playthroughs
Start-to-finish experiences
Playthroughs are complete sessions of playing through a video game from start to finish.
A first playthrough is a player's initial experience with a game; subsequent playthroughs may explore different choices, difficulty levels, or strategies: I watched a playthrough on YouTube before buying the game, My second playthrough took half the time.
Optimized rapid game completion
- completionistOne who finishes everything
- savepointStored game position
- checkpointInspection station on route
- hardcoreUncompromisingly devoted
casual · achievement · trophy · streaming · Twitch · YouTube · commentary · highlights
Leader or instruction book
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- hintsIndirect suggestions
- tipsExtras for servers
solution · FAQ · commentary · narrated · annotated · demonstration · explanation · collectibles
speedrun
Optimized rapid game completion
- completionistOne who finishes everything
- savepointStored game position
- checkpointInspection station on route
hardcore · casual · achievement · trophy · streaming · Twitch · YouTube · commentary · highlights · recorded
guide
Leader or instruction book
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- hintsIndirect suggestions
tips · solution · FAQ · commentary · narrated · annotated · demonstration · explanation · collectibles · secrets
binge-watching
Rapid consecutive episode viewing
seasons · finale · rewatch · storyline · plot · spoilers · cliffhanger · streaming · viewing · back-to-back
playthroughsdemos
Promotional trial versions
idle time · booting up · skipping · installing · ignoring
playthroughsabandonments
Acts of forsaking completely
restarts · false starts · dropoffs · rage quits · ragequits