Comments on: Spare A Dollar For G-Man?

By: K

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:16:51 +0000

Boy, I see there are a lot of us who still haven’t finished Grim Fandango. We’re a bunch of sad people, that’s what we are.

By: waffles

waffles — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:04:01 +0000

Only played 3 levels in dues Ex (gametap) and lost the KOTOR install disk before i could play it.

By: The Colonel

The Colonel — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:40:02 +0000

Completed Halflife a couple of times. Completed Deus Ex probably somewhere about the 9/10 mark. What about all those games that it was only possible to complete by taking advantage of a bug (Vampire: Bloodlines anyone?). I don’t think I would ever be able to complete HL1 again because I can’t look at that giant baby at the end without crying a little. At least Valve redeemed themselves beautifully with all subsequent titles. Roll on Episode 3.

By: solomun

solomun — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:29:37 +0000

Actually, me and most of my friends are either unemployed or at a company on the verge of folding, so I might actually get to co-op Baldur’s Gate. Yay economic collapse!

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:08:12 +0000

This topic makes me sad, because people here are hardcore, most people might own and never play true classics. When I don’t finish a game, generally its because its crap or obscenely hard, often then I’ll just cheat.

But I have about 15 games on the go at any one time, they don’t get uninstalled until I’m done.

By: Mr Lizard

Mr Lizard — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:58:10 +0000

Sacrifice. Company of Heroes. Medieval. Call To Power. KOTOR. Planescape Torment. Morrowind. Neverwinter Nights. System Shock 2. No-One Lives Forever (which I would have played more of if it had had autosave). And off-PC, Shadow Of The Bloody Boring Colossus.

By: skizelo

skizelo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:53:20 +0000

Sacrifice (Marduk can go hang), Theif 2, Every Final Fantasy except 9, System Shock (pirated copy (hey, it’s out of print, I refuse to feel bad) lead to a constantly crashing game), any Civ game.
On the other hand, I completed Meat Circus on the second attempt; the platforming was a bit grating but not impossible.

By: Yengwa

Yengwa — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:59:18 +0000

The list of games I haven’t finished is entirely too long.

I’ll try:

Bioshock
Psychonauts
Half-Life 1
Spore
Fallout 1 & 2
Sacrifice
Command and Conquer 3

Consoles:
Gears of War
GTA 4
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Ghost Recon
Viewtiful Joe

God I can’t even remember all of the games I never finished. I usually get bored of a game after a while. Once I’ve played it enough to see what the game is about I usually stop playing it. Most games throw all of the good stuff at you so early on, there’s no enticement to contiue forward.

Or maybe I’m just lazy.

By: Anthony Damiani

Anthony Damiani — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:25:58 +0000

One day, before I die, I sincerely intend to save the princess in Super Mario Brothers.

Thought I had once. Turned out she was in another castle.

By: DigitalSignalX

DigitalSignalX — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:56:24 +0000

Wow, very surprising to see so many people don’t finish games. I’m pretty OCD about it in comparison, can only recall not completing Descent II a long time ago and Bioshock more recently. When I get frustrated with a game, cheat codes usually expedite a quick finish just to get it over with.

By: droid

droid — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:48 +0000

Games I have started but not finished:

Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: Tactics
Final Fantasy 7 (will finish)
Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X2 (got about halfway through each game, realized I didn’t care about the story or game.)
Planescape: Torment (might finish)
Nethack
AliensRL
DoomRL
Dwarf Fortress (no victory condition, still fun.)
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (way too much work to finish)
Deus Ex
HL2 (This game makes me seasick, don’t know why. I might finish it with the mod Synergy. HL1 is worse, I only played the demo.)
XCOM (Have squad ready for final mission, have not finished final mission. Aliens will rule the earth!)

Many of these would go faster if I used quicksave more often. This does not include games I started but did not intend to finish, nor games that I haven’t played.

By: hydra9

hydra9 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:46:36 +0000

@solomun:
Much better if you can find a good friend to spend weeks playing it in 2-player co-op. Yeah, easier said than done…

Note: I’m awake right now due to Half-Life.