Games you dislike that everyone else loves

briany

martingriff wrote: »

Spoiler man come on

Ha, well the names are made up approximations but so many quests seem to go this way. I don't know if it's a sign of such a well made game if you'd be able to spoil many of the quests by describing one basic scenario/story arc. :pac:

Grimebox

Baked.noodle wrote: »

Minecraft: Love the concept, but life is too short to dig and craft and build and on and on and on... Sorry but I have a life already.

Pretty much sums up Minecraft for me. People sink hours into building huge structures. I just seems like a waste of time to me. That''s rich coming from me considering how much time I waste of games as is.

briany

Grimebox wrote: »

Pretty much sums up Minecraft for me. People sink hours into building huge structures. I just seems like a waste of time to me. That''s rich coming from me considering how much time I waste of games as is.

I can see how somebody with a certain kind of mind would be fascinated by the possibilities that a game like Minecraft offers but building a scale replica of the USS Enterprise or even a country? That's just way too much time and if you want to spend that much time doing it, you'd want a more realistic looking end result for your trouble, I think. On the other hand, games of Minecraft that have more objective based, team oriented gameplay and involve the use the use of original structures; that I could get into.

Potatoeman

Minecraft is lego.

Zillah

Grimebox wrote: »

Pretty much sums up Minecraft for me. People sink hours into building huge structures. I just seems like a waste of time to me. That''s rich coming from me considering how much time I waste of games as is.

Did you never play lego as a kid? I enjoyed the whole survival gameplay a few times when I first played Minecraft, building a castle and making cool stuff, but it's waaay too much like work now - the same reason I never touch MMO's these days. Making complex machinery with redstone wiring was pretty amazing too. I once made a massive circular castle door that would open automatically as you approached it. Automated elevator, automated farms...that was cool, none of it intended directly by the game rules, just derived naturally from the game mechanics.

Some of the most fun I've had playing games was a Minecraft mod run by some guys over on Something Awful called Keepcraft. Two teams would have to build fortresses and then try to break into each other's castles and steal their stuff. You couldn't changed blocks on the enemy plot but you could put down TNT that had custom rules on how it broke the walls down. That was some amazing gameplay.

Grimebox

Zillah wrote: »

Did you never play lego as a kid? I enjoyed the whole survival gameplay a few times when I first played Minecraft, building a castle and making cool stuff, but it's waaay too much like work now - the same reason I never touch MMO's these days. Making complex machinery with redstone wiring was pretty amazing too. I once made a massive circular castle door that would open automatically as you approached it. Automated elevator, automated farms...that was cool, none of it intended directly by the game rules, just derived naturally from the game mechanics.

All of this compounds my argument. I stopped playing lego decades ago

Some of the most fun I've had playing games was a Minecraft mod run by some guys over on Something Awful called Keepcraft. Two teams would have to build fortresses and then try to break into each other's castles and steal their stuff. You couldn't changed blocks on the enemy plot but you could put down TNT that had custom rules on how it broke the walls down. That was some amazing gameplay.

This sounds interesting however. I much, much prefer playing with a specific goal in a competitive environment. The trend of sandbox worlds that become popular a few years back is not a good thing imo. Great big empty spaces. Boring. I prefer a narrative.

Potential-Monke

Dark Souls: Way too unforgiving for my liking. I don't get enjoyment out of the game = i don't like/play the game

Sonic: All of them. To mirror others, hold right, jump occasionally. *yawn*

Final Fantasy: Beginning to sound like a broken record on this one, but horrible turn based combat. Because of that i could never progress far enough to see if the story/world was any good. Can actually put all turn based games into this, but hopefully Stick of Truth might change my mind.

Fifa: They have gotten way too complicated for my liking. Bring back the days of Pass/Shoot/Lob & Sliding Tackle.

Mal-Adjusted

krudler wrote: »

Which is historically correct, that level is set in Stalingrad, that's what actually happened, one soldier was given a gun, the other an ammo clip, and if any tried to retreat they'd be shot by their own commanders. the WW2 set COD games have great little details like that. If you're going to play any of the COD games then 4 is probably the best one

Which makes it a fascinating bit of history, but in games, I like to be in control of my character and not follow a script.

Potatoeman

Grimebox wrote: »

All of this compounds my argument. I stopped playing lego decades ago



This sounds interesting however. I much, much prefer playing with a specific goal in a competitive environment. The trend of sandbox worlds that become popular a few years back is not a good thing imo. Great big empty spaces. Boring. I prefer a narrative.

Depends on the game. I hate the linear nature of many games. I like having options to tackle situations in different ways. Far cry 3 did a good job.

Gamer Bhoy 89

Bioshock: I just cannot get into them. The story doesn't do anything for me

Half Life: I hate hate hate hate hate them. Tried so many times to get into it but nope, I get the same yawnfest.

civis_liberalis

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Any football game, FIFA, Pro evolution.. I really don't get the appeal. Fair enough playing shooter games etc because it gives you a simulation of something that most likely you will never be able to really experience, but if you wanna play soccer then go outside and kick a ball around!

I have a few friends who are good footballers, play a fair amount of games, but never play FIFA etc. No interest in it at all. I find it strange, but each to their own.

Chris_Heilong

Minecraft: boring
Oblivion: dont get whats interesting
Goldeneye: fanboyism seems to go along way
Half Life 2: dull, grey graphics. nothing interesting. The first was great.
3D mario games: meh
Zelda: Zelda has been dead to me since the SNES.
3D sonic games: WTF. no!
Sims: why does this exist?
Donkey Kong: dull
Resident Evil 6: I liked all the others, but this one is like a super long cut scene.
MGS 2: this almost put me off the series
Tomb raider 1-3: a low point in gaming
Sonic CD: When it was first released I though wow, played it a few years back and it has almost no level design, just a big mess.

johnny_ultimate

Arkham City: I was a big fan of Asylum - a tightly honed, atmospheric game that made good on the elements often overlooked by games of its sort. It even had fun, worthwhile collectibles!

City, though, just didn't work for me at all. In expanding the scope, it became unfocused, overly busy and unbalanced. Worst of all, it kept distracting me with pointless busywork and filler (oh hai Catwoman levels), with some of the game's most enjoyable content locked behind arbitrary, increasingly ludicrous riddler trophy demands. I have little patience for games that waste the player's time so aggressively. Even the combat system felt looser and more contrived - an amateur ballet compared to the first's surprisingly brutal force. Bigger, yes, and some of the strong points from the first remain. There is joy to be had just gliding around the place like a bat boss. But generally it just felt like a soulless, regressive expansion of the razor-sharp first.

ShadowHearth

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Arkham City: I was a big fan of Asylum - a tightly honed, atmospheric game that made good on the elements often overlooked by games of its sort. It even had fun, worthwhile collectibles!

City, though, just didn't work for me at all. In expanding the scope, it became unfocused, overly busy and unbalanced. Worst of all, it kept distracting me with pointless busywork and filler (oh hai Catwoman levels), with some of the game's most enjoyable content locked behind arbitrary, increasingly ludicrous riddler trophy demands. I have little patience for games that waste the player's time so aggressively. Even the combat system felt looser and more contrived - an amateur ballet compared to the first's surprisingly brutal force. Bigger, yes, and some of the strong points from the first remain. There is joy to be had just gliding around the place like a bat boss. But generally it just felt like a soulless, regressive expansion of the razor-sharp first.

Damn, I forgot about that one. The first one was Fantastic, but I could not get in to the Arkham City at all! Half way through I just deleted and never came back to it. Its just did not felt as fun or deep as the Asylum.
I am not even bothered with Origins too.

Grimebox

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Goldeneye: fanboyism seems to go along way.

James Bond fans..?

uncleoswald

This thread is turning into a generic "games I hate thread". Who loves 3D Sonic?

Bioshock- I wanted to love it, loved the introduction, story and smart social/political themes in the game but found it all undermined by the fantastical elements such as the plasmids and Little Sisters.

death1234567

Potatoeman wrote: »

Minecraft is crap lego.

FYP.

krudler

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Arkham City: I was a big fan of Asylum - a tightly honed, atmospheric game that made good on the elements often overlooked by games of its sort. It even had fun, worthwhile collectibles!

City, though, just didn't work for me at all. In expanding the scope, it became unfocused, overly busy and unbalanced. Worst of all, it kept distracting me with pointless busywork and filler (oh hai Catwoman levels), with some of the game's most enjoyable content locked behind arbitrary, increasingly ludicrous riddler trophy demands. I have little patience for games that waste the player's time so aggressively. Even the combat system felt looser and more contrived - an amateur ballet compared to the first's surprisingly brutal force. Bigger, yes, and some of the strong points from the first remain. There is joy to be had just gliding around the place like a bat boss. But generally it just felt like a soulless, regressive expansion of the razor-sharp first.

City being unfocused was my biggest gripe with it too, when it's good it's very good, but the plot jumps all over the place and you're going from one villain to the next. I need to get Mr Freeze to do this to fight the Penguin but then Freeze is bad then good again because the Joker wants something or other and blah blah. The first game was so much tighter and you never lost focus of what your goal was.

Potatoeman

gamercfc wrote: »

Bioshock: I just cannot get into them. The story doesn't do anything for me

Half Life: I hate hate hate hate hate them. Tried so many times to get into it but nope, I get the same yawnfest.

Even the first half life? I wasnt a fan of the second one at all looked nice but the driving section and forcing you to use the gravity gun at the end was a pain.

Potatoeman

death1234567 wrote: »

FYP.

Yeah, its not for everyone. I lost my save file and dont think I could restart. It gets points for being cheap and cheerful.

Mr Freeze

Stalker
Sounded like the perfect game for me, couldn't wait for it to come out.
Was so disappointing, I just thought it was bland and boring. And it didn't really deliver all the stuff that was promised in the advertising blurp I thought, it was a basic version of what I was expecting/led to believe.

Fallout 3
Same as above, was very disappointed, thought it was pure crap after a while. Found it an absolute slog.

Gran turismo/Forza Series
Think they are an absolute bore. I dunno why I end up giving them a go.

But all of these have a massive following. So something wrong with me obviously. :pac:

Grimebox

Mr Freeze wrote: »

Stalker
Sounded like the perfect game for me, couldn't wait for it to come out.
Was so disappointing, I just thought it was bland and boring. And it didn't really deliver all the stuff that was promised in the advertising blurp I thought, it was a basic version of what I was expecting/led to believe.

I agree with this. I could never get into it

BizzyC

Arkham City - Same as others, was too unfocused

Assassins Creed Series - Repetative Gameplay. When you're doing the exact same things at the late stages of a game as you were through the first stage, it's a bad sign.

GTA after III - Loved GTA III, but every game since then has been the same. Drive this package over there, run from cops, now a race, blow something up...

Halo Series - didn't think it was that good of a FPS, never got why so much hype over it.

Robert ninja

Grimebox wrote: »

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Goldeneye: fanboyism seems to go along way

James Bond fans..?

How dare you insult goldeneye. I'll have to call out the Doak.

Kirby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJSt91Ed5d0

briany

Grimebox wrote: »

I agree with this. I could never get into it

It took me maybe 3 tries, and a realisation that the game wouldn't be about instant gratification, to really get into STALKER. It's pretty unforgiving compared to most FPS games. Getting shot usually means something, for example (especially early on), and resources are not particularly plentiful. It's one part FPS, one part survival horror and one part RPG. It's not everyone but if anyone's thinking about playing it, I say do lots of sidequests early, loot everything to f*ck and use the earnings to buy some better gear. The game flows a lot better if you prepare, I think.

seamus

Anything that involves turn-based battle generally I get bored with about halfway through.
Got to level 40 in WoW, and after that it's all about grinding or raiding. Neither of which appeal to me. Former WoW players generally reminisce fondly about the time they spent playing. All I can recall is the mind-numbing boredom that led to me quitting.
Put a good 30 or 40 hours each into FFVII and FFX, and while I was blown away by the graphics in the latter, the level-up grinding and turn-based fighting just becomes boring.

Fallout. Yawn. In its defence I only played it for the first time last year, so naturally 15 years after release it's going to seem a bit flat compared to modern games.

Landoflemon

Bioshock: I tried 3 times, I found the gun mechanics awkward and I got really tired of that pipe puzzle. Having said that, I'm currently really enjoying Bioshock Infinite.

Mass Effect: Tried this 3 or 4 times, I think I found the structure of the game difficult to comprehend, and again didn't like the shooting mechanics.

Any Need for Speed games after the original Most Wanted. You don't earn cars any more, you just find them.

GT5: The awful shadows from the vehicles ruined that one for me too. Games had been getting shadows right for years!!

Kirby

seamus wrote: »

Put a good 30 or 40 hours each into FFVII and FFX, and while I was blown away by the graphics in the latter, the level-up grinding and turn-based fighting just becomes boring.

But that was one of the nicer aspects to FFX. You never had to grind.

It was very linear so they could pace it well with regards to challenging you and as long as you weren't a total idiot with your setup, you could just play through the story and never have to grind because you were under levelled and got your ass kicked. It never forced you to spend hours levelling up because you were always the appropriate level for that part of the game.

ancapailldorcha

Kirby wrote: »

But that was one of the nicer aspects to FFX. You never had to grind.

You did if you wanted to unlock Anima which required backtracking to Macalania and Besaid temples if you didn't get the destruction sphere treasures. Don't even start me on the palette swapped arena enemies. Blasted Dark Aeons should have been in the battle arena instead of randomly cropping up while recruiting Blitzball players and sorting out destruction sphere treasures.
FFVII only requires grinding if you want to fight the weapons, a fruitless exercise IMO. The main storyline is so easy that no grinding at all is needed.