[Aiwethryne]

Which games have you quit or stalled on? Which games are not worth the effort and time?

Why did you stop?
Life? Lack of money?
Did you experience technical difficulties?
Was the story/app just so terrible that you could no longer tolerate it?
Were the requirements getting impossibly steep, even with spending enough money to feed a town? *coughbmpp*

Quit

My Forged Wedding: PARTY
I liked the game, mostly because I had played Ren and Saeki's paid S1 stories and part of Yamato and Takao's S1 during the release... specials, or whatever that was. But the tone of the events just really annoyed me because many of them had the characters not even in a relationship, yet. Then I left the country, and my phone had no space... I deleted it. Once I had space again, I reinstalled it. However, I way too lazy to look for and input my code to resume playing. So I deleted it again. As much as I wanted to read Ren's Season 2, I just... meh. The slice of life keeps me away. I suppose it is not fantastical enough for me. And people seem to be dying from event requirements, so I am probably saving my sanity.

Sleepless Cinderella: PARTY
I had to change accounts out of emergency, but that coincided with the application receiving an update. The app would not allow me to enter the game without updating, but I could not sync my app with my other account without opening the app. See the problem? The game sucked anyway. Anticlimactic events, older system...

Pure Love
I am not that interested in celebrities to begin with. This was when KOYONPLETE had all of the characters under one application, and the functions were kinda clunky. After finishing all of the characters' main portions of the story, I did not really want to try again to get the endings I missed.

It's Our Secret
The story echoed too closely with Forbidden Love at first, and my Android device died.

Contact Marriage

Office Lover

Once Upon a Fairy Love Tale

Stalled

Mononoke Kiss+
I am still interested. It was one of the games eaten with my Android devices' inaccessibility, though it is linked with my email. I am simply too stubborn to continue with an alternative or play a new game with iOS. It's my only SWD game that is not on iOS, come to think of it.

Love! Sushi Rangers
Reinstalled but cannot get myself to play.

The Seal of Lycoris
I had all the apps with enough points built up to read everything. My Android tablet crashed and died. But I reinstalled all of them on one of my current phones months ago. Now it is a matter of playing them. If I were not so obsessed with keeping files...

Mystical Butterfly
The text was pretty confusing, but I was still interested. Same situation as The Seal of Lycoris.

Not quite sure...

Angel or Devil+
As of today, I have hit the ceiling. I cannot continue playing the story unless I pass the requirements, and that means training and daily greeting, which I loathe. Amazingly, I am at #1 in Game Center, so I do not feel especially rushed.

Magic Sword+
I finished all of the endings, so I am really only "playing" for the sake of surpassing the person at #1 in Game Center. I am at #2. I could very well use all of my items and easily get that spot, but part of me still wants to hold out for an impossible new character or event.

My Fairy Tales+
The checkpoints are too steep, so I earnestly only train every single day. I could continue my current spinoff, but I fear story amnesia from not having enough Gems to continue. Of course, I have over 75K Gems...

My Sweet Prince+
I completed every character's ending. There are still spinoffs that I could play for a different ending or purchase, but I can never know when this game will get a new event. It seems so dead, yet it still had events pop up. I am more or less just hoarding, and I'll only delete it if I have no phone space.

Lost Island+
Well, I did delete it. I finished all of the endings for every character, and I was considering doing exactly what I am still doing in Magic Sword because I have items galore, but it takes so much time fast-forwarding everyday. Wasting my time. I don't want to see flashes of zombies everyday, either.

Linkback: https://kokoro-cafe.net/index.php?topic=1586.0

[potao]

Quit ヽ(｀⌒´メ)ノ
I have v. little commitment to social otome, so bleeeh

SWD: Blood in Roses, The Niflheim, Angel or Devil
I don't like reading the story in ridiculously small chunks, and the "hourly" system does that to me because I'm not patient or good with time enough to wait for the story bar thingie to max. I usually just stick around for 1 route and then dump the app after I'm done. I don't know why I keep installing these.
AoD also had that "Piece of Justice" and that "Reaper's Gate" (or w/e it's called) feature which made me want to legit stab someone in the eye. That probably was what pushed me over the edge.

My Sweet Proposal
I only really liked Masaya, so after finishing his route I was like "...now wat". The events never appealed to me, either. It died a slow death, sitting there on my phone.

Sleepless Cinderella Party
When I first saw the UI for this game, I felt like I had gotten thrown into a portal to 2007. Call me shallow, but if a game's UI is...ugly, I have a lot more trouble enjoying it.
None of the guys appealed to me that much either. It surprises me how much of a hit this game is in JPN because none of the guys are super good at their "personality type" sans Ryoichi, I guess. Maybe people like the types more mild? eh.

My Forged Wedding Party
It was hard to let this game go because the only thing that is honestly cruddy about it was the Event difficulty. The difficulty can be a friggin disaster and thus needs to die forever though, so it isn't so much an "only thing" as it is "the sole thing that prevents any further enjoyment".

10 Days with My Devil - Heaven's Kiss
The game is still young and has room to improve, but the constant loading screens made me want to pull my hair out. Sometimes I'd be stuck on the title screen too, which then my lazy self would just give up and let my stamina be full for another 10 years.

Stalled （・∩・）

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder - Love Trap
It isn't so much "stall" as it is "if I don't care about the event, I don't even touch the app", which happens more often than not.

Oriental Bride of the Emperor
tbh I don't know why I let this app stick around since the translations are barely comprehensible, but I'm a sucker for Dynasty era China so :I I have a lot of crud stored around too, so I hope to go all out on an event someday so my boo can finally wear emperor-worthy hanfu instead of daily gacha fodder.

[Vixey]

I seem to be on hiatus from everything except chatting
Definitely got burnt out from nonstop events this year and also things are crazy busy at work. All I want to do when I get home is talk to my kokorian friends and catch up on tumblr and then pass out. Basically just life... and losing interest in interest. But I still have an interest in getting back into things...these games do interest me, especially the new ones, but I just blahh can't seem to do it right nowww


Quit  ₍₍ (̨̡ ‾᷄⌂‾᷅)̧̢ ₎₎ 

Contract Marriage(-) 
Yes I am calling the original version minus now deal with it
There was no reason for me to keep this app after the new one came out. If I refer to Contract Marriage these days I'm only talking about the Contract Marriage+ version.

Office Lover
I played the one route that interested me and liked it enough that I didn't really want to try other routes especially hearing the MC was more annoying in them. I really liked the MC on Go's (can I just say how annoyed I am by his name #EFLproblems) route and didn't want to ruin it. Also the game is dead, and I already know they're releasing a remake...but different guys I found out later after deleting this app. Ah well...

SWD: Mononoke Kiss+
Hikobane I liked the most, and though I found the other guys cute I was more meh about them after finishing with my dorky polite crow demon~ I haven't deleted it yet, wondering if there might be any events but it's been months so probably safe to delete. The last event/special story was pretty disappointingly short. I think we're done here...


Stalled   ༼ : ౦ ‸ ౦ : ༽


Everythingggggggg


Stalled, on my way out   ヽ༼⊙_⊙༽ﾉ

SWD: Angel or Devil+
I've only finished Latias and Raug. I still want to read everyone else's route. It's just a matter of sitting down and liquidating my items to binge read at this point. Once I've done that I can delete. This game hasn't had events in many months, it's done.

SWD: Lost Island+
I played Ryo, hated him. Played Ren, didn't really like him mostly becase I don't think they designed his face well, it's ugly to me. Sorry uglyface. It matches your personality anyway. I would still like to try Lionel, he seems alright. I really want to play Mr. Polkadot Pants, he seems like a hoot. And I'm still waiting for Shota, I KNOW he must exist for a main route and I don't know why they haven't released him. I've never known game to include a route for a guy in an event and never plan to give him a main story. Did they...forget it wasn't released?? I'm concerned because they also seem done with this game, no events anymore for some time.


Stalled, in limbo   ԅ། , ◔ ﹏ ◔ , །ᓄ

Be My Princess Party
What the rootbeer float am I even doing with this game. I quit but didn't really start, but would still like to keep the option open of continuing my attempt to try and start it? At least I finally got past the "choose a guy" part...


Stalled, keeping   ( ˵ ◐ ︿ ◐ ˵ )

These are my games that are still actively holding events but I'm just in la la land not participating

Cinderella Contract

Once Upon A Fairy Love Tale
My husband is probably worried about me...

Contract Marriage+

Royal Midnight Kiss

My Forbidden Love
Wake me up when it's Robert's turn

My Forged Wedding Party


Stalled, starting  (ʘᗩʘ’)

Promesse de Mariage
I'm still in the prologue. Reading comprehension in a foreign language is mentally taxing and I keep falling asleep.

[Aiwethryne]

ROFL~~ All your different levels of "stalled," Vixey.

Okay, this is what I wanted to say whatever day it was I created this topic in response to thiiiiis:

And I'm still waiting for Shota, I KNOW he must exist for a main route and I don't know why they haven't released him. I've never known game to include a route for a guy in an event and never plan to give him a main story. Did they...forget it wasn't released??

This occurs more often than you think in SWD games. In my topics queue, I have an entire rant almost ready about this situation. The worst instance of this is with Ninja Love+'s Yasumitsu Sandayu Momochi. His character, like Nobunaga, was supposed to be exclusive to the +Version, but NTT Solmare announced his main story as upcoming (with a spinoff event and everything) TEN MONTHS AGO. Now that looks like a loss of priorities.

[levantou]

Omg I can't even list all the games I've quit. xD But here are some of the ones that stick out in my mind. I play then quit a lot of NTTSolmare. >.>

Quit:

Shall We Date Mononoke Kiss+ - I played almost all of the main routes over like a year or something. I didn't really play the side stories much, since they usually required spending money to buy passes or whatever. I *love* the artwork in it, but after the main story, I just didn't really feel like there was much left for the MC and her main squeeze. The story was just so complete as it was. Now, I did love the side stories about Hajime and Raizo's pasts. Those were great. I think the only main story I didn't play was Enojo, but I'm not a fan of his "type" of guy anyway.

Ninja Love+ - Man, these stories were always so sexy. xD But there were SO MANY STORIES. I couldn't keep up at all. Like I'd be reading a main story, then all these side stories would come out that I wanted to read, but because it was a limited event type thing, I'd have to just read it, but I hadn't read his main story yet. It was just so overwhelming. I'd honestly love to start this game again, but I know I'd run into the same issue.

Blood in Roses+ - I couldn't get into it at all. The art was unique, which is something I thought I'd like, but I just really couldn't get into the story. It felt sorta random and disconnected. Like the girl would just do things without asking why or what the hell is going on. It was weird.

Angel or Devil+ - This is another one I started late. Not as overwhelming as Ninja Love, but I just couldn't get into the story that much. Too far-fetched I guess.

My Forged Wedding Party - I wanted to like this game so much. But holy crap, it is a MONEY SINK. I was playing Takao's main story, and before I knew it, I had spent like $30 on the game to get the "special" images for the main story. Ugh. I just hate having to spend money to get something as basic as a picture. This isn't even bringing up the EVENTS. Omg it's so difficult to do the events without spending money. So then I told myself "okay, just don't buy them" but I was just kinda mad about it. And when I came across the next checkpoint of spend money or don't, I just quit. I'd rather buy the routes in the non-free version when I have the few bucks, than keep sinking money into the app whenever it feels like making me.

Be My Princess Party - Same as above. Just ended up playing Glenn's route in the paid version (even though it is different). Less money spent that way.

Contract Marriage (the first one - not the new one) - Another money sink. And after a while, I'd forget to use my passes one day, and just be angry that I missed a chance at reading that many more chapters. I like to play at my own pace. >.>

Shall We Date Lost Island - I bought Lionel's route, but the MC was so stupid, I could barely stand it. I didn't even finish.

Stalled

Ninja Assassin+ - I got to a point where all the stories I'm playing require passes to continue, but I'm over paying money in these "free" games. I've spent soo much trying to play them, that it's really bugging me. So I try to earn my in game gold every day, but that just got boring and I stopped. I'd love to keep reading, since this was one of my favorite ones, but I just keep going in a loop in my mind. Don't spend real money - earn game money - get bored and stop - look at buying passes - too expensive.

Sweet Scandal (the new one) - I like it, especially since they've improved it a lot since the old one. I just get bored of only doing 5 eps a day. And I hate spending money all the time. n_n I'll finish it eventually.

Scarlet Fate+ - Had to restart my phone and lost all my progress. I'd love to finish but I'm slow and boring.

My Fairy Tales+ - I like the story, but I'm having a hard time getting into this game, knowing that it will probably end up like all the other free games I play. So I play the story every once in a while when I feel like it.

So I find that I usually buy Voltage stories, and play them randomly as I feel like it. That way I can spend money at my own pace, play stories at my own pace, and I'm not forced to spend more than 3.99 at a time. Damn you, free apps. I also have a few computer otome games that I've stalled and play randomly when I feel like it. But I'm not at home right now to even remember what they are. xD

[lanimi]

EN PAUSE :
(PAUSED)

Once Upon a Fairy Love Tale :
Because I don't know why but the game make me feel "mitigé" I'm not the sort of person who LOVE fairy tale ^^'

C'est notre Secret (It's our secret):
BECAUSE FRENCRAIS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE INCEST BECAUSE ACCELA.INC

Contract Marriage + :
Because the prologue was just... Needs kill someone...

SWD Ninja Assassin+ :
just a little pause because I love so much Soji that I have forget the other otome game...

Je sais pas si je veux y jouer...
(I don't know if I want to play it...)

Is it love ? Because I don't like the graphisme but Vixey would kill me if I don't give a "avis" now xD !

Promesse de Mariage
I'm still in the prologue. Reading comprehension in a foreign language is mentally taxing and I keep falling asleep.

Please Vixey, I'm waiting you, french is a very "difficile" language, but if I can speak english, you cant (JUST A LITTLE) speak french (*v*) ! (90% of my games is english but I'm not falling asleep everyday ^^)

[Washu_Takahashi]

Had to think about this for a while xD I'm not going to count the games where I basically beat all of the characters and then they died off due to lack of events/new routes.

Quit

Blood and Roses/Niflhiem/Wizardess Heart/My Forged Wedding Party/Sleepless Cinderella Party: I try not to play "free" games that force you to pay to get CGs. Not worth it. I played them long enough to realize they weren't as free as they claimed, then quit.

My Fairy Tales+: I really loved the concept of the game, but the item checkpoints were ridiculous! It got to the point where I'd started every route, but couldn't ever finish any due to the crazy item requirements (even when stopped them at the first checkpoint to go back and try and clear the main story I wanted checkpoint)

Magic Sword+: I tried to play this game multiple times. I even read the majority of the event stories. But I just...couldn't get into the story. Never made it very far.

Forbidden Love (Or something like that...involved loving your brother): The story just got a little too creepy for me with my own brother living in the room next door lol.

Some celebrity game where your parents died and you went to live with a family of entertainers and decide if you want to be an actor/signer/whatever and pick one of 3 brothers. I picked the oldest one and was pretty sure he was turning into a psychopath that was likely to kill me if I got a bad ending. and it just wasn't that interesting. Dropped.

Contact Marriage/Offer Lover/Arabian Nights/Sweet Scnadal - These were all games I meant to get back to and eventually finish...but when my phone died and I lost the data I wasn't really interested in trying again. I did at least finish Sinbad's route xD

Stalled

Scarlet Fate+: I really like this one but the story just drags on for forever. It's nice to have such an in-depth plot, but hard to motivate myself to keep reading. Think I'm only half-way through the first route I started...

Royal Midnight Kiss: Another one that I started, and just didn't get back to because of all the other games eating my free time. I'll play it...eventually.

Hakuouki for the 3DS: Bought it. Beat Souji's Route. Replayed for both of Souji's bad endings. Never touched again xD I really need to pick it back up and finish at least playing the good endings, otherwise that would be a huge waste of money...

[LunarMist22]

I've quit:
 
 Anything Arithmetic- I just didn't like the platform

SWD- Lost Island
 There was too much suspense and action and not enough sentiment to keep me interested unfortunately. It was an interesting premise though.

 Stalled:

 Alice in the Heart
I'm really familiar with the manga, so it takes me a long time to pick up the game and do one route. lol.

[ceicli]

This can be problematic to explain since I quit and then restart... but I'll begin with the ones I've REALLY quit!

Anything SWD that I can buy (have most of their bought apps, not bought all stories yet)! The updates are lagging so I haven't been able to delete Mononoke Kiss+ yet, still waiting for 2 characters there. But I have almost thrown out Ninja Love+ and Magic Sword+.
The ones that are gone: Scarlet Fate+, Angel or Devil+, My Sweet Prince+ (I think, don't remember the deleted ones anymore).

I've put away/deleted a lot of the older Arithmetic games too.
*Dear My Mononoke Sacrifice (BL, cute but I got tired)
*The vampire-wolf-hunter-thingy that was released before the one above. (BL, like above)
*Office Lover (No updates, no use to keep)
*Sweet Scandal (no updates since the new one was released. I still dislike Amasawa!!!)
*Contact Marriage+, both of them. (No updates, I couldn't find out what I wanted to know).
*Bidding for love (I just can't tolerate these overly forceful guys!)
*Arabian Night Desert Heat Love (Forceful guys, annoying)
*Starstruck Love (I learned that yandere is NOT FOR ME. I can't deal with the crazy type!!!)
*Royal Midnight Kiss (I wanted to like Asim, but got lost in the story. The others are "meh" and have a meek MC)
*Love Legend of Sengoku (Read all routes once, didn't have energy to read it again. Nice characters though. The MC was mostly good except that they turned the feisty her into "a girl" in the end! SAD!)
*My romantic Three Kingdoms (It was interesting with the time travel aspect, but it wasn't as good as I hoped. Read the 3 routes once, the characters was interesting but I got tired).
*Oriental Bride of the Emperor (I tried to read but was occupied with other stuff).
*Bakumatsu Shinsengumi (From Spaceout. Just couldn't motivate me to read. Don't know why).

I have two Arithmetic on hold, no logins, nothing:
*Cinderella Contract (I like the characters except Yuri and Lugar even if they have some good points too, sometimes).
*Arabian Nights Love Story (Yes, OKKO released this at the same time as Arithmetic released the other Arabian Nights, some confusion happened- often! I'm waiting for updates since maybe a year, from the beginning it was said that it would be 4 stories, 3 are out... Nice characters)

My on-and-off-game is Once upon a Fairy Love Tail. Keep getting caught in events and friends greeting. Don't read much though. I'm waiting for REAL updates, like KITE. Instead they released NEW versions of Leo and maybe Luca. *sigh*

Others that just take space are most of Koyonplete.
I collect diamonds in 4 older games, but I don't read yet. The new stories have a new system for collecting, so I got all confused and haven't read any of those yet. Also their new way of dividing games made me download the same one 3 times. :(

Oh, I threw out a SWD yandere story too.
*Can't say no. (The theme was a bit interesting, dealing with adultery and such, but pay to see her get kidnapped, my limit was reached!!!)

What I do just for logins everyday is another novel...
I really need to reduce the number of games I'm involved in. It takes too much time and drains my wallet totally!