Which games you've been playing the longest but never finished?

For me:

  • Breath of the Wild: 400 hours in, have done only 50% of the game. But now that TotK is out, I'm not sure if I'll ever complete BotW. Perhaps if I'm stuck on a deserted island with my Switch and have nothing better to do, I may pick it up again.
  • Skyrim: Countless hours, never really done much of the main storyline, always get lost in modding and optimising the game. Own it on practically all platforms too. But one of these days, I'll get to the main quest...
  • Dangerous Dave: Been playing this DOS game on and off since 1990 but still haven't managed to beat it. I always die around level 6/7, blasted sun keeps killing me.
khab,
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Baldur’s Gate II.

Started at it seriously it at least half a dozen times, but never got through the whole story.

PenguinTD,

Rocket League, 3693(steam)+PSN(probably a couple hundreds) hours since 2015. It's multiplayer so you literally can't "finish" it.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/8bc1f3dd-5dc0-4049-a2f7-d77b2abfe9e1.png

So I must be really good at it right? RIGHT?

Ahem, you don't need to be "really good" to enjoy a game for a long time. ;)

caterpillar_party, (edited )

Guild Wars 2. Granted it doesn't really have a "finish" but that doesn't stop be trying to complete more and more of it.

bundes_sheep,

Skyrim for the same reasons.

Satisfactory 1200+ hours, and I usually end up rethinking my setup around the time I get to Aluminum production and never stay to finish things. I much prefer the beginning and middle of the game. I'm weird, though, I do the one big base thing.

Quake I have no way knowing how many hours I played LAN Quake after work with coworkers. Started with the alpha release. Eventually I did Quake World. I've sunk a lot of hours into the single player game, too, but not nearly as many.

RiseAndShine,

Valheim. There is so much to do, explore and discover! I play VH either with friends or solo. We've never finished all bosses yet and are currently less active, but we often get very active in bursts of time. I can get lost for HOURS in this game, completely forgetting the time and world around me. Then I notice I've played for 6 hours straight and mostly gathered some wood and improved my house a bit. I never gets boring though.

Don't Starve. I've spend a lot of time in this game and I think I've not even seen a quarter of all the content. I've never even defeated a boss.

Krusty,
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BotW for me too, and still is

Dathknight,

Until last week it was BotW. Like my switch I bought it on the release day and had a blast. But somehow I never finished it, there were always some "only this one thing before I go beat the boss". It took TotK to finally push me to finish it.

My second big game is Space Engineers. I currently sitting at around 2500h and still having fun, still having ideas. I'm just to easily entertained by "space ship go boom" But technically one can't even finish the game, because of it's sandbox nature.

makingStuffForFun,
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Another World. Since it was released I keep coming back to it. Next time I'll finish it!

Deebster,
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I loved that (and Flashback) as a kid but always got stuck in the maze-ish bit under the water. Luckily, the 20th Anniversary Edition came on PS Plus so it gave me the push I needed to pick it up again.

I don't think I finished Flashback either, I wonder if that's also got a new version...

makingStuffForFun,
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Got stuck in the same spot. I eventually got through that I'm sure. I wonder if I finished flash back? I'm going to have to play it again now.

Deebster,
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It looks like you can play Flashback (without emulators) nowadays; a quick search shows it available on Steam, Switch, PS4 disc. There's also a sequel announced, but this doesn't seem like the place to discuss it ;)

makingStuffForFun,
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I have purchased Another World again from GOG, so I legitimately own it (again). I've purchased it many times over the years. It runs just fine on linux, so all is happy here. Flashback, I'll find another legal source. Always happy to pay, if fair priced and accessible.

fishy_2_0,

Minecraft i beat the ender dragon plenty of times sure but a lot of my world i just get sidetracked with doing something else instead oh and hyper light drifter ive started playthroughs plenty of times but always leave them off around the first boss for whatever reason

thegiddystitcher,

I've been playing off and on for a decade and never even seen the ender dragon! I'm always too busy building cool bases and then just sitting in them like a hermit.

DPM,

Dragon Quest 11. I really enjoyed it for the first 20 hours, but after my save got corrupted I lost the motivation to start over. A few months ago I fixed the corrupted save file and was able to continue, but I just feel overwhelmed by it. Still a great game. Witcher 3 was interesting, but the combat never really stuck with me. Too many things to remember, and I died a lot pretty early on (first 10-15 hours). Not sure if I'll ever go back.

karce,

Rimworld. The game has an end, but it really isn't worth getting to. The journey is the best part.

Moonguide,

Only gotten the archo ending once. Never ever have gotten either the ship or royalty endings. Almost 3k hours in.

1993_toyota_camry,
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Sonic 1. I got it as a kid when it came out, and still go back and play it occasionally. But I've never played through the whole game in a sitting.

I have for sonic 2 and 3 many times, though. For some reason never 1.

Honourable mention: skyrim

Dangerous Dave is a classic as well, though I never gave it a good effort. Looks like you can play it in-browser on archive.org. What a world.

pap1rus,
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Portal2, It took me 2 years to finish this game. It just gives me motion sickness every time I play portal2.

jmsw22,

I’ve got around 1000hrs combined in the Big Ant cricket games (Don Bradman, Ashes, Cricket 19, etc) and I know they can’t strictly be completed I have almost no trophies from any of them. I just fucking love batting for days and days.

andreibosco,

Witcher 3, Oblivion and Skyrim. I always get caught up doing the sidequests. And I don't even play around with mods (yet).

jmsw22,

I have kids and am middle aged, so I can only do main quests in the limited free time I have. It has its pluses and minuses, but I miss that period between 15 and 22 when I could dedicate all my weekends and evenings to gaming

andreibosco,

Yeah, I miss that period too. But I'm a completionist, so even without having the time on weekends and evenings, I still go out exploring the map and doing sidequests. That's why I don't finish those games...

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