When a game is no longer fun

Have you ever played a game that was no longer fun for you? At first things looked good, you had fun with it and things seemed to be interesting. But after some time you discovered things in the game that annoyed you, which made you dislike the game more and more. Then there really comes a point if you want to continue with the game and try to finish it or if you´re just going to get rid of it. Because going through a game that isn´t fun is really just a waste of time. Or is it?

I know that some achievement/trophy hunters play games because of achievements/trophies that are easy to get, which is a good way to boost your score or get more platinum trophies. I think you really need to be focused for something like that, because if I play a game that annoys the crap out of me or is just not fun at all then I find it difficult to get through that or even complete that game! Isn´t it easier to just put the game away? I mean there are so many games out there, why would you waste your time on something that isn´t fun to play? Just to boost your score or trophies? I can see the fun in getting that, but not when it means playing games that are not fun to play. Isn´t that the reason why we play games? At least that´s how I see it anyway, playing games for fun!

But I´m stubborn as well, I won´t put a game aside just because I no longer have fun with it. I mean I first want to beat it and then I´ll get rid of it, it´s like a moral victory over annoyance and disappointment. Eventhough the game did everything it could do to keep me from beating it, I still won and now I´m done with it. I can definately understand that motivation, because getting stuck in a game sucks. What sucks even more is when the game is just so boring or annoying that you have to really have to do your best to stay motivated to finish it. There aren´t many games that have this effect on me but I´ve played some of those ugly creations. Talk about wasting money on something, then trying to get as many points or trophies in that games seems like a good idea. So you at least got something out of that, but how to endure all the boredom and frustrations?

Something that works for me is to keep thinking of the end goal, to beat the game and boost your score. Because it sucks if you can only get a few achievements or trophies in a game, that makes a shitty game even shittier! Now that would actually be the best reason to just get rid of the game, because when you can´t even beat the game or boost your score or trophies then it´s absolutely of no worth at all. Maybe you can make a friend happy with that game but really, get rid of that piece of crap!