I have been gaming since I was 5. I have NEVER beat an entire game once. I played all the 3 Uncharted games and never beat them. All RE games and never beat them. The list goes on

I don't know why I do that, but I just do lol. Can't wait for UC4 and the new Tomb Raider tho....

Because sometimes they get boring? Why are we talking about this like it's an important issue?

I think that for me to finish a game requires the game to reach some balance, and for me to get my hands onto it at an appropriate time.

As you grow older, you usually have more obligations and simply can't spend as much time gaming as you would as a child. You also, once again usually, have access to a lot more disposable income and can therefor buy plenty of games. The moment a campaign gets boring or overly repetitive, I prefer moving on to the next game; no point wasting my time playing something I don't really enjoy in the hope it gets better after a while when I can simply move on and have fun immediately.

Lately I've found myself being overwhelmed by all the open world games that have come out. There was so much to do in The Witcher that I felt my progress was less than a crawl and then all the sudden MGS5 came out. In that game I find myself taking way to long on missions because I can't force myself to break the Metal Gear code of stealth that has apparently been engraved into my brain.lol And as much as I hate to admit it, I've been sucked into the Destiny trap....again.

i still finish most of the games i get.

Embarrassing to say, but I am stuck on hardcore mode near the end of Gears of War Ultimate, not sure I can beat it after 100 tries. Stuck on the train where Reavers are attacking and you have to use 2 chain guns.

i always looked at doing just the campaign/story isn't finishing a game but completing everything including all trophies/achievements is actually completing aka finishing a game.

That being said i think people just find it too challenging they get overwhelmed and frustrated by whatever progress they get stuck at that they lose any will to care about finishing that game cause they just don't want to deal with that overwhelming feeling that they have to beat that challenge in the game.

So they hold it off to a point where they finally get a new game which sounds more fun to explore than going back to that one frustrating game and i don't think people want to admit that and they are gonna make excuses.

Like for example for me i love playing super meat boy but specific trophies in that game i see as ridiculous and improbable that i am not gonna complete the game cause they are just asking for too much for me to waste my time on and get a headache over.

Ive got some that i need to finish. Either a new game comes out n i move on or you do someat in the game like the main objectives and the rest of the collectables is to much work ( i have this problem with mad max at the moment). I finished the story to early instead of going through it abit of story and alot of collectables n searching, i did abit of story alot of collectables and then another day id do same and then another time i just plowed through the story, leaving me with around 40% collectables left, i really need to get back on n do it..

Mad max isnt one of those games either with annoying and irritating achievos, so i dno why i havnt done it because thats deffo a top achievos game all it requires is time put in.

When I get home after a 9-5. I find it easier to play multi-player for my quick fix as opposed to slugging through single-player.

I buy less Single player games now 'cause I know I won't finish it, especially the lengthy ones like RPGs and Open World games.

I tend to finish the short linear single player games. The last open world title I beat was Sunset Overdrive. Even then, I beat the main story but didn't 100% the entire game.

This is probably the reason why you see games like FIFA and COD sell millions. They are quick short bursts and satisfying.

When I get a game like Fallout 4 it'll take me forever to beat the game.

Basically when games that are coming out are 200 plus hours in length, for a single player only game. Yeah, it might get put on the back burner for a while. I'm having that issue with The Withcher 3 now. I have atleast put it down two to three times because of other games releasing. I'm about half way through it but still alot more to go, plus the DLC as well.

I give myself time frames especially when new games are around the corner. Example:

In August of 2015 I tried beating as much as I could on The Witcher 3. All month I spent on that game but still didn't finish it. So on Sept.1 I had to put it back on the shelf for MGSV:PP. I tried beating as much as I could on Metal Gear but of course I didn't finish it. I spent about two weeks playing it. I liked it of course, but I know my time is limited so maybe I'll try The Witcher 3 again. So I played it for two weeks until Oct. 1 rolled around, thats when I put it back on the shelf and I started playing Tomb Raider: Definative Edition since it was free on Games with Gold. I really liked it as well, I got 100% completion on it actually on the day Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection released.

So now I just finished all collectables on Drake's Fortune 60/60, probably got 13.5 hours on Drake's Fortune. Now on to Among Thieves and then Drake's Deception. I have eight days left to complete both of them before, you guessed it, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate releases. After that 11/6 for COD: BO3, Rise of The Tomb Raider on 11/10, Bloodborne's The Old Hunters DLC on 11/24, Uncharted 4 on 3/18. Dark Souls 3 on 3/24 (date not set in stone on DS3).

It bums me a little that I let games like The Witcher 3 sit but I wana take my time with it and I think once I finish most of the other games I'll get back into it again. But its going to be a while I think, probably sometime in May.

I like games that are not short, but with all the great games out and still coming out, longer games get shelved so we can still keep up with the times.

On a side note I probably would have finished The Witcher 3 a long time ago but I was so into Bloodborne I just had to put The Witcher 3 down to continue on Bloodborne. Game of the Year for me would have to be it, Bloodborne that is. I have no idea why though. It was 5000 times harder than The Witcher 3, not as large, a very hard lesson learned save system. Basically you make a wrong decision on Bloodborne, you stick with it there is no going back, it saves auto as soon as you make the decision. The Witcher 3 has six or seven of your previous save files you can go back and pick which ever one you want.

I do finish my games, unless it's a game i don't like that is.

I understand having a busy life and not having the time to commit to a single player campaign, I have a wife,son, and business so I get it. But what irritates me is the trend of gamers just not caring about single player and only buying games for multilayer. If gaming goes that route I think I'm out.

too many come out at the same time

only casuals don't complete games they like

I finish more than 90% of the games I start. And I start a lot of games. And yes, I'm 40, married, employed and have 2 kids (and a social life). So it's possible.

But I never play multiplayer.

I put 300+ hours into some games, effortlessly, whereas others just seem like a chore to finish. I think it's because I like games I can play in small chunks. Many games get repetitive towards the end. They know they are being judged on their length so they throw in more of the same to keep your hours-count rising. I remember Outlast was intense for the first 2 hours, and then they really dragged it out, sending you on ridiculous detours around a building that you easily walk through in minutes if the doors weren't all blocked up. For me Portal was the perfect game that ended too soon. I could have played 10 more levels of that before I got bored. Strangely Portal 2 dragged on and I lost interest before I finished it. But mainly I put it down to having other shit to do.

It's probably because games are too large and too long now-a-days. And not every game needs to be open-world. I sometimes think the devs forget that some people actually have lives outside of gaming. Some of us have a family/kids, are in college, have full-time jobs, or have other hobbies that take up our time. I still complete games though, esp. since I am broke and I am typically only working on 1 or 2 games at a time. But because titles are so long, I don't get to play every title that I want to play.

For me, the appeal just dies. Usually it's because of repetitive gameplay; it started out fun when it was new, but later becomes monotonous.

I finish everything, unless i don't particularly like the game.

Well, in the case if Infamous: SS, it was crap.

A story driven series given a game with a terrible, predictable, derivative load of drivel with an unlikeable douche-balloon of a protagonist.

What always makes me stop playing a game is if it's too long. I've never beaten skyrim, oblivion, fallout 3, or fallout new Vegas simply because I stop playing before I can finish because something else grabs my attention.

I only play games until the final credits roll. I'll consider 100%-ing the game if it's achievable and I deem it worth the trouble.

I did finished all parts of InFamous series! ;D