So I was thinking about it the other day and I realized I have a number of games that I started and maybe made some progress in before stopping and just never got back to. I do have some interest in them or else I wouldn't be even thinking about them anymore but it seems like it's never the right time to jump back in, for whatever reason.
Off the top of my head:
-Dragon Age: Origins. I've started this game 3 times. I've never actually beat it, and I've only gotten a little further each time, the most recently time I finished Redcliff and then the mage tower before stopping. I do want to finish it, since everyone keeps telling me it's good but I keep feeling like I was playing it wrong last time and I'm going to have to start over again next time.
-Demons Souls. I really liked Dark Souls(to my suprise) and Demons Souls feels like Dark Souls 0. Yet I got to the big bridge and just kinda stopped like 3 years ago and haven't picked it back up again. I've played through Dark Souls 2 and BloodBorne in that time but can't seem to bring myself to jump back into Demons Souls. I'm not really sure what it is that's stopping me either other then it's not pulling me in like the other Souls games did.
-Hollow Knight. Okay, this is a bit of a cheat since I've almost completed the game. I've gotten 2 of the bad endings(from defeating the Hollow Knight alone and with Hornet) and I've fought the Radiance. I've just not gotten back into the game to actually BEAT the Radiance. I could probably beat her with like an hour or so of solid attempts, I just haven't gotten myself back in the mood to jump back in and finish the job.
-Octopath Traveler. I finished all the chapter 1s and some of the chapter 2s before....running into a tough boss fight or two and just taking a break. And I'm still on break. I do like the game and I really do want to see the rest of it, but it's mostly knowing just how fucking long this game is and how each boss fight can take something like 30 minutes to beat(or 30 minutes and then get my ass kicked) that keeps dissasuding me.
-Outer Wilds. This game is fascinating....and I have no idea where to go next, which is part of the reason I haven't jumped back into it recently. And I keep kicking myself because I do really like what I see.
-The Saboteur. It's an open world game about running around WW2 Paris killing Nazis and blowing up their stuff so I can get more explosives and weapons to blow up more Nazi stuff. It sells itself. I think the only reason I haven't gotten back into it is because I burnt myself out hard on Open World game over the past year(AC:Odyessy, I'm looking at you) so another Open World game isn't really doing much for me right now.
-Arcanum. I've heard a lot of cool things about this game. I've tried restarting several times and have yet to make it much past the first town. I always feel like I built my character wrong and screwed myself hard(the character creation/upgrade screen is obtuse as all hell).
What about you guys?
For the purposes of this thread, I'm going to ask that it's limited to:
-Games that have some sort of achievable "ending"(story,mission, etc), not games that run forever until you get bored(IE pretty much all mutiplayer games). A open world post-game doesn't really count here.
-Games you do actually want to finish but didn't for whatever reason, not games you gave up on.
Off the top of my head:
-Dragon Age: Origins. I've started this game 3 times. I've never actually beat it, and I've only gotten a little further each time, the most recently time I finished Redcliff and then the mage tower before stopping. I do want to finish it, since everyone keeps telling me it's good but I keep feeling like I was playing it wrong last time and I'm going to have to start over again next time.
-Demons Souls. I really liked Dark Souls(to my suprise) and Demons Souls feels like Dark Souls 0. Yet I got to the big bridge and just kinda stopped like 3 years ago and haven't picked it back up again. I've played through Dark Souls 2 and BloodBorne in that time but can't seem to bring myself to jump back into Demons Souls. I'm not really sure what it is that's stopping me either other then it's not pulling me in like the other Souls games did.
-Hollow Knight. Okay, this is a bit of a cheat since I've almost completed the game. I've gotten 2 of the bad endings(from defeating the Hollow Knight alone and with Hornet) and I've fought the Radiance. I've just not gotten back into the game to actually BEAT the Radiance. I could probably beat her with like an hour or so of solid attempts, I just haven't gotten myself back in the mood to jump back in and finish the job.
-Octopath Traveler. I finished all the chapter 1s and some of the chapter 2s before....running into a tough boss fight or two and just taking a break. And I'm still on break. I do like the game and I really do want to see the rest of it, but it's mostly knowing just how fucking long this game is and how each boss fight can take something like 30 minutes to beat(or 30 minutes and then get my ass kicked) that keeps dissasuding me.
-Outer Wilds. This game is fascinating....and I have no idea where to go next, which is part of the reason I haven't jumped back into it recently. And I keep kicking myself because I do really like what I see.
-The Saboteur. It's an open world game about running around WW2 Paris killing Nazis and blowing up their stuff so I can get more explosives and weapons to blow up more Nazi stuff. It sells itself. I think the only reason I haven't gotten back into it is because I burnt myself out hard on Open World game over the past year(AC:Odyessy, I'm looking at you) so another Open World game isn't really doing much for me right now.
-Arcanum. I've heard a lot of cool things about this game. I've tried restarting several times and have yet to make it much past the first town. I always feel like I built my character wrong and screwed myself hard(the character creation/upgrade screen is obtuse as all hell).
What about you guys?
For the purposes of this thread, I'm going to ask that it's limited to:
-Games that have some sort of achievable "ending"(story,mission, etc), not games that run forever until you get bored(IE pretty much all mutiplayer games). A open world post-game doesn't really count here.
-Games you do actually want to finish but didn't for whatever reason, not games you gave up on.