Games You Intended to Buy But Just...Didn't?

[Moonface]

Had this thought yesterday when I got reminded of Returnal and how that was originally a game I would have got for my PS5 but then just didn't, and now I don't know if I'll ever actually care to get it. So how many games have you intended to buy but just didn't, and not necessarily just because the game turned out poorly but because you just never got around to it for any reason?

For me I have quite a good amount, assuming this is all of them and I didn't forget any:

• Another Crab's Treasure
  
• Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
  
• Dragon's Dogma 2
  
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
  
• Final Fantasy XVI
  
• Hitman 3
  
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
  
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
  
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership
  
• Mario Strikers: Battle League
  
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2
  
• Metal: Hellsinger
  
• Minecraft Dungeons
  
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
  
• Octopath Traveler 2
  
• Penny's Big Breakaway
  
• Resident Evil 3 Remake
  
• Returnal
  
• Sifu
  
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  
• Stellar Blade
  
• Subnautica
  
• Super Mario World + Bowser's Fury
  
• The Callisto Protocol
  
• Tunic
  

The majority are just games that came out, I didn't buy them near their release, and over time forgot about them to the point when I was reminded of them I kinda shrugged and thought "eh" about whether I actually get and play them or not. Others just didn't turn out as good as I hoped for so I just don't care to get them period, such as RE3R or The Callisto Protocol.

[Kyng]

LEGO Island 2 was one that I wanted back in the early 2000s. I'd enjoyed the original, as well as some of the other LEGO games... but, I think I was a bit busy playing those other games, plus Railroad Tycoon II and the Harry Potter games .

Also, XCOM 2. I think I just didn't bother because I never finished the first one, despite liking it!

[Mr EliteL]

For more recent games;

Devil May Cry 5
Eiyuden Chronicles
Granblue Fantasy Versus
Legend of Mana Remaster (this might still be on my Switch wishlist)
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Party Jamboree
The Last Of Us Part II
Triangle Strategy
Yoshi's Crafted World


I didn't include Doom Eternal or Ghost of Tsushima from my early post in Anticipated Games, or Pokémon Scarlet/Violet, Granblue Fantasy ReLink as these games never entered the phase of "I feel like buying this at some point". These ones were, although TLOU2 more of entered that phase before I saw anything unlike the rest when I watched their trailers. Most of them are because I lost interest, although DMC5 I didn't so that was more of literally just not getting it.

Some aren't added to this list because I'm still on the fence like M&L Brothership on if/when I'll buy it.

[azalea]

oof. i have a few.

• legend of zelda: tears of the kingdom: i was REALLY looking forward to this since i enjoyed breath of the wild, but... i didn't end up getting it? i think this game came out at a time where i was like, financially struggling quite a bit so i didn't really have the justification to really buy it. i think by the time i was more or less in a more comfortable position, it felt like people moved on from the totk hype so i just. didn't really bother getting it.
  
• super mario odyssey: this one i kinda flip-flopped on whether or not i really wanted to get it. i think i was intending to get it on release, but wanted to wait for a bit for reviews because i don't really play mario platformers, and was kinda cautious about jumping into this one. i think as the years went by, i just end up forgetting to get it.
  
• disgaea 7: after disgaea 6's... poor/mixed reception, i held off on getting disgaea 7 until i heard more about it. i then looked up reviews, saw that 7 fixed essentially where 6 went wrong, thought to myself "oh cool, i'm gonna play this someday" and then added it to my steam wishlist and promptly never really look at it again. i think at this point, i might as well just wait for disgaea 8, assuming that's going to be a thing, and get it then, in the hopes that it'll improve even more upon what made 7 so good to begin with. my last disgaea game was 5, so here's hoping the next disgaea game will be as good as that.
  
• pokken tournament dx: another game that i flip-flopped on because i wasn't sure if this was a genre of a pokemon game that i was really going to enjoy. i think by the time i really cared about wanting to try it out, people have FAR moved on from this, to the point where this is all but forgotten about.
  
• splatoon 3: i think my other friends that are into splatoon more than i am got me more hyped up about this game more than the game itself. the talk of splatoon tournaments made me think "oh, this would be a cool game to try out, i can't wait to get it", and then i just ended up not getting it, either because i purely forgot (likely the case), or i just haven't really cared as much, anymore. i feel like i'm leaning towards not getting it at all these days since i feel like splatoon is the kind of game where you need a bunch of friends to play it with in order for it to be enjoyable.
  
• live a live: saw the trailer for this game and immediately got really interested in it, only to not get it once it released. dunno why really. i think i forgot, and it's squarely in my "eh, i don't really feel like playing it now" pile.
  

i thiiiink that's it, but there's probably more that i'm forgetting. :c

[Little Matcha Girl]

Bastion. I wanted to play this game for ages but never ended up buying it, and it's ancient at this point. Kind of gave up on it and honestly have no interest in playing anymore given how much time has passed - I've just moved on. ):

[queenzelda]

Life is Strange: Double Exposure: Look I want everyone to understand that I am a huge fan of this franchise. I may not have liked LiS 2 with the boys that run away from home because of the whole mexcians r bad police r bad/ politics shoved in your face/ overly racist (impo) about how they feel most people treat mexicans, among other things. After that; LiS True Colors was a really wonderful game and I loved the story,. I felt that Deck Nine redeemed itself. 

But with this iteration, the frame rate was awful from what I saw when people started streaming it. It was a rehash of the first trauma that Max has to go through. So deck nine makes her remember about Jefferson and not in a good way. The game turns Chloe into the bad guy and Max has a thing for this girl named Saphie. UGH. It's a mess and those of us who choose to save Chloe are treated to her not being in the game because she's with someone else apparently. <_< So NO I refuse to get this game at full price. Maybe when it's on sale for $8 with the dlc then: maybe. But even then deck nine was shut down after this game wasn't very well received by the fans. I wonder why. >_>

[ShiraNoMai]

Bastion. I wanted to play this game for ages but never ended up buying it, and it's ancient at this point. Kind of gave up on it and honestly have no interest in playing anymore given how much time has passed - I've just moved on. ):

Question for you: have you played any of Supergiant Games' newest games? If the answer is no, I still highly recommend you play this. Bastion is a fantastic experience, but they've perfected their formula since then so it does feel dated if you've played their newer stuff.

[queenzelda]

Yea, Bastion is good, and I tried getting through it but for some reason I got really bored with it after a while and went to other games that came out. I saw a game play of it so yes, I did buy it and intended to play it but after seeing someone else beat it... I was not inclined to beat the game myself as it seemed overly hard to get there, and I had no idea where I was in comparison to the person that beat it. lol

[ShiraNoMai]

I've definitely had that experience with other games before, queen, so don't feel bad about it. I happened to play the whole game in one or two sittings back when it came out so I had the full attention/experience of it head-on. I think it was also my first Steam game, now that I think about it...

I would say that the era of streaming has made it much more difficult for me to experience a game myself after watching a full playthrough of a game, and moreso if the game is a single-player campaign experience.