When do you consider a video game "Beat"?

[Ricebug 555]

Well like the title says, when do you consider a video game beaten?

 

Is it when you have pushed every last bit of anything out of it, maxing out stats, collecting every item, unlocked all characters.

Or is beating the main boss, quest line, or objective enough for you?

 

I myself consider both, in some games I do enjoy to get everything because it makes completing the game much more satisfying.

And on the other hand I may just play through the basic things, like play through skyrim, defeat Alduin, and call it quits and start over.

 

(And if this thread already exists I am sorry!)

[Celtore 2,770]

I consider the game beaten once the story ends and the big bad falls. The collecting and maxing component is either in the grinding phase before the final boss or in the post game story arc. That being said though, there are some exceptions which have almost as much post game content as the main game itself (ex: Monster Hunter.) For those cases, the game is beaten when they stop feeding storyline and content.

[MidnightFire1222 2,170]

I think it depends on the game. With games like Animal Crossing or the Sims, you have no objective, no end goal to complete, no final boss to defeat. Those games might be considered beaten if the player can find nothing else to do in them, but it depends on perspective I suppose.

 

With games like Skyrim and Oblivion, they might be considered beaten after defeating Alduin or whoever the heck the final boss in Oblivion is (never played it myself), but with all the side missions available and separate quest lines, and especially on the PC versions of the games where modding communities are always creating new content, It may not be considered truly over until the player wants it to be. Again it's all about perspective with those games.

 

With games like LoZ, the game can easily b considered over after beating the final boss, or after one does a 100% completion if they have the want to. Again, this can all be about perspective.

[Megas 27,630]

Depends on the game

 

With games like MGS, Final Fantasy, the game ends when the story ends.

With games like Super Mario, Sonic, Megaman, the game ends when you beat the big bad

With games like Super Smash Bros, Tekken, Street Fighter, it ends when you get all of the rewards

[Twilight_Sparkle32 3]

I'd say that as long as you make the credits roll, you've beaten the game. Getting all the unlockables, sidequests, or other extras aren't really required, but I usually go for them anyway

[DubWolf 17,263]

Either completing the story, or unlocking and achieving all the achievable. With that in mind, I still haven't beat SSB Brawl . It must be hard unlocking all those trophies .

[Lisa 5,553]

I believe a game is beat once you've finished the storyline/beaten the boss.  

[catnet 9,356]

Once the story ends, and I've achieved and unlocked all that I can bother to do (which can vary, depending on what kind of game and series I'm playing)... that's normally the time I consider the game to have ended. If it's a Mario game, I'll probably try to achieve 100% completion; if it's LoZ, 80-90% completion after defeating the final boss is good enough for me. Smash Bros, I'll unlock as much as I can, but for a series like Pokemon... 100% completion? No thanks~ x3

[Shou 100]

The only time I consider a game beat is when I have cleared it, played the full story, on the hardest difficulty. I can not say i truly defeated a boss until I have bested him at his best.

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

To me, completing the storyline and beating the final mission means that I've finished the game.