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I finally pulled the plug on Banishers — Ghosts of New Eden yesterday. The excellent story and characters pulled me through another few hours, in spite of the deeply unsatisfying gameplay mechanics, but as I sat down to play yesterday, I realized that I had started viewing it as something I should finish, rather than actually wanting to. If that isn't a sign to call time of death, I don't know what is.
I'm genuinely sad that this game didn't click better for me, so I'm hoping that others trying it out will have a better experience with it than I had.

@PorkChopExpress Yeah, saving this for a possible PS+ appearance is a good idea. It is, unfortunately, nowhere near worth full price, in my opinion.

@FuriousMachine It happens more often than I like to admit. But i'd rather knock something on the head if I'm not enjoying it rather struggling through begrudgingly just for the sake of completing it. Life is too short imo and I have pleanty of other games to be getting on with.

@JohnnyShoulder Absolutely, most definitely agree. It was reading Jack Kerouac's «On The Road» back in the late nineties when I first realized that not finishing something I didn't enjoy was something I needed to learn to embrace, but every now and then I want to like something so badly that I try to cling on nevertheless. «Banishers» was definitely one of those, and I still feel a slight pang of regret over what it could have been (I've never regretted not reading a single word more of Kerouac, though )

Most recently, Stellar Blade. I might go back to it in future, but for the time being I'm tired of forcing myself to play it. Eve aside, I can see why people like it, though not to the extent of it being GotY for many. I don't want to sit here and tear it apart because I know so many people do really like it, I'm just finding it so incredibly tedious. I force myself to do my job, and I get paid for that. When I find I'm forcing myself to play a game, it's time to give up.

@PorkChopExpress I played