Piracy has ruined certian aspects of gaming for me.

[Baron von Narwhal]

Agreed 100%.
Even if the game isn't that great, I am still obligated and I usually force myself to love it.

Yeah, gotta get your money's worth out of it.

With piracy your money's worth is nothing so you can just give up and not feel like you wasted money.

[Josh]

I actually agree with you, though I don't pirate games, I've played my fair share of ROMs and experienced the same thing as you.

For me, I buy a game and force my way through it even if I'm dragging my feet. It's different if I haven't payed anything for it. Like when I bought Final Fantasy 7 and didn't find it as amazing as everybody else. I didn't have a lot of fun, but I beat the damned thing and got the sense of accomplishment from it.

Then I emulated Final Fantasy 8, got pissed with it a few hours in, and deleted it from my computer. If I'd have bought the game, I'd have forced my way through it like I did FF7.

[mouse parade]

I set personal rules in place.