Could be i find the gameplay boring or the story dull or there’s lot of unfixable bugs in the game. Generally, i want to get hooked on a game in the first 1-2 hours. If that doesn’t happen, then there’s a high chance i’ll abandon the game. I might give games a second chance only if at least one aspect of them seemed interesting to me. Then i can soldier through the other bad parts. It pays to do some research into games beforehand, watch some gameplay videos. Then you can have a pretty good idea whether a particular game will be to your liking.

Can’t speak for the other games because i haven’t played them, but i can understand why you dropped Shadowrun Returns. The first game is kind of a mixed bag. The story and characters (a two very important parts for a Shadowrun game i feel) are really lackluster. The gameplay is pretty simplistic too though it’s improved greatly in the later games i’d say. You might want to give Shadowrun Dragonfall a try if you have it. It’s considerably better than Returns. Returns is kinda like the prototype of the Shadowrun games.

Yeah I agree with Kletar about the Shadowrun games, I haven’t played them yet but from what I’ve heard Dragonfall is a better game than Returns in every way. I’m even considering just skipping it, I’m not sure.

Unepic on the other hand… well I can totally understand why you’d want to abandon that… did you get as far as that big brain boss that caused you to empty your potions and teleported you away when you came close to killing it? One of the worst bosses I’ve ever had to beat, I think it was the third or fourth one. And… unfortunately the game only gets worse, right towards the end the rooms you have to go in are full of enemies with stupid abilities, like ones that are invisible that you can’t damage but they steal your weapons.. and these jesters that turn your weapon into a permanent toy! It makes me mad just thinking about it! I would never have finished it if it were not the fact it was a SG win and I was challenged to beat it.

Games like Fight the Dragon which I’m playing now is a similar situation, I’d have given up playing it long ago if it were not for the same circumstances. If I’m not enjoying the gameplay and I know I need to play a lot more of it to finish it, that’s a huge incentive to abandon the game. Thankfully I haven’t had to do that with many.

Happy Steam account birthday! 13 years is crazy! Mine is on Christmas day which I’ve found to be quite nice and easy to remember lol.

I don’t abandon many games. Most of those few are broken or a total misjudging on my side when getting them. I also “abandoned” Fallout 4, because I couldn’t play the game without feeling sick. But I will try to play it again at some point nod
I also kinda abandon games, to return to them at a later point. That are mostly games I’ve beaten once and want to complete, but don’t feel like doing it all in one.
Aaaaaand there are those, I start playing but at some point don’t continue. It’s no real decision on my part though. It’s just that I start something else (mostly a small game) and get from there to playing something else. Happened three times so far with Dishonored. That doesn’t mean I don’t want to play it - on the contrary, it never manages to capture me that much though -.-

Also happy Steam B-day! throws around confetti
Hope you’ll enjoy the day! :)

Happy year killing ;) :)

Huh, I though UnEpic was a pretty great game. Apart from some slightly frustrating bosses, I had a great fun with it as far as I can recal :) Enjoyed Shadowrun Returns too, all the way until the final(?) graveyard fight, which I just couldn’t get past O.o
Agreed with Abe’s Oddysey, though. I don’t think I’ve ever finished that one.

What makes you abandon a game?
How long do you give a game to improve before calling it quits?

Apart from game-breaking bugs that make the game unwinnable/unplayable, I tend to abandon games that are either too difficult for me or too boring to the point where I find it downright unpleasant to play. Before abandoning a game for good, I usually put it on my “Replay” list and return to it in the future, to see if I’d change my opinion.

Oh and by the way, happy Steam anniversary! 13 years, yay!

Happy Steam birthday:-).

I think I abandon most longer games that take a lot of sittings to complete. I have a really short attention span, and I get distracted easily. I also like new, new, new.

So while short games, I can soldier on through for a couple of hours more, even if it’s not great, long games I can’t do that. When I just don’t enjoy myself, and know that there are like 15 hours left (Earthlock), I give up. Or even if the game is enjoyable, but I feel it has dragged on a lot and there’s nothing new and exciting about it, I often end up dropping even if I enjoyed them (Sheltered, VA-11 Hall-A).

I rarely abandon a game as I usually wait and look intensively before buying something. So 90 % or more of the games added to my library are definetely in my interest. The only game I really abandon so far is probably Quest for Infamy as the very first achievement I got was broken and there seem to be more. This was a major disappointment and made me not getting another achievement as it would bug me not being able to complete it due to technical reasons.
But there are also some other games which I have never beaten or have stopped midgame for different reasons. Teleglitch for example is just to difficult for me to beat it. Made it to Level 7 and getting there was already a death parade. Uncanny Valley just had bad timing but I will return to that one definetely. And why I stopped RE0 I really don’t know. But I will return to that one as well.

Other than that: What did you expect from Wait - Extended? Because the store and reviews are clearly depicting what the game is about. And I really really like the game as the rather simple storyline is intriguing especially beginning with the second invocation. But it is more or less just running around a bit and solving some easy puzzles. And you can’t do much wrong in the game anyway. There are some optional parts which are only interesting if you want to get the full storyline and all achievements. Most of the game is rather straight forward though.

Happy Steam birthday!
My rule of thumb to abandon a game is quite simple: I do it, when it stops being fun and starts being a chore. In other words, what Reggie said

Happy Steam birthday! I didn’t know you get balloons - that’s really cute c:

I’ve gotten a lot better with dropping games that I don’t like, rather than play them to completion and hate every moment. I use the barometer that M and some others have stated - if it’s a chore, if I’m hesitating and having to force myself to pick it up each time, I know it’s time to move on. Excessive difficulty that results in a stonewall or a struggle, really bad story, and ugly graphics/animation are things that make me abandon games.

I’ve gotten pretty good at just avoiding games that I would eventually drop but that includes being very cautious with starting any game longer than a few hours. I just can’t bring myself to commit to playing a big game these days, and maybe a bit of that is due to the fear I’m going to drop it and feel like I wasted time.