The biggest kick in the balls from that was the DLC titled Epilogue.... which still left the story unfinished.OmniscientOstrich said:
Games you didn't like... but finished anyway
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Tales of Symphionia: Dawn of the new world. I loved the first game, but the sequel was just so bad. I only beat it in hopes I could get over the easy combat, horrible main characters and removal of some of my favorite parts of the game but I was so wrong.
I wanted to love it so badly I beat it three times in hopes I would maybe like it on harder modes or by taking my time. Such a bad game. Never thought I would see a sequel which dropped the ball quite like that.
I wanted to love it so badly I beat it three times in hopes I would maybe like it on harder modes or by taking my time. Such a bad game. Never thought I would see a sequel which dropped the ball quite like that.
The most recent game I finished but hated was Alone in the Dark (360). Awful controls, terrible voice acting, and an impossible physics engine. But I came through and earned every achievement and sold it back to GameStop for $1 (I would have paid them $1 to take it honestly). After that I only play things I enjoy.
I think it really helps to be a film enthusiast to appreciate what Assassins Creed 2 did. The opening cinematic after you beat up a bunch of people on the Ponte Vecchio was brilliant. The lines, "It is a good life we lead, brother."; "The best. May it never change."; "And may it never change us." always sends chills down my spine. What the game did better than the first Assassin's Creed is almost everything, but mostly character progression in the story. It helps to appreciate the finer points of cinematography and character development to like the game.T said:
Should that be necessary to like the game? Absolutely not. The problem with Assasssins Creed 2 is that it was aiming for an "interactive movie" rather than an all out fun video game. From a film enthusiasts point of view, it's definitely one of the best games ever made, but from a consumer point of view, not so much.
Also, it helps that my girlfriend is Italian and we play it with Italian as the spoken language.
LA Noire, it was soooo boring and I did not enjoy it after the homicide desk, the cases were repetitive and disjointed and nothing felt like it was going anywhere and I hate cole phelps as a character, but my bother worked on it and lent me his copy so I felt I should finish it, do not get me started on how much the ending sucked though.
The original assassins creed I did not enjoy much due to it being overly repetitive but I had a schedule and managed to finish it before revelations which I did really enjoy.
The original assassins creed I did not enjoy much due to it being overly repetitive but I had a schedule and managed to finish it before revelations which I did really enjoy.
I was rather disappointed with that game too. The fan-made bug-fixes and GoG release have improved it quite a lot though. If my somewhat-fuzzy memory serves me at all the instability of the game had something to do with either Troika or Atari going bust and rushing it out in a last-ditch effort to raise some capital.Zyxx said:
The story-points I think are somewhat lacking because of the source material, which was a bit too epic (in the old sense of the word) in scope to fit the style of game they made. I'm also sure that a misjudging of the target audience played a part too. I think they were aiming at the Baldur's Gate / Planescape fans as well as people who remembered playing the original adventures & SSI games, instead of the increased audience who'd been brought in by games like NWN/etc and were after more of those experiences.
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OT: Quest for Glory V. Oldie, I know, but gods that game shat me. I know 3D was in its early days, but it and the awful attempt at action-game combat really didn't suit a point & click adventure/rpg. Add in a broken engine and terrible (especially when compared to the previous games) story, I hated every minute of playing, but after so many years I HAD to know how it all finished.
Final Fantasy X-2. Good god I hate that game. It's quite telling when you can remember everything that happens in every other game of a series that you've played, yet when asked about one in particular you have no idea. This one is that for me. I've played it but my mind refuses to remember it. I'm glad I only borrowed it.
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
I liked the story, but the gameplay was so bland that I could barely keep playing, but I wanted to see if the characters evolved any through the storyline...
I made it to the end, and was relatively close to Platinuming it, but just thinking about having to replay the chase scenes made me just hit eject and put it into it's mailer envelope.
I liked the story, but the gameplay was so bland that I could barely keep playing, but I wanted to see if the characters evolved any through the storyline...
I made it to the end, and was relatively close to Platinuming it, but just thinking about having to replay the chase scenes made me just hit eject and put it into it's mailer envelope.
Let's see... I couldn't think of many until I read the existing posts.
Time Shift was one, I admit, I'm a sucker for slow-time mechanics, especially if I can cheat and make it infinite. I got the game for PC for precisely that reason, but never was able to find a good trainer.
Borderlands. Alone. So alone.
Aside from those, I don't have much patience for games I don't enjoy. My game time is limited these days, and I don't want to waste it *not* having fun. Also Gamefly is a godsend for these things. If I rent a shitty game, I just pack it up and send it back. The last time I bought a game without playing it first was Final Fantasy 13. That will be the last time I ever buy a game on good faith alone. I thought I would buy the new Assassins Creed, but after seeing the reviews, I'm going to give it a rent.
Time Shift was one, I admit, I'm a sucker for slow-time mechanics, especially if I can cheat and make it infinite. I got the game for PC for precisely that reason, but never was able to find a good trainer.
Borderlands. Alone. So alone.
Aside from those, I don't have much patience for games I don't enjoy. My game time is limited these days, and I don't want to waste it *not* having fun. Also Gamefly is a godsend for these things. If I rent a shitty game, I just pack it up and send it back. The last time I bought a game without playing it first was Final Fantasy 13. That will be the last time I ever buy a game on good faith alone. I thought I would buy the new Assassins Creed, but after seeing the reviews, I'm going to give it a rent.
Resident Evil 4, just so the fanboys couldn't tell me I had no right to criticize the game because I didn't finish it. That's the sort of crap they try to hide behind all the time.
I cannot tell you how many times I've tried finishing that game. Apparently it's way better with friends, but I just can't get my head around it. I want to love that game, but it's so boring.. everything is so repetitive.-Drifter- said:
But as far as games I finished that I didn't want to... Fallout New Vegas.. I loved the game, and although you could select several paths for the endgame.. I found joining any one of them to be less than rewarding.. I also felt like the game was kindof empty. Too much space, not enough stuff in between.
By the time I neared the end of the first Assassin's Creed I was so sick of it that I was prepared to stick the CD down the garbage disposal and set fire to the box and manual just so I wouldn't ever have to clap eyes on the damn thing.
However, I have a complex known as "Achievement Dependency" so I managed to slog my way through the rest of the game with ibuprofen in one hand and a puke pail in the other hand...and the controller in, somehow, a third hand.
However, I have a complex known as "Achievement Dependency" so I managed to slog my way through the rest of the game with ibuprofen in one hand and a puke pail in the other hand...and the controller in, somehow, a third hand.
Assassin Creed 2 & Bioshock recently, just to see what all the hubbub was all about.
Did not get them, I guess those kinda games are wasted on me
Did not get them, I guess those kinda games are wasted on me