StaceyPowers Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 How do you decide when your current playthrough of an open world game is “finished”? (assuming, naturally, you are playing an open world game with no set ending) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 When you've finished all of the main quest and max out most things and the only thing left are recurring generic missions or boss raids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 At times I do ask myself if GTA San Francisco Andreas has levels? I never completed the game ever since I got my hands on it in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 54 minutes ago, Head_Hunter said: At times I do ask myself if GTA San Francisco Andreas has levels? I never completed the game ever since I got my hands on it in 2010. You need to finish all the main story and side quest - it even has a completion tab so it can tell you how much percentage of the game you have already completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 42 minutes ago, killamch89 said: You need to finish all the main story and side quest - it even has a completion tab so it can tell you how much percentage of the game you have already completed. Thanks for the update. I usually skip going to mission because I failed to follow the directions of the arrows simply making fun around the game, killing pedestrians anyhow taking their cash away, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m76 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 When the main quest and all significant side quests are finished. I don't care about repetitive quests and other time wasters that don't have a worthwhile narrative attached to them. killamch89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 It's only done when you don't want to play it anymore. You could finish all side quests, areas of the map, DLC, community challenges, extras content and challenges, play a bit on hardest difficulty, get all weapons and gear; when you have complete satisfaction. Family sedan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 When you get bored with it. Withywarlock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Here's what your supposed to do. Play every story quest and then every side mission except the very easiest one. Then, just stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Personally, I believe that there are main quests and tasks in the game, so once they are done, you should consider your play done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withywarlock Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 This goes for as-a-service games moreso than open world ones (not that there's a great deal of difference today), but as others have said, play until you decide you don't want to. It's one of the chief merits and especially failings of such design, and is totally unavoidable: eventually players will either see everything and stop playing, or not see everything and stop playing. Neither provides a whole lot of satisfaction because they're not designed to. Finishing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion quest 'An Unexpected Voyage' isn't a satisfying conclusion to that game if it's the very last quest to be done except from a completionist point of view, which I don't think really holds much weight. At the same time, trying in vain to complete all of what Fallout 4's bastardisation of 'emergent gameplay' isn't particularly satisfying either. This is partly why I'm more for hub-based and linear games over open world ones, and even then, there's still valid arguments to be made about those. I just find that most games are too long anyway, and open world games can be lumped in with those as much as others that are in desperate need of an editor. So Sony, if you'd like to hire me to save you some money and development time, you can contact me on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 10 hours ago, m76 said: When the main quest and all significant side quests are finished. I don't care about repetitive quests and other time wasters that don't have a worthwhile narrative attached to them. Seriously - there is no essence in getting into those repetitive quests because their isn't anything worth doing in it over and over again. It bores me to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 13 hours ago, m76 said: When the main quest and all significant side quests are finished. I don't care about repetitive quests and other time wasters that don't have a worthwhile narrative attached to them. Exactly my point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Reality vs Adventure said: It's only done when you don't want to play it anymore. You could finish all side quests, areas of the map, DLC, community challenges, extras content and challenges, play a bit on hardest difficulty, get all weapons and gear; when you have complete satisfaction. Exactly - everything is completely dependent on when you are no longer interested in still giving it a go, whether you finished all quests or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 If your interest is fade up on gaming you can't get going indeed, of you insist then it means you want to force yourself which wouldn't still make sense cos your passion isn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
