In my previous post on Half-Life 2: Episode Two stats, I had overlooked that the Episode One stats have been available for a long time.
The big question: What is the dominant way of experiencing this game? The answer is a bit convoluted:
Games Completed (38.84%)
Our data indicates that while 50.64% of the players have reached the final map (as noted in the Highest Map Played graph below), only roughly half of those players have completed the game. This leads us to believe that either players are quitting before they see the credits, or there is a bug in how we collect this data.
So we don’t really know.
The interesting definitional issue is this: When do we know that someone will not complete a game? Personally, I have given up on very few games, so I have hundreds or more likely thousands of games that I am still playing on some level, even if I haven’t touched them for decades. I will finish Elite as soon as I get the time, I promise!