I'm a patient guy and if I pay money for a game I won't feel comfortable abandoning a game just because the start was bad. I've completed literally everything in Oblivion and I know for sure I would have regretted abandoning just because they made me punch rats at the beginning. I don't remember how I felt about the beginning of Oblivion, I think I just focused on escaping and seeing what else the game has to offer. It's only natural that games save the best for later and abandoning it was not a question for me.
Unless you absolutely dreaded the first portion of a game and see no reason to torment yourself any further, then it's a good enough reason to stop. I know I removed that Naruto game from my game history because I absolutely dreaded it and I'm the furthest from a weeaboo or wapanese as they come, and having a game with 0 gamerscore in my game history is a real self-inflicted wound for someone like me.
I say you need to at least spend an hour or two before deciding that a game is too dreadful for you to continue. Then again I don't abandon games period unless there is something seriously wrong, either because the game was awful (Naruto) or because I was too awful to make any progress (Street Fighter II, Metal Slug 3). Then again we are different people, I know I am probably the biggest completionist here and if there is more to do in a game I will do it if I can. Fuel isn't exactly fun, the novelty of having gigantic countrysides have worn off now that I've driven over 1000 km and it's all been countryside after countryside and mountain after mountain and forest after forest, but there are still cars to be unlocked and achievements to be gotten, so I will get it all done.
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