Games you hate... but seems that everyone else likes it

[The_Grenglish]

it seems that sometimes i get bombarded with "OH MY GOD ITS THE BEST GAME EVER" friends telling me that this games the best, that game will be awesome, when, looking at it, they are just not good games...

which of these "best games ever" do you not like?

i realise this is each to their own taste, i was just curious

(and if this has been done before, im sorry, it just intrigued me)

 

[[Gavo]]

FF7. Then again, I haven't played it in a while, so it might be anti-nostalgia.

 

[Legion]

Oh, come on!

I usually defend these things against complainers, but this post is only about 3 below yours on the first page: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.98110

It's even worded in almost the same way.

 

[andyandy]

Halo series, World of Warcraft, Gears of War, Every Final Fantasy, Counter Strike games, any MMORPG.

 

[Xbowhyena]

Games like that... Call of Duty, I like it occasionally, but all my friends and people I know freakin think that it is the best game ever, nothing better, all that shit. It gets really annoying.

 

[Fronken]

FF 7, I really dont get the hype behind this one, i found it to be boring.

Gears of War, This game is just a hunk of junk, i've seen more colors in my toilet than in this game.

Killzone 2, this one i cant really say anything actually bad about, it has very good graphics, though it lacks color much like the majority of other modern FPS games, but all in all, i just dont see what's so good about it.

Those are my top 3 votes for games that suck ass but everyone else seems to love.

Oh, and kinda on topic, here's the top 3 movies i think suck yet everyone else seem to love:

The Dark Knight, seriously, this movie sucked, its honestly one of the worst Batman movies i've ever seen, yet, everyone seems to think it was the best thing ever, and Heith Ledger, seriously, such a mediocre actor should NOT get that much praise, i mean he's been bigger than god since the movie was released, was i honestly the only one who thought that his acting was annoying and badly done?

Sin City, it just plained sucked, i hated that movie all the way through.

300, this piece of crap has 1 thing in it, and 1 thing only, Slow-Motion, it's got slow motion up the ass, and it gets really frustrating to watch, couple that with over the top Bad acting combined with a story that is simply retarded, its one of the worst movies i've ever seen.

 

[The_Grenglish]

Oh, come on!

I usually defend these things against complainers, but this post is only about 3 below yours on the first page: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.98110

It's even worded in almost the same way.

lol

that thread was partly the reason but i didnt realise it was worded similar, apologies for that one

 

[chaser[phoenix]]

The Halo series
Every GTA before and after 3.

 

[Rossmallo]

World of Warcraft. I hate it because it's alienated 17 of my freinds and both of my brothers.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Oblivion.

I just don't get it. Whats the fuss about?! It's a big, yeah, but that's all it is. I was just bored.

 

[Gladion]

]The Halo series
Every GTA before and after 3.

I need to agree with Halo, but not with GTA 3. I thought it was the worst of all :/ haven't played 4, but what sucked with 3 was that the character didn't say a single word. I hate when games don't let their main characters talk. I mean, how the fuck would Alyx have feelings for a dumb shit who never says a single word?!

 

[magicaxis]

WORLD OF WARCRAFT! AAARGH!

 

[Taerdin]

I wouldn't go so far as to say I 'hate' these games, but I definitely dont 'get' them, or they didn't 'hook' me for whatever reason. Also I'm fully aware people will think I'm crazy or whatever but... here goes!

Games I don't 'get':

Bioshock
Team Fortress 2
Chrono Trigger, Zeldas (what aren't A Link to the Past), Super Smash Brothers, etc with repetitive iterations of nintendo titles (maybe I needed to grow up with nintendo? :S)
Counter Strike
Total War
more I can't think of (but you'd be surprised probably... if you aren't already :S)


I may eventually give some games another shot, but the first shot wasn't good enough to make me want to play anymore. Also I'm not saying they are bad, I'm sure they are fun but I dont 'get' them.

 

[PureChaos]

Command and Conquer. i just don't see the attraction, tried to play it and got bored waiting for the stuff to build, then when my friend told me the comp is invading i thought 'oooh, some actions, finally' but by the time i'd scrolled over to them my soldiers had already beaten them. yet my friend and his house mates play it together over a LAN for hours.

 

[Brown Cap]

Halo 3

OMG NUB HALO ROCKS
(no it doesnt)

 

[chaser[phoenix]]

]The Halo series
Every GTA before and after 3.

I need to agree with Halo, but not with GTA 3. I thought it was the worst of all :/ haven't played 4, but what sucked with 3 was that the character didn't say a single word. I hate when games don't let their main characters talk. I mean, how the fuck would Alyx have feelings for a dumb shit who never says a single word?!

Oh that never bothered me. I just really played GTA 3 for the pilfering of cars and the relentless slaughter of people either with cars or with guns or with grenades. I could have cared less about "the story of a gangster" and GTA 4 was cool for a minute until it showed me it was essentially GTA 3 part two with Niko (main character) and all of his friends talking about things I couldn't have cared less about.

But I mean, the GTA series was always just a casual, relax series for me. I never cared about the story of some inner city immigrant who only knows murder and car theft. There is no way to get me to sympathize with the bad guy.

 

[okogamashii]

halo 1-3

 

[CoverYourHead]

Bioshock - I really didn't like this game. I got the middle with the big plot twist and I was just done with it.

 

[J474]

Zelda games.
Maybe it's because I never played them growing up or something like that, but they've never really done it for me...