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Topic Games You Wanted to Love but Dropped and Why

Bleed_DukeBlue

* 11-Apr-2023(#1)

Have you ever had a game you really wanted to like, anticipated, put a bunch of time in, but never beat? What happened?

I had this happen to me recently (and it rarely does), so it got me thinking. I loved the first NES and SNES Zelda games as a kid. I even rented a Nintendo for my birthday present from my family as a kid (since we didn’t have game systems) to play the first Zelda game. Ocarina of Time was a game changer. (You got to ride a horse!)

When I bought Breath of the Wild, I was really excited about it, because I hadn’t owned a Nintendo system since the N64 until I bought a Switch. Plus, it was so well-received by the media and everyone I knew who played it.

Unfortunately, it just wasn’t for me. It felt like every time I started to have fun, something got in the way. I started to explore everywhere only to be blocked by weather or stamina or something else that required wandering off trying to find the right clothing or recipe to continue. I looked for shrines and quests only to get lost repeatedly, get stuck on one of the million puzzles, or run into enemies I couldn’t beat yet. I tried to get stronger, but every good weapon I obtained broke in a few hits, and killing enemies didn’t give you experience or skills (aside from the divine beasts), so, although the shrines provided hearts and stamina, the incentive to fight any of the enemies just wasn’t there. I could definitely beat it if I put in more time, but after about 30 hours without much of a story to motivate me, it just felt like way too much effort for the amount of tedium.

Ever had a game go like this for you?

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flamingtoastjpn

16-Apr-2023(#41)

Pleasantly (un)surprised to see so many people say Fire Emblem Three Houses

I own and have played all of them to some degree except for Engage (I just haven’t had time yet), and I seriously dislike FE3H. I loved Echoes and Fates Conquest so this one was a real surprise for me.

It’s just really weird, on the surface FE3H should be a great game. Weapon triangle is back. The maps and game mechanics have some strategic depth. I wasn’t too impressed with Hard but I gave it another shot after they added Maddening and the game is incredibly difficult on Maddening, so two thumbs up there.

But the pacing is so. god. damn. slow. I couldn’t stand the “school” sections. I never made it to the timeskip and currently don’t plan on picking it up again.

Kommie

16-Apr-2023(#42)

flamingtoastjpn wrote:

> Pleasantly (un)surprised to see so many people say Fire Emblem Three Houses

> I own and have played all of them to some degree except for Engage (I just haven’t

> had time yet), and I seriously dislike FE3H. I loved Echoes and Fates Conquest so

> this one was a real surprise for me.

> It’s just really weird, on the surface FE3H should be a great game. Weapon triangle

> is back. The maps and game mechanics have some strategic depth. I wasn’t too impressed

> with Hard but I gave it another shot after they added Maddening and the game is incredibly

> difficult on Maddening, so two thumbs up there.

> But the pacing is so. god. damn. slow. I couldn’t stand the “school” sections.

> I never made it to the timeskip and currently don’t plan on picking it up again.

Everything has to copy Persona with JRPGs now, it seems.

TalonJedi87

16-Apr-2023(#43)

Persona 5 is probably my favorite JRPG in the last 10 years. I’m a bloody JRPG casual and that’s just fine.

flamingtoastjpn

* 16-Apr-2023(#44)

> Everything has to copy Persona with JRPGs now, it seems.

Yeah, and my only real gripe with the Persona series is that the games tend to overstay their welcome.

I friggin love persona 2, but me and my dumb ego decided to try and open the treasure room in the underwater dungeon and now I’m almost 90 hours in, nowhere near done, and it’s been sitting in my backlog for like a year 😬

The time to clear on persona 5 is so legendary at this point I’m not sure I’ll ever even start it haha

SupremeSarna

16-Apr-2023(#45)

Also, can lengthy RPGs knock it off with the "play through it 3+ times to see everything" nonsense? FE3H has four 80-hour routes plus a DLC campaign, and you can't tell people you've beaten the game if you haven't played through all of them. It's just a pain.

Also, big ups to the execs to decided to release a fun war game where you run a school during the summer months when its target audience wants to forget about their upcoming real-life school semester. Great timing on that one, heh.

Gypsy

16-Apr-2023(#46)

flamingtoastjpn wrote:

> Pleasantly (un)surprised to see so many people say Fire Emblem Three Houses

> I own and have played all of them to some degree except for Engage (I just haven’t

> had time yet), and I seriously dislike FE3H. I loved Echoes and Fates Conquest so

> this one was a real surprise for me.

> It’s just really weird, on the surface FE3H should be a great game. Weapon triangle

> is back. The maps and game mechanics have some strategic depth. I wasn’t too impressed

> with Hard but I gave it another shot after they added Maddening and the game is incredibly

> difficult on Maddening, so two thumbs up there.

> But the pacing is so. god. damn. slow. I couldn’t stand the “school” sections.

> I never made it to the timeskip and currently don’t plan on picking it up again.

I wasn't too big on Echoes/Fates but I certainly actually beat them which is more than I can say for 3H.

flamingtoastjpn

16-Apr-2023(#47)

SupremeSarna wrote:

> Also, can lengthy RPGs knock it off with the "play through it 3+ times to see everything"

> nonsense? FE3H has four 80-hour routes plus a DLC campaign, and you can't tell people

> you've beaten the game if you haven't played through all of them. It's just a pain.

I felt this in my bones when I finished SMT Strange Journey on the neutral route. The other two routes seemed cool but starting over twice in Fornax sounded like a grind and a half lol. Apparently the remake has even more endings.

Slickriven

* 16-Apr-2023(#48)

Hot Wheels Unleashed - I want to stop playing it b/c it's trash, but I haven't given up yet.
It's a shame b/c some tracks and such are cool. I like most of the cars and variety, but they over emphasized on the custom basement - I DO NOT care to decorate some random digital basement. I'd rather have good physics and a challenge that doesn't feel like utter BS.
Too many ways for the game to screw you with obstacles, flying off the track or just landing after a huge jump and getting spun around/upside down for no reason. It's just frustrating as you can be leading pretty well only to get F'd by some track BS and now you're in 6th place with 1/3 of the final lap remaining...

Also there's a lot of car variety, but really once you get a solid 5 or 6 rating (max is 6) on speed and handling then you'll stick with that car, at least I have and it's led to me beating over 33% of the races/time-trials to earn the 2 checkmarks or whatever per... but it can just get super frustrating on some of the tracks.
So I SHOULD just give it up, but it's a GP title and I like racing games so I'm hanging in there and annoying myself.

Gypsy

16-Apr-2023(#49)

SupremeSarna wrote:

> Also, can lengthy RPGs knock it off with the "play through it 3+ times to see everything"

> nonsense? FE3H has four 80-hour routes plus a DLC campaign, and you can't tell people

> you've beaten the game if you haven't played through all of them. It's just a pain.

> Also, big ups to the execs to decided to release a fun war game where you run a

> school during the summer months when its target audience wants to forget about

> their upcoming real-life school semester. Great timing on that one, heh.

If I'm doing all routes I'm just cheating after the first tbh.

Yoshi

16-Apr-2023(#50)

Everything Vanillaware has developed falls into this for me. They are gorgeous games, but I have yet to really enjoy playing any of them with the half-hearted exception of Dragon's Crown.

SupremeSarna

16-Apr-2023(#51)

I wanted to love Octopath Traveler. I did beat it, but I felt underwhelmed in a lot of places, and the stories are pretty vanilla or half-baked. Take a shot every time a jerk turns out to be helpful or a trusted ally betrays you. You'll be too drunk to defeat the Redeye!

Simon_Belmont

16-Apr-2023(#52)

Just now, Killzone Shadows Fall. For a 10 year old shooter it is ahead of its time in so many areas but Holy crap there is something derpy in engine. Random ledge falls, glitchy stealth and item pickup, the regenerating enemy mechanic is real dumb. Also my thumbs constantly hit the touch bar changing the powers of OWL mid combat. It has everything that I should love; slightly open world combat missions that give you just enough freedom to play it your way without it being too much. Plus the graphics are great, the story and soundtrack were great (up to my quitting point) and the guns were well done and the enemies were just challenging enough. Oh well, another PS Exclusive off the shelf.

Gypsy

17-Apr-2023(#53)

Yoshi wrote:

> Everything Vanillaware has developed falls into this for me. They are gorgeous games,

> but I have yet to really enjoy playing any of them with the half-hearted exception

> of Dragon's Crown.

Big same. A lot of style and not much substance.

Simon_Belmont

17-Apr-2023(#54)

Gypsy wrote:

> Yoshi wrote:

>> Everything Vanillaware has developed falls into this for me. They are gorgeous

> games,

>> but I have yet to really enjoy playing any of them with the half-hearted exception

>> of Dragon's Crown.

> Big same. A lot of style and not much substance.

They did 2 PS2 games that i really dug at the time..GrimGrimoire...and something else

Simon_Belmont

17-Apr-2023(#55)

SupremeSarna wrote:

> I wanted to love Octopath Traveler. I did beat it, but I felt underwhelmed in a lot

> of places, and the stories are pretty vanilla or half-baked. Take a shot every time

> a jerk turns out to be helpful or a trusted ally betrays you. You'll be too drunk

> to defeat the Redeye!

What's the combat like in it? I've been meaning to give it a shot.

ued222

* 17-Apr-2023(#56)

Cyberpunk, , Atomic Heart, Saints Row so many games I gave up on for various reasons. Honestly I buy way to many games and I dislike the majority of them. Tron Legacy was a quick refund thank you Steam for your easy refund policies and Gamepass for your cheap games.

jgrant78

17-Apr-2023(#57)

Atomic Heart. Wanted to love it, but the puzzles aren't intuitive and the controls are just so clunky especially anytime you have to do anything with platforming.

TalonJedi87

17-Apr-2023(#58)

I’m at the tail end of Atomic Heart now. Puzzles are trying to be clever but come off as too annoying and yeah platforming is a chore. Idk why I made it to the end. Prob cause the music was kinda cool but I def won’t be playing this again and I’m glad it’s on Game Pass. I expected more from this one.

Slickriven

17-Apr-2023(#59)

The Ascent comes to mind, as does Moonscars. I wanted to get into them but just didn't. After a long break I tried to go back to The Ascent but then I couldn't remotely recall what I should be doing.

I do think I'm done with Hot Wheels Unleashed now. I tried it again last night and after getting f'd like 4 times in a row on the same track it's time to walk away, trash heap of a game, shame.

Scott

19-Apr-2023(#60)

DarkFact wrote:

> I thought Odyssey was a blast! The world after the desert had a fudging slammin

> overworld theme, least I think it was after the desert. It was the forest world

Yes! That theme is amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy8RqDyorLg

DarkFact

19-Apr-2023(#61)

Scott wrote:

> DarkFact wrote:

>> I thought Odyssey was a blast! The world after the desert had a fudging slammin

>> overworld theme, least I think it was after the desert. It was the forest world

> Yes! That theme is amazing!

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy8RqDyorLg

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SupremeSarna

19-Apr-2023(#62)

Ring Fit Adventure. It's an exercise game, sure, but I was hoping it would be a little better than it ended up being, especially for the price.