Restarting Games Half Way Through After a Break
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Don't know, maybe I don't like adpositions? The prepositions, after and through shouldn't have been capitalised either, but I must have been feeling trigger happy with the shift key.
I'd be well up for developing an OcUK house style but I doubt it'd catch on...
Soldato
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Oh, usually the wife wants something silly like evenings out, romantic dinners and sex, ya know...? I also work emergency call-out shifts, so have to go stop railways from collapsing and killing people.
It's not usually whole months of interruptions, but as I run several games at once it does interfere a surprising amount!
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I do this now and them, most memorably for me with Batman: Arkham Asylum. I started it, played it for about 2 hours, then decided to play something else for a little bit. That little bit turned into a 2 month break. Started it again, played it again for 2 hours, and stopped at the exact same point in the game, then did the same thing - went off to play something else. It was only after I'd been bought Arkham City for my birthday, and had both sat on my shelf for months, that I forced myself to push through. I'm thankful I did, as I absolutely loved both games, and ended up completing them back to back without touching anything else in between.
It depends on the game and how long its been/how well I remember the story or where I was. I often will start from the beginning though if I do come back to a game.
Most recently I started dark souls over after a couple of months break. Mostly because dark souls is hard enough as it is and jumping back in to a tough area with a tough boss coming up with a rusty skillset wasn't very appealing. I also hate it when I cant remember the upgrade path I was taking for a character or what equipment I had/was trying to get which has led me to restarting skyrim on numerous occasions.
When I get distracted from a game, its because something else came out that grabbed my attention. Usually something multiplayer as I try to not start a new single player games if I have one on the go already.
Most recently I started dark souls over after a couple of months break. Mostly because dark souls is hard enough as it is and jumping back in to a tough area with a tough boss coming up with a rusty skillset wasn't very appealing. I also hate it when I cant remember the upgrade path I was taking for a character or what equipment I had/was trying to get which has led me to restarting skyrim on numerous occasions.
When I get distracted from a game, its because something else came out that grabbed my attention. Usually something multiplayer as I try to not start a new single player games if I have one on the go already.
