Ni no Kuni, I've been at the final area since a month after the game came out. I keep telling myself to finish it before 2 comes out, but I won't.
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Games you dropped right before the end
- Thread starter Cryptosporidium
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Sadly, P5 just gets worse as it goes. If you burned out on 4, you'll probably burn out even harder on 5.
Transistor, woooh boy that game was dog ####. Story was so abstract that I could hardly follow it and that made caring about the characters impossible. I cant name a single character besides Red. The combat was also pretty meh, but the soundtrack was really good. I especially loved "we all become."
Wanted to love it, absolutely hated it.
Wanted to love it, absolutely hated it.
FF XV, but not out of anger or frustration. I was under-leveled and under-stocked for the final boss fight and I had already passed the point of no return. Tried the boss once, got demolished and youtubed the ending.
I made it to the last boss in Dead Space, and got killed so many times I just said fuck it and never came back to it.
Really? That's where I thought the story was getting really good. lol Like towards the end, I was getting so excited. Did you like the original Xenoblade's story or nah? Just curious mostly.
As for myself... I tend to push through and finish games if I'm getting close. I almost didn't finish Mass Effect Andromeda though. Really had to push myself there lol
Also FFXII. I have started the game twice (first when it released and second after pc release) and both times I quit when I got to that imperial city.
Rogue Galaxy- took 2 or 3 runs at the final boss- long grueling exhausting fight, each time probably got him 90% of the way dead before the fight taking a sudden bad turn and got suddenly murked.
At this point said "fuck it" and youtubed the ending.
At this point said "fuck it" and youtubed the ending.
There's really only two that stick out in my mind:
Skies of Arcadia: Legends - Right near the end, there was a series of three consecutive ship battles with no save opportunity between them. I kept losing on the third one. Wasn't willing to go through 30 minutes of fighting to learn the final, challenging one.
ZombiU - End game fetch quest. Nuff said.
Skies of Arcadia: Legends - Right near the end, there was a series of three consecutive ship battles with no save opportunity between them. I kept losing on the third one. Wasn't willing to go through 30 minutes of fighting to learn the final, challenging one.
ZombiU - End game fetch quest. Nuff said.
Metroid Prime.
I could not jump up that damn spiral platform at the end of the game with the damn Little Metroids knocking me off into the lava.
I tried every single thing I could thin of - speed rushing/jumping, shooting, dodging... could never do it.
I beat every single creature in that game I faced. But I couldn't jump up the damn platform, so I never finished the game.
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^ THAT!!!!! I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I didn't even read your OP before I posted.
Was there some secret trick to that? Or was it just dumb luck to get up the platforms?
I could not jump up that damn spiral platform at the end of the game with the damn Little Metroids knocking me off into the lava.
I tried every single thing I could thin of - speed rushing/jumping, shooting, dodging... could never do it.
I beat every single creature in that game I faced. But I couldn't jump up the damn platform, so I never finished the game.
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- Metroid Prime - trilogy version, in the large cavern on the way to the final boss is a bunch of platforming and metroids. well these metroids kept hitting me off the platform and I just gave up cuz it annoyed me.
wbu
^ THAT!!!!! I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I didn't even read your OP before I posted.
Was there some secret trick to that? Or was it just dumb luck to get up the platforms?
Do it a lot with JRPGs, or at least I did back when I played them. I usually get burnt out and impatient towards the end of the game and drop them somewhere in the final act. Seems like a pretty common trend just judging by this thread so far.
Specific example off the top of my head is Lost Odyssey. I remember sometime late in the game there was an encounter, I don't remember specific details of it now since it was years and years ago but it was like on water, and some coastal towns were being attacked by invading mechs or monsters or something? And you had to maneuver a boat or something around and intercept them. I tried this encounter twice and couldn't beat it and the game had sucked so bad that I just lost all patience for it. And this was at a time when I cared a lot about achievements so I HATED the idea of giving up on games without finishing them and I still couldn't bring myself to beating it.
Specific example off the top of my head is Lost Odyssey. I remember sometime late in the game there was an encounter, I don't remember specific details of it now since it was years and years ago but it was like on water, and some coastal towns were being attacked by invading mechs or monsters or something? And you had to maneuver a boat or something around and intercept them. I tried this encounter twice and couldn't beat it and the game had sucked so bad that I just lost all patience for it. And this was at a time when I cared a lot about achievements so I HATED the idea of giving up on games without finishing them and I still couldn't bring myself to beating it.
Add me to the camp that powered through FFXIII being told it got good once it opened up. I heard something about side quests in that area but I just went exploring immediately and got a little lost and just gave up. I had stopped caring hours ago but really wanted to see if what others said was true.
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I did enjoy XC1s story and characters a lot more. however its been such a long time idk if Id feel the same about it.
Tip: Just try to climb as quickly as you can, ignoring the Metroids unless they get close. When they're nearby, stop, go into Morph Ball, and drop a Power Bomb. Instant Metroid death.
Etrian Odyssey IV - Got to the final boss, took forever to get through the first phase, and then there was some bullshit secondary/tertiary forms or whatever. I hate dropping a game at the end, but I just couldn't work up the energy to slog through that encounter again.
Assassins Creed Origins. I was more into exploring Egypt than actually doing quests or following the main story. Once I explored the whole place I lost interest in the game.
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Twilight Princess. Got to Hyrule Castle (final dungeon), turned the game off, and never picked it back up. I found it pretty disappointing.
Sonic Mania: I still think it's a great game but the static spheres in particular drove me crazy. Sometimes I'd get so stuck on them I'd die due to the time limit.
Currently in danger of happening with Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I like the game, but the last few chapters have turned into a cutscene slog and I ran out of steam.
FFX
I was right at the final boss, but he slaughtered me because apparently i am underleveled , the thing is: the leveling system in this game is terrible , you don't know what "level" you are but instead looking at some sphere, it was not clear to me if i am strong enough or not as i acquired all unique skills for all characters, and if i am underleveld, the game shouldn't let me go to the final boss in the first place.
Maybe I am gonna finish it one of those days but man, this leveling system is terrible, don't have an idea if they fixed in the international release/remaster or not
I was right at the final boss, but he slaughtered me because apparently i am underleveled , the thing is: the leveling system in this game is terrible , you don't know what "level" you are but instead looking at some sphere, it was not clear to me if i am strong enough or not as i acquired all unique skills for all characters, and if i am underleveld, the game shouldn't let me go to the final boss in the first place.
Maybe I am gonna finish it one of those days but man, this leveling system is terrible, don't have an idea if they fixed in the international release/remaster or not
I nearly did this with TMS #FE at the final boss.
I made it through the game fine, completed each character's side quests, and for some reason, I was under-leveled for the final boss. It had a weakness to ice, and surprise, my two ice characters were 10 levels below mine. Instead of grinding, I just decided to drop the difficulty down to the easiest one and finish the game like that. Apparently I finished the game in 35 hours when it should've been more like 45 hours, so I guess I just had a really good main team, which resulted in neglecting other party members.
I made it through the game fine, completed each character's side quests, and for some reason, I was under-leveled for the final boss. It had a weakness to ice, and surprise, my two ice characters were 10 levels below mine. Instead of grinding, I just decided to drop the difficulty down to the easiest one and finish the game like that. Apparently I finished the game in 35 hours when it should've been more like 45 hours, so I guess I just had a really good main team, which resulted in neglecting other party members.
HOLD UP. Mate, you need to get back to the game! The final boss fight is fantastic. PLEASE UNDERSTAND.
I have no idea how so many people can play a game and love the hell out of it (Xenoblade 2) and yet some people like OP seriously dislike it to the point of calling it a mess. I know opinions and such but man, such divisive opinions.
Anywho.
I've played about 5 or 6 FF games, I've never finished the final boss of a FF game. I find the difficulty ramp up and the 100 forms just frustrating.
Anywho.
I've played about 5 or 6 FF games, I've never finished the final boss of a FF game. I find the difficulty ramp up and the 100 forms just frustrating.
Shin Megami Tensei:Strange Journey.
Made it to the final dungeon but it was just too much. I put it down and never ended up picking it up again.
Made it to the final dungeon but it was just too much. I put it down and never ended up picking it up again.
Monster Hunter World.
I got to and defeated Nergigante. Farmed him a bit to get the nerg longsword and his armor. At this point my friends quit playing because they were not very good at the game and struggled to down Nergigante once and they just lost interest. I couldn't really bring myself to go hunt down all the tracks for the other Elder Dragons solo or in pugs so I could finish the game, so I just quit playing. Haven't touched the game in a few weeks now. May go back and finish it eventually. May not.
I got to and defeated Nergigante. Farmed him a bit to get the nerg longsword and his armor. At this point my friends quit playing because they were not very good at the game and struggled to down Nergigante once and they just lost interest. I couldn't really bring myself to go hunt down all the tracks for the other Elder Dragons solo or in pugs so I could finish the game, so I just quit playing. Haven't touched the game in a few weeks now. May go back and finish it eventually. May not.
SoA was something I was close to quitting, the amount of work you need to put in to make sure your prepared coupled in with the luck factor made this hard to beat.
I wouldn't even say that, beat the game in 60 hours, had the EXP dungeon DLC, final boss took me an hour to beat and also took me three attempts. It was bad.
Killzone 3. The story was so stupid and presented in a cringy way, that I just dropped it near the end.
Thumper. I can't beat the final boss. I got perfect runs in most of the stages but the final boss seems impossible.
Dark Souls Platinum. This hurts the most. I completed this game several times on different platforms and in the end I only needed to beat like 3 bosses to platinum the game but I dropped it and sold the PS3 without backing the save. At least the remaster will be released soon.
Thumper. I can't beat the final boss. I got perfect runs in most of the stages but the final boss seems impossible.
Dark Souls Platinum. This hurts the most. I completed this game several times on different platforms and in the end I only needed to beat like 3 bosses to platinum the game but I dropped it and sold the PS3 without backing the save. At least the remaster will be released soon.
Xenoblade Chronicles - There's a boss near the end that kept beating me so I got frustrated and quit.
Star Ocean Second Evolution - same as above
Star Ocean Second Evolution - same as above
Skyrim - Still have not beat it. Always restart with fresh mods.
Dragon Age: Inquisition - Just got bored with it.
Assassins Creed Origins - Hoping to finish it soon.
Mass Effect 2 - Did not like the changes from 1 and become bored with it.
Zelda: BotW - Going to knock it out soon on the WiiU, so I can box it up. Only need to finish the Gerudo Divine Beast and kill Ganon.
Dragon Age: Inquisition - Just got bored with it.
Assassins Creed Origins - Hoping to finish it soon.
Mass Effect 2 - Did not like the changes from 1 and become bored with it.
Zelda: BotW - Going to knock it out soon on the WiiU, so I can box it up. Only need to finish the Gerudo Divine Beast and kill Ganon.
Yeah it's hard to tell. If I get burnt out on P5, it'll be for different reasons than P4.
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The final boss was amazing, really liked what I saw from youtubing it a year later
At least the decision to not finish the game was intentional and not due to the Alpha Ceph bug which wouldn't let the game finish you. :(
Burning out due to time, or grinding, or something like that, I get. But for those who quit a game just because they couldn't beat the last level???
Sword of Vermillion on the MegaDrive/Genesis.
It's been like 25 years, so forgive me if my memory's a bit hazy, but I basically remember it like this. I got a key somewhere fairly early in the game that didn't seem to have a use. I thought it was for a side quest or something. Turns out it was the key to the final dungeon and I'd dropped it somewhere along the way when inventory space became tight. Now, you could pick up items you've dropped, but there's no visual indicator of where you've dropped them, and I didn't feel like backtracking and searching every square in the game until I found it...
It's been like 25 years, so forgive me if my memory's a bit hazy, but I basically remember it like this. I got a key somewhere fairly early in the game that didn't seem to have a use. I thought it was for a side quest or something. Turns out it was the key to the final dungeon and I'd dropped it somewhere along the way when inventory space became tight. Now, you could pick up items you've dropped, but there's no visual indicator of where you've dropped them, and I didn't feel like backtracking and searching every square in the game until I found it...
Yea, it seems like it was just a rough difficulty spike overall. It was fun, but it did kinda frustrate and sour the game for me.