Maybe I developed short attention span, or maybe it's life's other commitments that pull me away, but I find that unless the game is short I tend to start a lot more games than I finish. I usually feel that I'll get back to the game and finish it, but that rarely happens.

Bonus question: What is the equivalent gaming term for a "page turner"?


A few of giveaways to those who never gave anything and won no more than 20 games, or those who did give something but didn't win more than 20 times the amount they gave:

Check vs Mate (aka "Battle vs Chess")
The Last Remnant
Turbo Pug

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How long does it usually take you to give up on a game?

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10 minutes of gameplay or less
10 minutes to 1 hour
1 to 2 hours
2 to 4 hour
4 to 8 hours
I usually play long games and sometimes give up on them even if I played more than 8 hours
I never give up. I may switch to a different game for now, but have every intention to finish all games some day
I never give up and just chug along until I complete the main story
I do what Dan Quayle does:

tldr: I stop if it gets boring or tedious
with some games they were good but I had to stop due to work or losing a computer and need to retake from the start after a few years.
Afterfall insanity xe i never managed to boot up
some of the newer games like skyrim or the latest batman will have to wait for a faster rig.
I've got about 18 in my crap list, [right click/Set Categories/crap] for various reasons
also have folders for early access [putting off till they are done] and multiplayer games [putting off till later, high chance they are grindy or p2w]
I consider a game done if I've completed the story line and explored as much as I can; however if it's a auto checkpoint save only game I am not going to replay the game to get something trivial I missed, I'm not into speed runs, I don't go for tedious achievements.

to expand .on the crap list I gave up on: the left for dead games were geared for multiplayer with waves of spawned enemies. Starship traveler I beat a few times but it wasn't worth going through again and again for a variant paragraph here and there. "No time to explain" I liked the flash version better.Surgeon simulator I played around with but I wasn't any good at. Bird assassin just boring, liked the flash game with the zombie chocolate bunnies better. BEEP, Capsized, and Cargo commander were too level based, i prefer metroidvanias where you explore and upgrade. hotline miami and i think 7.62 high caliber putting off due to high difficulty; Chains, Osmos, and Mcpixel just tedious. The Desolate Hope too timer based, Seduce Me the Otome, I just have trouble paying attention to the story in games presented that way with little real gameplay, content would be better placed in a book where you don't have to click for every sentence or worry about double clicking past something.

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Hmmm, it's rare I make a decision to stop playing something before seeing the ending... Usually I'm just taking a break, and expecting to load that save file in a few hours, or tomorrow, or on the weekend... :)

Of course, later I look back and realise I've probably quit... Even then, though, I try to keep it installed just in case I give it another try... Doesn't happen often, but keep hope alive... :)

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Well... Usualy i giving up on games that stop being fun at some point. But i do like to complete what i started. Yes.

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i'll vote for dan quayle because my reasons aren't in the poll.

i give up when i get bored, when i die a lot, something annoys me and i'm not enjoying it.
game time is irrelevant. :3

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Same for me =x

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I've played XCom:EU and EW, each took around 40 hours, and enjoyed both playthroughs very much.

On the other hand, I've played with (let's say for example) LA Noire for 3-4 hours and never touched it again.

I say it all depends on how entertaining the game is, no clear answer, it's different all the time.

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