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Ever Stop Playing a Game Halfway Through?
By Rozz 12-09-2010 05:08 PM
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I enjoyed the first Lost Planet on the Xbox 360 a few years back in the console's early lifespan so I recently purchased Lost Planet 2. Yeah, yeah, I know it got piss-poor reviews and such, but for $10 at GameFly it seemed like it'd be a fun game for the money.
For a few hours I enjoyed blasting away, despite the abysmal A.I. of your teammates (there were instances where there was a large enemy attacking and one of the A.I. partners would just be blindly staring at a wall. Great play testing, Capcom!) However, at one point the game gets to an action packed, difficult sequence that involves a train and lots of cheap enemies. After playing through this part numerous times I got to the end boss. I almost destroyed it when I died. And once that happened, I got sent back to the beginning of the  ing level! Yep, no reasonable checkpoints - if you get to the end of a long, hard level and die, it's back to the beginning for you. Such horrendous game design. As much I hate not finishing games that I've started, I really don't want to put more energy into such a sloppily programmed game. This is especially with so many other better titles on the market. This got me thinking... have you ever played a good portion of a game and just stop because something about it bugged the out of you? |
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advanced
- 12-09-2010, 05:54 PM
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I was playing Ghostbusters on Hard/Professional when I got most of the way through the game. I got to the part where the little cherubs kamikaze dive bomb you while you have to tether them to this fence so they attack it instead. For the life of me, I could not finish it. I tried and tried for about a week when I just gave up. A few months down the road though, I started playing again, dropped the difficulty and finished the game.
But yeah, we all have games like that. |
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tenchi
- 12-09-2010, 06:36 PM
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That's the exact spot that I ended up quitting in Lost Planet 2. I was really glad i just rented the game. IMHO it's not even worth 10 bucks to own it.
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wune
- 12-09-2010, 07:10 PM
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Played the first Lost Planet
Got to worm level, beat the worm after hours of playing, then lost against mech person (lady?) Sent back to beginning of level Ragequit |
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AkariK
- 12-09-2010, 10:00 PM
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I've quit games because of lack of interest, but never because of difficulty. Unless you count F-Zero GX. That game was ridiculous. I've toughed through pretty much everything else I've tried, such as MNM in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.
Oh, I did quit Ghostbusters about 30 minutes in, but that was because I decided it was a terrible game. |
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Bloodbooger
- 12-09-2010, 10:43 PM
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Yup, all the time. I've been near the end of a few RPG's and I just put the game down.
Difficulty, I was doing really well until I met Alma in Ninja Gaiden (Xbox). Couldn't lay a finger on her. |
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aosora13
- 12-10-2010, 12:43 AM
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Ghostbusters normal mode was not bad. Although I did not like the spiderwomen battle. The last boss battle was actually not that bad.
Lost Planet Hmm... Let me count the ways. The last boss battle (plus the queen bee boss battle) almost had me turn off the game. The last battle was amazing through you were in mechs and you had to progress through the boss who some how had big lasers to kill you and then for me I barely meet him. The game had some good mechanics but the execution was not good. I will most likely not purchase the second one. It seems that Capcom sometimes releases a good game but with their current releases it leaves a lot to be desired. A game I have stop playing half way through? Demon Souls. It was annoyingly hard and I am still debating to go back and try to will so I can somehow beat the game once. |
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grrouchie
- 12-10-2010, 01:01 AM
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I have quit (put on hold) games after being many hours into them for various reasons - though Difficulty is usually not one of them.
Assassins Creed - probably put 10 -17 hours into it and just haven't gone back to it because it's so bloody repetitive. Fable 2 - was 15+ hours into it when I quit playing for about 6 months because it was too boring - went back and finally finished it. Dragon Age Origins - 55 hours in and I just stopped playing it for reasons I do not know because I was friggin loving that game every time I played it. Finally went back and beat it, but like 6-8 months later. Recently though, now that i'm trying to give myself time to play more and getting serious about gaming again, I am trying to stick to just one or two games and play them until I have at least beaten it. |
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antlp89
- 12-10-2010, 01:09 AM
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Fable 2
Alan Wake Both games just got too repetitive after a while. |
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Tallest_Midget
- 12-10-2010, 02:13 AM
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Infamous and Little Big Planet.
Infamous became repetitive really quick. I liked the LBP demo but don't really feel like finishing LBP, and i don't know why. |
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Frankski
- 12-10-2010, 07:09 AM
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I used to not get past mid points in games quite a bit. Not for any reason in particular except that I would bounce to the next game. Not so much anymore. Having a kid kinda focused me.
I'll be more likely to play fewer games now, so I check first and make sure it's something I'll like. If I don't like it, I don't get past 4 hours in. Once I get like 4-8 hours in, I'll prolly finish it. |
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TLFerrill
- 12-10-2010, 07:27 AM
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I stopped playing dragon age origins half way through. it was an ok game, but at one points i spent two sittings running around turning into a rat i was just trying to find my way through a dream maze and just decided it was stupid and sold it.
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encendido5
- 12-10-2010, 09:30 AM
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I recently did that with FFX. I'm on the last level and almost ready to face the final boss, but I get destroyed with the enemies on that level. I don't want to go back and grind for hours, so I put it down.
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plasticbathmonki
- 12-10-2010, 09:43 AM
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Metroid: Other M and FF8 come to mind. I'm usually a completionist and can tolerate a game just enough to finish what I started, but both of those were simply bad games.
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yesiamaplant
- 12-10-2010, 10:42 AM
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Syphon Filter 2. There's a part near the end where you're attacked by these guys you have to use explosives on, but there are none available in the level. Basically, if you used any of your explosives throughout the game, you're
ed cause you're not getting to the end without them. |
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Danimal
- 12-10-2010, 10:45 AM
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I've done it with 3 games this gen that I can think of. Mass Effect, Prototype, and Mercenaries 2. They were all games I was incredibly hyped for, only to be disappointed once I played them. With Mass Effect, I just got lost; didn't know what to do next or where to go, and I hated the leveling system (I'm not much of an RPG player). Prototype wasn't terrible, but I realized that I wasn't enjoying it, so I stopped. Mercs 2 was just awful.
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Mosker
- 12-10-2010, 04:37 PM
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There's a reason I'm on this board so much: I look for discounts because it's rare that I'll spend more than 20 hours per game (Notable exception: Action/RPG's either PC Diablo style or console (Snowblind) variety)
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