Most boring game you've ever played.
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Of course it's a exaggeration, sure Skyrim had a few special quests but that doesn't change the fact that Oblivion had a lot more. And in Skyrim's case, they mostly end up being generic kill quests anyway.SajuukKhar said:
That doesn't mean it's not fun, how else would I put over 300 hours in this game.
I need help.
I need help.
Anyway,to improve Skyrim I suggest every single quest in the next Skyrim DLC is a variation of Whodunit?, the best Elder Scrolls quest ever.
I cannot really think of a game really. I mean the closest series I can think as to be boring would be Pokemon, but that is mostly when I am level grinding.
Actually, I'm planning on having another go at it in the next couple weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to make it past Tatooine this time. I'm thinking I might try a more force-oriented build. My "theory" is that it might offer a bit more variety than watching the somewhat repetitive melee animations.silver wolf009 said:
Unfortunately I've had the ending spoiled for me but I still thought the story was great last time I played it anyway.
The NASCAR games. Or at least they are until I say fuck it, turn around, and try to wreck all of the other cars.(which, last time I checked, is impossible. there will always be one AI driver left)
I would also have to say Timespliters. Seriously. What the hell is the big deal about it?
I would also have to say Timespliters. Seriously. What the hell is the big deal about it?
I'd say that 75% of the games listed in this thread are games I like or totally love. But, I am a different person. I prefer the journey rather than the destination which is why I place Elder Scrolls games as well as the Fallout games in my highest echelon. The thrill for me comes from being sidetracked into another fortress, flawlessly executing a room full of baddies, or barely escaping with my life with a hefty bounty and a pocket full of stolen goods. The fun is in making my own fun. The quests are just the fat that marbles the meat. I imagine it would get chewy if its all you eat.
That said, the most boring game I have recently played has to be Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It's Skyrim with tunnel-vision. You cannot get sidetracked because there is really nothing to do or see anywhere where there is not a quest. Even when I tried to explore I often found my progress blocked by a quest I hadn't activated yet. But are the quests good? Only if you like fetch quests and kill x number of enemy quests. There are good ones but they are few and far between. Loot is pointless because nothing you find will ever match what you can craft. There is really nothing to buy, other than gear, so money is useless. Combat? I was a mage so it pretty much ended as soon as I casted meteor storm. Boring combat on the way to boring quests to advance the boring story. Most boring game I ever forced myself to finish. In retrospect, I can see why people dislike Skyrim, but at least you get back what you put in. Amalur had so little to give in the first place...
I would also like to submit most shooters post Halo. Not that Halo was at all bad, it just seemed to start the limited weapon choice and regenerative health fad that results in me using the only two good weapons in the game while I stare at a wall texture waiting for health to come back. I won't even get started on the railroad-y nature of most of them nowadays.
That said, the most boring game I have recently played has to be Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It's Skyrim with tunnel-vision. You cannot get sidetracked because there is really nothing to do or see anywhere where there is not a quest. Even when I tried to explore I often found my progress blocked by a quest I hadn't activated yet. But are the quests good? Only if you like fetch quests and kill x number of enemy quests. There are good ones but they are few and far between. Loot is pointless because nothing you find will ever match what you can craft. There is really nothing to buy, other than gear, so money is useless. Combat? I was a mage so it pretty much ended as soon as I casted meteor storm. Boring combat on the way to boring quests to advance the boring story. Most boring game I ever forced myself to finish. In retrospect, I can see why people dislike Skyrim, but at least you get back what you put in. Amalur had so little to give in the first place...
I would also like to submit most shooters post Halo. Not that Halo was at all bad, it just seemed to start the limited weapon choice and regenerative health fad that results in me using the only two good weapons in the game while I stare at a wall texture waiting for health to come back. I won't even get started on the railroad-y nature of most of them nowadays.
Played that on the ZX Spectrum. Figured out what was going on, did the driving bit, positioned my guys, caught a few ghosts, fought the Marshmallow Man, got to Zuul. Still didn't really care much. Spent most of the time moving the logo around trying to drive it through every street and cover the whole map with dots before going after the next building.NightowlM said:
Yeah.
Final Fantasy XIII, Amy and John Deere Drive Green. Then again in John Deere Drive Green you can drive on water like some kind of culchie Jesus.
Any Final Fantasy game, even Dirge of Cerberus. I just find them about as compelling as having to eat sand, when I'm not hungry. I just find everything boring and tedious about them, from the overdone characters to the predictable story... And the worst part is the gameplay, I could get over the rest but the gameplay puts me to sleep.
Unmodded Skyrim. There is pretty much nothing entertaining about it other than the Trailer.
Dragon Age 2. Somehow it had less engaging combat then the first, with the added bonus of me having to get one of those woodpecker things to keep hitting my left mouse button so I'd keep attacking.
Any CoD game I've played. I don't do multiplayer, I find it more boring than Single Player. CoD managed to make single player bland by making it fully linear and filling it with set pieces.
I could go on and list a ton of extra games, but that'd be unfair on them as I generally enjoyed them on my first playthrough, then got bored of them later. These buggers... Bored soon as I started, bored as I ended, and in between was just bleh.
Dragon Age 2. Somehow it had less engaging combat then the first, with the added bonus of me having to get one of those woodpecker things to keep hitting my left mouse button so I'd keep attacking.
Any CoD game I've played. I don't do multiplayer, I find it more boring than Single Player. CoD managed to make single player bland by making it fully linear and filling it with set pieces.
I could go on and list a ton of extra games, but that'd be unfair on them as I generally enjoyed them on my first playthrough, then got bored of them later. These buggers... Bored soon as I started, bored as I ended, and in between was just bleh.
Crackdown.
generic combat, somewhat boring city, frustrating driving mechanics, glanced-over story, and that disembodied voice that won't shut up for at least 10 seconds.
Also, Eternal Sonata, a JRPG with great atmosphere that fails to compensate for dull or nonsensical characters, cutscenes that drag on with arbitrary and irrelevant existential stuff, repetitive combat, did I mention dull or nonsensical characters?
generic combat, somewhat boring city, frustrating driving mechanics, glanced-over story, and that disembodied voice that won't shut up for at least 10 seconds.
Also, Eternal Sonata, a JRPG with great atmosphere that fails to compensate for dull or nonsensical characters, cutscenes that drag on with arbitrary and irrelevant existential stuff, repetitive combat, did I mention dull or nonsensical characters?
The majority of MGS 4 probably. I love the game when it lets you actually play it, but pretty much everything after the first two acts is just...boring.
Had to check my achievements list for the title...
Kingdom under Fire: Circle of Doom. The only game I ever quit because it was so dull within a day. At least I gave Oblivion 50 hours and a bug before I quit.
I despise Hack and slash games, but the lack of a comprehensible story was the final nail in the coffin.
Kingdom under Fire: Circle of Doom. The only game I ever quit because it was so dull within a day. At least I gave Oblivion 50 hours and a bug before I quit.
I despise Hack and slash games, but the lack of a comprehensible story was the final nail in the coffin.
Terminator Salvation the video game.....
This has got to be the worst video game I've ever played in my entire life.
Literally boring as fuck and so much on rails it makes BLOPS 2 look like a great game.
This has got to be the worst video game I've ever played in my entire life.
Literally boring as fuck and so much on rails it makes BLOPS 2 look like a great game.
I was going to post this as well. Gave up playing it after an hour of boring combat in randomly generated maps without any story context to fuel the experience after the first five minutes.CleverCover said:
Really disappointing given that I actually loved kingdom under fire on the original xbox. It was a strategy game in which you could directly take control of your leader joining in the battles.
I second dungeon siege 3. it ran well, that's all i could say for it.
Another diablo-like - path of exile. Really like the leveling up system, nice and different, and how you obtain abilities, but the gameplay is mind numbingly easy (it might get harder at some point later on, but it takes far too long to get there if it does).
final fantasy and similar grindy rpg's, though i loved final fantasy tactics, one of my favorites even, and managed to make it like halfway through ffxii before i got bored. Yet people keep convincing me that *this time it'll be different, you'll like this one*, hehe.
I actually like the bethesda games (though i heavily mod them). If ya tried but didn't like oblivion, try it w/fcom convergence (have some patience in installing it though, its a pain to get it going) + whatever other mods catch your eye (the trick is to only get mods that up the difficulty, don't get anything that makes you superman or you'll get bored after 5 minutes, even if it looks flashy and cool). If fcom is too much because of the installation process, then oscuro's oblivion overhaul instead (double click to install). they both have youtube trailers to explain what they do (fcom include's oscuro's and other overhauls and makes them compatible).
Another diablo-like - path of exile. Really like the leveling up system, nice and different, and how you obtain abilities, but the gameplay is mind numbingly easy (it might get harder at some point later on, but it takes far too long to get there if it does).
final fantasy and similar grindy rpg's, though i loved final fantasy tactics, one of my favorites even, and managed to make it like halfway through ffxii before i got bored. Yet people keep convincing me that *this time it'll be different, you'll like this one*, hehe.
I actually like the bethesda games (though i heavily mod them). If ya tried but didn't like oblivion, try it w/fcom convergence (have some patience in installing it though, its a pain to get it going) + whatever other mods catch your eye (the trick is to only get mods that up the difficulty, don't get anything that makes you superman or you'll get bored after 5 minutes, even if it looks flashy and cool). If fcom is too much because of the installation process, then oscuro's oblivion overhaul instead (double click to install). they both have youtube trailers to explain what they do (fcom include's oscuro's and other overhauls and makes them compatible).
Assassin's Creed 3. It's a good game overall don't get me wrong but it doesn't live up to the series. This is the most recent boring game. Calling one game the most boring is a bit difficult for me.
The reason why I'm calling it boring is because I love the previous Ass Creeds for allowing me a certain sense of liberty. I could come up with different clever ways of killing the target. A lot of the stuff that I can do feels like mini games or fluffs, which would be okay if it didn't take away from the core experience. If anyone here has watched Yahtzee's review on the game will get an idea of what I'm going on about.
This really pissed me off since I enjoyed some of the newer mechanics like countering two opponents at the same time, the rope dart is awesome on the ground or not and I think that it's probably one of the best tools in the game. One of my newest favorites is the corner assassination. I wish there was more stuff that made me use those new methods of killing my targets. The ship fighting was actually fun as well
It's an overall good game but why do I feel like it's a chore to go through most of everything that it has to offer.
The reason why I'm calling it boring is because I love the previous Ass Creeds for allowing me a certain sense of liberty. I could come up with different clever ways of killing the target. A lot of the stuff that I can do feels like mini games or fluffs, which would be okay if it didn't take away from the core experience. If anyone here has watched Yahtzee's review on the game will get an idea of what I'm going on about.
This really pissed me off since I enjoyed some of the newer mechanics like countering two opponents at the same time, the rope dart is awesome on the ground or not and I think that it's probably one of the best tools in the game. One of my newest favorites is the corner assassination. I wish there was more stuff that made me use those new methods of killing my targets. The ship fighting was actually fun as well
It's an overall good game but why do I feel like it's a chore to go through most of everything that it has to offer.