So, as I sit here at 2am ready to collapse into a coma for the night I figured I'd post this and see what you guys think. I've been obsessed with sleeping dogs the last few days. I got it last Wed and completed the story earlier in the day er...(technically yesterday?) anyways early on about halfway through the story I ended up making the commitment to 100% the game and get all of the achievements. I'm at 86% completion right now. Last time I can remember doing this was I think last year for Saints Row The Third another open world game which I bothered doing absolutely every last little thing in. So, do you 100% games? If so what kind of games? (they don't HAVE to be open world games) And what gives you the motivation to commit? Lastly praise be to the bomb crew as today's glorious 3+ hour bombcast helped with much of my collectible hunting.
100% games do you bother?
Almost never unless a game has that magic something. An example of what I am talking about is Disgaea 2 on PSP, I have over 600 hours into the game and I am still finding new goals to achieve. I'm starting to believe that this attempt and reaching 100% is impossible for me.
Haven't done a 100% completion in years. I used to try, and even succeed, but that was a long time ago.
I would like to, but usually I just can't be bothered. The last game I think I got 100% on was Binding of Isaac - mainly because I just couldn't get enough of that game; one of the best games I've ever played :D
nah, i dont do that. its not fun for me to do stupid crap like that.
like i played the CRAP out of gta4 for example, i did pretty much EVERYTHING in it, except, i didnt bother with the stupid pidgeons cus thats not fun.
I always tell myself that I'm going to 100% games but I usually don't in the end. I get distracted with other games once I beat the main stories.
I rarely even take a look at the list of achievements, let alone 100% them-- I've only ever got 100% in 3 games, I believe.
If reaching the 100% is meaningfull and fun i will probably do it.
If it has some arbitrary collectibles or some other stuff to just bloat it out, I just won't bother. Bit like Batman, they gave ou something but there was just too much to bother with it.
I went out of my way to 100% Bionic Commando on PS3, but that's really the only time I have done so. I usually check the achievemets and go for what I can but there's often a few that are too much work for me to bother with. Which is as it should be, they wouldn't be "achievements" if they were all easy.
I used to try and do this, which resulted in me 100% GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas. But there are too many games now, and work, and books, and movies...
So I rarely do it now. I am still going to try with Arkham City, and I think I did it in Arkham Asylum. Oh, and I believe I did it in AssCreed: Brotherhood. Or was it AssCreed 2?
If we're just talking achievement's wise, I've 100% quite a few. If we're talking in addition to just stuff that doesn't show up with achievements but goes towards an overall 100% in the games that do track everything, then that number is lower.
With any videogame though, if the road to get 100% just isn't fun or just so, so tedious (some games really do go overboard with collectibles for example) then I will not. If I'm not having fun then what is the point? Games with multiplayer achievements are also more prone to me not getting that 100% either unless I have a crew of friends who also like the game and I just get it overtime. Since I never play multiplayer games, even the competitive ones by myself.
The only games I ever really feel inclined to 100% are visual novels.
The reason for that is that I love exploring every possible outcome of the story, and seeing how the endings with different characters/choices pan out.
I think that's how I managed to sink around 8 hours into Magical Diary in one sitting. ._.
I try to do it, whenever possible... meaning "no multiplayer unlocks/Achievements". I like S-Ranking games, which usually involves 100%ing them, but when I have to play multiplayer for it... fuck it. I 100%ed Assassin's Creed 1 and 2, but I never touched the MP portions of Brotherhood and Revelations, for example.
Just yesterday (today, actually) I stayed until 4 in the morning finishing up Sleeping Dogs to 100%. I feel I can move on now.
100% for me is when I'm done having fun with a game.Pretty much the same for me.
When I've completed a game and gotten what I wanted out of it and it's boring to go back to the game I usually think: "Hmm, I could totally 100% it"
But I never do because I wouldn't have fun with the game at that point
I think the only game I have actually 100%, ever, is the first Jak and Daxter. Partially because it was my only game for a while, partially because its awesome and partially because it's easy.
Otherwise I never bother to go that far with anything really. I tried with Bayonetta because <3. But that game is fucking hard.
@MB said:
100% for me is when I'm done having fun with a game.
There's my answer!
I've 100%'d Metroid Prime 1 and Rage, and that's it. That's all I can think of. I hardly ever bother to 100% any game because I don't generally have fun sticking my nose in every corner or spending 30 minutes trying to find the small key to get into the hidden gate in a far off corner of the map to get the last whatever.
EDIT: Also, for what it's worth, I got everything in Modern Warfare 2 as well. All of the Intel and beat it on Veteran.
EDIT 2: Also the first Jak and Daxter. Maybe I've done this more than I thought...
I've 100%'d some downloadable indie games but that's it. I normally don't play much past finishing the main story,
God no! I play games to have fun and all of those things they add into games as time syncs to get the 100% are always tedious, frustrating and boring all at the same time. They are made for masochists and I have never found a game that did that kind of stuff in any sort of interesting way.
Depends on the game of course, but to me 100% says "I did what the game told me to" rather than "I did everything I wanted".
@AjayRaz said:
pretty much never. it's usually too much of a hassle for me and it can often take all of the fun out of the game or me. Saints Row The Third is probably the only game that i ever got 100% completion in. i'm done with a game once i stop having fun with it, like MB said.
Says the man I saw sitting at 90% in sleeping dogs. =p
I'm always doing the Vinny thing of trying to get everything as I go but unless I'm right at the cusp of 100% by the close of the game, I really won't even bother. The games I usually get close in are open-world games that I usually always come back too.
I think the only times I ever 100% games are when they have weird scoring systems that extend past a hundred (Fez, Castlevania: SotN, etc). That's not to say I max out the score on those, going to 212% or whatever, but if the game is set up to allow you to get that high, I generally will end up with at least 100%
I can't even finish most games' singleplayer modes once, so the thought of a 100% completion is unfathomable to me.
As in, I have been within 30 minutes of beating Red Dead Redemption for a year now and I have not tried to play that game since.
I only attempt 100% when certain stars align, like when I'm really into a game, the collectibles or side missions that contribute to 100% aren't hard to find/complete and it doesn't involve multiplayer. So far I think I've only ever 100% five games at most. Off the top of my head they would be Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Red Dead Redemption and currently the first two episodes of The Walking Dead.
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