Games you should enjoy but don't

[ratix2]

thought this was supposed to be about games that you SHOULD/WANTED to like and not just a general ***** about games you hate thread. seriously, way too many of you are just bitching in general, espically with the ff/jrpg thing (which is why im not going to go into my opinions on the subject even though theres a few specific people i want to make a rebuttal to).

anyway, first off is far cry 2. i was stoked about the game, open world do whatever you want to fps, and thats what i got, along with all the fustrating driving, repeitive boring quests and that damn respawning guards thing (they respawn once youve walked 10 feet away from the checkpoint). just wasant any fun in my opinion, just boring, repitive and monotanous.

fc2 is the only one in recent memory that fits the category really. anyway, to anyone whos never played half life, go get it. much better than hl2, espically in terms of combat. all i got atm.

 

[AnthBonio]

I think that Far Cry 2 Sucked Super Mutant Bollucks Big Time (SSMBBT in short). It sounded really cool in reviews and one of my hamster looking mates said it was awesome. But when I bought it and played it, it was just so gay-E-fied by the game after 10 minutes of playing it. But all the elements of game-play should make it a good game. Why is it so crap?, WHYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?

 

[kickin wiing]

For me its any MMO, I've tried World of Warcraft, Lord of The Rings Online, Guild Wars, and Age Of Conan but i never renew my subscription after it runs out the first or second time. I want to love them! I mean having a group of buddies take on a dungeon, kill an epic boss, and get sweet gear seems all well and good but i think its the time it takes to reach that point that does me in.

 

[sms_117b]

The last two total war games, somethings been missing since Medieval

 

[HokemPokem]

The last two total war games, somethings been missing since Medieval

It's funny, I felt that way about medieval 2. I ADORE Rome : total war and was really, really disappointed by Medieval 2. It just didn't feel right.

And I would recommend trying Rome mate. I have a hard time believing you didn't enjoy it after a good go.

 

[Gormers1]

Star wars KOTOR. I just didnt get into it, even though it was a good game. Maybe it was because I got it so late (the 360 had been around for over a year then).

 

[DeleteMe1112311]

Fallout 3...I love the game but with so many continuity errors, a dreary setting, and no loot, the game was just really hard to stay with.

Spoiler

and that the game had a completely unnecessary closed-ending. Why couldn't one of your followers do it? the ghoul follower is healed by it, Fawkes is immune/ highly resistant to it, and the robot is immune to it! Surely Im not the only one saying "wtf?"

 

[Damien the Pigeon]

Everyone talked about how great Okami was. I bought it and played through most of it, but I just didn't think it was that revolutionary. I mean, it was good, but I didn't love it nearly as much as everyone else seemed to.

 

[HokemPokem]

The last two total war games, somethings been missing since Medieval

It's funny, I felt that way about medieval 2. I ADORE Rome : total war and was really, really disappointed by Medieval 2. It just didn't feel right.

And I would recommend trying Rome mate. I have a hard time believing you didn't enjoy it after a good go.

That's a game that in a 4 Player LAN game, we sorta managed to BSOD all 4 computers.

I'd well believe that mate. In a simple 1v1, you can get over 30,000 troops on one field. Even on today's beasts that would still chug to single figure fps.

 

[darkless]

A few people have said it already but Sins of the solar empire really disappointed me and I was really looking forward to it as well.

 

[Hellion25]

I really felt I should have been enjoying No More Heroes more than I did. I was a huge fan of Killer7 and was willing to forgive the mediocre gameplay for the extremely thought-provoking world it provided. I was expecting similar with No More Heroes, however I received argyably superior gameplay in a trade-off for a perhaps more shallow game world in terms of atmosphere.

Don't get me wrong I still really enjoyed it, it just felt like there was a spark when I played Killer7 that was missing with No More Heroes.

 

[Sigmastrain]

this is gonna take me a minute to pin down, but id have to go with

The GTA series
any Final Fantasy past 7
The sims (i live a life, i dont need to simulate one in a game)
Army of two
Any Turok game
Doom 3
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks and any "actual" Mortal Kombat past MK3 (jury is still out on MK vs DC)
The entirety of Halo something just doesnt click with me and halo.
Need for speed
Gran Turismo
The mistake that was the Wii (yes, the console and all games)

 

[Or3dinator]

true, even though a few FF's, like 7 and 9, have managed to immerse me into the plot and no matter how much I enjoy JRPGs it's a fact that they have very few likeable characters and particularly nowadays they only get into more and more depth of what seems like trivial matters

 

[Or3dinator]

with perhaps the exception of Halo 2, which I enjoyed playing as a 15year-old, I agree with the while list

 

[ROFLross]

Over rated FPS mutliplayer games where the aim for everything is to kill anything that moves that isn't you.
There seems to be no thought put into the multiplayer, even in team matches you don't even have to worry about your team members, just don't shoot them and hope they are good.

This is why I like Valve, they put alot of thought into their multiplayer games, like Left4Dead and Team Fortress 2.

 

[kyle0912]

Any game that forces me to play with racist americans when I go online.

Try not to judge all of us just because a few of us (them) need to have nails shoved up their uretha. That's all I ask.
And, Halo, for me. I downloaded the demo, played it, but it was just...bleh. So boring. I literally could not have any fun with the game, at all.
And since we're commenting on JRPGs...I could never get into any of them. Turn-based combat is just horrid. It doesn't feel fun at ALL, and having to use a controller to select options? That's a *****. (I played a few Final Fantasy games on my friends' Playstation 2. Hate controllers so much. No matter what genre, mouse/keyboard always works better. For me.)

Like I said, Any game that forces me to play with RACIST Americans.

 

[leirbag]

The Witcher. Everyone says it's an awesome CRPG, pretty much everyone loves it, but it just feels so damn stupid, misogynistic, poorly written and boring that I can't seem to have fun with it.

Another game that annoys me is S.T.A.L.K.E.R., due to the fact that it's got a title that's INCREDIBLY ANNOYING to write, and to this... felling that something's not right. I mean, every single block of text from that game feels like a crappy translation, even though it's mostly correct and completely comprehensible. I can't quite explain this feeling that I get about this game, but I just can't seem to enjoy it.

Edit: I almost forgot, but Sins of a Solar Empire is an awesome game that I just can't seem to get hooked to.