I don't finish so many games. I'm very guilty of dropping them when I become bored of the game play loop. Sometimes if I'm lucky and I can see that I can potentially finish it by speed running the main quest I'll go for it but if not then I let it go and my never ending library continues to grow.
Hahah I'm not sure if the point of the video was to *inspire* people to finish crappy games, instead just explain why. But you go do that!! What crappy games are you thinking of? Thanks for the support it means a lot :)
im grateful for whatever part of my upbringing helped keep my brain from developing this particular compulsion. ive never made myself finish a game if i was getting bored or was frustrated from being unable to make progress its like people who will force themselves to finish a plate of food even if theyre already full or dont like the food. my husband was like this before we met, and it was crazy to me that he didnt realize he had the option to stop
It’s probably because you’re too young or rather young when it comes to gaming. Back in the day people would rarely have 6+ games meaning that it was almost an obligation to finish. However today with gaming subscriptions it’s almost expected to “taste games” and leave after the first session.
I feel like playing a mid or even bad game from time to time including playing them to completion actually works as a nice palate cleanser and helps make the genuinely great games stand out more. When everything is great nothing is, so the lower points help keep things in perspective.
As a gamer in my early 50's it strikes me that we do have plenty of time to play games, if we choose to. 20hrs is NOT such a long time. I have about six gaming generations of backlog but hey, I move on when I move on. The idea presented in your video makes great sense and does go a long way to explain why I have such a backlog of not only games but books and shows/films. I'm not actively seeking the optimal experience with any of it as the best experience will happen by chance in my experience and you cannot know how you feel until you dive in.
That Zeigarnik effect really sticks to me. It's exactly like how fear and anxiety works, it's an innate psychological effect that helps humans avoid the problem. Kinda like PTSD, the event scars the brain so that the person wouldn't have to go through that event again. But for zeigarnik, it's the responsibility anxiety. My guess for games is to take a long break from ruminating and justifying the experience of the game. Anxiety is a curse, but it's not permanent. Either you face it or let it heal with time.
It should also help to remind yourself that not all games are really gonna "click" with you. You tried, you enjoyed it for a bit, but after the honeymoon it just doesn't keep you. Not every game is designed to keep a player forever.
As someone that has completed every mainline Zelda game and has the oracle duology as my favorites, I 1) wish you luck. 2) only clicked in the video because oracle of ages was in the title and thought I was about to make an enemy until you actuqlly made some good arguments that I agree with about ages. Overall good video
First things first, you kind of outdid yourself with this one, I expected that you'd be someone with 20, maybe 30k subscribers but I was quite surprised to see that you only have 9 subs, didn't expect that you'd go this deep with such a small fanbase Second, this was exactly how I felt about the half life series, for some reason I just didn't like them at all, I didn't hate them I just didn't enjoy playing it, but at first I was like "surely it'll be better later on" until I reached around the middle of the game, at that point I just quit the game and didn't want to play it again, I wanted to uninstall but then I thought to myself about the effort of getting the game downloaded due to my garbage internet, so I decided to play through all of it and honestly I don't regret it but I don't really think it was a good idea at the same time By the way, I came from the short you made, didn't expect to ever come to a video by a short because most of them are honestly kind of bad but this one I was interested in because it was relatable, thanks for the content man, appreciate it
Dude thank you so much this is such a nice comment. Getting messages like these make me enjoy creating videos! Consider subscribing of you wanna see more similar videos :D I had the same experience with Half-Life 1 I just didn't like it and dropped it halfway through. Im gonna play Black Mesa (the remake) instead but have been procrastinating it for ages. And yeah I didn't really think the Shorts would bring any viewers in but I'm glad to hear that it did! Thanks for the kind comment :)
now a days theres so many games that if im not having fun i just drop it. i also dont feel the need to complete the games and at the end of the day i dont HAVE to play these games. if i want to they are there but if i dont want to i can just ignore them. if i got bored with a game and dropped it i might go back and finish it when i regain interest if i do. gaming is a hobby, not a job. instead of calling it a backlog call it a catalog cuz thats what it is for most of us. we have a catalog of games we can choose from if we want to and not a backlog that needs to get done for some job.
Also add the concept of modding games and adding more and more mods to a game, literally spending more time preparing the game than actually playing it. Skyrim, fallout, stalker, when modding we are prolonging the time we interact with a game, delaying many times the point where we are supposed to actually finish anything.
@@faradiaulia5560 The problem with that is that I don't want to play a game I've already finished right after, so I'd then have to wait to mod it for at least a few months.
This happens with 9 out of 10 games for me. Even a game like Elden Ring I'm still "hanging onto" because I know it's a good game - I just don't enjoy it.
I used to be really big on finishing every game I bought. Now I'm getting older, if I'm not enjoying a game I won't force myself to play it, as long as I've given it a fair shot. I'm pretty big on replaying games I love too, so I'd much rather spend my time replaying a game I love then drag myself through a game I don't like. I would just much rather waste my money than my time at this point in my life.
Great video. I love these types of videos on video game psychology and general video game analysis. You get the main points across without taking 30 minutes which is cool. Another reason why I finish games I don't enjoy is that sometimes they really do eventually get good. Happened to me in RDR2 and currently in Nier Replicant.
Thanks for the support! I love these types of video as well they're my favourite to watch on RUclips. Yeah part of it could always be the hope that it gets good later.
I started playing Horizon Zero Dawn about a 2 Years ago, it was fun but I stopped playing. Got back to it about half a year later, then stopped. Finally a few months ago I played a little and realized I didn’t like it. The open world is empty and boring, the combat is also boring and I don’t care about the Story. Aloy is kinda an asshole
Just take breaks. I've been playing the metro series in short bursts. Edit: also, protip: when you play games.. USE YOUR IMAGINATION.. You can only see so much from a firstperson/topdown/thirdperson view. Use your imagination. I did this with fallout 1 and 2, I imagined what I was actually roleplaying doing, coming out of cover, taking shots at the raiders coming after me. I did this with STALKER, too. Imagining a thirdperson view of what I, strelok, was doing. It seems weird when I type it out, but I can't help it. Maybe others aren't as imaginitive and are only trying to play a game, not experience something. Oh! And before I forget, I loved the metro series because of the way I could just turn on the game late at night, and start thinking about what was going on, roleplaying the voice in my head, as if I were actually Artyom.. It's hard to explain, but here's an example: "Oh. Wow.. Looks like Pavel is dead. I should probably get going now before the wanamingos or whatever they're called catch up to me.." This is always so damn fun. It feels like I'm actually there. It makes metro feel like more than just a videogame, and it also makes it feel as though it isn't just a mindless distraction either. I am actively thinking and processing what is before me in the world of Metro. I do this with every game now. I think you should too.
It happened to me with Cyberpunk 2077. I needed to force myself to finish it because when i realised i wan't enoying it too much I had already been playing for about 10 hours The game's story and combat are decent but everything else is mediocre. Btw very nice video, hope you grow!
I played like 24 hours of cyberpunk on release but it ran so terribly on my PC at the time so I dropped it for a while to pick up later. I haven't played it fully yet though :P Thanks for the support!
Fr, even after the fixing, the game is just plain boring and limited. Almost nothing to do besides shooting and hacking enemies. Not to mention that the story is very short.
For live service games such as Dead by Daylight, I grew to hate it over time, due to the community, the gameplay loop, and the boring yet favored Survivor-sided aspect of it. It took away a lot of time I could have spent doing my backlog, so I finally dropped it like a bad habit. The itch is still there, but I will NOT go back unless the game changes enough to snuff out my issues with it. Even then, I have to be careful with spending too much time on it; because unlike single-player games, live service titles don't have a conclusion.
I wouldn’t call Florence the best visual novel ever created, but it’s still a visual novel I really enjoyed. I adore how it explores relationships. It’s only like a hour or something next time you need something that short just make yourself a warm beverage, boot up the game and enjoy. Night in the Woods also isn’t a perfect game, but one I absolutely adore. Admittedly it steers way too close to just messing around with the characters then the actual mystery aspect way too much, but hey the characters are great.
It's called commitment most of the time. Same how people still play that overrated garbage called WoW or Elden Ring, besides them not having fun but still play because they are committed due to how much they spent, or thinking they have fun because they don't know how to have their own opinions because they think fun is doing what's popular (all reddit users and those who spend time on twitch chats are some examples)
I struggle to abandon games even though I'm not enjoying them. Most recently it was Far Cry Primal. Not a bad game. Just not very compelling. Still finished it.
@@mygameopinions I have this personal code, if you will, that I won't rate/judge a movie unless I've finished it. That may extend to my gaming too. Like… in order to have a credible opinion about the game, I need to have completed it. If I haven't finished it, I haven't earned the right to opine on it. There are probably some flaws with that thinking. But at least now I've earned the right to say “meh” about Far Cry Primal!
In 2007, I got my first xbox 360. I would eventually lose it to the red ring of death (microsoft replaced it), but before I did I got really into The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. I played it for a good 6 months, conquering every side quest storyline and DLC, getting every single achievement... almost. I only ever made it halfway through the main quest line. I did everything but beat the game. The last achievement I got before abandoning it was on March 8 2008, leaving 3 achievements unobtained. Well, I now have those 3 achievements, dated for January 16 and 18 2024. It's never too late to go back and finish something 😄
I set about years ago to finish all the classic Final Fantasy games. To that end, I bought FF 1-9 on PSP, and then on mobile. I was thinking of buying the bundle on my Nintendo Switch too, but I finally stopped. I finished 1 and enjoyed it. I was frustrated by 2, and 3, although fun, was just so big. I finished 7 and 8 as a kid, but should I do 9 or finish 2 and 3 first ? In all this befuddlement, how can I even consider playing newer Final Fantasy games or any other games period ? Creating this goal was a lot easier than undergoing it. I think the solution is to go back and do other things and maybe come back to this. Or maybe just play the games on the list I am most interested in. Afterall, gaming is supposed to be an escape for me, not a slog through a mundane task.
Has only happened to me twice. One for the mirrors edge sequel. I would just do mission by mission until the ending came round unexpectedly. Other was AC origins. Just rushed to the final boss after not touching it for months. Still only unlocked like half the map too.
I sometimes debate if I should go back to playing Yakuza 0. I stopped playing it b/c there's so much reading, and I have dyslexia. I didn't know there was going to be that much story in a beat'em up.
Horizon Zero Dawn was that game for me. The hype was unreal and I thought it would be kinda similar in terms of the combat mechanics to Avatar on the PSP which I really enjoyed. But the gameplay and the crafting system were very unsatisfying and the story was mediocre at best. Total shitshow and by far the most overrated PlayStation exclusive ever. Dropped it after like 25% completion tho.
I've got such a back log im working my way through and i had fo ask myself, why am I acting like im being forced to do it? I can just come back when I'm ready, Learnt to just play what you feel like playing, enjoy yourself! Nothing should feel like a chore/job
Heh I intentionally hid the name of my real account, but if you search up the reviews I showed then you'll probably find it ;) I'm honoured that someone wants to read my reviews that badly thank you!
I have some real trouble finishing games, when games reach so sort of "grind" or where they lose what made them fun because I have been doing the same thing for 10 hours, I usually drop them for the next game.
For me, I think my need to finish games I dislike stems from the discussions had in reviewer spaces about whether you can truly have an opinion on a game if you didn’t finish it. That’s bled out into gaming as a whole to the point that I feel like I NEED to roll credits in order to ever discuss having played that title with anyone else. Even though, let’s be honest, if I hated the experience 10 hours in, nothing will change my mind in the next 10 hours and I am ultimately not being paid to talk about the game.
Welp, this hits really close to home. I was watching this while getting all Achievements in Shotgun King - though I don't even like Rouglelites that much, nor am I having fun. But I'm just missing 16 out of 80 now, so I feel like I have to continue so I can be done with it.l This urge to complete stuff was something I noticed very early when I started playing games. On steam I have 40 Games in my 100% Completed folder, 11 in my completed folder and 19 (that are either not completed or multiplayer only games). To combat having to complete everything I have (or absurd stuff like getting all 171) HoI IV Achievements), I created a "Not for me" folder, so I can just remove games I don't like from my field of view. And for me, that has actually helped quite a lot. This division between "unfinished, but I'll complete it" and "I forgot I even had this game" is something I would also recommend to anyone who suffers from the same.
I don't have this problem with shit games. I have shit to do and a boring, bad, or meh game is not worth it. Also, RUclips and Wiki has helped filled in the gaps for story and easter eggs I would miss not playing this shit game. I feel no guilt over this.
I am sometimes guilty of pushing though. As a trophy hunter, I like to explore what a game has to offer. I started trophy hunting to revisit games. Sometimes it worked great, and I got an experience, that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. Sometimes, it isn’t worth, but it helps finishing the bigger picture. Finishing games, challengeing myself has taught me new skills, with which I could finish other games. It is a journey and it feels good to cross off games.
Was relieved you were specifically talking about the following, I love dying light but the following brings me pain. Imagine having an amazing parkour game and giving you a car in a field
I would like to see the follow up to this. Why you dont finish games you like. I do it all the time because i dont want the experience to end and then miss out playing them until the end.
I dont know if im just weird but I don't feel the need to finish games that I start and if I get bored of a game I just stop playing and eventually forget I even started it in the first place.
For me its yakuza. I love the idea and the gameplay and i have tried playing at least 15 times however it being in japanese is a killer for me i really dont want to read subtitles. I know its a small issue but i cant push through because of it.
yeah. the worst example for me is halflife 2. people overpraise the crap out of it, so i kept playing it because "its going to get better, right?" it never really did. I had a bad taste in my mouth and 60 wasted hours of my life. also my savefile corrupted at the end of the airboat section which was a major blow 'cause the airboat section just freaking sucks, and I had to do most of the prologue again which ill be honest is probably the best part of the game the first time playing.
I’ve played all the half-life games and half-life 2 episode 2 is a lot better than half life 2. The pacing is better, the vehicle parts are less long, and there’s more combat parts.
I can relate to this experience for sure, and I am always trying to move away from spending a lot of time on games I am not enjoying. Bad take on Oracle of Ages, though, for the record.
Not finishing a lot of games in recent years is why I’m keen on just playing the same 3-4 games that I know I like and then every now and then pick up a new single player game that really catches my eye
7:54 me in pretty much every video game I'm playing 😂I love when devs think about this sort of stuff and let you revisit areas. Of course, this depends from game to game and whatnot.
I'm trying to get better about dropping games I'm not enjoying. I got countless games on my backlog, wasting time on something that doesn't spark joy is stupid and I'm mad at myself for doing it. I'm thinking about giving a game a set amount of time based on genre and if it hasn't wowed me after that time has passed then it goes into the bin.
You sound like the exact audience I was trying to reach with this video!! Was worried that it would reach the wrong people. Yeah I've heard other people say they will try a game for 1 or 2 hours and then if they still don't like it they'll drop it.
Im in the same boat but sometimes i come back to it in a year or two and it suddenly enioyable to me, the ones that come to mind are terraria, stardew valley and lobotomy corporation
Yeah. Buy things that you thing would like, or at least caught your eye. If it doesn't click, don't force it. But trying something now from time to time is also great.
I have quite a huge backlog. It grows more than it shrinks, but something I do is if I get the itch to play a game I’ll start playing it. But after a few hours if I’m just not feeling it whatsoever, I’ll put it on the bottom of my backlog list. Maybe I’ll get to it again, maybe I won’t, it’s great that I want to try games that’s out of my comfort zone, but you gotta have fun with the game. Because if not, it’s a chore, not a hobby. Plus, would you rather sit through a game that bores you to tears, or pick up the next game and possibly find your next favorite game? And if you’re afraid of what other people will think if you don’t love the game everyone else loves, don’t worry about it. We all have unique tastes.
Worst games I played recently which felt pointless with no real message or lessons to take form it: Black Mesa (one of the most overrated game of all time, the entire half life series suck) Atomic hearts (pointless story and terrible voice acting + a pointless open tedious world) Star Wars Jedi fallen order (clunky, too Hollywood feely and it drags. Very strong opening and then just fades after that, extremely forgettable) Doom eternal and Doom 2016 (pointless scrap and recycle kill the same enemies over and over and over, a horrendous story and abysmal level design)
Thanks for this. It makes me feel better about not wasting my LIMITED free time playing games I dont want to. I have abandoned 2 games recently and at first I felt guilty and even tried to finish them again but never ended up doing so. Not all games are meant for you and thats fine. Dont waste time dragging yourself like this!
mk11. this is my most played game. im almost like 500 hrs in. the grinding is tedious just to unlock all the skins and gears and most of them have schedule. thats the reason why i wont buy mk1. i dont want to subject myself on that same torture. metroid dread, in the other hand, i finished it pretty quick, i defeated dread mode, doing boss rush from time to time just because i wanted to do it. now im finishing the prequels, finished the prime remastered and i regarded the series as the best video games of all time. and im nowhere near 500hrs playing them collectively.
I completed Dark Souls Remastered after letting it sit at the bottom of my game pile. Video games are like books to me. I may put a book on my shelf, not genuinely understanding its contents, then I seem to hear it call my name a few years later and finally understand after reading it again. Dark Souls clicked with me at the time because I felt like I was in a cesspool of despair, and Dark Souls reminds the player that there is always a way forward and you just gotta get up. Ive lately also had Journey to the Savage Plant calling my name, so maybe its time I revist that.
So I think that for myself, it comes down to this desire to _want_ to like the game, that is the reason for me trying to force myself to play through it even when I’m not enjoying the experience. After a while of not playing something that I wasn’t enjoying, I find myself thinking about something in the game that I _did like,_ and it drives me toward wanting to give the game another go. And I sort of begin to convince myself that I was wrong about how I felt the last time I’d tried playing it, and if I went back and gave it another go I’d be able to give it a better shot now that I know what to expect. (Spoiler warning: that is basically never the case; I almost always end up right back where I was when I gave up on the game the previous time.) The thing about video games is that they’re very multi-layered in the content that they provide, and there are situations where you might enjoy some aspects of the game, but not like other parts of it. (The same could be said other forms of media as well, but I think this is especially applicable to video games.) As an example, I really came to like the story and characters of Tales of Berseria, which I bought back in late-2021, but I found it an absolutel slog to go through the game’s _extreme_ amount of micro-management. It felt like I spent 70% of the game sitting in menus trying to figure out which pieces of armor should go to which character, trying to build good combos for combat, struggling to understand the hundred different minor mechanics that exist in the game. And to boot, most of it ended up feeling largely inconsequential due to the fact that the game didn’t seem like it was actually all that deep or challenging. It just seemed like complexity for the sake of complexity; the developers think that having a million systems and parts to gameplay automatically makes the game better, which it doesn’t. But because I was invested in the story side of the experience, I was willing to try and put up with it. I was able to get through about 16 hours of the game before I finally gave up, which obviously isn’t a lot of time in the context of a JRPG - I’m pretty sure game was like 80-100 hours for a complete playthrough - but it was still quite a bit further than I would’ve been willing to go for a game that felt as tedious and exhausting to play, and the reason that I did was because there was that part of the experience that I was enjoying, and I wanted to see the rest of it. Even now, a little under two years later, I’ve kept Berseria on my backlog and am still intent on going back some day and seeing it to the end. (I’m sure others would likely say, “Well if you’re enjoying the story but not the gameplay, then just watch a playthrough on RUclips.”, and yeah, I have considered that. But... I don’t know; I feel like if I am going to experience a game that I own, then I should play it for myself rather than watching someone else play it for me. I suppose that’s where the sunk-cost fallacy comes into play.) The other reason that I keep playing games after they stop being fun is that I like to try and give games a fair shot. As shown by my example above, I don’t like to write off a game completely just because I dislike part of it. Games can have elements that’re good and elements that’re bad, and so I want to play through them all the way so that I find and enjoy those positive moments as well. I feel like that’s a beneficial mindset to have when approaching a medium that you love. As Dunkey has put it: “You need a contrast to differentiate good from bad. Sometimes when you take a chance on a game you might not like, you end up finding something really unique and special.”
I feel the same about wanting to finish it just to see if I start liking it somehow. I just finished Nier: Automata yesterday which has insanely high reviews on backloggd and it's one of my friend's favourite games ever. But I just really didn't like the gameplay it was so ass honestly. I played through all 5 main endings to get the full experience because I don't want to drop a game halfway and write it off without experiencing it in it's entirety. I also kind of wish that I liked it as much as other people do but oh well. That dunkey quote is good too, I really like unique games.
@@mygameopinions omg. that's little strange but it's better for audience that its/their* author is skillful. Good luck and keep going * I'm not sure what kind of noun (plural or singular) this is. sorry, I'm not native
I absolutely hated Red Dead Redemption 2, I left it at the beginning of chapter 6 and while I did intend to go back to it at some point to finish it, I honestly do not want to anymore. After my bad experience with this game, I made it my mission to never play something I know I won't like. And I have never left a game unfinished ever since because I only play games I like.
Yeah I have more games that I've decided to remove from the Backlog as I just don't want to play them lol. And a couple years ago I kinda stopped buying random games just because they had a good steam sale on
Play Outlast next, it’s such a banger. It’s so spectacularly yet tastefully gory and, if you get into it, really scary which is honestly just great. You know exactly what it’s set out to do and it delivers perfectly. On top you get an intriguing mystery story if you’re into that. Also good atmosphere: Just listen to the soundtrack
I know it's all just subjective nonsense, but is a 3/5 really that bad? Honestly 2 for me is "boring," 1 is "bad" and the rare 0 is "god awful." But a 3? That's just "fine." Maybe it didn't WOW me, maybe I wasn't absolutely blown away by the game, maybe I barely enjoyed it. But it's typically functional and at least a little bit entertaining to be a 3.
Nonono yeah 3/5 isn't "bad". Id say its good overall, but nothing special at all. 8 said in the video that the games I'd played recently had been "mid". So dying light DLC was like that for me. But I was wondering why I bothered finishing it if it wasn't like on level with a 5/5 game
@@mygameopinions I think it's important to find enjoyment in the "mid" games. We can't live our whole lives eating fancy meals, we should enjoy the lesser polished games. They help us enjoy the smaller things. Obviously if something is completely unplayable or is just not fun for us at all, maybe it's best for us to find a different game. But for a perfectly serviceable game, it's more about enjoying something that isn't a top 1% or even a top 20% game. This is the hardest to convey because everyone has their own opinion on what is worth playing, but in my opinion, you don't need to play the greatest hits in order to find enjoyment, a lot of classics would be given 2 or 1s these days if they were released for the first time, as is, today. They give us perspective and ground us to the reality of what it takes to create video games. If you only play the best of the best, your pool of games is extremely limited, and your grading scale is going to show that. Everything is either a 3, 4 or 5 and suddenly 3 is "awful" because it can't compete with the 4s and 5s. When you play "bad" games(games you otherwise wouldn't consider), suddenly you gain an appreciation for both the games you just picked up, and the older games you gave lower scores for. It elevates everything and the nitpicky gripes you had with a game you gave a 3 feel like small beans compared to the current one. Bump it up to a 4. You also may find hidden gems that you personally like, despite it being rated a little lower than your general consideration. A special publicly-rated 2 or 3 could be a 4 or 5 for you. Public opinion is not the way to live your life(not saying you are, but a lot of people do). This doesn't mean you should start buying bargain bin shovelware games. Just give consideration to the games you may have been on the fence about, or due to some non-issue public opinion, maybe the game would be enjoyable. And when you aren't enjoying it, take a break, consider what it was that got you playing that game in the first place, and compare it to why you're playing now. If it's the same, well does the mechanic hold up, will it hold up until the end? If it's different, well, is it worth completing based on this new parameter? Thanks for uploading, and thank you for replying 🙂 this video got me thinking again, about what it means to find enjoyment in my games, music, movies. I don't need a personal 4 or 5/5 to enjoy something. Just fine can be an enjoyment all on its own, and if my initial perception is that it could be bad, well, maybe it's not? Give it a shot. Just don't spend money you aren't willing to part with, because that for certain will create both a sunk cost fallacy, as well as make you feel bitter about the game for not living up to your purchase expectations.
Oh lol that's weird idk why they're on there twice. Yeah I've heard that about titanfall 2 soooo much over the years that I'm worried it'll be overhyped for me. I definitely plan to play it though
@@mygameopinions I've hyped friends up for it and they still came away thinking it was the best. It doesn't just play like a shooter. It's also a 3D platformer with some light but really interesting puzzle solving tied in.
Firstly, I really like that I'm finally getting a bit of the psychological side of video gaming on YT. Secondly, I played FFIX and did not like it, but I stuck through it because I liked Zidane from Dissidia and wanted to knock out a mainline FF. So I agree that sometimes playing mid to ass games are worth it, but depends on the reasons again like you said.
When I was 13, I played Zelda. Loved it. Then Zelda 2 came out & I absolutely hated it. I wasn't aware of a Zelda game again until OoT & MJ. Later I played Link to the Past & loved it. I have a point, keep reading. Many years later, I was told by many to try Zelda 2 again because I had been too hard on it. So I did. I was correct the 1st time about that game. It's terrible. I completed it & regret it. I'll never forget how horrible of an experience it was & how much better off I'd be if I had just left Zelda 2 where it belongs. In the past. Some things are better left unexperienced.
Extremely relatable! This is something I've been encountering more and more often lately; I'll play a game that I've had my eyes on for a long time, and a couple of hours in, I realize that it's not as interesting as I expected. I remember that I had a much higher tolerance for flaws in games back in the days, but now that my free time gets shorter and shorter as my responsibilities pile on, I can no longer see myself finishing something that I don't fully enjoy. Sometimes, whenever I'm at the brink of dropping a game, I'll think to myself, "what if the game gets much better later?" The reality is that the games that actually become dramatically more enjoyable as you get further, so much so that they justify the time commitment you spend to get to that point, are exceedingly rare. While persevering through an experience you don't immediate find gratifying can be extremely rewarding, it doesn't always so, especially with video games. I've made peace with this fact and decided to take the fear of missing out over sacrificing even more of my precious time, time which I can instead use to play more fulfilling games that will stay with me for a long time. It is impossible to experience even a small portion of the games that pique your interest; missing out is just a part of enjoying things. You will probably miss incredible experiences by dropping games, you will probably even miss one of your favorite games of all time, but that's okay. You will find more great experience, and you will find another of your favorite games of all time. So, go ahead, drop that game you're not having fun with, and play something you truly care for!
I have the curse to want to finish a game I start, but made the important decision to stop playing kena:bridge of spirits. I just wasn't enjoying it. So I let it go. I'm having some strange feeling with tears of the kingdom now. The game is taking super long and I'm craving to move on for some reason but I can't stop myself doing silly things like having to go most places. I've at least pushed myself to progress the story way beyond my comfort zone and actually activating the roots. I definitely want to finish this game, but I want to stop Myself wasting hundreds of hours on crap. I've actually played 400 hours of eldin ring so far but that I still super enjoy and wish the game was longer. Strange how It all works
@@moltenlavacore haha yeah it's hard tho. Look definitely not doing the korok seeds. That's just insane but.. A part of me wants to do all the side missions and side adventures... Shrines I'll see.. Ugh lol
I have a pretty big backlog that I'm working through lately. But going through them i try to focus on what i do enjoy from them, and find myself really liking some mediocre games for it (ie terminator resistance)
Not a game, but I read the Umineko VN for 110 hours before dropping it like 16 hours before the end. All because I wanted to tick it off my backlog. I regret it.
The game for me was Resident Evil 4 Remake. Traveling around the world just felt so bland to me. Some of the fights are cool, but it wasn't enough to keep me interested. Definitely not a bad game. It just wasn't for me
Whether I'll finish a game depends on how much it bores me, or annoys me. Kentucky Route Zero is the most boring game I've ever played. I almost fell asleep, and it's not a joke. Didn't finish it. Nier Automata was of the more annoying kind, since the world is so boring to explore, and I'm not entertained by combat. First I started to cheat with WeMod to speedrun through it. On my second playthrough (you are expected to play it three times) that didn't help either, and I uninstalled it in the middle of everything. Don't regret it. But as long as I can stand it, I will usually see all games through in one way or another, to get them off my mind.
Hmm... honestly no, it has never happened to me. I can already feel whenever I will like or dislike a game within the first hour or so of gameplay. What HAS happened to me is wanting to 100% a game and feeling it has kind of overstayed it’s welcome- but it’s never because the game itself was bad, or else I wouldnt have reached that point to begin with.
Spectacular video! Genuinely made me feel better about dropping games that aren't resonating. I shouldn't be feeling guilty when I stop playing a game that doesn't vibe with me. Thank you!
I don't finish so many games. I'm very guilty of dropping them when I become bored of the game play loop. Sometimes if I'm lucky and I can see that I can potentially finish it by speed running the main quest I'll go for it but if not then I let it go and my never ending library continues to grow.
You feel* very guilty
@@DarenKajiWolf “You feel* very guilty” 🤓🤓🤓
@@DarenKajiWolfyou can be guilty of anything it doesn't have to be legally guilty. I was guilty of consuming a snack just a moment ago lol
Why feel guilty about it bro, who cares
@@whatsfordinner62 w pf name tho eat all them snaccs
Yoo what a gem of a video, this made me want to go finish up some crappy games. Hope ya channel grows fr
Hahah I'm not sure if the point of the video was to *inspire* people to finish crappy games, instead just explain why. But you go do that!! What crappy games are you thinking of?
Thanks for the support it means a lot :)
im grateful for whatever part of my upbringing helped keep my brain from developing this particular compulsion. ive never made myself finish a game if i was getting bored or was frustrated from being unable to make progress
its like people who will force themselves to finish a plate of food even if theyre already full or dont like the food. my husband was like this before we met, and it was crazy to me that he didnt realize he had the option to stop
I finish my plate and I finish games. Help
It’s probably because you’re too young or rather young when it comes to gaming.
Back in the day people would rarely have 6+ games meaning that it was almost an obligation to finish.
However today with gaming subscriptions it’s almost expected to “taste games” and leave after the first session.
@josetomascamposrobledano4618 She literally says she has a husband... definitely ain't a kid
@@Vheone reading comprehension
i finisj mu plat but dont finish games
I feel like playing a mid or even bad game from time to time including playing them to completion actually works as a nice palate cleanser and helps make the genuinely great games stand out more. When everything is great nothing is, so the lower points help keep things in perspective.
As a gamer in my early 50's it strikes me that we do have plenty of time to play games, if we choose to. 20hrs is NOT such a long time.
I have about six gaming generations of backlog but hey, I move on when I move on.
The idea presented in your video makes great sense and does go a long way to explain why I have such a backlog of not only games but books and shows/films.
I'm not actively seeking the optimal experience with any of it as the best experience will happen by chance in my experience and you cannot know how you feel until you dive in.
That Zeigarnik effect really sticks to me. It's exactly like how fear and anxiety works, it's an innate psychological effect that helps humans avoid the problem. Kinda like PTSD, the event scars the brain so that the person wouldn't have to go through that event again. But for zeigarnik, it's the responsibility anxiety.
My guess for games is to take a long break from ruminating and justifying the experience of the game. Anxiety is a curse, but it's not permanent. Either you face it or let it heal with time.
It should also help to remind yourself that not all games are really gonna "click" with you. You tried, you enjoyed it for a bit, but after the honeymoon it just doesn't keep you. Not every game is designed to keep a player forever.
As someone that has completed every mainline Zelda game and has the oracle duology as my favorites, I
1) wish you luck.
2) only clicked in the video because oracle of ages was in the title and thought I was about to make an enemy until you actuqlly made some good arguments that I agree with about ages.
Overall good video
First things first, you kind of outdid yourself with this one, I expected that you'd be someone with 20, maybe 30k subscribers but I was quite surprised to see that you only have 9 subs, didn't expect that you'd go this deep with such a small fanbase
Second, this was exactly how I felt about the half life series, for some reason I just didn't like them at all, I didn't hate them I just didn't enjoy playing it, but at first I was like "surely it'll be better later on" until I reached around the middle of the game, at that point I just quit the game and didn't want to play it again, I wanted to uninstall but then I thought to myself about the effort of getting the game downloaded due to my garbage internet, so I decided to play through all of it and honestly I don't regret it but I don't really think it was a good idea at the same time
By the way, I came from the short you made, didn't expect to ever come to a video by a short because most of them are honestly kind of bad but this one I was interested in because it was relatable, thanks for the content man, appreciate it
Dude thank you so much this is such a nice comment. Getting messages like these make me enjoy creating videos! Consider subscribing of you wanna see more similar videos :D
I had the same experience with Half-Life 1 I just didn't like it and dropped it halfway through. Im gonna play Black Mesa (the remake) instead but have been procrastinating it for ages.
And yeah I didn't really think the Shorts would bring any viewers in but I'm glad to hear that it did!
Thanks for the kind comment :)
@@mygameopinions Just play Black Mesa instead
I don't even finish the games I like
i felt that way on atomic heart, such a long, boring, easy, pointless game
Lol yeah it was so lame and dull, even though it had certain aspects that were okay enough to keep me playing
now a days theres so many games that if im not having fun i just drop it. i also dont feel the need to complete the games and at the end of the day i dont HAVE to play these games. if i want to they are there but if i dont want to i can just ignore them. if i got bored with a game and dropped it i might go back and finish it when i regain interest if i do.
gaming is a hobby, not a job. instead of calling it a backlog call it a catalog cuz thats what it is for most of us. we have a catalog of games we can choose from if we want to and not a backlog that needs to get done for some job.
Also add the concept of modding games and adding more and more mods to a game, literally spending more time preparing the game than actually playing it. Skyrim, fallout, stalker, when modding we are prolonging the time we interact with a game, delaying many times the point where we are supposed to actually finish anything.
Heh yeah I've definitely done that with Skyrim a lot. It's part of the experience.
Finish it 1st without mod then
@@faradiaulia5560 yeah like i never did
@@faradiaulia5560 The problem with that is that I don't want to play a game I've already finished right after, so I'd then have to wait to mod it for at least a few months.
God I have spent so much more time modding fallout than playing it, it's like 3 days of modding followed by one day of playing
This happens with 9 out of 10 games for me. Even a game like Elden Ring I'm still "hanging onto" because I know it's a good game - I just don't enjoy it.
I used to be really big on finishing every game I bought. Now I'm getting older, if I'm not enjoying a game I won't force myself to play it, as long as I've given it a fair shot. I'm pretty big on replaying games I love too, so I'd much rather spend my time replaying a game I love then drag myself through a game I don't like. I would just much rather waste my money than my time at this point in my life.
Great video. I love these types of videos on video game psychology and general video game analysis. You get the main points across without taking 30 minutes which is cool. Another reason why I finish games I don't enjoy is that sometimes they really do eventually get good. Happened to me in RDR2 and currently in Nier Replicant.
Thanks for the support! I love these types of video as well they're my favourite to watch on RUclips. Yeah part of it could always be the hope that it gets good later.
I started playing Horizon Zero Dawn about a 2 Years ago, it was fun but I stopped playing. Got back to it about half a year later, then stopped. Finally a few months ago I played a little and realized I didn’t like it. The open world is empty and boring, the combat is also boring and I don’t care about the Story. Aloy is kinda an asshole
Just take breaks. I've been playing the metro series in short bursts.
Edit: also, protip: when you play games.. USE YOUR IMAGINATION.. You can only see so much from a firstperson/topdown/thirdperson view. Use your imagination. I did this with fallout 1 and 2, I imagined what I was actually roleplaying doing, coming out of cover, taking shots at the raiders coming after me. I did this with STALKER, too. Imagining a thirdperson view of what I, strelok, was doing. It seems weird when I type it out, but I can't help it. Maybe others aren't as imaginitive and are only trying to play a game, not experience something.
Oh! And before I forget, I loved the metro series because of the way I could just turn on the game late at night, and start thinking about what was going on, roleplaying the voice in my head, as if I were actually Artyom.. It's hard to explain, but here's an example: "Oh. Wow.. Looks like Pavel is dead. I should probably get going now before the wanamingos or whatever they're called catch up to me.."
This is always so damn fun. It feels like I'm actually there. It makes metro feel like more than just a videogame, and it also makes it feel as though it isn't just a mindless distraction either. I am actively thinking and processing what is before me in the world of Metro. I do this with every game now. I think you should too.
It happened to me with Cyberpunk 2077. I needed to force myself to finish it because when i realised i wan't enoying it too much I had already been playing for about 10 hours
The game's story and combat are decent but everything else is mediocre. Btw very nice video, hope you grow!
I played like 24 hours of cyberpunk on release but it ran so terribly on my PC at the time so I dropped it for a while to pick up later. I haven't played it fully yet though :P
Thanks for the support!
Fr, even after the fixing, the game is just plain boring and limited. Almost nothing to do besides shooting and hacking enemies. Not to mention that the story is very short.
For live service games such as Dead by Daylight, I grew to hate it over time, due to the community, the gameplay loop, and the boring yet favored Survivor-sided aspect of it. It took away a lot of time I could have spent doing my backlog, so I finally dropped it like a bad habit.
The itch is still there, but I will NOT go back unless the game changes enough to snuff out my issues with it. Even then, I have to be careful with spending too much time on it; because unlike single-player games, live service titles don't have a conclusion.
I wouldn’t call Florence the best visual novel ever created, but it’s still a visual novel I really enjoyed. I adore how it explores relationships. It’s only like a hour or something next time you need something that short just make yourself a warm beverage, boot up the game and enjoy.
Night in the Woods also isn’t a perfect game, but one I absolutely adore. Admittedly it steers way too close to just messing around with the characters then the actual mystery aspect way too much, but hey the characters are great.
It's called commitment most of the time. Same how people still play that overrated garbage called WoW or Elden Ring, besides them not having fun but still play because they are committed due to how much they spent, or thinking they have fun because they don't know how to have their own opinions because they think fun is doing what's popular (all reddit users and those who spend time on twitch chats are some examples)
I struggle to abandon games even though I'm not enjoying them. Most recently it was Far Cry Primal. Not a bad game. Just not very compelling. Still finished it.
Exactly!! When the game is just average then we want to see the end for no real reason. And that's boring
@@mygameopinions I have this personal code, if you will, that I won't rate/judge a movie unless I've finished it. That may extend to my gaming too. Like… in order to have a credible opinion about the game, I need to have completed it. If I haven't finished it, I haven't earned the right to opine on it. There are probably some flaws with that thinking. But at least now I've earned the right to say “meh” about Far Cry Primal!
I think I'm exactly the same heh. I need to finish it so that I can log the game and be able to say that I've completed it.
In 2007, I got my first xbox 360. I would eventually lose it to the red ring of death (microsoft replaced it), but before I did I got really into The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. I played it for a good 6 months, conquering every side quest storyline and DLC, getting every single achievement... almost. I only ever made it halfway through the main quest line. I did everything but beat the game. The last achievement I got before abandoning it was on March 8 2008, leaving 3 achievements unobtained.
Well, I now have those 3 achievements, dated for January 16 and 18 2024. It's never too late to go back and finish something 😄
I set about years ago to finish all the classic Final Fantasy games. To that end, I bought FF 1-9 on PSP, and then on mobile. I was thinking of buying the bundle on my Nintendo Switch too, but I finally stopped. I finished 1 and enjoyed it. I was frustrated by 2, and 3, although fun, was just so big. I finished 7 and 8 as a kid, but should I do 9 or finish 2 and 3 first ? In all this befuddlement, how can I even consider playing newer Final Fantasy games or any other games period ? Creating this goal was a lot easier than undergoing it. I think the solution is to go back and do other things and maybe come back to this. Or maybe just play the games on the list I am most interested in. Afterall, gaming is supposed to be an escape for me, not a slog through a mundane task.
Has only happened to me twice. One for the mirrors edge sequel. I would just do mission by mission until the ending came round unexpectedly. Other was AC origins. Just rushed to the final boss after not touching it for months. Still only unlocked like half the map too.
The only game I finished and didn't like was dark souls 2. I couldn't believe it was really that bad but it was
I sometimes debate if I should go back to playing Yakuza 0. I stopped playing it b/c there's so much reading, and I have dyslexia. I didn't know there was going to be that much story in a beat'em up.
Horizon Zero Dawn was that game for me. The hype was unreal and I thought it would be kinda similar in terms of the combat mechanics to Avatar on the PSP which I really enjoyed. But the gameplay and the crafting system were very unsatisfying and the story was mediocre at best. Total shitshow and by far the most overrated PlayStation exclusive ever. Dropped it after like 25% completion tho.
I completed God of war Ragnarök. I really didnt wanna finish
It was awful. And at that price… blows
I've got such a back log im working my way through and i had fo ask myself, why am I acting like im being forced to do it? I can just come back when I'm ready,
Learnt to just play what you feel like playing, enjoy yourself! Nothing should feel like a chore/job
.....i thought the thumbnail said "fishing games you don't like"...
Same xD
what's your backloggd account i want to FOLLOW IT
Heh I intentionally hid the name of my real account, but if you search up the reviews I showed then you'll probably find it ;)
I'm honoured that someone wants to read my reviews that badly thank you!
This is exactly how I got with Final Fantasy VIII, the only game in the series that I have not enjoyed at all (soo far)
I have some real trouble finishing games, when games reach so sort of "grind" or where they lose what made them fun because I have been doing the same thing for 10 hours, I usually drop them for the next game.
Sucks when you get to the end and it feels like it's dragging on. Just gave me an idea for a video about length of games
For me, I think my need to finish games I dislike stems from the discussions had in reviewer spaces about whether you can truly have an opinion on a game if you didn’t finish it. That’s bled out into gaming as a whole to the point that I feel like I NEED to roll credits in order to ever discuss having played that title with anyone else. Even though, let’s be honest, if I hated the experience 10 hours in, nothing will change my mind in the next 10 hours and I am ultimately not being paid to talk about the game.
I am a little sad with your disappointment of the following, however even with how much fun I had 3/5 is a truly fair ranking.
Yeah it was fun at times but most of it felt like fetch quests and time wasting
Welp, this hits really close to home. I was watching this while getting all Achievements in Shotgun King - though I don't even like Rouglelites that much, nor am I having fun. But I'm just missing 16 out of 80 now, so I feel like I have to continue so I can be done with it.l
This urge to complete stuff was something I noticed very early when I started playing games. On steam I have 40 Games in my 100% Completed folder, 11 in my completed folder and 19 (that are either not completed or multiplayer only games).
To combat having to complete everything I have (or absurd stuff like getting all 171) HoI IV Achievements), I created a "Not for me" folder, so I can just remove games I don't like from my field of view. And for me, that has actually helped quite a lot. This division between "unfinished, but I'll complete it" and "I forgot I even had this game" is something I would also recommend to anyone who suffers from the same.
Yeah I also had a steam folder called "don't wanna play". Some games you just have no motivation to beat and that's fine
Simple, sunk cost. Might as well get my money’s worth and main campaigns in games aren’t usually that unbearable.
I don't have this problem with shit games. I have shit to do and a boring, bad, or meh game is not worth it.
Also, RUclips and Wiki has helped filled in the gaps for story and easter eggs I would miss not playing this shit game.
I feel no guilt over this.
Very nice Video, i like your calm voice and the wise footage choice. Hope to see more!
Thank you so much!!! More videos coming in the future :)
I am sometimes guilty of pushing though. As a trophy hunter, I like to explore what a game has to offer. I started trophy hunting to revisit games. Sometimes it worked great, and I got an experience, that I wouldn’t have had otherwise. Sometimes, it isn’t worth, but it helps finishing the bigger picture. Finishing games, challengeing myself has taught me new skills, with which I could finish other games. It is a journey and it feels good to cross off games.
Was relieved you were specifically talking about the following, I love dying light but the following brings me pain. Imagine having an amazing parkour game and giving you a car in a field
Yeah i couldn't finish borderlands 2, just boring for solo play throughs
i figure what i play of a game is what i need. if that means stopping halfway through, doing to the end, or not even playing it.
I would like to see the follow up to this. Why you dont finish games you like. I do it all the time because i dont want the experience to end and then miss out playing them until the end.
i'm a hoarder instead of completing games like i have 265 games and completed 5 :'D
Nah not for me lol if i get bored i just drop it instantly. Also i liked dying light 1 base game and stopped the dlc after 2 hours it was so weak
I dont know if im just weird but I don't feel the need to finish games that I start and if I get bored of a game I just stop playing and eventually forget I even started it in the first place.
I kick boring games to the curb easily enough, but I always try them again later like something is going to be different this time.
For me its yakuza. I love the idea and the gameplay and i have tried playing at least 15 times however it being in japanese is a killer for me i really dont want to read subtitles. I know its a small issue but i cant push through because of it.
Getting into the series was tedious. All the game feel like I'm playing the same game over and over again.And I took long breaks.
My longest gameplay without finishing it goes to Nier Automata.
I'm going to play that very soon!
I made it to the end of this video because I didn’t want to leave the video unfinished.
Another reason we force ourselves to finish games is they’re damn expensive these days so you want to get your moneys worth
yeah. the worst example for me is halflife 2. people overpraise the crap out of it, so i kept playing it because "its going to get better, right?" it never really did. I had a bad taste in my mouth and 60 wasted hours of my life. also my savefile corrupted at the end of the airboat section which was a major blow 'cause the airboat section just freaking sucks, and I had to do most of the prologue again which ill be honest is probably the best part of the game the first time playing.
I’ve played all the half-life games and half-life 2 episode 2 is a lot better than half life 2. The pacing is better, the vehicle parts are less long, and there’s more combat parts.
I used to do this, but then I developed some self-resepct and dropped god of war ragnarok.
Damnnnnn.....
One of the worst games of the decade
I finally beat The Darkness.
It was pretty cool.
I can relate to this experience for sure, and I am always trying to move away from spending a lot of time on games I am not enjoying. Bad take on Oracle of Ages, though, for the record.
Not finishing a lot of games in recent years is why I’m keen on just playing the same 3-4 games that I know I like and then every now and then pick up a new single player game that really catches my eye
7:54 me in pretty much every video game I'm playing 😂I love when devs think about this sort of stuff and let you revisit areas. Of course, this depends from game to game and whatnot.
I really enjoyed dying light. And Dying light: the following
I'm trying to get better about dropping games I'm not enjoying. I got countless games on my backlog, wasting time on something that doesn't spark joy is stupid and I'm mad at myself for doing it.
I'm thinking about giving a game a set amount of time based on genre and if it hasn't wowed me after that time has passed then it goes into the bin.
You sound like the exact audience I was trying to reach with this video!! Was worried that it would reach the wrong people.
Yeah I've heard other people say they will try a game for 1 or 2 hours and then if they still don't like it they'll drop it.
Im in the same boat but sometimes i come back to it in a year or two and it suddenly enioyable to me, the ones that come to mind are terraria, stardew valley and lobotomy corporation
Yeah. Buy things that you thing would like, or at least caught your eye.
If it doesn't click, don't force it. But trying something now from time to time is also great.
You Hate Play it just to prove a point.
Real
I have quite a huge backlog. It grows more than it shrinks, but something I do is if I get the itch to play a game I’ll start playing it. But after a few hours if I’m just not feeling it whatsoever, I’ll put it on the bottom of my backlog list. Maybe I’ll get to it again, maybe I won’t, it’s great that I want to try games that’s out of my comfort zone, but you gotta have fun with the game. Because if not, it’s a chore, not a hobby.
Plus, would you rather sit through a game that bores you to tears, or pick up the next game and possibly find your next favorite game?
And if you’re afraid of what other people will think if you don’t love the game everyone else loves, don’t worry about it. We all have unique tastes.
Worst games I played recently which felt pointless with no real message or lessons to take form it:
Black Mesa (one of the most overrated game of all time, the entire half life series suck)
Atomic hearts (pointless story and terrible voice acting + a pointless open tedious world)
Star Wars Jedi fallen order (clunky, too Hollywood feely and it drags. Very strong opening and then just fades after that, extremely forgettable)
Doom eternal and Doom 2016 (pointless scrap and recycle kill the same enemies over and over and over, a horrendous story and abysmal level design)
What you feel about Half Life is what I feel about Halo. 😏
I never finish videogames I don't like.
Thanks for this. It makes me feel better about not wasting my LIMITED free time playing games I dont want to. I have abandoned 2 games recently and at first I felt guilty and even tried to finish them again but never ended up doing so. Not all games are meant for you and thats fine. Dont waste time dragging yourself like this!
mk11. this is my most played game. im almost like 500 hrs in. the grinding is tedious just to unlock all the skins and gears and most of them have schedule. thats the reason why i wont buy mk1. i dont want to subject myself on that same torture. metroid dread, in the other hand, i finished it pretty quick, i defeated dread mode, doing boss rush from time to time just because i wanted to do it. now im finishing the prequels, finished the prime remastered and i regarded the series as the best video games of all time. and im nowhere near 500hrs playing them collectively.
I completed Dark Souls Remastered after letting it sit at the bottom of my game pile. Video games are like books to me. I may put a book on my shelf, not genuinely understanding its contents, then I seem to hear it call my name a few years later and finally understand after reading it again. Dark Souls clicked with me at the time because I felt like I was in a cesspool of despair, and Dark Souls reminds the player that there is always a way forward and you just gotta get up. Ive lately also had Journey to the Savage Plant calling my name, so maybe its time I revist that.
As a HARD dying light fan:
Fair
So I think that for myself, it comes down to this desire to _want_ to like the game, that is the reason for me trying to force myself to play through it even when I’m not enjoying the experience.
After a while of not playing something that I wasn’t enjoying, I find myself thinking about something in the game that I _did like,_ and it drives me toward wanting to give the game another go. And I sort of begin to convince myself that I was wrong about how I felt the last time I’d tried playing it, and if I went back and gave it another go I’d be able to give it a better shot now that I know what to expect. (Spoiler warning: that is basically never the case; I almost always end up right back where I was when I gave up on the game the previous time.)
The thing about video games is that they’re very multi-layered in the content that they provide, and there are situations where you might enjoy some aspects of the game, but not like other parts of it. (The same could be said other forms of media as well, but I think this is especially applicable to video games.) As an example, I really came to like the story and characters of Tales of Berseria, which I bought back in late-2021, but I found it an absolutel slog to go through the game’s _extreme_ amount of micro-management. It felt like I spent 70% of the game sitting in menus trying to figure out which pieces of armor should go to which character, trying to build good combos for combat, struggling to understand the hundred different minor mechanics that exist in the game. And to boot, most of it ended up feeling largely inconsequential due to the fact that the game didn’t seem like it was actually all that deep or challenging. It just seemed like complexity for the sake of complexity; the developers think that having a million systems and parts to gameplay automatically makes the game better, which it doesn’t.
But because I was invested in the story side of the experience, I was willing to try and put up with it. I was able to get through about 16 hours of the game before I finally gave up, which obviously isn’t a lot of time in the context of a JRPG - I’m pretty sure game was like 80-100 hours for a complete playthrough - but it was still quite a bit further than I would’ve been willing to go for a game that felt as tedious and exhausting to play, and the reason that I did was because there was that part of the experience that I was enjoying, and I wanted to see the rest of it. Even now, a little under two years later, I’ve kept Berseria on my backlog and am still intent on going back some day and seeing it to the end. (I’m sure others would likely say, “Well if you’re enjoying the story but not the gameplay, then just watch a playthrough on RUclips.”, and yeah, I have considered that. But... I don’t know; I feel like if I am going to experience a game that I own, then I should play it for myself rather than watching someone else play it for me. I suppose that’s where the sunk-cost fallacy comes into play.)
The other reason that I keep playing games after they stop being fun is that I like to try and give games a fair shot. As shown by my example above, I don’t like to write off a game completely just because I dislike part of it. Games can have elements that’re good and elements that’re bad, and so I want to play through them all the way so that I find and enjoy those positive moments as well. I feel like that’s a beneficial mindset to have when approaching a medium that you love. As Dunkey has put it: “You need a contrast to differentiate good from bad. Sometimes when you take a chance on a game you might not like, you end up finding something really unique and special.”
I feel the same about wanting to finish it just to see if I start liking it somehow. I just finished Nier: Automata yesterday which has insanely high reviews on backloggd and it's one of my friend's favourite games ever. But I just really didn't like the gameplay it was so ass honestly. I played through all 5 main endings to get the full experience because I don't want to drop a game halfway and write it off without experiencing it in it's entirety. I also kind of wish that I liked it as much as other people do but oh well. That dunkey quote is good too, I really like unique games.
I don't finish games i don't like.
You don't finish games because it's not fun not because it is too hard for you.
do you have only 1k subs? video looks like made by author with 100k+. I subscribed your channel and I wait for another videos
Haha thank you! I actually only had 9 subscribers when I made this video
@@mygameopinions omg. that's little strange but it's better for audience that its/their* author is skillful. Good luck and keep going
* I'm not sure what kind of noun (plural or singular) this is. sorry, I'm not native
I absolutely hated Red Dead Redemption 2, I left it at the beginning of chapter 6 and while I did intend to go back to it at some point to finish it, I honestly do not want to anymore. After my bad experience with this game, I made it my mission to never play something I know I won't like. And I have never left a game unfinished ever since because I only play games I like.
That is the one game u should have finished. It gets so much better. Thats a game u need to play slow and take it all in
103? Hah. You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers.
Yeah I have more games that I've decided to remove from the Backlog as I just don't want to play them lol. And a couple years ago I kinda stopped buying random games just because they had a good steam sale on
I don't finish games i don't like
Play Outlast next, it’s such a banger. It’s so spectacularly yet tastefully gory and, if you get into it, really scary which is honestly just great. You know exactly what it’s set out to do and it delivers perfectly. On top you get an intriguing mystery story if you’re into that.
Also good atmosphere: Just listen to the soundtrack
based DIY enjoyer
First person to notice it 👍
I don't even finish games that i like a lot lol.
I know it's all just subjective nonsense, but is a 3/5 really that bad? Honestly 2 for me is "boring," 1 is "bad" and the rare 0 is "god awful."
But a 3? That's just "fine." Maybe it didn't WOW me, maybe I wasn't absolutely blown away by the game, maybe I barely enjoyed it. But it's typically functional and at least a little bit entertaining to be a 3.
Nonono yeah 3/5 isn't "bad". Id say its good overall, but nothing special at all. 8 said in the video that the games I'd played recently had been "mid". So dying light DLC was like that for me. But I was wondering why I bothered finishing it if it wasn't like on level with a 5/5 game
@@mygameopinions I think it's important to find enjoyment in the "mid" games. We can't live our whole lives eating fancy meals, we should enjoy the lesser polished games.
They help us enjoy the smaller things. Obviously if something is completely unplayable or is just not fun for us at all, maybe it's best for us to find a different game. But for a perfectly serviceable game, it's more about enjoying something that isn't a top 1% or even a top 20% game. This is the hardest to convey because everyone has their own opinion on what is worth playing, but in my opinion, you don't need to play the greatest hits in order to find enjoyment, a lot of classics would be given 2 or 1s these days if they were released for the first time, as is, today.
They give us perspective and ground us to the reality of what it takes to create video games. If you only play the best of the best, your pool of games is extremely limited, and your grading scale is going to show that. Everything is either a 3, 4 or 5 and suddenly 3 is "awful" because it can't compete with the 4s and 5s. When you play "bad" games(games you otherwise wouldn't consider), suddenly you gain an appreciation for both the games you just picked up, and the older games you gave lower scores for. It elevates everything and the nitpicky gripes you had with a game you gave a 3 feel like small beans compared to the current one. Bump it up to a 4.
You also may find hidden gems that you personally like, despite it being rated a little lower than your general consideration. A special publicly-rated 2 or 3 could be a 4 or 5 for you. Public opinion is not the way to live your life(not saying you are, but a lot of people do).
This doesn't mean you should start buying bargain bin shovelware games. Just give consideration to the games you may have been on the fence about, or due to some non-issue public opinion, maybe the game would be enjoyable. And when you aren't enjoying it, take a break, consider what it was that got you playing that game in the first place, and compare it to why you're playing now. If it's the same, well does the mechanic hold up, will it hold up until the end? If it's different, well, is it worth completing based on this new parameter?
Thanks for uploading, and thank you for replying 🙂 this video got me thinking again, about what it means to find enjoyment in my games, music, movies. I don't need a personal 4 or 5/5 to enjoy something. Just fine can be an enjoyment all on its own, and if my initial perception is that it could be bad, well, maybe it's not? Give it a shot. Just don't spend money you aren't willing to part with, because that for certain will create both a sunk cost fallacy, as well as make you feel bitter about the game for not living up to your purchase expectations.
I think we gamers need a secondary hobby.
Very true
You have Florence and P5R on your backlog twice? Also play Titanfall 2. Its campaign is short and it's the best FPS campaign ever made.
Oh lol that's weird idk why they're on there twice. Yeah I've heard that about titanfall 2 soooo much over the years that I'm worried it'll be overhyped for me. I definitely plan to play it though
@@mygameopinions I've hyped friends up for it and they still came away thinking it was the best. It doesn't just play like a shooter. It's also a 3D platformer with some light but really interesting puzzle solving tied in.
Atomic hearts so weird i am thinking to abandon it but actually it gets better the longer you play untill the end
that game was very weird yeah. It had moments that were like "oh wow okay cool" but then the rest of it is appalling and just not fun at all.
Hey, what was that gamelogging/journal software at 0:59?
I'd like to use it myself
Backloggd! My latest video is about it you should check it out
@@mygameopinions Thanks!!
Firstly, I really like that I'm finally getting a bit of the psychological side of video gaming on YT.
Secondly, I played FFIX and did not like it, but I stuck through it because I liked Zidane from Dissidia and wanted to knock out a mainline FF. So I agree that sometimes playing mid to ass games are worth it, but depends on the reasons again like you said.
In my case, a game just rarely ever holds my attention. The last game I finished was Shadow of the Colossus.
I would love to play that game if it wasn't an exclusive 😣
When I was 13, I played Zelda. Loved it. Then Zelda 2 came out & I absolutely hated it. I wasn't aware of a Zelda game again until OoT & MJ. Later I played Link to the Past & loved it. I have a point, keep reading. Many years later, I was told by many to try Zelda 2 again because I had been too hard on it. So I did. I was correct the 1st time about that game. It's terrible. I completed it & regret it. I'll never forget how horrible of an experience it was & how much better off I'd be if I had just left Zelda 2 where it belongs. In the past. Some things are better left unexperienced.
Extremely relatable! This is something I've been encountering more and more often lately; I'll play a game that I've had my eyes on for a long time, and a couple of hours in, I realize that it's not as interesting as I expected. I remember that I had a much higher tolerance for flaws in games back in the days, but now that my free time gets shorter and shorter as my responsibilities pile on, I can no longer see myself finishing something that I don't fully enjoy.
Sometimes, whenever I'm at the brink of dropping a game, I'll think to myself, "what if the game gets much better later?" The reality is that the games that actually become dramatically more enjoyable as you get further, so much so that they justify the time commitment you spend to get to that point, are exceedingly rare. While persevering through an experience you don't immediate find gratifying can be extremely rewarding, it doesn't always so, especially with video games. I've made peace with this fact and decided to take the fear of missing out over sacrificing even more of my precious time, time which I can instead use to play more fulfilling games that will stay with me for a long time.
It is impossible to experience even a small portion of the games that pique your interest; missing out is just a part of enjoying things. You will probably miss incredible experiences by dropping games, you will probably even miss one of your favorite games of all time, but that's okay. You will find more great experience, and you will find another of your favorite games of all time. So, go ahead, drop that game you're not having fun with, and play something you truly care for!
I have the curse to want to finish a game I start, but made the important decision to stop playing kena:bridge of spirits. I just wasn't enjoying it. So I let it go. I'm having some strange feeling with tears of the kingdom now. The game is taking super long and I'm craving to move on for some reason but I can't stop myself doing silly things like having to go most places. I've at least pushed myself to progress the story way beyond my comfort zone and actually activating the roots. I definitely want to finish this game, but I want to stop Myself wasting hundreds of hours on crap. I've actually played 400 hours of eldin ring so far but that I still super enjoy and wish the game was longer. Strange how It all works
I get that weird feeling with totk too, I think I just need to chill and remember it's supposed to be a fun thing not a checklist lol
@@moltenlavacore haha yeah it's hard tho. Look definitely not doing the korok seeds. That's just insane but.. A part of me wants to do all the side missions and side adventures... Shrines I'll see.. Ugh lol
I am pot committed at 20 minutes
I have a pretty big backlog that I'm working through lately. But going through them i try to focus on what i do enjoy from them, and find myself really liking some mediocre games for it (ie terminator resistance)
Why you put Half Life, Borderlands and Zelda in the thumbnail? All of those are great games 🤯
Half life 1 borderlands 1 and Oracle of Ages all fit into this category for me :p
@@mygameopinions 😳 to be fair, I haven't played Half Life or that Zelda game lol
@@mygameopinionshow does Oracle fit that?
Mama did not raise a quitter
Not a game, but I read the Umineko VN for 110 hours before dropping it like 16 hours before the end. All because I wanted to tick it off my backlog. I regret it.
Wow that's an insane amount of time to put in before dropping it
i swear to god play omori
The game for me was Resident Evil 4 Remake. Traveling around the world just felt so bland to me. Some of the fights are cool, but it wasn't enough to keep me interested. Definitely not a bad game. It just wasn't for me
somehow zeigarnik effect explains why when taking breaks programming is when we get the perfect ideas for the code lol
Whether I'll finish a game depends on how much it bores me, or annoys me. Kentucky Route Zero is the most boring game I've ever played. I almost fell asleep, and it's not a joke. Didn't finish it.
Nier Automata was of the more annoying kind, since the world is so boring to explore, and I'm not entertained by combat. First I started to cheat with WeMod to speedrun through it. On my second playthrough (you are expected to play it three times) that didn't help either, and I uninstalled it in the middle of everything. Don't regret it.
But as long as I can stand it, I will usually see all games through in one way or another, to get them off my mind.
Hmm... honestly no, it has never happened to me.
I can already feel whenever I will like or dislike a game within the first hour or so of gameplay.
What HAS happened to me is wanting to 100% a game and feeling it has kind of overstayed it’s welcome- but it’s never because the game itself was bad, or else I wouldnt have reached that point to begin with.
Spectacular video! Genuinely made me feel better about dropping games that aren't resonating. I shouldn't be feeling guilty when I stop playing a game that doesn't vibe with me. Thank you!