I've always had a really big issue with completing games. The most common thread and reasoning for this has been addictions to multiplayer or competitive games. Anything from Custom Warcraft III maps, to League of Legends and Call of Duty, and most recently to Counter Strike Global Offensive. I will burn countless hours on these titles, or have in the past, and barely play any of the more focused singleplayer games.
At this point in my life, with a full time job, a nearly 2 year old daughter, a wife, and two dogs, I have to be a bit more selective of my games. Don't get me wrong I still play a lot of games, having my PC in the living area where we can still all be in one place really helps with this, but I find myself getting to have far fewer long gaming stretches than in the past. With the more sporadic play times I've found my time has become more focused and I actually am playing more games to completion, playing only a couple games at a time where as before I'd basically be playing game roulette each time I got on the PC or console.
The Topic
What games in the past have you played either once or many times, but have not completed, either from losing interest, having a lack of focus like me, or any other reason, and then in so many cases, probably returned to the game only to feel the need to restart. I could count so many games in that list, from The Elder Scrolls Morrowind, pretty much all of the classic DnD CRPG titles from Baldurs Gate to Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment.
I've also made attempts to start games like the original Fallout 1 and 2, made very little progress, then ended up moving to something else, more from a lack of dedication to the time investment, than a lack of interest in the product.
All of these games I've started multiple times, in the case of Morrowind, I've probably logged close to 100 hours across numerous characters, but have only once made it to probably a halfway point or beyond in the main story thread. I've always felt a sense of dissatisfaction from this seeming inability to complete so many of these amazing titles, and games I thoroughly enjoy playing in the time I do, but have definitely found a groove in the past few years where completing games isn't as big of a thing as it was before, and I've definitely gotten away from spending all night playing match after match of Counter Strike, and more time playing through an interesting story instead.
So what are some White Whale titles that you have maybe started but never finished, or can't muster up the courage to start because of the time investment that will be involved. This is definitely the barrier of entry for me regarding a lot of these titles is, these will require a big time investment, am I sure I'm going to be willing to give these games the time right now, without getting pulled away by something else, another game or life in general.
Just thought it could spark some interesting reflection and discussion.