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[Plies]

Here is the place to talk about all of your embarrassing secrets, guilts and stupid moves in gaming.

Do you read walkthroughs without even trying first? Have you never finished your favorite game? Do you love a game everyone else seems to hate? Did you trade in your whole GameCube collection to put towards a Wii Preorder? Anything like this can be layed out here, this is a sympathetic zone, so don't be too judgmental.

Alright, I'll go first:

1- My pile of shame is massive , as I have severe motivational issues and spend at least 1000% more time on the internet, mainly on GAF, talking about games than actually playing them.

2- I own every Zelda game besides Four Swords Adventures and I've only managed finish the Ocarina of Time !

 

[Guilty_AI]

i've played porn games

 

[kpopSuperstar]

i've played porn games

They are terrible, we need a big developer to develop them, like Nintendo.

 

[joeygreco1985]

I play survival horror games with unlimited ammo cheats

 

[Guilty_AI]

They are terrible, we need a big developer to develop them, like Nintendo.

Some honestly have better stories than majority of normal games.

 

[clarky]

I bought (and still own) a 3DO.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

I enjoyed every moment of Senran Kagura Burst, and I think it has genuinely good plot and characters beyond the ecchi.

I play some games on Easy, and I've never really played Doom on Ultra Violence or higher.

I love Zelda 2 to bits. It's my most replayed Zelda, together with Zelda 1.

I couldn't do the Demon of Hatred skip in Sekiro. Had to beat the guy legit.

 

[Sardaukarama]

I do not like GTA games

 

[Kurotri]

I fucked up my first Witcher 3 playthrough and got the bad ending because of it, I also never finished Blood and Wine.
I stopped playing the original Dead Space a few hours before the ending because I was just too fucking scared to continue. I also couldn't make much progress in Silent Hill 2 remake because I'm a pussy. I really wish I could play horror games.
Despite loving Lies of P to bits I had to use a small mod that tweaks the damage output of enemies a tiny bit, but it was enough to make a difference, game was too hard otherwise.
Outside of Oblivion I never liked any Bethesda game, and the reason why I liked it in the first place was mostly because I was a kid that was playing a big open world RPG for the first time. Playing the remaster showed me that I just really dislike their games because I always get bored within the first hour.
I like Uncharted 4 and Last of Us Part 2 the most out of their respective series.

 

[mèx]

I noticed you could run in Octopath Traveller only half-way through the game (30 hours in).

I noticed you could fast travel in Xenoblade after I cleared part of Gaur Plain. Yep, I went back and forward through Tephra Cave every time I wanted to change zone. Fucking hell.

 

[Paasei]

I bought Concord....

 

[Plies]

I bought (and still own) a 3DO.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I can play games with my freakin mind.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

preordered Switch 2 even though I probably have less than 200 hours played on my OLED Switch

 

[bender]

I definitely get paralysis is any RPG with manual stat allotment and I'll research optimal builds which makes me pine for the days of the early internet where that information wasn't immediate nor as easily accessible. As much as I bitch about modern game design leading players by the nose, being lost in games seems impossible these days with the amount of information available to us, but I still wish that was a design philopshy.

 

[Glass Prison]

I don't necessarily play videogames because I like them anymore. It's just a way to escape reality

 

[Signalis]

1.
I've replayed and finished Silent Hill 4, Final Fantasy VIII and Syberia 1 almost a 100 times each over the years.

2.
My gaming backlog is massive and it keeps growing. I keep buying, I do finish a lot of games but my backlog keeps growing as well. I just love physical games so much across all systems. I still collect retro games as well.

3.
I have to try and 100% every game I play. Otherwise it always feels like I didn't complete it

 

[Imtjnotu]

It's hard for me to finish most video games. Sometimes I don't want them to end

 

[Rush2112]

I was happy when resident evil 4 finally ended. Lot of times I force myself to play hyped games because "it will get better later" and this one of them.

 

[PeteBull]

It's hard for me to finish most video games. Sometimes I don't want them to end

Same here, i will go out of my way to do subquests and leave main story for when nothing else can be done.

 

[Sooner]

I bought (and still own) a 3DO.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Need for Speed, Road Rash and Gex on 3D0 are some of my best gaming memories.

 

[Vandole]

I loved Wii Music. I was a 30 year old grown ass man when it came out. I rented it from Gamefly and liked it so much that I bought the copy.

 

[Artistic]

It's hard for me to finish most video games. Sometimes I don't want them to end

Same brother(or sister).

 

[Paasei]

Anyway, my real shameful characteristic is that I know some games I play are really good. Yet, I somehow end up not finishing them. Might do so in a very far future, but it's an occurrence I do not like.

Recently I have this problem with E33. It's a great game and I absolutely loved what I've played so far. Yet, for now, I can't get myself to fire it up.

And this shit happens from time to time with whatever game.

 

[Imtjnotu]

Same brother(or sister).

 

[Fess]

1. I have 191 games on Steam with 0 minutes playtime.

And it's not just random humble bundle trash

 

[struggler_guts]

I play survival horror games with unlimited ammo cheats

Bro I'm replaying TLOU 2 with high resources and health but max enemy difficulty and this shit is AWESOME

 

[clarky]

Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Need for Speed, Road Rash and Gex on 3D0 are some of my best gaming memories.

Aye, I have NFS and Road Rash. Decent titles. Crap console overall though.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

i've played porn games

I used to play that browser based Bulma dress up game from like the mid 2000s. Probably because it let you take all the clothes off lol.

 

[clarky]

1. I have 191 games on Steam with 0 minutes playtime.

And it's not just random humble bundle trash

Hot take. HL2 is overrated.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

I bought Concord....

Jesus

 

[ReBurn]

I rarely finish games. I might finish one in ten. Most are too long or repetitive and I just get bored with them. I think it's because I grew up in the arcades and on consoles where a playthrough didn't last hours and hours. It lasted 3 lives and the challenge was getting as far as possible on those 3 lives. I think that's why I enjoy fighting and racing games so much. A bout or a race typically only lasts a few minutes.

 

[Gp1]

I have a obscenely amount of hours in Dota 2

Spoiler

And I still bad at it.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I played Halo 2 and Gears 3 co-op and I kinda liked them.

 

[clarky]

I bought Concord....

Same here. Steam wouldn't give me a refund either as i gave away a couple of beta codes and it counted those as playtime. The relief when they cancelled it was enormous.

I have never spoken about this before now.

 

[Diseased Yak]

I have 2215 games on Steam, and probably half that much in physical format, from Atari 2600 to modern systems. I'm also 50 years old and will never, ever come close to playing everything.

Does that stop me from buying more? Nope. Can't wait for next week for the Switch 2!

 

[No BBC=Anger]

Back when I was a teen I got to the very last boss/tower descent in Zelda OOT and never finished it.

It is the sin I always deny in confession.

 

[Cakeboxer]

- i never buy addons/DLCs
- i put a sinful and disgustung amount of hours into World of Warcraft
- when i play Mega Man i mostly look up the boss order
- i think all fanboys are stupid and some are mentally ill
- sometimes i wish i had a flashy thing just to enjoy Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max, Monkey Island and many more p&c adventures again

 

[Fess]

Hot take. HL2 is overrated.

I try to convince myself that I'll check it out myself some day. But we'll see. The longer it takes the less likely it is, and the older it's going to feel. Maybe I can go in through some RTX remix version.
I've played about an hour of Alyx at least.

 

[Rentahamster]

Anyway, my real shameful characteristic is that I know some games I play are really good. Yet, I somehow end up not finishing them.

You might be afraid of it finally being over and you can no longer experience that fresh feeling. If you never finish it, there's always something new to look forward to in the future.

 

[Fess]

2. I've never played GTA5.

Also, I've played maybe 30 minutes of GTA3 and I doubt I've played more than 3 hours total of GTA4.

 

[Plies]

I once imported a PocketStation ($90) from Japan, even though it had no use for games here in the U.S. , lol

 

[ReBurn]

I once imported a PocketStation ($90) from Japan, even though it had no use for games here in the U.S. , lol

If you would have held onto it you could get 30 bucks for it today

 

[Plies]

If you would have held onto it you could get 30 bucks for it today

 

[Edellus]

I bought my platinum trophy from that NPC in Nier Automata. It's the only platinum I don't deserve.

 

[Miles708]

I keep buying games i know i will never play let alone finish, not because i'm interested in them (albeit i am), but because I'm constantly chasing that high i was able to feel years ago.

And i know fully well it is gone forever.

And yet I'm still buying.

 

[Spukc]

I think diablo 2 is better then diablo 4

 

[Evil Smurf King]

I've had an Atari Jaguar and my only game for it was Cybermorph Please, don't tell anybody... We're among honorable men.

 

[ssringo]

I love Zelda 2 to bits. It's my most replayed Zelda, together with Zelda 1.

I can never remember who I've mentioned it to so just in case you've not heard of it...

Zelda 2 enhanced PC edition.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I dumped my first girlfriend on the first day of Spring Break 2002 and bought a PS2 + Final Fantasy X the same day. Spent my whole break playing PS2 and hanging out with my homies.


I preordered a PS5 Pro and it's collecting dust. I probably used it 10 hours total.

I convinced my sister to go halvsies on a Sega Menacer back in the day and I'm the only one who used it (mainly for T2 Arcade)