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.
Yes, this exactly. I feel like we just say beat because we’ve been saying it for so long, but with games like GOW, The Last of Us, Horizon, those are just finishing the story. But I do understand completely why we still say beat. And yes, there are tons of games that are made for beating. That’s why I tried to limit it to more story epics and such.