Games that you abandoned and then managed to finish years later?

[Kremiso]

Resident Evil 6 (xbox360) is my last one
Abandoned (at 50% more or less) because i found it boring back then, and i see one chapter with on average low reputation reviews and players critics.

Btw i finally reached to complete the Leon story in these days, and i see the game unlocks something more; interestingly i have started the Chris Redfield story and i'm liking it a lot more than the Leon one, but to me it does plays like a Call of Duty in third person more than a Resident Evil classic title; but again i'm liking it surely more, at least i have found something good for me into it, playing it eons later :)

What are yours?

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

Nice! That’s a solid comeback, RE6 definitely has its ups and downs, but it’s cool you found something to enjoy in the Chris campaign. I had a similar experience with Final Fantasy XIII. Dropped it halfway through years ago because the linearity bored me, but I picked it up again recently and pushed through. Once the world opened up, I actually started enjoying the combat system and the story more than I expected.

Also went back to The Witcher 2 after abandoning it for ages. The combat felt clunky at first, but once I got used to it, the story totally pulled me in. Funny how time and mood can change your whole perspective on a game.

 

[bjork]

In fifth grade, we had Gemstone Warrior on the Apple II. We never finished it. This was 1987. I went back and played it in either 2014 or 2015 and had to make a map by hand, but I made it happen. That was pretty great..

My first Commodore 64 game was Death in the Caribbean, a graphic adventure that we never made it all the way through. I wound up going through it with a walkthrough like 30 years later because there were two puzzles that no sane person would have ever figured out. If they did, they need to be working on making cold fusion happen or something, because they operate on a higher level than the rest of us.

 

[tizlor]

Rogue Galaxy for the PS2. Beat it a few years ago on the PS4

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

Catherine and Killer Is Dead. Catherine I first played when the Steam port came out, got through the first couple chapters then dropped it for whatever reason. Didn't finish it until I went back at the beginning of this year and played it all the way through to the end. Pretty much the same story for Killer Is Dead.

 

[qw90700]

Half-Life series.

I played them when they are released, I would never think they would be a hot shit. There was no story to keep going, so it was like "pew pew for a while and delete" games. But HL2 was different, it offered you to select levels even before you finish the games. I was like "I bet they are aware how boring their games are so no wonder" lol. By not even finishing a level I was just playing them until I get bored lol.

Then being connected to the internet for the first time and people worship the series I was like "Nani???" + HL2 DLCs released + I was bored AF so I patiently played all games start to finish and even finding glitches, secrets and shits and then I concluded its boredom doesn't change no matter what lol. HL2 just had fun moments and that's all about it.

HL1 felt like Netflix shit version of Zero Tolerance.

HL2 felt like Netflix shit version of Redline.

Its DLCs felt like "we have no idea what we are doing and the office is under fire" lol. And people still wait for a 3rd game of a series that never had a story or meaningful gameplay to begin with. It just had "brain fart guy farting from his mouth" and you kill whatever alien you see, happy ending lol. But people are attracted to think about "what is in the box", that's why they like whatever is empty because they believe there is something of a hot shit in nothingness that their denial of facts that how empty it's creates that delusional valuable shit that doesn't exist there lol.

So edgy shit, the fan profile is braindead people who believe "sigma people" shit exist lolol.

Now it's time for me to run away lolol:

 

[bjork]

HL1 felt like Netflix shit version of Zero Tolerance.

HL2 felt like Netflix shit version of Redline.

I mean, they're two of the most influential and critically acclaimed games of all time. Control yourself

 

[Snorlaxbelly]

RE6 gets a lot of hate, unnecessary hate. As a RE game, it's ridiculous, as a game in general, it's a absolute blast. Some of the deepest mechanics in a RE game, as if Max Payne (Shoot Dodging), Dark Souls (Parrying), and Street Fighter (Melee) fused with RE. It's a dumb, cheesy mess, but so much fun.

The original release on the PS3, and 360 are trash, just straight trash, I gave up playing only a few hours in, performance was abysmal.

The newer ports, after they got cleaned up and polished are much better. I purchased the Switch version, that's when I realized this game is a absolute blast.

 

[Kremiso]

...I had a similar experience with Final Fantasy XIII. Dropped it halfway through years ago because the linearity bored me, but I picked it up again recently and pushed through. Once the world opened up, I actually started enjoying the combat system and the story more than I expected.

we have a point in common, loved that part too
it's a bit of shame many abandoned the game before, there is A LOT there, in every aspect

 

[GundamJehutyKai]

not quite the same, but i finished Muramasa Rebirth on Vita years ago (2015?) and started working on the platinum trophy. Got most of the way through Fury mode but got stuck at a few of the last caves of evil. Then I dropped the game for years, coming back to it in 2022 and getting the plat.

Also, there was a point where I was playing Persona 3 FES on PS2... The issue was that there was a bug in the game that corrupted game saves at times so when you go to save the game, it would say "save failed" and your save would be corrupted. It can be fixed if you save it a 2nd time and it completes properly but you have to notice it... And once, I didn't
I got up to the point where everyone got their evolved personas and then I lost my save... and the only other one I had was when Aigis joined your party. I was so annoyed I dropped the game for years before going back and just starting the whole thing again.

 

[Turbo Kid]

Yes FF XIII is great for people who are patient with it. Though the story is still a mixed bag

Half Life 2 is pretty overrated. Aside from the Ravenholm stage and Alex being a decent looking, but less attractive version of Jade from Beyond Good and Evil, it's nothing special.

 

[aquova]

I picked up Metroid Prime 2 in the late 2000s, got nearly the whole way through it, but stopped when you had to find the items to get to the final boss. I think I was just busy with school or something, but I never came back to it. About 15 years later, I finally sat down and played through the whole game again. I enjoyed it a lot more than I originally remembered too.

 

[Snorlaxbelly]

Yes FF XIII is great for people who are patient with it. Though the story is still a mixed bag

Half Life 2 is pretty overrated. Aside from the Ravenholm stage and Alex being a decent looking, but less attractive version of Jade from Beyond Good and Evil, it's nothing special.

FF XIII is very special to me, one of the VERY FEW games I wanted to 100% The music is perfect, and the art direction is amazing, still looks great today, I enjoyed the sequels as well.

I want to play Half Life 2, but the art direction looks so bad, looks like those generic FPS games you see people play in movies. I understand the technical, game design achievements, but artistically it looks so uninspiring, as with most games that try too hard to look realistic, a pity.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I can only remember one: Grim Fandango.

Abandoned in 1998.

Finished in 2010.

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

About 20 years ago I was playing Tactics Ogre for the PS1. I made to about the end of the game, and then all the way to the 100th floor of the optional Hell dungeon. But after beating the super boss, I put it down and forgot about it.
Fast forward to 2 years ago when a friend of mine had moved in with me. He started playing the game himself, and after he played it over the course of a few weeks, I decided to dig up my old memory card and reloaded my file, and very easily finished the game with my overpowered party.
It was the Neutral alignment ending too, if you are familiar, which was quite amusing..

 

[Bakuma1997]

Mother 1, Pale King bless the QOL patching

 

[Turbo Kid]

FF XIII is very special to me, one of the VERY FEW games I wanted to 100% The music is perfect, and the art direction is amazing, still looks great today, I enjoyed the sequels as well.

I want to play Half Life 2, but the art direction looks so bad, looks like those generic FPS games you see people play in movies. I understand the technical, game design achievements, but artistically it looks so uninspiring, as with most games that try too hard to look realistic, a pity.

It's fascinating to see how the game's reputation is developing over time. Initially, the game seemed almost universally hated. As the years go on though I'm seeing more and more fans of it. Personally, I always liked FF XIII just for its amazing combat alone. But it certainly looks and sounds fantastic as well.

 

[Firenoh]

Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase, made it to Level 2 when I was 5, beat when I was 25 during the pandemic.

Tokobot for PSP, there was this one bridge jump I was stuck on for 10 years. The controls for that section are a nightmare.

 

[Netra]

Final Fantasy IV and VII, I finish them but I still don't like them.
Dishonored, I get a 12/6 work (get good money but lost years of life) and I just forget the game, this year I found it on my old laptop and ended it.
Pokemon pinball, it's great.
Suikkoden 1 and 2, I play the DS suikkoden and like it but I never end the PS1 games.

 

[bjork]

Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase, made it to Level 2 when I was 5, beat when I was 25 during the pandemic.

Tokobot for PSP, there was this one bridge jump I was stuck on for 10 years. The controls for that section are a nightmare.

Holy crap, I forgot about Tokobot. That was a cute game that I never finished, I wonder if I was stuck in the same place.

 

[S O D A]

I played KH2 a few years after it came out, played a good amount got stuck and didn't touch it again till like 2011 maybe even 2012

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

Only games that my friends had which I didn't get until much later. Skyrim and RE6 come to mind

 

[stormesp]

left Digimon Hackers Memory at the end of chapter 16 of 18 almost 4 years ago after playing it back to back with Cyber Sleuth, decided to finish it last week while i wait for Time Stranger

 

[Anoobis]

That's how I play every Yakuza game. I love the series, but each one is such a big lift, I end up playing them in bursts with long gaps.