Games you want to like but just can't
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Too Human. I love Norse Mythology and liked the futuristic concept, beat the marvel comics way of doing it IMO. The combat had some pluses and the side characters were fine. But the gameplay was just lackluster overall and the story just dropped in so many places.
I agree. The only thing cool about the series is the Gravity Gun.Grenge Di Origin said:
My choice would have to be Mass Effect 3. I loved every second of it and was seriously thinking that it could go down in history as my favorite game ever but then the ending happened...
I tried so hard to rationalize the ending but it doesn't work. And before someone says "you just don't get it, Shepard was indoctrinated." No he was not.
Pretty much every MMO I have ever tried (except Anarchy Online, loved that one for some reason). I don't know why I keep trying. I know I can have fun with them as I absolutely love creating unique builds and testing them. I like looking at the lore present in any game world and find myself reading the info provided in game. The issue is, I just find them all so bloody boring that I want to claw my eyes out of my head after a week of playing.
Half Life 2
Demons Souls
Uncharted 3 (I dug it, then it just keeps throwing shootouts at me, again and again and again and again..I love the story sequences but having to shoot my way through 3243298 people bores me)
Assassin's Creed Revelations, oh god, oh my god is it boring.. It's the exact same as Brotherhood and ACII.. It bores me, even after i just played 3 minutes of it. Too bad.. I wanted to see how Ezio's journey ended..
Demons Souls
Uncharted 3 (I dug it, then it just keeps throwing shootouts at me, again and again and again and again..I love the story sequences but having to shoot my way through 3243298 people bores me)
Assassin's Creed Revelations, oh god, oh my god is it boring.. It's the exact same as Brotherhood and ACII.. It bores me, even after i just played 3 minutes of it. Too bad.. I wanted to see how Ezio's journey ended..
Twilight Princess, I like Zelda games far to much , however Twilight Princess was just too easy I blazed through it first time without much of a challenge. Probably the reason why i liking Skyward Sword so much, for all it faults I'm willing to forgive a lot of them for making me genuinely stumped a couple of times.
Mass Effect. It sounded like something that would very much appeal to me - a Sci-Fi RPG with strong characters. But just..urg, I couldn't get into it at all. The intro just felt so boring and way too long. I figured "might just be a slow start, I'll tough it out". After becomming a specter and exploring the galaxy for a bit I travelled over two areas. That was it. I couldn't bring myself to believe the game would get any better after that so I stopped.
It was the excessive micro-managment, bland story, awful vehicle controls and the dialogue wheel that stopped me enjoying it. Apparenlty when someone asks you to hand over your weapons, selecting the "I don't want to hand over my weapons" option actually means you're going to threaten to shot the person rather than..I dunno...maybe tell her you're a friggen specter?!
It was the excessive micro-managment, bland story, awful vehicle controls and the dialogue wheel that stopped me enjoying it. Apparenlty when someone asks you to hand over your weapons, selecting the "I don't want to hand over my weapons" option actually means you're going to threaten to shot the person rather than..I dunno...maybe tell her you're a friggen specter?!
Mass Effect 3
Absolutely destroyed the whole series.
And not just because of the ending.
And not because of Tali's stock photo.
If both of those things were fixed the game still wouldn't be any good. Which is a shame because I wanted to love it. The first two games are both in my top 10 games ever, and they're not any more.
Absolutely destroyed the whole series.
And not just because of the ending.
And not because of Tali's stock photo.
If both of those things were fixed the game still wouldn't be any good. Which is a shame because I wanted to love it. The first two games are both in my top 10 games ever, and they're not any more.
The Katamari games, I don't know why I don't like these games, it's got trippy visuals and music (always a plus), the 'story' is complete nonsense of the best possible kind, the controls are simple enough and the gameplay itself is arcady and fun. All the ingredients are there for something I SHOULD love but I just can't bring myself to play more then five minutes of any one game.
Both Batman "Arkham" games. I like Batman, I like videogames: I SHOULD like these. But for some reason, I just can't get into them. I think it's the cartoon-y writing. It's just a bit...ridiculous. And yes, I am aware that Batman is already about a grown-ass man who dresses up like a bat and fights crime. And when I was a kid, I LOVED the animated series. But for whatever reason, I just can't like these games.
My you really are a glutton for punishment! if you didn't like BG1 what made you play the next 3 games? That sort of RPG isn't for everyone anyway, old school cRPG is pretty much a niche product against the backdrop of the modern gaming pantheon.wintercoat said:
For me ArmA2, it has a lot going for it but I guess I just dont have as much patience for FPS as I used to. Time was when I spent hundreds of hours playing hardcore tactical FPS like Raven shield and loved every minute. Maybe its just the open battlefield that puts me off, IDK.
So many big name games here...
For me it was Unlimited Saga.
The game was downright beautiful, had a large cast (7 main characters total with plenty of side and support characters), Multiple story paths that intersected and met up with others, Interesting combat system, amazing soundtrack, and a cool take on dungeons.
But good lord the level up system sucked so much. To the point where you'd go on a mission and have a good chance of getting WEAKER.
For me it was Unlimited Saga.
The game was downright beautiful, had a large cast (7 main characters total with plenty of side and support characters), Multiple story paths that intersected and met up with others, Interesting combat system, amazing soundtrack, and a cool take on dungeons.
But good lord the level up system sucked so much. To the point where you'd go on a mission and have a good chance of getting WEAKER.
Skyrim. It looked perfect for me so I ran at it with open arms. It embraced me for a good few hours before throwing me to the ground and piddling on my face.
Seriously, the environments were almost completely empty with a couple of dungeons copy and pasted all over the map. Why can't Bethesda design more than one environment per game? For Oblivion it was grasslands and forest and for Skyrim it's pretty similar but with more snow. Why not take a lesson from Zelda and mix it up a bit?
Then there were the npcs. So ugly (the only reason I played in first person is because my character looked like he just climbed out of a car crash) and with two voice actors to share between them, and neither of them were any good.
I get the feeling this would have been much better if the developers had gone for a little less content and more polish. As of yet, I'm still searching for my perfect game (basically Skyrim without the aforementioned problems). I feel so left out.
Seriously, the environments were almost completely empty with a couple of dungeons copy and pasted all over the map. Why can't Bethesda design more than one environment per game? For Oblivion it was grasslands and forest and for Skyrim it's pretty similar but with more snow. Why not take a lesson from Zelda and mix it up a bit?
Then there were the npcs. So ugly (the only reason I played in first person is because my character looked like he just climbed out of a car crash) and with two voice actors to share between them, and neither of them were any good.
I get the feeling this would have been much better if the developers had gone for a little less content and more polish. As of yet, I'm still searching for my perfect game (basically Skyrim without the aforementioned problems). I feel so left out.
I've explored every square inch of that "city" available to me. It's tiny. How else woudld I have come to the conclusion that it is small? Fucking telepathy, huh?mr. awesome said:
Perhaps it opens up as the game progresses, but why the hell is everything blocked off early in the game anyway? What kind of bull shit it that?
What kind of game actively discourages exploration and confines you to a mission hub?
Is there really no way to get any of the NPC's to just shut up? I was bashing my keyboard in desperation to end the dialog with whats-her-face's mother. I'm afraid to accept any side quests now if they're all going to be painfully long cutscenes.
I REALLLLYY want to like this game. Everytime I try to play this game I just end up playing saints row 3 instead. Deus Ex is not fun. Maybe it gets better later on.
Um. That doesn't really ever happen for me. I tend to not get games that I 'try' to like, because I'm a 3-4 games a year kinda guy/
I guess I really wanna like Runescape, because I have two friends that are obsessed with it, but.... yeah. Nothing really does it for me in that game. I don't get it.
I will say, I do enjoy following my friend as he goes into places that are ridiculously higher levels than me, such as the lava place. That was nifty.
I guess I really wanna like Runescape, because I have two friends that are obsessed with it, but.... yeah. Nothing really does it for me in that game. I don't get it.
I will say, I do enjoy following my friend as he goes into places that are ridiculously higher levels than me, such as the lava place. That was nifty.
Half-Life 2. The whole experience felt a bit 'meh' to me: the basic AI can't hit a barn, the only difficulty were the headcrabs/zombies jumping around corners in the dark, and the vehicle sections felt drawn out with no real purpose besides 'Hey, look! We can build a big world!"
Also, Terraria. Most of my friends play it, but I prefer the creative aspect of Minecraft--to build and create 'civilization,' coupled along with my fragile existence, overrules adventuring into the unknown for little return.
Also, Terraria. Most of my friends play it, but I prefer the creative aspect of Minecraft--to build and create 'civilization,' coupled along with my fragile existence, overrules adventuring into the unknown for little return.
