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| Tristan Wenceslao
GuestSpotter
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Now Playing: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC), Golden Sun (GBA), Game & Watch Gallery 4 (GBA)
Wants to Finish: Metroid Prime (GC), Super Mario Sunshine (GC), Luigi's Mansion (GC), Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II (GC), Kingdom Hearts (PS2), GTA: Vice City (PS2), Jak and Daxter (PS2), Rayman 2 Revolution (PS2), The Operative: No One Lives Forever (PC), Freelancer (PC), Morrowind (PC), Neverwinter Nights (PC)
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People have actually finished this game? |
I've been wondering about something. Whenever a popular or highly anticipated game is released, almost always in just a few days someone will say he has finished it. I'm amazed that someone can actually complete a game in a matter of a few days, especially if the game is long. The most recent game that some people in the GameSpot forums claimed they have finished is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. How do they do it? Do they play all day and all night? What about sleep? Work or school? Significant other? Are they all neglected? Or are these gamers that good?
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Only one of five games I've finished. |
I barely have time to do anything else, with an eight-hour job, a one-hour commute each way, and a wife and toddler that I have to spend time with. We have TV shows to watch and that takes two hours, even though we have Tivo. I also need at least eight hours of sleep, but when I play, sleep time becomes less, at the expense of my sanity the next day. Even so, I only get two hours of game time, at most, and that's not every day. Are there people who are in a similar situation? Sure, I get the weekends, and I'd play all day if I could, but there are times I'd rather rest instead from working all week. Plus, I have to spend time with my wife and kid. I don't want to neglect my family.
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I really, really want to finish this game. |
I really love playing games, but it seems that real life gets in the way. Maybe I'm just not used to it yet, but how long will it take for me to adapt? This has been my situation for almost a year now. Maybe I'll never adapt? I'm not saying that I hate real life. I love my family, and I enjoy my job. It's just frustrating at times to have to stop playing, especially when you're having lots of fun with a game.
The situation has also left me with plenty of unfinished games. Of my 25 console games (PS2 and GC), I've only finished five of them: Klonoa 2, Final Fantasy X, Grand Theft Auto III, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, and Ratchet & Clank. What happens is that when I stop playing for a few days because real life gets in the way, I lose steam. My interest in the game drops, even though I was so excited about it. Metroid Prime was one such game. I thought I was going to finish that one. I played every day, until I had to take care of real-life things. Days later, when I had the chance to play again, I had lost interest in playing it. I tried hard to get back into the groove of the game, playing as long as I used to before real life interrupted me, but interest just wasn't there anymore. The same thing happened with Kingdom Hearts. I'm a big Disney fan, and a minor Square fan, so having both of their characters in a game really excited me. However, real life stepped in, and now the game is collecting dust in my cabinet. I picked up Super Mario Sunshine, having been exposed to gaming because of that little plumber. I collected 21 shines, and then real life came into the picture. The game is also collecting dust with the rest of my collection.
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"Sailing...takes me away..." |
So now I'm playing the new Zelda. I've been playing it almost every day, and I'm enjoying every minute of it. I just hope real life doesn't take the wind out of my sail (pun intended). I don't know what it is exactly that causes me to lose interest in a game when I stop playing it for a couple of days. Perhaps the initial thrill disappears, and the game never truly excited me. Maybe I was just caught up in the hype of the game's exposure. So if the game doesn't get my attention, or I don't enjoy it after the initial thrill, then it goes into the cabinet. Perhaps I finished those five games, despite stopping numerous times, because I truly enjoyed them. Hopefully, it will be the same for The Wind Waker so that I will continue to play it, even if real life gets in the way.
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