Here’s a list of games I’ve played recently and why I haven’t beaten them.
+ Messiah
This one sounds like fun (play a cherub, possess people, solve puzzles) but getting into the game it becomes real apparent why this one never took off. The controls flat out suck and not in the interface way. Everything feels real sloppy when it comes to camera control and movement. It's old and barely playable. Uninstalled.
+ Sacrifice
This one had okay controls and I played through the tutorial and lost all desire to play a third-person RTS. Uninstalled.
+ Painkiller
It's like Serious Sam except not so fun. I played through the first two episodes (of five) and got stuck and bored in one of the levels in episode 3. It was just the same thing over and over, though the level variety and cool physics kept me going in the beginning. Uninstalled.
+ Gunman Chronicles
Ah the Half-Life mod to be commercialized that wasn't Counterstrike. It hasn't been updated to the Steam version of Half-Life so it's pretty rough on graphical options. Once the game got started I remembered why I never finished this one. I was at the last level, the last boss, and the game shafts you into fighting off hordes of the little bad guys you spend the whole game fighting to stop them from killing the NPC who's fighting the super bad ass last boss for you. You play next to no part in the ending of the game. Lame. Uninstalled.
+ Heavy Gear 2
This one was oh-so-promising. Big robots blowing stuff up, small unit tactics, decent if a little dated graphics. And then I couldn't finish the fourth mission due to a nasty crash-to-desktop bug at the end of the level. I'm sorely disappointed. It's games like these that drive people to consoles. Uninstalled, with a broken heart.
+ Homeworld 2
Hey, why don't I remember ever playing Homeworld 2? Oh yeah, my copy is bugged and the install never finishes. Install aborted before it could finish.
+ Tron 2.0
I've beaten this one before and it's totally awesome. It's what I'm currently playing and it still looks and plays great.
There you have it. These have all been within the last two weeks. What I typically do is grab a handful of games that pique my interest and stack them on the right side of the desk. Once I play and get bored with the one on top I put it on the left side and take the next one off the top of the right stack. Currently the right stack has the following in waiting:
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein (for the bazillionth time)
- Postal 2
- Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries
- Ground Control 2
- Master of Orion 2
- Apache vs Hokum