Games you never finished?

[SamIAm]

I assume you're talking about games that you got really far into, making a major time commitment, but never finished.

FFVIII for me. I made it all the way to the final dungeon, too. By that point, any hopes I had for the story redeeming itself were finally dashed, and I just said screw it. I think I was 80 hours in, too. It was high school, and I had broken my leg, so I was going through tons of RPGs at the time.

[TR0N]

Turn based rpgs i use to have no problem finishing them.These days,i'm more likely to finish a action rpg then a turn based one.

[esteban]

Dungeon Explorer on the PSP is Dungeon Explorer in name only.  It's a straightforward and rather bland hack 'n' slash dungeon crawler that wouldn't be all that bad if it didn't overstay its welcome (it's kinda fun in the beginning); but it's loooooooong and not in a good way with lots of differing content to enjoy.  I gave up on it at about 90 hours, after perusing the internet and finding I was a bit less than halfway through.  Yeah, 200+ hours of grinding..... 

There's some variety with occasional special missions and eventual big boss fights (each dungeon has a mini-boss, but they're nothing special), but you mostly play the same generic missions over and over and over again just to gain enough experience, and you won't stand a chance if you move on to the higher dungeons too soon.  Pro tip: change classes as soon as possible to unlock the best classes (check teh interwebz).  Better pro tip: play something else.

I've heard the DS version is a different game, and also better.

TELL ME MORE. My daughter has a DS so I could actually play it (I don't have PSP).

[geise]

Every Final Fantasy ever made.  I just get bored with them after about half way through

Vay - I started it in 95 then just stopped at one spot.  Now every time I start it again I get busy and just forget about it.

Almost every PC-Engine RPG that I own

Way to many next gen titles to list.  It is why I have stopped buying them 4 years ago.

[Desh]

Every Final Fantasy ever made.  I just get bored with them after about half way through

Ditto!  I am not a very big turn based RPG fan at all but I will sometimes give them a chance.  I have never completed:

Final Fantasy on NES.  I tried about 4 years ago.  I was grinding going through the volcano area and realized I wasn't having fun.

Final Fantasy VII.  I got it when it first came out on PC and was very close to the end.  I tried playing it on PlayStation again recently and got bored after getting out of the first big city (can't remember what it's called).

I actually DID finish Breath of Fire but I didn't want to.  The end of that game literally felt like doing chores.  I was NOT having fun and didn't even look forward to playing it at that point but I was determined to complete what I started and did.

I never finished GTA San Andreas either.

[MrFulci]

Both, fall under NES. One I may want to finish one day, but won't lose sleep over, the other, I should, and will one day.

- Fester's Quest - Frustrated the crap out of me. From what I recall, I did not use the Game Genie, probably because my codebook did not have codes, or at least, not good codes. OK game, but irritated me.

- Beetlejuice - I recall the NES game being pretty decent, but my rental ran out before I could complete it, later, that rental store went under, no others had it, later, it was not too east to find used, then, it went on a back-burner of sorts.



This does remind me, I still need to complete Somer Assault. Perhaps, Sparky's box will help me focus (Sparky has boxes, he sent me one).

[jtucci31]

Every Final Fantasy ever made.  I just get bored with them after about half way through

Final Fantasy on NES. 

I never finished GTA San Andreas either.

I played through maybe half of FF on the NES. I enjoyed what I played but just never finished it.

And I played so much of GTA San Andreas. It took so long to get through that story, mainly because I would dick around endlessly and then do a mission here or there, and I still never finished it. I'll be damned if I still don't remember that map though. Parachuting was far too much fun for me.

Turn based rpgs i use to have no problem finishing them.These days,i'm more likely to finish a action rpg then a turn based one.

I'm having this problem currently too. I got pretty much to the end of Chrono Trigger on the DS and never finished it last winter. I think I'm going to pick it up again and play it over again soon.

However right now I'm plowing through Ys Book I & II. I like both games a lot, action RPGs just keep me going slightly more.

[slinkyturd]

Legendary Axe II. Got to the final boss's second form once. Haven't been able to get back there again. :/

[lukester]

Legendary Axe II. Got to the final boss's second form once. Haven't been able to get back there again. :/

It's okay slinky, LA II's final level is complete horse shit. You will beat it, just might take you a while.

Axe is better than sword, but you can't get close to the giant robots. And each time you die, you lose health.

It took me a few days to beat that game, only because of that level. It is the main reason why I prefer the first game.

[esteban]

Legendary Axe II. Got to the final boss's second form once. Haven't been able to get back there again. :/

It's okay slinky, LA II's final level is complete horse shit. You will beat it, just might take you a while.

Axe is better than sword, but you can't get close to the giant robots. And each time you die, you lose health.

It took me a few days to beat that game, only because of that level. It is the main reason why I prefer the first game.

The last level is awesome and epic! Sure, the first few times you get there you might be frustrated, but you will quickly develop strategies and beat the damn game.

The last level is AWESOME and quite enjoyable to play, goddammit. 

[_joshuaTurbo]

I played through Lunar 1 on the Playstation back when it was new, but never played through the Sega CD one, I've now picked up the Sega CD one and plan on playing through it.

I've also never finished Final Fantasy VII, and am playing it now on PSP.

As for OBEY games that I've never played through, it's a long list, however I do plan on conquering this mountain some day soon-

Image Fight II (Yeah right...)
Gate of Thunder (I know right?)
L-Dis
Download 2
Cosmic Fantasy 3
Gulliver boy
Emerald Dragon (hahah.... laughs turn to cries....*)


*Always be sure to back up your saves regularly if you have the Teneoke Bank.

[Medic_wheat]

Pretty nuch anything Bethseda

Fallout 3 (finished but not the GOY edition)
Oblivian GOY
GTA IV and III
Red dead redemtption GOY
Skyrim GOY
Farcry III


I play these and love them. But I never seem to play the core game. Just side missions or trying to uncover every location on the game and sup up my character to some form of god like level and then play the core game

Like in skyrim. I have not played a single part of the core game. 

But I have: a fully upgraded theif, sneak, lock picker, archer, spell caster and working on my armor smithing and potian making. 

[glazball]

Same here, I just quit playing Skyrim after sinking about 100 hours into and feeling like I had made little progress.  There are just simply too many other games I wanted to play.

I know we all have many games that we just never beat, too many to list even, but one that I still remember is Evolution on Dreamcast.  I just could never beat the final boss and gave up out of frustration.

[csgx1]

I was playing Panzer Dragoon Saga earlier this year and got to disc 4 but never finished it.  I don't like RPGs but PDS did hold my attention.

Rayxanber II is another game I've never finished and most likely never will due to difficulty. 

[mackdanger]

Ditto on Skyrim. I was impressed by the size of the pool, but after a few hours I realized it was only ankle deep. Probably the only game that I didn't finish that I would like to go back to would be SMT:Nocturne. I can barely stomach turn based RPGs anymore, but I really liked playing demonic pokemon.