Play to the end, or stop after trophies?

[MutinyTeddie]

If only people got trophies for pushing opinions on others...

I played it for about 3 hrs and got bored. Later came back with a guide and finished the game. I think it was a good story. I enjoyed some of the game play.

[SuffyZorugelion]

I didnt exactly like this game that much. It had the usual cheap sympathy tricks that they put in every story these days to make people go boohoo.

 

oh and yes, I actually did finish the story.

Edited May 27, 2014 by LovesAnInjection

[wiebeamalur]

I used a guide and played to the end, i was crying at the ending. So beautiful!

[cuckie]

Stopped after the trophies, I found the game very boring.

[MrManBuz]

I finished it but honestly, I thought it was massively overrated. I seen the ending a mile away, I actually joked to myself when I started it

guessing one would die

and I guessed right. It was a nice game but being up for contention for GOTY...you're joking right?

[Cobby]

I played it all, Only enjoyed the chapter with all the giants. And the ending. So sad. The rest of the game was terrible...

[cybershark91]

I played to the end. Such a great game deserve to get finished. I also can't understand, why somebody should stop playing a game to the end just because he got all trophies o_O In my opinion quite disrespectful.

[FluffyAssassin64]

I understand a lot of people here are keen on purely getting trophies, but who in the blue blazes would simply stop playing a game after 'getting the last trophy'?

 

A MAJOR part of this game was experiencing the sad story and journey; I can't imagine WHY people would just use a guide and ruin exactly what is going to happen in the game on the first playthrough???

 

Especially in such a short game like this, SURELY people can make it through the game and enjoy it as an experience rather than 'another trophy opportunity'. Sure, I used a guide AFTER I'D ALREADY FINISHED to clean up the last 2 trophies I missed, but seriously? Stopping a short game before the end just because you've got a trophy? And spoiling all the amazing adventures and experiences along the way just to earn trophies quicker? Ludicrous in my eyes.

 

I can understand stopping in frustrating or long games (heck, Skyrim makes me angry with how annoying it is), but in a beautiful 3hr downloadable game like this? Surely not

 

Note 1: This isn't directed at anyone in particular, just a general principle I can't understand

Note 2: It's not like this is my favourite game or anything; I thought it was beautiful but the controls were a bit frustrating at times haha

Note 3: I respect other people's perspective on this topic; personally I would never play a game purely for trophies, but maybe that's just me

Note 4: I feel the most emotional part in this game was with

the guy who tried to hang himself and you had to save him

... that was the truly sad moment for me, together with

seeing the distress of the Dad at the end

Edited June 11, 2014 by FluffyAssassin64

[TheLastSurvivorD]

After I got the trophies, I stupidly stopped playing the game but eventually went back to play it and it was a sad ending. I'm glad I got to play it before it went off the IGC. But it truly deserved to be played to the end.

[mnlghtmaiden]

I just wanted to play it first.  I didn't really want to look for the trophies, I wanted the game.  If I got one, I wouldn't complain- I ended up getting quite a few because I had fun with the environment.  It's a very...very confusing to the mind game with the two sides of the remote, but I liked it enough to go for the rest of the trophies that I hadn't gotten (I think three).   The ending was okay, I thought...I didn't think it was horrible or anything...I do get sentimental at sad endings and this one got me, though. 

It's kinda...not to bash, but nutty to go and either play/buy this game, and just say, "hey, last trophy, I don't have to play anymore!".  Is it shearing off the ending of it just so you can save yourself the effort of going through the motions of playing the rest?  I truly wonder how many gamers would just go to YouTube after that trophy popped, as well, and just watch from then on there...

Edited July 29, 2014 by mnlghtmaiden

[Sir_Bee]

I just wanted to play it first.  I didn't really want to look for the trophies, I wanted the game.  If I got one, I wouldn't complain- I ended up getting quite a few because I had fun with the environment.  It's a very...very confusing to the mind game with the two sides of the remote, but I liked it enough to go for the rest of the trophies that I hadn't gotten (I think three).   The ending was okay, I thought...I didn't think it was horrible or anything...I do get sentimental at sad endings and this one got me, though. 

It's kinda...not to bash, but nutty to go and either play/buy this game, and just say, "hey, last trophy, I don't have to play anymore!".  Is it shearing off the ending of it just so you can save yourself the effort of going through the motions of playing the rest?  I truly wonder how many gamers would just go to YouTube after that trophy popped, as well, and just watch from then on there...

 

If you thought this game was confusing, try playing Ibb and Obb.  Another fun puzzle game where you control 2 characters, one with each stick.

[mnlghtmaiden]

If you thought this game was confusing, try playing Ibb and Obb.  Another fun puzzle game where you control 2 characters, one with each stick.

 

I don't do many confusing games- I'm epileptic, and some of the harder puzzles made me put the game down for a while between some sections of Brothers.  Not the puzzles, per say, but when I got nervous I was going to fall (or had little time) I started twitching...I saw some people playing Ibb and Obb on a game play trailer, as fun as it looked I think it'd be worse with that game than this one, lol.

[Mog]

Yes, i did finish the game. I have no clue why people are bashing the game as being "bad", it's okay to find it boring, but bad? Nah... also that it's not unique... well, nothing's unique these days, people and things must go waaay over the top to impress us (i.e Miley Cyrus), TLoU is a copy cat of TWD, but why is that game so good and this one isn't? People...

 

I'm glad this became free for PS+ or else i'd never, ever play it. I loved the ending and everything that happened after i got the last trophy, those were the best parts of the game. Some people may think that was all stupid, but if you went through the things i did, you'd see things differently and that whole sequence after the huge spoiler was really touching and emotional. Specially...

When the little brother had to swim...

 

There's only one thing i could complain about it and that is the control, using L3 and R3 to control each brother was a pain in the ass at 1st... but i got used to it. It was so awkward.

[Sir_Bee]

I don't do many confusing games- I'm epileptic, and some of the harder puzzles made me put the game down for a while between some sections of Brothers.  Not the puzzles, per say, but when I got nervous I was going to fall (or had little time) I started twitching...I saw some people playing Ibb and Obb on a game play trailer, as fun as it looked I think it'd be worse with that game than this one, lol.

 

Fair enough .  

[Hong_Kong_Hermit]

It's a 2.5 hour game. The correct way to play such a thing is to go through once, completely blind, and finish it in a single session to experience the story the best way. Then do trophy cleanup at the end, with a guide.

I play games for both story and trophies, but you should never let one get in the way of the other. Come on people, stop playing games wrong.

[Sir_Bee]

It's a 2.5 hour game. The correct way to play such a thing is to go through once, completely blind, and finish it in a single session to experience the story the best way. Then do trophy cleanup at the end, with a guide.

I play games for both story and trophies, but you should never let one get in the way of the other. Come on people, stop playing games wrong.

 

It is all well and good that you want to play these kinds of games like that, but I do not think that puts you in a position to decide the "right" way to play a game.  We are all in this for our entertainment, and we each achieve that differently.  How we do that has no affect on other gamers, and should never be considered "wrong".

 

Just a thought.

[TonyCROGamingHD]

I didn't play this game, but I voted what I would have done and it seems most of the people picked the same option, and that's ''Used a guide and played to the end anyway''. I mean, what's the point of playing the game if you don't finish it? The game only has 12 trophies as well and it's not hard. So i would use a guide to get the trophies, but I would never leave a game unfinished.

[GoldenShaka]

A couple of things.

First: why the first option has the "anyway" in it? It feels like it's a bland or uninspired experience to play this game to the end.

Second: Curious about the ones who got "falling star" without a guide. I remember to examine the angel statue but i didn't stay the 5 seconds.

Well, nice experience, an unique and very emotional indie imo.

[mosessaur]

I am curious.  Of the people who played this game, who stopped after you got the last trophy, and who played right to the end of the story.  I was very tempted to stop playing after I got the whale song trophy, but for some reason I kept going, and man am I glad I did.  I really enjoyed the rest of the game.

 

I am not sure why they stopped the trophy list before the end of the game.

I personally liked the game. And liked the soundtrack. And it's ending was good.

You play video games in general to enjoy them. Collecting trophies sometimes part of that fun. But it's not the reason your play video games. So I stop playing a game because I don't like it. If I do I will continue.

If you don't like the game you can continue for the trophies only of course. I did that with a game or 2.

[BlueFireReaper]

I played straight to the end after the trophies. Stopping after getting all of the trophies would be like not seeing the ending to a game because you got the platinum before seeing it.

[TheVader66]

Even if I get all the trophies of a game I will continue till the very end, because I began the adventure might as well see how it ends.

[GhostPresident]

Not a big fan of the game, but i finished in other account and got the 100% with a guide.

 

The game is short, but i remember to get Trine 2's platinum and leaving the game, i was about to hate it, so i didn't finished it.

[NICK16_06]

It is not a game for everyone, that is a fact. With all the weird dialogue and dodgy controls, not to mention the low production values. But I must say that it is definitely a good game, and if you are a little brother (not my case) I feel it can really touch you... 

[theDSsucks]

i played all the way through to the end. But that's because i enjoyed it. No guide, so i still need to go back for some trophies.

I stopped Trine 2 after last trophy, but that's cuz i did not enjoy the game. If i enjoy it i'll finish it. If i don't, i won't.

[Kittet3]

At first, I wasn't going to use a guide since every the one I was looking at said you'd get the full experience just playing it full-out, but after playing the first chapter I disagreed and started again using the guide. I knew you got the 100 before finishing it, and I was unsure what I was going to due. Once the last trophy popped, I went back and forth between finishing it, or just Googling the ending since I was kinda concerned since I felt no real climax yet and I didn't want to sink another 4 or 5 chapters into it for no trophies. A quick Google search said there was only 7 chapters (and the last trophy popped on the 6th), so I decided to go for it. I'm extremely happy (If that's the right term... maybe satisfied) that I did, since that ending took a entire spin on me, since I thought

that Niah (If that's how you spell it) was going to get put under a spell or something by the girl, but when the lights went out and they were in that ball, I thought for sure they were dead. At the end, I thought Nihe was going to have to choose between saving his brother or father... Unfortunately, that wasn't what happened.