Backlog amnesty thread: what did you finally finish, and what are you officially giving up on?

[QueueDay]

Every gamer owns two libraries, the one they play and the monument of shame. This thread is the mid year amnesty for both, tell us the game you FINALLY finished after it haunted the backlog for years, and the one you are formally, publicly releasing yourself from ever finishing

The giving up half is the important half. Somewhere along the way finishing games became a moral obligation, and it is not, a game that stopped being fun owes you nothing more no matter what you paid or how loudly the internet loves it

Suggested format, name the game, how long it sat unfinished, what finally got you over the line or made you quit, and whether it was worth it. The whether it was worth it answers are where this thread earns its keep

And a side confession booth, what is the game you claim to have finished in conversations but absolutely have not? This is a safe space and also we are all lying about the same five games

[Distant Kernel]

Formally releasing myself from a critically adored open world game with my 200 collectibles at 34 percent. The map was a spreadsheet wearing a landscape

[Teal Shannon]

Finally finished a 100 hour RPG that sat at the 60 hour mark for THREE YEARS. The trick was deleting every other game from the console. Worth it, mostly, the ending was fine and the freedom is glorious

[Oscar_38]

The moral obligation point needs framing. Somewhere we started reviewing our own leisure time for productivity and it is genuinely unwell behaviour

[SilverSurfer51]

Counterview, some of my favourite gaming memories came from pushing through a slow middle third. Quitting at the first dip means never earning the back nine of the great ones

[Leah_68]

Both true, the skill is telling a slow burn from a game that already showed you everything it has. Usually you know, you just do not want to admit the money is gone

[Grim Socket]

Sunk cost is undefeated in this hobby. Fifty quid spent is fifty quid spent whether you suffer forty more hours or not

[WWFGareth98]

Confession booth, I have described the ending of a famous story game in detail at parties. I watched it on a video platform. The shame ends today

[Fatima]

The five games we all lie about should be a poll, my nominations start with every strategy game past mission six

[RandyOrton26]

My finally finished was a 90s game via emulation that child me could never beat. Beat it in a weekend as an adult and I am choosing to believe I got better rather than the internet gave me a map

[Oscar_75]

Amnesty accepted for all of the above, go in peace. See everyone in the winter sale where we buy five more monuments

[Pixel Mark]

The backlog is not a to do list, it is a library, and nobody feels guilt about unread books on a shelf. Wait, bad example