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You guys finish games?

I liked fallout New Vegas a lot, but my hoarding mentality and constant inventory management was a bad combination, so I never finished that game.

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.

• Doom 2016: Save with low ammo before a big fight
• BioShock 1: Save with low ammo before a big fight
• Prey 2017: Save with low ammo before a big fight...
• Hollow Knight: Got lost to the point where now half my playtime is trying to find where to go, making me give up

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.

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.

Im honestly not sure the last time I actually finished a game.

A combination of not having enough play time and those rare occasions I do have the time I tend to burn myself out playing the game.

I like playing minecraft. But i have never gotten to the credit screen

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!

Breath of the Wild 😞

Spider-Man Remastered - 80% completed the story and left it there. Lost interest. Didn't see any point in exploring most abilities when a hand full of AoE enemy clearing abilities were so effective.

Guacamelee 2 I left close to the final boss and still think of it as one of the best games I ever played.

Cuphead - had plenty of fun, but lost interest in replaying bosses so many times over and over.

Eldest Souls - excellent game, but I took along break from it and when I came back I forgot how the mechanics and ability synergies worked out and felt like I was relearning it from scratch (except I was on advance and difficult bosses).

Overcooked 2 - my wife stopped making time to spend on the game and would rather watch TV together instead.

It Takes Two - my brother's schedule never lined up with mine.

Sifu - got too difficult.

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.

Baldurs Gate 3.

Don't get me wrong, I love the game, and I'm sure I will finish it at some point. I just played it too much for a while, and found myself rushing for the main quest and ignoring side quests right after arriving at Baldurs Gate. I took that as a sign that I was in "just get it over with"-mode, so I decided to take a break for quite some time so that I can one day return to the game, take a step back, and continue with the pace that I had to begin with.

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.

The Talos Principle.

I just stopped playing it one day and never touched it again. I didn't dislike anything about it.

Dwarf Fortress

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.

Most of them, but KCD is my favourite, I suck at sword fighting, bow shooting, but I keep returning to this game

Baldur's Gate 3.

I've put over 500 hours in, play it almost every day, and still have yet to complete the main story in any of my playthroughs. It's just so good, and I feel like completing the game will give it too much finality.

1. 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.

2. 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.

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.

Hollow Knight, I got about 70% through, but then it got too difficult. Still enjoyed the part that I played though.

I've finished nearly all at least once.

But I've played Skyrim for thousands of hours and only ever completed the main questline once.

Metro: Exodus. I remember it being extremely pretty, but I never beat it like I did the previous two games

This may reveal me to be some kind of weirdo, but I've never managed to finish any Zelda other than the very first one on NES. I've gone back and tried other Zelda games over the years, they all seem interesting to start with but I just end up putting them down at some point and losing interest entirely.

I love a lot of single-player action RPGs and always have, but for some reason the most popular series of them ever consistently fails to vibe with me.

Fallout 4. I just stopped for some reason. I think I was close to having to pick one of the factions to support and I couldn't decide, then got distracted by other games. I tried to pick it up again recently and didn't remember the story. I'd love to sit through and read summaries of all the quests I completed so I can catch up on where I was and what I did one day, and then I can finally properly finish it.

Subnautica. Basically can't figure out where to go next. Fortunately I got it as a physical release on Switch so I can just sell the cart.

Witcher 3. it was my first RPG, and as much as I enjoyed it I just did not have the patience

The Witcher 3. Game looks great and fun but I spend so much time trying to upgrade my gear but it never felt that I got any stronger. Maybe I will revisit and look up a guide our something.

Fez. Got stuck and just couldn't figure out how to complete the game.

For Hades, I beat him once after an enjoyable 35 hours, but didn't have it in me to repeat that 9 more times for the credits to roll.

Morrowind. I loved exploring the world, hoarding stuff, and leveling up, but towards the final boss area I just kind of fell off and played other games. I don’t even remember why, it has been a few years now. Definitely put like 2-3 hundred hours into it. Also used several gorgeous graphical mods which made exploring the world even better.

Tears of the Kingdom. It took a few years to finish BotW though. I kept putting it down for various reasons.

Day of the Tentacle

Divinity: Original Sin 2. I played co-op with my wife. The first time, we got most of the way through act 2 before visiting family over the holidays. More recently (starting a fresh game), we made it much closer to the end, finishing several characters' personal quest lines, before yet another holiday interrupted our game.

Each time, we just never really felt like picking it back up. Maybe we'll get back to our "current" game at some point. Otherwise, I suppose I'll play it solo at some point. Of course, that's how this run started -- she just saw me playing and wanted to play again.

Adding to Fallout New Vegas, which others have mentioned, Skyrim. I got into modding but then sold my Xbox and haven't yet gotten into the fuller glory of modding it on PC. And, anyhow, I don't really think of it as a game to finish, just a game to play.

Also haven't completed BG3 despite liking it. I suffer in games what I suffer in life: the desire to experience it all and not close any options. Which is to say, I struggle with the reality of consequences and so avoid choices and commitments

I mostly play roguelikes, which is to say there's a lot of games I haven't finished and have a great time with.

The last big title I played that was really enjoyable for the first half was unicorn overlord. And I even played through the first half of a couple of times. After that micromanaging the units gets annoying, so I put it down and haven't picked it back up.

That's the last game I really enjoyed that I didn't finish. But I like to buy games on sale and check them out, partially because I have an interest in-game design and game theory. So even if I only play a game for a few hours, if I get it for cheap I'm still pretty satisfied.

System Shock 2.

I always get too scurred around Hydroponics.

Baldurs Gate 3, The Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption 2 and many more. These games are all great and I liked them. But sooner or later I just stop playing. I can't even tell why. Maybe I am not a story gamer or the world's are a bit to big.

I've never finished even half of Final Fantasy 6. That game is fucking long. It's the only game I actually like that I have never beaten.

Well, and Nethack without cheating.