Can't finish any games

[Voltigeur]

Anyone else have this problem?
I legitimately can count the games that I've actually finished and played to the end on one hand.

Literally every single game, no matter what genre, gets DROPPED 75 % into it.
I just get so bored and I feel like I've seen everything by that point... Even the games I really enjoy and that I've played countless times, I drop just a bit before the ending.


I've played Deus Ex easily 20 times by now, and I've never fully finished it once in my entire life. How pathetic is that?


Surely I cannot be the only one with this problem, right?

 

[Nano]

Have you tried finishing games?

 

[Poseidon00]

More often than not I will drop a game halfway through or most of the way through and forget about it for like 6 months. Then my interest will be renewed and i'll end up finishing it once I pick it up again. I can almost never play an RPG all the way through without taking a break at some point.

 

[Falksi]

On my first playthrough of Deus Ex I finished it, then played it straight through again it was so good.

If it's a quality game, 30-60 hours is easily finishable for me. Anything longer than that does start to drag a bit, although I can easily return to a game I like & play bonud/side quests for another 20 hours or so.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Have you tried playing Skyrim?

 

[Big Wrangle]

For me, one way to mitigate it would be to add some variety to your playtime. Like say, taking a small break from Underrail to play a bit of Devil May Cry.

 

[Catacombs]

For me, one way to mitigate it would be to add some variety to your playtime. Like say, taking a small break from Underrail to play a bit of Devil May Cry.

Burning out on a game, maybe because of the dozens of hours grinding on it, might cause people to drop it. Spreading your attention to different games helps.

 

[Sukhāvatī]

Play short games in order to build up your stamina and get accustomed to that "I've beaten it" mental state. Then you can gradually increase to games that have a longer playtime.

 

[Disciple]

I believe the ready availability of pretty much any video game one can think of (compared to earlier times) contributes to such a behaviour. Personally, I am more of a quitter than a completionist myself, and I find that sticking to a selected few video games at any given time is a necessary compromise so as not to be tempted to end up dropping the game at hand altogether after reaching the first stages of boredom or disenchantment with it. Taking notes and keeping separate back-ups of the game's save files helps as well when resuming interesting games you dropped once.

 

[Gregz]

Anyone else have this problem?
I legitimately can count the games that I've actually finished and played to the end on one hand.

Literally every single game, no matter what genre, gets DROPPED 75 % into it.
I just get so bored and I feel like I've seen everything by that point... Even the games I really enjoy and that I've played countless times, I drop just a bit before the ending.


I've played Deus Ex easily 20 times by now, and I've never fully finished it once in my entire life. How pathetic is that?


Surely I cannot be the only one with this problem, right?

Sometimes there's a complex psychology going on when this happens. To me, I don't finish the games I like because I want to imagine that world is still alive and available to visit whenever I want. I don't want the illusion to end. Part of me knows there's no more advancement, no more gear upgrades, nothing left to explore, but I don't want to leave the world...

 

[a Goat]

Who cares, just consume product and move on to the next product

 

[RolePlayer]

Stop playing games other people have hyped and play games that fit your taste instead.

When you play a truly great game, you don't ever want it to end, and then it's over before you know it.

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

People have wrong concept of finishing gaems, it used to have as well to fortunately - it's no more.

Nowadays for me, game is finished once you consume its last fresh part.

E.g. Nu-Shadow Warrior is basically the same rinse and repeat katana centric borefest, with generic boss at the end of episode. Did I finish it by completing the last level? No, I did it much earlier, once I beat first episode.

Or Legend of Kage, the same shit goes over four seasons - just finish summer and there's nothing really new in autumn, winter and spring.

In retrospect, there weren't many gaems worth finishing to the very end.

 

[Voltigeur]

Sometimes there's a complex psychology going on when this happens. To me, I don't finish the games I like because I want to imagine that world is still alive and available to visit whenever I want. I don't want the illusion to end. Part of me knows there's no more advancement, no more gear upgrades, nothing left to explore, but I don't want to leave the world...

Aside from the obvious "game fatigue", this seems to be the thing that is preventing me from finishing games I really love too.
It's honestly kind of depressing to think about, but I guess I just can't say goodbye to a truly great game.
I just wish it'd go on forever.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I have a lot of games sitting at ~95% complete then just stop

 

[majorsoccer]

gets DROPPED 75 % into it.

I normally drop at 5 % into it.

My advice is: kill yourself ! you're worthless piece of shit anyway,nobody is gonna miss you.Do it !

 

[cosmicray]

Burning out on a game, maybe because of the dozens of hours grinding on it, might cause people to drop it. Spreading your attention to different games helps.

I'm having a reversed effect. I'm playing several games at once now and I can't finish any of it. Probably shouldn't do that. At least do only 1 per genre. Or 1 long game and other MP or small/indie. Doing several RPGs at once is a nightmare.

 

[Catacombs]

Burning out on a game, maybe because of the dozens of hours grinding on it, might cause people to drop it. Spreading your attention to different games helps.

I'm having a reversed effect. I'm playing several games at once now and I can't finish any of it. Probably shouldn't do that. At least do only 1 per genre. Or 1 long game and other MP or small/indie. Doing several RPGs at once is a nightmare.

People's milage will vary, I guess.

Good idea about one long game and another short one. I'm playing a long RPG now and jumping between and that something I can hop in and out of.

 

[Swigen]

A lot of it is just being honest with yourself and saying, “Know what? I just really don’t like this game and I think it sucks complete balls!”. Step two is going to the RPG Codex’s Best RPGs 2019 thread to post about it. Say, “Guys, I just don’t understand how Deus Ex made the top 10, it sucks complete balls!”.

 

[cosmicray]

At some point you should just really quit the game if you're not having fun, especially if it's really long. But it's different when you're distracting yourself with other games/life.

 

[cretin]

whats the mystery? Most games suck. I have trouble watching most films in their entirety too, because most of them suck. The older you get, the worse this becomes, ive even taken to walking out of cinemas if the film is crap. Last film i walked out of was the dreadfully boring and flaccid but apparently appreciated by morons everywhere, halloween 2018. As for games, i've refunded more of them than I've kept over the past 5 years.

 

[cosmicray]

If you're not seeing every new movie that comes out, you can safely choose those that have a higher chance for you to enjoy. I thought I had a shitty taste because I enjoyed most of the movies I watched(old and "new"). Then I started to be less picky and yeah, shit came through right away.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

I think one of the main reasons people drop games in the middle nowadays is that the gameplay mechanics are too simple and can't support the game to the end. Novelty wears of too quickly.

 

[Dux]

People have wrong concept of finishing gaems, it used to have as well to fortunately - it's no more.

Nowadays for me, game is finished once you consume its last fresh part.

In retrospect, there weren't many gaems worth finishing to the very end.

True, to a certain extent. However, if you do decide to consistently stop playing when you start feeling bored then you might miss out on some memorable experiences. A lot of games have a slump midway before picking up pace again. A lot of games also have really bad final thirds. It's one of those situations where you'll never truly know if you walk away before it's done. One example would be PS:T. That game has some late-game sections which aren't exactly stellar but if you stop playing there you'd miss on a crucial part of the Torment experience. Things like that.

 

[HeatEXTEND]

I've played Deus Ex easily 20 times by now, and I've never fully finished it once in my entire life. How pathetic is that?

I have the same thing, but only with games I really like. I do usually finnish them on the third run or so. I suspect it's because I just don't want them to end . When I don't like-like a game I'll just blow through to the end no problem.