The Greatest Games You Never Completed - Page 3

*Scandia* · 05-11-2009, 12:36 PM

- I never beat X-Death in FF5. Hence I never finished the game.

- Stopped relatively early on in Suikoden III, Final Fantasy XII, and Xenosaga.

Nowadays, due to my job being so intellectually stimulating (a VERY good thing), I do not have much brainpower left for RPGs. So I decided I was never going to be able to finish those games. Or probably replay my fave RPGs from the beginning.

Peanut · 05-11-2009, 01:28 PM

Hahahah what the f*ck? Your job is too intellectually stimulating for you to be able to play RPG's? I'm usually half asleep while I play them.

*raphael_is_cool* · 05-11-2009, 04:24 PM

As Peanut probably knows, I am currently working on Lost Odyssey. One year later and I'm on the last disc, a little bit in. I will finish it someday!

I almost forgot I have not finished Oblivion either. I got caught up in so many damn sidequests and I was playing it on my crappy laptop that as things got more hectic later it just couldn't handle it and I had to drop the resolution right down to 'ugly'. Then I got distracted by other games and forgot what I was doing. I'm hoping one day I'll get a new laptop/PC and have time to finish that as well as start Fallout 3.

Failing that I may have to forego the awesome mods and play it on a console. And Fallout 3 does not have many major mods, or at least not any that I am aware of...yet.

Peanut · 05-11-2009, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by raphael_is_cool

As Peanut probably knows, I am currently working on Lost Odyssey. One year later and I'm on the last disc, a little bit in. I will finish it someday!

Oh, God. I think LO may be the ultimate "I'll get back to it someday!" RPG. Everyone I know who's played it has totally gotten to that point. I'm glad I finally beat it, though. Really great game, and the ending was awesome.

*raphael_is_cool* · 05-11-2009, 05:22 PM

Yeah. I really like it. I think the simplicity and accessibility of it (compared to other RPGs) is what actually makes it so easy to put down and pick up again (as opposed to the FF games). My favourite part of the game is the short stories. I'm always pleased when I unlock a new one of those.

Peanut · 05-11-2009, 05:25 PM

That totally is the thing about it. I could fall out of it for a half a year and then come back and get right into it again. Quite unlike most other RPG's where I'd stop playing for a short time, then come back and be completely confused and overwhelmed.

*Cure* · 05-11-2009, 05:30 PM

For realz, LO is awesome, and so are the short stories.

~~AquaParade~~ · 05-11-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

That totally is the thing about it. I could fall out of it for a half a year and then come back and get right into it again. Quite unlike most other RPG's where I'd stop playing for a short time, then come back and be completely confused and overwhelmed.

Ah, I lost a lot of great rpg's to that effect. Final Fantasy 10, Final Fantasy 7, 8, and 9, Tales of Vesperia(Really hope I go back to this one someday, though not exactly sure why)...Can I count mega man legends?

I guess with rpg's, I can't play too much of them without needing something to break it up, and I just get too lazy to try and figure out what the hell is going on a month later. Anyways...

Devil May Cry 4 - Loved the trilogy on ps2 (Yes,yes, we all know the second one sucked), but after playing DMC4 for only a couple of hours, and not feeling that satisfied, I had to go straight back to playing the crap out of Ninja Gaiden 2, which I purchased around the same time, maybe a tad before...Lately I've been thinking about going back to complete this one, because playing God of war 2 has gotten me in that flashy action mood( Which brings me to my next point) Anyone put down DMC4 only to come back and have a hell of a lot of fun? Considering picking it up again, but I'd rather have some goold ol technodrome feedback from fans of the trilogy first.

So, this next game I did not stop playing, although maybe I should have...

God of War 2 - Bought it last week. I got all the way to the "Steeds of Time"(ok not that far, but considering the following...), and there was a glitch. These chains that served as a bridge for me, dissapeared everytime I completed a puzzle before hand. Basically, the game left me stranded on an island, only to die everytime i tried to jumo across it. For a while I considered putting it away for a while, and just playing it again in six months. Curiosity got the best of me, and last night I decided I was having way too much fun with it to not start all over right away, in hopes of avoiding that same glitch. This game better be worth it!

*XERO* · 05-11-2009, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AquaParade

God of War 2 - Bought it last week. I got all the way to the "Steeds of Time"(ok not that far, but considering the following...), and there was a glitch. These chains that served as a bridge for me, dissapeared everytime I completed a puzzle before hand. Basically, the game left me stranded on an island, only to die everytime i tried to jumo across it. For a while I considered putting it away for a while, and just playing it again in six months. Curiosity got the best of me, and last night I decided I was having way too much fun with it to not start all over right away, in hopes of avoiding that same glitch. This game better be worth it!

Dude, you have no IDEA about the awesomeness that is God of War II.

That glitch is punishment. Straight from the fires of Hades.

Finish the game if you can. I guarantee you'll have a blast. Just wait until you reach Atlas. Friggin' beautiful.

*raphael_is_cool* · 05-12-2009, 11:26 AM

Damn you, AquaParade, you just reminded me of two other unfinished games!

God of War
Got to the last boss and there is a really retarded bit where you're not really fighting the boss as such (we all know what it is) and I just could not do it. I refused to lower the difficulty just to do it, having suffered through pretty much the whole game twice courtesy of some stupid glitch. That game should've been more about the 'war' than the stupid platforming and 'puzzle' bits.

Ninja Gaiden: Black
Yes, yes. This game is hard. I was actually making my way through it and got to a boss I had to retry on (it was some electric worm thing, I think). I was doing pretty well up to then and...I just never retried. I can't remember why. I just moved on to other games. Really must pick this up again some day. Some day!

Peanut · 05-12-2009, 11:32 AM

I rocked God of War many many times. Love that game so much and can't wait for the 3rd.

As for Ninja Gaiden, I got rid of my original Xbox copy, and the next time I played the game again was Sigma on the PS3. I just can't get into it. When it's more traditional Ninja enemies and environments, I'm totally into it, but when it switches away to fighting ugly designed monsters and dudes with machine guns, I'm totally over it.

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Originally Posted by AquaParade

Ah, I lost a lot of great rpg's to that effect. Final Fantasy 10, Final Fantasy 7, 8, and 9, Tales of Vesperia(Really hope I go back to this one someday, though not exactly sure why)...Can I count mega man legends?

Tales of Vesperia, to me, was the worst offender of this curse. I had gotten a good 7 or 8 hours into it the first time I played it, then fell out of it for other games. It sat on my shelf and taunted me for a long time, but I finally picked it back up. Unfortunately, I was so f*cking confused about everything that I decided to restart from the beginning. I'm on the last dungeon now, but I dropped it again for various other games. I'll probably go back and finish it for good this week.

*XERO* · 05-12-2009, 06:55 PM

Gah, you guys are breakin' my heart. You just had to mention the Gaiden, did ya?!

~~AquaParade~~ · 05-16-2009, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Benvenuto

Gah, you guys are breakin' my heart. You just had to mention the Gaiden, did ya?!

You may be pleased to hear that I exchanged my copy of god of war 2 for one that actually works. I am loving the extra couple hours I've gotten into it.....

Now take my advice and complete whatever of the Ninja Gaiden series you can. Especially the first one. Definitely one of my favorite series. If your having trouble, I suggest practicing over and over on a level, or something to the effect of practicing your moves, because once you can really handle the game, its a total blast.

*Spitfire* · 05-16-2009, 12:19 PM

I never beat Okami. I ended up lending it to a friend who never gave it back to me. I actually liked the game when I was playing it. It's been so long though I don't know I'd enjoy it now.

I'm far from a fan of any of the Final Fantasy games but a long while back I bought 7 and played through almost all of the first disk then I got stuck and never picked it back up again. This was before internet was a big resource for me and strategy guides were 20 bucks, which is what the game itself cost.

I never played through all of Shadow of the Colossus either. A friend of mine had it and he used to play it at my house a lot. I saw him beat it quite a few times but I only played through a few of the bosses myself.

And a game I am ashamed I never played is God of War. I was such a Devil May Cry fanboy I refused to. However the game looks epic and when I have some spare cash I'm going to buy 1 and 2.

Devil May Cry Rant

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*XERO* · 05-16-2009, 03:20 PM

Wow, I never thought I'd see that from you, sir.

*Spitfire* · 05-16-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Benvenuto

Wow, I never thought I'd see that from you, sir.

I'd abandoned the series awhile ago, when 4 came out, I felt now was an appropriate time to vocalize it.

*XERO* · 05-16-2009, 10:24 PM

Sorry to hear that.

I just remembered that I never completed Majora's Mask. And given the chances of actually finding that game, I probably never will.

*raphael_is_cool* · 05-17-2009, 05:29 AM

Shame you're not a European/Australian Wii owner http://kotaku.com/5196255/pal-virtua...s-majoras-mask

Peanut · 05-18-2009, 01:53 PM

Or a Wii owner at all, as it just got released for the VC today.

~~AquaParade~~ · 05-18-2009, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

Or a Wii owner at all, as it just got released for the VC today.

Beat me to it!

Would have been great news to deliver....I envy you

05-11-2009, 12:36 PM	#41
Scandia Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,265	- I never beat X-Death in FF5. Hence I never finished the game. - Stopped relatively early on in Suikoden III, Final Fantasy XII, and Xenosaga. Nowadays, due to my job being so intellectually stimulating (a VERY good thing), I do not have much brainpower left for RPGs. So I decided I was never going to be able to finish those games. Or probably replay my fave RPGs from the beginning. __________________ Turtles fight with honor!!!

05-11-2009, 05:30 PM	#47
Cure Y'all need Jesus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,938	For realz, LO is awesome, and so are the short stories. __________________

05-12-2009, 06:55 PM	#52
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	Gah, you guys are breakin' my heart. You just had to mention the Gaiden, did ya?! __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

05-16-2009, 12:19 PM	#54
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	I never beat Okami. I ended up lending it to a friend who never gave it back to me. I actually liked the game when I was playing it. It's been so long though I don't know I'd enjoy it now. I'm far from a fan of any of the Final Fantasy games but a long while back I bought 7 and played through almost all of the first disk then I got stuck and never picked it back up again. This was before internet was a big resource for me and strategy guides were 20 bucks, which is what the game itself cost. I never played through all of Shadow of the Colossus either. A friend of mine had it and he used to play it at my house a lot. I saw him beat it quite a few times but I only played through a few of the bosses myself. And a game I am ashamed I never played is God of War. I was such a Devil May Cry fanboy I refused to. However the game looks epic and when I have some spare cash I'm going to buy 1 and 2. Devil May Cry Rant Spoiler: Devil May Cry 4 sucked, 3 was barely passable, and 2 is a huge joke. The only good one in the series is the first one and it hasn't withstood the test of time. So until maybe they remake the first one I have to say my love for that series is completely gone. While their at it they can never make another one again. The voice acting is laughably bad in every game, so is the dialogue. They also make Dante more ridiculous looking in every title. He's done everything from promote the Diesel clothing line to dressing like he's a member of a gay fashion show. He's also bi-polar as hell. He's a smart ass in the first game, some emo douche who barely talks in the second one, a spaz who does stupid ** like use a missile as a surf board in 3, and in the fourth one he's supposed to be the good guy yet he treats the other main character whose trying to help like crap for no reason. Don't even get me started on Nero he looks so much like Dante he might as well be him. That game was such a mess in general. They just took the levels you played as Nero and copy pasted them and changed a few things so you can do it as Dante. Alright I'm done ranting. __________________ Check out my online portfolio** http://www.christopherpelletier.com/ Last edited by Spitfire; 05-16-2009 at 12:29 PM.

05-16-2009, 03:20 PM	#55
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	Wow, I never thought I'd see that from you, sir. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

05-11-2009, 01:28 PM	#42
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Hahahah what the f*ck? Your job is too intellectually stimulating for you to be able to play RPG's? I'm usually half asleep while I play them.

05-11-2009, 04:24 PM	#43
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	As Peanut probably knows, I am currently working on Lost Odyssey. One year later and I'm on the last disc, a little bit in. I will finish it someday! I almost forgot I have not finished Oblivion either. I got caught up in so many damn sidequests and I was playing it on my crappy laptop that as things got more hectic later it just couldn't handle it and I had to drop the resolution right down to 'ugly'. Then I got distracted by other games and forgot what I was doing. I'm hoping one day I'll get a new laptop/PC and have time to finish that as well as start Fallout 3. Failing that I may have to forego the awesome mods and play it on a console. And Fallout 3 does not have many major mods, or at least not any that I am aware of...yet.

05-11-2009, 05:22 PM	#45
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	Yeah. I really like it. I think the simplicity and accessibility of it (compared to other RPGs) is what actually makes it so easy to put down and pick up again (as opposed to the FF games). My favourite part of the game is the short stories. I'm always pleased when I unlock a new one of those.

05-11-2009, 05:25 PM	#46
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	That totally is the thing about it. I could fall out of it for a half a year and then come back and get right into it again. Quite unlike most other RPG's where I'd stop playing for a short time, then come back and be completely confused and overwhelmed.

05-12-2009, 11:26 AM	#50
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	Damn you, AquaParade, you just reminded me of two other unfinished games! God of War Got to the last boss and there is a really retarded bit where you're not really fighting the boss as such (we all know what it is) and I just could not do it. I refused to lower the difficulty just to do it, having suffered through pretty much the whole game twice courtesy of some stupid glitch. That game should've been more about the 'war' than the stupid platforming and 'puzzle' bits. Ninja Gaiden: Black Yes, yes. This game is hard. I was actually making my way through it and got to a boss I had to retry on (it was some electric worm thing, I think). I was doing pretty well up to then and...I just never retried. I can't remember why. I just moved on to other games. Really must pick this up again some day. Some day!

05-16-2009, 10:24 PM	#57
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	Sorry to hear that. I just remembered that I never completed Majora's Mask. And given the chances of actually finding that game, I probably never will. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

05-17-2009, 05:29 AM	#58
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	Shame you're not a European/Australian Wii owner http://kotaku.com/5196255/pal-virtua...s-majoras-mask

05-18-2009, 01:53 PM	#59
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Or a Wii owner at all, as it just got released for the VC today.