The Greatest Games You Never Completed
 

I had the idea for this when sorting out boxes of stuff in my room and seeing old games packed away.

Admit it, we've all got them. Now, I’m not talking about games you gave up on because they were rubbish or just boring (eg. Resistance 2’s campaign, Just Cause). I genuinely mean a game you enjoyed but that you never completed for one reason or another and then either forgot about it (usually because it got swept up in the holiday rush or something).

To start I’ve got a few examples to get the ball rolling:

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
I actually enjoyed this game. It was great to play co-op and had all sorts of little touches even a casual MK fan like me could pick up on. I actually got to the last boss, playing on my own, but could not beat him the first few times trying and put it down for a while. Then a bit later I got to playing through it with a friend but we only got about halfway through. I don't think the 360's BC supports it and so I just haven’t picked it up since then.

GRAW 2
Again, the game was good but I bought it along with R6 Vegas not long after I first got my 360 . I think I had too many games to get through that summer (Crackdown, GoW1 etc.) and then Halo 3 came out, and then the holiday releases, and I never really got much further. Picked it up a few months ago but then other new games came out.

Splinter Cell: Double Agent
The idea and story really interested me but I’m just no good at those sorts of games, and I don’t have enough patience to persevere.


That’ll do for now. I’m sure more will follow as I find them.

Feel free to interpret the topic how you will, so if you feel that not doing all the events in a racing game or not doing both good and bad playthroughs of something like KOTOR count then feel free to include them. I know I get distracted halfway through the 'evil' playthrough of every game like that so far.

Every Final Fantasy I've ever played except for FFX. Hell, I've only played FFXII once, and that was just to confirm it worked. I've had it almost 2 years now.

Golden sun, the neighbors broke the game, so it freezes during last boss fight.

I think you hit it right away with Shaolin Monks. I loved that game, but never had a chance to finish it. It's something I'd really like to get around to.

Up until recently I would have had a ton of stuff to throw in here, but for a couple months there I bought nothing new and just went back and played games I wanted to beat. Lost Odyssey being the biggest.

At the moment, I'd say the game for me would be Valkyria Chronicles, fantastic game, amazing art-direction, but the chatty anime characters put me off from it. I want to go back and finish it, though.

There's this simple XBLA game I have called Arkadian Warriors. I'm supposed to beat that with Peanut but we never do, haha.

Oh, God! I totally forgot about Arkadian Warriors. We've sunk some time into that game fo sho. We've got to finish it soon. I think we're on the last one or two dungeons, anyways.

I never actually beat the Xenosaga series. Of course, they were pretty bad for gameplay, but the story was really awesome, and the times you DID get to play, it was fun.

Just wondering, but what's the farthest you ever got in that game?

As for me, I never got to beat Banjo-Kazooie. The farthest I ever gotten was to the Rusty Bucket Bay level, and I had every Jiggy so far. I just had to give it back to my friend. Haven't played it since.

But, I am proud to announce one game I beat 2 weeks ago: Link to the Past. After 16 years, I finally can stamp 'PWND' on that cartridge.8)

I'll put up more when I can think of them.

I'd say the last boss I beat was Sub-Zero before I fell out of it. Not sure how far that is.

I am backlogged 773 games...

http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=megax11

Some games I've had since day 1 Dreamcast, and remain unbeaten.

Shaolin Monks is a sweet game. Still have yet to complete it.

I have all Devil May Cry games, bought day 1, haven't played a single one. They're still new games to me.

So I have a lot of gem's I am sure, that remain unbeaten.

My screenwriting career, and the fact I am currently in the middle of shooting a short film, has me bogged down. Plus working hard to get the new Camaro, leaves only time to buy new games, and hopefully get around to play them sometime in life.

Just about halfway through. You still got 7-8 more bosses to kill before the battle with Shao Kahn (which is a b*tch).

Damn, son! I guess I really do need to get back into it then. I've got a pretty long way to go.

Ah, you'll be straight. Just watch out for Kahn's hammer whenever you reach him.

*sighs* You can tell I miss the hell outta this game.

Do you not have it anymore, or just feel like playing it again?

I had it for a while, but had to sell it, all because I simply needed the 5 bucks. :roll:

I can always use a Ko-Op when the chance presents itself. Playing the game by yourself doesn't do it justice. I tried, but got bored quickly. You just don't have the chance to showoff in front of your friends.

I never actually finished Resident Evil 2. I remember that I got to the end of the game without the proper weapon and I had no way of going back to get it.

I don't think I've ever completed any game I've ever bought. Save for that 2004 TMNT game from 4Kids (which, upon completion, left me feeling partually happy, and partually unclean). But that doesn't count I'm assuming.

Never completed any Final Fantasy game, Jazz Jack Rabbit, or Ratchet and Clank for starters...

True dat. I got bored in one player, but have completed it twice in Ko-Op... it's worlds better. My brother and I actually started a third playthrough last time he and I got together to play games.

You're a terrible ****ing person.

That game is like 2 hours long.

Seriously. I can speed run that game now. My fastest time was somewhere near an hour and twenty minutes.

F*ck you, I was like 13! I DON'T JUDGE YOU.

Then go back and beat it now! It'll take you at most two and a half hours if you're slow.

It wasn't my game! It was Aaron's and HE IS CRAZY.

I'll lend you my copy if I have to! You need to beat this game.

DON'T DO IT HE'S GOING TO RAPE YOU.

I think.

Are you?

Hey! I'm not some WEIRDO!

......:(

Good to see this got people talking. Even if it is about...rape...

Got some more:

GTA: San Andreas
Really liked this game. Just fun to mess about. But I always like to finish the story. I'd done some pretty tough missions (the Area 51-style base one I seem to recall being pretty tricky) but I got stuck on this one mission because it was so stupid. It just made me so mad! I had to completely takeover a rival's turf, which involved killing enough of their guys in a certain area to start a gang war. And then you have to fight a load of guys. Except one area was just freaking road and no enemies would come along to kill in order to trigger the gang war. To confound it further you had to watch out for you brother or whatever and make sure he didn't die. The weapon-targetting was also as dire as ever. Gah. So stupid.

Blinx 2
Was playing this co-op with a friend while at uni and really enjoying it. We fumbled through the pig missions much to our amusement. But World of Warcraft hit and he got hooked on that; after that, he barely touched a bar of soap, let alone a games console. When uni ended it got packed away and I've never gotten it out again.

Every Final Fantasy after VII
- VIII: wasn't great (lolrhyme) and had a stupid last section. Could not be bothered with it and was borrowing it.
- IX: again I was borrowing, but I really got into it and got near the end. I think at the end of the first year of uni I gave it back and had never finished it.
- X: Got near the end. Needed to level up more. Got bored.
- XII: Got bored.

Sorry to say, buddy, but you'll need to do that enough times to actually beat the game. Taking over enough turf leads to the final battle. And if you think this part is hard, wait till you get there.

All I can say is stock up on the AK's and upgrade to Hitman level ASAP.

Heh. Thanks for the advice but I've already given up. Just not worth the effort.

Gangstas don't give up, dawg, nahmean?!

Represent! :P

FINE. I'll find a copy.


I also never finished the SNES Animaniacs game (far superior to the Genesis alternative.) It was INSANE but I was terrible at it.

Star Ocean for PS2 - I'm sure it was a fantastic game...I just dont have time for 40 hour RPGs anymore.

XegoSaga 2 and 3 - Just weren't as good as the first one.

Front Mission 4 - I LOVE this game, but I can never get around to finishing it

God of War PSP - Got to the last boss, got frustrated, watched the ending online!

Super Mario RPG for SNES. I always got like 2/3 through it and then got distracted by other games. It's in storage now, so someday I'll finish it.

Final Fantasy VII, same story more or less.

I was always s'posed to go through Shaolin Monks with Mary, but our old XBox crashed before we ever could.

I never beat it either, but I won't say it's great. I hated that game for so many reasons, but mostly because it was so bloated with half realized ideas and barren landscapes.

I'd have to say...Final Fantasy VII or Xenogears (I see a lot of people mentioning Xenosaga; have any of you ever tried Xenogears?). Amazingly, those two games are two of my favorite games that I've ever played. Every time I start to get far into them, though, something else catches my eye and I get distracted.

I just realized yesterday, after hearing about the Gold & Silver remakes, that I never finished Leaf Green. Oi.

I have played Xenogears, and it is one of my favorite games of all time, despite being obviously cut short, because disc two is 30 minutes of dialog and boss fights in between.

Spider-Man on the GBA. That bastard Kraven kept drinkin something that put his health back up so I ditched it after 100 attempts.

Half-Life 2. My game got erased and I'm too much of a puss to go through Ravenholm ever again.

I think the only games I truly want to ever beat is Ninja Gaiden for NES. I've actually forbid myself from playing the others until I beat the first one! Though I honestly haven't touched it for quite a while now.

And then there's "N", a game I downloaded online where you play as a stickfigure, running through mazes and avoiding killer robots.
The game has 100 episodes, each with 5 levels. I actually got to fourty-something not too long ago, then somehow my saved **** got deleted. Had to start all over again and now I'm at thirty-something...
**** me.

Oh god. N! I love that game. I'm crap at it though. Terrible at dodging the homing devices.