Yeah, on some games. But I never 100% any Pokemon games, I never completed my Pokedex. Some of them are:
2. Chocobo Racing. Unlocked all secret characters, 100 points custom characters, and of course the Bahamut class.
Dude! Yes! Unfortunately for me last I played I was only able to get a 99 point custom character with chocobo.. And for some reason I don't think I noticed the Bahamut class on grand prix mode.. When I first found out about the secret characters when I was a child on the internet I didn't understand the R1 + R2...etc.. So I eventually dismissed it as fake. Fast forward a couple years and I randomly pressed some of the buttons while on the screen and noticed it changed.. And replayed it to finally play them. When I got to Sid's ship I was like "WEEEWWWW!" Lol. I never got to race with somebody on my level. My brother was always a disappointment for Chocobo Racing. If it wasn't a shooter (which I hate) I normally beat him.
As far as other games go.. My very
1st game 100% completion was Crash Bandicoot 2- there were no time trials included in the original version and I was very eager to collect the gems... What a great game. Then came the
third installment of the game (with 105% I believe for this one..) where I did complete the time trials getting platinum relics and even tried to beat some of the world records.. Got barely close to some on NTSC-US; and I got to see the Fake Crash easter eggs.
As far as the
first original game which was kind of the hardest, the sad part the game was 100% completed many years after I have already owned it, so technically I never really got a true 100% completion before that but I was very pleased with how everything was organized to collecting the last gem... The area which I had never seen before had this very tearful moment where you're like aww this is just beautiful work by the designers.
Ape Escape 1 was one of the most rewarding games to complete.. I never completed 100% when I was younger truly because it was optional with the time trials having like bronze/silver/gold. But I was happy to see that when I took it serious later I did eventually get my 100%. Time trials are one of the best after-game features in majority of games in my opinion.. And Ape Escape may be my #1 favorite game (US version... I didn't like the voices in the PAL versions..) The remake's voices were also kinda a letdown..
Overall I've been notorious to myself for leaving many games incomplete throughout my life. I have a hard time already staying interested with majority of games that offer little replay value or just simply aren't that great. Platformers have
always been my go to and the only racing game being Chocobo Racing and Crash Team Racing. I've been playing the same Pokemon leaf green cartridge for nearly 9 years on and off because I still look forward to getting the national dex complete as well as my trainer card getting 5 star platinum color. I take my time with this one and in no real rush..
Ironically though hindsight 20/20... I find most games that have too much content to be a turnoff.. Sometimes you just want to know when it can be completed and over with you know? Games that require over 300+ hours to not even 100% complete is kind of crazy. I've had this problem with my wife where we played Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate together and after 150+ hours I got bored with it and she was getting more and more interested in it.. So in the end I was a real letdown to her on that
I guess open worlds won't really have a place for me in the world? That's about all I can recall for now. Looking back I think my first technically completed game was Parappa the Rappa which was technically the first game I picked for the Ps1 console :laugh-squinted: It had such little content... Yet I was able to play it many times after.. Weird huh?
