Games you've just stopped playing.
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World of Warcraft - At some point I just woke up and realised I was paying a monthly fee to drag characters through a daily grind of hardly challenging quests, farming hardly challenging raids for gear that will be obsolete next patch day (or 4 days after, when the game finally runs stable again) and adding people to my ignore list.
Fallout 3 - Dropped it just about 10 minutes after the tutorial bit. The start of a game shouldn't have me bored with drama I couldn't care less about, or balancing a seemingly important stat steet with no proper reference.
I know it's a great game and all, and I'll probably end up playing it some day. Just not some day soon.
Oh, and karma meters are ridiculous.
Halo 2 - Loved the first one, went to a prerelease party with a friend. We played the campaign for about half an hour, did 3 multiplayer games and sat at the bar for the rest of the night. I cancelled my order the next morning and forgot about the series. Possibly one of the biggest disappointments in sequel history.
These are the only three that come to mind, there are plenty more that I quit and finished at a later point. I generally stop a 2nd or 3rd playthrough to clear the disc tray for a different game.
Fallout 3 - Dropped it just about 10 minutes after the tutorial bit. The start of a game shouldn't have me bored with drama I couldn't care less about, or balancing a seemingly important stat steet with no proper reference.
I know it's a great game and all, and I'll probably end up playing it some day. Just not some day soon.
Oh, and karma meters are ridiculous.
Halo 2 - Loved the first one, went to a prerelease party with a friend. We played the campaign for about half an hour, did 3 multiplayer games and sat at the bar for the rest of the night. I cancelled my order the next morning and forgot about the series. Possibly one of the biggest disappointments in sequel history.
These are the only three that come to mind, there are plenty more that I quit and finished at a later point. I generally stop a 2nd or 3rd playthrough to clear the disc tray for a different game.
Mass Effect 2, Dragon age, Borderlands and others.
I can't wait till they come out, so when I get my hands on them I play them to death right away.
I can't wait till they come out, so when I get my hands on them I play them to death right away.
Unlimited SaGa - Game was so awful, I put it down after fifteen minutes as I could not bear to torment my poor PS2 any further.
Suikoden III - Although many believe it a masterpiece I found it lackluster in comparison to its predecessors.
GTA San Andreas - No idea why, I suppose something else granted my attention and I never returned to the game.
Final Fantasy VIII - Borrowed it from a friend, hardly played it as his constant mentioning of the game threw me off. Eventually I would borrow it again a month thereafter, finished and loved it.
Final Fantasy X-2 - Cheesy storyline derived a fair amount of hatred on my end because I found it a betrayal of the masterpiece that was FFX. I did eventually finish the game and while the storyline is horrid overall, it had moments of "laugh out loud" hilarity, a fantastic combat system and ultimately was a better game than I originally thought.
Final Fantasy XII - Quit after having acquired the first esper. The relentless dungeon crawling and horrendously paced storyline/lack of character development diminished my interest. Admittedly I have thought to offer it another opportunity. Perhaps it will have the same effect as FFX-2.
Fable II - I finished the game once before however in my subsequent file I simply lost interest due to the shallow, nigh nonexistent storyline and characters. In addition the game was so short it felt a waste given it possessed few redeeming features in comparison to say the God of War series.
Suikoden III - Although many believe it a masterpiece I found it lackluster in comparison to its predecessors.
GTA San Andreas - No idea why, I suppose something else granted my attention and I never returned to the game.
Final Fantasy VIII - Borrowed it from a friend, hardly played it as his constant mentioning of the game threw me off. Eventually I would borrow it again a month thereafter, finished and loved it.
Final Fantasy X-2 - Cheesy storyline derived a fair amount of hatred on my end because I found it a betrayal of the masterpiece that was FFX. I did eventually finish the game and while the storyline is horrid overall, it had moments of "laugh out loud" hilarity, a fantastic combat system and ultimately was a better game than I originally thought.
Final Fantasy XII - Quit after having acquired the first esper. The relentless dungeon crawling and horrendously paced storyline/lack of character development diminished my interest. Admittedly I have thought to offer it another opportunity. Perhaps it will have the same effect as FFX-2.
Fable II - I finished the game once before however in my subsequent file I simply lost interest due to the shallow, nigh nonexistent storyline and characters. In addition the game was so short it felt a waste given it possessed few redeeming features in comparison to say the God of War series.
I feel your pain mate. I opted to wait because I was originally receiving a new PC however such was delayed and I have been yearning to play ME2, DAO and FFXIII since their respective releases and constantly find myself venturing to Youtube or GameFAQS just to fill a void. Yes I spoil the special, then again I do this with almost everything.Lukeydoodly said:Mass Effect 2, Dragon age, Borderlands and others.
I can't wait till they come out, so when I get my hands on them I play them to death right away.
I promised myself I was going to complete at least one Final Fantasy, but I just couldn't be arsed.
I recently stopped playing Devil May Cry 4 while on my quest to finally complete it on the hardest difficulty just so I can finally remove that splinter of frustration from my brain, then I got Bayonetta and DMC suddenly looks tame by comparison; what with the lack of jump-cancel moves and all. So now I've got a bigger splinter in my brain that I can't get rid of until I've done everything and unlocked everything. (Yeah, I'm one of those gamers. Annoying, aren't I?)
that game, same place. shit thats a common problem.Ghostwise said:
stopped playing brutal legend because i got dead space,
stopped playing dead space because i got motorstorm,
stopped playing motorstorm because i got prototype,
stopped playing prototype because i got borderlands,
stopped playing borderland because i got god of war 3.
still playing that last one
Valkyrie Profile 2 is the one worth mentioning for the fact that I regret doing so. The story was very interesting, but I stopped for a while and then the friend I borrowed it from moved away and I had to give it back.
Overlord 2. Thankfully it was the PS3 version, and I had just rented it.
Rise of the Argonauts, also, but I stopped playing it because it had horrendous bugs, and, to this day, they STILL haven't patched them (PC version).
So Codemasters are on the boycott list.
Rise of the Argonauts, also, but I stopped playing it because it had horrendous bugs, and, to this day, they STILL haven't patched them (PC version).
So Codemasters are on the boycott list.
Modern Warfare 2; just cannot be bothered to complete it on Veteran.
Half Life 2; got stuck on 1 mission and haven't played it since.
Mass Effect 2; I want to finish my 2nd play through but meh~
Medieval 2 - Total War; The damn pope in that game just gets on my bloody nerves. Why am I always being excommunicated?
Half Life 2; got stuck on 1 mission and haven't played it since.
Mass Effect 2; I want to finish my 2nd play through but meh~
Medieval 2 - Total War; The damn pope in that game just gets on my bloody nerves. Why am I always being excommunicated?
Dragon Age, Borderlands, COD MW2 multiplayer, and world of warcraft, though WoW might drag me back in a few months like it always does...
