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guitarguy
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posted July 04, 2005 01:20 PM |
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Games You Never Quite Finished
I started playing computer games in late 1995 and I've been at it ever since. I've covered a lot of ground, as I'm sure all of you have, as well. Nevertheless, I have failed to play a lot of games in their entirety. There are too many to list, so I'll just list several of those that I clearly remember.
Empire Earth
I've always enjoyed historical games, such as Age of Empires, but I did not enjoy Empire Earth as much as its predecessor. The gameplay was not as smooth as AOE2, and I ultimately failed to get a feel for the game overall. The campaigns took too much time for my taste, I might add, and I generally lost interest in them after several missions. It's a shame that very little came of this experience.
Fate of the Dragon
Despite my interest in China's Three Kingdoms Period, this game was very difficult to play. The gameplay was somewhat modeled after Age of Empires, although it was still very different. For example, each faction starts out in a city complete with a defensive wall; this is where the building of resources and an army takes place. To conquer other cities, the army needs to leave their "city map" and travel across the larger "country map" in order to reach other factions' "city maps". To add to the pressure, armies' fighting power and durability will decrease outside of their city unless food is constantly supplied by peasants by caravan. This is tedious, and it's only too easy to run out of food and get overpowered by invading enemy armies. I only made it through seven or eight levels before I finally caved to the difficulty. It wasn't worth the frustration.
Heroes 3: Shadow of Death
These campaigns are more difficult than the Restoration of Erathia missions. You often begin the campaigns outnumbered by the computer players, as expected. Sometimes you're forced to use stealth maneuvers in order to complete the objectives (much of these campaigns are based around obtaining artifacts). Because of that, you sometimes have to avoid the enemy the entire game. What makes this hard is that you often have no clue about where the enemy heroes are until they jump out of the fog and lay waste to you. Saved games are a must if you're new to the missions.
Unreal Tournament
It took me a while to work my way up the campaign ladder. The competition was tough, as I chose to play at a high difficulty level. After a while, however, I stopped playing the ladder because some maps were essentially hard to master. The level I stopped at was this purplish gothic castle floating in the sky (forget what it's called). It's often been said that Unreal Tournament was better on the looks than on the gameplay at times, so I guess that's true. Oh, and I didn't really like that Galleon map, either.
-guitarguy
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mr_niceguy
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posted July 04, 2005 01:29 PM |
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Project Zero/Fatal Frame:
I've tried to do more in that game but it's always the same process. start playing, having fun ten minutes later i get too scared to continue, turn off the game and dont play it for another month or so.
Chips Chalenge:
just too many chips
Wolf 3d:
i get head aches from Fisrt Person Shooters
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a stich in time saves nine... what the hell does that mean?
If u enjoy telling ur friends of how uve never been beaten with ur own legs, u'd rethink making a comment
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a_rebirthing...
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posted July 04, 2005 01:36 PM |
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well lets see first there is caesar III, then there is every other game . i finish some games like RA 2 but some i find that by the time im almost finsihed the story has really lost interest. i have finsihed some games like topspin and almost finished all of the H4 campaigns. i never got around to any of the H3 campaigns since i had a go about 4 years back and didnt do so well i never went back.
thats about all i am going to say for bow
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mr_niceguy
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posted July 04, 2005 01:42 PM |
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oh yeah i havent finished any of the games A_R_F mentioned...
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a stich in time saves nine... what the hell does that mean?
If u enjoy telling ur friends of how uve never been beaten with ur own legs, u'd rethink making a comment
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DarkTitan
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posted July 04, 2005 01:44 PM |
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ive borrowed many games from the video store which i never completed, but i dont think this counts as i only had a short period to finish often complex games.
Of all the games i own, the only game i am yet to finish, or plan on finishing is
V8 Supercars on PS2. This is the one game i have yet to master full control of, and do not intend to. To be honest it is probably my least liked game, and so the interest is just not there to win every track and advance to the final tour of the game..
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a_rebirthing...
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posted July 04, 2005 01:48 PM |
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i think my inability to finish games is beacaues of my ability to gain new games constantly. i was playing Cm 03/04 till i got M&M 9. i had almost finished that when i got caesar III. i recently got kings bounty and HOMM1. i should be getting a new game 2day. it just never stops for me.
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'Tis better to rely on the the wit of your brain rather than the speed of your hands and mouse -me
Being happy isn't just an emotion, it's a choice!-Leo_Lion
It's Gortex!!!
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Asmodean
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Heroine at the weekend.
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posted July 05, 2005 01:51 PM |
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Warcraft 3, the Frozen throne - my comp got a virus and I had to reformat the HD. I found that I couldn't be bothered to play all those campaigns again :S
Icewind Dale II - enjoyable game, but I lost interest pretty quick.
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a_rebirthing...
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posted July 05, 2005 02:12 PM |
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i got that game, i also didnt finish it
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'Tis better to rely on the the wit of your brain rather than the speed of your hands and mouse -me
Being happy isn't just an emotion, it's a choice!-Leo_Lion
It's Gortex!!!
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mr_niceguy
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posted July 05, 2005 02:15 PM |
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i never finished hellbender, but i dont really want to
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a stich in time saves nine... what the hell does that mean?
If u enjoy telling ur friends of how uve never been beaten with ur own legs, u'd rethink making a comment
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BountyHunter97
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King of all that is Chicken
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posted July 05, 2005 07:06 PM |
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morrowind...
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a_rebirthing...
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posted July 16, 2005 06:15 AM |
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yea i never finsihed that either. i also never finished wizardry 8 and wizards and warriors and darkstone
but i did finish hitman 2(*****,superb game) and hitman 3(*, story is awful) those are 2 games i did finish
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'Tis better to rely on the the wit of your brain rather than the speed of your hands and mouse -me
Being happy isn't just an emotion, it's a choice!-Leo_Lion
It's Gortex!!!
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mr_niceguy
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posted July 16, 2005 06:17 AM |
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I havent finished final fantasies I-V,
I have finished Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, X, X-2 though
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a stich in time saves nine... what the hell does that mean?
If u enjoy telling ur friends of how uve never been beaten with ur own legs, u'd rethink making a comment
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ConanAmra
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posted July 17, 2005 09:37 PM |
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I finished all the games that I got ,the ones which I played by some friends of mine I didnt,but all the games that i had got there are all finished
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Draco
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posted July 19, 2005 07:41 PM |
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Edited By: Draco on 19 Jul 2005
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games I never finished, are in no specific order
Final Fantasy, III(6jap), V ,VIII, X, X-2
Final fantasy II took me 7 years to complete, (I keep all my save games, so i ended up going back to FF II about 7 years later to finish the game) same with Grandia II on my dreamcast, played it till the final battle when I got my DC (bought it at 350$ :S before PS2 came out)then finished it last summer because i was donating my DC to charity, and it was bugging me.
Crono Trigger took me several years as well
FF V I was in the process of continuing it, but lost my memmory card, so i gave up on it.
Warcraft III I only played 1 campaign before going online, and never looking back.
C&C RA2 I played the soviet campaignes but lost my allies CD.
many many other games too, but mostly RPG's I tend to get bored once my troops get to the invincible stage.
another game that bothers me that I never beat, was the bonus level on StarCraft Broodwar, level 10 as zerg. it seems impossible, but I havent played the level in years, so maybe I just wasnt very good :S. my CD is 2 scratched to read anymore, so I cant play it.
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Lingerstink
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posted July 19, 2005 07:48 PM |
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FF6, Chrono Cross, most of the Campaigns in Heroes 2-3, and many, many other RPGs.
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Guitarguy
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Rockoon.
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posted October 10, 2006 05:35 AM |
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Diablo 2 Exp
It's gonna take me a while before I beat the Hell difficulty. Melee is certainly hard for that sorta job, and I guess a Tesladin isn't the easiest character to make quick work of it. I'm trying to gain levels and gain better items; hopefully, that will improve my performance (ugh, sounds like a Viagra commercial). 
Hoyle Casino Empire
I cannot beat the blasted Pirate Cove casino. Half of the level has you in severe debt, and you only have a year and a half to generate a huge profit. I replayed this level many times and got close to beating it, but I always ran out of time. I got so frustrated with this that I stopped playing the game.
The Settlers IV
This game is fun, but it's very hard at higher levels. You only have a limited amount of time to build your settlement before the enemy attacks, so it's easy to mess up. The hardest thing for me is to get everything ready before multiple enemies start coming at you. Making weapons isn't the fastest thing you can do, so there's a problem getting an army with such short a time frame. Oh, and the Dark Tribe grow to massive numbers really quickly; it's just ridiculous.
Rollercoaster Tycoon
This was a cool game, but the later levels started to drag because of all the major landscaping jobs you had to do in order to put in the cash-cow rides. I'd pump so much funds into flattening the land that I'd go into debt (or severe near-debt) before I could make anywhere near a fair amount of money. And by the way, I was never terribly good at designing my own rollercoasters. I guess that took a lot of fun out of it.
Redneck Rampage
I only got this last year, but I've always wanted to play it. I didn't realize the game would be this hard; it's very easy to die with the lousy controls. The jerkish movements are in stark contrast to the quality found in Duke3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Oh, and didn't Redneck Rampage come after all those games? Anyway, I got stuck on the level where you have to navigate the sewer system. I lost myself in the maze and all the underwater areas started to get on my nerves. So I stopped there, unable to find the motivation to continue.
-Guitarguy
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william
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posted October 10, 2006 06:25 AM |
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Quote:
Diablo 2 Exp
It's gonna take me a while before I beat the Hell difficulty. Melee is certainly hard for that sorta job, and I guess a Tesladin isn't the easiest character to make quick work of it. I'm trying to gain levels and gain better items; hopefully, that will improve my performance (ugh, sounds like a Viagra commercial).
Hoyle Casino Empire
I cannot beat the blasted Pirate Cove casino. Half of the level has you in severe debt, and you only have a year and a half to generate a huge profit. I replayed this level many times and got close to beating it, but I always ran out of time. I got so frustrated with this that I stopped playing the game.
The Settlers IV
This game is fun, but it's very hard at higher levels. You only have a limited amount of time to build your settlement before the enemy attacks, so it's easy to mess up. The hardest thing for me is to get everything ready before multiple enemies start coming at you. Making weapons isn't the fastest thing you can do, so there's a problem getting an army with such short a time frame. Oh, and the Dark Tribe grow to massive numbers really quickly; it's just ridiculous.
Rollercoaster Tycoon
This was a cool game, but the later levels started to drag because of all the major landscaping jobs you had to do in order to put in the cash-cow rides. I'd pump so much funds into flattening the land that I'd go into debt (or severe near-debt) before I could make anywhere near a fair amount of money. And by the way, I was never terribly good at designing my own rollercoasters. I guess that took a lot of fun out of it.
Redneck Rampage
I only got this last year, but I've always wanted to play it. I didn't realize the game would be this hard; it's very easy to die with the lousy controls. The jerkish movements are in stark contrast to the quality found in Duke3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Oh, and didn't Redneck Rampage come after all those games? Anyway, I got stuck on the level where you have to navigate the sewer system. I lost myself in the maze and all the underwater areas started to get on my nerves. So I stopped there, unable to find the motivation to continue.
-Guitarguy
I have played nearly al lof thos egames.
I have never quite finished Super Mario for N64, I am so close to itbut I havent finished it.
Diablo 2 I have finished and Redneck rampage is easy, same with Shadow Warrior and Duke 3D both of which I have, as they are excellent games to play.
Super Mario 64 Is one I havent got around to finishing
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted October 10, 2006 10:19 AM |
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I never finished Baldur's Gate 2. I know right.
I finished UT2004 just. the last level is so hard, but I managed to get one kill off before Malcolm could, and then hid in a good hiding place (scared ****less) the rest of the game until the time ran out 
I never finished H3 completely either.
Morrowind, man, didn't get NEAR finishing that.
Another game I have never finished (not through lack of trying) is Super Mario 3. It's hard. Even though I know all the secrets of world skipping lol
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phoebeduviels
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Que?
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posted October 17, 2006 09:55 AM |
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Baldur's Gate 2 Shadow of Amn
I'm doing this game for about 2 weeks...then give up!
Heroes 4
I grew bored...
Emperor Rise of the Middle Kingdom
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JoonasTo
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What if Elvin was female?
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posted October 19, 2006 08:37 PM |
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