like feeling i have FINISHED them and sold on.

stuff like fallout and oblivion, i have 100 hours on both those but i still played them pretty fast (ie 2-3 hours every night for a couple of weeks).

depends how much time you have for gaming. if i like something i'll just play it until i finish it.

i'm the same with dvd box sets, watch them in a big rush, sell them on when done.

[Tempest]

Must admit I hate rushing games.

On Half Life 2 on the river in one place I was just powering along it at full speed, blasting past all the guard? trying to shoot me and just ignoring them.

I kinda felt I should of been going slowley and picking them all off one at a time and just zooming past them was cheating a bit.

[Roberto]

oh yes, i did that bit twice! Once going slowly picking them off, and once powering along. From the looks of the scripting it seems like Vavle wanted you to power along as it seem like it was written to be much more exciting when burning it a full wack

[camaj]

I wish there were fewer games that were better experiences. I think a lot of people get caught in a consumption trap and move from one overhyped title to another. We end up playing stuff we're not really enjoying in the hopes it'll be worth it (it never is) or we can justify spending £30 to ourselves.

If anything I'm guilty of the opposite, wasting time in games. I often do little side quests, sometimes without realising they're side quests, and then find that it didn't help me finish the game, it just dragged it out. In GTA:Chinatown the main quests are so dull the side games are a better alternative.

[cjanderson]

if only it was £30, usually £40 on launch day.

if your going to buy a launch day game, you may as well play it then and there and enjoy it, finish it before the next big one comes along and you stop the old one.

else, may as well pay £15 a year down the line for games.

all depends whether you keep or sell on your games after playing, if you sell them, there is some incentive for completing them and getting back more of their value whilst its still high.

[the_daddy]

I wish there were fewer games that were better experiences. I think a lot of people get caught in a consumption trap and move from one overhyped title to another. We end up playing stuff we're not really enjoying in the hopes it'll be worth it (it never is) or we can justify spending £30 to ourselves.

Spot on mate :thumbs:

[camaj]

Thanks.

The same is true of films. I heard a commentator point out that in the 50's and 60's there were only one or two films released every week. Now it's, what, 6-8? So we always feel like we're missing something. While good films still get made, the film watching experience is probably worse overall. I've sat through so many average films it would make me scream if I wasn't so bored. Honestly, the last film that made me go "wow" was Vacancy and before that it was probably Donnie Darko. I ask friends if they've seen anything good recently and they pretty much say the same.

In summary: Modern life is rubbish

[cjanderson]

but so many games, so little time.

same with books and as you say, films. i'd prefer to watch more and say "thatw aa good, that was bad" than miss out on some.

by rushing through more, it doesn't mean i have not enjoyed the 100 hours on oblivion any less. I adored Bioshock and i did that over a week.

But as i say, i like to complete things and move on. not feel nagged by half finished games that "i should get back to someday".

got to rush through the rest of harry Potter today as its now sold, though as thats just "brew some more potions", thats not the end of the world.