Do you finish games till 100%?

hello moto · 04-29-2011, 07:30 PM

Hey all, I'm just curious how many people finish games at 100% completion and the reason why. There are plenty of games, namely RPG games, where they have a percentage meter where it shows your progress and completion of the games, including many challenges, puzzles, items, etc. There are also a lot of other games where you can 100% complete it without the need of the percentage meter to tell you, like Dead Space I suppose, why you can collect and upgrade everything and that is considered as 100% completion due to the list of items you can find (not to sure if there is a percentage meter in that game).

Back in the old days of gaming it was RPG games where people normally go for 100% completion and to complete some of the RPG games are dead hard, some of games require mass amount of game knowledge or the use of walkthroughs... to complete the game 100%. Some of the things you have to do is mind blowing, like how in the world would anyone know that you had to put A to B through G with the use of F and Y without touching H and K then talk to the old man in town and you can't mess up or else it's gone forever.

Now even multiplayer games you can go for 100% completions. Games such as Killing Floor where you level up your class to level 6 (max), Monday Night Combat where you unlock tags and Call of Duty where there are weapons, challenges, prestige to level 10/15 and many other multiplayer games. With the addition of achievements, it brings more replay value and more objectives/challenges to try and complete the games fully. Even though these aren't as 'hard' and weird as RPG's requirement for completion, they sure take a lot of time and sometimes even luck to do. But since some people cheat to get there, it just doesn't seem like an achievement anymore for me.

I, for one, when it comes to games and completing it, varies from game to game. If I am a fan of the game series, I will try and complete it 100%. For example, at the moment me and a friend are trying to finish every Kingdom Hearts game to date 100%, even the Final Mix versions (Japanese only versions that include bonus content and we don't know how to read and speak Japanese) and a lot of missions and challenges are stressful and hard. Yet we feel the need to finish the game 100%. Reason? I don't actually have a solid answer, self satisfaction? Knowing that I have done it? The fact that the game itself is worth my time to complete 100%?

Then there are other (action) games where in general I just look at every corner (force of habit) and if I miss something then it doesn't bother me and I just carry on to finishing the storyline. Then there are games where it requires a bit of work to complete like Arkham Asylum but not too hard and fun so I do them. Achievements can be a real pain, I check the achievements to see how long it will take for me to do them, if it takes to long, I don't bother, namely most multiplayer games, but because of that I don't feel like I 100% completed it the game. Then there are games where there are different sides (good/evil), endings and non-linear and large pathways that put me off from completing it 100% or even at all (Fallout, GTAIV, Just Cause 2).

TL;DR
So my question to you is:
What do you consider to be 100% completed?
Do you finish games till 100%?
What games have you completed 100% on?

Bearkin · 04-29-2011, 07:33 PM

I finish a game by completing the story line and doing original side missions.

If it's something utterly stupid like collecting flags in Assassin's Creed, it's not worth my time.

Europhoria · 04-29-2011, 07:45 PM

Depends on how fun the game is. I generally only finish the main mission/quest/storyline since most of the time side missions are the same boring nonsense that doesn't seem to add to and/or progress the storyline at all. I also cannot be bothered finding all the <insert hidden locations/boxes/items etc.> in a game, well except for all the Playboy magazines in Mafia II but they were worth it.

hello moto · 04-29-2011, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bearkin

I finish a game by completing the story line and doing original side missions.

If it's something utterly stupid like collecting flags in Assassin's Creed, it's not worth my time.

Not to mention the feathers that risk your time trials haha

Garbagemanfight · 04-29-2011, 07:54 PM

Super Mario 64 and Donkey Kong Country are the only two games I can remember getting 100% completion on (I've been close with a few others like Yoshi's Island, Ocarina of Time, and Goldeneye). I really don't consider it worth it anymore as an adult with more money to buy games than available free time to spend playing them.

The first time I play a game, I try and go through it with minimal help/walkthrough and only resort to it if I get stuck. So...I don't mind missing stuff on my way to the ending.

If I play through again, I look at walkthroughs and stuff, doing the meaningful side content I may have missed the first time around but still...I don't need to catch them all or raise a golden chocobo or find every heart container or kill every enemy in the level to feel satisfied about the game.

CTRL ALT DEL ! · 04-29-2011, 07:57 PM

If 100% doesn't mean getting all the achievments. Mostly yes unless the game bugs out to much.

Soldierman1945 · 04-29-2011, 07:58 PM

I do games 100%. I played Fallout 3 everyday for a month doing everything and finding everything.

hello moto · 04-29-2011, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garbagemanfight

Super Mario 64 and Donkey Kong Country are the only two games I can remember getting 100% completion on (I've been close with a few others like Yoshi's Island, Ocarina of Time, and Goldeneye). I really don't consider it worth it anymore as an adult with more money to buy games than available free time to spend playing them.

Haha, I didn't get all the stars for Super Mario 64. But yeah, I feel the same way too. Why am I putting so much time and effort into fully completing the game when there is still many games left unfinished. (Thanks to Steam Sales

) But some games I feel like I need to, being a fan of the game I suppose.

Screecher · 04-29-2011, 08:41 PM

I at least try to finish the campaign mode or the main story (for free roam games like Oblivion).

I doubt I'll finish a game like Just Cause 2 or GTA games to 100%.

Bromazepam · 04-30-2011, 01:04 AM

It really depends on the game.
For example, the last game I beat is Saints Row 2, and after completing the story line I had fun getting all the extra collectibles by using a guide that gave me hints to where they were. Getting them "honestly", however, would have been crazy and I never would have done that.

If a game has achievements I might try to get them all, if I consider them a fun extra challenge. But if they are just "grind achievements" or insanely difficult I have no problem ignoring them.

So, in the end, I go for 100% if I feel that doing so can bring me more fun hours with a game I liked. I never do it for bragging rights only.

Ihavenoidea · 04-30-2011, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hello moto

TL;DR
So my question to you is:
What do you consider to be 100% completed?
Do you finish games till 100%?
What games have you completed 100% on?

I like that, straight to the point.

100% complete is 100% complete. There are some games which dont consider 100% complete until you find every secret, but those really dont count. Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night, for example.

subsonika · 04-30-2011, 04:00 AM

I've been playing Half Life 2 for 5 years and still not finished.

JudgementBullet · 04-30-2011, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bearkin

I finish a game by completing the story line and doing original side missions.

If it's something utterly stupid like collecting flags in Assassin's Creed, it's not worth my time.

This. And also to give another example, if I play a game such as GTA4 I will finish all the main story and the side missions. As for hunting down the pigeons around the city, it's not worth my time.

Lefty Loosy · 04-30-2011, 04:16 AM

I found almost every balloon in Vice City, and turned to a guide for the rest. Became obsessed with it and eventually got to 100% completion. That was probably the first and only time that happens with me.

Firestorm998 · 04-30-2011, 04:26 AM

In nearly every game, I consider a game complete when the end credits roll. (This may or may not mean 100% completion)

I usually don't do side quests unless they bring a benefit to gameplay, but some side quest-y games I have done everything are FO3, Oblivion, GTA IV because the flying rats were the only thing left for completion (Pigeons took around 2-3hrs using a map), SotC.

04-29-2011, 07:30 PM	#1
hello moto Join Date: Dec 2006 Reputation: 281 Posts: 1,847	Do you finish games till 100%? Hey all, I'm just curious how many people finish games at 100% completion and the reason why. There are plenty of games, namely RPG games, where they have a percentage meter where it shows your progress and completion of the games, including many challenges, puzzles, items, etc. There are also a lot of other games where you can 100% complete it without the need of the percentage meter to tell you, like Dead Space I suppose, why you can collect and upgrade everything and that is considered as 100% completion due to the list of items you can find (not to sure if there is a percentage meter in that game). Back in the old days of gaming it was RPG games where people normally go for 100% completion and to complete some of the RPG games are dead hard, some of games require mass amount of game knowledge or the use of walkthroughs... to complete the game 100%. Some of the things you have to do is mind blowing, like how in the world would anyone know that you had to put A to B through G with the use of F and Y without touching H and K then talk to the old man in town and you can't mess up or else it's gone forever. Now even multiplayer games you can go for 100% completions. Games such as Killing Floor where you level up your class to level 6 (max), Monday Night Combat where you unlock tags and Call of Duty where there are weapons, challenges, prestige to level 10/15 and many other multiplayer games. With the addition of achievements, it brings more replay value and more objectives/challenges to try and complete the games fully. Even though these aren't as 'hard' and weird as RPG's requirement for completion, they sure take a lot of time and sometimes even luck to do. But since some people cheat to get there, it just doesn't seem like an achievement anymore for me. I, for one, when it comes to games and completing it, varies from game to game. If I am a fan of the game series, I will try and complete it 100%. For example, at the moment me and a friend are trying to finish every Kingdom Hearts game to date 100%, even the Final Mix versions (Japanese only versions that include bonus content and we don't know how to read and speak Japanese) and a lot of missions and challenges are stressful and hard. Yet we feel the need to finish the game 100%. Reason? I don't actually have a solid answer, self satisfaction? Knowing that I have done it? The fact that the game itself is worth my time to complete 100%? Then there are other (action) games where in general I just look at every corner (force of habit) and if I miss something then it doesn't bother me and I just carry on to finishing the storyline. Then there are games where it requires a bit of work to complete like Arkham Asylum but not too hard and fun so I do them. Achievements can be a real pain, I check the achievements to see how long it will take for me to do them, if it takes to long, I don't bother, namely most multiplayer games, but because of that I don't feel like I 100% completed it the game. Then there are games where there are different sides (good/evil), endings and non-linear and large pathways that put me off from completing it 100% or even at all (Fallout, GTAIV, Just Cause 2). TL;DR So my question to you is: What do you consider to be 100% completed? Do you finish games till 100%? What games have you completed 100% on? Last edited by hello moto: 04-29-2011 at 07:32 PM.

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04-29-2011, 07:33 PM	#2
Bearkin Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 3811 Posts: 1,189	I finish a game by completing the story line and doing original side missions. If it's something utterly stupid like collecting flags in Assassin's Creed, it's not worth my time.

04-29-2011, 07:45 PM	#3
Europhoria Join Date: Feb 2007 Reputation: 14233 Posts: 5,783	Depends on how fun the game is. I generally only finish the main mission/quest/storyline since most of the time side missions are the same boring nonsense that doesn't seem to add to and/or progress the storyline at all. I also cannot be bothered finding all the <insert hidden locations/boxes/items etc.> in a game, well except for all the Playboy magazines in Mafia II but they were worth it.

04-29-2011, 07:54 PM	#5
Garbagemanfight Join Date: Sep 2007 Reputation: 352 Posts: 286	Super Mario 64 and Donkey Kong Country are the only two games I can remember getting 100% completion on (I've been close with a few others like Yoshi's Island, Ocarina of Time, and Goldeneye). I really don't consider it worth it anymore as an adult with more money to buy games than available free time to spend playing them. The first time I play a game, I try and go through it with minimal help/walkthrough and only resort to it if I get stuck. So...I don't mind missing stuff on my way to the ending. If I play through again, I look at walkthroughs and stuff, doing the meaningful side content I may have missed the first time around but still...I don't need to catch them all or raise a golden chocobo or find every heart container or kill every enemy in the level to feel satisfied about the game.

04-29-2011, 07:57 PM	#6
CTRL ALT DEL ! Join Date: Jan 2011 Reputation: 2431 Posts: 3,413	If 100% doesn't mean getting all the achievments. Mostly yes unless the game bugs out to much.

04-29-2011, 07:58 PM	#7
Soldierman1945 Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 822 Posts: 56	I do games 100%. I played Fallout 3 everyday for a month doing everything and finding everything.

04-29-2011, 08:41 PM	#9
Screecher Join Date: Apr 2009 Reputation: 34 Posts: 606	I at least try to finish the campaign mode or the main story (for free roam games like Oblivion). I doubt I'll finish a game like Just Cause 2 or GTA games to 100%.

04-30-2011, 01:04 AM	#10
Bromazepam Join Date: Mar 2010 Reputation: 224 Posts: 655	It really depends on the game. For example, the last game I beat is Saints Row 2, and after completing the story line I had fun getting all the extra collectibles by using a guide that gave me hints to where they were. Getting them "honestly", however, would have been crazy and I never would have done that. If a game has achievements I might try to get them all, if I consider them a fun extra challenge. But if they are just "grind achievements" or insanely difficult I have no problem ignoring them. So, in the end, I go for 100% if I feel that doing so can bring me more fun hours with a game I liked. I never do it for bragging rights only.

04-30-2011, 04:00 AM	#12
subsonika Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 648 Posts: 1,928	I've been playing Half Life 2 for 5 years and still not finished.

04-30-2011, 04:16 AM	#14
Lefty Loosy Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 3613 Posts: 823	I found almost every balloon in Vice City, and turned to a guide for the rest. Became obsessed with it and eventually got to 100% completion. That was probably the first and only time that happens with me.

04-30-2011, 04:26 AM	#15
Firestorm998 Join Date: Oct 2008 Reputation: 6193 Posts: 397	In nearly every game, I consider a game complete when the end credits roll. (This may or may not mean 100% completion) I usually don't do side quests unless they bring a benefit to gameplay, but some side quest-y games I have done everything are FO3, Oblivion, GTA IV because the flying rats were the only thing left for completion (Pigeons took around 2-3hrs using a map), SotC.