What titles did the players (not) play until the end of 2021 -apkrig
They played, but they didn’t. We can judge the quality of games not only by average marks, but in a way also by the willingness of players to complete them. Although true, an unfinished game does not automatically mean a bad game, but perhaps too demanding or unnecessarily long. In any case, it is worth noting to examine the current charts for 2021, the HowLongToBeat.com database, which helps you find out how much time each title takes based on player data. Although it is not possible to overestimate the informative value of such statistics, it gives us at least a general idea of what titles the fans were interested in, and yet for some reason they did not reach the end. Once again, to be sure, this may not necessarily place bad games at the top of unfinished games, but, paradoxically, even successful ones, which will discourage players in other ways.
Very often, players gave up Twelve Minutes this year, where the reason may be difficulty, but also disappointment with the development of the story. Returnal offers a high level of difficulty. However, the reason may sometimes be the method of distribution. Games like Twelve Minutes, The Ascent, Outriders, The Medium or Back 4 Blood can be found in the Game Pass. It cannot be ruled out that players are experimenting here, but they have much less motivation to spend more time with the title.
On the other hand, Resident Evil Village, Metroid Dread, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart or It Takes Two are at the top of the list of most played games. In addition to being quality games, they are not very long, which can undoubtedly help them get to the finish line. But the devotion of loyal fans undoubtedly also plays a role. Paradoxically, even here we find Twelve Minutes and The Medium, which was pointed out by the players themselves on Twitter. From the point of view of the chosen metric, this was not out of the question, because both games were played by a lot of people, and even though many gave up, many of them made it to the end. However, based on suggestions, HowLongToBeat still pulled out another list of unfinished games compiled according to a different methodology.
Finally, the list of the most popular platforms by HowLongToBeat users and submitted data is worth noting, although in this case the results are a bit confusing.
