RDR2 and Assassin's Creed data reveals how few people complete games

GameRevolution: "RDR2 and Assassin's Creed data reveals no one completes games anymore and that's an increasingly troubling sign. Take a look at how many people are finishing major releases."

[rageholic]

I haven't finished a game in a long time. It's not that I don't the game it's that as soon as I start to think about how long it's going to take me to 100% complete it I just say screw it. I just don't have the time anymore.

[FalconofLucis98]

you dont have to 100% a game to finish it, you can just finish the main story

[RpgSama]

These are not the best games to use as an example, I like to platinum my games, the last game I got the platinum for was Dragon Quest XI (116 hours), having said that, I am playing AC:Odyssey at the moment and it's daunting how big it is, they just went out of control, for someone like myself that works and do other things beside gaming, going back to AC:O feels like work, everything is so far apart that it takes the fun out of getting everything and it's the same thing with rdr2 at least for me

[NecrumOddBoy]

I have the platinum trophy in Horizon, God of War, Detroit, Spiderman, and a whole bunch of other games that are lengthy open world experiences. Red Dead is a 10 out of 10 throughout 90% of its content, but the pacing and the way they have the controls setup are very archaic and sometimes it just gets overwhelming to play. The world is beautiful and everything about the game is really nice but with a family and responsibilities, it's really hard for me to sit down and take the amount of time required to complete a mission or even a task in this game. Something as simple as going fishing takes over an hour to do so. It takes 30 minutes sometimes just a ride from one location to the next and that's not even including cutscenes and gameplay when you get there. The level of realism in terms of that you don't quickly do things and everything is methodical creates a great environment but realistically it's hard for me to make the time because I know once I turn the game on I'm going to have to commit at least 2 hours minimum to get anything completed and with the amount of distractions and side quest, it just feels like the game never stops. I feel like there isn't a point that I get to that lets me want to take a break it feels like I always have to crawl up a NeverEnding Mountain

[RpgSama]

@NecrumOddBoy

100% agree with you, I also have the platinum in God Of War and Horizon, but these 2 games (AC:O and RDR2) feel overwhelmingly big, there is so much randomness distracting from simple game tasks that after I play a few hours it makes me feel like no progress was done, they are great games but too unfocused

[Edito]

Spot on, for example i'm not a trophy hunter I never got a platinum trophy I play for the story and once the story finishes i'm moving on that why I try to do the side quests before moving deep into the main story.

[dumahim]

@RpgSama

Yeah, Odyssey is a bit stupid. It wouldn't be so bad if they filled it with interesting quests, but so many of them are just two people talking back and forth for a couple minutes. At least on Origins, there was quite a few where there was something happening, like interesting camera angles, or characters walking in or out of the scene, or walking and talking.

Then the map is so damn big and there's big parts of it not being used other than to have some worthless camp or collectible placed there.

[LegoIsAwesome]

Isn't much better to know of how many people, after finishing the game, wait and comes back to play and finish the DLC or Expansion?

[Newmanator]

I have a full time+ job, wife, baby and a dog which occupy much of my time. I don't buy games I have to remember where I left off anymore. It saddens me thinking I may never have the time again for another Elder Scrolls game 😓

[jonivtec]

For another elder scrolls game...like me...you will find the time....but its just gonna take a year instead of a month:)

[anonymousfan]

I feel that way too! But jonivtec is right though just take your time and be more selective of the games you decide to play. I used to play 30-60 min of every major release in the last few years because that's the only time I had... Now I feel as though I would rather play only one or two games but take my time to complete at least the story.

[rainslacker]

I'm not going to try and 100% RDR2. Got to the epilogue, and will finish that up, but the amount of grinding required to get to 100%, much less the platinum, is not worth the effort. Just too much busy work, which isn't really all that compelling.

Otherwise, if I'm enjoying a game, I will try to get the most out of it, and I probably complete more games now than I did last gen, and go for platinum trophies more often.

[dekke]

i platted Origins and Odyssey ..origins was more gay :D

[holdmyown83]

I just don’t care enough anymore. I play for a few days or hours then move back into one of the many Multiplayer titles like ESO or D2

[BeOpenMinded]

Me too, I haven't finished a game in the longest. Kingdom of hearts may be first in a while outside of battletech. Don't have the answer as to why but not surprised I'm the only one... There's always the next best thing

[Ceaser9857361]

I finish up a game always. Unless I am bored to death like Mafia 3.. I usually go for Plat.. Got the platinum for almost all AC games.. and 3 more trophies left to plat Red dead 2

[Dirtnapstor]

While I understand where this discussion is coming from, I believe the bulk of gamers do not have the time to sit to full completion within a month or two from release.
Too many good releases to dwell on at one time, creating the dreaded backlog. It becomes multitask gaming. Eventually a game will get beaten. And you have to take into account jobs, family, and responsibilities outside of this hobby.
I really don’t see this as a problem and devs shouldn’t fret about it.

[LOLcheeseORZ]

I know right, I don't understand how this is a problem If you beat a game ok cool, but if not then that's okay too. I have a huge backlog of games myself but I'm not fretting about it. I'm just enjoying each game 1 at a time and when I beat it I move on to the next game.

[jjb1981]

Well said. I have so many ps3 games in my backlog, a ton more in both Xbox one and PS4. I will never finish my steam library because that's just impossible. I beat games every now and then but mainly over a period of years. The only game I've sat down and played through in a few weeks was Spider-Man and before that was The Last of Us on PS3. It's not that I don't want to finish them it's just that there's always another game ready for me to start. I own every Assassins creed and the only one I am able to almost finish is Origins. Being an older gamer now means I have to choose my game time wisely when I do have it so I feel like I have to make it count. Ah, The good ol' days of staying up all night playing Ocarina of Time...

[traumadisaster]

I match your description of a gamer, but I think we could get more enjoyment if we explored the possibility of something different, I just don't know how to enjoy the full story, see the cool set pieces and cut scenes without a long game.

I thought episodic game chapters might work but our gaming culture seems to feel cheated if we don't have a huge game. I think I've become more game collector rather than player player.

If The Last of Us was sold in 4 chapters for $15 I guess that would work. But then devs would often only get the first chapter buy, of say Assassin's Creed, cause that's all I get to on most of my 1000 games.

So actually devs make the engine and then need $60 so they might as well add hours and never give us a chapters and risk missing out on the rest of the 60. It would not be efficient for devs to create a new game, say Anthem and only offer chapters for $15.

In the end my game is full of fluff I don't really want. Maybe devs offer streamlined version in the options, where you chose quick story mode, a $60 with no fluff but can be finished in 6 hours. Then if you want to go back and do side missions at anytime you can.

[CptDville]

This, specially if you consider current gen games size (specially those 2).

[Thunder_G0d_Bane]

Couldn't have said it better. Exactly this, I enjoy so many games but have so little time to complete em. Only a few I complete.

[sprinterboy]

43% of gamers haven't completed chapter 3 in Rdr2. Just proves how little gamers liked the incredible slow pacing.

[mandingo]

Yea it’s slow. Part of the reason I haven’t played more and plus I dont have that much time. That’s not to say I won’t complete it eventually because I will but you can’t come out with this stat for red dead for at least a year after release to be fair

[sprinterboy]

Agree somewhat, but I doubt it'll ever be over 65% ish

[Concertoine]

It always takes me a year or two to beat rockstar games. Im surprised at ppl saying the pacing in RDR2 is slow, because to me all their games are pretty slow. Drive/ride to the icon, cutscene, drive and talk to a waypoint, cutscene, gameplay, cutscene. Mission done, drive to a new icon. I always get distracted in R* games just goofing around.

I actually like RDR2 more than their other games for the filmic quality and the more satisfying gun play. I’ll probably beat it faster than it took me to beat GTA 4 & 5.

[InTheZoneAC]

I'm on chapter 2 in rdr2 I believe, haven't played since the first week but I spent a lot of time with wandering and side stuff. I will go back, and it's nothing to do with pacing in game. I'm playing other shorter games, either from backlog or new releases, completing those and going to the next.

[spicelicka]

I don't believe it's slow pacing, there are over 100 missions in the damn game, and that's excluding side missions! At some point you just have to take a break because the game keeps going and going. It's actually what makes the game amazing at the same time because there is so much content. They could have stopped at the last chapter and sold the epilogue as DLC like most games do. You can put it away and play the epilogue months later. I would have trouble completing even my most beloved game if it has over 100 main story missions.

The game is definitely slow, but that's part of the charm imo. It's different from GTA, and there are plenty of slow games around. It's not a bad thing it's just part of the game, you can't criticize the game for incorporating the simulation of old western life as part of the experience.

[gamer9]

I agree. From the very slow start in the snowy mountains, to the lack of fast travel.. even the animation in town forcing you to walk. And I don’t want to manually travel back and forth the same routes over and over and over. Horse riding simulator. I quit after about 2 weeks, same with a couple of my friends, and I won’t be returning. A big disappointment

[sprinterboy]

Been a month since I've played it, keep saying I'll complete it but so far I have urge to go bk especially now I'm playing res2 and soon to be playing dmc and metro

[WhiteHawk]

Doesn’t have fast travel? It has three different forms of fast travel, get some patience, are you the kid in the back seat constantly shouting “Are we there yet?”

[rainslacker]

@Whitehawk

The fast travel in this game is completely idiotic. At the very least, you should be able to fast travel back to your camp, which is never an option anywhere. You can't fast travel from the wilderness....like if you set up a camp. You have to spend money to fast travel from a city. You lose carcasses or large stowed items(which you can only carry one), if you use the available methods of fast travel, and can only retrieve the legendary stuff.

None of this would be all that bad if you didn't have to ride all the way across the map for some of the stuff you have to hunt to get some of the items. But if you need a perfect proghorn carcass for crafting, you can get them in west Elizabeth or south of Stawberry, and if you happen to have your camp outside St. Denis or north of that hillbilly town, you have to haul ass across the whole map to get it there before it starts to rot, avoiding any distractions. Often going through two mountain ranges you can't just cut across instead of taking the roads it wants you to take with cinematic mode. Or if you happen across a legendary fish or snag one of the larger pristine pelts while doing other stuff, you have to stop doing that stuff to go drop it off, which means hauling yourself to the nearest town or camp.

This game has a ton of stuff to do in it. Lots of content. But you have to really force yourself to be focused on a task if you want to get anything done. If you can't do that, then you're going to be constantly distracted, and could easily spend 30-40 hours in one chapter, and not even progress the story even once.

So, it's not a matter of "Are we there yet", it's a matter of, "Crap, I am halfway to my destination, which is a 5-10 minute ride from the quickest fast travel spot, and I now have to go back to drop off the keys at home".

I'm a pretty patiant person, but the collection/crafting aspects of this game are completely jacked up, and when coupled with the completely idiotic decisions made for fast travel in what is probably the largest open world game ever made, it only frustrates the player.

[EazyC]

Actually, if trophies are anything to go by, gamers are by and large atrocious when it comes to progression. Just look at the % who got the God of War story trophies.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Didn’t gow have like over 50 percent beat the story which is actually amazing

[rainslacker]

I spent three weeks, playing almost every day, and was still in chapter three. That's where things really open up and you have a lot of extra stuff to do. Plus, Chapter three has the best placed camp to offload your crafting materials for most of the game, otherwise, it's always on one side of the map or the other. Chapter 4 is lengthy, and really drawn out, Chp 5 is very short, and chapter 6 is about the right length, and for that chapter, they had more riding during the narration be abridged to a kind of fast travel, so it was more tolerable.

The only way it would prove that gamers disliked the slow pacing, would be if that's where everyone stopped playing, but since the stats aren't available on how many people are playing, it can't be determined. Plus, 57% did get past Chapter 3, so the majority is still in favor of at least tolerating the pacing.

And I have no idea why I'm trying to "defend" this game, because I think it had incredibly slow pacing. For my part, I tended to not do the story missions unless I needed to to advance the side missions, because I found the story missions rather boring and pretty much repetitive.

[Profchaos]

Only 17% of players completed gta v and even worse only 22% got to the paleto bay bank job at the half way point so your statement holds no water

[Palitera]

Well, to some people, there is no reason to rush. Finishing act 3 means playing dozens of hours if you're enjoying exploring etc.

I have probably a hundred hours into the game and am not even halfway the full story. So... This also means the game is freaking awesome and people might have no haste to finish "and get rid of it".

[william_cade]

Movies are 1 second of time compared to games. Movies are static and passive experiences compared to games. Games and movies are both forms of entertainment, yes, but they take up different spaces.

[logotero]

That is why videogames should focus on gameplay, but no, they want "cinematic feels", "camera angles" and "great stories".

[ClayRules2012]

I take it your not a fan of the cinematic approach in video games?

[CptDville]

That is not the problem, it is just your personal taste.

[logotero]

Is not taste, it's in the name.
video-game

video: put a set of pictures together to make movement with electronic/digital signals
game: what human beings have made for having fun for milleniums.

Closer are we to the time in which videogame as a term couldn't handle the same approach.

You develop gameplay by designing new ways of having fun, develop skill and set a competitive platform.

You develop storytelling by doing those kind of videogames.

Nor of them are wrong, but they are 2 different approaches.

[rainslacker]

Near the end of the game, and in the epilogue, there are a few really awesome cinematic moments, and they aren't overly long, but really give you some nice feels, or a cool throwback to the first RDR2 in the case of the epilogue.

However, I agree, the game could have maybe worked a bit more on game play. Lots of game design elements, but the game play is actually pretty casual, and not that deep except in all the crap you have to keep track of, which IMO, is too much, because it takes the enjoyment of the game play away.

[EliteComments123]

LOL what?

[Bane35]

Im not one off them because i always finish a game im really into rdr 2 only took me a few weeks to finish to the game

[Gamingsince1981]

It took me 4 days, I got most of the trophies except for the online which I have no interest in touching .

[Bane35]

Yeah i try a little bit rdr 2 online it was ok but im like you its not my thing

[Kabaneri]

I dont blame them, RDR2 took me whole month to beat.

[Traecy]

95% of the time I finish my games then move on to the next.Just finished DS3,BV & DQ11.Still playing ACO & I didn't even finish RDR2,I just made it half way in Chapter 2 & I decided to get rid of it the other day.

[BadElf]

Gotta be honest, that blonde bish was iffy in RDR2....
Waited until I saw her again...and she was annoying again....sad. then stopped playing. She wasnt the only reason

[InTheZoneAC]

Not fair to judge massive open world games. Look at data for linear games.

[mindtwang]

Read the article. It includes several linear games.

[InTheZoneAC]

again, it's not fair to judge completion on open world games regardless of whatever list of linear games is presented. It's common sense these longer open world games will have less completions than a traditional 8-12 hour game. Even if RDR2 can be beat in that time there's so much more going on for it other than the main story that you get caught up in other things while playing.

[DerekTweed]

I agree. I played RDR2 for 87 hours and only have 86% complete, and I basically finished the epilogue and then moved on.

I have 96 hours in AC Odyssey, I finished the cult line a few days ago to finish off the 3 main story lines. Now I'm doing the Last Blade Episode 1.

For example, I played quantum break for 21 hours and have 95% Achievement Completion.

[Tankbusta40]

I try to beat games that I purchase...I beat assassins creed odyssey..but stopped in red dead 2 because it was boring. I am sure I will go back to the game at some point in the future...

[cfc83]

Games that take long to complete will have a smaller completion rate for a while for obvious reasons

[logotero]

There is your "siNglE PlAyEr gAMEs R NoT DeaD" shit. I mean, they are not dead, but enough crap i've heard about why single player games are the only worthy ones, and every other multiplayer game is dissed just because fortnite and the abominities EA said, and even Sony thinking they are the most innovative developer, when they only make efforts for cinematics, story but almost zero to gameplay.

[FGHFGHFGH]

What a ridiculous thing to say. Right, Sony games have no gameplay, but they get goty nominations all the time.

[logotero]

so the fuck what with the fucking goty? Do your research, its only PR marketing crap. Why would you believe in a journalist who's been paid for writing nice things of these games for fuck sake? Go see a doctor. Have a common sense.

[SierraGuy]

@logotero...you ok?

He needs to see a doctor?

[trouble_bubble]

Someone needs a snickers

[xenz]

Are you trying to tell is that God of War lacks in gameplay?

I would like to hear a few examples of games that are superior in gameplay.

[watchem]

Meanwhile I just 100% the game.

[rainslacker]

Props to you. I've decided not to try. I was willing to go through the MP stuff, since it's mostly not bad outside 3 VIP rankings, but the amount of grind required to get to the 100% and studying/skinning all the animals I just can't bring myself to do. I came to this conclusion after spending 10 minutes one night hunting down a bird, who magically seem to always be flying away from you way off into the distance, and the binoculars being a pain in the ass to use since it's so easy to lose the study option while using them. Plus, the smaller one's don't even show up until they're flying.

[DerekTweed]

Exactly the same, I was in chapter 4 trying to find those coloured plumes or whatever they were and I thought to myself after a couple of days searching " what am I doing?"

So I just did the story missions, stranger missions and completed the game. Came out at 86%.

[knickstr]

I can tell by looking at trophies by looking at the percentage of people who have obtained the beat the game trophy. From my experience its usually in the 30 percent range.

[414gamer]

Probably because so many games tend to be very repetitive and boring towards the end.

[Orionsangel]

I beat RDR2 in a month. AC Odyssey is taking me months. I wander and explore a lot. https://www.twitch.tv/orion...

[kevnb]

Most people don’t binge play games, it could take a normal person months to finish something like red dead 2.

[Weeblordbad]

Bingo, a large swathe of people who purchase games don't spend every waking second playing them.

[n1kki6]

No, it reveals how many people didn't finish RDR2 or AC odyssey. I didnt like red dead 2, and I enjoyed AC but didn't need 80 hours of it. Articles like this are dumb, they take one metric and conflate it to represent the entire industry of games. Who every made this connection would fail miserably in business.

[mindtwang]

If you had read the article, you would have noticed that a wider sample of games were used ranging from short titles to linear action titles to RPGs and open-worlds.

[TravieTrav]

Took me from the day of God of War's release date last year until October 31st to finally beat the story. There just isn't much time for me to game these days. it sucks.

[A2X_]

Those are huge games that have been released not too long ago. I personally have both and plan to finish them but I like to take all my time. I could go on for hours in RDR2 enjoying the scenery or completing side stuff.

I also take breaks and play other games. The data doesn't mean anything when the games are still relatively new. Still, I understand how games like these can go unfinished by lots of people. Especially parents. So little time to complete these kind of open-world games.

[coretone]

Good points. It took me a year to beat The Witcher 3, and i loved every second of it. Looks like its going to be the same with RDR2. If the game is really really good, why would people complain about the length of the game? I don't really understand that...You don't have to finish that game in a year :D

[conanlifts]

I Complete most games. The ones in my catalogue that remain incomplete are actually Red dead and assassin's Creed.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

I very rarely fail to finish games I buy, but it seems most players not finishing the games they buy is the norm.

[DerekTweed]

Some games I buy I don't finish, simply because I don't like them. e.g. Monster Hunter: World, Dragon Quest XI, Agents of Mayhem.

Otherwise, if it's a PS Plus game, GwG game, on gamepass etc. I am more likely to not complete it. e.g. Bloodborne, Rise of the Tomb Raider, State of Decay etc.

[VJGenova]

My backlog of games is well over 40 that I say I "will play" over 100 I "might play" and a slew that I'm "not interested in". These are my steam groups. Thanks humble bundle and other sites that increased my backlog to the point where it's broke. Also, if a game is a reasonable length, say 15-30 hours, I bet more people will finish it. Would love to see the stats on Resident Evil 2, for instance. Think that's under 10 from what I've been hearing.

[DerekTweed]

That's why Spider-man and God of War have over 50% and RDR2 and AC:O don't

[Mr Marvel]

I Platinumed AC Odyssey, but RDR2 I just stopped playing through boredom.

[il-JumperMT]

RDR2 becomes a core

[EazyC]

I guess it depends on what kind of gamer you are. I don't really get much time so I only play one game every 4 months, maybe less. Maybe that's why I love RDR 2 so much, I really took my time playing it and treated the whole thing like a movie. I wasn't trying to finish it at all.

[nibblo]

Would be more interesting to see multiplats compared over different platforms rather than just PS4.

[DerekTweed]

19.52% of gamers finished the epilogue on RDR2 on Xbox.
23.84% completed "Red Dead Redemption"

14.13% finished the Cult quest line in AC:O
20.48 complete Episode 9 + Epilogue

Xbox tells you the completed percentage

[nibblo]

Of course, totally forgot. Thanks

[rainslacker]

Don't think these two games are great examples to prove the point. They're both big open world games. I got RDR2 for Xmas, and started playing the day after. I just got to the Epilogue last night, and played almost every night, because I kept getting distracted and did a lot of the side stuff.

However, it is true that most people don't complete games. However, the percentages have increased in the past half decade or so. Likely due to fewer big SP games coming to the market, so there is more time to complete them before the next shiny thing catches someone's eye.

[MrBobSugar]

Well, they must not be paying for the games out of their pocket.

[Segata]

Maybe if Odyssey didn't have an insane grind for items and structured it like a mobile game with its stupid microtransactions I would have finished it. I liked the gameplay and characters but the grind made me quit.

[DerekTweed]

I don't believe you really played it because the way you described it is just not true

[Segata]

Oh really? https://i.imgur.com/OlWwGSD...

I'm level 34. Alexios. I have 2 silver & 21 bronze trophies with 35% trophy completion.
https://i.imgur.com/tMaRid5... https://i.imgur.com/p8n1E1W...

The game has microtransactions to buy crafting materials and EXP for your character. Even one of them is called a time saver because they knew. Articles were written https://www.polygon.com/201...

Gamerranx mentioned it in a video & so did Jim Sterling. I played it. I played it because I love classical Greek setting and wanted to explore the Parthenon in a game realistically.

People complained.

[DerekTweed]

What can I say? you proved me wrong.

I know there are micro transactions I have played it more than you.

I have 97 Hours and 44 achievements, 885 out of 1320 gamerscore, 67 % completed.

I didn't think the game was a grind, I got tons of XP, crafting materials, weapons etc without having to pay for any microtransactions.

[xenz]

I agree with you. The game have not in the slightest felt like a grind to me. I must admit, I've only played about 8 hours of the main story. After that, I have focused on hunting down the cult members. 74 hours in I have only four more left.

The sidequests are amazing, world feels alive, activities are engaging.. can't wait to continue main story, but I want to experience all side content before I do so. Amazing game.

[RosweeSon]

Red dead majority won’t have completed that epic it’s a big game not to mention hundred percent and a platinum is never an easy task (on good quality games) most wont bother with the whole hog I always try if the games good enough and I’m enjoying it

[DerekTweed]

0.1% have got 100% completion achievement on Xbox, that doesn't include the RDR Online achievements.
0.05% have the Skin every animal achievement
0.05% have the study every animal achievement
0.01% have 70 gold medal achievement.

[E_DUB]

Two very poor examples to use when bringing up how many people finish games. Those two games are enormous! I haven't read the article but I bet the majority of players who own RE2 at least finish one campaign

[Samus707]

Corrected Headline: “RDR2 and AC data reveals the number of casual gamers who buy one or two games a year but don’t really care that much about gaming.”
Look at the stats for a game like Persona 5 - that game is 120+ hours and 50% of players finished it. Those people are my peers and I would guess the same for most people on N4G.

[Samus707]

Hahahaha I was wrong about N4G as it seems at least 4 retards saw my post. Any non-retards on here?

[REBORN71]

also unless you commit yourself to 1 game at the time and play that one game to the end you have to deal with re-learning buttons - game mechanics and all that over again - i dropped AssCreed to play GOW and than RD2 came out and iv been playing BF5 and now i cant be fked going back to any of them as i have to learn all the options and moves again. Well i tried playing RD2 - 1st NPC i came across i wanted to ask a question and instead shot him it was going to be a quest giver. I just gave up

[Psychotica]

A few months time isn’t a very accurate way to judge that people aren’t completing games. I stopped playing AC:Odyssey when RDR 2 came out but now I am bored with that and back to AC:Odyssey. Eventually I will finish both, probably by Summer.

[Playbey0nd]

Man. It’s amazing at all the comments all factor when you look at a game like RDR2 it is very overwhelming. I played it the first week i was making some progress into Chapter 2. Haven’t been able to finish a mission since. It’s almost like you have to commit about 2.5 hours just to ensure you get a mission or 2 done. I gotta get back into it though.

[Dragonslave]

Didn't like the controls on RDR2 so stopped playing it, although it looked like a cool game. Currently playing God of War, and will follow that with Far Cry 5 once I finish. Unfortunately so many good games, and so little time. Still got to buy Spiderman and play that too.

[Jon_Targaryen]

So playing 80 hours to finish RDR2 and 96 hours to only be 80% in AC Odyssey isnt complete enough?

[DerekTweed]

It means getting the achievement for completing the story.

[OffRoadKing]

Title says "few" the paragraph below it says "no one", please get your hyperbole in sink. And why is this troubling exactly? The game is payed for, rather a person completes the game or not has no baring on the industry whatsoever.

[Vetalka83]

i only completed chapter 2 in rdr2.my life is boring as it is and i cant spend it playing boring games.

[witwiki50]

I didn’t finish RDR2 simply because it’s a terrible game with terrible mechanics

[chris235]

i‘m always very surprised when i get a trophy that‘s ultra rare and all i had to do was to advance the story. my take is that many games still get bought physically and then get traded around after a few days. otherwise it doesn‘t make sense to invest 70+ bucks in a toy and never play with it. from the day on when physical copies finally will go extinct these trophy stats maybe will get a bit more accurate and representative.
oh and the ones that produced the games couldn‘t care less as long as enough units get sold.

[Emme]

The thing is: so many ressourcesare litterally wasted on these loooong games. Imagine a 150 mio dollar 2.5 hours movie and two third of the audiences walk out after an hour. A colossal failure. But then, the game has been sold and made its money back. So why care.

[philm87]

3 months isn't a lot of time to complete a game as big as RDR2 if you have a family and other commitments, let alone playing other games occasionally as well.

[_LarZen_]

The sad truth is most people get bored. To many games want to deliver 50+ hours of gameplay when most are "done" after 10 or so.

[2ndhandcorn]

Yeah i rarely 100% games even racing games have not fully finished one game this gen, time being the main factor lots of movies and tv series i never finish either .

[sampsonon]

just not though's games

[alexgibson]

Data shows 90% of n4g doesn't read the full article.

Shock horror.

[gamer7804]

Because they make them all open works with busy work. I'd prefer a more linear game even if it is a little longer like kingdom hearts 3 that has a focus on story. This is why more people.complete Halo and uncharted.

[traumadisaster]

I'm really interested in this issue and think there is room for change in the industry to satisfy gamers and relieve wasted dev work. Episodic content like Hitman was supposed to address this but it didn't.

You've got big time gamers giving up because it feels like work, but the same gamers wanting value and content for their $60, so this may be a weird social construct issue like food portions in a restaurant and there is no solution.

[LandoCalrissiano]

See? It's not just cod, people do in fact play the campaigns.

[JokerBoy422]

Title should read, "RDR2 and Assassin's Creed data reveals how few people complete THOSE games." RDR2 was boring as hell in my opinion and ive seen im not alone in this. Bought it day one, logged in some decent time but most of that was just riding around on the slow ass horse cuz theirs no fast travel. That got dull and repetitive fast. Assassin's Creed is also boring now and has been with every release since Black Flag. A series that once was entertaining and had a decent meta story gave that all up to be historically inaccurate in order to appeal to an SJW audience and added microtransactions to appeal to investors.

[micdagoat19]

Thats weird no one has is finishing the Crash collection. All my wife has played the past few months is Crash and Spyro trying to 100% it.

[Manubiggs]

Yup, got an 8 week old daughter and a very demanding job - somehow managed to finish the main story for AC Odyssey and will platinum sometime this year. RDR2 is tricky, I dont ljump in unless I know I have minimum an hour free, which is very rare

[Flewid638]

I took a break from open world games to finish all my linear titles.....and I must say it was refreshing.

I was able to beat linear titles without getting burnt out by tasks, side missions and blips that kept popping up. Stories felt cohesive and focused and gameplay was tight as ever. Gonna ride this wave for a while so I can actually beat games.

[xenz]

I did the same as you too. Was completly burned out of open world games two years back and started to only play SP games. Now a few years later I can finally enjoy open world games again.

[dmonee]

The way I interpreted the article was that, the percentages showed who actually finished the main story and had nothing to do with doing all side missions and extracurricular things. It is worrisome because as a developer you might ask yourself, “why waste our time?”

[dumahim]

I'm surprised Odyssey has that high of a completion percentage.

[xenz]

Me too. That game is huge!

[spwittbold]

All these "trophy," "GameScore," things are a complete waste of a time. The last two games I "100%," was Spider-Man - if it weren't for how fun just swinging around in that game was, I'd of probably just done the main-story, DLC story, and called it a day.

I feel as though trophy's / gamer score were originally implemented as a means to get people to play a game more /longer - and at first I enjoyed it a little. However, now all it does is detract time from getting to other games I'd rather play - and from a business perspective, it probably leads to a certain level of acannbalization of other products that may have otherwise sold had the "scavenger," hunt not eaten all that lesiure time.

[beulahland]

"RDR2 and Assassin's Creed data reveals how few people complete games"

How few people finish THESE games.

[SovereignSnaKe]

I started Assassin's Creed Odyssey on January 1st and I set a goal I would finish it before Resident Evil 2 last Friday. Well, that did not happen. It just went on and on. I ended up doing a final 9 hour power hour[s] the other day and finally finished Odyssey. I absolutely refuse to move onto a new game before finishing the previous. It's never the same when you try and go back. It speaks volumes of people whom habitually don't finish games. That would make for a great social study project.

[Fluke_Skywalker]

Both of them are total chores to complete. No wonder not many people bother.

[Kyizen]

I haven't bought RDR2 yet cause I want to complete AC: Odyess first :-/

[CaptainOmega]

It’s hard to complete games when you have a life and something new comes. Been playing Farcry Primal (backlog) and Kingdom Hearts 3 comes up. Had to put FC down and idk if i’ll pick it back up.

[isarai]

I'm still waiting for the HDR/Checkerboard fix for RDR2