Do you also tend to speed-play your video games?

[Peter_20]

Personally I tend to, as I like to call it, "speed-play" my games every time I play them; this particularly goes for RPG's.
Right now I'm playing Final Fantasy 10 (again :rolleyes2), and while I usually feel the need to play every major optional cutscene and talk to everyone, this time I only do "miss-able" things, like getting unique items and getting physical menu screen stuff that disappear later on (this includes the blitzer Durren as well).

It actually feels very nice.
It's just like speed-reading: you hurry through things without losing the feel for the game.

[ReloadPsi]

Platformers only. And FF7 too, only because I've completed it oh so many times.

[Evastio]

If games have a timer that tell you how long you've been playing I do try to avoid wasting time unneccessarily in a game. Games with timers like that always give me the feeling that I'm going to get ranked at how fast I went though the game at the end of it. It also helps make my times look good when others ask me how fast I finished the game.

[ljkkjlcm9]

no, I take my time playing games, because I rarely have time to play a game twice, and I don't want to miss anything. If I'm not too far into a game and I missed something, I'll even restart it. Did that recently wiping 5 hours of gameplay I already had on a game.

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[Zeromus_X]

It really depends. In most games that I've played quite a few times, it's pretty easy to speed through them, since I already know what to do and what's necessary or not. I've never really attempted a true speed run before, though.

[KoShiatar]

I don't tend to speed run, even in games I've completed more than once (which are a few anyway). I like to take my time and get all the bonuses.

[oddler]

I've only recently started speeding through games. My first was FFVII and now I'm trying Star Ocean: The Second Story.

[Shlup]

It depends on how much I like the game. With most RPGs I just do the minimal and stick to the main story. If I'm into the story, I'll do some more. For Neverwinter Nights I did everything.

[Madame Adequate]

Depends on the game. I don't often speedrun the whole thing, but I might speedrun a particular section/race/etc. (Obviously if it is a racing game, it's DESIGNED to be speed-ran).

[edczxcvbnm]

Is there any other way to play games?

[Tasura]

I tend to speed through a game my first time to see the story, but after that I go through it slow and try and get everything.

[Rostum]

Nope.

[Markus. D]

I'll just play it, whatever happens happens :]

[Dreddz]

Games ive played before I usually keep a quick pace while going through but this isnt on purpose, and I generally dont go through games set on going through them as fast as possible.

I am however attempting my first speedrun with Resident Evil soon, just need to get my feng shui right before doing so.

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Completionism is more accuare to what I do, unless you get something for clearing the game quickly.

[blackmage_nuke]

I tried to speed run a game once but i couldnt help stopping to see one good scene, then another, and another, until i forgot what i was doing and played the game normally

[Rengori]

No, I usually just end up replaying a game a lot faster than I did the first time because I know what I'm doing and I'm too lazy to do extra stuff.

[Peter_20]

Please note that I'm not talking about Speed Runs, I'm talking about being thorough AND fast at the same time. :p

For example, I always make sure to get every single treasure chest there is to get in FF10, but I also do it very quickly.

[Heath]

I've never really felt the need to, really. Never even bothered to try and get Excalibur II in FFIX, actually. I have raced through Sonic 2 against a friend of mine just to see who could do it the fastest, but that's about it.

[Kossage]

Well, I take my time playing games when I play them for the first time because I want to experience everything. However, if I play a game through a second time, it depends on the game itself whether I speed-play through it or not. :p

[Lynx]

i try to make it through games as quickly as possible on as low a level as possible with as much stuff as possible. that way it shows how good i am at the game. in those times i read everything too and never use guides. after ive beaten i go after sidequests and take my sweet time.

now when the right game strikes my intrest i speed run as well only SNES games though.

[JackNapier]

I tend to take my time with games, and enjoy everything that's been put into them.

[Breine]

No, not really. I really like to take my time when playing games, and get as many impressions as possible. Especially when it's RPGs like Final Fantasy.. completing a game like that can take me ages, but that's how I enjoy doing it.

[Jess]

I like to take my time playing games. The only time I'll rush a game is to find a save point to save because I want to stop playing~

[Nifleheim7]

Exploration is one of my favorite aspects in a game,so it's natural that i take my time and try to explore everything (i'm talking about RPG's,Action,Adventure games).

[Bolivar]

I tend to lose the feel for the game really easily when I just play through it, I like to really immerse myself in the world and enjoy the experience, especially the FF's with all they have to offer.