Games you just couldn't play/finish...
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I wasn't having fun. I know they are supposed to have a great story, but I couldn't get into it. The gameplay was dull. Usually I can bare with that if the story is good but I didn't find the story in Bioshock interesting at all. I really tried, like playing for hours against my will to find the story, but I found nothing but uninteresting dialogs. All this talk made me wanna play Singularity again tho... such a great story and awesome gameplay!febel said:
Fallout New Vegas. So many bugs, and it never made me care about a single character. Just a tortuous ordeal.
Red Dear Redemption. Boring action, stupid A.I., bullshit wildlife, and characters that just appeared and disappeared.
Red Dear Redemption. Boring action, stupid A.I., bullshit wildlife, and characters that just appeared and disappeared.
Final Fantasy XIII
I really wanted to like it but the characters (except Sazh) and the story were so unpleasant that it was impossible.
I really wanted to like it but the characters (except Sazh) and the story were so unpleasant that it was impossible.
Bioshock (COME AT ME BRO). I was out of bullets all the time, and the story rambled towards the 50% mark
Fallout 3. The UI made me want to rip my eyes out.
The force unleashed 2. This is on my top 5 worst games of all time. I got about 4 levels in when I realized the entire fucking game was literally a copy paste fest of jumps, buttons, and the EXACT same boss fight replicated.
Fallout 3. The UI made me want to rip my eyes out.
The force unleashed 2. This is on my top 5 worst games of all time. I got about 4 levels in when I realized the entire fucking game was literally a copy paste fest of jumps, buttons, and the EXACT same boss fight replicated.
I got ME1 for pc on a steam sale and am trying to play through it again to get a character through both games for ME3 and I am having a very hard time getting though it. I dont like the changes to the leveling but everything else in ME2 is so much better...bigdode said:
FFXIII I literally got to the final boss, died a few times from nearly party wiping attacks, couldnt be bothered to go grind so I returned that shit.
Bioshock, I know everyone loves it and it's supposedly a great game but for some reason I just can't stand it
Personally I couldn't get on with Fallout 3. I always get hate for this!
I think it's because I played S.T.A.L.K.E.R quite a bit, FO just seems a little basic. I REALLY want to get into it, tried twice now, get about an hour in and either get attacked by an over-leveled bandit or lost!
I think it's because I played S.T.A.L.K.E.R quite a bit, FO just seems a little basic. I REALLY want to get into it, tried twice now, get about an hour in and either get attacked by an over-leveled bandit or lost!
Forza 3 - yaaaaawn... came free w/ my xbox so i didnt feel bad ignoring it or letting a friend play it all the time.
Agree completely, the gameplay was pretty poor. I played the whole thing, and while the story improved, the game took a dive into awfulness for the last hour or two.Danik93 said:
Anyway, FFXIII. Got 20 hours in, then gave up and sold it.
Despite how genuinely fun the game is, I simply cannot beat Psychonauts no matter how much I've tried. Anyone who's played the game to the end (or as far to the end as possible) knows exactly what I'm talking about and are suddenly getting Vietnam-style flashbacks of that very moment. Fuck you, Little Ollie.
Also, ME2 for the pc. Played and beat it on the XBox and loved it. I got it later on Steam cuz it was dirt cheap at the time. Long story short, I got control whiplash. I literally couldn't get past the first boss because I kept accidentally running out of cover trying to figure out the buttons.
Also, ME2 for the pc. Played and beat it on the XBox and loved it. I got it later on Steam cuz it was dirt cheap at the time. Long story short, I got control whiplash. I literally couldn't get past the first boss because I kept accidentally running out of cover trying to figure out the buttons.
Persona 3
For the first hour and a half it's basically almost entirely cutscenes and dialogue. You fight a couple turn based battles and occasionally the game will let you take control so you can move a few feet to get to the next area and trigger more cutscenes and dialogue.
After that, I just got to the point where the game will let me go into a dungeon with 20 minutes of dialogue before, after and during combat but I know that as soon as I leave I'll have to site through even more of it.
I understand that the story to Persona is the main draw obviously and I'm willing to accept that it may have a good story. The problem is that it's told very badly. The Metal Gear Solid method of storytelling, that is never letting the player play the game for more than 5 minutes without interruption, is a pretty terrible and amateur way of telling a story in a video game. I shouldn't have to sit through 20 minutes of exposition every time I go to a different screen or finish a fight.
As it is, Persona 3 is more of a visual novel than an actual game. Unfortunately, I don't have the patience to read a 70+ hour (According to the back of the game box) visual novel. Hell, I wouldn't read an actual novel that was 70+ hours long.
For the first hour and a half it's basically almost entirely cutscenes and dialogue. You fight a couple turn based battles and occasionally the game will let you take control so you can move a few feet to get to the next area and trigger more cutscenes and dialogue.
After that, I just got to the point where the game will let me go into a dungeon with 20 minutes of dialogue before, after and during combat but I know that as soon as I leave I'll have to site through even more of it.
I understand that the story to Persona is the main draw obviously and I'm willing to accept that it may have a good story. The problem is that it's told very badly. The Metal Gear Solid method of storytelling, that is never letting the player play the game for more than 5 minutes without interruption, is a pretty terrible and amateur way of telling a story in a video game. I shouldn't have to sit through 20 minutes of exposition every time I go to a different screen or finish a fight.
As it is, Persona 3 is more of a visual novel than an actual game. Unfortunately, I don't have the patience to read a 70+ hour (According to the back of the game box) visual novel. Hell, I wouldn't read an actual novel that was 70+ hours long.
Darksiders, got to the ashlands and just kept falling from the spinning blades and just quit. Also couldn't finish Bomberman:generations because my disk broke...
Sonic riders:Zero gravity, the worst racing game ever, which is a sequel to the best.
Jeep thrills, Wii controlls made it unplayable
scooby-doo:night of a hundred frights. It sucked beyond playability
Sonic riders:Zero gravity, the worst racing game ever, which is a sequel to the best.
Jeep thrills, Wii controlls made it unplayable
scooby-doo:night of a hundred frights. It sucked beyond playability
Definitely Fallout: New Vegas. The Vault sections/quests just got on my nerves. Plus I couldn't help but feel F3 was the better game. Don't know why :/
Also Mass Effect 2. I already finished it once, but this second play through just makes me bored and sad.
Also Mass Effect 2. I already finished it once, but this second play through just makes me bored and sad.
star ocean: til the end of time
final fantasy 10-2
the cell shaded prince of persia
i hated all these games. and dont accuse me of not giving them a fair chance because star ocean i put about 8 hours into and the other two i got about halfway though. i was hoping that eventually they would pick up. they never did. final fantasy 12 would have been on this list but i finally beat it last year, only because my friend bet me that i would never finish the game, because its so bad
final fantasy 10-2
the cell shaded prince of persia
i hated all these games. and dont accuse me of not giving them a fair chance because star ocean i put about 8 hours into and the other two i got about halfway though. i was hoping that eventually they would pick up. they never did. final fantasy 12 would have been on this list but i finally beat it last year, only because my friend bet me that i would never finish the game, because its so bad
i liked the story but i agree about the characters. final fantasy 12 had almost no character development and final fantasy 13 was pretty much all character development...problem is that the more they developed the characters, the more i hated them, especially hope. oh god i have never wanted to kill a member of my team so badly!SpartyTheOneManParty said:
does Guitar Hero 5 count? cause the game sucked balls.
But i have beaten every game i have pla-
oh wait, Starcraft, the first one. Not good at RTSs and just can't stay focused long enough with it. Great Story though. Just not my kind of game at all.
But i have beaten every game i have pla-
oh wait, Starcraft, the first one. Not good at RTSs and just can't stay focused long enough with it. Great Story though. Just not my kind of game at all.