10 Games I Stopped Playing (For Petty Reasons)

BY JASON MONROE: There are lots of reasons to give up on a video game before completing it. For example, some games are released with game-breaking bugs and glitches that make them unenjoyable. Why waste your precious time on a title when a developer couldn’t be bothered to fix something that ruins the experience?

But, then there are other reasons for stopping playing a game – sometimes a great game. Petty reasons. The protagonist’s voice, the super-villains name, the creaking sound when you’re sneaking around. Things that shouldn’t matter but make your blood boil to the point that you decide to put the controller down.

I’ve given up on more than a few games throughout the years. These are 10 of the pettiest reasons I’ve stopped playing games.

[winter_hill]

You quit playing some of the greatest games ever written for some stupid %^&^%$ reasons, but I guess that was the whole point of the article. :p For me personally, I quit No Man's Sky early on because I had to dig up an item I needed in order to proceed, and I couldn't be bothered looking for it. Even though a guide I looked at online explained how to find it, still couldn't be bothered. I do plan on going back at some point though, but probably won't be for some time.

[VivaChe]

I stopped playing Far Cry 5 because of that unavoidable part where you have to shoot all those people in a house within a short time span. I get having to do it once, but multiple times?! I otherwise loved that game and I plan to go back to it at some point, I haven't ruled it out completely but I just couldn't bear to hear that guy say "again" one more time.

[badboyz09]

I don't play any EA games!

F**k EA

[VivaChe]

I like Madden and NHL though.

[william_cade]

Dark Souls 2, nothing pisses me off more than fake difficulty.

[Nacho_Z]

It's not fake though. Hard but fair in every DS game from start to finish, it's the beauty of the series.

[william_cade]

3, Bloodborne and Sekiro are fair. 2 is not. Enemy spamming and shit hit boxes are what makes 2 fake difficulty. I haven't played 1 yet.

[Nerdmaster]

"Hard but fair"
Right in the beginning of Dark Souls 1, I noticed that my attacks bounced on walls, so I thought "great, I think I can use it to my advantage!", so I lured the enemy skeleton near the wall and waited until he started attacking me, so his attack would also bounce on the wall, giving me a time window to attack him,
Much to my surprise and disappointment, his attack went completely inside the wall like nothing was there and hit me. In this moment I understood that this game wouldn't be a fair challenge, and it would have bull**** like this.
Oh, and the big boulder on the stairs just confirmed me this. There wasn't a warning, just a big boulder showing up from nowhere. "Teaching" you about the game by outright killing you is the opposite of fair for me.

[Nacho_Z]

I fought the skeletons without resorting to cheap tricks and I saw the boulder before it fell. It's only hard but fair if you take your time and carefully look at the environment for threats.

[Nerdmaster]

It's not "cheap tricks", it's the game universe being consistent with its own rules.

[tcharger]

I stopped playing The Witcher at least 4 or 5 times when the damn horse couldn't step over a log on the ground.

[Nacho_Z]

I stopped playing The Witness because I got stuck and refused to get help. That's petty because it's a great puzzle game and I know that but I don't think I'll ever play it again.

[strayanalog]

Certainly makes you reevaluate your own thoughts... but seriously, you should have known something was up with a guy wearing kevlar over his head. Pretty common enemy thing. The bast*rds.

[Nerdmaster]

"…there were 718 fucking Pokemon now. HOW THE HECK CAN ANYONE WITH ANYTHING RESEMBLING A LIFE EVEN TRY TO CATCH ‘EM ALL??
(...)
Give me Pokemon Yellow in 3D any day.
I haven’t even touched more recent Pokemon games because fuck that."

The article writer should really try Pokémon Let's Go!

[Tross]

Or the newer games. He might think GF’s cheapness/laziness is a good thing.

[gold_drake]

i stopped playing RDR1 because i fell asleep while traveling from place to place on the horse. not once, but twice. im sure its a great time but that killed it for me lol. didnt bother getting the second one.

[beanplant]

Red Dead Undead Nightmare when I had to collect a bunch of flowers lol

[Kyizen]

Great article and read. As much as people mock some of the reasons i'm sure everyday gamers stop playing a game cause of more petty stuff.

[Tross]

Hmmm...I stopped playing Epic Mickey because stupid motion control made me accidentally say yes to some dick coming into Mickey’s house to dismantle a living phone while he screamed. I love Disney...but motion control can shove it.

I stopped playing Alice: The Madness Returns because even though I was willing to power through the butchering of virtually every theme from the original game due to the sequel improving everything in the gameplay department, I noped out real hard when I got to that Mad Hatter level with the annoying voice loop.

I don’t think I’ve stopped playing games for petty reasons since though I’ve had plenty of instances of getting distracted by newer games and not returning to older ones.

[Cmoney007]

This guy needs to stuck it up and finish these games. Many games always have a bit of bullshit in them. If this list included Spectrobes on Nintendo DS, then I would agree with one of his choices.

[Flewid638]

20 years of DOA, I stopped playing because it's officially too virginly weebed. Like, laughably so. lol.

Such a shame too bc the gameplay is phenomenal. Hope they redesign it for next gen.