Games you never finished?

[SuperPlay]

One game that I have never completed that I must get back to is Super Star Soldier.  If I remember correctly I when this was in the play pile I could shoot myself through to the later levels, however I hit the wall of no progression!

Another one that springs to mind is Neutopia 2.  Managed to get to the last section of the game and for some reason stopped playing.  Maybe work just got in the way of fun!

Also there is still Tatsujin in the same pile as well ;-)

[slinkyturd]

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. 

I suppose I just need to nut up.

[Medic_wheat]

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. 

I suppose I just need to nut up.

My dog can't but up anymore. You have made him sad.

[vestcoat]

NES - Dungeon Magic
Sunk a ton of hours into this one, made it really far, and had a great time. Then I made the mistake of taking a few weeks off at the point in the game where things get really hard. I tried to pick it up again, but I couldn't remember what I was doing and the enemies in the next dungeon were impossibly tough.

TG16 - Dragon Slayer
Lost my save slot several times in the late Nineties and haven't had the motivation to grind through the beginning again.

SMS - Golden Axe Warrior
My save slot has been at the 2/3 mark for about ten years. I guess I just lazy.

[Medic_wheat]

NES - Dungeon Magic
Sunk a ton of hours into this one, made it really far, and had a great time. Then I made the mistake of taking a few weeks off at the point in the game where things get really hard. I tried to pick it up again, but I couldn't remember what I was doing and the enemies in the next dungeon were impossibly tough.

TG16 - Dragon Slayer
Lost my save slot several times in the late Nineties and haven't had the motivation to grind through the beginning again.

SMS - Golden Axe Warrior
My save slot has been at the 2/3 mark for about ten years. I guess I just lazy.

That's okay. You can just sell me that golden axe warrior and ill finish it for you.

No joke

[hoobs88]

I've got a lot of OBEY that's just too hard for me to beat (mainly shewties); there's too many to list.  There's also quite a few that haven't been given a fair chance yet, but I hope to get to 'em some day.

For PSP, most all of 'em have been cleared or not yet played.  The ones that I gave up on are few, namely Frantix, Bubble Bobble Evolution, and Dungeon Explorer (90+ hours in and maybe half way).

Can't remember if it was Bubble Bobble Evolution or the one for the Bubble Bobble for the Nintendo DS but they forgot to put the boss in one of the stages and you can't pass that stage.

[hoobs88]

One game that I have never completed that I must get back to is Super Star Soldier.  If I remember correctly I when this was in the play pile I could shoot myself through to the later levels, however I hit the wall of no progression!

Another one that springs to mind is Neutopia 2.  Managed to get to the last section of the game and for some reason stopped playing.  Maybe work just got in the way of fun!

Also there is still Tatsujin in the same pile as well ;-)

I've gotten to the final boss in Neutopia 2 and haven't been able to beat him.

[Necromancer]

Can't remember if it was Bubble Bobble Evolution or the one for the Bubble Bobble for the Nintendo DS but they forgot to put the boss in one of the stages and you can't pass that stage.

Googlerins says the glitched one is Bubble Bobble Revolution on the DS, so I'm stuck because I suck and can't figure out what I'm supposed to do next. 

[jtucci31]

One game that I have never completed that I must get back to is Super Star Soldier.  If I remember correctly I when this was in the play pile I could shoot myself through to the later levels, however I hit the wall of no progression!

Also there is still Tatsujin in the same pile as well ;-)

In Super Star Soldier i always have trouble with the stage 4 boss. I can beat him, but no efficiently enough to hold my power ups afterward. So level 5 is pretty difficult with no power ups.

And Tatsujin will probably be in that pile for a long time

[esteban]

I have never beaten PCE or Arcade Tatsujin. I have beaten Genesis Truxton.

[NightWolve]

Passing over this thread a few times, I recalled a game that I never managed to will myself to return to and finish.

Grandia by Game Arts for the Playstation.

I tried to just run through it, but I would get so bored out, can't remember what it was, the music or the story, the characters and the voice-acting, etc... But yeah, I tried a handful of times to continue off from my save point, but would eventually get tired and put it off for another day - the last time was 7 years ago I think... Then there's the problem of waiting too long and completely forgetting the story, what the hell you were supposed to do next, and realizing you're probably better off starting over and attempting to get through it in a timely fashion without long breaks...

I used to have a personal policy that if I bought a game and started playing it, I will finish it to the end, even if it's lousy... Grandia remains a thorn in my side relative to that policy, it continues to remain unbeaten and I kinda dread ever going back to it.

[BlueBMW]

Oblivion on PC... Like some of the others here I sunk countless hours into the game and basically did every side quest possible butnever got very far in the main storyline.

Banjo Kazooie....  I love this game... LOVE IT.  I play it basically every year around the holidays but Ive never actually beaten Gruntilda at the end... Go figure...

[xelement5x]

Passing over this thread a few times, I recalled a game that I never managed to will myself to return to and finish.

Grandia by Game Arts for the Playstation.

I tried to just run through it, but I would get so bored out, can't remember what it was, the music or the story, the characters and the voice-acting, etc... But yeah, I tired a handful of times to continue off from my save point, but would eventually get tired and put it off for another day - the last time was 7 years ago I think... Then there's the problem of waiting too long and completely forgetting the story, what the hell you were supposed to do next, and realizing you're probably better off starting over and attempting to get through it in a timely fashion without long breaks...

I used to have a personal policy that if I bought a game and started playing it, I will finish it to the end, even if it's lousy... Grandia remains a thorn in my side relative to that policy, it continues to remain unbeaten and I kinda dread ever going back to it.

They're all opinions, but I really like Grandia (I actually have some goodies from the game enroute from Japan right now)
The soundtrack is one of my favorites for any video game, but I will admit the US translation is a bit trite.  Also, since it's the PS version instead of the Saturn it doesn't look as awesome.  After saying all that though, I actually had a very similar situation to yours with the game myself.  I originally played for a bit and then stopped, and came back to it a couple years later.  I actually did restart and played through the whole game and loved it though. 

I highly recommend going back to Grandia again from the beginning if you can, maybe play a middling 16 bit game before Grandia for a bit so by comparison you can enjoy it a bit more. 

[munchiaz]

Passing over this thread a few times, I recalled a game that I never managed to will myself to return to and finish.

Grandia by Game Arts for the Playstation.

I tried to just run through it, but I would get so bored out, can't remember what it was, the music or the story, the characters and the voice-acting, etc... But yeah, I tired a handful of times to continue off from my save point, but would eventually get tired and put it off for another day - the last time was 7 years ago I think... Then there's the problem of waiting too long and completely forgetting the story, what the hell you were supposed to do next, and realizing you're probably better off starting over and attempting to get through it in a timely fashion without long breaks...

I used to have a personal policy that if I bought a game and started playing it, I will finish it to the end, even if it's lousy... Grandia remains a thorn in my side relative to that policy, it continues to remain unbeaten and I kinda dread ever going back to it.

They're all opinions, but I really like Grandia (I actually have some goodies from the game enroute from Japan right now)
The soundtrack is one of my favorites for any video game, but I will admit the US translation is a bit trite.  Also, since it's the PS version instead of the Saturn it doesn't look as awesome.  After saying all that though, I actually had a very similar situation to yours with the game myself.  I originally played for a bit and then stopped, and came back to it a couple years later.  I actually did restart and played through the whole game and loved it though. 

I highly recommend going back to Grandia again from the beginning if you can, maybe play a middling 16 bit game before Grandia for a bit so by comparison you can enjoy it a bit more. 

The game is great, but it has a slow start. Once you get over the giant wall...literally the game opens up and gets much better.

Back on topic, I'll just name a few of my more recent games since this list could go on and on.

Dark Souls II. So i'm a huge fan of the souls series, but for some reason i got to the giant spider boss and just stopped playing. This happened with Dark souls I as well. I eventually went back to the game and beat it. I'm sure a time will come where i will completely start over in Dark Souls II and just play it through to completion.

Earthbound. I started playing this game a few months ago, and put around 12 hours into it. I haven't played it for about a month. I want to go back to it, but Bayonetta 2 comes out tomorrow.

[NightWolve]

Lemme add another one to the list:

* Battletoads for NES. Many know why... A stage towards the end requires great precision to master and with limited continues, you don't get the practice needed and eventually fail hard. I ought to save state the thing some time with a NES emulator to finally see the ending. I like James Nintendo Nerd's episode on it, he notes the awesomeness of the pause music.

I could swear there was a similar thread for this BTW...

Yeah, xelement, I dunno about Grandia, on paper it's a RPG that should've been right up my alley, but I didn't get too much enjoymemt from it... A real bleh feeling built up on my playthrough attempt... I hate to admit I bought something I can't stand and will push through for the storytelling regardless trying to find value somewhere (in my frequent game player days that is), but yeah, it was really tough for me with this game...

I don't remember the soundtrack being great, I'll have to look at that. Maybe get a PSF rip of all tracks see what was good in there.