Games you rag on because you hate them

[DustyDrB]

Only one game that I really hate: Fable 2. Tries a lot, but is master of nothing. Everything it did try, from conversation to combat to story to characters to economy to inventory is so irritatingly flawed. It's the only time I can remember getting angry at a game, mostly because I really liked the first one.

 

[Sjakie]

Fable series: for being a dumbed down rpg series imo

 

[8-Bit Grin]

I often go on about how shitty GTA IV is because it's really popular and quite a few of my friends like it.

My friends and I have all agreed that GTA IV is a great game, but San Andreas far surpassed it.

On topic: I often rag on people who play the psp.

Not with words.

I let them know my superiority by whipping out my DSi, playing a round of Mario Kart, and putting it away.

... Oh, you haven't even started your game yet? How unfortunate.

 

[brucelee13245]

/i always give me buddy a hard time for playing "the bouncer". Mostly cus the title screen goes. "the BOUNCERRRRRRRR"

 

[Netrigan]

I usually only rag on games I don't much care for, but are extremely popular. Firstly, because it's funnier if someone goes into fanboy mode defending it. Secondly, popular games typically aren't *that* bad and it's hard to truly hate one on their merits (their influence is another story but doesn't actually have anything to do with the game).

Truly bad games tend not to stay in my mind that long. If it's really bad, it doesn't stay in my drive long enough to make much of an impression.

 

[Akihiko]

I don't really rag on things I hate. I tend to just stay away from any threads regarding something I don't like, such as CoD, or anything Nintendo. On occasion it might slip out if I'm in a bad mood, mind.

 

[Sarcastic_Applause]

this may earn me a bit (or a lot) of hatemail but...
personally i find myself ragging on almost any game thats placed under the 'horror' genre on next gen consoles, particularly dead space. The reason being is that video game developers seem to have watched horror movies and thought to themselves that the scariest part of a game for a player is bloating whatever stands between your character and freedom with as much ordinance as possible. i strangle dead space with a very firm grip primarily because it has absolutely no pacing, the characters are unrelatable, the very things your supposed to feel afraid of lose that fear factor when your blowing them away.

Also Metroid Other M, ugh, just because

 

[pyrosaw]

Not many....The new Turok game. Just because I expected more from one of the best N64 franchise's. I mean, there aren't that many Native American characters in games.

 

[Pseudopod]

I can't think of any franchises/games that I outright hate... the closest to hate would probably be crappy licensed and shovelware games, but games of that sort are too far off my radar to have much impact. I can think of some series/titles I haven't liked: CoD, most MMOs, recent Final Fantasies, and Halo come to mind the most quickly. However, I can usually understand why people would like them and keep ragging to a minimum

Also, I had no idea there was so much Nintendo hate.

 

[Hooded.Gamer]

I have a tendency to knock COD at least twice when its brought up around me because it does have that distinct feel that Americans are pushing their guns into our faces (optional homosexuality joke here, I honestly didn't mean for it to come out like that and I have nothing against homosexuals but on the other hand, I somethymes think that America deserves it) and screams: "WE'RE THE GOOD GUYS!"

 

[Squidden]

Wii and Final Fantasy.

 

[ResiEvalJohn]

For me, the two games I hate most that I always feel like ragging on are Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy X-2. Both games are guilty of the same sin - wasting my Goddamn Mother Fuckin Time while I could have done something more productive, like have sex!! Over 100 hours in both of those games, and I'm still missing tons of shit, plus in FFXII, the best items are from random steals and chests. Moreover, some items are unobtainable after a certain point (fuckin Zodiac Spear!).

There are plenty of games out their, like Halo for example. I played through the game a couple times, even beat the original on Legendary mode. Overall it was a decent experience, it's not my favorite game, but I don't hate generic FPS games like Halo 3, Singularity or Haze that much because they've never done anything physical to hurt me.

Final Fantasy XII and X-2 on the other hand have wasted so much of my time, and I got 0% satisfaction in return for all my time spent! Sure, part of it is my fault for not stopping, sure, but I also blame my pride and unwillingness to give up until I saw everything in those games. I've seriously prayed to god like - "God, please give me back all those hours I wasted on FFXII, I fucking hate that game so much!"
That's how much I hate those games.

 

[ResiEvalJohn]

I truly hate RE 4 and 5


IMO they ruined the series and changed it from horror to action and its not for the better

I completely agree with you on RE5, but I completely disagree with you on RE4. Not that it matters, but did you give it a chance, or did you just die in the first village in the beginning +10 times, throw your controller in rage, and never play it again? Because I have a friend who did that and he has no idea what a great game he missed out on. It's also in the top 10 on many lists of the top 100 greatest games ever. Opinions are opinions though.

 

[ultrachicken]

I usually rag on Nintendo for their lack of new IP's, but I don't hate nintendo.

Sorry, what's an IP? I was under the impression that it stood for internet protocol...

Intellectual property, in this case.

Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pokémon, etc.

 

[Frotality]

there are alot of games i dont like sure..but lately there has been a slew of games so terrible in so many different ways that i feel morally obligated to hate on them. i was greatly disappointed by CoD:MW2, but i dont blather on about it...but black ops on the other hand, for being completely unnecessary, adding even less to the series than MW2 did, and somehow still getting good reviews and loved by casual gamers far and wide invokes my unbridled rage at the mere mention of it.

the same RAGE is unleashed by similarly culturally poisonous games like force unleashed 2 (way to downgrade in every way possible), halo: reach (like getting episode 1 instead of return of the jedi), half of the 'games' nintendo releases (read: one-trick gimmick games), and anything kinect/ move related (read: blatantly copying nintendo's one-trick gimmick games), mass effect 2 (not THAT bad in itself, but a herald of the GoW clone that will be ME3), and fable 3 (in a rather lazy attempt to streamline the game, PM took the 'just remove 90% of the content' method) .

 

[Turbo_Destructor]

I often go on about how shitty GTA IV is because it's really popular and quite a few of my friends like it.

I hear you, man. I can't stand GTA IV. I enjoyed San Andreas immensely, but IV sucked the fun out of it for me. I hated the "realistic" car controls that made me crash every time I went over forty mph. I hated the lack of a custom radio station. I hated how the story's first act was one long string of tutorials in disguise. I hated the lack of reliable "taxi missions." Most of all, I hated having to drop everything to go bowling or check out BEEG AMERICAN TEE-TEES with the supporting cast every fifteen minutes.

Thank God Yahtzee directed me to the light that was Saints Row 2.

Haha that about sums up my experience and opinion of GTA IV, that and the dodgy combat system and the fact that your default movement was a leisurely stroll, and that the button to run/sprint (and this problem is probably exclusive to consoles) required the use of your thumb hence leaving you unable to move the camera while running.

 

[EllEzDee]

I usually rag on Nintendo for their lack of new IP's, but I don't hate nintendo.

Sorry, what's an IP? I was under the impression that it stood for internet protocol...

Intellectual property, in this case.

Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pokémon, etc.

Ah, awesome, cheers.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Most recently Black Ops
the entire Halo franchise has also earned my scorn
until recently I did hold this attitude towards Fallout games, but New Vegas has convinced me that they're actually good.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Yeah, I don't really do the whole "hating games because Yahtzee does it" thing that's so popular around here.

Except maybe JRPGs, but that comes from a long-standing, totally unfounded hatred for everything Japanese. Please don't quote me to say my hatred is stupid and unfounded, because I know. I just said that.