I buy all the dlc for most of the strategy/RTS/sim games I play. If it's an open world something or other, yea I don't care.

Why do you keep buying games you don't finish?

3 billion people play videogames, you can't be the only one. Sorry

Because I have fun playing them, why else? I am a father, husband, and business owner. I don’t have as much time to play as I used to. It’s been two months since I played Horizon Forbidden West, and I forgot the controls. I don’t want to re-do it. I had fun while it lasted.

Not all DLCs need the main campaign finished to play them. Just look at Skyrim.

Why is this a foreign concept to some people? You play games to have fun, when you stop having fun you move on. I've seen this sentiment a couple times and it's kinda upsetting.

Fair I suppose. I'm a working adult as well but I tend to finish one game before starting the next even when they take me months. Seems like you're blueballing yourself on some great stories haha

Good point! I think the last DLC I bought was zombies in Red Dead Redemption. That was amazing.

I was just asking? From my perspective it's like watching 3 out of 4 acts of a movie, you miss out on the best part.

I completely agree. It’s just hard. I started the FF7 Remake as well, and pretty much forgot the story up to this point. It’s hard to find the time.

That's gotta be one of the best DLCs to ever exist, hardly even a DLC in my eyes, just a big side mission hah

May I suggest you look into the indie scene if you haven't / are interested, lots of amazing games that you can get through in 10-12 hours, most of my steam library these days are all indie titles.

I did enjoy Cuphead a whole lot. Still can’t beat it, but it’s some of the most fun my wife and I have had playing together.

I rarely want to keep playing a game after I finish it. Dark Souls and Control are the only ones in the last decade that I actually continued playing after completing the main story; though in both cases, it was because I got a version that already had DLC.

There can only be one... GAMELANDER!!!

Fuck dude. I've got a couple dozen games I'll never pick back up because I don't remember the controls. But I remember the story too well to play through it again. I can't remember what I ate for breakfast yesterday, but 10 years later I can remember the plotline of most games I played.

Not all games are actually trying to tell a meaningful story. Honestly feels like the minority. A lot are really just gameplay-focused romps.

This is why I try pick games with relatively short campaigns. I know I don't have the time and attention span for anything longer than 15-20 hours.

Nothing niggles at me more than a bunch of unfinished games

You are most people. Just relax and enjoy what you want to enjiy

yes you are the only one

Fuckin knew it.

I'd replace really with often: There are times where I couldn't give a crap about DLC, but there are others - I'm looking at you Paradox - where I'm affronted at the total cost of acquiring licenses and know full well I'm missing out on necessary game features without at least some of the DLC.

Thankfully they've introduced a subscription plan, so I can chuck them five bucks for the month I actually play something like EU4; Now if only they'd do it with Stellaris, as there's no way I'm buying $200+ worth of DLC for it when I know I'll stop playing the game after a month or two and not likely revisit it for a year or more.