Is it normal to forget what happened in the games you played / finished?

For example, I cannot, for love or money, remember what happened towards the end of Half-Life 2??? I just have some random disjointed recollections from various levels and that's that, some things I remember very sharply, and some not at all...Do you think this happens over time regardless of the game's quality? Just like the memories of games' plots tend to get blurry / fuzzy in my head after some considerable time and I wouldn't be able to recap properly or tell anyone else what precisely happened without glancing at some wikipedia entry or review.

I think it just happens over time, FFX is one of my favourite games yet I've pretty much forgotten like 40% of it.

[spoiler] Come on Square, FFX HD do it. [/spoiler]

No it's not normal to forget about ...

Wait a second. 

What were we talking about again?

Do you have any problems with your memory? Well, what about your memory?

I hope its normal because i'm horrible at remembering what happened in games i played a while ago, i keep a general idea, but specifics are lost very soon after i stop playing it.

Thank god, I'm not the only one :lol:

Guess its normal.. happens to me quite a lot specially when it comes to games i played 3+ years ago...

When i replay games, i pass through sections that i've completely forgot :P

Recent example was SOTC, i was so sure it would be easy to go through all of the colossi but damn i did forget many of the tricks on how to handle most of them :)

Isn't this just normal?

Unless the piece in question really resonates with you in some way, I highly doubt you'll remember every detail. Can you say you remember every part of every classic book or movie? Do you remember the lyrics to every song you ever enjoyed?

Guess its normal.. happens to me quite a lot specially when it comes to games i played 3+ years ago...

When i replay games, i pass through sections that i've completely forgot :P

Recent example was SOTC, i was so sure it would be easy to go through all of the colossi but damn i did forget many of the tricks on how to handle most of them :)

Malta_1980

Hahaha, I have had the same problem. The strange thing is, I often replay old games and remember certain secrets / puzzles from games that I haven't played for over 10 years :P

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Guess its normal.. happens to me quite a lot specially when it comes to games i played 3+ years ago...

When i replay games, i pass through sections that i've completely forgot :P

Recent example was SOTC, i was so sure it would be easy to go through all of the colossi but damn i did forget many of the tricks on how to handle most of them :)

50u1r34v3r

Hahaha, I have had the same problem. The strange thing is, I often replay old games and remember certain secrets / puzzles from games that I haven't played for over 10 years :P

Yep, i still remember stuff on games i played back on my Sega MegaDrive & Amiga but then I forget things i played on games 3-4yrs ago :)

Guess I'm getting old and my memory is playing tricks on me hehe

Never remember, only do when a game really resonates with me, but even then it's only a matter of time before I forget. Which makes playing games seem kind of pointless and futile. Sometimes I'll just forget that I played a game at all.

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Guess its normal.. happens to me quite a lot specially when it comes to games i played 3+ years ago...

When i replay games, i pass through sections that i've completely forgot :P

Recent example was SOTC, i was so sure it would be easy to go through all of the colossi but damn i did forget many of the tricks on how to handle most of them :)

Malta_1980

Hahaha, I have had the same problem. The strange thing is, I often replay old games and remember certain secrets / puzzles from games that I haven't played for over 10 years :P

Yep, i still remember stuff on games i played back on my Sega MegaDrive & Amiga but then I forget things i played on games 3-4yrs ago :)

Guess I'm getting old and my memory is playing tricks on me hehe

No tricks, my mind doesn't play tricks on me, just games :P

Never remember, only do when a game really resonates with me, but even then it's only a matter of time before I forget. Which makes playing games seem kind of pointless and futile. Sometimes I'll just forget that I played a game at all.

balfe1990

Gaming stoned is tons of fun at the moment of gaming itself, but you wont have many fond memories about the games you played.

Gaming stoned is tons of fun at the moment of gaming itself, but you wont have many fond memories about the games you played.

BlbecekBobecek

I stopped playing stoned a few years ago.

I woke up one morning after a night of playing stoned with ALL my Ninja Gaiden Black Master Ninja save games gone.

Apparently I though Master Ninja was too hard while stoned and figured I should start over on Ninja Dog and use up all my save slots, just to be sure. :(

I think that's a good thing sometimes.

You think you remember the game fully, but then something comes up that you don't remember and you get to experience that all over again.

It's a great feeling.

It's perfectly natural, man, f*ck, i barely remember what i did all year.

Time flies so damn fast these days.  

Playing RE4 again last year i could remember very little. It was kinda like playing a new game, so its cool :)

ill never final fantasy ix ending <333

Yeah, I can't remember anything from R&C 1, 3, Deadlocked. I remember not liking them, but I can't recall why I don't or anything about them.

Depends if the game was good, or if its plot was worthy of note. 

I don't tend to forget much about games, or films, or anything really. Except stuff that actually matters, of course.

Of course it's normal. Happens to me too. If you want to recover the lost memories of what happened in the games you like, you can replay them.

Our brain can't remember everything.

It's perfectly natural, man, f*ck, i barely remember what i did all year.

Time flies so damn fast these days.

Lucianu

time is flying isn't it

I was just thinking about this the other day. Of the hundred or so games that I have played this gen, I can only remeber a handful of them. Even those I remember, I still only recall bits and pieces. As for Half Life 2, I am not sure how it ended because it wasn't all that memorable. Portal 2 on the other hand had one of the best and most memorable endings.

Of course it's normal, most of your gaming experiences won't be overly memorable or leave a strong enough impression to be stored in the long-term memory.

The day analogy works well, as some already said. There'll be days you'll end up remembering for years to come, and there'll be days you'll forget very quickly...

Of course, even when the game is memorable. One of my most replayed games is Jak 2, and I have no f*cking clue what happens during the middle of it.

Much more smaller and minor parts/details in games i can forget, yes. I can remember a decent amount of stuff about any game though, assuming I liked it and played it to completion. 

I usually have a really good memory but sometimes I just forget what happens then a few hours later I remember but sometimes not when I want to remember.

A trick I have is think of a song while I'm experiencing it and/or learning it (School) and then when I need to remember that information I just recall the song that I was thinking of and I remember what I have to remember.

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Gaming stoned is tons of fun at the moment of gaming itself, but you wont have many fond memories about the games you played.

50u1r34v3r

I stopped playing stoned a few years ago.

I woke up one morning after a night of playing stoned with ALL my Ninja Gaiden Black Master Ninja save games gone.

Apparently I though Master Ninja was too hard while stoned and figured I should start over on Ninja Dog and use up all my save slots, just to be sure. :(

Those days I tried to be high all the time are long gone, but I remember playing DotA with friends high all the time. I never remembered much but when I watched the replays I actually did pretty well :D

Depends on the Game.

I remember the Bioshock series really well.

BUT...

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 I remember all of, and Battlefield 3 I can remember maybe two scenes from.

I haven't a clue what happened in Modern Warfare 2, and had to Wiki it to know anything that is going on in MW3.

Valkyria Chronicles I took a two year break from and it all came back to me.

No clue what the hell Killzone is about.

Borderlands... no idea.

SingularityI remember really well, and Demons Souls.

Uncharted I fought a guy in swat gear and a bunch of yetis... I have no idea why.

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Gaming stoned is tons of fun at the moment of gaming itself, but you wont have many fond memories about the games you played.

BlbecekBobecek

I stopped playing stoned a few years ago.

I woke up one morning after a night of playing stoned with ALL my Ninja Gaiden Black Master Ninja save games gone.

Apparently I though Master Ninja was too hard while stoned and figured I should start over on Ninja Dog and use up all my save slots, just to be sure. :(

Those days I tried to be high all the time are long gone, but I remember playing DotA with friends high all the time. I never remembered much but when I watched the replays I actually did pretty well :D

It depends on the game, really. Some games have experiences that truly stick out (like Dragon Age: Origins, The Witcher 2, etc.). But, for me, I really don't remember everything about the video games that I play - someone has mentioned it already, but a lot of the details that go by are held in our short term memories, rather than our long term ones. 

I always thought about it as something normal. That's why I never sell games I like a lot because after a few years I play them again and it's almost like playing them for the first time.

I've got an awful memory. It's frustrating sometimes.

Depends on the game. I tend to remember a lot of things on games, or at least what I think I remember about them.

Still though, if they are awful or generic, I tend to not retain nearly as much in comparison.

Genre wise, FPSes are a major offender of this no matter how special they are.

When I really like games I find it hard to forget no matter even if I played them only a single time.

You might just not like Half Life, or you might just be forgetful.

Story wise I can barely remember any of HL2 myself. Now if I were to play the game right now, I would remember every puzzle, trap, and might have glimpses of the story when I come to them. Otherwise story, level names and all the less technical stuff are normally fairly blurred.

If they're not very memorable, yeah. I guess that goes without saying.

I've played around 400 games in my life....you tend to forgot a few after awhile lol.