My problem isn't that I buy a game and never play it, it's that I buy games, start to play them, and then never get around to finishing them. I used to make a point to always finish a game, even if I'm not really enjoying it all that much, so that I at least get my money's worth out of it. Then life happened, and now I just don't always have as much time as I'd like to have, so I have to prioritize.
Off the top of my head, these are some of the games I've yet to actually finish (there's a whole bunch more)...
1. Bioshock Infinite - Got to the part where you and Elizabeth are trying to buy a transportation ticket and you get a prompt about whether or not to kill the guy behind the counter. I think it's around the time you get your first shotgun. I liked the game well enough, but something came up that distracted me from finishing it. It's one that I'm looking forward to finishing when I get the time.
2. Prey - I've been absolutely loving this game so far. System Shock 2 is one of my all-time favorite games, and playing Prey for the first time has felt remarkably similar to my first experience with SS2. I've been playing this one in small chunks specifically so that I don't end up playing through it too fast. I want to savor this one.
3. Wasteland 2 - I honestly don't like this game at all. The combat feels incredibly clunky and unbalanced, the writing is awful, none of the characters are particularly likable, and none of the choices feel meaningful since most of the time it seems like one choice is clearly the better, "correct," choice. I was told by seemingly goddamn everyone that I'd love this game, because I love the oldschool Fallout games... but yeeeeah... not so much. I got to what felt like about halfway through the game, and just couldn't bring myself to finish it, despite the same people telling me that "it gets better."
4. Metro: Last Light - For some reason this one just didn't hook me like the first game. Got about two hours in, then moved on to something else. I didn't dislike it or anything, it just didn't motivate me to continue.
5. Skyrim - I've actually tried to finish this one several times now. I'll start a new game, put a whole bunch of hours into it, look back at the time I've spent and feel like I've not really gotten anywhere or done anything important, get bored and quit. Then a few months later, I'll decide that I'm really going to finish it this time, start a new game, have the exact same experience, and quit again for another couple months. I should really just pick up from where I left off previously, and say to hell with whether or not I still remember anything that had happened previously with that character story-wise. This game is a totally oddity in my Steam library, as it's the only one that I've put hundreds of hours into over the years, and never actually finished.
6. Telltale's Walking Dead: Season 3 - Not enough Clementine.
Off the top of my head, these are some of the games I've yet to actually finish (there's a whole bunch more)...
1. Bioshock Infinite - Got to the part where you and Elizabeth are trying to buy a transportation ticket and you get a prompt about whether or not to kill the guy behind the counter. I think it's around the time you get your first shotgun. I liked the game well enough, but something came up that distracted me from finishing it. It's one that I'm looking forward to finishing when I get the time.
2. Prey - I've been absolutely loving this game so far. System Shock 2 is one of my all-time favorite games, and playing Prey for the first time has felt remarkably similar to my first experience with SS2. I've been playing this one in small chunks specifically so that I don't end up playing through it too fast. I want to savor this one.
3. Wasteland 2 - I honestly don't like this game at all. The combat feels incredibly clunky and unbalanced, the writing is awful, none of the characters are particularly likable, and none of the choices feel meaningful since most of the time it seems like one choice is clearly the better, "correct," choice. I was told by seemingly goddamn everyone that I'd love this game, because I love the oldschool Fallout games... but yeeeeah... not so much. I got to what felt like about halfway through the game, and just couldn't bring myself to finish it, despite the same people telling me that "it gets better."
4. Metro: Last Light - For some reason this one just didn't hook me like the first game. Got about two hours in, then moved on to something else. I didn't dislike it or anything, it just didn't motivate me to continue.
5. Skyrim - I've actually tried to finish this one several times now. I'll start a new game, put a whole bunch of hours into it, look back at the time I've spent and feel like I've not really gotten anywhere or done anything important, get bored and quit. Then a few months later, I'll decide that I'm really going to finish it this time, start a new game, have the exact same experience, and quit again for another couple months. I should really just pick up from where I left off previously, and say to hell with whether or not I still remember anything that had happened previously with that character story-wise. This game is a totally oddity in my Steam library, as it's the only one that I've put hundreds of hours into over the years, and never actually finished.
6. Telltale's Walking Dead: Season 3 - Not enough Clementine.