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On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 8:32:58 AM UTC-8, Chuck wrote:
> I was just sitting here wondering, how do people decide if a game is good or 
> not?  Is it because you finished it?  You played it multiple times?  You 
> have X number of hours invested in it?  I have my reasons, just curious 
> about others.


I enjoyed it, it was fun.  More entertaining than watching TV.

I played EQ for about 3 years, I only occasionally enjoyed it, I was more addicted to it.  I wouldn't rate it very high, like a 4 or 5.  So length of time played doesn't necessarily have much to do with it.

Finishing has something to do with it, though I've played games I finished I was left with the feeling "that's it?" especially console games which I find last about a week.  And especially games there's really no point to replaying, no different way to do things.  I finished Crash Bandicoot, and that's one of the worst games I've ever played.  Of course if I didn't finish a game it typically means it wasn't very good either.  Can't think of any off the bat, and then there's ones you finish, but never really do like Diablo 3, you can 'finish' that pretty fast, but actually getting to highest level with best gear is near impossible.

My favorite games I've replayed over and over, exploring the same universe and rules with different approaches. Fallout 2 is probably my favorite, I replayed many many times, I only finished it twice though.  Borderlands with every character, I didn't care much for my first playthrough, but got better with additional characters.  However Borderlands 2 has a bunch of different characters to play and I tried them all, but I felt it just felt too much of a slog.

- Justisaur