Decline RPGs that you regret finishing

[Red Hexapus]

Torment: Tides of Numenera - lame combat, too much purple prose. Would have also said Divinity: Original Sin, but playing it in coop with a friend and disregrarding the story made it at least a fairly enjoyable experience.

 

[Decado]

I ragret finishing you're mom!

 

[Decado]

I actually don't have any "regrets" in this regard because if a CRPG is bad, I stop fucking playing it. I am immune to the sunk cost fallacy, as soon as I realize something is shit I will cut and run. And that's not just video games -- books, movies, employers, wives, etc.

 

[Lady Error]

Etryan Odyssey maybe. I kind of hated it by the time I finished and I am not sure why - or why I felt compelled to keep going.

It certainly had its moments, such as the futuristic level.

 

[Flying Dutchman]

My list of things I regret bringing to climax:

Xenogears 1
Decado's Mom
NWN1
Decado's Wife's Boyfriend
NWN2 (So bad I almost ignored the expansion, which I enjoyed and couldn't believe was done by the same people)
Dragon Age 2 (So bad I didn't even bother with the third)
Outer Worlds (I slam it a lot, but it wasn't bad, it was just meh, DLC was crap)
Infinitron
Numenera and almost any RPG inXile has made tho haven't played Wasteland 3 because fuck it
Late addition: Oh god how could I forget Fallout 3 unless my brain was trying to protect me from the memory​

Might be fun to also do a topic "Games I Initially Hated but Late Game Was Awesome" or "Games I Gave In and Played and Were Awesome" (Greedfall for me, the Dishonored-like setting didn't initially interest me for an RPG, then I gave in and played it out of boredom, and enjoyed it despite shitty tutorials).

Games I regret even playing for an hour might be a too easy topic, just as Games I know I'm going to hate (DA4)

 

[Lady Error]

Might be fun to also do a topic "Games I Initially Hated but Late Game Was Awesome" or "Games I Gave In and Played and Were Awesome" (Greedfall for me, the Dishonored-like setting didn't initially interest me for an RPG, then I gave in and played it out of boredom, and enjoyed it despite shitty tutorials).

Good idea. https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/rpgs-you-didnt-like-intially-but-ended-up-enjoying-a-lot.137613/

 

[Eirinjas]

Tyranny. It felt like a feminist struggle session.

 

[Flying Dutchman]

Tyranny. It felt like a feminist struggle session.

Sounds like the company expressing itself.

Should have done what Hardsuit did, fuck up and lay them all off.

 

[Drew]

I don't think I regret finishing anything I've played.
Probably because, as looking down my steam library sorted by hours played tells me, I have lots of things I liked that I didn't ever finish and will totally get to someday. If I can't even finish the things I like, the things I didn't (or stopped liking partway through) have no chance.

 

[Pink Eye]

Lately I've developed a good habit of dropping games super early if I don't like them. So, in that front, I don't really have any regrets with finishing a game - as most games I've finished, I was satisfied.

 

[lukaszek]

Might be fun to also do a topic "Games I Initially Hated but Late Game Was Awesome" or "Games I Gave In and Played and Were Awesome" (Greedfall for me, the Dishonored-like setting didn't initially interest me for an RPG, then I gave in and played it out of boredom, and enjoyed it despite shitty tutorials).

Good idea. https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/rpgs-you-didnt-like-intially-but-ended-up-enjoying-a-lot.137613/

lots of people like to suffer it seems.

Dont listen to codex people, if you find game trashy and fails to grab your interest, dont suffer for the sake of completion.
You will be fine not finishing anything on codex top 101 list. Just have a look at gorasul, its not there

 

[Outlander]

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor.

Fuck that game.

 

[Turbografx]

I'm sure there are some that I'm forgetting which were quite disappointing, but standing out:

Ultima X
Fallout 3
Outer Worlds

Honorable mention goes to Kingdom Come Deliverance, the game itself is wonderful, but the ending is such a let down and cop out. Basically nothing is tied up. Presumably it will be concluded in the sequel, but what if it never comes to light?

 

[Decado]

My list of things I regret bringing to climax:

Decado's Mom
​

Ew.

Decado's Wife's Boyfriend

Lol ur gay

 

[*-*/\--/\~]

I don't really regret finishing anything. If it bores me, I drop it long before the end is anywhere near.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

You will be fine not finishing anything on codex top 101 list

you'd miss out on the best RPG ever made

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Pillows of Eternity. And I've beaten it multiple times.
Starts off good, WM 1+2 are excellent. Second half of the game is all crap, final part is absolute garbage and includes a fedora-wearing reddit atheist.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

Regret is for pussies.

Spoiler

 

[Testownia]

Mine has to be Dragon Age 2.

I really enjoyed Origins, so much so that I managed 6 full playthroughs, and it's story left me wanting more. DA:2 arrived and it was a torturous, painful slog from start to finish, but I kept pushing through it with the hope that some of that "9/10" quality may actually appear. Mostly based on my enjoyment of DA:O

What a fucking waste.

I learned to enjoy Dragon Age II the moment I started treating it as what it originally was - an expansion/DLC to the first game, and a setup to Inquisition's events.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor.

Fuck that game.

The only game in this thread where many people regret uninstalling it more than playing it.

 

[Falksi]

Mine has to be Dragon Age 2.

I really enjoyed Origins, so much so that I managed 6 full playthroughs, and it's story left me wanting more. DA:2 arrived and it was a torturous, painful slog from start to finish, but I kept pushing through it with the hope that some of that "9/10" quality may actually appear. Mostly based on my enjoyment of DA:O

What a fucking waste.

I learned to enjoy Dragon Age II the moment I started treating it as what it originally was - an expansion/DLC to the first game, and a setup to Inquisition's events.

That's like learning to love having your uncle anally fist you because it's an expansion of "family love".

 

[Testownia]

Mine has to be Dragon Age 2.

I really enjoyed Origins, so much so that I managed 6 full playthroughs, and it's story left me wanting more. DA:2 arrived and it was a torturous, painful slog from start to finish, but I kept pushing through it with the hope that some of that "9/10" quality may actually appear. Mostly based on my enjoyment of DA:O

What a fucking waste.

I learned to enjoy Dragon Age II the moment I started treating it as what it originally was - an expansion/DLC to the first game, and a setup to Inquisition's events.

That's like learning to love having your uncle anally fist you because it's an expansion of "family love".

Are you such a coombrain that you can't find any metaphor beyond pornography?

 

[Flying Dutchman]

Good idea. https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/rpgs-you-didnt-like-intially-but-ended-up-enjoying-a-lot.137613/

Probably should have done a search. :/

I do like the Initial Hate and Still Hate thread, though, but that feels like every day here.

 

[Lagole Gon]

Hmmm... I don't really have regrets like that. Maybe Torment: Tides of Numenera. It might be the only case.
I don't even regret finishing DA2, it was an interesting experience, in a 'what the hell is wrong with Bioware' kind of way.

 

[pomenitul]

D:OS1&2. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. There won't be a third time, however, as I have no interest in further debasing myself by playing D:OS3 BG3.