Originally Posted by theburner

First off, we are being way too general. Why? Well, if we look at a game of Chess on the computer, the context of being beaten makes sense. The game does indeed beat you. Same with the C&C Series of games. You can indeed be beaten by the AI. Same with sports games, you can be beaten.

Your comment <b> They don't beat the game of hockey when they win</b> doesn't hold water with me. I don't beat "computer games" when I beat C&C, I beat the enemy at the time.

I do agree with your comments about the RPG's though.. I just finished KOTOR II and don't consider myself beating the final boss or the game. I consider victory in RPG's to be "finishing the game".

Also, I do consider the game "beating" me if I don't finish it because it was too hard.

I guess it is personal preference when it comes to how you describe "victory" in a game.