Games you want to get into but can't

[captnb2thep]

For me, Vanquish and the Crysis series
I played through all of Crysis 2 and still had a very "meh" mentality about it. It took me weeks of off and on forcing myself to commit finish the campaign.
Vanquish I still haven't beaten.

 

[StriderShinryu]

Hitman: Absolution for me. It has been sitting on my HDD since release but I only finished the tutorial.

I'm kind of in the same boat, except for me it's every Hitman game. I love the character. I love the ongoing back story. I love the concept of the gameplay. But, when it comes to actually playing the games, I just always stall out after maybe the second mission at most. There's something about the minute to minute gameplay that doesn't connect with me.

 

[Novuake]

The Witcher II. No matter how many times I try I just can't get into the game at all.

+1 on Witcher 2... The story seems to be interesting... But hell, its soooo much running around between sequences and even fights. On top of that the fighting is very "clunky"

 

[Novuake]

Mass Effect

Same here, I love RPGs and Sci-Fi, and I really enjoyed KOTOR but I just can't get through the first few hours of gameplay. To the disappointment and anger of some of my friends.

Yip agreed. Cover based combat I suspect is the issue.

 

[CruisingForBiddies]

Far Cry 3.

Im going to have to agree with you on that one. Personally I felt as if it was a visually stunning game with above average character development that was stunted with boring gameplay that was far too repetitive. Liberating camps and hunting became dull very very quickly for me.

 

[DeltaEdge]

Pretty much any AAA title or shooter. Wow, that sounds so hipster of me, but hear me out. It's not that I think they are bad, I just don't like them. My tastes lie pretty much solely with JRPGs. There are occasionally a few other games that I might like, like the Sonic series, Scribblenauts, Journey, Mario, and SSB, but other than those fairly specific examples and a few other titles, all I really like are JRPGs. Call me crazy, but I actually like melodramatic anime-styled games (To an extent. There's a lot that I don't like as well), and find it hard to like much else. I find most other games to be incredibly boring and un-engaging. For example, Mass Effect 2. My dad's friend got it for me when he heard that I hadn't played it, and had no interest in playing it for Christmas, and of course, since he was nice enough to get it for me(That, and I also didn't have many games for my new PS3 at the time), I felt obligated to play it. It was absolutely painful to play, without exaggeration. It was one of the most boring things I've had to do in a long time, and I was dying to find a save point so I could turn the game off within a minute of each time I turned the game on and tried to play it. Keep in mind, I don' think it's a bad game, it's just not my cup of tea, and I failed to find derive any sort of enjoyment from playing it.

 

[godgravity]

XCOM. The recent one. I dunno, after 5 minutes, I just can't play it. Maybe it gets better, but as of now, I really can't get myself to play it. Any tips would be appreciated.

Tip: Look up "what to invest in first," and consider playing on "Easy" for your first play-through.

Once you get comfortable with the 'focused' nature of it, even a turn-based strategy game can hook you (I *HATE* turn-based top-down games as a rule). I was impressed once I finished it. It was actually engrossing.

That's just me, though.

 

[Reyold]

Trauma Center (at least the first one). I want to like it. I really do. I guess I KINDA do, but it's just not hooking me so far. Shame, really

I'd like that to change, but I don't know. We'll see.

 

[Vigormortis]

Borderlands 2

If only because I loved the first one (eventually), and I was duped into paying sixty bucks for the shit-fest sequel.

I hate wasting money on entertainment.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

Super snip

I absolutely agree that Demon's Souls has a better built-in sense of narrative stakes and motivation. Dark Souls, though was the first time I ever truly role-played on my end of the experience. I made different characters to make up a new backstory and personality, and coming up with reasons and motivations as to why certain NPCs would live or wouldn't, what gear/magic they would use and why from a religious or cultural standpoint, etc.

I hear about people doing this in games like Skyrim, but I never could. I just can't do the role playing on my end like I'm playing D&D with the computer. Enabling me to do that is a big part of why Dark Souls is so dear to me.

Skyrim, on topic, anyway. Lord, I've tried probably 7 or 8 times. Can't play it for more than an hour. All the NPCs feel like the same person to me, and there's just so much life missing from the game to me. I play Falout 3 and wonder how the same people made both games.

 

[OpticalJunction]

Monkey island the new version. I want to get into it because I remember how much fun the original 90s version was, but for some reason I can't do it.

 

[Savryc]

MMO's in general. I like the sound of a lot of them, even played a bit of WoW as an Undead Rogue on their free trial. But when it comes with working with others? Ehhh...

 

[chikusho]

Thing is, I feel like I could really get into it if it weren't for the awkwardness of the controls and the terrible fixed camera, because combined overcoming them is proving more challenging than any enemy I've encountered thus far. Having a fixed camera in a game with direction-based attacks/moves, particularly when said moves are dependent on which direction the character is facing, just doesn't seem like a good idea.

I thought the controls in DMC were way worse than DMC1. Weapon switching system was awkward as hell and you were battling the controller and directional input more than the enemies.

 

[PissOffRoth]

The Witcher II. No matter how many times I try I just can't get into the game at all.

I felt this way too. I'm all about open games, but the Witcher 2 felt like it had no direction. I don't feel like I'm doing anything, just wandering around doing chores.

It was also really punishing. Maybe I've run into a few places where I'm just supposed to die because I made the wrong choice, I dunno.

 

[PissOffRoth]

Not to mention I currently live in the dorms and I don't want my neighbors to think that I am committing murder in my room.

Frustrating it is, but Demon's Souls was worse. That swamp still makes me angry to think about. I hate that swamp, and I don't hate most things.

 

[synobal]

Dishonored -- I just don't get along with first person stealthing.

Dishonored here, too. First person? NEVER. Also another reason, I simply don't like the setting of the game.

Dishonored as well, but for me it is the story. It's well it's bad. I think it could of been fixed by not having a silent protagonist but beyond that I dunno. Also the magic guy who gives you your powers (I forget his name) he totally just comes out of left field. "here is your powers" and then leaves. I thought I was gonna like make a deal with the devil or something and finding a way to wriggle out of it would be part of the plot but nope. Does anyone not remember the trailer? The initial trailer they had sold it as "You're Corvo a guy who made a deal with dark powers to get revenge, now go kill some dudes" Instead he is like 'hey man here is your super powers have fun'. I got the feeling they wanted him to be like the G-man from halflife but it just doesn't work.

 

[NightmareExpress]

Assassin's Creed.
I tried.

I recall getting around half-way through II and then being bored out of my mind. I really disliked a lot of mechanics and the story. Apparently that's the best title in the franchise alongside Brotherhood.
What a shame. At least I borrowed it from a friend...so no harm done.

Can't recall any other, because either I click with it or I don't.
This was an instance where I wanted to click but inherently wasn't meant to.

Oh, and maybe Dota 2. But I haven't invested nearly enough time to make that decision just yet.
I sort of liked what I played, but another part of me despised having to stay in a match for 40 minutes without really being able to go back to real life without consequence. What if my foot inexplicably got cut off? Then I get sent to low priority!

 

[EHKOS]

Most of my PS2 games. Partly because I can't save whenever I want and I get physically ill by how much I worry about it. No doctor/therapist has helped. I'm just about as mystified as I am frustrated.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Fallout but it's not compactible with Window 7.

There also that Fire Emblem game that star Roy from SSB Melee but that never got release outside of Japan. I also wanted to get Ultimate Muscle and Custon Robo for the Gamecute but those two never got release outside of the US.

 

[Maximum Bert]

Always wanted to get into the old CRPGS for the PC such as Baldurs gate 1 and 2, Arcanum and the ultima series to name a few but I just cant I have tried on numerous occasions but each time I just become disengaged usually because combat becomes a chore quickly and I never get attached to any of the characters it just seems stale to me even though I can appreciate the scope of what they are trying to achieve especially with some of the Ultima games.

I may try Arcanum and Baldurs gate 2 again as those were the ones I got furthest in but I dont know I just cant find the interest to keep going after a while I dont think I have ever got further than 12 hours into them.

I have also always wanted to get into the RTS games any would do but I am terrible at them and I just get no enjoyment out of them even if I do well so I have given up.