Games you like that are "uncool" to like.

[Charli]

Uff definately World of Warcraft. Nothing but bile whenever it's brought up and despite my current quit status I believe it is a very good, very engaging game.


Sonic Heroes (Game Cube Version) Also... I find it's met with alot of hostility but I think the game play was amusing enough that I saw it through. Yes the story was cringe as is par for the course on most sonic titles but I didn't think the game was bad at all...
I didn't know what people were talking about until I played the PS2 Version and oh my god you have no idea the difference it made. I think the Gamecube version was the quintessential version of that game because the framerate issues and controls in the others were horrifying.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Everyone seems to hate DmC with a passion, but It's now in my list of best games I have played this gen, right up there with Portal 2 and Fallout 3.

And speaking of Fallout 3, I'll go ahead and mention that too. Many hardcore "fans" consider 3 to be the bastard child of the franchise, but it's my favorite. I could barely stomach the first one.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

Umm I think mine would be Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Zombies). The annoying thing is that it's quite hard to find decent players. By that I don't mean uber l33t players that can solo the game to like level 80 but rather people who don't rage quit the first time they go down or people who wont just run off and do there own thing.

 

[Tahaneira]

Well, let's see. Right now, there's BioWare games in general, including Mass Effect 3, but especially Dragon Age 2. People seem incapable of comprehending that I actually enjoyed it, and so constantly try to convince that no, I did not, in fact, enjoy it, I was really miserable the entire time, that if only I understood then I would hate the game properly just like everyone else.

A little aggravating.

Apart from that, Assassin's Creed III and the Crysis series (particularly the later installments).

 

[Quadocky]

I really like any Artsy Game like Dear Esther and really wacky games being anything by Dejobaan.

For some reason, liking artsy games is uncool because they are totally pretendous and lofty.

 

[ScrabbitRabbit]

Sonic Heroes (Game Cube Version) Also... I find it's met with alot of hostility but I think the game play was amusing enough that I saw it through. Yes the story was cringe as is par for the course on most sonic titles but I didn't think the game was bad at all...
I didn't know what people were talking about until I played the PS2 Version and oh my god you have no idea the difference it made. I think the Gamecube version was the quintessential version of that game because the framerate issues and controls in the others were horrifying.

I had the PS2 version and thought it was alright but you're right, the Gamecube version is infinitely superior.

 

[Triforceformer]

Duke Nukem Forever and Mass Effect 3.

 

[jdogtwodolla]

I've said in another thread that my "Top Five" list of final fantasies only has four games on it and includes 12, 10, and 10-2.

12 isn't a bad game at all. Well, yeah I can see what they say about the story. While I have fun with the game, the story is pretty lackluster and at some points comes to conclusions that don't make sense from what has happened prior. I don't agree with people saying the combat plays itself because of that auto-command system I can't remember the name of. You can turn those off because you get quite a lot slots for commands and using too many can be detrimental to your battle tactics. That's just how I found it but the point is you can still turn those off.

 

[Catrixa]

Most recently, the new Devil May Cry.

I like the new Dante. Yes, he's a prick, but it actually makes sense when taken in context with his backstory (no family, no memory of his early childhood, hunted by demons from a very early age, etc.). Furthermore, he quickly gets his act together, stops being a douche, opens up to people, shows his capacity for compassion and loyalty and generally develops in a fairly believable direction. The old Dante was cool, but he wasn't a person, he was a wish fulfillment fantasy taken to the extreme. The new Dante works much better as an actual person.

Other than that, the level design is awesome, with some levels being truly interesting setpieces and featuring changes of perspective and visual tricks that help freshen things up. The combat is crisp, tight and fun, with plenty of variety in weapons and moves. Sure, the "normal" difficulty is pretty easy, but once you hit Son of Sparda, the game will start kicking your arse if you're not careful. Even the plot is reasonable, with a few decent twists and a nice does of social commentary, which is welcome even if it us quite unsubtle.

All in all, I don't really have any complaints about the game and I'd rate it fairly high in most if not all categories. It's an overall good game and it's a shame people got fixated on the hair color change so much (which turns out to be a moot point anyway)...

This, 100%. Except, before I played the new DMC, I hadn't played DMC before. Or anything in the spectacle fighter genre. Ever. So, normal kicked my butt plenty (ho, lord, and I know it's supposed to be stupid easy, too. Kinda embarrassing), but I suppose that just leaves me with more room to improve. But I'm really, really hoping the fan backlash isn't enough to stop them from making a second one, because that game was fun. The aesthetics were freaking brilliant (I kinda want to go play Enslaved now, too), I like being encouraged to do come up with new ways to murder tons of dudes (although I still get points for doing the same one over and over, which was kind of awkward), and I loved the story. I have a soft spot for social commentary, even if it is pretty overt.

As for other games: I still like WoW to some extent. I liked the crap out of Diablo III until I realized just how much grinding I'd need to do (it's still fun, I'm just still not up for grinding). I liked the story in Starcraft II, but not Starcraft, which is apparently a huge faux pas. I like League of Legends more than Dota 2 (which is tantamount to regicide, depending on who you ask). And I still like Ragnarok Online, which might not be universally hated, but still has pretty much every element of Evil in MMO's that it possibly could (tedious grinding, item mall that sells power, economy that's heavily influenced by devs, I could go on...).

I'm pretty sure there are more, but I can't think of them. Nice to see these threads, though. I much prefer them to the "please list everything you hate and why others should hate themselves for liking them"-ones. At least here I get good ideas for games I haven't played, but have heard aren't good at all.

 

[unindexedsearchengine]

Assassin's Creed 3 - Personally, I really liked that game. Yes, there was a total of 2 assassinations. Yes, Connor was a pansy. But the story and the gameplay was great, and the ending wasn't bad, it just wasn't good either, it was meh.
Also, HAYTHAM KENWAY

Dragon Age 2 - everyone brings up re-used locations. Well slap me thrice and fuck me sideways, that's sure to ruin the game...
The characters were great, the combat was wondrous, and the story, while kinda all over the place, ended up being pretty epic. I think it was way superior to origins.

Mass Effect 3 - it's the journey that counts, and with the extended cut, the endings are pretty good actually. The MP is great fun, and the myriad of free DLC for it is quite enticing.

 

[BrotherSurplice]

I cried a little for Chief at the end, makes me wonder what will happen to him come Halo 5

I kind of hope that there won't be a Halo 5. Not that I think Halo 4 was bad, but:

Spoiler

It just won't feel the same without that mercury cool voice in your ear.

 

[IronMit]

I cried a little for Chief at the end, makes me wonder what will happen to him come Halo 5

I kind of hope that there won't be a Halo 5. Not that I think Halo 4 was bad, but:

Spoiler

It just won't feel the same without that mercury cool voice in your ear.

What now? You are replying to something I didn't write. What is going on?

Did you not like what I posted so altered it in your 'quote' to troll me lol?

 

[nohorsetown]

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelists of the Roses - probably considered uncool by almost everyone, but my friends and I had a lot of fun with it. I never played the CCG, but it seems like a pretty faithful translation to video game. Aesthetically, I don't dig it (see, I'm *cool*!), but it was a good game, if you stuck it out grinding the poorly-balanced single player "campaign" long enough to unlock all the cards - at which point you just build decks and play against your friends.

Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer - I sure am glad this got "tacked on", and "took resources away from the single-player", because it's the most fun I've had in this franchise since my first playthrough of ME1.

Rock Band, and Motion Controls - Still as fun as they ever were. Only called "fads" because the market was oversaturated for a while.

FF Tactics Advance series - Sure, they're easier and more "kiddie" than the original FF Tactics. But I think they're more balanced and fun. I'm not entirely sure that these are widely considered uncool, but I've heard enough people trash them, so I've gotten the impression that they are.

Grandia XTreme - It's a Grandia game with a shitty, barely-existent plot, ugly non-characters, and atrocious voice acting. You grind repetitive dungeons and fight things over and over again. But, see, I like the battle system; I never cared for a Grandia game's plot or characters anyway; and (IMHO) the only voice acting better than atrocious voice acting is no voice acting.

 

[Zen Bard]

There. I said it. Yes, Bethesda started neutering the freedom and introduced the dreaded "leveling problem", and all the people had ugly fish faces...but I really enjoyed the quests. And it was fun to make a Dark Elf that looked like me.

...so, if I'm reading what you've written correctly, you're saying that you have an ugly fish face?

Harsh, dude.

Damn you. Trapped me in my own implied causal reference.

Should have clarified that all the NPCs have ugly fish faces.

I myself am more squid-like...

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

Also, I friggin LOVED Too Human. REALLY underrated game.

It was critically panned, not "underrated". Generally "underrated" means it flew under the radar, like Psychonauts, which was received positively but sold incredibly poorly.

I would think underrated would mean more along the lines of rated lower than what the OP thought(be that in review scores or through the general opinion. A better word to describe Psychonauts would be something like under-appreciated.

OT: I liked Mass Effect 3 and still play the multiplayer week to week. I also really enjoyed Brink, but trying to do everything with just inept bots made me abandon the game.

 

[War Penguin]

Apparently, it's cool to hate Braid on this site. Hell, it's cool to hate anything Jonathan Blow does/says. Which is a damn shame, because I like the guy, and Braid, too!

Also, it's not cool to like Fallout 3 more than New Vegas. I'm not saying New Vegas was bad, hell I really liked the game, but Fallout 3 was much more well designed.

 

[TorchofThanatos]

I enjoy playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 with friends.

Also, I friggin LOVED Too Human. REALLY underrated game.

You liked Too Human? No wait I shouldn't get mad at you. Everyone can have their own options but Too Human?
That game was fun to play for the first couple of hours, I just lost interest in well... everything and stopped.
I am a COD fun too. Let haters hate but those games are fun. Let the old school shooters die.

 

[Pink Gregory]

Seemingly Dishonored and Bioshock.

I've heard more people say they were boring, stupid or otherwise than good. But I loved them. LOVED.

Fuck all y'all.

Also CoD WaW. It's 1 - CoD and 2 - the CoD nobody likes!

 

[Thyunda]

Seemingly Dishonored and Bioshock.

I've heard more people say they were boring, stupid or otherwise than good. But I loved them. LOVED.

Fuck all y'all.

Also CoD WaW. It's 1 - CoD and 2 - the CoD nobody likes!

World at War was the best CoD till Black Ops 2. I would still rather the multiplayer from the former, though. Sure, playing against my buddies in Blops2 was fun - calling them out while blowing cars up with my crossbow, now that was cliche.

But let it be known.

I fucking love Black Ops 2.

 

[Poetic Nova]

I like Duke Nukem Forever, it's not the best game ever (far from it) but I can't see the flak it gets either.