RPGs you could not complete

[Xeon]

my Rogue doesn't locate traps until they're one step away

I think this is how finding traps work in D&D, Finding trap skill and some RNG or something. Even in IE games sometimes the thief finds a trap after he walks over it. Anyway in IE games you could set the auto-pause when spotting a trap, there might be a similar option in NWN2.

 

[Luzur]

Dont really remember all of them, but Matrix Cubed, Space Quest 1-2 (got bored), Stone Keep and Ishar 2.

And prob loads of C64/Amiga games.

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

weird interrupt system

Really ? I thought the "interrupt system" was a high point of JA2, putting the classic "overwatch system" used by most games of the genre, to shame.

As for the topic, I think I finished all the games I really started. I used to play with a friend, back when I tried many "new" games, which gave enough incentive to go all the way, even when the going got tough or boring. I only remember not finishing "Stonekeep" due to lost saves near the end and not wanting to restart from the beginning.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

weird interrupt system

Really ? I thought the "interrupt system" was a high point of JA2, putting the classic "overwatch system" used by most games of the genre, to shame.

I prefer overwatch. Interrupts are weird. Enemies suddenly turning around and shooting at me despite me sneaking on them from being, enemies going first despite just walking in on a squad full of mercs etc. One particularly weird situation was when enemy got interrupted by 2 mersc, very experienced one and moderately experienced on. If an experience one fired on him it would be ok, but if less experienced one tried the same he'd get counter-interrupted by the enemy and the experienced merc would lose his interrupt. I'd be much happier if they limited interrupts a bit and put in an overwatch system making sure that neither enemy, nor the player can just causally walk-in on ambushes and fire on people.

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

Enemies suddenly turning around and shooting at me despite me sneaking on them from behind

That's my JA 2 ! To each their own I guess. I do confess to being prone to savescumming a lot in tense tactical situations though.

 

[Jaesun]

The thing about never finishing JA2 is no longer accurate.

Good. Now, you wait a year or two and :

Download the Jagged Alliance 2 1.13 Patch

Fixed that for you...

 

[holla_cabezas_de_mierda]

Are you talking about me in the above sentence?

No, how did you figure that? I meant the guy who joined this week.

ooops, sorry, I told you I was confused, lol... ignore it-- I failed my message board roll. I should have known since it made no sense to me what you were saying that it was not in regards to me..

 

[Metro]

Arcania ('Gothic 4). Literally the worst game I have ever played. The writing, design, mechanics... all terrible. Extremely shoddy and lazy job. I can understand people not finishing Pools of Darkness. In an attempt to make it EPIC they throw everything including the kitchen sink at you. After the fiftieth Pet of Kalistes, Elder Beholder, Bit o' Moander, etc. you come close to breaking.

 

[oddech_wymarlych_swiatow]

Baldur's Gate 1 - so many tries, all futile, died of boredom.

Final Fantasy V - it was my first of older FF, i couldn't finish it around 2000 because of something, then througout the years I've beaten every NES/SNES main FFs (even awfully bad IV) except this one despite giving it a few another chances, it's funny koz besides FFT it had the best combat system out of entire franchise.

Valkyrie Profile - love the art, music, plot but gameplay became so repetitive I had to stopped at some point. Still have save files somewhere on HDD.

 

[Onholyservicebound]

Oblivion
D:OS

 

[octavius]

I can understand people not finishing Pools of Darkness. In an attempt to make it EPIC they throw everything including the kitchen sink at you. After the fiftieth Pet of Kalistes, Elder Beholder, Bit o' Moander, etc. you come close to breaking.

My party came close to sweating.

 

[adddeed]

I've finished most games i've started, but a few i did not.

Jagged Alliance 2 - not enough variety, too many fights which take ages to play out. I guess if you're into gun porn its a good game.
Gothic 2 - Loved Gothic 1, but the second became annoying when i had to hunt around for overpowered dragons all over the place.
Dirt 2 - Game bugged out on me.

All i can remember right now.

 

[Cloaked Figure]

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[Dreaad]

It's amazing how many people here dropped gayems from the codex top 10

-I couldn't finish any of the Persona games. Always get half way but 80+ hours of those grinding dungeons.... motherofgod.jpg
-Never finished any final fantasy game, got quite far in 6 and 8.
-Never managed to finish any SRPG with chibi dwarf art style, FF tactics/Tactics Ogre/Disgaea games etc. I like the genre and happly play games like SRW, Fire Emblem and so on, but those chibi dwarfs ruin everything.
-Oh and ToEE I get to the temple and then I'm so incredibly bored that I literally fall asleep while playing. The music, the voices, the slow as fuck combat, the endless misses, being stuck in combat when you can't even see any enemies. No sense of adventure at all. It is truly truly awful.

 

[Siveon]

-Never managed to finish any SRPG with chibi dwarf art style, FF tactics/Tactics Ogre/Disgaea games etc. I like the genre and happly play games like SRW, Fire Emblem and so on, but those chibi dwarfs ruin everything.

SRW? Super Robot Wars? The one with the chibi robots?

Or is this a different SRW?

 

[DreadMessiah]

I beat every game I ever started at least once except for those that got lost, stolen, or broken. Then I started not playing games all the way to the end for most of them. I believe only a dozen or so games in the last four or so years out of a few dozen I have tried playing. I can't remember the last one I finished except maybe ME 3 or DA 2. Most either get boring, have too many glitches, too gimmicky, or some other rational for not finishing a full play through or some combination of hinderances.

 

[Johannes]

A fuckton of games really. Finishing a game is usually not that important compared to playing and enjoying it. It's not about "could not" but simply "didn't", often when there's a pause I don't just feel like returining to a game with the same party at least, since I've forgotten the details of it. But it's not a problem.

 

[Phage]

Since I have like 350+ games on steam, ~100 for consoles and tons of emulator shit and pirated old shit combined with my own stupidity/ADD, I tend to drop games like flies.

So I'll just try to recall my biggest drops.

#1 is definitely Persona 3. Sank like 40 fucking hours into that puppy before I was bored to tears. Got to the part where they return from summer break and are going through the fall semester YET AGAIN. My understanding is I was actually like 75% through the game, but, goddamn.
#2 Probably Desu Ex Human Revolution. I've started two seperate save files (one for Director's Cut) and made significant progress in both. (Got to the big news station thing towards the end on the first one) Something about that game is just... lacking.
#3 Dungeons of Dredmore. I've played more Dredmore than HR, but it's a roguelike so it's abit different. I always get kind of overwhelmed with trying to do things efficiently, and kept holding off for the latest upcoming expansion pack. As a result, I've sunk like 20 hours into it and never actually killed the big D.
#4 Agarest Generations of War. I dunno how I even got to 13 hours in that game. But I did. Then I realized I had barely scratched the surface and would have to sit through hundreds, if not thousands, more slow turn-based "tactics" battles.


There's fucktons more, but those are probably the titles with the biggest investments that I doubt will get completed.

 

[Humppaleka]

Many games. Most recently Risen 2 after a few hours because goddamn what a bad game. I can only remember one that really left me traumatized: Mask of the Betrayer. When I played it I was a total idiot and didn't care about building my character at all, so I... couldn't beat the final boss. Even on the easiest difficulty. Do not ask me what I did to screw myself over so badly because I do not remember and I was really young.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Many games. Most recently Risen 2 after a few hours because goddamn what a bad game. I can only remember one that really left me traumatized: Mask of the Betrayer. When I played it I was a total idiot and didn't care about building my character at all, so I... couldn't beat the final boss. Even on the easiest difficulty. Do not ask me what I did to screw myself over so badly because I do not remember and I was really young.

Maybe a muscular mage?

 

[Lady_Error]

Baldur's Gate - could not finish because of some bug before the final dungeon
Baldur's Gate 2 - lost interest after about 3/4 of the game
Wizardry 8 - gave up in that plant-infested area (image above). Damn you, Sir Tech
Wizards & Warriors - damn you, D.W. Bradley After Wizardry 7 I expected more
Grimoire Beta '98 - I remember some unfinished cavern with puzzles where I got stuck

 

[Dreaad]

SRW? Super Robot Wars? The one with the chibi robots?

Or is this a different SRW?

Indeed. Although, thing is the combat has those little zoomed-in animation sequences for each different attack for each different robot. Somehow that makes it okay for me. I do prefer Front Mission games, but hey. Also robots. Shame the games themselves are very easy.

 

[PowerTorment]

I think the my biggest failure is the original "The Bard's Tale".

I can only save in towns and there are 16 big dungeons to explore - many with teleporters, rotators and darkness. I played hundreds
og hours and came to dungeon 12/16 if I recall correctly but could not stand it any more.

I have seen CRGAddict complete in 8 hours. I wonder how he did that.

 

[baturinsky]

Come to think of it, I often abandon games before final bosses/dungeons/missions. Dev like to make them ridiculously powerful, even if the rest of the game is pushover. And there is nothing after that to look forward too, so...

 

[jagged-jimmy]

I have some kind of mental disorder. MUST PLAY THROUGH TO THE END.
I even finished Planet Alcatraz...