Games you like that are "uncool" to like.

[WanderingFool]

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

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

Im not sure if Blops 2, or COD in general, actually counts. Cause really, its cool to think COD is uncool, so its not really hating on COD because its uncool, its hating on COD so to be cool...

Also, I enjoy Blops 2 as well.

Brink. Nonexistent single player and launch issues aside I enjoyed that game more than *sets up citadel* Team Fortress 2.

I loved Brink when it first came out... shame it didnt catch on. It may have been rough, but it was the first (and like AP, likely to be the only) game of its own particular niche. It could only have gotten better with sequels.

 

[hermes]

I'm surprised how many people are picking really populist games. Hell, games that were both critically and commercially successful. I know The Escapist community has tried to keep up its "indie cred" and such, but come on guys. You can't pick Black Ops 2 of Battlefield 3! They were multi-million sellers! Hundreds of thousands of people play them every day! They have enjoyed great success and have secured themselves massive fanbases. If playing popular games is "uncool," then, well, what the hell is cool.

Possibly because they are commercially successful is that they are disliked by many people. Not only people here tend to think of massively successful games as little more than innocent, popcorn entertainment at best; but popular games are those that are most likely to be uncool to like (not popular games just don't garner enough attention to be considered cool or uncool). If I said I liked "FUEL", for example, that wouldn't qualify because its so obscure its coolness would go either way.

OT: I liked DMC, even more than I liked most of the previous games of the franchise.

 

[MetalDooley]

Angry Birds. I really don't see why anyone would hate on this game. Well, okay... I do, it's because it's popular among non-"hardcore" gamers, and people can be complete twats about that sort of thing, but I don't see a good reason to hate on it. It's a thoroughly amusing way to kill time in a waiting room or during a slow lunch break.

I reckon a lot of the hate is because of the developers Rovio.They've had one(admittedly huge)hit which wasn't even an original idea and suddenly they're acting all Billy Big Bollocks talking about how they're the future of the games industry etc.Since then they've kinda become the Activision of mobile gaming milking their one mega successful franchise to death

I don't personally think it's a valid reason to hate the game but I've seen a similar(albeit on a much smaller scale)backlash against the likes of Braid and Fez because their developers came across as dicks in interviews

I really like Conflict Desert Storm on the PS2, I vastly preferred it over Socom at the time.

When was Conflictesert Storm ever considered uncool?I loved that game and it's sequel(Vietnam and Global Storm were not as good however)I have very fond memories of playing those games in co-op with my brother

Kinda puts me in the mood to play them again.To Amazon we go

 

[Ashadowpie]

if the COD collection is the "Cool" game, then all my games are "uncool" and i couldn't give less a shit even if i was bullied about my "uncool" games. who gives a crap if a game is "cool" or not? play whatever the hell you want. what are you 13?

* rant *

 

[ScrabbitRabbit]

It's not exactly uncool on the Escapist, but elsewhere on the 'net admitting you like the new DmC will get you set on fire. It's a fun hack 'n' slash, just not groundbreaking. I can understand why DMC fans are disappointed but, for me, it was a wonderful game.

I really liked Crysis 2, even if I agree that Crysis 1 was better.

Chuck Rock was considered to be yet another generic 2D platformer at release, but I still had fun. The level design was quite open and the aesthetics were very charming.

Toejam And Earl: Panic on Funkotron was considered a sellout because it went from the original's bizzare top-down treasure hunt gameplay into a 2D platformer. It was anything but generic, though, with it's extremely open levels filled with secrets and downright weird enemies. One of my favourite games from the 16-bit era. I prefer it to the original.


As for games that are usually considered genuinely bad...

I really enjoyed Shadow The Hedgehog. It did so many things wrong, but I just love running around, holding the fire button and watching things explode.

Last Battle on the Megadrive was normally considered boring and repetitive but I found challenging and enjoyable.

There's something weirdly engaging about Drakengard. The gameplay is inexcusably boring, both the graphics and the aesthetics are ugly as shit and the story is so bleak and everyone is such an aresehole that you just don't give a shit. I couldn't tell you why I like it, it's a terrible game. Maybe it's because I played it when I was an angsty teenager who loved grimdark, I dunno. It's sequel was marginally better, but Nier was a massive improvement and a game I think deserved a far better reception than it got.

 

[Ariseishirou]

I unapologetically and unironically love the CoD games.

 

[Fappy]

Mass Effect 3.

Moving on.

Angry Birds. I really don't see why anyone would hate on this game. Well, okay... I do, it's because it's popular among non-"hardcore" gamers, and people can be complete twats about that sort of thing, but I don't see a good reason to hate on it. It's a thoroughly amusing way to kill time in a waiting room or during a slow lunch break.

I hate Angry Birds because my little brother never shuts the fuck up about it D:

You don't want to know how many stuffed angry birds litter my house.

 

[Zhukov]

Mass Effect 3.

Moving on.

Angry Birds. I really don't see why anyone would hate on this game. Well, okay... I do, it's because it's popular among non-"hardcore" gamers, and people can be complete twats about that sort of thing, but I don't see a good reason to hate on it. It's a thoroughly amusing way to kill time in a waiting room or during a slow lunch break.

I hate Angry Birds because my little brother never shuts the fuck up about it D:

You don't want to know how many stuffed angry birds litter my house.

Oh hey, I only just realized that avatar was you. Having regular posters change avatar is surprisingly disorientating.

*ahem*

How can someone not shut up about Angry Birds? I like it and all, but it doesn't seem like the kind of thing that can really fuel a conversation, y'know?

"Wow, I knocked all four buildings down with just one bird!"
"Heh. Cool. Good job."
"Yeah I know, right?"
"Yeah."
"Hm."

I mean, where does the discussion go from there?

 

[MaxwellMurder]

Shadowrun for the 360 and PC. It was Sacrilege to the source material but it was fun.

 

[FFP2]

-Final Fantasy 13 and it's sequels. Linearity isn't a big detractor for me and the music was incredible. Also, X-2 is my favourite FF game

-DmC Devil May Cry... I still don't understand the logic in that name.
Sure the combat is dumbed down, but it's really flashy. The 30fps cap is only an issue if you're not part of the master race
The voice acting was really good, music was great (even though I loathe dubstep), level design was awesome and I preferred the new Dante over the old one. He was just an asshole in the original games, now he's an asshole for a reason.

But his hair isn't white so I guess it's the worst game ever made and everybody that likes it should kill themselves.

 

[Fappy]

Mass Effect 3.

Moving on.

Angry Birds. I really don't see why anyone would hate on this game. Well, okay... I do, it's because it's popular among non-"hardcore" gamers, and people can be complete twats about that sort of thing, but I don't see a good reason to hate on it. It's a thoroughly amusing way to kill time in a waiting room or during a slow lunch break.

I hate Angry Birds because my little brother never shuts the fuck up about it D:

You don't want to know how many stuffed angry birds litter my house.

Oh hey, I only just realized that avatar was you. Having regular posters change avatar is surprisingly disorientating.

*ahem*

How can someone not shut up about Angry Birds? I like it and all, but it doesn't seem like the kind of thing that can really fuel a conversation, y'know?

"Wow, I knocked all four buildings down with just one bird!"
"Heh. Cool. Good job."
"Yeah I know, right?"
"Yeah."
"Hm."

I mean, where does the discussion go from there?

Sorry about that. I've been going through my bi-annual avatar identity crisis >.>

OT: Well, considering he is six... he kind just yells about it.

It goes something like this:

"I got the RED BIRD and I hit ALL THE PIGS! AND IT WENT *insert bird coo SFX* and *insert pig death SFX*!"

"That's... great Zach..."

 

[scorptatious]

Angry Birds. I really don't see why anyone would hate on this game. Well, okay... I do, it's because it's popular among non-"hardcore" gamers, and people can be complete twats about that sort of thing, but I don't see a good reason to hate on it. It's a thoroughly amusing way to kill time in a waiting room or during a slow lunch break.

Pretty much this. It's spin off, Bad Piggies isn't that bad either.

OT: I really enjoyed the Halo games. Mainly the first three.

 

[Lugbzurg]

Hey! I actually like Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! And StarFox Assault is my favorite game in the series! I have also found very much enjoyment out of Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog. Oh, yeah, and Twilight Princess? I think I had even more fun with that than The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I can swing my sword while running. While running!

Something else I should mention is that after seeing this review and being reminded of what it did get right (boss battles, gameplay variety, amusing weapons like the shrink ray, etc.) and what the alternative is (Call of Duty, Battlefield, Homefront, etc.), I actually want to play Duke Nukem Forever! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKFRlk2bPuc

 

[Frezzato]

The Syndicate remake...

Bah! I was on a cheap game kick and it was between Syndicate and Binary Domain. I flipped a coin in my head and went with Binary Domain.

I chose poorly.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Last night I was off work so I sat down and dedicated about 3 and a half hours to Castlevania: Curse of Darkness on the Xbox.

Both the game and the console are past their heyday but I think among Castlevania games this one was either under the radar or, outright regarded as 'meh'. It's a 3D Castlevania (which are always so very popular) but it seemed to have been structured in a similar manner to Aria of Sorrow. You're not playing as a Belmont (though you do fight Trevor), you level up, you craft weapons and, you find/summon familiars who also level up. It isn't as Metroid-like as other games but that aspect is definitely there to a degree. Either way, TON of fun. I haven't beaten it but mainly because I haven't focused on it like I did...last night. I blame Crimson Skies (a far more popular Xbox game or at least it fucking should have been)

By the end of the month I will have (and be able to play) Sonic the Hedgehog (X360) and, Shadow the Hedgehog. I don't think I can convince my girlfriend to bring me the Gem collection though...

 

[elvor0]

Final Fantasy X-2.

I mean yeah, it had a ton of bad shit. The majority of the characters were really one-dimensional, all the pandering to teenagers with raging hormones with all the silly half-naked costumes, the mostly incoherent plot (even for a Final Fantasy game), etc.

But the rest of it... was pretty solid. There was an absolute ton of sidequesting, the combat system was really fluid and engaging, the class swapping mid combat added an element of challenge to some of the later fights, and even the list of accessories was more varied than the typical JRPG/FF game with some seriously powerful boons balanced by some really harsh negatives.

The world exploration felt a *lot* more open than FFX (which honestly isn't that hard, since FFX was the most linear final fantasy game ever made ever), with a lot of jumping over chasms and climbing walls that contributed to making the world feel bigger.

It gets a lot of hate, and it definitely deserves a good portion of it, but X-2 had a number of fantastic features that people always seem to forget about when talking about final fantasies.

Pretty much this, it's my guilty pleasure, but at it's heart if you trim off the obvious pandering to Rule 34, it's a really solid game, one of the best combat systems of the franchise, and towards the end even the story wasn't /that/ bad.

Though I will say that FF13 makes FFX look like the second half in FF6 in comparison. FFX /was/ linear, but it disguised it very well, there was sidequests, points where you could piss around and explore, and every now and then you could check out stuff off the the beaten path. FF13 just...dear god. Hold Up and go. No side paths in dungeons, no exploring, no towns, no npcs, no shops, just hold up and A/X and you'll be fine. Combat? Hold A and you'll be fine.

 

[NightmareExpress]

I don't know, man.
Anything I play is automatically made cool for the duration.
But...I guess portable stuff? Might get some stares then.

Peeps on the bus just probably wouldn't understand EV training in the slightest.

 

[wetfart]

Does Duke Nukem Forever count? Because I loved that game and the Doctor Who Cloned Me.

I turned on the game, turned my brain off and loved it for what it was.

 

[MiskWisk]

Against my better judgement, Runescape

*Runs off, head ducked*

 

[Nopenahnuhuh]

Angry birds, RE6 and Call of Duty series.

Do your worst.