I can never finish RPGs....

daschrier · Oct 11, 2005

I mostly play RPG's, but I never finish them!! I own dozens of them but have finished less than half that I own. I am some what of a perfectionist...but a lazy one, and when I find out that I missed an item or spell or something, I start to lose interest in the game then end up quitting. Anyone else like this, or am I the only one with RPG ADHD

PittsburghAfterDark · Oct 11, 2005

You're not alone. I went two discs deep on FF VII, never finished Zelda:TWW because I didn't find the big rupee bag and got too lazy to sail to look for it, I sat through the first 40 minutes of Valkyrie Profile until you got to the first place you CAN save and never went back fearing I'd have to go 40 minutes at a time each time I wanted to save and would die at minute 38 or 39. I can tell you numerous other RPG's I've run into the same issues with but you get the idea. You keep thinking you'll go back right?

Then you pick up a game like Zelda and you realize just how lost you truly are since you haven't touched that game since two weeks after it released and don't feel like learning the controls/maps/songs all over again and still not want to spend the time looking for damn rupee bags.

Quackzilla · Oct 11, 2005

Of all the RPGs I have owned, over 25 of them, I have only finished five.

Golden Sun (GOD I HATE THOSE MOTHER fuck

ING CUTSCENES I WAS SO CLOSE TO SMASHING THAT BLOODY CART WITH A fuck

ING HAMMER!)

Final Fantasy 1 (best. RPG. ever. no story, no conversations, no cutscenes)

3 Pokemon games (the only fun RPGs I have ever played)

Reality's Fringe · Oct 11, 2005

I don't really have the attention span to play most RPGs anymore. Maybe I'm just getting dumber :sad:

Sleepkyng · Oct 11, 2005

buncha pussy cry babies...

kill3r7 · Oct 11, 2005

Neither can I. They take way too much time to beat. I don't think I've beaten an RPG since I went to college.

moiety · Oct 11, 2005

I'm a big RPG fan too, but I rarely lose interest in the game. For me, it's usually just lack of time, especially the last 2 years, and other events that come up in life. I can only really play 1 RPG at a time (2 is rare, like right now I am simultaneously working through SMT:N and Sword of Mana), and I need a break after I finish one. I try to complete it as best I can, and don't really sweat missing anything.

whoknows · Oct 11, 2005

I can never finish RPGs either...without using a gameshark

Actually, the only ones I have actually beaten without "game enhancements" are FFVII and Grandia II...I'm working on Star Ocean: TTEOT though which I am really enjoying so I can see myself finishing it. I'm also playing Parasite Eve which is also pretty fun so I hope to finish that too.

Pancake Rabbit · Oct 11, 2005

That's why I quit playing RPG's for a while there I would buy them for cheapo prices thinking "this will finally be the first RPG I beat". To this day the only turn based RPGs I've completed are pokemon blue, super mario rpg, and paper mario 1 and 2. The solution to the problem was to quit buying RPG's and it has worked wonders.

Reality's Fringe · Oct 11, 2005

I have a ton of RPGs which I lie to myself about finishing as well. However, I find it easier to play RPGs that are not turn based. I hadn't played RPGs in a long time before picking up Paper Mario 2, and I marathoned that game over my Chirstmas break. It's odd though, because I've just stopped playing TOS. Got to the second world for the 1st time and just stopped. I think I'll give them a break for a while.

sblymnlcrymnl · Oct 11, 2005

The only real RPG I ever finished was Fallout ... most games don't hold my interest very well, and RPG are usually inflated past a playable state.

shipwreck · Oct 11, 2005

RPG's aren't for playing...they are supposed to sit on a shelf after you pay too much for them on eBay.

RedvsBlue · Oct 11, 2005

I've only ever beat 2 RPGs Knights of the Old Republic and Golden Sun.

Kayden · Oct 11, 2005

I try to beat every RPG completely. However, with my recent backlog, I just beat them to the normal boss. I want to do the secret dungeon in SO3, kill the ultimate boss in Disgaea... etc.

I got half way done with golden sun 1 and someone stole my fuck

in GBA with the cart in it. I have 2 to play yet, but I want to finish 1 first. However, I dont want to rebuy it. :wall:

sblymnlcrymnl · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='Kayden']I try to beat every RPG completely. However, with my recent backlog, I just beat them to the normal boss. I want to do the secret dungeon in SO3, kill the ultimate boss in Disgaea... etc.

I got half way done with golden sun 1 and someone stole my fuck

in GBA with the cart in it. I have 2 to play yet, but I want to finish 1 first. However, I dont want to rebuy it. :wall:

[/QUOTE]

Hell, you can have my copy. I've never even touched it. :lol:

itspaidgasterblaster · Oct 11, 2005

the ones i've finished

Final fanstasy VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2,

Shadow Hearts 1 & 2

Baldurs gate Dark Alliance

Champions of Norrath

Kingdom Hearts

Parasite Eve

Summoner 1 & 2

Jade Empire

Front Mission 4

Game I havent finished

Legen of Dragoon (great game but never finished)

Jade Coccon 2

Wild Arms 3

Xenosaga Episode 1

Star Ocean 2 & 3

Koudelka

Parasite Eve 2

Kotor 1 & 2

Fable

Sudeki

.Hack 1-4

Arc the Lad twilight of the spirits

Demonstone

Drakengard

Grandia Xtreme

Legaia 2 dual saga

X men legends

Untold Legends

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

Skies of Arcadia

Night Caster

onikage · Oct 11, 2005

I've beaten just about every RPG I owned before the PS2 generation. Since then however, I think I've only finished SMT: Nocturne. And I have around 20 current gen RPGs. :| A lack of time is the problem for me.

Odenat · Oct 11, 2005

I used to be able too play an RPG for 4 days straight and finish it. Now I find myself rushing through and having trouble beating bosses. I'm still stuck on the last boss in FFX and dont want to level up to beat him

Kayden · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']Hell, you can have my copy. I've never even touched it. :lol:[/QUOTE]

How much?

Kayden · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='Odenat']I used to be able too play an RPG for 4 days straight and finish it. Now I find myself rushing through and having trouble beating bosses. I'm still stuck on the last boss in FFX and dont want to level up to beat him

[/QUOTE]

!!!!! I hit him twice and the fuck

er died. :lol:

daschrier · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='Kayden'] :rofl:

!!!!! I hit him twice and the fuck

er died. :lol:[/QUOTE]

Yeah....just use anima and he's just about toast.

sblymnlcrymnl · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='Kayden']How much?

[/QUOTE]

Well I was just going to send it to you, but I guess I could ask for a couple dollars to cover shipping. :lol: It's cart only, but I don't know if I can just drop that in an envelope or something. :whistle2:

k

Morrigan Lover · Oct 11, 2005

That reminds me, I have to finish Dragon Warrior 4 before the save battery dies...

dtcarson · Oct 11, 2005

I try, but i don't finish all my games, RPG or otherwise. Sometimes I quit when it's no longer 'fun'; I may go back, I may not. Sometimes I quit because I got something new and want to play it. I do try to 'focus' on one or two RPGs at a time, so I don't get 'lost' when I come back to it [story wise or game-completion wise.] I also don't go for 100%, in many games that seems like 'work' not 'fun'.
But I've been doing better recently.
This weekend I beat Digital Devil Saga [and started DDS2.] Before that, Growlanser 2 and 3 [these were shorter, but still.] FFX and FFX-2. Before that, I didn't finish Shadow Hearts or Front Mission 4. But out of the 'beatable' games I own now, I've probably 'finished', or am actively playing, about half of them. Which is a lot better than previous generations

GuilewasNK · Oct 11, 2005

sblymnlcrymnl · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='GuilewasNK']These are the RPGs I own...

The ones I have beaten are in green
The ones I have played at least a few hours of are in orange

Everything else is either under an hour or untouched completely[/QUOTE]

I should make a list like that with everything I own ... it would be just as bad if not worse. :lol:

GuilewasNK · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']I should make a list like that with everything I own ... it would be just as bad if not worse. :lol:[/QUOTE]

There is absolutely nothing going on at work today so I had time to do it. I probably could do it for my whole collection. Hell, I may even pull out my GBA since it is so dead here.

jshendel · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='shipwreck']RPG's aren't for playing...they are supposed to sit on a shelf after you pay too much for them on eBay.[/QUOTE]
how true....
I actually beat most of mine, though. Sometimes, it's the only genre I feel like playing. I can just sit back and relax without the adrenaline rush.

Kayden · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']Well I was just going to send it to you, but I guess I could ask for a couple dollars to cover shipping. :lol: It's cart only, but I don't know if I can just drop that in an envelope or something. :whistle2:

k[/QUOTE]

How about $5 off a Play asia order?

sblymnlcrymnl · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='Kayden']How about $5 off a Play asia order?[/QUOTE]

Well, I will need to order GNT 4 ...

Ok sure. PM me the info.

onetrackmind · Oct 11, 2005

I've been trying to finish up tales of symphonia for a year now... i have fun with it for awhile but i get so goddamn board after about a half hour and have to put it back on the shelf for a couple months until it peaks my interest again. Im 30 hours in... so at this rate ill have it finished in 2 more years.

The VGM · Oct 11, 2005

RPG's are too boring, I'm bout to sell a bunch of mine. They're only fun when you throw on the Gameshark.

Kayden · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']Well, I will need to order GNT 4 ...

Ok sure. PM me the info.

[/QUOTE]

I'll do it when I get home, the cupon is on my PC desk.

GuilewasNK · Oct 11, 2005

I am going to try to finish at least one a month from now on. The reason I have more SNES ones finished is because I was in high school and didn't have to worry about work.

DealsRus · Oct 11, 2005

I own 60+ RPG's currently, I beat 4 of them and played a total of 8, and 18 of which are still factory sealed, I swear I will get to you Radiata Story, Devil saga 1 & 2, Nocturn, SHinning Tears, Makai Kingdom

Kain Vincent · Oct 11, 2005

I'll do my list based on Guile's format, so his rules apply:

[quote name='GuilewasNK']These are the RPGs I own...

The ones I have beaten are in green
The ones I have played at least a few hours of are in orange

Everything else is either under an hour or untouched completely
[/QUOTE]

PSone:
Arc the Lad Collection
Breath of Fire III
Breath of Fire IV
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Legend of Dragoon
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Parasite Eve
Persona
Persona 2
Suikoden
Suikoden II
Tales of Destiny
Thousand Arms
Vanguard Bandits
Valkyrie Profile
Vandal Hearts
Xenogears

PS2:
Disgaea
Final Fantasy X
Kingdom Hearts
La Pucelle Tactics
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
SMT: Nocturne
SMT: Digital Devil Saga

GC:
Paper Mario 2
Tales of Symphonia

GBA/GBC/DS:
Breath of Fire II
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Final Fantasy I&II: Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem
Legend of Zelda
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Megaman Battle Network 2
Megaman Battle Network 3: White
Onimusha Tactics
Sword of Mana

Kayden · Oct 11, 2005

Man... before I found CAG, I'd buy a game on release and play it 2-3 times because I'd already played my other ones 5-6 times. Now I haven't even opened half of my games. -_-;

sblymnlcrymnl · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']I should make a list like that with everything I own ... it would be just as bad if not worse. :lol:[/QUOTE]

Unplayed (possibly sealed)

Barely played (hour or less)

Moderately played (2-10+ hours, depending on game. Not close to finishing)

Heavily played (near completion)

Beaten

Completely completed

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Game Boy Advance

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Golden Sun
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mega Man and Bass
Mega Man Zero
Mega Man Zero 2
Super Mario Advance
Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past w/ the Four Swords
Wario Land 4

GameCube

Alien Hominid
Animal Crossing
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
F-Zero GX
Ikaruga
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mega Man Anniversary Collection
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 3
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Zero
Soulcalibur II
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Monkey Ball 2
Super Smash Bros. Melee
The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
TimeSplitters 2
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe 2

Nintendo DS

Meteos
Super Mario 64 DS
Zoo Keeper

PC

America's Army
Command & Conquer Generals
Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour
DOOM Collector's Edition
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Icewind Dale II
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix
Unreal Tournament 2003
Unreal Tournament: Game Of The Year
Wolfenstein 3-D

PlayStation

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy Anthology
Final Fantasy Chronicles (Chrono Trigger only)
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Legend of Dragoon
Um Jammer Lammy
Vagrant Story
Xenogears

PlayStation 2

Aggressive Inline
Amplitude
Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Final Fantasy X
Frequency
Futurama
God of War
Gran Turismo 3 A-spec
Gran Turismo 4
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Guilty Gear X2
Gungrave Overdose
ICO
Katamari Damacy
Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Mega Man X8
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Parappa The Rapper 2
Primal
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Silent Hill 3
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Sonic Mega Collection Plus
SSX 3
SSX Tricky
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
Taiko Drum Master
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Transformers
Twisted Metal: Black
Twisted Metal: Black Online
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner

Xbox

Beyond Good & Evil
BloodRayne 2
Burnout 3: Takedown
Colin McRae Rally 04
Dead to Rights
Deus Ex: Invisible War
DOOM 3
ESPN College Hoops 2K5
ESPN MLB 2K5
ESPN NBA 2K5
ESPN NFL 2K5 (one season through superbowl)
ESPN NHL 2K5
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick
Fable
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
Forza Motorsport
GUNVALKYRIE
Halo: Combat Evolved
I-Ninja
Jade Empire: Limited Edition
Jet Set Radio Future
kill.switch
Links 2004
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
MechAssault
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Ninja Gaiden
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Project Gotham Racing
Project Gotham Racing 2
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
RalliSport Challenge 2
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War
Sega GT 2002
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Spawn: Armageddon
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
The Simpsons: Hit & Run
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x
Top Spin

Dreamcast

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Bangai-O
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi 2
Dead or Alive 2
Ferrari F355 Challenge
Jet Grind Radio
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Quake III: Arena
Resident Evil - CODE: Veronica
Resident Evil 2
Sega GT
Shenmue
Skies of Arcadia
Soul Calibur
Spider-Man
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Virtua Tennis

Game Boy

Donkey Kong
Mega Man 5
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Game Boy Color

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Perfect Dark

Genesis

Genesis 6-Pak
Gunstar Heroes
Jurassic Park
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
Shining Force
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
Vectorman

NES

Adventures of Lolo 2
Excitebike
Silent Service
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Tetris
The Legend of Zelda
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Nintendo 64

Banjo-Kazooie
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Diddy Kong Racing
Donkey Kong 64
Excitebike 64
GoldenEye 007
Jet Force Gemini
Mario Kart 64
Mario Tennis 64
NFL Blitz 2000
Paper Mario
Perfect Dark
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Star Fox 64
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Super Mario 64
Super Smash Bros.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The World is Not Enough
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Wave Race 64
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey

Super NES

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
Mega Man X
Populous
Super Castlevania IV
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2

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I guess I've played more than I thought, but I still didn't finish much. Of course this only includes what I still own.

dfg · Oct 11, 2005

Lack of time applies to me as well, with games, movies, and music. Having a full-time job, and being a husband a father does that. Factor in other spare-time activities (*cough* intarnets mesasge boards *cough*), and I wonder why I was cursed to love a genre that requires so much time.

The RPGs I recall giving up on recently are Dungeon Siege 1 (got too repetitive), Chrono Cross (stopped playing it for some reason and then was completely lost when I picked it up again), and FF IX (similar to CC, I'm afraid I'll be lost so I haven't bothered picking it up again).

PenguinMaster · Oct 11, 2005

The nature of RPGs makes them very long and very repetive (not a good combination). I've only beat 6 IIRC. Super Mario RPG (favorite RPG, beat about 5 times), Lufia 2, Secret of Evermore, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Fallout, and Chrono Trigger.

GuilewasNK · Oct 11, 2005

Nice lists Kain Vincent and sblymnlcrymnl.

Funny thing is that I have completed a few non-RPGs that would amount to 20-30 hour RPGs in the last year....

God of War
DMC
Ninja Gaiden
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (Btw sub, you look a lot like the Prince. You should have gotten royalties on that one.)

Supercake · Oct 11, 2005

Even I don't feel the same "WOW" factor during most games, as I used to, it still takes a certain something to draw me into a RPG, and be compelled to finish it. If I don't finish it, it either got boring (Crimson Tears), or overwhelmed me (Phantom Brave). My worst offense was buying Arc the Lad Collection, and then selling it. Man, I had to trade in so much crap for it, and I never finished part 2, though I beat part 1 twice?!

This is all games I currently own, there'd be more if I included all the RPG's, though it's not much more. I don't have the need to master RPG's, as long as I beat it, all is good.

TO DO

Breath of Fire DQ (15+ Hrs)
Crimson Tears (5 Hrs, pain in the ass)
Phantom Brave (12 Hrs)
Nightmare of Druaga (30 Hrs)
Ring of Red
Grandia
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 (8 Hrs)
Metal Dungeon (?)
Dokapon (?)

COMPLETED

Car Battler Joe
Golden Sun
Riviera
Sword of Mana (Hero)
Baiten Kaitos
Battle Hunter
Chrono Cross
Legend of Mana (Boy)
Dark Cloud 2
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Xenosaga 1

Currently Playing Golden Sun LA

PenguinMaster · Oct 11, 2005

I've now color coded a list of every game I own now too, though I don't know how to color code it in a webpage (I used excel).

spoo · Oct 11, 2005

I would post all the RPG I have beat and all the ones I stoped playing @ the end but I am sure that I can't post that long of a thread. Also it would make my brain hurt trying to remember all the RPG I have beat or have not in the last 15 years.

Kayden · Oct 11, 2005

that list shit... I beat some... and haven't beaten others. Sometimes I make fun of their moms for birthing such bad games.

GuilewasNK · Oct 11, 2005

[quote name='Kayden'] fuck

that list shit... I beat some... and haven't beaten others. Sometimes I make fun of their moms for birthing such bad games.[/QUOTE]

:lol:

Don't sweat it man. The only reason I did the list was because I litteraly had nothing to do at work today.

coolcps · Oct 11, 2005

ive got a ton of rpgs, but i have also beat a ton of them too, more than half definately, and even when i do stop in the middle i most of the time go back and play, it sucks when you dont know where you are and what to do though, i usually use a guide for awhile at that point. I feel your pain about the perfectionist thing though, ive been trying to ditch that trait.

GreenMonkey · Oct 12, 2005

full time work + full time school = not much RPG playing time. Plus baby coming in January.

Still, I invested plenty of hours in Lunar 2 ( I was in the epilogue), Dragon Warrior 7. I would have beaten DW7 if the end boss hadn't whooped on me so bad, lost memory card during move last year though.

And plenty of hours on Baldur's Gate II, 80+ a few times, I kept restarting my game. I think I have it now.

Only one I actually beat in recent years was FFX, maybe that's because it was so pathetically easy.

I'm almost done with Star Ocean 3, great game.

Wlogan31 · Oct 12, 2005

[quote name='PenguinMaster']I've now color coded a list of every game I own now too, though I don't know how to color code it in a webpage (I used excel).[/QUOTE]

I started this a year or 2 ago - it rocks!

I can never finish RPGs....

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