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Games I Gave up on

 I don’t usually give up on game completions. If I decide to go for one, I usually commit to it. However, there have been a few exceptions.


I planned on going for the completion on Far Cry 5, but at some point, stopped working towards it. I have all the base game achievements, missing only some DLC achievements and the one for completing the game on new game plus on infamous difficulty. I have put 84 hours into this game, with 82% of the achievements. I do plan on going back to this game as it is frustrating to leave it unfinished, but I am unsure when I will do this. This is due to being stuck at one part of the game on infamous difficulty which made me want to throw my Xbox down the stairs.


Another game that I have gave up on for now is Assassins Creed 2. I played this game back in 2014 and unlocked 90% of the achievements. I recently decided to go back and get the last four achievements I was missing. My old save from my Xbox 360 had been deleted so I had to start a fresh save. I played through the entire story to then go for the collectibles when my save corrupted and all my progress was deleted. This is a well-known issue for this game on later generation consoles, so I decided not to start a new save with the fear of this happening again. Maybe at some point I’ll try it again on a 360, but then again maybe I won’t because I’m still annoyed about it and may just stay that way forever.




The final game that I have gave up on for now is Animal Shelter Simulator. This wasn’t a game that I was planning on completing, I was just having a bad day and wanted to play with dogs. I got around 7 hours into the game when I decided to go for the 100%. This was a decision I swiftly regretted due to one achievement: Express Wash. This is one that sounds simple, requiring you to wash a dog in under a minute. I’m convinced it’s not possible on console. I gave it a few attempts before coming to this conclusion and deleting the game. This was in January, and as far as I’m concerned, my shelter is now closed.





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