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Curious of other's thoughts on the term "beat" the game. DAE feel like it's outdated? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is a weird thought but I'm just curious if anyone else feels this way. I'm 39 and grew up playing games all the way back to the original Atari and I just feel weird about the term "beat" when it comes to finishing games. I don't know why, but I just feel like it's weird to say nowadays. I'm talking specifically about story based games, not puzzlers and such. It's more like playing interactive movies nowadays and saying you beat it feels just ....off to me. A game podcast I listen to, they tend to say they "rolled credits" on the game or finished it. I just feel like a lot of games nowadays it's not about "beating" so much as finishing an experience. I dunno, maybe I'm just weird, but I am curious if it's just me.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm in my 20s and I've always said "finished the game", I agree "beat" feels odd with the way gaming has changed nowadays.

Back then pretty much every game took dedication and skill to finish, so "beat" made sense

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.