What's the longest any of you folks have stuck with a game before completing it?
Anybody out there still struggling with a game (purposefully avoiding walkthroughs) for years?
Ever heard of one called "The President is Missing?" I bought this game as a little kid twenty years ago and have been playing it every since. The only way to beat the game is to send in your findings to the game company (Cosmi--who now make financial software) and wait for a reply telling you if you were right. Knowing all this, I continue to play. I feel like the guy in Memento. How sad is that?
Anybody out there still struggling with a game (purposefully avoiding walkthroughs) for years?
Ever heard of one called "The President is Missing?" I bought this game as a little kid twenty years ago and have been playing it every since. The only way to beat the game is to send in your findings to the game company (Cosmi--who now make financial software) and wait for a reply telling you if you were right. Knowing all this, I continue to play. I feel like the guy in Memento. How sad is that?
I Always avoid Walkthroughs unless the game has gotten to a point where it is no longer fun... But I'll only use the walkthrough to get through that spot...
As for struggling with a game, StoneKeep, came out in the 90s and I still haven't completed it yet... I just bought it from GOG yesterday and I will be playing it in just a short time, hopefully...
So put that to about 15 years and still going... That's a long time to wait to finish a game... lol
As for struggling with a game, StoneKeep, came out in the 90s and I still haven't completed it yet... I just bought it from GOG yesterday and I will be playing it in just a short time, hopefully...
So put that to about 15 years and still going... That's a long time to wait to finish a game... lol
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Hmm I'd have to say I never spent more than a month on a game. I used to play a lot games in school so I'd play a little, do my homework, and play some more.
If I got stuck after a couple days, I'd break down and look for hints. If I really got stuck, I'd just give up on the game. Once a game stops being fun and becomes annoying, I get angry at a it.
If I got stuck after a couple days, I'd break down and look for hints. If I really got stuck, I'd just give up on the game. Once a game stops being fun and becomes annoying, I get angry at a it.
Samantha
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Over the years with the internet and less time to play games, i have less patience for being stuck. I mean it depends on the game, but i am always close to checking for a walkthrough or a hint. Hell i use full walkthroughs for most RPGs just because i always end up hitting a wall halfway through them when i play on my own, and then i feel my time is wasted.
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I must admit that I tend to look for walkthroughs as soon as I hit a point in the game where I think, I've exhausted the options I have. That being said I may be less patient than I used to be because some of the solutions to the "problems" I have with games today seem pretty straight forward once I read it. I guess I'm just more anxious to get further into the game and the story now that I turn to hints in order to do so.
However, I try not to follow a walkthrough completely - only time I do that is if I want to play a game, I've already beaten before and just want to experience the story again.
However, I try not to follow a walkthrough completely - only time I do that is if I want to play a game, I've already beaten before and just want to experience the story again.
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I started playing this series of games starring Tex Murphy during the mid-nineties, and it hasn't ended yet. Still awaiting the glorious return and an end to that story.
-Fred
PS: Sorry, but it was kinda mandatory to bring it up
-Fred
PS: Sorry, but it was kinda mandatory to bring it up
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Fred,
I did a have a weak moment playing Overseer. When we got to the part where we had to search Big Jim Slade's hotel room, I had the hardest time getting out of there alive. I have to admit I gave up on the game for a week because it was getting sick and tired of getting shot over and over again. It was like Groundhog Day.
I had to tell myself that I had to go back. I kept debating with myself. I know Tex will win. Do I really need to face Big Jim again? I finally caved and came back to finally defeat Jim but man they really made me work for it in that last game. I felt better when we saw that kiss at the end. It seemed all worth it and then the cruelty of what followed was horrible.
I did a have a weak moment playing Overseer. When we got to the part where we had to search Big Jim Slade's hotel room, I had the hardest time getting out of there alive. I have to admit I gave up on the game for a week because it was getting sick and tired of getting shot over and over again. It was like Groundhog Day.
I had to tell myself that I had to go back. I kept debating with myself. I know Tex will win. Do I really need to face Big Jim again? I finally caved and came back to finally defeat Jim but man they really made me work for it in that last game. I felt better when we saw that kiss at the end. It seemed all worth it and then the cruelty of what followed was horrible.
Samantha
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Probably the longest I have spent playing through a game would be Oblivion... which I racked up over 150 hours of gameplay on. That's the equivalent for a few months with casual gaming (3 hours or so for about 4-5 days a week).
But in terms of the longest from start to finish, regardless of time spent, would have been Riven... that took me 1.5 years to finish without hints.
-Cub. =o)
But in terms of the longest from start to finish, regardless of time spent, would have been Riven... that took me 1.5 years to finish without hints.
-Cub. =o)