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Hamoodii

Hamoodii

Hamoodii

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When you were playing a PC game....

Have you ever stopped, said "no-more", simply to preserve the gaming experience. How good is too good? I want to know when it got too good for you!
 
No basically what I mean when a game got so good that you stopped playing the game to "preserve" the experience

e.g.

Last level of call of duty 1, and you stopped playing so you can keep the experience and dont finish the magic!
 
Ive never stopped playing a game to preserve the experience so far, i'm one of those people who has always completed a game no matter what.

I tend to make games last though, always play on hardest setting first. HL2 was a prime example, i wanted it to last as long as possible, people who go through a game in 3 hours flat to say "w00t, i did it before you!11" annoy the hell outa me.
 
No not me if its good I keep on playing it :confused:

Isn't it like a stoping a movie half way through because the second half may not be as good as the excellent first half? :p
 
Hamoodii said:
When you were playing a PC game....

Have you ever stopped, said "no-more", simply to preserve the gaming experience. How good is too good? I want to know when it got too good for you!
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I know exactly what you mean ;)

I do it to for some reason. I usually just end up finishing the game a few days later though.
 
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No, I usually just turn the difficulty up now so I spend more time getting enjoyment out of the game and I find it more of a challenge.
 
You havnt had the full experience if you stop.. i stop once its done.. and only once its done..
 
Yes, i did it with Half Life 2. I could have easily completed it in a day or 2, but instead let it role on for 2 weeks.

I am doing the same with Flat Out 2 now although it isn't working great as i've had the game for 2 days and i'm already over 60% completed.
 
ill play the game till its done :p, ive never stopped myself from playing to "save" the experience
 
The games i stop playing are the crap ones, so i dont preserve the experience. The good ones i play so i can enjoy them; thats what i paid for.
 
I've done that a few times with console rpgs where i would get to the end boss but not fight it since doing so would end the game. Usualy get round to doing it eventualy though.
 
Not really.

You mention CoD, I played that in the opposite manner to yourself, in that I completed it less than 24hrs after installing it - pretty much the only 'proper' PC game I've ever done that on. So essentially the better a game is, the less likely I am to put it down and stop playing.

I do know what you mean, though, about the disappointment you sometimes feel when a really great experience (not just games, this applies to films, books etc too) is coming to an end and you feel a pang of regret that it isn't going to continue for longer.

One thing I tend to do, however, is that when I'm about to finish playing a game for the day and take a break, I'll try and get any boring stuff out of the way so that I can sit down and enjoy the game straight away when I come back to it. So for example, I'll will watch all the cutscenes between levels, do equipment selection or whatever, manouver past the initial few 'scene-setting' rooms etc and then save my game around where I think the action is about to start. I prefer doing this rather than stopping in between levels because also because it lets me think about the upcoming mission while I'm away from my PC.
 
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