Returnal Among The Least Finished Games of 2021

Housemarque's latest Third-Person Shooter Returnal was one of the least finished Games of 2021, joining the list of Medium, Outriders, and The Ascent.

[ArchangelMike]

I didn't think Returnal was that hard, or that long of a game tbh. Everyones got a backlog of games anyway so I wouldn't singleout anyone one game, but yeah some gamers will naturally gravitate towards the replayability of some games over others. Personally I loved Returnal and completed it within a week or two of release; I hope they have more story DLC down the line to add to it's replayability though.

Speaking of replayability, I'm currently replaying the Hitman World of Assassination Trilogy. That game has so much replayability I don't know if it's even possible to 'complete' the game. I've spent just as much time doing the escalations and contracts as I have the main game. Withthe challenges as well on each level, I honestly don't know if it's even possible to really 'complete' the game

[SinisterMister]

You're right about that, but Returnal seemed very repetitive for me. It is one of the first games I picked up after I finally got my PS5, but really couldn't force myself into it after three-four days of playing. Still, that's just me, and apparently, many other people as the article shows, so I respect your opinion.
Really love Hitman though. A fine specimen bar none.

[darthv72]

I can say I haven't finished it... but then I can also say I haven't started it. I want to though, it looks intriguing and I do like Housemarque stuff.

[camel_toad]

Yeh right before Returnal I had just worn out Hades with probably well over a hundred hours of playtime.

I think going from Hades to Returnal hurt how I felt about Returnal. It was fun but the weapon variety and upgrades just felt too limited in comparison to other top tier Rogue-likes. Dead Cells being a great example of variety.

And having played Demon Souls before Returnal made me unimpressed with the graphics. Demon Souls was just beatiful and looked like a new gen game. Returnal did not.

But again I did have fun with Returnal for a couple of weeks. It just needed more to it for me.

[solideagle]

"The game’s initial launch was marred by bugs and crashes that rendered the game almost unplayable for many as the game was a rogue-like"
did I miss a memo?

[jznrpg]

Yeah what bugs and crashes . I got it at launch and it played very well . I do believe I did have one issue one time but it was minor I forget what it was exactly , I believe I left in is suspend mode and maybe it restarted me but that was it .

[stupidusername]

Many of my friends never had any bugs. I wasn’t as lucky. I bought it at launch and the game crashed on my first, second and third run. It made me hate the game and I took a break.
When I came back I never saw any bugs again, and I came to love the game. It’s amazing, but the first days were awful.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I don't have any bugs on the base PS4 version of Cyberpunk but I guarantee you that people here won't believe me, lol.

[TheDoomedGuy]

Marred? Really? I guess I missed them all.

Think you might be confusing bugs with the whole difficulty spike thing. And the whole thing about no checkpoints which made many quit because their console would turn off or need an update and they'd lose progres....etc.

[RevXM]

I had I think 4 crashes in the game and all of them except maybe one had to do with the hollowseeker in biome 3 and 4. first the audio would glitch and then the game would freeze and crash, many people reported the bug online.
that was the only issue I encountered that I could pinpoint and I had just one random crash that I dont think had to do with the hollowseeker, but not entirely sure.

Either way I love the game, but yeah there were issues when the game launched.

[SurgicalMenace]

Exactly, one of the most seamless experiences I've had all year. Guess theirs was buggy....🤔

[darkrider]

Dude, I complete the run almost every time I play to upgrade the weapons.. You are talking like someone that doesn't play the game. You can skip world and go to the end real quick

[TheDoomedGuy]

Yeah. Each full run is maybe an hour to an hour and a half if you know what you're doing.

Half runs to the midway point or from Midway to end take about 30 minutes.

I can't believe how much I enjoyed doing full runs several times in a row.

[UnSelf]

Considering I have beat this game more times than any other game i have ever played in HISTORY (been gaming since NES), i find this fact truly amazing

[VersusDMC]

Well Bloodbourne has a 15.7% for the Childhoods Begining(finishing the game) trophy and Returnal has a 23% for finishing Act 2(regular ending) trophy.

So people hated Bloodbourne more?

Not what i'm saying by the way. Just saying it isn't a metric for which to say if a game is good or not.

[IamFrasierCrane]

That’s a horrible comparison. Bloodborne is almost 7 years old and was a PS Plus game. Those percentages use to be much higher during the initial years of release.

[VersusDMC]

So alot more people tried it and didn't finish it is what you're saying...

[wolf581]

Totally agree with you.... This and resogun was my Most enjoyable platinum i have ever done.... And think that i have 54 platinums right now😋

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I have duplicate platinums for Life is Strange, lol .. PS3 and PS4 versions. You have any like that?

[CaptainHenry916]

I have a feeling that they're going to tone down their next game and make it easier. I don't want that to happen

[SinisterMister]

Had it coming. Sorry, not sorry.

[roadkillers]

All these types of games are probably on least finished lists. I would assume that these games would also be on the list:

Hades
Binding of Isaac
Dead cells

[Eidolon]

Dead Cells was a lot easier tbf, And felt i got through Binding of Isaac quicker.

[Seraphim]

that was my initial thought. Rogue lights/likes just aren't for everyone. Personally if I'm not in the mood I'm not going to make it very far in them. Also, look at any games trophy percentages. It's not rare to see roughly 20-30% on the final trophy of the game; ie complete it. Granted there's also a fair share of 50-70% but still....

As for Hades, I was so excited for it, bought it on Switch right away since it was exclusive to and I don't have a PC capable of running it. I played Hades for maybe 2 hours one night and put it down. I do still want to play through it but at the time, idk, just wasn't in the mood I suppose...

I'd also be willing to bet a majority or close to didn't complete Metroid Dread either.

[Lexreborn2]

I got hades from gamepass and I did not finish it. Not that it was hard but it just wasn’t good enough for me to keep playing over and over and over. I reached my peak of interest in about 4 hours-6 hours of gameplay

[ChasterMies]

Agree 100%. The new save point means a lot for players like me. I know there is a market for games as a grueling trial of attrition to earn manhood or whatever, but many of us play games for something fun to do during our limited free time.

[TheDoomedGuy]

It's not manhood. It's just called an achievement. And the attrition is also fun so your point doesn't make sense.

Just don't play games that punish you with their difficulty.

[generic-user-name]

What is this comment?

[Inverno]

not surprising really. These days it's so easy to hype up people into buying a product that they might not be all that into after getting it. Must feel like a double edge sword to some devs. You still get the money, but end up disappointed that people dropped it so fast

[SinisterMister]

Many people liked the game but there's more to it than just that. The no difficulty setting aspect factors in quite heavily too.

[blackblades]

People just suck so bad at real video games so they can't finish it. Ive seen so many people playing on easy mode these days like really

[VersusDMC]

Well Bloodbourne has a 15.7% for the Childhoods Begining(finishing the game) trophy and Returnal has a 23% for finishing Act 2(regular ending) trophy.

So people hated Bloodbourne more?

And i don't think Returnal was hyped up. They hyped up how you couldn't save for sure.

[ElvisHuxley]

Just because people didn't finish it doesn't mean they weren't into it, the game's difficulty is harder than average. Why just conclude that people aren't into it when there are a ton of other variables?

[Inverno]

Because there's plenty of easy games that are also never finished. I don't think the game being hard was the problem because if you play games often enough then most do their research and if you're buying a game from this genre then you already know what you're gonna get. My point was, just as it's been for many games, you have a huge chunk of people who buy games that aren't dedicated gamers who went into playing it and didn't find it to their liking. They were swept up by hype, word of mouth, advertising, whatever it was and bought something they didn't research.

I'm speaking specifically about the casual audience that consoles have garnered over the last gen.

[KillBill]

Weren't into it... enough to finish it. (there fixed it for you)

[NeoGamer232]

In order for your theory to be true, there would've had to be a lot of people that bought the game.

In July it was announced that Returnal sold 560,000 copies. I wouldn't exactly call that a lot of hype purchasing.

https://www.psu.com/news/sp...

[Kurt Russell]

I think you can still enjoy a game and not see it until the end. I am not a completionist myself, I will play a game until I am done with it, sometimes that means not seeing the end credits. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy my time with it, the time I did spend I likely would have had a blast.

[Inverno]

But the article is about people who didn't finish it at all. Idk why people are taking it as if I'm saying the game is bad lol

[RavenWolfx]

I am not surprised based on the way the game is structured, but with some of the upcoming patches including the ability to save easier and more frequently will probably help this.

[Flawlessmic]

Those other games are super easy to finish, returnal is not.

That stat should not detract from what is a great game, i am unfortunately one of those people that didnt finish it, not from lack of effort or enjoyment just biome 3 flying missile drones officially did my as in.

[GhostofHorizon]

Those got a small nerf in one of the updates.

[Tacoboto]

A few months ago I complained about being stuck on Biome 3 too and those stupid stupid drones. Especially when they appear on the bridge and there's like no way to dodge those things!

I'd have to sift through my comment history to find it again but a few people recommended specific weapons for 3. Whenever I go back to the game I'll have to find those recommendations, but my time/skill/whatever just isn't enough for Biome 3. After some dozen or so hours spent on the same brown and reddish brown palette, which I get to after 5-30 minutes of the forest randomly each death... I just couldn't justify anymore spending that amount of time accomplishing anything at all.

Which sucks, because I love everything else about the game. But even Demon's Souls felt waaay easier than this

[nyctophilia13]

Same. Loved the game but those missiles just felt unfair and I never got passed biome 3. And this is coming from someone who finished Bloodborne 5 times and platinum trophy.

[Chevalier]

One thing I recommend that I didn't realize till after the 1st act is use your Ether for 5 to 7 Ether at the beginning to unlock items at the station next to your ship. The cost goes up in the 2nd half, but, being able to guarantee 💯 a new artifact or consumable can be a game changer. Once I unlocked the Phantom Hand for example really helped me to make it through. Honestly think that 1 artifact alone becoming available saved me. It's really noticeable too. Recent runs where I messed up I didn't have this item show up in any of those runs at any point.

[Dark_Eternal]

The Rotgland Lobber and Electropylon Driver (<3) are great against drones (and most things, TBH), because they do so much damage over time. You can hit them and then hide behind a wall or a closed door, while your enemies casually die/explode on the other side. 😄

[Elda]

I totally platinumed Returnal with 166 hours. I also finished the main campaign of OutRiders & Biomutant. If Housemarque implements more saves more folks will probably complete the main game but far as platinum the game folks would have to have the patience & determination to get & find everything in the game to clear every biome. Returnal is my GOTY. Hoping there will be upcoming dlc. Though it's not on the list but I'm 2/3 into Tales Of Arise & for my first Tales game the game is so fun & I'm enjoying the story,the story is like watching a movie.

[Chevalier]

My GOTY too. Just need like 2 xenoglyphs and one scout log to show up and I'll have my 1st platinum trophy ever. Haven't had any luck so far finding them unfortunately 😕

Hope DLC gets made though too!

[Good-Smurf]

I could say the same to Bloodborne I went on and off on that game for two months until I beat it.
It definitely wasn't a game of my taste but the lore and its world are so inviting that I couldn't but keep coming back despite its brutal difficulty, still never beat the Old Hunters though since I'm at NG+7 fuck that.

[darkrider]

Not that difficult. Just need to upgrade the weapons. With the perks at tier 3 is not that difficult, barely an inconvenience. But some gamers like thing too easy.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

Are they wrong? Life is already hard and tiring enough, some people just want to unwind, not add to the stress with a challenging game. Gaming is entertainment after all.

[darkrider]

And others want challenges and not games for casuals or with features where mistakes don't count for nothing. Stress is one of the factors of this game. There are many other choices if you don't want to play this

[FlavorLav01]

Gaming is art. It can be entertaining, and for many that can be what is desired. But art doesn’t hold your hand and tell you how to feel. I like experiencing an artists creation, wether it’s an ass kicker or not. Wish more games would stay true to their inspiration and not try to be so overly inclusive. Play things that interest you, not make games conform to you. Some games are designed around the challenge, to change them would be to alter the experience.

[GameZenith]

Many gamers are adults with families and responsibilities and therefore a lack of save feature means this concept/game isnt really accessible.

[jznrpg]

I’m an adult with a family (4 children) a full time job and that’s not the problem . You just need to learn the systems and perks and it’s not that bad but it takes some time to learn these things. If People want easy games with little effort than this isn’t the game . I don’t have tons of play time but I had plenty of time for Returnal as I enjoyed it greatly and only played it when I had enough time . I mainly play when the kids go to sleep for 1-3 hours at night 3-5 night a week when I have all of my work done . I loved the way the game was made and I’m glad they made it the way they did . Tales of Arise is another game I played and it was too easy . I loved the combat and story but I played it on hard and it was too easy and it took around the same time to beat Returnal. I wish Tales of Arise was more difficult as that’s my only complaint . I don’t have tons of time to play but I don’t want easy mode either just because it may take longer , it’s no fun to mow through games I play for some sort of challenge . Not all games need to be as difficult but I don’t want to go through a game without ever failing , it may as well be a visual novel then .

[SinisterMister]

I understand that but not every adult gamer with less playtime has a similar skill level. Some might be quite good, but others might have dropped the game simply because they couldn't bother getting only frustrated in their free time. @GameZenith is pretty much spot on with this point.

[darkrider]

Same. Now a days some gamers aren't up for challenges and like crap like rewind features on games, because they don't work.... Love aim assist, because got no skill. That's why some fps they talk about how fun it is... Of course it is. No Need of skill...

[GameZenith]

Well I am in the military with an even strict time schedule. The fact that you can play up to 3 hours a night throughout the work week already shows you have more time/less responsibilities than I do.

I have other activities to do when I get home such as assist in cooking, watching TV, online classes, studying for certifications etc and this is me getting home around 6pm or even 7pm after having already getting up at 5AM for PT prior to the actual work day. So really the only time I game is on the weekends. When I do, I play games that respects my time. This is less about difficulty and more about respecting my time.

[Deathdeliverer]

Oh, and I was in the Army too zenith. Active duty 19D. I still had a balanced life. No offense but you might need to work on time management and boundaries. You make time for the things you like/love. It’s nothing wrong with having “me” time.

[GameZenith]

Who said I didn't have time for things I love? I just said I have less time for videogame but that isnt my only hobby, just one of them that I dont engage in as much.

But I am a 90A and not sure what rank you were but if you were ever a XO, S3 PLANS Officer or Company Commander like me, you'd know how time consuming the job is as well as stressful. When I get home I do other activities such as watch TV, read, and study for my online classes. If I am gaming it is on the weekend.

You are trying to equate your lifestyle on mine. Its great that you can have a professional life and still dedicate a number
of hours a night to gaming. I just choose to dedicate those hours others to other things. When I do get around to gaming I rather play something that for me is more time accessible and a game like Returnal isnt. If it was, then the completion rates would be higher.

[dbcoops]

Here it is 2021, almost 2022 and I haven't finished AC: Valhalla and it came out in 2020, lol.

[jznrpg]

I liked it when I started it but after seeing how much filler there was I am waiting to go back to it (maybe)

[SinisterMister]

Valhalla is pretty enjoyable man. Hope you finish it soon. I heard it has just received a campaign expansion?

[spambot0815]

of course, only a small amount of people have the patience for permadeath.

[jznrpg]

It’s not full permadeath as you have weapons and perks from before and can save up I forget what they are called but the things used to buy more perks and extra lives . Permadeath usually means you start from scratch and you don’t in Returnal .

[Deathdeliverer]

Well I expect nothing less with the way gamers are these days. This isn’t the “ 3 continues” generation. This isn’t even the Ninja Gaiden generation. More people from those gens probably beat Demon Souls, Bloodborne, Hades, and the like than any other. These gamers these days want easy street and want to FEEL like a badass without putting the time in.

Fighting games online? These are the guys that win ONE match, not a set, and leave. They are scared to lose or get figured out. Hell they put in auto combos these days because even developers figured it out.

Shooters? These are the guys that ONLY play with a full squad (almost full) of friends. Communication is powerful and they want to feel good playing against randoms.

Action games? RPGs? Why do you think so many games let you change the difficulty mid game these days? Gone are the days of choosing normal and hitting a wall you need to adapt to get better and overcome it. Hit that wall now, just change it to easy and pass it. Now change it back. Just look at Kena reviews.
Which is why returnal and a lot of those other games are unbeaten. The developers knew when they released it that it wasn’t for everyone. They know in order to beat returnal you have to stick with it. You can’t play once a week and get to the end. You lose some of the skill you gained. Your first cycle back is getting back to the skill you were at. That’s when you’re overwhelmed and turn it off. I don’t think I would have ever beat returnal or any of the other challenging games playing like that. I beat returnal in around 13 deaths. Screenshotted the computer when I got there. The game is phenomenal, must be played regularly (one cycle a day or more) so you don’t have to play relearning cycles and can get get straight into true runs. Do that and I’m sure you’ll beat it.

I’ve had my series X and gamepass day one and my PS5 day one. I’ve played a LOT of great games. While returnals story may be up for debate because of it being disjointed, the gameplay is not. The sound, the feel, the controls, the graphics, the entire package makes it one of the best games I’ve ever played and definitely my game of the year. It’s not for everyone, but that isn’t the games fault.

***just saw cyber shadow on the list. Loved it and beat that too. Once you unlock Parry it’s a cake walk. Very fun game too! What are gamers doing these days?!***

[jznrpg]

I’m old now and games were very hard when I was younger . Returnal is nowhere near as hard as some games that made me break controllers as a kid .

[AKS]

The Shadow of the Beast games on Amiga and many games ported from arcades (intentionally very difficult to keep you inserting quarters) were pretty brutal. Almost no single player games are that difficult now, although high level players do create their own challenges such as a Soul Level 1/ SL1 run through one of the Souls games. My typical pattern is start on "Hard" and play through a second time on "Very Hard" if there are difficulty settings. I might go further to do around 100% of what is in the game if I really like it.

[SinisterMister]

All these languages in the world and you chose to speak facts. Respect +++.

[Chevalier]

I 100% agree. I just wasn't good enough in the beginning. You have to play through until you learn how to survive. Some luck comes in, but, the skill with weapons and timely use of consumables is the difference between surviving or getting killed. That 1st time I finally beat that 1st boss and make a breakthrough was amazing! Then it was trying to string some runs together to best the rest. It's a great feeling when you die and just know you can do it. All you do is got to pick yourself up and keep going.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I began gaming in 1990 and I couldn't even get through the tutorial for Demon's Souls on the PS3. I like the difficulty of visual novels, tbh, lol .. the easier, the better.. Astonishingly I had no problem with Catherine or Bayonetta. Two games people complained about difficulty with.. yet I was never able to finish Killzone: Shadow Fall on easy. The first 3 games were no problem so not certain why I got stuck on a part in that and could never finish it, lol

[GameZenith]

Well as an adult with actual other life responsibilities, a "3 continues" approach would not be as accessible as it was when I was 7 years old with all the time in the world and no life responsibilities outside of going to elementary school every and getting home at 2pm with only 1 hour or so of homework, meaning from 3-4pm on....the rest of the day was to have fun. No papers to write, no long exams to study for, no stress from work slogging you down, no kids to take care of and cook for, no "honey go out and by X stuff".

Those NES/SNES kids are now in our 30s and 40s....things change.

[Deathdeliverer]

They do change, no doubt about it. Doesn’t change anything I’m saying or make it less true. Nobody said you have to grind out hard games all day every day. Nobody said it was a race.
What it IS is people that played and triumphed over games like that back then will triumph over games like that today. As the kids say, challenge accepted.
I basically only play games on my 2 off days a week. I’ve got a 19 Y/O son and a wife. I work between 45-50 hours a week. My wife has always embraced my hobby and knows when a new title is coming she makes sure I have wine and snacks. My son used to come running in to tell me he beat games, made a new animation on his computer, or made some type of art. I make sure I suffer through whatever movies my wife wants to watch or rent, find tv shows for us to watch together, and barbecue for the family once or more a month.
Point is, just because you’re grown doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy your hobbies. You make time for what you care about. I care about my family and I make time for them. I care about games and I make time for them. I know some people might have relationships that don’t have boundaries, or too demanding or one sided. Maybe people in that situation can’t have time to themselves. Lucky for me, me and my wife have been together since 1998 as teens and she’s supported my hobbies for a long time. We used to play NBA jam against each other and cheated to win a triple overtime game when I went to answer the door back then. We beat every donkey Kong country together.

Somehow I went into a I love my wife rant. My bad. Balance your life people! You only have one! (That we know of)

[Bennibop]

Bought at launch and still haven't finished it but I play it fairly regular. Love the game but I am not very good at bullet hell shooters and I am sure there are many others like me.
I do progress a little further each time I play!

[Deathdeliverer]

And that’s the point. Your sense of accomplishment is going to be through the roof every time you have a breakthrough.

[jznrpg]

Keep on man . We all have different skill levels but you will get a good run eventually and beat the next biome . It’s not easy but it’s not impossible either .

[Bennibop]

Give me any other type of game I am fine and have finished all the souls games with no issue! But i love the game atmosphere , sound and gameplay just cant get gud!

[Chevalier]

I'm actually not great at this type of game too. No joke I think I died like 30 times on the 1st boss. But I always felt I could do this. It takes work, persistence, some luck and knowing when to use consumables or switching or holding onto the weapon you have. I somehow managed to beat it twice and get the true ending too! I'm 2 xenoglyphs and one scout log away from getting the 3 Trophies to get my 1st ever platinum trophy.

One thing I think I would recommend is use that Ether early on to unlock items and artifact! If it's still 5 to 7 Ether to unlock new items early on take advantage of it! That station next to your ship guarantees a new item unlock. Certain items and artifacts/relics are absolutely 💯 game changers! Like the Phantom Hand or if you get that Barrier consumable for example. But like everyone says when you beat that boss or stage and get to the point where you jump right back in; that feeling is indescribable!

[VerminSC]

I honestly don’t get this. It wasn’t even that hard! Literally almost beat the 2nd biome first run!

As long as you keep moving and shooting it’s not bad. Such an incredibly FUN game.

[SinisterMister]

Not everyone is skilled enough to get through Returnal buddy.

[Luc20]

I gave up after 20h. Just don't have enough time to play one game that keep punishing you. Ther should be an easy mode like in rezogun or other HMQ games or online mode so your mates who are good can help you beat the bosses. I platinumed the original Demon's souls and the ps5 remake. Bloodborne was though but also got the plat so I'm not that bad. I paid £70 for returnal day one never to complete it. Very disappointed. Defo won't be buying similar games.

[SinisterMister]

Do give Elden Ring a shot though. $10 says you won't regret it.

[NotanotherReboot]

Guess gamers didn't like it that much

[Magog]

Given how easy most games are these days this isn't a surprise.

[jBlakeeper]

Well it’s hard af so there ya go.

[SinisterMister]

That's one of the points, but the Souls games are hard, and yet people can't stop finishing them over and over again.

[AKS]

Enthusiasts of those games do. Casual players are more likely to either avoid it because they heard it was too hard or start playing it and get crushed and not pick it up again. The players who complete FROM games over and over are enthusiasts, a small percentage of people playing video games. It may seem like it's more the norm in a place like N4G or gaming forums, but it isn't.

[Elda]

Once you beat all bosses then going back to them & beating them again is a piece of cake.

[FlavorLav01]

Least finished for many, must rewarding “W” I got all year personally. Great game, superb story unfolding. Hoping for DLC.

[Jim Hawking]

I beat it on my 8th run, but plat-ing it took FOREVER.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

I’m working on the last stuff, be patient

[GamingSinceForever]

Oh well I finished it and loved it.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I enjoyed all of Housemarques past games up until this. Difficulty selection should be imperative in 2021.

[thecodingart]

I mean, define “finished”. There’s a secret act in the game for the true ending.

[Ashunderfire86]

Damn I thought Deathloop would be the top, with that rewind time thing.

[z2g]

not surprising. I haven't finished it either admittedly. I like it, but I don't love it enough to stick with it. I'm actually surprised it won action game of the year. the difficulty is fairly high and I don't see that as a negative but I don't think the gameplay is as amazing as people seem to think so I'm not motivated to keep trying after dying a few times. just my own opinion. people are free to disagree.

[Lexreborn2]

I just bought this today, plan to play it after I finish Guardians of the Galaxy. I have been finishing all my games this year so looking forward to running through this to close out the year. I do still need to pick up R&C that’ll be hopefully after Returnal and before dying light and horizon

[cluclap]

I've gotten all the way at to final boss that was good enough for me lol. And I can pretty make it there every run just can't beat him

[Vizigoth04]

I beat this game but it involved loosing my Soul to this game for a few weeks. Had a blast with it.

[SpineSaw]

The truth about gaming is many start every game unless that game is terrible but few make it to end and that can be said about every game.

[GodOfNothing]

Savescummed my way past act 2 yesterday. No regrets.

[P_Bomb]

Way better than getting frustrated to the point of quitting. Why miss out?

[Software_Lover]

The Ascent being on this list is surprising (to me).

[GhostofHorizon]

You'll notice that a lot of the games on the list were on Gamepass. When people have the option to try the games with very little risk you come into a situation where people just try a game for a bit and drop it.

There's plenty of reasons that could affect game completion besides the quality. This list has nothing to do with any of that, it's mostly there for fanboys to yell at each other over. Just look at the comments here.

[archibold]

I'm still working on getting the sun shards in Returnal for the true ending, but yeah the game is pretty tough

[Einhander1971]

To bloody hard for its own good. Fantastic game but that restarting all again bullshit killed it for me.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

I never finished it. I still think it was fun and addicting. After about 20 hours I just accepted that I'm trash at it lol.

[isarai]

Pretty sure that's pretty standard for roguelikes

[Orchard]

Not sure 'how long to beat' is really truly representative of the real picture or accurate.

The headline actually says: "Returnal Among The Least Finished Games of 2021 for HowLongToBeat users"

[chicken_in_the_corn]

I doubt I will finish it but i'm keen to try it

[gamer7804]

Medium was great and not hard to finish. None of my friends finished returnal so that checks out. Ascent was way too buggy and we gave up on it. Might try a year from now.

[hiawa23]

I will jump back in when a save or checkpoint system is added. If not, there is too much to play on my backlog list.

[alb1899]

That's not a good thing. When you get tired of a game because is too hard o it is too repetitive or maybe doesn't engaged enough....is not good.
If a game is hard bit engaged enough is a perfect thing.

[MetroidFREAK21]

I still need to beat it

[Samonuske]

I didn't finish it at the time simply because of not having a suspend feature, and being forced to rest mode my system. And not being able to play anything else unless I died. i fully intend to finish it now that they patched it.

[InUrFoxHole]

Not my type of shooter but it seems to have a good fan base. Hopefully enough to warrant a second 1.

[frostypants]

It's effing hard. Is for me anyway.

[ecchiless]

And is not true.... can you guys remove this fake new?
They updated the twit with the correct info, so the "new" is bs.

https://twitter.com/HowLong...

[repsahj]

...one of the best i've played this year. I didnt stop playing it till i got the platinum!

[giovonni]

I mean, Now a days that Metroid dread got me in my feelings

[antikbaka]

I finished hades 10 times...but did i?

[Pedrof]

Not surprised about Returnal (tough game), but Medium ?!? That is an easy game, if people started it without finishing it, it must be because they lost interest (and I can't blame them, what a slog that was).

[Kosic]

I wonder why the Medium was uncompleted. It wasn't a hard or lengthy game. Guess it's the rinse and repeat collect A and place in B throughout.

Out riders was bad. I couldn't get through the first mission, it's arcadie for my liking. If it was a little more serious like the division. With duck and cover I would've stuck with it.

[ironmonkey]

Finished its three weeks ago and can breath now and say that game was hard AF.

[Stay-Toasty]

Lol, loved it. Couldn't beat the first boss if my life depended on it.id end up making my first run last almost an hour getting everything I needed. The respawn thing, a bunch of good parasites, a good weapon I was comfortable with and have a High weapon proficiency and if inwas lucky the astronaut figurine only to either get stupidly killed by some mob or demolished by the first boss. I tried like hell but i couldn't pull it off. I really wanted to see the later levels too, but biome 2 looks like a dusty Mars like planet and I just wasn't looking forward to it anyway. Oh well I'll get past it eventually.