{"id":180328,"date":"2024-02-19T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=180328"},"modified":"2024-02-18T22:13:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T04:13:27","slug":"games-anticipated-bought-never-played","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/02\/19\/games-anticipated-bought-never-played\/","title":{"rendered":"What games have you anticipated, bought, but never played again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m not sure what game I\u2019ll get around to buying next. I jumped in on Diablo 4<\/em><\/a>, intoxicated by the contact buzz of the shared excitement of my Blizzard Watch coworkers. But after watching excitedly as Baldur\u2019s Gate 3<\/em><\/a> finally dropped like a (miniature) giant space hamster<\/a> onto the gaming community after years of anticipation, I\u2019ve still not joined in on the fun yet \u2014 even though nostalgia alone certainly places it high on my want list.<\/p>\n

There have been games that I\u2019d seemingly waited forever for that more than fulfilled my expectations, like Nidhogg<\/em><\/a>, or left me somewhat dissatisfied like Act 5 of Kentucky Route Zero<\/em>. But, there are also games I\u2019ve still not played through after finally purchasing them. Hundred Days<\/em><\/a>, for example. It\u2019s a wine-making simulator<\/a> that I\u2019d been intrigued with after reading articles about how the developer’s life experiences informed the game, but that never translated into actually playing it after a cursory effort. The same went for Arcade Paradise<\/em><\/a>, which didn\u2019t quite engage me like the game I\u2019d envisioned when reading reviews. I feel guilty about letting them gather dust, but my queue of unplayed games keeps getting longer as time passes.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, though, it\u2019s just a matter of finding the right time to try out a game again. Final Fantasy VII Remake<\/em><\/a> languished on the shelf for 16 months after the gameplay proved too chaotic for my initial attention span. But, ultimately, I really enjoyed it after trying again and finally getting into the groove. So, maybe, I\u2019ll go ahead and queue up Hundred\u00a0Days<\/em> again and see if playing it catches fire this time around. It\u2019s possible I\u2019d just been in a bad mood when trying it out. In any case, I\u2019ve been waiting wistfully for UFO 50<\/a><\/em> to launch for several years and will certainly and definitely play the heck out of it upon launch. Well, I\u2019ll probably play the heck out of it. Maybe. I guess we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

So, what about you? Are there any games you own that you\u2019d been anticipating but have never touched after buying them? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m not sure what game I\u2019ll get around to buying next. I jumped in on Diablo 4, intoxicated by the contact buzz of the shared excitement of my Blizzard Watch coworkers. But after watching excitedly as Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 finally dropped like a (miniature) giant space hamster onto the gaming community after years of anticipation,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":180336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,66854],"tags":[78233,78234,61030,91],"yst_prominent_words":[12305,8263,8935,8687],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180328"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180398,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180328\/revisions\/180398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180328"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=180328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}