List of Shame (Dead Playthroughs)
Description
A list of the ridiculous amount of games I've started and then abandoned over the years because I'm a squirrel. (Not including replays just individual titles I did not finish for some reason or another)
The plan is to adding them gradually to a wheel as I finish other games to determine what I play each gaming session. No ifs, no buts until they are done. Here is a list of contenders...
Note - Actually horrified how long this list is.
Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins
Finished - 12/08/2024
Played a few times as a kid but always bounced off it. Long running joke with my brother that I'll never finish it. (Oh yes I will?) Already further than I have been before.
Drakengard 2
- IN PROGRESS -
Moved to japan and PAL copy didn’t work.
3
Tales of Phantasia: Full Voice Edition
- IN PROGRESS -
20-30 hours?
Multiple restart fatigue.
Portable Problems
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy 7 Replay In Progress -
Played 98%
Did all side content instead of story syndrome
End of game but don't cross the finish phenomenon
5
EVE: Burst Error
- In Progress -
Few hours - Christmas Holiday Casualty
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
- Golden sun 1 Replay In Progess -
One of my many embarrassing reached the point of no return but didn't cross the finish line. Did side quests then ....oh look shiny.
The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion
- In Progress -
Played the first 4-5 hours or so. Jumped into it straight after White Witch and probably wasn't wise given my reading speed and headspace at the time. Great game though.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
- In Progress -
Played 3-5 hours before?
Multiple replay syndrome
Ryu ga Gotoku: Kenzan!
- Ryu ga Gotoku 1 Replay In Progress -
Tales of Zestiria
- In Progress -
Played about 30%? Loved Xillia 1 and 2, preordered this played immediately then life happened. HD remasters and replays and just getting past that hurdle of replaying the start that I know so well. Have restarted an embarrassing amount of times. Tales of Shame Shame, Shame on me.
Adventures of Mana
Probably finished about 80%, got lost, couldn't work out what to do even with a guide - got bored.
16
Ancient Magic: Bazoe! Mahou Sekai
Christmas break casualty. Was streaming it, lost some VODS and couldn't let it go.
Arc Rise Fantasia
Accidentally read a spoiler early on. Got turned off. Hoped I would forget. Never did.
26
Breath of Fire II
99% Lost to final boss. (Stuff this series and its final bosses)
End of game but don't cross the line phenomenon.
Breath of Fire III
99% Lost to final boss.
End of game but don't cross the line phenomenon
Had a horrible history with this game. Many many lost save files, many many replays, much much pain. Miserable. My ultimate foe, my alpha, my omega. I close my eyes and see McNeil Manson ghosts and Robots in Factories. I hear rumours other games exist, but this is a false truth. In the end there is only Breath of Fire III, endless and eternal. The real Dragon's Quarter.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
15 hours?
Remaster with new content announced.
Enchanted Arms
Can’t decide what language to play in and never get very far.
Final Fantasy Dimensions
Lost phone data first time.
Lost interest 2nd time.
Final Fantasy III (2006)
Wasn’t my game or my DS. Got very far and moved to Japan to study before I could finish. Couldn’t take it with me.
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Long break. Couldn’t remember what I was doing or figure it out in a guide because of the time zones.
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Christmas Holiday Casualty
Game of Thrones (2012)
Stopped reading the books.
59
Half-Minute Hero
New shiny
66
Hyperdimension Neptunia
5-8 hours?
Left too long forgot how to play.
Horizon Zero Dawn
3 hours?
Open world overwhelming syndrome (OWOS)
Kamaitachi no Yoru
Few hours. Found the language a bit hard work and kept leaving it and restarting.
Kingsley's Adventure
Lost to gap year in Japan
78
Langrisser I & II (1997)
Finished 1. Burned out on 2.
Legend of Legaia
50-60%?
Not sure...lost save files? replays?
81
Legend of Xanadu: Kaze no Densetsu Xanadu
10-15 hours?
Loved it no real reason. New shiny?
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
30-40%?
N64 - Not sure tbh just other shinies
3DS Portable plane journey only syndrome x2
Linkle Liver Story
5 hours
Bad emulation
Didn't vibe with it on stream on replay
86
The Longest Journey
Really enjoyed it but was busy at university in Japan. Easily distracted.
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
10 hours?
Multiple restarts
New shiny
Lufia & the Fortress of Doom
5-10 hours
Started streaming and stopped playing games offline.
Magna Carta: Tears of Blood
5-10 hours
Replay syndrome.
PAL disc - Moved to Japan
92
Mighty No. 9
Didn’t like it much.
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered
played 15-20%? Several Christmas Holiday Causalities and I've played the opening so many times now it's lost its appeal.
Nights of Azure
4 hours?
Too many games at one time disorder.
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
5 hours? Didn't care for it too much.
Moved to Japan
PAL disc but I had an NTSC life now.
116
117
Rise of the Tomb Raider
10 hours?
Loved it and yet mysteriously stopped playing. Oooh new shiny?
Shinobi (2002)
80%?
Was hard. Lost to gap year in Japan
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
2/3 characters done.
Was crap, couldn't take it anymore.
Sonic Lost World
3DS version
Tales of Legendia
98% point of no return not crossed.
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
20-30 hours?
Urm...portable complications?
168
Sonic Colors
DS Version
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
Played 10 hours? Open world overwhelming syndrome. (OWOS)
Xenoblade Chronicles
10 hours?
Laptop I was using for a dictionary died.
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
Played 2-3 hours?
Went through Xenogears, Xenosaga Episode 1 and 2 during covid unemployment [amazing focus when I have no money and just free time for months on end]...I got a job this series playthrough died. Atelier series came crashing in (which I proceeded to not finish either...it's a problem)
Ys V: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin
5 hours?
Chained with 3 and 4 remakes and then oooh new shiny
Ys: Memories of Celceta
10 hours?
HD remaster announced
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
5 hours?
Christmas Holiday and later loss in family.