Multi Best games you've quit playing?

[Quagmire]

I had been trying to play Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War, but its not fun to play. The story is fantastic, I like the actual gameplay and how it works, but everything is a chore. Mounted units move very fast and cover a lot of ground, but the non mounted don't. The maps are huge, taking hour plus to beat sometimes and if you want to keep everyone leveled you are stuck waiting on the non mounted units.

Inventory is also a pain, cant share items, you dont share money and there are no healing items other than healing rods that only some characters can use (at least from what I have found)

It really pains me as I love the story, the world and the general gameplay, but getting around is too much of a chore, even with turbo.

Any really good or great games you quit playing? Why?

 

[shortkut]

Another Eden is a mobile game that is made by the team who made Chrono Trigger. It’s starts off very similar and fun. Lots of characters, each with backstories you can learn about. The world is extensive and fun to explore

But that is also the problem. They keep adding new game mechanics that turn the game into just grinding. I loved it when it was a relaxed jrpg but the more you play, the most it becomes a grind-fest and that’s not what I was looking for in a mobile game

 

[Quagmire]

Another Eden is a mobile game that is made by the team who made Chrono Trigger. It’s starts off very similar and fun. Lots of characters, each with backstories you can learn about. The world is extensive and fun to explore

But that is also the problem. They keep adding new game mechanics that turn the game into just grinding. I loved it when it was a relaxed jrpg but the more you play, the most it becomes a grind-fest and that’s not what I was looking for in a mobile game

Just looked it up and it sounds exhausting, the howlongtobeat is also pretty long.

 

[shortkut]

Just looked it up and it sounds exhausting, the howlongtobeat is also pretty long.

I stopped a long time ago, but it starts off really fun. I played longer than I enjoyed it because of how well it started. It felt just like CT/CC and lots of references to them. Makes me sad that it wasn’t a stand alone game with a start and finish

 

[Smacktard]

I had been trying to play Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War, but its not fun to play. The story is fantastic, I like the actual gameplay and how it works, but everything is a chore. Mounted units move very fast and cover a lot of ground, but the non mounted don't. The maps are huge, taking hour plus to beat sometimes and if you want to keep everyone leveled you are stuck waiting on the non mounted units.

Inventory is also a pain, cant share items, you dont share money and there are no healing items other than healing rods that only some characters can use (at least from what I have found)

It really pains me as I love the story, the world and the general gameplay, but getting around is too much of a chore, even with turbo.

Any really good or great games you quit playing? Why?

Fire Emblem games for me, too. It's initially fun, but eventually the difficulty ramps up, there are some unfair design practices (reinforcements appearing randomly and OHKOing your dudes), and the punishment is severe for fucking up just once, maybe making you restart 30-45 mins of progress. I like the "rewind" feature in future games. I know some people don't like it, but I do. It removes the tedium of resets.

 

[Smacktard]

Outside of FE games, I can't think of good games that I quit playing... There are few games that I ALMOST quite, but powered through, and they became my favorite games ever. Some of them are:

• Dark Souls
• Sekiro
• Dark Souls 2 (noticing a theme?)
• Morrowind
• Rain World

Dark Souls, Sekiro, and Morrowind are probably in my top 10 games.

 

[TD]

This may sound weird - but Elden Ring.

I'm a Souls diehard. I LOVE those types of games and have poured thousands of hours in.

Meanwhile, I've only done one playthrough of ER, did some co-op with a friend, dabbled a minor amount in invasions and just stopped. Tried other playthroughs but got bored.

I love invading in these games since DeS, but it's just not fun in Elden Ring. It's always 1v2 or 1v3, and everyone runs the most imbalanced meta stuff that it gets tiresome.

If you invade in the open world, it's just terrible because you just chase eachother around.

Elden Ring was one of the most fun experiences I've had in a game for a first blind playthrough - however, the online kind of sucks (co op is annoying with fog walls EVERYWHERE and no horse in open world), and I feel like the replay value sucks - it just kind of feels like a slog.

You'd think I'm excited for the upcoming DLC but I'm kind of not?

 

[Quagmire]

Outside of FE games, I can't think of good games that I quit playing... There are few games that I ALMOST quite, but powered through, and they became my favorite games ever. Some of them are:

• Dark Souls
• Sekiro
• Dark Souls 2 (noticing a theme?)
• Morrowind
• Rain World

Dark Souls, Sekiro, and Morrowind are probably in my top 10 games.

I could never get into any of the Souls games, but Morrowind is in my top 5 probably, but easy to see why anyone might think about dropping it

 

[Smacktard]

I could never get into any of the Souls games, but Morrowind is in my top 5 probably, but easy to see why anyone might think about dropping it

Something I just realized with all of the games I posted -- when I got close to dropping them -- every one of them -- I hopped online and was like "okay how do I play this, give tips without spoiling too much" and it made the experience better. Morrowind, I created a new (better) character. Dark Souls I stopped trying to brute force the graveyard. Dark Souls II I learned about i-frames being tied to stats (still stupid). Sekiro I learned about the mikiru counter. Rain World I learned about karma gates and used an offline map.

Going in some games blind is a recipe for frustration.

 

[Quagmire]

Something I just realized with all of the games I posted -- when I got close to dropping them -- every one of them -- I hopped online and was like "okay how do I play this, give tips without spoiling too much" and it made the experience better. Morrowind, I created a new (better) character. Dark Souls I stopped trying to brute force the graveyard. Dark Souls II I learned about i-frames being tied to stats (still stupid). Sekiro I learned about the mikiru counter. Rain World I learned about karma gates and used an offline map.

Going in some games blind is a recipe for frustration.

Yep!

I must always look before I play that how I should build in any skills I should take early on. I did that for Dark Souls but it's still wasn't enough for me. Mostly the world and story didn't interest me enough to stay engaged