I fall somewhere in between in that it depends on the game. for RPGs, I'm not, as it would just take too long and be too repetitive. for platformers, i usually am a completionist (particularly Kirby games). for Professor Layton, I had to solve them all.

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It depends on the game and what I have to do to get 100%. For example, I finished Wind Waker with all of the figurines, heart pieces, sea charts, and everything else. All in a first-playthrough. (I got all of the figurines in one run instead of getting some of them in one run and the rest in the new game plus)

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im the kind thet finish the games , not collect stupid stuff after it .
its less fun , take for example kirby games ,
I finished the 8 godamn levels and the boss , why whould i wanna go over ALL of them agin ?

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I'm a completionist, definitely (or I try to be, at least). It still irks me that I don't ave the last Cheato page in Banjo-Tooie. I can't beat stupid Canary Mary in her second race in Cloud Cuckooland!

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depends on the game

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I tend to try to complete the game fully... Pokemon, Metroid, Final Fantasies, Tales of games... I usually try my hardest to get "100%"

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I don't switch games often: once I pop one in that I like, it pretty much stays there until I'm tired of it for a good while. For many games, this means I am not a thorough completist, as once I've beaten the game on some path, I have a satisfied feeling of being able to pull away from it. However, while I'm playing the game through, I tend to explore and grind a fair share: I don't play in a hurry if I like the game.

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I can be, but really only with Castlevania.It's just fun to experiment with all the equipment

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I never used to be a completionist because I spent a lot on gaming and there was always something else to play. I'd just quickly wrap up one game and move on to the next.

These days, however, I've severely cut back on the number of games that I buy, and now I play until I 100% everything before buying something new. It really helps keep the budget in check.

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I also buy very few games so I go for completion often. Right now I am trying to get to rank two star on 150 cc at the Special Cup in Mario Kart DS. I play this grand prix over and over again and I restart if I get any bad time or get hit by like three lightning bolts or blue shells.

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I'm a completionist, definitely, that's the fun part for me.

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I always go for 100% because I don't want to miss anything game/story wise, but this usually makes me bored with the game after a while. I usually lose interest after beating the main story of the game. If friends are playing the game at the same time as me, then this usually keeps my interest longer than it would have otherwise.

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Depends on the game. I put in 100 hours into FFTA before resetting in order to get those blasted Goblins for my monster tamer and blue mage and now have 300 hours. Combined I've put in over 500 hours into Pokemon at the least. My Blue version had reached 255 hours twice I think.

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I rarely finish games.

Usually last levels made very hard. And as and award for winning ... you are getting "The End."

But it depends. There are some games which tell a story - finishing them might be interesting. There are some games which are all about process - RTS, TBS, RPG - there are really few incentives to finish them completely. If you are happy with particular levels you will be playing them until complete boredom induce brain damage.

But then again, many games try to increment complexity level so much that even story telling games end up being about process: do { block, block, block, jump left, stab } while (!boss->is_defeated); If game overloads me with the boring repetitive tasks - and i do not enjoy process - finishing game is more of punishment than of excitement.

Even less compelled am I about "completing" games 100%. It's just to boring. And since I'm soft-core gamers - not interested in achievements - I probably never really even considered completing a game. Exception is CivIV which I accidentally won using all nations using every win scenario available. But I were enjoying myself, not trying to complete 100% score table of the game. Talk about adult gamer.

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It really just depends on the game. I tried to get every pokeman, but i stopped at about 300. I'm currently trying to complete everyone of brawl's challenges, but i don't think i will ever beat them all. some of them are just too hard and i wasted all of my hammers already. Sigh

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I liked to be a completionist back in the day... but nowadays games drag drag drag with the useless content, it's almost intolerable. Specifically speaking, the Tales games, newer Final Fantasies, and even the DS Castlevanias are getting to be this way. The Battle Network games are probably the worst offenders. So much stuff you would NEVER find without using gamefaqs really ruins the experience of doing it yourself... I'd much rather a game that allows you to complete it in a reasonable amount of time (say 20-30 hours for rpgs, around 15 hours for anything else) and is fun enough that you would want to play through it a 2nd or 3rd time.

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I used to be a completionist way back when... but the interest fizzled when I finally caught all 151 pokémon in pokémon red... and got practically nothing in return.

I forget... what exactly do you get? A Congratulations and a diploma or something? well, it was lame

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depends on the type of game

Smash Bros games i always go for the 100%, same with Metroids. Pokemon, though, i haven't "Caught 'em all" since Pokemon Blue, and that was only through liberal use of the Missingno family of glitches, to get infinite Master Balls and to get Safari-Zone exclusive monsters to appear outside of it

Platformers i go for the 100%, Racing games too, Zelda games (and most other adventure titles) yes, strategy games no, FPSes yes, Puzzle games i never play anyway

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I'm absolutely not a completionist. I like to have fun with a game and play it through to the end. If the gameplay is really great, then I might put in some extra hours getting more stuff - and in fact, that's the ideal situation - but way too often by the time I've finished, the gameplay has gotten somewhat repetitive and so there's not much incentive to get extra stuff.

FFX was an example of a game that I played a LOT more than I had to, just because it was fun.

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