Most Bland game ever.

[kingdomheartsguy44]

Anything that has Call of Duty in its name is very generic. I wonder how generic MW3 will be?
Ill bet 10/10 genericness. as for BF3 7/10 (also I find sequals to games generic sometimes) like assassins creed brotherhood. (wasn't much different from the other 2 IMHO) and the new one looks very similer too.

 

[Lukeje]

I'm pretty sure that the very first call of duty was anything but generic. It was one of the first (if not the first) shooter set in a real life setting, as opposed to space or other worlds.

Since the developers of the first Call of Duty were a splinter group from those that developed Medal of Hono(u)r I'd say no, that's not true.

 

[Swny Nerdgasm]

Elder Scrolls Oblivion, it does nothing for me, hell I enjoyed Dragon Age 2 more than this

 

[Russian_Assassin]

Since the developers of the first Call of Duty were a splinter group from those that developed the first Medal of Hono(u)r I'd say no, that's not true.

Well, I did say ONE of the first... The WWII games hadn't reached their peak yet and the public wasn't getting sick of them. Anyway... I haven't played any generic game, since I always rely on reviews for advise as to what game should I buy, so I don't really have a say in this matter.

 

[Hal10k]

Gears of War.

*Ducks*

Come on. Space Marines versus Aliens? Chest High Walls? Improbably muscled heros wearing space armour? Regenerating health? Brown filtered graphics?

Actually works really well as a spoof.

The thing is, Gears of War popularized most of those features ( with the exception of Space Marines vs. Aliens). It gets a grandfather clause on them.

 

[The Breadcrab]

To me, the Operation Flashpoint and ARMA games pop up. It just seems so lifeless, bland, and anti-fun to me. Maybe because I don't like the idea of realism in games too much. I'd rather play something at least mildly creative. But hey, if you like those games, great. I can see why some would love them.

Other contenders include GTA 4 (the setting just seems so bland), Ghost Recon: AW, Sports games (all of them), Killzone (the setting, at least), Medal of Honor and other hum-drum military shooters, and most fighting games.

 

[kingdomheartsguy44]

I'm pretty sure that the very first call of duty was anything but generic. It was one of the first (if not the first) shooter set in a real life setting, as opposed to space or other worlds.

Since the developers of the first Call of Duty were a splinter group from those that developed Medal of Hono(u)r I'd say no, that's not true.

well now it pretty generic now considering how many sequals and copycats its had. These war shooters are everywhere.

 

[zelda2fanboy]

Halo 1. Not to say that that was bad game (I liked it), but it was just so bland. Halo 2 wasn't a better game (too short, truncated story, unnecessary alternate playable character), but it had some personality to it. Halo 1 was just color coded beings shooting guns in a vague tropical environment. And then on a space ship. And a temple. All the buildup to the first reveal of Master Chief was so anti climactic because his design was so meh. Hey, it's a space marine that looks like every other space marine ever. I remember thinking "This was a system seller?" I already had an xbox for GTA and KOTOR after years with my gamecube, so Halo was the next logical step. I guess the checkpoint system was innovative in some ways, but the regenerating health idea wasn't really fully thought out until the next game. Mapping grenades to its own button was new, but I didn't get why it was so exciting. Everything about it just reeked of Microsoft corporate blandness.

 

[mysecondlife]

Halo

Play one Halo game, you played enough.

Plus, I can't imagine the new trilogy being any different than the first 3.

If I think Halo is the most generic game now, I wonder what will happen if the next 3 comes out..

 

[diggy140892]

The new Warhammer 40,000 actually has the term "Space Marine" in the title.

Because Warhammer 40,000 was the first thing to ever introduce Space Marines. They are probably the most popular army in the Warhammer 40K universe.

 

[kingdomheartsguy44]

Duke Nukem Forever. Fills that category nicely.

How is this game generic exactly?! Id go as far as to say that its opposite genaric imo.
(unless your just comparing it to bulletstorm)

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

Having recently played the DNF demo, that, and Killzone. That game was just so freaking bland!

 

[ldbmikey86]

X-Squad.

 

[Hal10k]

The new Warhammer 40,000 actually has the term "Space Marine" in the title.

Warhammer 40k has had Space Marines since the 80s. If you look at them from a modern perspective, they actually seem like a deconstruction of the modern Space Marine trend.

 

[face_head_mouth]

My (at the time) 8-year-old cousin picked out the PS2 version of Ghost Rider at the local rental place and then made me play it so he could watch me.

Bland, non-interactive environments with the same couple of generic demons to fight over and over again using a fighting system ripped from both God of War and Devil May Cry, punctuated by motorcycle-riding stages that very quickly become frustrating due to plunging you into near total darkness at times.

The fighting system (having been ripped from a couple of much better games) and the comic book-style cutscenes make the game weirdly playable, but it's incredibly ordinary overall. Then again, most licensed games (especially superhero games or games based on cartoons) are probably just as unremarkable.

 

[mjc0961]

inFamous. Except I think a 5/10 is too generous for it because the climbing mechanics sucked, it lacked no real status/progress tracking screen, and the story is worse than most stories in third person shooters because unlike most that are just trying to give you enough of a context in which to shoot bad guys, inFamous was trying to tell a good story and failed miserable. Thus I feel it deserves to be knocked harder for doing such a poor job with one of its selling points.

Gears of War.

*Ducks*

Come on. Space Marines versus Aliens? Chest High Walls? Improbably muscled heros wearing space armour? Regenerating health? Brown filtered graphics?

Actually works really well as a spoof.

Um, unless I'm mistaken, GoW is what, you know... MADE CHEST HIGH WALLS POPULAR?

It is. And you can't really call Gears generic because a shitload of other games ripped off its innovation in hopes of making at least some of the money Gears did.

Also it's really clear how little Lusty knows about Gears beyond that fact. Gears of War is not "space marines VS aliens". The people on Sera live there, they are not fighting in space or on another planet and thus are not space marines. And the Locust are not aliens, they too are from Sera. So no space marines and no aliens means Gears is clearly not "space marines VS aliens". And of course this means that the characters in Gears are obviously not wearing space armor.

 

[kingdomheartsguy44]

Having recently played the DNF demo, that, and Killzone. That game was just so freaking bland!

Wait are we talking about gameplay or the game itself?

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I have to disagree with Killzone. The developers built up a really interesting backstory to the game, as featured here [http://killzone.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline].


The only problem is that it is completely absent from the game.

And I like KZ doing something different with the controls, as well as having really good AI.

 

[diggy140892]

inFamous. Except I think a 5/10 is too generous for it because the climbing mechanics sucked, it lacked no real status/progress tracking screen, and the story is worse than most stories in third person shooters because unlike most that are just trying to give you enough of a context in which to shoot bad guys, inFamous was trying to tell a good story and failed miserable. Thus I feel it deserves to be knocked harder for doing such a poor job with one of its selling points.

Gears of War.

*Ducks*

Come on. Space Marines versus Aliens? Chest High Walls? Improbably muscled heros wearing space armour? Regenerating health? Brown filtered graphics?

Actually works really well as a spoof.

Um, unless I'm mistaken, GoW is what, you know... MADE CHEST HIGH WALLS POPULAR?

It is. And you can't really call Gears generic because a shitload of other games ripped off its innovation in hopes of making at least some of the money Gears did.


Also it's really clear how little Lusty knows about Gears beyond that fact. Gears of War is not "space marines VS aliens". The people on Sera live there, they are not fighting in space or on another planet and thus are not space marines. And the Locust are not aliens, they too are from Sera. So no space marines and no aliens means Gears is clearly not "space marines VS aliens". And of course this means that the characters in Gears are obviously not wearing space armor.

You kinda sound like a bit of a Gears/xbox fanboy with that description. Yes Gears did popularise chest high walls etc. But they are impossibly muscled Space Marines wearing armor fighting aliens but just in a slightly diffeent context to what is in other generic sci fi shooter like Halo.

 

[Faux Furry]

Outside of the protagonist who looks like a female version of Kohaku from Inuyasha(she's dressed in a red version of the shorty kimono that he wears. The sandals are pretty much identical, as well.), Red Ninja:End of Honor looks like any other game set in Japan's feudal past only without any unique enemies to set it apart from Tenchu or Samurai Warriors or worthwhile gameplay gimmicks to bring to the stealth-action sub-genre beyond the kunai wire.

Singles:Flirt Up Your Life also does nothing to distinguish itself from other life simulation games outside of not pixelating what The Sims would have in similar circumstances. At least Space Colony is has RTS elements to it and it's set IN SPACE!