Do you multi-game?

[Anomaly1964]

So are you the kinda of gamer that plays one game the entire way through before you move on to the next one or do you play multiple games at the same time?

 

[motsm]

I typically have two highly contrasting games installed, so if I'm not in the mood for one, I have an entirely different experience waiting for me. At the moment, I am playing Medieval II Total War primarily, but I have been slowly working my may through the Quake 4 single player when I feel for something else.

 

[Pia]

Always have a stack of games "in progress" that I intend to play further. And unplayed games, and games played but permanently abandoned halfway through.

 

[skace]

I rarely beat games anymore, I basically play them to halfway to get an idea of what the game is and how it plays. I only go from 50% - completion if the game is exceptional. My list of games 'currently being played' is a mile long and will never change most likely.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Where's the two at the same time option?

 

[Anomaly1964]

Where's the two at the same time option?

That is some SERIOUS multi-gaming there!

 

[fatpat268]

I just play whatever I want, whenever I want. Certainly, there's periods where I stick to one game, but more often than not I rotate between games.

Keeps certain games fresh and interesting, because some get long in the tooth after a few hours of their single player campaign.

 

[RandomSanity]

Before Steam sales I was one who would play a game through from start to finish before I started a new one... now I play one game for a few minutes, another game for a few minutes, then can't decide on a game to play at all because there are too many to choose from 🙁

 

[Edge1]

I always have at least 2 going at once, but one typically gets 80% of my effort. Right now working on Empire Total War while occasionally hacking my way through the main quest line of Oblivion (which I never finished first time around). I see me installing Hitman: Silent Assassin as my replacement for Oblivion soon. Like user motsm above, I like to have contrasting games going at the same time to break things up a bit. Too many games at once is not good for me though because I can't focus.

 

[dpodblood]

As far as single player games are concerned I play one at a time and that's the way is *has* to be for me. Why? Because I get very easily distracted and when I start a second game the 1st will get dropped, or at least ignored for so long I'll forget what I was doing or how to play altogether. If I need a break I will usually play some multi-player, or a casual game like pinball, or peggle.

 

[gorcorps]

I have some pretty bad gaming ADD. It's rare that I finish a game, and even rarer that the game was the only thing I was playing before it was done. That's why I'm so pissed at DeathSpank: ToV. There's a widely reported gamebreaking bug that I ran into, and I can't progress any further. I'm so near the end that I should be finished, but I know that I didn't really beat it. They haven't updated any of their releases so even though I bought it far from release day, the bug was never fixed.

Won't be trusting them with my money again.

 

[dpodblood]

Yes I have the "game ADD" as well 😛. Which is why I set my self up with this "one game only" rule. I also like to finish everything I play all the way through (unless it's truly terrible) making that rule all the more important.

Hopefully they finish the glitch with TOV. I played through the 1st game and thoroughly enjoyed it. I picked up TOV over the holiday steam sales, but haven't installed it yet.

 

[gorcorps]

Yes I have the "game ADD" as well 😛. Which is why I set my self up with this "one game only" rule. I also like to finish everything I play all the way through (unless it's truly terrible) making that rule all the more important.

Hopefully they finish the glitch with TOV. I played through the 1st game and thoroughly enjoyed it. I picked up TOV over the holiday steam sales, but haven't installed it yet.

With the PC version I believe you can at least borrow somebody else's save game for right after that boss battle then go from there. I ran into it on the 360 where there was no fix and no way to share saves. It's a bug on all 3 systems but some have workarounds and some don't. None of them have been patched from what I read.

 

[ShreddedWheat]

Multigame:

Currently playing Fallout 3 as main game for adventure
Crysis Warhead = mix it up quick action
Company of Heros = strategy (this game is always being played!) 🙂

I can only concentrate on one plot game at a time...otherwise I forget

 

[AstroManLuca]

I usually rotate among three or four different games:

1. PC single player game (play to completion or until I get bored)
2. PC multiplayer game (play until I get bored or something better comes along)
3. Xbox 360 single player game (when I feel like relaxing)
4. Xbox 360 multiplayer game (when I'm playing with friends)

It's nice to switch between SP and MP. Having a good SP game to work on is nice when my wife is watching Netflix and hogging all the bandwidth.

 

[Skott]

Multi Game

 

[Onita]

Multi, usually focusing on 1 game.

Right now I'm playing:
DA2 - focusing more on this
Shogun 2 - When I don't feel like playing DA2, or need a break.
Dead Space 2 (360) - when I don't wanna be near a computer

Even on DA2, I have 3 different characters - a mage in the middle of act 1, rogue in act 2, warrior starting on act 3.

 

[gorcorps]

I rarely beat games anymore, I basically play them to halfway to get an idea of what the game is and how it plays. I only go from 50% - completion if the game is exceptional. My list of games 'currently being played' is a mile long and will never change most likely.

This is close to how I am anymore. Even if I'm enjoying myself, I rarely get past halfway before moving on to something else. Usually it's more entertaining to play something new than it is to complete something else. I'll never finish Dead Space 1, even though I keep thinking I'll go back to it some day. I was having a good time in Splinter Cell Conviction, then I stopped and I can't even remember why I stopped but I doubt I'll go back. Doubt I'll finish Dragon Age Origins as that got boring, and I know if I start over with a different class I'll get bored by going through the same stuff over again.

Then there's DLC I haven't even touched because why go back to a game I beat already? The only game I've been going back to after the fact is Just Cause 2. I beat the story a while ago, but it's fun enough to boot up and screw around with every once in a while. The map is so massive that there's always somewhere new to go and blow up. I feel like I'd have to ignore any social life entirely just to make a dent in my back log.

 

[boozie]

Yes I have the "game ADD" as well 😛.

We need to start a group G.A.D.D.A. I blame steam for giving me this problem, maybe they will fund the pizza at our meetings.

 

[dpodblood]

We need to start a group G.A.D.D.A. I blame steam for giving me this problem, maybe they will fund the pizza at our meetings.

It's rough, but I'm coping. :biggrin:

 

[KMFJD]

Does multi-boxing WoW count?

 

[Martimus]

Before Steam sales I was one who would play a game through from start to finish before I started a new one... now I play one game for a few minutes, another game for a few minutes, then can't decide on a game to play at all because there are too many to choose from 🙁

That is about the way I am too. I used to buy one game and play it through completion, then go back to an old game that I liked and play that if I hadn't bought a new one yet.

Now I have about 100 games I haven't even played yet, and I keep adding to that list. I am getting better about not buying a game just because it is dirt cheap and I have a modicum of interest in it now at least.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

So are you the kinda of gamer that plays one game the entire way through before you move on to the next one or do you play multiple games at the same time?

The question is flawed because many games are not adventures or campaigns, such as First Person Shooters or Real Time Strategy games. Those games don't really have a start or finish.

I almost exclusively only play online multiplayer games PvP against other human opponents. I tend two play 2 of them at any one time with perhaps a 3rd game getting some play now and then.

I have my #1 favorite game (Sins of a Solar Empire Diplomacy expansion) but when there isn't much activity for it, I go to my backup (#2) game which is Savage 2 for right now. Sometimes I'll play some UT 2004 or UT99.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I alternate until I hit a game that is good enough to finish. That's getting harder and harder to do it seems. So few games are capable of holding my attention anymore. Nevertheless, I've found plenty that are good by not wasting too much time with lesser games. Right now I'm playing starcraft 2 with the eventual goal of "getting good" at multiplayer. If I held off of playing any other game until I reached my starcraft 2 goal, then I'd just burn out on starcraft. I think I'm going to get Crysis 2 and alternate with it for a while.

 

[DeathReborn]

I created a map in Sins of a Solar Empire that literally takes 6 minutes to travel from player 1 to player 2's systems, I use that time to cram in some Mahjong, Tetris or even a game of golf...

But yes, I do tend to multi-game a fair bit (currently Diablo: The Hell, Sins & sporadic Dragon Age II/DoW II Retribution).