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So the reverse of this thread, what are some games you liked, but they dragged on a bit by the end so you were kinda glad they were over. Like, "yeah it's a good game but can it finish already?"
The Persona games were kinda like that for me. I liked them both, I liked 4 a good bit, but by the end I'm about ready to move on. The Agarest War games are like that too
The closest I can recall coming to this is Final Fantasy XII. Not that I didn't like the big climax at the end, just that the last couple of dungeons before it were a chore and nowhere near as fun as the rest. I was ready for the climax after that.
Muv-Luv Extra. I really shouldn't have gone for all the endings.
All of the Dragon Quest games come to mind. Super Mario Galaxy was the same. Pretty much every FF game from the PS1 era to today also comes to mind, it's just hard to write an engaging story that can hold your interest for 50+ hours and I feel they all show that.
Bravely Default is the definition here. Playing the game is awesome in almost every other way but once it starts looping its a real slog until the credits.
Jet Force Gemini is kinda the poster child for this as far as I'm concerned. "Do all the levels! Now go back and do them AGAIN before you can beat the game!" :|
My replay of Warcraft III/TFT is kind of taking a while but I still enjoy it. It's just taking... a long while.
Tales of Graces f, I loved the game, but it just felt like it dragged on for the last couple of dungeons. Everytime we'd get to the "final" boss, someone would do something stupid and the game goes on. It happened like three times in quick succession at the end.
Both of the Digital Devil Saga games drag on at the end too. The story just grinds to halt while you climb the big ass final dungeons.
Resident Evil 4 was amazingly good for a 20 hour action game but it still dragged on a bit.
Interesting, I had the exact opposite impression. I was surprised how short the dungeons seemed when I saw how big they actually are :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Vermachtnis
The final boss fight versus Wesker in RE5 comes to mind. Me and Paul were playing it and sometimes we thought "What, why?"
I just finished Mark of the Ninja and while it's a really good game it just kept introducing new game mechanics and dragging on. On multiple occasions I thought the end would and should be near, but it wasn't. Luckily the ending was strong when it did show up.
Ni No Kuni had a similar situation. I feel like halfway to 2/3rds of the game is filler and during this time I felt like it should get on with rounding up things. Again the ending was strong, but should have come around sooner imo.
To be honest, I rarely find myself wanting the game to end.
I think the sole exception is the original Ace Attorney game. "Rise from the Ashes" was way too long and convoluted for its own good.
OMG yes. I love that episode, but goddamn I never want to play it again because of its length.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fynn
In general I have a weird relationship with AA.
I kinda like it. It's fun and the trials are pretty cool.
But everything that isn't a trial is boring as hell to me, I'm not a big fan of the characters, and God damnit, this country is run by idiots and I'm sick and tired of everyone being a successful lawyer at age 15 or 7 :stare: Not to mention some cases require extreme moon logic to solve, while others I could have figured out much earlier if the game didn't use so much padding.
Now that I think about it, a lot of the cases kinda drag for me.
The court scenes are the best part, yes.
However those characters you can't stand better not be Maya because she is a dear :colbert:
I'm not saying I can't stand them. It's just that a lot of them don't do anything for me. I'm also not a fan of the episodic nature of the games.
Maya is fine. Ema can go smurf herself, though
I feel Bioshock started to loose steam halfway between the big reveal and the end.
This is exactly how I feel. XII just went on a BIT too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayen
Idk, I loved the Pharos.
I thought the last dungeon in blue dragon was really repetitive and boring. Just a few puzzles and even more reskinned enemies
I wasn't thinking of Pharos per se. I think there's a dungeon or two after that before the final battle. Unless I'm remembering wrong. It's been two years since I played.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fynn
I have the same complaint about Pharos that I have with the final dungeons of Digital Devil Saga. Nothing really happens between entering the dungeon and the boss fight.
Again, I loved all of those dungeons XDQuote:
Originally Posted by Vermachtnis
Maybe it's just that I experienced them at a point when I learned to enjoy a game for other things than simply its story? None of them are as grueling and monotonous as Tartarus. There may be few story bits along the way, but there's puzzles and other challenges that really make the climb feel epic.
Don't get me wrong, I liked the dungeons. I just thought they lasted a tad too long with not much happening. And it bugs me more in Digital Devil Saga 2's final dungeon more than the others.Quote:
Originally Posted by FynnAgain, I loved all of those dungeons XDQuote:
Originally Posted by Vermachtnis
Maybe it's just that I experienced them at a point when I learned to enjoy a game for other things than simply its story? None of them are as grueling and monotonous as Tartarus. There may be few story bits along the way, but there's puzzles and other challenges that really make the climb feel epic.
(SPOILER)The inside of the sun is an awesome idea for a final dungeon and fighting old bosses from the previous game is pretty cool. But they don't acknowledge it or anything. They're just there for exp. And right before the final boss, you fight Meganada and again, it's just there for exp. You could replace it with a Moh Shuvuu and nothing would change.
Actually the second and third Arc the Lad games had this issue as well. Didn't help how utterly repetitive the side missions were as well but I'm surprised I finished the second game and when the third game brought up a new story arc involving traveling across the world (again) to obtain all the McGuffins needed to advance the plot, I called it quits.
I kept thinking I was near the end of The Last of Us and even though it was great I really wanted it to end because I wanted to see how it would end. Then of course my PS3 breaks while I am on the last smurfing level!
One dungeon in FFXII is literally just running up and down a bunch of steps/ramps/whatever and teleporting to different parts of the dungeon. That is as boring as boring can get.
P.S. Psych, I think your PS3 hates you.
You mean Giruvegan?
I liked it. It was pretty. It had scary werewolves.
Oh yeah, but then there was the Great Crystal which had NO MAP. :onoes:
Actually, no. I was thinking of the Great Crystal. I could have swore there were some form of teleporting there, but I may have gotten it confused with the Gate Stones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fynn
Yeah BD was the poster child for games that dragged out too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burgermiester85
I can't think of many others where the plot really dragged out, but some modern RPGs really go overboard with the amount of fetch quests or other pointless quests. Xenoblade Chronicles and Dragon Age Origins come to mind. Of course, the quests are optional so I can only blame myself for trying to undertake everything.