Unfinished Games.

[Mosstromo]

It could be for lack or time, interest, proper hardware or talent, but there are always those games that for some or other reason (or excuse) we just never got around to finish.

How many games have you started that are now sitting unfinished, and why?

From a considerable list that includes 15 titles (HL2 - Episode 2; Starcraft (yes, truly); Medieval Total War 2; Sam & Max - Season One; Gothic 3; amongst others), my saddest example is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl, because I really wanted to play it.
I waited eagerly for it since its supposed release in December of 2003 until finally it came out three long years later. And since then, the cosmos has conspired to prevent me from finishing it.
First I had a great video card that was unsupported by the game. Then my supply of free-time to play it was severely reduced. When I regained enthusiasm enough to continue I went through the mess of changing homes. Then of changing computers. Finally, after so many interruptions in the span of maybe a year, the inevitable slow and painful evaporation of that initial all-consuming interest in the game, set in.
Murphy's Law is a mighty opponent.

 

[Baggie]

I've never finished Stalker, Oblivion (Not really sure that counts), GTA4, Far Cry 2, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Pretty much all of them (Except for oblivion, that disc broke) I gave up on because they weren't that interesting initially, or got too repetitive.

Not to say they were bad, they just weren't really standing out from everything else.

 

[Radeonx]

Half-Life 2 and Episode 1 and 2. I tried playing all three, and I hated them all. The only other one was Oblivion, as I disliked that immensely.

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

For me it'd have to be FFX. I got really into it, then had to go away to school and now I can't seem to pick it back up.

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

Well, KOTOR II: The Sith Lords was a really good example...

Oh wait. You mean games *I* haven't finished? Oh. In that case, I nominate Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, if only because the Star Destroyer level was absolutely BROKEN in the 360 version. Thanks a lot, LucasArts! I literally could not finish the game because of that!

And Kazdan Paratus was still cheaper than a broken, filthy harmonica purchased at a pawn shop!

 

[Snuggle]

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is still waiting patiently on my shelf, begging to be played. But I doubt I'll ever finish it, since Funcom ruined by putting action elements into it.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

Oh, a lot currently.
Stanglehold, The Pitt dlc for fallout 3, Jade Empire, GTA4, Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, Half-Life 2 episode 1 & 2, COD 2, Prototype, Mirror's Edge, Soul Calibur 4, Ninja Gaiden 2, and a few more.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

Farcry 2,Cod WaW,Cod 4,Prototype (sorta)...there are others,I just can't think of them at the time

If I don't finish a game it is usually because something bad happens,I already watched/helped someone else beat it,or I just don't get into it

 

[Azraellod]

final fantasy: renevant wings is the only thing that really springs to mind.

i just found it really difficult to play for more then half an hour at a time. and progress in the game is rather slow.

odd thing is, it's exactly the sort of game i should like. and yet i haven't enjoyed what i have played of it so far.

 

[SomeUnregPunk]

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is still waiting patiently on my shelf, begging to be played. But I doubt I'll ever finish it, since Funcom ruined by putting action elements into it.

I got a certain point and then stopped playing it.
I played mirror's edge for while and then stopped playing it when I realized If just following a linear path. I thought the game would allow me different ways to get from point A to point B, not just the few superficial ones they put in.

most jrpgs because it all frankly the same damn characters.

Prinny is friggin hard and I don't want to toss my expenisve PSP. So i play a little and then put it down.

 

[Echelon_3]

The only JRPG I've ever finished was FF7. And that was after not playing it for like two years. I haven't even finished FF6 or Chrono Trigger, mostly because of all the grinding I'd need to do to finish the last areas.

 

[jonnopon3000]

Half-Life 2 and Episode 1 and 2. I tried playing all three, and I hated them all. The only other one was Oblivion, as I disliked that immensely.

BURN THIS MAN WITH FIRE!!!

Lol just kidding. You're entitled to your opinions on HL2 and Oblivion, even if they are wrong.

=D

On Topic-the only game I have not completed would be...Burnout paradise. Sigh. I wanted to, but it got annoying-the online authentication system broke and kept telling me I couldn't sign in because of an error. I had EA fix it, then it broke again....and I am about to sell it.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Half Life 2 and only Half Life 2. I thought Episode one was fine, Episode Two was awesome. Half Life 2 was about as much fun as disembowlment, I kid you not.

Also Fable 2 for no better reason than because every timr my interest peaks in that game I get another that sweeps me off my feet. I play Fable 2, Game Center CX 2 lands through my doorstep.

I'm never gonna finish either.

 

[LockHeart]

I'm currently working my way through Far Cry 2 but God, it- it's so big!

Also, I never really finished Morrowind, I always ended up arseing about on the other side of the island...

 

[FightThePower]

EDIT: Ignore what I said originally, I didn't read the original post.

I haven't finished SWAT 4. Barely even started the expansion pack. Make a game with god-awful AI, extremely long levels with no checkpoints and practically instant-death gameplay and I'll just lose my patience.

 

[Fauxity]

Well, KOTOR II: The Sith Lords was a really good example...

Oh wait. You mean games *I* haven't finished?

Low blow, man. Low blow.

I have not yet finished the Broken Steel DLC for Fallout 3. Not too sure why. Just haven't gotten around to it. I also sort of lost interest in Bioshock.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Fallout, Fallout 2, Final Fantasy X, Dark Spire, Castlevania Curse of Darkness...

...

uh ... I have never acheived 100% on any GTA or other open world game/ racing game/ game in general which has unlockable content

 

[Slash Dementia]

There are actually quite a lot... Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask (GC), Final Fantasy 8 (PS1), Hexen (PS1), Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage (DC), Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver(DC)/Blood Omen(PS1), Bioshock (360), Thief 3(Xbox), Two Worlds (360)...and a game worse than Two Worlds, and the only one to give me motion sickness - Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm for Dreamcast.

I'm just about done with Bioshock and it surprised me because I thought the game was horrible at first, but it's great now.

 

[Aqualung]

Oblivion and Bioshock. They've made me discover that I really, really like well-structured linear games.