Define game completed...

[dante76]

Is it just the credits rolling, or are you a 100% every possible extra kinda of guy?

I'm a 100% get every pence out of a game kid..

[Bob Syko]

I count a game completed when I see the credits, finished when I 100% it. Of course going by that logic I have never finished a game but it's a nice thought anyway.

[Lankysi]

Haha I was thinking the other way around,

Finished = seen the end sequence and credits

Completed = 100%, i.e. no more to do, completely finished


But now with the introduction of achievement pts on 360, there's another level isn't there?

Take Saint's Row,
You can race through story mode and get the end credits - finished.
You can do all missions and all activities, gives you 100% - finished and then some.
But neither of those gives you all 1000 achievement pts, so is the game necessarily completed until you've done both?? - Completed!

[skunko]

I think that a game is finished when you see the credits, i'll keep playing and do as much as i can, but as long as those credits have rolled, the game is complete to me!

[Hendo]

Same as Skunko here, besides I currently have too many games and not enough time, so just seeing the credits is rare these days!

[toneeblair]

i'm with Lankysi... \"finished\" when the credits roll, \"complete\" when it's complete, really!

[estel]

Phoenix Wright's multiple credits annoyed me in that regard

[Andy Kurosaki]

i count a game as finished if you've reached the ending.Completed if you've managed to do absolutely everything,but with so many games out at the same time,i never really do that.

[Magius]

A busy schedule, (due to a full time job and being a husband & father), doesn't afford me the time to 100% all my games these days so I guess completetion for me is when the credits roll. In the case of beat'em ups, racers and games that really have no sense of 'completion' I guess it would come down to when I grow bored.

[mrBeatz]

A busy schedule, (due to a full time job and being a husband & father), doesn't afford me the time to 100% all my games these days so I guess completetion for me is when the credits roll. In the case of beat'em ups, racers and games that really have no sense of 'completion' I guess it would come down to when I grow bored.

Yep im def with you on this one Magius, I always try to finish a game, get the credits rolling but I dont have nearly as much time as id like to be able to fully 100% complete a game as my life is way to busy (Son, Wife Job etc) Ill quite happily continue to play a game afterwards especially if the multiplayer is good but in the end they all get traded or sold to fund for new ones.

[tweeter]

Finished is seeing the end credits, completed is getting absolutely everything. Seeing multiple endings would be classed as completed too. I can hold my head up and say I've finished loads of games but can't recall ever completing many.

[Somerset Bumpkin]

Completed is finishing the story/seeing the credits. Conquering is getting 100% ie. 120 stars in Mario, It takes a special game to get that kind of attention from me nowadays. On the N64 I conquered all the platformers like Banjo, Mario etc..

[TheBoldman]

Credits, for me.

For example, I would say that I have completed Tomb Raider: Legend... and am then going to do the time trials etc etc.

[Skev]

Credits baby, i'm lazy.
What if when you complete it lots of time and unlock more stuff that changes the storyline ? Is it only complete then ?

[Bobble]

Credits. I've played from the opening until the ending. Simple as. I may go back to the beginning and try to find everything hidden extra but the again, maybe not. I completed Condemned for example but was not prepared to spend hours stumbling around dark rooms to find pieces of metal or dead birds - not my bag baby!