# When do you consider a game to be properly “played”? **URL:** \ **Category:** Video Games\ **Created:** [November 12, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575 "2020-11-12T13:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/georgeypoorgey/32/15084_2.png) [@georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/georgeypoorgey)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575/21 "2023-10-01T00:44:02Z")
I consider a game played once you click the action button outside the menu. ---
**Author:** ![savarunl](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/savarunl/32/12256_2.png) [@savarunl](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/savarunl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575/22 "2023-10-02T07:33:02Z")
For me, if the game is fun i consider it played when i finished the main story / reached credits, etc. If the game is _really_ fun i consider it played when i reach platinum (mainly playing on ps5, the games i play on switch/pc obviously don’t always have this option). If the game sucks or i’m not having fun with it, i just put it in played whenever, cause i’m likely never going to play it again anyway. Making a seperate shelf for games i played but still want to achieve something, like platinum is a good idea though! I might go and do that 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Arkalliant](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/arkalliant/32/16535_2.png) [@Arkalliant](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/Arkalliant)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575/24 "2023-10-02T18:20:19Z")
This is surprisingly common with visual novels, I found out. There is a whole category about them: [Multiple Route Mystery](https://vndb.org/g553?f=&l=&m=0&p=1&s=20w). [The Somnium files](https://www.grouvee.com/games/67519-ai-the-somnium-files/) and [999](https://www.grouvee.com/games/19-999-9-hours-9-persons-9-doors/) come to mind, in which getting certain endings is necessary to unlock other routes. I quite like that trope. In the “actual games”, I have seen it in stuff like [Beacon Pines](https://www.grouvee.com/games/93465-beacon-pines/) and [Stories: The Path of Destinies](https://www.grouvee.com/games/48126-stories-the-path-of-destinies/) with a similar idea. ---
**Author:** ![Arkalliant](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/arkalliant/32/16535_2.png) [@Arkalliant](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/Arkalliant)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575/25 "2023-10-02T18:36:05Z")
“ **THE** action button”? Only one? Are you playing with one of these babies? [![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/048/763/original/gaming_PC030143_2k.jpg?1512351977) ](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/048/763/original/gaming_PC030143_2k.jpg?1512351977) I see games as an art form, that’s why I feel conflicted when I haven’t properly “experienced” what it has to offer. But, at the same time, at this point I can probably tell very precisely if I’m going to enjoy a game or not after the first hour or so. Still, for me is to the credits or bust, whatever means necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Arkalliant](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/arkalliant/32/16535_2.png) [@Arkalliant](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/Arkalliant)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575/26 "2023-10-02T18:48:21Z")
This seems like a good mentality, I think I’m pretty much the same, except if I dislike a game, but I’m a good chunk of the way through (a.k.a. no refunds allowed), I try to push to the end regardless. If the game is at least tolerable, that’s easy, if it’s painful, then I use the same tactics I used when I was a kid, I cheat my way thru lmao ---
**Author:** ![georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/georgeypoorgey/32/15084_2.png) [@georgeypoorgey](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/georgeypoorgey)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575/27 "2023-10-02T20:44:03Z")
I agree with you that games are art and like all pieces of art, I think there is no right way to experience them. So “playing” should have a broad definition to consider these different play experiences people can have. That being said, if someone told me they played a game and never made it out of the start menu, I would personally disregard that opinion. There isn’t adequate interaction IMO to be considered “playing”. ---
**Author:** ![savarunl](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/savarunl/32/12256_2.png) [@savarunl](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/savarunl)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575/28 "2023-10-03T07:11:54Z")
Hats of to you for still pusing those games to the end 🙂 For me, when a game is bad it’s just one look at the backlog and then that game is slinged away, haha 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hellobion](https://discuss.grouvee.com/user_avatar/discuss.grouvee.com/hellobion/32/12492_2.png) [@hellobion](https://discuss.grouvee.com/u/hellobion)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575/29 "2023-12-21T19:29:30Z")
When I beat the main story [Previous page](https://discuss.grouvee.com/t/when-do-you-consider-a-game-to-be-properly-played/6575.md?page=1)