canthidium

The struggle is real, my friend.

Eh it's just a storage drive. I've got the 2tb ssd in as my main drive but yeah, I'd probably upgrade both sooner than later.

OOh, now there's an idea. I'm always looking for new things to play around with. Thanks!

Yes, I mean, some people don't have the time or skill to play on harder difficulties and they just play on the easiest mode to experience the story. Did you truly beat the game if you do that? I'm all about play however you want. I sometimes replay games on easy just because I want to relive the story.

For sure. I find sandbox games to be the ones I feel like 100%ing, but most story based ones, I just want to experience the story.

Don’t really have a conclusion to this, just think it’s interesting.

Definitely, I just find it interesting that we still use that term, even if it doesn't necessarily apply.

undefined> the game was trying to defeat you

I think this rings true for me most. Story based games nowadays are about experiencing an interactive story. They aren't trying to challenge you per se. Obviously, they can be challenging to complete, but that's not the main purpose in my opinion.

I'm with you. I feel like it has the same meaning. Really I was just curious others thoughts on the term. I completely understand why we say it still. It just feels weird to me. When I finished GOW or TLOU, I don't feel like I "beat" it, I feel like I completed an epic story. I don't really feel like I need to apply different terms. It's just something that stands out to me when I hear it and I can't help but think about it.

Yes, this exactly. I feel like we just say beat because we've been saying it for so long, but with games like GOW, The Last of Us, Horizon, those are just finishing the story. But I do understand completely why we still say beat. And yes, there are tons of games that are made for beating. That's why I tried to limit it to more story epics and such.

Yeah I get that. I feel like it's only tradition though because we've been using that term since the days where gaming was really about beating it. When I finished The Last of Us, I didn't feel like I "beat" it. I felt like I completed the story.

Yeah, I guess that's where my head is at. It doesn't really bother or offend me in any way. I just can't help but notice when someone says they beat the game. But that makes sense if you 100% everything. Completing the story feels like just that, you finished a story.

It's a little different but definitely fun. I'm not sure I like where the story goes, but I immensely enjoyed the ride.