What games have you bought but never/barely played?

I always convince myself I would love the Total War games. In the end I play maybe a few hours of each before becoming suicidally bored. :)

MTW
RTW
RTW 2
Dead Space
Dead Space 2
Thief
 
I have loads of games I've been given and a few I've purchased. I've played most of the ones I've bought, but not really many from the gifts list. Out of 48 games in my Steam Library, I've played 42!
 
Alan Wake - Got bored quick, will revisit it though as the story probably just needed time.
X-Rebirth - Was packed with bugs, not had the will to go back into it.
Rome 2 - See above, also the mechanics of the game have shifted so much I'm not sure I can be bothered.

The last two have put me off pre-orders for life, never again. I'll wait until after release before I even look at a game now.
 
I have around 110 games on my Steam account.

I have actually only played around 10 of them at length!! :o

Most of them have been tried and never bothered with again, or never even installed. Although, some of them are games that have come in a package that I have owned and played before, Quake 1&2 + mission packs, TES Morrowind/Oblivion and suchlike.

The games out of my list that I know I have actually played at any length are:

Bioshock
Bioshock Infinite
Skyrim
Tomb Raider
Deus Ex HR
Doom 3
Just Cause 2
Mass Effect 2
Half Life 2
Rage
Hitman: Absolution
Dishonored

The rest. Meh. :p
 
Played half of Alan Wake, found it repetitive. Also bugged me that the cut scenes looked worse than gameplay graphics, could have been my settings but shouldn't it be the other way round?
 
I have 100+ games in my list, these are major ones I have yet to play:

Skyrim Legendary Edition - I have played WoW hardcore and I play D3 torment, when I think of this game just the thought of 100's of hours lost to another game scares me :O

XCOM (New one including all DLC) - I was looking so forward to this then when I got the expansion I went meh and put it to my list of games to play later.

Assassins Creed 1-4 - Only reason I have these is due to Steam sales, Codes from the forums and buying graphics cards. I for some reason still want to play this!
 
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and 1.5 hours in the Witcher 2 (no xbox controller about the only thing stopping me)
4 hours in LA Noire
Dead space games (about 30minutes in each of them)
Mass effect trilogy (about 4 hours and got bored)
I'll get around to metro LL at some point

thief on the other hand I should just uninstall
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Thief was pretty s*** IMHO... :o
 
Recently... Sleeping Dogs and The Witcher. Bought both in a steam sale x number of months ago, haven't even hit the icons. Mass Effect 3 is another barely played title. Just can't get in to it and no matter what I do my Shep's and FemSheps all looking really odd during the cut scenes, which doesn't help.

Finally, XCOM Enemy Within. Played a bit after release then stopped while waiting for a mod update. haven't been back since. I would like too though, but Skyrim, KSP and Wargame keep interfering.
 
http://www.dealspwn.com/backlog-numbers-37-purchased-steam-games-played-171416

Backlog by the numbers - 37% of all purchased Steam games have never been played

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We've all got a Steam backlog. No matter how fastidious or frugal you are, those Humble Bundles and Christmas sales are just too tasty to resist.

Don't deny it - and don't worry, because you're in good company. In fact, it transpires that almost 37% of all Steam games ever purchased have never been played or even installed.

Ars Technica broke the news after conducting an extensive poll (extensive is a massive understatement, including 80-90,000 users per day for two solid months). A whopping 36.9% of games have simply not been accessed or tried out once, a figure that becomes even more depressing when combined with the 17% of games that are played for less than an hour. That's right, over 50% of Steam games have been played for 60 minutes or less, if at all.

Many are freebies and bundle casualties, of course, while Steam's lack of quality control has a lot to answer for. As do their cheap prices and our lust for value, even if we know we don't have the time. Here's the pie chart:

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We can also pull some more interesting metrics out of our Ars (Technica). They've compiled a list of the most popular games on Steam, which is unsurprisingly dominated by Valve-developed titles. Dota 2 tops the list (well, technically everyone owns it), alongside TF2 and Half-Life 2. Again, though, it's amazing to see how many players own some of these games, yet have never installed or clicked the 'play' button once.

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Backlog by the numbers - 37% of all purchased Steam games have never been played

If you're interested in Steam, be sure to read Ars Technica's full report. It's absolutely fascinating stuff.

Are you a Steam sale addict? Have a serious backlog and need some advice clearing it? Let us know in the comments!
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Hehe, I was just going to post that link myself r3d, guess it's a wider spread problem than I thought, at least I'm not alone :)
 
ive bought a lot of games over the years and never really played them as much as I should. I guess it's mostly down to the steam sales. I've already added more games to my steam wish list that i'll end up buying but not really play.

anyway here's a few games ive bought but never really played for one reason or another

metro 2033
alan wake
bioshock 2 and infinite
crysis 3
dead space 1,2 and 3
fear 3, ive played the first 2 over and over!
hard reset
portal 2
rage
settlers 7 gold edition
splinter cell blacklist

that's just a few!
 
The Witcher 2
Bioshock Infinite
Metro: Last Light

and others which I've probably forgotten.


I haven't even started Bioshock Infinite yet, only played about an hour of Metro LL and an hour or 2 of the Witcher 2 (good game, nice looking too - but combat is a bit clunky).
 
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