OT: Game You Have But Never Play

[Kamog]

I still have some of my old game cartridges for the Sega Genesis. The game console itself is broken. There's also several games I got for the Playstation 1. These work but some of them I have never played, or played only once or twice.

The reasons that I don't play these games is because of one or more of:
1. I started playing and quicky discovered that the game isn't very fun
2. The controls and features are complicated and difficult to use, and I didn't feel like spending a long time learning all the special button combinations, and practicing until I get used to it.
3. There's some other game that I like, that I would rather spend my time playing, so I always end up playing those instead.
4. A friend gave me the game as a birthday present or Christmas present, but it's not the genre that I like.
5. I started playing and at some point I got stuck at a difficult place that I couldn't get past. I tried several times and gave up.

[Baal]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Freespace 2

Now that is one that you should really revisit.

[primitive]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
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Europe Universal (sp)
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It’s Europa Universalis

If it’s EU II you got, the new 1.08 patch kick ***. All the crash problems seems to be fixed and the AI’s have become much smarter. If you like big epic games and maybe try for a world conquest; Portugal, Ottoman and Muscowy are highly recommended. IMHO EU II is the greatest singleplayer game ever. Too bad multiplayer suck big time.

[Dubrok]

since i don't have had that much money for games i only bought those i really wanted to play :-)
cannot see why you havn't played many of the games listed since there are some classics ?!

and because i cannot list any pcgames i didn't play i "list" 1 boardgame: Diplomacy - never found enough players :-(

[Kevin Arisa]

One trouble with computer games is that you cannot rent them from the local video store. You have to rely on video clips, reviews, and if you are lucky you can get a demo to see what it is all about.

So far I have not regretted a single purchase. A lot of thought goes into selecting one since it is rare that I can afford a new game. My suggestion is to hold off buying a game unless you are certain that you "really" want it. Also keep an eye on modability. Some games are a total bore in stock form, but are a bLast to mod. Armada 2 for example. It is only a good game after you mod it IMO.

[Greybeard]

Originally posted by Dubrok:
and because i cannot list any pcgames i didn't play i "list" 1 boardgame: Diplomacy - never found enough players :-(

There is a great community of Diplomacy players who play via e-mail. Just do a search on-line to find them. I followed a few games about 7 years ago, but never played.
Some of these games Lasted more than a year and the players became good friends. Even an observer(me)was accepted into the community. I still have three 2" binders full of information and strategy articles I copied from the web. Should really get them out and think about playing again...

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Any one interested in buying some old star wars crap? (Its either sell it or give it to my nephews who will promptly destroy it. )

Talk about painful SW memories, I made a scale model of the Millenium Falcon. (from blueprints and made it out of Balsa wood) and gave it a very good paint job to closely match the movie look. It was a labour of love and it was to die for. My nephew was young (8 years old) and would always tell me how much he loved the model and used to sit and examine it to his hearts content. Being his godfather, I decided that he would be able to take good care of it and decided to give it to him for his 9th birthday. He was overjoyed and very grateful that I would give him my prized possesion.

Well, that model didn't Last more than two weeks before it was totally destroyed. I haven't made any models since, and still don't have the will to get back into modeling.

To make a long story short, sell the stuff, only give it away if the alternate choice is to place it in the trash. It will be less painfull that way.

nuf said, cheers!

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Kamog:
I still have some of my old game cartridges for the Sega Genesis. The game console itself is broken. There's also several games I got for the Playstation 1. These work but some of them I have never played, or played only once or twice.

The reasons that I don't play these games is because of one or more of:
1. I started playing and quicky discovered that the game isn't very fun
2. The controls and features are complicated and difficult to use, and I didn't feel like spending a long time learning all the special button combinations, and practicing until I get used to it.
3. There's some other game that I like, that I would rather spend my time playing, so I always end up playing those instead.
4. A friend gave me the game as a birthday present or Christmas present, but it's not the genre that I like.
5. I started playing and at some point I got stuck at a difficult place that I couldn't get past. I tried several times and gave up.

I got another one to add to your list. Try having a kid. Spare time?? What spare time? If you're not running after him/her, you're trying to feed, bathe or trying to get the brat (oh, I mean that pure bundle of joy from heaven ) to go to bed. Then, at least in my case, after about 2 hours, he'll go to sleep, then you can concentrate on playing games. But by then, it's late, and I don't feel like going on the internet or inserting a game disk into the computer, so I just double click on my SEIVG launcher and play a game until I almost bash my head into my monitor when I start getting sleepy.
That's the main reason I don't play too many games. I used to love playing RPG's, but most of them take 100+ hours to play, and I just don't have that kind of time to try that right now. Thank goodness I can least surf the net at work in my spare time.

[Parasite]

A possible option is to donate them to the Library or some other place. Then you can get a tax deduction for them at least.

[Atrocities]

Yes that is the game. I have never taken the time to learn it. The learning curve seems to high and I lost interest in it. Thanks for the info.

The patch for Hearts of Iron, by the same company, is 19 megs and that is simply to large to download on 14.4 dial up.