by siphillis
A short list of shame, where either loss of interest, patience, or access to a particularly game resulted in dropping out just before the finish line.
Included is the approximate time/area of abandonment, and the reasoning, where applicable.
Showing 1-10 of 19 items
The Elite Four; stuck; lost game cartridge. (About thirty hours)
Save feature malfunctioned; lost interest. (About two hours)
Frustrating controls and mediocre gunplay. Possibly tarnished by hype. (About three hours)
Commitment issues. (About an hour)
lost (about thirty minutes)
Shift to "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" (About five hours)
outrageous difficulty (when collecting 120 stars) (about thirty hours; 112 stars)
outrageous difficult (when collecting 120 shine sprites); monotony (about twelve hours/80 shine sprites)
monotonous jungle environments; interest in Crysis 2 (about two hours)
aggressively terrible writing; unfair difficulty (about an hour)