Latest Plague on Gamers: ‘Completion Anxiety Disorder’
By Shawn on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at 4:47 PM PST In Gamer Life, Games
The latest proposed gaming malady is “Completion Anxiety Disorder.” Don’t let your mind wander too far on this one; the phrase refers to not completing the games we invest so much time, money and energy in. GameSetWatch explores the reasons gamers are paying ever higher prices for games all the while demanding more content and hours of gameplay; yet finishing fewer of these games.
Is that game languishing on your shelf in need of completion too long, too short, too hard, too easy or just to boring to finish? Perhaps it’s just too good a ride and you can’t bear for it to end. Whatever the case, are you finishing those titles you waited anxiously for or are you a victim of “Completion Anxiety Disorder?”
Get the full rundown of the symptoms, probable causes and possible solutions on Gamasutra.
I complete every game I play. I have the opposite disorder.
Wow, I have this problem, as of right now, I have not completed Super Mario Galaxy , Metroid Prime 3, Assassin’s Creed, or Call of Duty 4!
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