That one game you could never finish...

[Psychoid]

The first game that springs to mind is Turok: Evolution (but not because of its difficulty).

It's not a game I'd normally have bothered with, but it came free with my GameCube so I figured I'd give it a try. I got to a certain point where you had to open a specific door to progress with game, except when I got the door open its collision geometry didn't move with it, meaning I still couldn't go through.

Didn't even bother reloading and trying again - turns out I can only forgive game-breaking bugs if I'm actually enjoying the game to begin with. Who'd have thought it?

 

[Casual Shinji]

Others I don't think I will ever touch again, like FF13 for being such a boring "game": Oh a corridor, oh still the same corridor, lets keep going straight ahead through the corri OH MY GOD GRASS PLAINS! aaand more corridors.

Am I right in thinking you're specifically refering to that blue crystal forrest section with Lighting and Hope? Because that bastard really did just go on and on and on and on, didn't it?

I stuck with FF13 to the point when it finally entered actual open space, where it apparently should've gotten better. Can you blame me for hoping?

 

[LordLundar]

For the longest time is was the first Knights of the Old Republic. I don't know why. I got it shortly after it came out for PC and didn't finish it until late last year. I would always start it up, get to a certain point, then go play something else and later uninstall the game. Lather, rinse, repeat for a long time.

 

[Unesh52]

Final Fantasy XII.

I bought it about a year after I beat X, and at the time I'd been playing a lot of emulated FF titles from the 90s, so I was pretty excited to try this new one. Gamestop messed up its pricing too, so I got the collector's edition at the price of the regular one. Neat-o.

It wasn't until about 50 hours in that I discovered I couldn't walk through this cave without the game freezing. I tried for 2 days, hoping it would get over itself, but to no avail. Turned out that the collector's case it made of... sturdier material than regular cases. The little button in the middle that keeps the game disc in place positively refused to give when I'd try to take the game out. The disc itself did instead. A fine, curved line scarred my game from the center to about an inch into the shiny part. I wasn't going to be able to keep playing.

The next summer I picked up another (normal) copy, but by then I'd forgotten what I was doing, who all the major characters were, and how to fight, so I decided it would be better to just start from scratch. (Words cannot express how much I regret that decision now.) I was about another 30 hours in when one day I decided to play some guitar hero. I went to smack my brother with the controller for being an idiot... the cord wasn't quite as long as I thought it was. PS2 was on a table. Sonofabitch.

Luckily, a few months later I got a PS3 -- and a memory card converter. After I figured out how to get it to work (my old card was a bit broken, it wouldn't read it sometimes), I picked up where I'd left off. Alas, I eventually got bored, and stopped by the time school was back in.

The next summer I decided to start new game. I finally made it past that part with the caves I couldn't get through. I made it through some forests. Fought some of those evil knight guys. Grinded 10s of levels. YLoD. Mother. Fucker.

I give. I can't beat that game. Fate has conspired against me.

 

[ToxicOranges]

Super Meat Boy on PC...

I love my laptops keyboard, but that is one nasty hard game.

And Dawn of War | and ||, the Eldar annoyed me so much >.<

 

[kypsilon]

Shinobi on the PS2. I got to the level where they took the ground away and you had to chain jump kill everything in the level to:

A) not fall into the bottomless pits of death and

B) finish the level before your sword sucked away all your health.

I always meant to go back to it one day, but other games came along, eventually better systems came along and I may eventually go back to it one day...but it's not looking likely.

 

[Gabanuka]

Metroid fusion. I had the game one GBA but I lost it along with my DS one boss away from the end, I did buy a new gameboy but I haven't got around to buying it again.

 

[Dajmin]

Going back a few years now, and I'm not counting games where I just gave up because they were lame or I got bored

Dizzy: Prince of the Yolk Folk on the Spectrum. Yes, I'm THAT old.

I completed every single quest in the entire game but on top of that you have to collect 30 cherries for a cake or something to wake the sleeping princess. I got 29 of those cherries and to this day I still have no idea where the last one is. It was a few hours to get to that point and after a couple more hours running from one side of the level to the other I had to give it up. One of the major pains of not having save slots.

Kids these days... don't know they're born...

 

[Fantasylord]

Out of all the games I have played the worst one I could not finish was final fantasy XII, if I had a ranking system for my most unfinishable game in my collection it is this one. I honestly tried to like it I even got as far as halfway through the game, but I didn't really care for the characters the gameplay was mediocre and to top it all of the story was just so freaking long. On a side note I actually enjoy 13 simply because I actually took a liking to the characters, thought the story was interesting, and I actually had bought a strategy guid with it simply so I could beat it faster so I could move on to something else sooner. Plus I actually did finish it.

 

[Rising Headshot]

Ninja Gaiden for the original Xbox. But not due to a fault of mine - thanks to an update it deleted my save(s) when I was pretty far into the game. I got pissed off and haven't tried to get as far since then. Ah well.

 

[Macrobstar]

World of Warcraft: The massive pit that swallows my money and time which returns nothing but endless raids and pvp before reaching the best gear to beat the hardest raids.

Borderlands: I loved it at first but got bored as it was just a rip off of world of warcraft.

Grand Theft Auto 4: I spend too much time running people over with busses while throwing nades out the window.

Supreme Commander 1 + 2: Campaings werent that interesting.

And heres a list of other games that i have not finished.......
Mafia 2
Titan Quest
Warcraft 3 + expansion
GTA Vice City
BF:BC2
Just Cause
Dues Ex
Age of Mythology
Age of Empires 1+3
And around 20 others.
The main reason why I dont finish these games is that i loose interest in the single player areas quickly. I prefer multiplayer over single player now days.

Sorry how is borderlands a rip off of WoW?

 

[Rhys95]

Fallout 3, I borowed it off a friend but it kept bugging out and prevented me from progressing so I gave up. Had no such problem with New Vegas though.

 

[liquidsolid]

Max Payne on PS2, there was this one part where you had to walk across a blood trail and if you fell off you'd be sent back to the beginning. I had no idea what it had to do with being a hard boiled undercover cop. PS2 controls for it were so shitty compared to the PC controls. Made it almost impossible. I gave up.

 

[YoungPeaches]

Unfortunately, Ocarina of Time. I never could beat it whether it was sneaking past the Gerudo guards or .... the dreaded Water Temple. Luckily, I just beat the Spirit Temple and am on my way to finally defeat my white whale.

 

[Woodsey]

Red Dead Redemption

The boredom that this game exudes reached critical mass near the end, and I just couldn't for the life of my understand why I was still playing it. So I quit and never looked back.

This. How so many people claimed this as the game of the year last year I have no idea.

As with anything by Rockstar, the pacing is abhorrent, so I don't particularly blame you for not finishing it.

OT: The Witcher. I just can't get through the opening area - its so dull and dense, the writing's bad and the voice acting's terrible.

At least the second is fantastic!

 

[Randomorific]

Red Dead Redemption

The boredom that this game exudes reached critical mass near the end, and I just couldn't for the life of my understand why I was still playing it. So I quit and never looked back.

^This
I got near the end of the game then I just thought why am I playing this? The game became stupidly easy at the end and played like another tutorial telling you the same things you already know, I've still got the game but just haven't played it in about 6 months.

Also Lego Racers for the PS1, I could never beat the last guy, of course it didn't help that I rarely saved it.
Rayman 1 Because I was young and couldn't do the rock levels, you know the ones where that huge purple rock golem thing chases you for the whole level.
Rayman 2 I couldn't get past the bit where you had to ride pumpkins across lava because I never could time the punches right to hit them off a branch and then land on them, I would have loved to complete it but I think I just chucked it after a while

Bionicle and The Incredibles because I was quite small and Runescape got in the way.
Halo Wars, I play it every know and again but then I realise I'm on a timed mission which in an RTS I hate because I MUST upgrade EVERYTHING, which is also why I never completed Age of Empires 3 because on average even a quick play battle on normal took me 40 mins so I could upgrade everything.
LOTR: The Two Towers for PS2, I can't remember why anymore, although it was probably because I couldn't remember the attack combos
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I couldn't get past one of the first bits and I had to give it back to a friend I borrowed it from.

Oh also heres a nice obscure game for you: Wallace and Gromit Project Zoo, that game was the bane of my existence for about 2 months, I wasn't quick enough with the controls being on the number pad and couldn't get to grips with any other control scheme either. I recently finished it though and found it piss easy.

 

[Lord Merik]

Donald Duck Goin Quackers for the gbc. Its password load system only sent to to the beginning of the level not the stage. So if you got to the last stage of a level and died you would have to start the whole level over again. It suuuuuuuuucked. And the controls sucked.