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.
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)
Interest in Call of Duty 2
(about eight hours)
difficulty; stuck
(about six hours)
sold copy after 360 died; instability issues
(about fifteen hours)
stuck
(about twenty-five minutes, level four)
Fairly uninteresting compared to GTAIV. Sold copy.
(about three hours)
A monotonous grind with poor level design. Sold copy.
(about two hours, level four)
Too difficult, without being very rewarding. Probably return to it when other games are done.
(about seven hours, Chapter 4: Hell)
Never clicked. Lack of character and story hurt.
(about four hours)
Motion control scheme probably induced minor depression. Writing isn't very polished, either.
(about six hours, past fire temple)
