Name a game you own but just never go into

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ImpulsE69

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Probably the most popular one would be Xcom: EU. I tried to get into it, and just couldn't.
 

Shargrath

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Witcher 1 & 2. I don't know why, it seems to have all the elements of games I like, but I can't get into the story or the combat system.
 

Zenoth

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Jan 29, 2005
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I would have many to list, but I'll keep it short(ish):

º The Witcher ED DC (GoG version)

I still have my original saved-game-in-progress untouched since the last time (approximately five months ago or so). I sort of like the story, or rather the way it unfolds and is being presented. It's slower-paced than the RPGs I'm used to play I'd say but it's "ok". What I just cannot "get into" is its combat system. I just can't. I've tried, believe me. I'm playing the game in very short bursts when I feel like continuing for the story portions... then I realize I have to fight again between important triggered scenes and I quit out of boredom (it just feels unintuitive and clunky).

º The Witcher 2

Quite a significant improvement on almost all aspects, but again still haven't finished it, current game-in-progress is probably a year old by now. Once more, the combat system just doesn't cut it for me (it's "better" than the first but... I don't know... it's not "intuitive" I guess). I do plan to finish it. I'll probably finish it before the first, heh (and yeah playing them separately, not importing anything from the first to the second).

º Crysis 2

Got it from some Humble Bundle, played it until I "enter" the city (probably the second level?) and got bored. I admit that when I played it I had way other things in mind and was distracted. The thing is I just never found the "will" to start it up again since then, and do not feel compelled to as of now. But I probably will give it another go some time.

º Empire: Total War.

I've really tried to at least play one full (and successful, of course) campaign. I couldn't, each time I stopped playing after maybe 15 Turns or so. I just don't like the timeline (should have known better before buying it; I was honestly hesitating more than usual, I knew it was a risk, oh well).

º RAGE

Really liked the animations and the A.I. wasn't bad. But the story was rather poor (at least up until the point I'm at), the atmosphere "lacking" (doesn't 'feel' that post-apocalyptic to me). It was way too linear (essentially no exploration) for my tastes even though I was ready to "accept it" as another linear FPS with a story (say... like Half-Life for example) but the problem is the story didn't feel compelling at all, no will to continue to see what's going to happen next.

I don't really plan to finish it, to be honest but maybe one day if I'm really bored I'll give it another try (I don't mind the graphics though, they're fine by me).

º The Walking Dead

I sort of knew what to expect when I bought it. I knew it wasn't really "a game" per say, only based on quick time events-style decision-making concept thingy (ok, "interactive story" is another way to put it). Not really sure as to what I didn't like... I don't "hate" it at all. It just feels... slow? I guess? I played until the main guy and the girl got to a farm, with a farmer and his son there and... humm... can't recall what happened or if I actually finished that part (actually I think I did finish it... I have a flash-back right now of a young man getting grabbed by a zombie near a tractor because I decided to save the life of his brother or something like that...).

I'll probably give it another try some time. And, side note, I recently watched about 15 minutes of game-play of The Tales from the Borderlands (another Telltale game), and I'd see myself playing that one more often I think over The Walking Dead. Then again the last "zombie game" I enjoyed was the original Left 4 Dead (and the second one to some degree, still less than the first). Never been a big fan of zombie games (or movies, too), to be honest (L4D was a unique case at the time really, still would be today).

I'll leave my list as is, but I assure you folks I'd have a good 50+ titles to go on about.
 
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mikeymikec

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Crysis, I have 1&2 AFAIK. Seriously meh.

Bioshock. I bought it as part of a pack off Steam cheaply, spent a good while trying to get it working properly (sound problems), started playing it, and without any real context for the immediate and real weird s**t going on in it, my reaction was kind of like Derek Zoolander questioning the size of the building.
 

Sulaco

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Mar 28, 2003
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Just going down my STEAM game list:

Alpha Protocol
Borderlands
Dead Island
FEAR 3
Grand Theft Auto (any, really)
Metro 2033
Sleeping Dogs
Terraria
The Witcher 2
 

Rhezuss

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Jan 31, 2006
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There are dozens, but the one that sticks out most to me is Mass Effect.

Mass Effect is an example of an extremely popular game series that I always hear people raving about, so I've tried to get into it like 5 different times and each time I get bored with it. Finally I realized that it's just probably not for me.

Same...don't know why but it always end with an uninstall after a few hours in...
 

ControlD

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Apr 25, 2005
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Same...don't know why but it always end with an uninstall after a few hours in...

Mass Effect was a real slow burner for me. I started the game a couple of times and just got too bored to stick with it. When I finally made myself get past the first few hours I enjoyed it quite a bit. ME2 was much quicker to get moving and a lot of the boredom wasn't there. I have yet to play the third one.
 

EDUSAN

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Sooo many games...

Far Cry 3, Borderlands 2, Batman Arkham Origins, Witcher 1 (i did love witcher 2 though), Alpha protocol as someone above me said and reminded me, Metro Last light, Rage,

sooo many games i dropped
 

sphenodont

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Jan 8, 2010
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Crusader Kings 2. It ticks all the right boxes, but I've just been far too busy the last year or so to get past the learning curve.
 

Kadarin

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Nov 23, 2001
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I don't have that many games, but a couple that make this list are Civ 5 and the current Sim City.
 

Subyman

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ME1 starts off kinda slow. I got hooked about half way through and it kept me on lock all the way to the end of ME3.

Yeah, ME1 can drag on forever when you get to the city and have to do a bunch of talking and quests. I'd say there is 3-4 hours just running around the city. I wish they would've broken that up.
 
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