Entries you can't finish anymore because just...ugh...

[Wolf Kanno]

You know the one. Maybe you didn't like it the first time, but its been ages since you played it and so you got bored enough to try it out again, or maybe it got re-released and figured it was time to give the game another chance. You throw it in, and maybe get about anywhere between ten minutes to an hour in before you remember why you disliked this game in the first place. Now is your time to vent.

[nirojan]

tbh, I think this list would include most FF's at this point. I don't have anywhere near as much time as I used to. The idea of going back to replay a 60+ hour rpg is just something I can't manage anymore. I love little nostalgia trips as much as the next person, but unless it's a full remake ala FFVIIR or RE2/3, I probably won't go back to revisit older games like I used to.

[WarZidane]

Probably multiple, but the big one is FFX. I even loved it when I first played it way back when on the PS2, but last time I played it I only got to Kilika before I gave up because I was just bored due to a variety of issues I have with the game.

[Fynn]

The only FF I can’t bring myself to finish is XIII-2. Good God they somehow made XIII worse

[maybee]

The only FF I can’t bring myself to finish is XIII-2. Good God they somehow made XIII worse

I enjoyed FFXIII-2 the first time around but after trying to do a replay I was bored out of my brains. Funny how your opinions on games can change so much over time, and not just by a little bit either.

[theundeadhero]

I haven't tried to play any recently, but the only one I picked up and never finished was XIII-2. I may try it again one day, but probably not in the next couple of years.

[Mercen-X]

tbh, I think this list would include most FF's at this point.

Agreed. Hell, even back when they released the NES/SNES titles on PlayStation, I bought them but never finished even one of them. I think for each title I made it about halfway before I decided I just couldn't sit through it anymore.

I recently replayed VIII to the point that I'm supposed to head to Esthar. I'm currently replaying VII but I'm mostly relying on the Superpower and 3xSpeed to handwave most of the story and battles. Hell, my level is so low that most bosses almost one-shot my whole crew were it not the Superpower keeping me at constant full health.

I only bought the remaster of VIII because I lost my copy years ago. I only bought VII because my PS1 memory cards are in storage.

I've also never been able to survive the opening battle of Tactics. After the slow and unskippable opening sequence, I should have been able to save at least before this battle begins. Because I instantly die and have to go through the whole intro all over again. I've only played tactics twice since I bought it 20 years ago.

[Wolf Kanno]

In my most recent memory: Crisis Core, X-2, and FFXIII

I've tried to go back to X-2 a few times, but oh my god the dialogue and story telling just drive me crazy, especially the awful battle dialogue. I still want to do a 100% playthrough of this game but I have to remind myself it took me a few years of playing it off and on to finish it the first time.

With the recent VII Hype going on, I thought it would be interesting to maybe try to do NG+ on Hard Mode for Crisis Core, and I get maybe past the intro mission before the pure bulltrout of this game came flooding back to my memory. I haven't touched it since.

With all the free time I've had, I was toying with the idea of doing a replay of FFXIII and chronicle it on the site, and I got about to the point where Hope's mom died before I shut it down cause I was honestly bored. I mean if you have no investment in the plot or characters, the early game is boring as hell from a gameplay perspective. I mean seriously, the Warmech tutorial boss is one of the most brain dead boss fights I've ever seen in the series, and your only option in battle is really just to hit auto-battle and you can still five star every fight easily. No wonder I was so disengaged when I played this back in 2009. I couldn't handle the idea of being so bored for a few more hours before the game hands me the first part of the actual battle system.

[Shiva95]

Probably FFX-2. I was too disappointed by it. I can replay the rest though.

[Depression Moon]

I don't think I have any actually. There are a couple games I probably won't play anymore because I didn't like them that much to begin with which were the first Final Fantasy and Dirge of Cerberus.

[Aulayna]

All The Bravest. Fuck that shit.

[Wolf Kanno]

All The Bravest. smurf that trout.

Amen
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[Mercen-X]

Oh, yeah, pretty much any portable or mobile, is "gathering dust" for me.
In my most recent memory: Crisis Core, X-2, and FFXIII.

Never played 13 cuz no PS3. Couldn't finish CC cuz my PSP screen broke. I've played X-2 multiple times though. Mostly cuz I really like Paine. That's not a pun.

[Lord Golbez]

Honestly, and I hate to say this because I love the game, but FFT. I just can't handle the grind anymore. And I won't attempt a zero grind run because that's just masochistic. The closest I ever tried was a zero grind run of Chapter 1. It seemed manageable. I can't remember if I successfully did no grinding or ended up doing a little at some point, but I remember it seemed reasonably achievable if tough at parts. However, trying the whole game like that is not for me. The level of attentiveness required for where all your AP goes would just be too cumbersome to me, if it's even a reasonable challenge at all. As a result I can frequently replay FFT up to some point in Chapter 2 but then get bogged down in grinding and quit.

And of course FFXII, but I'm not even going to try with that one.

[Kikiara]

I don't tend to revisit games I didn't like the first time, as I find that there are too many interesting new games I haven't played yet for me to spend time giving second chances to things I didn't already enjoy. So I'm not sure there are any Final Fantasy games that precisely fit the bill for me. Still, there are definitely a couple where I've found that certain things have derailed multiple replay attempts, even if I otherwise really like them.

Firstly, I absolutely hate the desert prison in FFVIII. A contender for the outright worst FF dungeon, in my opinion, and one that has killed off multiple replays for me in the past. It doesn't really help that it comes right on the back of the parade at the end of disc one, which is easily one of the high points of the entire game. If I drop a run of Final Fantasy VIII, it's pretty much guaranteed to be at that point, and it's the only thing that has deterred me from revisiting the game more frequently than I have.

Secondly, I've never been able to make it more than a few hours into Final Fantasy V on any of my replay attempts. It's not exactly the fault of the game, but something about the job ability system compels me to want to unlock everything, and I find that it quickly becomes overwhelming, and slows my progress to a crawl. It was okay on my first run, when I was a kid and had loads of time to grind out things like Dualcast, but I don't think I'm ever going to finish it again unless I learn to be okay with not unlocking all the abilities.

Also, maybe a slightly controversial opinion, but I never really liked the World of Ruin very much in FFVI. I admire how bold the concept of it is, and certain individual scenes in it are very memorable, but on the whole I always found it kind of a drag to play compared to everything that comes before it. I've played VI up to that point five or six times, but I think I only ever finished the game once.

[Vermachtnis]

II

I almost beat it once. On the PSOne, I made to like right outside Pandemonium. But the memory card became corrupted. That was my Final Fantasy memory card. It had IV-IX, Tactics, I and II on it. All gone. Anyway, I got the GBA version later. I think I made it to the snow field.

[Vyk]

10 for sure, as I've tried multiple times. Sadly, my first playthrough ended right before the last stretch. I had no motivation to continue. I tried again when I got older and found myself even less interested and barely made it past Rikku joining the party

I've had similar experiences with 8 and 9, though I don't hate them as much, but would probably likely yield similar results. I just don't like them enough

12 is a rare case where I thought I felt similarly about it, but then thoroughly enjoyed it my second playthrough almost 10 years after it came out. Unfortunately all of our PS2s started to act up, and then the re-release on the PS4 happened. So I found it hard to justify giving myself that much of a headache over it when I could just replay it more conveniently and with a better version on a newer console. I've yet to restart, but I have faith that I'd likely finish it when I do

And since we're counting side games, FFT is definitely in there. I've tried maybe 3 times with that game. But it embodies everything I hate about modern tactical RPGs, especially those from Japan (Look at Fallout 1 & 2, and Divinity: Original Sin 1 and 2, and Torment: TIdes of Numenera. Towns to explore, people to talk to, and your character(s) have agency withing the world and the story). Nothing but battles and story sequences. And a lot of grinding. Which makes it even worse. Which is too bad, because outside of Fire Emblem, it's one of the only tactical JRPGs that doesn't have a battle gimick with colored squares or some similar garbage

I think I would struggle with FF5 as well. It's hard to appreciate the characters when a lot of their mannerisms are just tropes and comedy schlock. I never felt any gravity or investment the couple of times I tried the game. I need to do a modern replay of FF4, 6, or 7, and see just how well they hold up to my nostalgic scrutiny. Maybe I'm just not a vintage JRPG fan anymore. But at least those hold some fond memories. I'm honestly surprised I've beaten FF1 multiple times since adulthood since I was like 6 when I first played that game, and it's still fun, for a lot of variable reasons, and surprisingly easy to just knock out over a couple of days

[Lord Golbez]

Also, maybe a slightly controversial opinion, but I never really liked the World of Ruin very much in FFVI. I admire how bold the concept of it is, and certain individual scenes in it are very memorable, but on the whole I always found it kind of a drag to play compared to everything that comes before it. I've played VI up to that point five or six times, but I think I only ever finished the game once.

I agree with this to a large extent. I also tend to feel that the characterization of it as the "second half" of the game is a mischaracterization. It's more like maybe the last quarter with a bunch of optional sidequests. Granted, those sidequests tend to be a bit more important than most FF sidequests, considering that getting party members depends on them, among other powerups, but they're still basically sidequests. It's only a second half (or more than that probably) in terms of grinding, which is what makes it a drag.

[Mo-Nercy]

I probably tried about 3-4 times to finish XIII. I remember being a pretty big defender of the battle system at the time. And I tried to force myself through the story repeatedly, but I'd always disengage by the time I got to that chapter where things open up and you can free roam a bit.

Strangely enough, I probably would have pushed myself to completion if the game was even more linear.

I also bought XIII-2, in another weird attempt to inspire me to finish XIII.

Clearly I had money to burn in those days. xD

[CimminyCricket]

I have failed to really get into FF1 and 2 countless times. It only took two tries for me to get over XIII, though. I remember being pumped with all the advertisements and the previews we were getting and it just ended up being terrible.