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Games you've tried over and over again to get into, but just keep dropping it
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Witcher 3 - I just dont like that game.
Bought it on PS4, sold it
Played it on Xbox, dropped it
Bought it on Switch, managed to get a couple of hours longer thanks to portability
So i've really given it a try.
Bought it on PS4, sold it
Played it on Xbox, dropped it
Bought it on Switch, managed to get a couple of hours longer thanks to portability
So i've really given it a try.
Okami. I own it on PS2, Wii, PS3 and Switch and I've never made it past the first few hours.
I also have Okamiden on DS for when I do manage to get through it.
I also have Okamiden on DS for when I do manage to get through it.
Breath of The Wild and The Witcher 3.
Really wish I could enjoy BoTW as much as so many others have. Not liking TW3 doesn't bother me much now, LOL.
Really wish I could enjoy BoTW as much as so many others have. Not liking TW3 doesn't bother me much now, LOL.
So weird I'm doing the same thing this week, lol. Dropped it 3 times before. I've got Dragoon up to 40's and started on a Paladin because the extra xp boost from a preferred server is going to waste as my story level is only late 20's. I was able to get my PAL up to the story level in a couple of hours.
I checked the MSQ list online and oh boy... dunno if I'll see it through cause it is looooong but I'm gonna try. End game looks so effing good.
The Division 2. I've tried to get into it multiple times, even bought the expansion on sale. Just doesn't click.
Souls games. Run, roll, attack, repeat. Just isn't for me.
Souls games. Run, roll, attack, repeat. Just isn't for me.
Resonance of Fate, i want to like it so badly but i just keep getting burned out on the combat system.
Any Assassins Creed game ever. I've tried, I've bought many of them but I can't get into them. The gameplay loop is so boring.
This is Witcher 3 for me. Just cant do it. I really liked the netflix show too and that got me to retry the game but i always fall off of it.
The Borderlands games, took me like 5 or 6 full retries in order to get through the first and I've tried 2 around the same amount and just can't ever enjoy it enough to finish.
I get like 5 hours in each time and gtfo. I keep trying because I like the aesthetic and idea of the games.
Anything that is considered a rouguelike, I own almost all of the best ones and want to be able to enjoy them but just don't ever time.
I get like 5 hours in each time and gtfo. I keep trying because I like the aesthetic and idea of the games.
Anything that is considered a rouguelike, I own almost all of the best ones and want to be able to enjoy them but just don't ever time.
Vagrant Story is kind of one. First time because i couldn't get the combat system. The other 2 times because i just can't get over the slow menus and the need to change weapon all the time between different types of enemies. A weapon change shortcut button would do wonders.
Parasite Eve 1 is another one, always get out of fuel after some hours, despite being a huge fan of the second game. I'm thinking of trying it again soon btw.
The Lufia series in general as well. Lufia 2 looks fun in theory but i can't just feel engaged enough to continue after the first dungeon.
Edit: Forgot about Fallout: New Vegas. I really enjoy the setting and the lore and all, but i just hate the Bethesda style of open world. The combat being completely whatever doesn't help either.
Parasite Eve 1 is another one, always get out of fuel after some hours, despite being a huge fan of the second game. I'm thinking of trying it again soon btw.
The Lufia series in general as well. Lufia 2 looks fun in theory but i can't just feel engaged enough to continue after the first dungeon.
Edit: Forgot about Fallout: New Vegas. I really enjoy the setting and the lore and all, but i just hate the Bethesda style of open world. The combat being completely whatever doesn't help either.
Dota 2, despite me thinking it's one of the best competitive games ever created, with immense charm and it's tons of fun.
It's probably because Gabe makes new players play 100 hours of unranked team games before we can play with people of our skill level in ranked mode.
100hours of torture..
It's probably because Gabe makes new players play 100 hours of unranked team games before we can play with people of our skill level in ranked mode.
100hours of torture..
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The Witcher 3, Borderlands, Souls games and I'm pretty much done with ubisoft open world games ie assassins creed, watch dogs, far cry etc
Horizon Zero Dawn. I've bought it two times, tried to play it multiple times, and get bored a few hours in every single time.
I keep working at REALLY having a great time wi MHWorld but I struggle every time for some reason or another. Right now it's just built up habits of movement from prior titles making it less enjoyable. Other factors too but that's a big one and I'm working at it. Would be 4th attempt now
Also yes The Witcher 3 I've tried twice now once on console the other on PC. That combat just plain sucks, and it's not very immersive
Horizon Zero Dawn. I have tried to get into it twice but I just don't like the gameplay (world and story are good). Another one is Hollow Knight. People seem to love that game but I just don't get it. Other games I have tried to like at least twice: Metal Gear Solid 5, Evil Within and Bloodborne.
Interesting! I significantly prefer 3D Zelda over 2D, which I think was one of the bigger reasons for me not liking BOTW as much (since it was closer to a 3D Zelda 1 than it was Ocarina of Time or Wind Waker) as many did.
That being said, man do I love Oracle of Ages and A Link Between Worlds.
Sea of Thieves. It's a game that hates solo players, though you can spend money on servers to get a decent experience. All I ever get is harassment from crewed ships and lost progress. It's such a hateful game and I regret every time I give it another shot.
1. Octopath Traveler. Tried 3 times with a different starting character. Each time put in around 30+ hours and then would lose interest, stop for a few months and try again later after forgetting where I was in the game. The game is so repetitive and predictable in how the stories play out and something about the combat bothers me (probably something about how when I played I delayed breaking enemies because their counterattack post-break might change the tides too quickly and or cause too many annoying status effects).
2. Also, from software games (namely, the ones I've played being original Demons's Souls and Bloodborne). The games are kind of obtuse, dying at bosses is painful specifically, due to load times, and having to backtrack through the level. My viewpoint on combat (most likely ignorant as I haven't put in all that much time in learning attack patterns of enemies/bosses in these games) pushes me away from wanting to continue to play them i.e. that I view combat as random alternating between fast/immediate enemy attacks requiring immediate response (e.g. rolling because you saw them twitch) and slow/delayed enemy attacks that beat the "fast response". Somehow, I perceive this pattern as unfair and too random/RPS-like.
With next gen utilizing SSD for quick load times, I think I'll be much more willing to accept death when playing from software games.
3. Horizon Zero Dawn. This doesn't really count as I've only tried once, but I played a few hours and the way items/crafting works seems uninteresting compared to Breath of the Wild. It's probably because I don't yet understand the items or have a sense of their value or the item user interface, but I feel nothing when I pick up one item vs another.
2. Also, from software games (namely, the ones I've played being original Demons's Souls and Bloodborne). The games are kind of obtuse, dying at bosses is painful specifically, due to load times, and having to backtrack through the level. My viewpoint on combat (most likely ignorant as I haven't put in all that much time in learning attack patterns of enemies/bosses in these games) pushes me away from wanting to continue to play them i.e. that I view combat as random alternating between fast/immediate enemy attacks requiring immediate response (e.g. rolling because you saw them twitch) and slow/delayed enemy attacks that beat the "fast response". Somehow, I perceive this pattern as unfair and too random/RPS-like.
With next gen utilizing SSD for quick load times, I think I'll be much more willing to accept death when playing from software games.
3. Horizon Zero Dawn. This doesn't really count as I've only tried once, but I played a few hours and the way items/crafting works seems uninteresting compared to Breath of the Wild. It's probably because I don't yet understand the items or have a sense of their value or the item user interface, but I feel nothing when I pick up one item vs another.
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Horizon: Zero Dawn. Must've tried two or three times to get into it, including once this year, but never made it very far. It's the type of Ubisoftian open world that I got bored with 10 years ago.
Final Fantasy XV. I've lost count how many times I tried to get into since Day 1. Most recently I bought the Royal upgrade to experience it in its final form – even rewatched Kingsglaive. Nope. I fell off after 8 or so hours.
I might have one more shot in me at some point with it running at a locked 60fps on PS5.
I might have one more shot in me at some point with it running at a locked 60fps on PS5.
I have gta V on 3 different platforms. These have been my biggest gripes as well. I just hate those mechanics and the characters
FF7. At this point I'm pretty familiar with the whole story and I'm a big fan of Crisis Core and the remake but the furthest I ever get is right around the start of the second disc. My most recent attempt on Switch got me to the Great Glacier. I'm wondering if maybe I should just turn on the easy battles and power my way through it just so I can say to myself that I've finished it "properly."
Half Life Alyx. I grew up with the HL hype and loved 1,2 and everything that came with it.
I was really excited for Alyx and it is really cool butttttt I'm just not into VR? The controls are wonky, the teleporting is goofy, I get all tangled up in wires trying to react in gun fights. Playing it just feels like a total chore. I just don't enjoy VR. I'm not advocating for Alyx to be released without VR as I think that would make it an AWFUL game. The experience is cool, I can respect it, but it's just not for me.
I was really excited for Alyx and it is really cool butttttt I'm just not into VR? The controls are wonky, the teleporting is goofy, I get all tangled up in wires trying to react in gun fights. Playing it just feels like a total chore. I just don't enjoy VR. I'm not advocating for Alyx to be released without VR as I think that would make it an AWFUL game. The experience is cool, I can respect it, but it's just not for me.
I tried 5 times to get into Breath of the Wild.
Each subsequent playthrough just made me more annoyed with the game so I've given up. Maybe sequel changes my mind? I dunno. I sorta wish the next game was another standalone and not a sequel. At least be crazy different like Majora's Mask is...
Each subsequent playthrough just made me more annoyed with the game so I've given up. Maybe sequel changes my mind? I dunno. I sorta wish the next game was another standalone and not a sequel. At least be crazy different like Majora's Mask is...
Roguelikes in general. I always get a new one when I hear it's acclaimed and each time the same thing happens - I do like two runs and get decently far, then can't be fucked replaying an entire hour long section of game any more times until I beat it. I love it when they keep a decent amount of progression and that's fun af, but even many Roguelites don't keep enough to be encouraging or useful. Still got Hades on my list to check out, and I'm hoping having an actual story and character development is enough to keep me going with it. Otherwise I think I'm about done with the genre and won't try it out again.
I would guess for me at the moment it's Sekiro.
It used to be Bloodborne but I actually gave that another chance and now all I have left besides the DLC are 4 more bosses.
I say I'll give Sekiro another chance but the thing is you can't really grind in Sekiro like in Bloodborne so I know I can't take it on the same way.
It used to be Bloodborne but I actually gave that another chance and now all I have left besides the DLC are 4 more bosses.
I say I'll give Sekiro another chance but the thing is you can't really grind in Sekiro like in Bloodborne so I know I can't take it on the same way.
Final Fantasy XIV is the only game that meets this criteria for me. I've put ~40 hours into it on 3 different occasions, but that seems to be my limit. I don't actively dislike it or anything, I just lose all interest. It's a shame because my girlfriend is obsessed with it so it'd be fun to play together.