Sure it may seem as a very easy thing to talk about, right? If a game is good, you finish it. If it isnt good, then you dont finish it. Or perhaps you simply lose interest along the way. I recently realized that a good portion of my games, i have never finished. And i dont understand why.

Metroid Prime. Fantastic game dealing with samus and her journey to....uh...do something with space pirates or stop something or another. I cant finish this game. Reviews for this game are phenominal, and i love playing it. Its exactly my type of game, I love first person shooters and adventure games. SO what is the reason for me being unable to finish this title? I dont have the patience to do it. The game is great until it delves into the pillar searching parts, where samus must trek back to all previous locals and figure out where the pillars are to unlock the final door to the final boss. Im sorry samus, but i just dont have the patience to run all the way back and forth trying to figure out how to find the freakin pillars.

REsident evil zero. This one really baffled me. I am a huge Resident evil fan. Ive beaten resident evil 1, 2, 3, remake and 4. So, naturally, when zero came out for the gamecube, i stood in line and bought the game with a grin on my face. So tell me why i cant complete this game? It feels totally different from the other resident evils. Its not the camera angles....nor is it the controls. The graphics and story seem fine, and at no means is this a bad game. It is because of the horror itself. At no point in this game did i feel any sort of thrill or shock like i did when playing the other RE games. Hell, even tho i beat it many times, i still get the chills playing resident evil remake. The zombies feel more....powerful...scary. The sound design is fantastic...you can hear the raspy breathing from the hallway..WHile Resident Evil zero tries to mimic this design, it fails and utterly leaves me dissapointed.

Prince of persia warrior within. When i bought this, i was fairly excited for it, and wanted to play it. Even tho it pretty much played the way i wanted it to, i could not get into this either. I loved the puzzles and the action styles, but there was something about it...a certain...umph..for lack of better word it was missing that couldnt keep me drawn into it.

Wave race blue storm? Tell me how come i still get excited while playing wave race 64 on hard in the tournament mode. My heart pumps faster as i try to nail every turn perfectly. Theoretically blue storm should be better right? I mean, more races, better graphics, better tracks, yet it does not excite me when im racing.

And here comes a big one. Legend of zelda: Wind waker. Could not complete it. Im sorry, but even tho its a zelda game and had excellent design and such, i could not finish the game Looking for the first shard of the triforce i stopped and pursued other titles.

Metal gear solid:Twin snakes? I beat the original on the PC, Beat #2 on the xbox, and since im an mgs fan, naturally i got this expecting to be pulled in and beat it fast.4 hours into it i stopped. Went back to gamestop and sold the game. I knew at that point that i was never gonna play the game again. Its not anything that happened in the story, its just that i realized that this wasnt interesting me, and i culdnt play through all of it.

If you noticed, all the games listed off so far are all gamecube titles. And this may come weird to some...but there is not one single xbox game that i own that i havent beaten. Yeah. And i own twice as many xbox titles as gamcube titles. So recently i began to think maybe its something about the gamecube itself that prevents you from finishing games. But what are the reasons?

the controller is fine. The line of titles from the games are fine. Its not like it has bad sound. MEmory cards arent really a hassle. but....the gamecube has something that neither the xbox or the ps2 have. Muddied graphics. Yes i know i will be attacked and given different spec ops proving that the ol G-cube is more advanced than the ps2 and such, but it seems that whenever i play a g-cube game it feels muddier and the images arent as clear. And since this is the only problem i can find with a gamecube...im wondering if maybe its graphics that have staying power after all. That maybe its the graphics that keep you in the game and playing after all.

I dont know. Maybe im just shooting blind here. But just some stuff i was thinking about.