How to Use playthrough in a Sentence

playthrough

noun

• Here’s my playthrough of the first temple, start to finish.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• That can be a big ask for games that could take dozens of hours for a complete playthrough.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 11 July 2023
• To a large extent, all of them can work, and all of them are rich options for repeat playthroughs.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2023
• Most videos, however, are screen-record playthroughs of Minecraft.
  — Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 July 2023
• On a first playthrough, players can choose between a story and challenge mode.
  — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
• But it’s been a big thing for a while, with gamers streaming playthroughs of the various iterations.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• The full game features a total of 143 stages from both Normal Mode and the breathtaking Challenge Mode where stages change with each playthrough.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 31 May 2022
• Another person with early access to the game told me one of their later playthroughs took about a fifth as long.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 9 Mar. 2023
• Over the course of your playthrough, decisions can be made that drastically alter the outcome of the story.
  — Jason Cohen, PCMAG, 4 Jan. 2022
• While this is certainly possible, my own eight-hour playthrough didn’t feel wasted in any way.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• But, when returning to his playthrough, Minichiello had a lightbulb moment.
  — Saira Mueller, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021
• This is an important difference from many sign-up offers which require a playthrough of all bonus money.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
• This might sound a bit short for its $20 price tag, but my playthrough ended with a paltry 51% completion rate, and new characters and story threads appeared until the very end.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• What’s notable about these weekend playthroughs is that players benefit from checking them out.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
• Celeste's infamous difficulty is built around the concept of trial-and-error, and the player will die so often during a playthrough that the game has a cheeky death counter.
  — Aidan Moher, Wired, 4 Jan. 2022
• Not only can fans get married at the wedding chapel, but legendary bands frequently renew their vows with reunions and full album playthroughs.
  — Josh Chesler, Spin, 20 Sep. 2023
• Most quests will also vary on your character’s skills and decisions, massively changing the outcome of your playthrough.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Your empire is further molded by choices you’re offered throughout your playthrough.
  — WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
• Hogwarts Legacy fans hoping for new, future content for the game may have to amuse themselves with multiple playthroughs with different houses for a while.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• The Candles will unlock the seven heroes beyond the initial four, as well as give permanent bonuses, unlock items for future playthroughs and upgrade the Stagecoach used in the journey.
  — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2023
• Its ensemble cast just keeps on giving, uncovering more about themselves with each playthrough.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• That’s not a bad thing; Ragnarok’s combat systems are as deep as ever, to the point that major new fighting options were being introduced nearly 20 hours into my playthrough.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2022
• That plot won't elicit a second playthrough; neither will the score-more-points replay mode nor a numbingly average take on online multiplayer.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
• The demo also suggests speaking to an artisan on the other side of town or skipping both potential interviews and examining the scene of the crime itself; picking any of these could mean not being able to complete the others in a single playthrough.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2022
• The game is also intensely replayable as there are multiple difficulty modes and special unlockable weapons for finishing a playthrough under certain conditions.
  — George Yang, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024