What games are you ashamed to say you've never played?

***wraggster*** · February 13th, 2007, 20:43

Playing games can take a long time, like 70 hours for some. Worse case scenario, they never end. So you see, video game critics (read: journalists) are faced with a problem; if they're suppose to critique games as Roger Ebert does movies, shouldn't they play every single AAA title all the way through to do their job to the fullest?

Joystiq's own ninja columnist Kyle Orland examines the "limited time to complete so many games" dilemma in speaking with a variety of industry journalists. From his GameDaily column: "Many journalists that responded to my inquiry found they just didn't have the time to really get into certain epic games. CMP's Simon Carless lamented that he'd probably 'have to take a holiday' to put aside his current pile of games and finally get through Twilight Princess. GameDaily's Robert Workman is waiting for "a lazy summer day" to finally give Oblivion another go."

Yours truly? I've only played 20 minutes of Gears, probably won't play past the water temple in Twilight Princess, and have God of War (the first one!) still sitting in a box waiting to be played all because of fleeting time. Someone needs to tar and feather me. So what games are you ashamed to say you've never played or completed?

via joystiq

**Welshboy** · February 13th, 2007, 21:28

Any castlevania game.....i have no idea why? for some reason ive never known anyone thats played them either?

**alienanthropologist** · February 13th, 2007, 21:38

Final Fantacy

**Junixx** · February 13th, 2007, 21:41

Most of the Final Fantasy games I haven't beaten, but got very close. Theres alot of games I haven't played though

**hank splendid** · February 13th, 2007, 21:43

Final Fantasy VII - started to play it, got fed up with it's ridiculous characters, repetetive dull battles and monotonous overindulgent storyline. I know it's a sacred calf around these parts, but I find many games of it's ilk equally bloated and unplayable. I fully appreciare the amount of work that has gone into producing it, but it leaves me cold - I find very little game to actually play in these titles.

**JKKDARK** · February 13th, 2007, 21:43

Barbie games

**Cloud_35** · February 13th, 2007, 21:48

Originally Posted by JKKDARK

Barbie games

:rofl::rofl:

whatever......... there's kind of a long list.......MGS2 and 3, KH 1 & 2, EVERY XB360 game (and i'm not planning to do so)

**WhiteX** · February 13th, 2007, 22:04

Never finished:

Final Fantasy 7, for it bored the Bajeezus out of me.

Castlevania Symphony of the Night, ´cause always a new game appear when i try this one.

Halo, i played half of it drunk and lost the interest on the story.

Bought Marvel Ultimate Alliance but my PC could not play it, shame.