Posted December 04, 2014
Oh dear. I've done a good job at significantly reducing my backlog this year, but in the process, I've quit quite a few of the games
Cthulhu Saves the World: Just too Slow
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: I was looking forward to this one, especially since I loved GTA 4 and San Andreas so much. Maybe it's because it's an early incantation, but I just didn't feel like I was playing Grand Theft Auto. There aren't as many people walking around in Vice City, making Vice City/1980's Miami feel dead. Also, and some people may find this stupid, but when I hit some one with my car, there isn't that satisfying "THUMP!"...there wasn't a noise at all. I'll probably return to play this game in the future, out of love for the series.
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North: I've previously posted this, but this is my (hopefully) final post for this thread of games quit in 2014. Just didn't feel like a LOTR adventure, probably because I'm not really involved in the war of the ring. May return to play this if I can find someone good to play with
If you want to count them, Total War: Medievel 2 and Shogun 2. Both excellent games, but I just put them down because the campaign is seemingly endless, and I started playing other stuff. Will definitely return to finish, and then France and the Holy Roman Empire shall feel England's wrath!
Risen 1: Just got bored. Quit after like 40 minutes. Will probably not return.
Risen 2: Same reason as Risen 1. Quit after a half hour. May return because, well, pirates are cool.
Sniper Elite V2: THIS GAME GAME CAN KISS MY A**! Never before have I actually been trolled by a video game! Here's what happened: I was in the middle of a battle with like half the German army (it's not a stealth game, as it bills itself) and they bring in a tank. During the brief cutscene of the tank driving, the camera zooms in on the gas tank. So where would you think to shoot to destroy the tank? If you answered the gas tank, then YOU'RE WRONG! I shot at and hit the gas tank at least on 15 different attempts, only to die time after time. I even made an attempt to Leeroy Jenkins it, which went about as well as you'd think when an infantry man charges a tank...sigh...You know, normally, when I don't like a game, I'll just shrug, say to myself "maybe some other time", and calmly hit uninstall, but after all these attempts, I did something I've never done before: I rage quit. I let out a "GOD F***ING D*** IT!" and threw my controller at the couch. My roommate came out to see what was wrong, and listened to me rant for the next ten minutes. I originally started playing this because I thought the new 3rd game set in North Africa looked cool, but the bombed out city in this one is so dull...and boooorrrring...and ovvveeeerrrrrdone. I got this for free on steam, so things could be worse: I could have paid to be trolled. Will not return to this one.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1: Great game that I've beaten in the past. I just put it down to work on completing other stuff. I can't recommend this one enough. Will definitely return to finish this one in the future.
Syberia: I played this for about 7 hours before I got bored. This was nice actually, not have bullet flying everywhere, or swinging a sword at everything. May return to this.
Cthulhu Saves the World: Just too Slow
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: I was looking forward to this one, especially since I loved GTA 4 and San Andreas so much. Maybe it's because it's an early incantation, but I just didn't feel like I was playing Grand Theft Auto. There aren't as many people walking around in Vice City, making Vice City/1980's Miami feel dead. Also, and some people may find this stupid, but when I hit some one with my car, there isn't that satisfying "THUMP!"...there wasn't a noise at all. I'll probably return to play this game in the future, out of love for the series.
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North: I've previously posted this, but this is my (hopefully) final post for this thread of games quit in 2014. Just didn't feel like a LOTR adventure, probably because I'm not really involved in the war of the ring. May return to play this if I can find someone good to play with
If you want to count them, Total War: Medievel 2 and Shogun 2. Both excellent games, but I just put them down because the campaign is seemingly endless, and I started playing other stuff. Will definitely return to finish, and then France and the Holy Roman Empire shall feel England's wrath!
Risen 1: Just got bored. Quit after like 40 minutes. Will probably not return.
Risen 2: Same reason as Risen 1. Quit after a half hour. May return because, well, pirates are cool.
Sniper Elite V2: THIS GAME GAME CAN KISS MY A**! Never before have I actually been trolled by a video game! Here's what happened: I was in the middle of a battle with like half the German army (it's not a stealth game, as it bills itself) and they bring in a tank. During the brief cutscene of the tank driving, the camera zooms in on the gas tank. So where would you think to shoot to destroy the tank? If you answered the gas tank, then YOU'RE WRONG! I shot at and hit the gas tank at least on 15 different attempts, only to die time after time. I even made an attempt to Leeroy Jenkins it, which went about as well as you'd think when an infantry man charges a tank...sigh...You know, normally, when I don't like a game, I'll just shrug, say to myself "maybe some other time", and calmly hit uninstall, but after all these attempts, I did something I've never done before: I rage quit. I let out a "GOD F***ING D*** IT!" and threw my controller at the couch. My roommate came out to see what was wrong, and listened to me rant for the next ten minutes. I originally started playing this because I thought the new 3rd game set in North Africa looked cool, but the bombed out city in this one is so dull...and boooorrrring...and ovvveeeerrrrrdone. I got this for free on steam, so things could be worse: I could have paid to be trolled. Will not return to this one.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1: Great game that I've beaten in the past. I just put it down to work on completing other stuff. I can't recommend this one enough. Will definitely return to finish this one in the future.
Syberia: I played this for about 7 hours before I got bored. This was nice actually, not have bullet flying everywhere, or swinging a sword at everything. May return to this.
