Breath of the Wild. I got near the end and then realized I don’t have the Master Sword. That really bummed me out and I just stopped playing.
FFX
First time I played was at a boyfriend’s house. I got like 80% of the way through, then we broke up.
Second time, I let a friend borrow my GameCube in exchange for his PS2. I got about 80% of the way through, then he wanted his PS2 back.
I finally got my own PS2. Played about 80% of the way through but had a couple bad builds and couldn’t beat a boss. I didn’t have energy to grind my way into a better build, so I just never finished.
It’s been ~20 years. I still sometimes think I’ll break out the old PS2 and see if my save file is there. I probably won’t.
The remastered copy on Steam let’s you speed up the game. It is much quicker running around at x4 speed and clearing random encounters. Then slow game speed to normal for major bosses and events. I would highly recommend this route rather than trying to find a PS2 again.
If you haven’t played FFX-2 or FFXII then those are worth checking out too.
I mentioned your comment to my partner after I saw it. Last night, he showed me he’d bought the FFX/X-2 bundle on Steam for me! So I guess I might actually finish the game after all :D
Awesome. Have fun.
Don’t sleep on FFXII. That’s on the Steam store as well after you’re done with this.
Omg, I had no clue that existed. Thank you!
Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. Both amazing games (latter after the many updates that brought it over to the good side).
If it’s “too” long (really, no such thing, but situationally this can be the reality) it can happen that life turns so that there’s no more time, and when I try to get back, too much time has passed and I can’t orientate myself anymore, can’t remember where I was and what I was doing etc.
On the other hand, I can’t start again either, for a few years, because I remember everything before the point I left off at, once I get into the places and puzzles and whatnot.
Annoys me to no end.
But c’est la vie.
I love long open-world games, but I also reached a certain point in TW3 where I just burned out. It was weird too, because up until that point I was getting anxious over how little map I had left to explore. Then boom, I just lost my drive. Maybe I subconsciously sabotaged it so that I wouldn’t run out of game. I’d really like to try again sometime.
Monopoly
You guys finish games?
Elden Ring. It was fun at first and I got farther than I thought I could which makes it better than the other souls games for me.
But now I have terminal skill issue and I dont really desire to bang my head against the wall trying to beat bosses. I also find some of the later stage content a little too unsettling for me. Stuff like caelid and just the general body horror of some of the enemies. I dont know why that stuff has such an effect on me but it does.
Minecraft. Never understood the appeal of fighting through my way. I want peaceful life of a farmer.
You mean MC has something other than peaceful mode? Weird. I should try that one day.
I think the most frustrating part is to lose your inventory if you’re far into a mine and then die. So, as a purist, I only allow myself that one cheat: keepInventory=true
You keep the tension off Survival without the heartache of lost items
The one that still pains me to this day is Black Mesa.
I thoroughly enjoyed it, I even played it before the last chapter was done. I was really excited to go through the redesigned Xen levels, and was enjoying every minute.
Then they throw that massive spider into a huge arena filled with micro obstacles that prevent you from properly avoid all the multiple types of attacks it throws at you, while absorbing insane amounts of rockets.
I’m not a skilled gamer but I was moving through the game just fine until someone decided to crank the difficulty to eleven.
That killed the game right there for me. Other than that, it’s a brilliant game that I heartily recommend.
Subnautica. I always have so much fun exploring and crafting things, but then for one reason or another I end up putting it aside. By the time I get back to it, I’ve forgotten how to play so I end up starting a new game, only for the cycle to repeat. One of these days I’ll finish it!
Almost all of them. I rarely finish a game. For a variety of reasons, all added together. The closer I get to the end, the more I want to put it off if I’m enjoying a game, so I will keep finding more and more nuanced stuff to do instead. A new game comes out and I eventually completely forget one of the 10 games I’m currently actively playing when it temporarily becomes 11, then back down to 10. My friends stop playing a game, but my character relied on them… maybe I’ll just start over with a character that can solo. Maybe that game will just go on the pile of “not today, but I’ll play it soon”, until it’s been in the pile so long that there isn’t much point anymore.
I should mention I am autistic and likely adhd but I haven’t got that diagnosed yet. So while some of this is probably normal behaviours, some of it probably isn’t too.
Breath of the Wild 😞
The world wasn’t interesting enough for me. It felt like the same 45 minute game loops over and over again.
Too many chores. Too much filler in between (very good) puzzles. Traversal way too boring.
All imo of course. I feel the same way about almost all open world games these days. I don’t play video games to do chores.
If I could play just the dungeons in BOTW & TOTK all in a row, 10/10.
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Red Dead Redemption 2. I love it but put it down for like a week then got distracted by other games. Haven’t had the drive yet to pick the story back up.
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Witcher 3. I never played Blood & Wine. I loved the game as well as Heart of Stone but I scoured every inch and burned myself out. Told myself I’d save B&W for when I make some changes in my life, as motivation. Still haven’t made a couple of the biggest yet though.
You *have * to try Blood and Wine. Simply put, it makes up for everything before it. The bright, warm, Southern France -inspired map, great quests, and finally a homestead.
Try Witcher with some QoL mods, like easier fast travel, auto harvesting, auto-applying of oils. Everything that lets you play the game instead of plucking flowers all day.
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Baldur’s Gate 3.
I played through one single player save and two multiplayer ones with different groups, enjoyed it all - but only got a little ways into Act 3 on any one save. A combination of middling performance with my older rig and just having sank so much time in I burnt out a little.
Still think it’s a fantastic game, but I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to finish it - I feel like I’d have to start a whole new save.
I like playing minecraft. But i have never gotten to the credit screen
Baldur’s Gate 3. I never finished Act 1. I’m sure it’s great. I enjoyed what I did play. I just put it down one night and never picked it back up.
