Most Bland game ever.

[Juk3n]

CoD isn't generic, it's the benchmark. As made evident by the fact that BF3 it's closest living rival (albeit yet to be released) looked and felt JUST like a CoD campaign in that 12 minute video - with destruction as its selling point to CoDs 'fast paced action' as its own.

CoD4 is the benchmark everything after is generic.

 

[Juk3n]

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[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Saints Row. Its a shameless rip off of GTA.
However, what makes it special is that its a SELF AWARE shameless ripoff of GTA with one hell of a sense of humor.
From what I've heard: DNF.
Homefront doesn't seem like it does anything new.
MW2, for sure.

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?

yeah i was wondering this same thing, sure the story isn't anything super special but the gameplay style/chest high walls were made popular by it..

(and for consoles at least) its horde mode in GoW2 made that spearhead into halo/etc...

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Um... WTF, people? TC asked for generic, bland, uninspired games, not "games you didn't like." Therefore games like Mass Effect, Timesplitters, Street Fighter, Portal (troll!), these are not the kinds of games that fit such a description.

ANY modern-day shooter. This includes all C.O.D. games, Medal of Honour, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, etc, etc.

Same weapons/gadgets,
same, generic military dialogue,
same story(Government Conspiracies+Stop the Terrorists/Russians),
same brown, boring, unimaginative environments.

In my opinion, the entire modern-day shooter genre needs to die.

So, any attempt at realism in the shooter genre is anathema? I mean, I can understand not wanting to play these kinds of games (I understand perfectly), but criticizing the effort to employ realistic weapons, realistic dialogue, realistic environments, realistic conflicts, etc... is kinda missing the point.

You might as well condemn the entire racing genre too for the same reason. "Same car, same aftermarket parts, same gear ratios, same physics... and on fucking Nürburgring AGAIN? What an uninspired and shitty game!"

Again, you're entirely welcome to your opinion of the genre (shooters, racers, etc.), but that particular kind of criticism (sameness of weapons, terminology, conflicts, etc.) isn't all that fair.

On topic: Is the latest Dynasty Warriors too obvious of a nominee?

within its own series i would agree to dynasty warriors, although i have a deep crush on the gundam version of the games =\

 

[SammiYin]

Dragon age;
I love fantasy
And it's dark!
What's this? An evil dark army of black orc / skeleton things, cool!
I get to be what? A jed- I mean whatever super special organisation Bioware thought up this time? Cool!
There's elves? and they live in the forest? and they like using bows?
Werewolves?!!

That's about as far as I got. That generic piece of shit bored me silly.
Seriously, Bioware have been making KOTOR [never played anything earlier by them, I can guess the formula though] blander with each game, just in slightly different settings.

Hit me.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

Aside from every lever being almost the same. Sneak for a bit, then cover based shooting, if your lucky we may let you drive one of the 3 different car that all feel the same, btw something is completly wrong with the driving if a tow truck and an Aston Martin handle the same and are very similar in terms of speed.

The game looks pretty bland, the voice acting is pretty bland (which is sad that they used actual actors), the story was BLAND, I actually beat the game and didn't know what it was about, and I watched all the cutscenes, I guess they bored my subconscience.

Also what other 007 games have you played?

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Blacksite Area 51
Aliens
Hench American One Man Army's
Randomly killing Iraqis
The whole 9 (overused) Yards

(But Admittedly I kinda enjoyed it xD)

I forgot Area 51, don't forget the inspiring collection of weapons, Assault Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Pistol, and Rocket Launcher.

Oh yeah and the and the benchmark level design! of
Desert Environment
Urban Environment
Desert Terrain with Urban Surroundings

And the cast was amazing, who can forget Muscley Guy, Commander Guy, Scientist Guy, or was it Scientist Lady? He/She was such a deep and thought provoking charecter I forgot his/her gender. And there was probably another guy, but I honestly can't recall.

Oh god yes!
Also The vast and expansive Enemy horde consisting of Little Scurrying bastards who attack in pack.
The medium sized ones that require 5 or 6 Rounds and a biff on the nose.
The Big Bastards that can only be killed with a Special weapon (which apparently any old random solider can authorise the use of)
And the Cybernetic clone soldiers that go insane and murder everything.
SUCH POETRY!

What else can we rag on? Um... did the game have any music? If it did it probably wasn't very good.

 

[Nocta-Aeterna]

Holy snipping hedge trimmers, Batman!

A round of applaus to mr. Vrex 360.

OT. No mention of Captain Bland's Monotonous Adventure?

 

[Weslebear]

Farcry 2 and Half Life 2, for me personally.

I have put about 10 hours into each and not for more than 10 minutes with either did I have any fun whatsoever sure some people may love them but there was so little there to make me come back to playing them I just never did after that.

 

[Active Schizophrenic]

Time Splitters or Unreal Tournament

excuse me son? timesplitters is a game were you travel to different time periods and kill things while meeting your future and past selves. and there is ninja monkeys. HOW IS THAT GENERIC!!!???

Because, from my experience with time splitters, all you do is run around in small arenas killing people, monkeys, and robots. And you do this with weapons that are barely above COD as far as creativity goes.

so a gun that shoots syringes at your enemies until they explode is COD level weaponry?

 

[Active Schizophrenic]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

um.. goldeneye?

 

[Crazycat690]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

Aside from every lever being almost the same. Sneak for a bit, then cover based shooting, if your lucky we may let you drive one of the 3 different car that all feel the same, btw something is completly wrong with the driving if a tow truck and an Aston Martin handle the same and are very similar in terms of speed.

The game looks pretty bland, the voice acting is pretty bland (which is sad that they used actual actors), the story was BLAND, I actually beat the game and didn't know what it was about, and I watched all the cutscenes, I guess they bored my subconscience.

Also what other 007 games have you played?

I suppose it wouldn't help my case if I admitted Blood Stone is indeed the only 007 game out there? :/ But c'mon, there are surely worse and more bland games out there? Even in the stealth genre, Vampire Rain ring any bells? Hell, I'd even say SC Conviction is worse than Blood Stone, IMO Blood Stone had good atmosphere and the gameplay was enjoyable, sure the story was a bit weak, pretty classic "chemical weapon threat" but still... Also I'm not saying it's a great game I'm just saying you could do worse ._. yes?

 

[LarenzoAOG]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

Aside from every lever being almost the same. Sneak for a bit, then cover based shooting, if your lucky we may let you drive one of the 3 different car that all feel the same, btw something is completly wrong with the driving if a tow truck and an Aston Martin handle the same and are very similar in terms of speed.

The game looks pretty bland, the voice acting is pretty bland (which is sad that they used actual actors), the story was BLAND, I actually beat the game and didn't know what it was about, and I watched all the cutscenes, I guess they bored my subconscience.

Also what other 007 games have you played?

I suppose it wouldn't help my case if I admitted Blood Stone is indeed the only 007 game out there? :/ But c'mon, there are surely worse and more bland games out there? Even in the stealth genre, Vampire Rain ring any bells? Hell, I'd even say SC Conviction is worse than Blood Stone, IMO Blood Stone had good atmosphere and the gameplay was enjoyable, sure the story was a bit weak, pretty classic "chemical weapon threat" but still... Also I'm not saying it's a great game I'm just saying you could do worse ._. yes?

You could do worse, but Blood Stone is IMO the worst James Bond game I've ever played, but thats comparative, you need to play some of the better 007 games to appreciate how boring Blood Stone is, also IMO SC Conviction is a very good game.

 

[Crazycat690]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

Aside from every lever being almost the same. Sneak for a bit, then cover based shooting, if your lucky we may let you drive one of the 3 different car that all feel the same, btw something is completly wrong with the driving if a tow truck and an Aston Martin handle the same and are very similar in terms of speed.

The game looks pretty bland, the voice acting is pretty bland (which is sad that they used actual actors), the story was BLAND, I actually beat the game and didn't know what it was about, and I watched all the cutscenes, I guess they bored my subconscience.

Also what other 007 games have you played?

I suppose it wouldn't help my case if I admitted Blood Stone is indeed the only 007 game out there? :/ But c'mon, there are surely worse and more bland games out there? Even in the stealth genre, Vampire Rain ring any bells? Hell, I'd even say SC Conviction is worse than Blood Stone, IMO Blood Stone had good atmosphere and the gameplay was enjoyable, sure the story was a bit weak, pretty classic "chemical weapon threat" but still... Also I'm not saying it's a great game I'm just saying you could do worse ._. yes?

You could do worse, but Blood Stone is IMO the worst James Bond game I've ever played, but thats comparative, you need to play some of the better 007 games to appreciate how boring Blood Stone is, also IMO SC Conviction is a very good game.

Well each to their own right?

 

[LarenzoAOG]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

Aside from every lever being almost the same. Sneak for a bit, then cover based shooting, if your lucky we may let you drive one of the 3 different car that all feel the same, btw something is completly wrong with the driving if a tow truck and an Aston Martin handle the same and are very similar in terms of speed.

The game looks pretty bland, the voice acting is pretty bland (which is sad that they used actual actors), the story was BLAND, I actually beat the game and didn't know what it was about, and I watched all the cutscenes, I guess they bored my subconscience.

Also what other 007 games have you played?

I suppose it wouldn't help my case if I admitted Blood Stone is indeed the only 007 game out there? :/ But c'mon, there are surely worse and more bland games out there? Even in the stealth genre, Vampire Rain ring any bells? Hell, I'd even say SC Conviction is worse than Blood Stone, IMO Blood Stone had good atmosphere and the gameplay was enjoyable, sure the story was a bit weak, pretty classic "chemical weapon threat" but still... Also I'm not saying it's a great game I'm just saying you could do worse ._. yes?

You could do worse, but Blood Stone is IMO the worst James Bond game I've ever played, but thats comparative, you need to play some of the better 007 games to appreciate how boring Blood Stone is, also IMO SC Conviction is a very good game.

Well each to their own right?

Indeed, but I stress that you should play some more 007 games as they are mostly quite fun.

 

[putowtin]

any C.O.D / M.O.H

played one played em all!

 

[loc978]

You might as well condemn the entire racing genre too for the same reason. "Same car, same aftermarket parts, same gear ratios, same physics... and on fucking Nürburgring AGAIN? What an uninspired and shitty game!"

Actually, there's a fair criticism in there... Same car, same aftermarket parts. The only game that ever got it even close to correct was Motor City Online... and they never corrected the bugs in their system.

So yeah, I'd say it's fair to call Gran Turismo 5 a generic racing game... but I still love it for sheer scope.

 

[Puzzlenaut]

the Killzone franchise. Absolutely nothing makes it stand out from the rest.

Killzone. There is nothing. Literally NOTHING that makes it in any way interesting at all on any level. It is the single blandest, most boring game that is only popular because it is an exclusive. It isn't bad, per se, just utterly unoriginal in every possible way.

Not really - it was one of the first FPS games to have a working cover system and one of the first to have a real weight system that felt like it meant something on its guns. It's most certainly not what I'd call "original", but it isn't entirely lacking in that department.

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.

I have to call you out on this one. Killswitch supposedly did the cover system thing first, but Gears of War did it well. It might have been a brown bro-shooter, but in 2006 it did something most brown bro-shooters didn't, and that was do something different with its material. It was the game that really made shooting from cover interesting and fun.

EDIT: I also find your use of the word "duck" fairly ironic, considering the game you chose to mention.

Fear 3. Play it, and you'll know why.

For campaign, maybe, but the multiplayer is at least different.

I quoted all of you to point out that all of these at least did something different, Gears of War especially so. They're not shining examples of originality, but they're not completely devoid of anything new.

As for me? My vote goes toward...uh...

Uncharted. Surprise! I know someone's going to call me out on this, and it's not a bad game, but it doesn't really do anything for me. The entire game should be right up my alley but when I play it I don't have any fun, I don't get frustrated, I'm just going through the right actions. I can't find anything unique about it, just a mishmash of a bunch of different genres that doesn't master anything except how to make the most generic Hollywood character possible. This is a real shame for me to say because Naughty Dog made the second best trilogy on the PS2 (Jak and Daxter) and the best one on the PS1 (Crash Bandicoot).

Yeah, from the creators of games as incredible as Crash Bandicoot and Jak+Daxter, Uncharted sure was a let down. Its pretty and all, but when it comes down to it it can be summed up by this equation:

Tomb Raider - boobs - fun/zany things = uncharted

and that was one of my main problems with it -- I just didn't find it very... fun. It seemed lacking in a sense of humour and overly serious but in the worst kind of way.

 

[King Toasty]

Uncharted. Generic plot, bland gameplay. Only the set pieces were OK.
Seriously, how did this game win so many awards? It's Indiana Jones minus Harrison Ford, with waves and waves of pirates/mercenaries/zombies. Lame.

Edit: Ninja'd. Glad to see someone agrees with me.

 

[Gasaraki]

Probably Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days. But I like it.

I actually thought that it was one of the more original shooters that have come out recently. Yes, it was all gritty and dark. But it did it well. Plus it had a very large focus on atmosphere, which was absolutely great. Not to mention the camcorder style.