Do you have any games that you like but you never finished?
Do you have any games that you like but you never finished for any reason? Which game is it? Doesn't matter how many times you play and replay it you just never get to see the credits roll. I think Skyrim gonna be a quite common answer xD
Witcher 3. So good. So hard to finish.
This is a game that should be my ideal game. Everything about it screams that I'd love it. But I've attempted to start it probably 6 different times, ranging between 2 and 10ish hours of play each time. I just can't get hooked and now I've done the intro too many times :( I really want to love this game.
I found that I really had to put all other games aside and focus on it.
I actually started by playing the first two games before starting 3 and that really helped me focus on just playing 3 because at that point I was super invested. 1 and 2 are both pretty short games (compared to 3) but super different from each other so if you want to give that a try it might be worth it.
This. I have 80 something hours in but I haven't played in years and I'm hesitant to start again.
Almost every game I have played in the past few years. Between personal life and a shit attention span it's harder to finish games I enjoy before jumping to the next one.
I'm in the same boat. I've started taking a stance of only getting new games whenever I finish the ones that I've already started... Didn't work so well because I just keep procrastinating playing those games. I think my problem is more about being unmotivated and depression than actually lack of time. ¯(ツ)_/¯
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RDR2. I like every game design philosophy this game stands for. I love how slower-paced and contemplative, how tactile with everything it is. I just can't summon the excitement to go through the story.
Yeah, the same thing happened to me. I was taking my pace but it took me so long to get anything done that eventually it just fizzled out for me. I don't think I made it half way through the story and at this point I don't think I can go back and play it because it seems like such a chore.
So many. Skyrim among them. In the same vein, I've never finished Oblivion or Fallout: New Vegas, either, despite massive hour counts in all of the above and owning them across multiple systems. I think I have some kind of disorder that if I really like a game, I can't force myself to finish it, because that'd mean it's over. As a result of that, I have hundreds of games that are proably about 3/4s complete. I don't get it.
I'm in the same boat with oblivion and Skyrim. Add Morrowind to that list as well. I love open world games but have a hard time finishing them because I get distracted by side quests and then distracted by life, stop playing for awhile, then when I pick it back up I forget where I left off, have a hard time remembering the mechanics, don't want to restart from scratch, and just move on to something else. Now I've been playing (and replaying) mostly linear fps games like all the old Jedi knight games, the halo games, and a few other games that are more "on rails" that I know I'll be able to finish.
Morrowind was the only Bethesda game I beat everything for until relatively recently, and it still took me forever to finish the main quest. That was back when I was younger and could handle staying up all night to play it though.
Ha, I too delay the ending for as long as possible (even if its a mediocre game with good game mechanics). But I've wisened up and had a few games I forced myself to enjoy the ending before stuff was 100% complete. Like Jedi Survivor. And AC Valhalla.
AC Odyssey was completed eventually, but after AC Valhalla, because I put it away, tired out of side quests before the ending. Ive still not completed TES Oblivion. Or Mad Max. Or Dying Light 1. DL2 was a close call but got it done.
Witcher 3. Cyberpunk. Shadow of War. Horizon zero dawn. Ghost of Tsushima. Red dead redemption 2. God of war. Ratchet and Clank. Control. Returnal. Fire Emblem Engage, and Three Houses. Hollow knight. Xenoblade Chronicles 1, 2 and 3. Demons souls remake. Monster Hunter Rise. Outer Wilds. Death Stranding. Prey. FF7 remake. Half life Alyx. And many many many more.
I've played through most of them and tried replaying them multiple times but always get bored before the end.
The only reason I haven't purchased ff16 is because I know I won't finish it. That and it looks like a devil may cry clone so I'll wait for it to be on sale.
I have a major "never finish good games" problem. It's probably a shorter list to name games I have finished.
I have the same problem, either life gets in the way just long enough for me to lose interest/find picking the game back up to be too daunting, or I get side tracked on side missions and getting the best gear before fighting the last boss that I get bored/lose interest. Ironically, the games that I actually do beat, I am generally so overpowered by the end of it that the final boss/mission is little to no challenge and I lose interest immediately after.
Red Dead and HZD are in my top 10 favorites of all time. Try giving them another go if you get the chance!
Bravely Default, Xenogears, Final Fantasy 5, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy 10, Final Fantasy 11, Final Fantasy 12, Zelda ALTTP, Zelda MM, Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life, Xenoblade 1, Xenoblade 3...
I set a rule with myself. I'll play games while I'm having fun and then stop when there's something else. I don't really care to beat games, I'll play them to enjoy them! 😊
Homeworld 1. Childhood favourite space rts but wasn't good enough to finish it. Since progress and troops carry between levels, a screw-up early can really hurt down the line. The narration, the sound design, it was so compelling. I have the remaster, but always want to start a fresh run and try it all again. Never made it to the end without losing steam.
Cities Skylines was that for me for 8 years. Not that theres an end credits, but I never played long enough to get to a max level city. I bought every DLC for it even, and never played more than one session before I put the game away, and started a new city next time.
Up until a few months ago. Just as they released the last DLC for this game I turned obsessed with it. Been through two full level cities now, and begun optimizing the later city to handle 100K population. Im at 80K now, and got two roads into the city that clogs up at anything, that I need to find a fix for if I wanna grow further.
Cities 2 incoming! I’m cautiously excited!
The fixed the traffic AI, which means it's an instant buy for me.
The best way to reduce load is by creating more public transport and adding ways for people to cross over / under the highway. Also, try to add some more exits if you can.
Rimworld
Does anyone truly finish Rimworld?
You don't finish Rimworld. Rimworld finishes you.
Well yeah. Why would I leave a planet where I built a hotel for androids and nudists to visit and smoke weed on my couch?
... most of them, embarrassingly. I buy games when they're on steep sale, but rarely actually gst to the end of them (Hollow Knight was the last one I completed, as I recall).
lol I have never finished a game
The outer worlds by obsidian
Felt like a spiritual successor to fallout: new vegas, loved the story. I've puttens of hours into it over multiple run throughs, I just can't seem to stick with it to the end. Worst part is I have no idea how close I've got. Was I an hour away from beating it? 10 hours? I think I'll go download it again honestly
I did finish this game and I was disappointed with the length (which is a good thing). But also i remember feeling that it was pretty obvious that the end game was coming up soon. So maybe you weren't close.
I had the same feeling about the games length. First disappointed, then I realised that I didn't go through hours of filler content and was happy.
Great game imo. Hope the second part won't be cancelled or ruined by the usual bs that plagues other games.
Oh whaaaat. I live the game, played through it twice. I won't spoil anything, but I'm also curious how far you got when you dropped out. What was going on that made you decide to put it down?
"Between 13 (story) and 26 (story + sides)" hours, apparently. I find howlongtobeat handy for deciding what I'm going to clear up next in my backlog, see whether I've the time.
Persona 5 for me, its one of those games where if you put it down for more than a few weeks its hard to jump back in because of all the characters and systems you gotta remember.
Started it and played 40 hours twice. I still think about starting it again.
Divinity Original Sin, the first one. Always loses me somewhere in the middle and then it has been too long to come back.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
I always make it deep in. Lots of side quest and hunting stuff too. But right around when you leave the major city in the southeast I just lose interest for reasons I can't quite figure out.
Oh... You should really try to finish. The end of that game is pure gold.
Tons. Sometimes I don't get bored of the game, per se, just the genre, and start playing something totally different.
What is this, some kind of personal attack?
Final Fantasy 7 on the PS is a game i love but i never finished. Kinda just fell off for me when I couldnt beat the weapons.
Right now, the big one weighing on my mind is Satisfactory. I've gotten to the point that it's more likely that they finish developing the game than that I finish developing nuclear power in it ;
...you're supposed to finish them?
Darkest Dungeon, in my case. Love the vibe, love the gameplay, realise that I'll be doing basically the same thing for the next 60 hours if I want to beat it, lose interest.
Soviet Republic: Workers and Resources
Chemical and Aluminium supply chains were always too complex so far.
Cities Skylines
DLC2Win, traffic problems are real.
The Witcher 3
The DLC's are too damn hard and Toussaint is so distracting. Fuck Velen.
Minecraft
I don't even know how large parts of this game work anymore: Elytra, Portals in the End, Underwater fortresses, Pigsphere in the Nether?
Terraria
Bosses are really hard and scary.
Papers Please
Dö-Dö-Dö
If you haven't been keeping up with it, Cities Skylines 2 has fixed all of the problems I had with the traffic management. Mainly the awful traffic AI.
Factorio
Quite a lot I'd say. I often find that though I enjoy a game, it outstays its welcome and loses steam towards the end so I stop playing. I'd rather walk away still enjoying a game than end up pushing through to finish and ruin the fun.
Kingdom Come Deliverance. I love the game, but when ever I start playing I end up wandering around the forests and exploring the game world. Though I think I'm most of the way through the main story.
I think I've restarted it a bunch of times after various patches and just never followed through and finished. I'm going to give it ago again and try not to get distracted
Oh right, I haven't finished that either. It just turns too boring when I'm getting to the levels where combat becomes only about counter-attacks.
Lots of open world games, most of them are well received games but I find it hard to finish them.
Skyrim ... Yes I played over 200 hours but never finished the main quest. I always start a new game.
Fallout 4, Elden Ring (I got around 3 fights left), Borderlands 3, Dying Light, Dead Island
honestly most single player games. While I enjoy the games, I much prefer to play multiplayer games or games that let me unwind better.
Lots of recent games I almost completed but haven't cause new stuff keeps coming out! Keep in mind I have like completed their story to about 80-90% just never finished lol.
Dying light 2, star wars Jedi survivor, Hogwarts legacy, tears of the kingdom
Funnily enough I managed to sit down and finish Skyrim not too long ago, DLC included. What I have been struggling with is The Witcher 3. (Which a friend gifted me back in 2019)
In a lot of games i feel the need to do all the side content and never manage to finish the game proper before I end up really burnt out and bored.
It's pretty much like being a completionist but not enjoying it at all lol
This post making me think of all the games I should finish or at least put some playtime into.
Darktide, FrostPunk, Bayonetta 3, Bowsers Fury, Papers Please, Hell Let Loose
Hollow Knight...need to put in the time to finish it at some point still.
I like Rocket League and I can't finish it cause it's just that pure and fun.
Most of them I've only finished a handful of games, most I get to like 75% through the game then decide that's enough
The Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
I got to the point where I nearly finished it, but I just stopped playing. I was enjoying it so I figured that I'd wait a few years till the whole of it was out to finish the first part. That way I can go through it and not have to be stuck listening to news and rumors as to when the story would finish.
An absolute ton. I have a bad habit of saving just outside the final boss/dungeon/encounter/sequence and never going back to finish it.
Most recently, I've done this with Yakuza: Like a Dragon. I think it's still installed because "I swear I'll load it and finish it soon". But, as examples, I did this as a child with Breath of Fire 2 and as a teenager with FF7.
I think there's something about realizing I have to break off of the main story to do all the side content I want to experience that leads to a kind of weird play paralysis. Once I'm that deep into the game, the magic of the world has worn off and I just want to see how the story ends, but I feel like if I don't step back and do everything else there is to do, I'm "missing out". So I procrastinate, just a little bit, and then something new and shiny catches my eye.
Shameful to say but The Witcher 3 WH. I love the game and the plot but somehow I always get overwhelmed and drop off.
Same. Towards the end of the game feels like a slog
Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto Vice City. The missions are incredibly difficult.
And I never thought I'd finish Grand Theft Auto San Andreas until I finally figured out what I was doing wrong with Big Smokes Mission.
All you have to do is follow the damn train.
I think Vice City is the only one I've actually finished from that era.
Outer Wilds. I got super into it for a few days, got distracted and stopped for a bit, then couldn’t remember what I was supposed to do when I picked it up again. I should really start again from scratch but haven’t been able to convince myself to do so yet
I was in to this one too but it made me car sick in the worst way. Eventually I just put it down and didn't go back
Oh man you gotta go back and finish this one. It's become one of my favorite games of all time
I bought it recently because I heard very high praise both for the game and the unofficial VR mod. It's been stuck in my backlog for a while now, though.
I'm sure my list is crazy long, but:
And probably a lot I forgot about. My gaming career is a chaotic trail filled with the wreckage of unfinished games.
Borderlands 2. Never could be bothered with all the endless lot boxes full of trash... Killed by inventory management
Terraria
I have so many world with Moonlord arenas ready to fight him, but my completionist anxiety prevents me from ever using them
Life Is Stange
I went in knowing the decision I would have to make at the end. Over the course of the game however, I realized that I didn't wanna choose either of the options. So I gave myself a third option: Don't finish the game. Now the characters all live happily in the limbo of incompletionism
I did the same with Life is Strange. But it still was an amazing time playing it.
A lot of roguelikes. Especially if they use a grind to unlock system. Dead cells and rogue legacy 2 come to mind.
The long dark
Zelda Twilight - there's a bit where you have a frog like monster that gives me trypophobia. I never was able get past that bit.
Omnifactory
Elden Ring, it seriously burnt me out exploring every crevasse...
This would have to be mine too. I played for 80ish hours and stopped right after I made it to the Capital. I still feel like I got my money's worth and enjoyed every minute of it.
Same here. Currently at Maliketh and not super interested in dealing with his shenanigans 😂 maybe I’ll decide to one day.
All of them. I can count with one hand the number of games I’ve finished and have fingers to spare. Celeste is one of those that I love but never finished