Most Boring Game You've Ever Played

[Justice4L]

I'm going to piss off some people by saying this but... BioShock.

Don't get me wrong, there is some aspects of the game that I love. I love the whole setting, the Art Deco style is beautiful, the story is good, if a bit shaky near the end. I pretty much like everything about the game except for one thing.

The gameplay. It's dull. I haven't played a shooter with such boring, unsatisfying combat as BioShock before in my life. There are no satisfying weapons to use (Save for the shotgun, but even then it's not very good) and almost no variety in enemy design. Plasmids really weren't fun to use either. I could almost get over that, as there isn't a huge amount of combat in the game at first, but after the big reveal, the game decides to up the ante by sending endless waves of splicers after you and it gets really, really boring.

I completely agree with Bioshock, also:

Borderlands or Borederlands (ehh? ehh?)

Team Fortress 2 (not enough hats )

Dead Island (the people being mauled by zombies were having more fun than me)

 

[JohnHunter]

Lord of the Rings Online, despite being a fan of The Lord of The Rings, bored me. WoW bored be as well, but for some reason LOTRO did it more. It did have awesome customization, and the graphics were slick, and the mythos was nice, but the gameplay wasn't anything special...

Also WoW was boring after the third time playing it. Here's hoping Guild Wars 2 is better.

 

[Raika]

*insert popular game here* is the most boring game of all time, it's so generic and repetitive and overrated and it sucks because it's popular. I know people will flame me but I DON'T CARE BECAUSE I'M A PERFECT FLOWER OF INDIVIDUALISM! BEHOLD MY NONCOMFORMIST WAYS, brb mom's taking me to Hot Topic

In all seriousness, the most boring game I've ever played is an adventure game called The Manhole that was released in 1996. It had an admirable aim, i.e. the only goal was to explore the world that the game showed you, but ultimately, it was rather blase across the board, with characters that felt more like animatronic theme park creatures than NPCs.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

Fable 2.

Dear god, did that game never pick up after you killed Thag. It felt like a sightseeing tour around Albion, with the occasional "Mash X/Y/B to win" QTE that masqueraded as a fight.

 

[Redweaver]

Finaly Fantasy X. It wasn't a game, it was a barely interactive movie set in a series of hallways with invisible walls.

I've yet to find an FPS that doesn't put me to sleep. I don't understand the popularity, but then, I also don't understand why some people like genital torture.

 

[Panorama]

Probably the second transformers game (i didn't own the first) i had a friend who knew i liked the transformers and that i likes games combined his to pieces of knowledge and got me that game for my birthday. I felt i had to finish it luckly there was no challenge or length to it but i only played it after i had a few drinks it was so horrible.

 

[SergeantAnt]

Crap. I really liked the idea of the game.

Idk i wouldnt let one random on the internet sway you into not getting it.

It's actually pretty solid. Watch some youtube reviews on it!
I mean it's nowhere NIER perfect(hehe) but i certainly enjoyed it. If your in the mood for a 3rd person hack n slash with VERY INTERESTING gameplay mechanics check it out. Yet it's not everyones cup of tea so i'd strongly suggest looking at zeitgeist(probably spelt wrong) review of it.
Actually i think even yahtzees review is pretty accurate on this one if i remember correctly.

It's not like its expensive now anyway

 

[TheDarkestDerp]

Kind of an oddity, this question, as many games I've found boring enough to just do any or all of the four items listed. Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was a great example, boring as watching paint dry so after several plays I just chucked it. Several Final Fantasy games hit that mark too, XIII being one of the best examples. That one was like watching a competition of which paint would dry first... ugh!

I guess the vote for Most Boring that I actually kept playing would be NIER. The storyline eventually got engaging enough to hold my attention, but you have to replay the whole thing four fucking times to get the full take. And parts of it, holy jumping fucking Cheez Whiz, boring enough to deaden pain at a dentists' office...

 

[putowtin]

I just read through this thread, and whilst there's alot of modern AAA that are terrible, there's some classicly bad games on this list that I'm suddenly compelled to re-play!
Wow I must be be really longing for the new November games if I'm thinking of going back and re-playing Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi!!!

 

[TheFPSisDead]

I can agree with Just Cause 2.... but really, more boring than that.


FFXIII <<<<<<< Piece. of. Shit.

 

[ABLb0y]

Have to say, I really didn't like Demon's Souls. It was impossible.

 

[jawakiller]

Sims.
Which one?
All of them.

I've played every big name "sim" out there (pretty much) and I can tell you that I'd rather play sim city 4 for a week than sit down and play sims 2 for a day. I mean, whats the point? I get that it's a "sim"ulator and that it's a sandbox game but there is absolutely no way to "win."

Sim city you can always have the satisfying thought of crushing the shit out of your 5 star city any time you want. Sims? You can't even make them kill each other. Now that'd be fun. Or if you can make them a raving alcoholic that beats their family. Maybe a serial killer. At least some strip clubs and hookers. But noooo, it's family friendly. Fuck you, Teen rating!!!

Oh, and I find do find Sim city boring. I'd just rather play that than sims.

*insert popular game here* is the most boring game of all time, it's so generic and repetitive and overrated and it sucks because it's popular. I know people will flame me but I DON'T CARE BECAUSE I'M A PERFECT FLOWER OF INDIVIDUALISM! BEHOLD MY NONCOMFORMIST WAYS, brb mom's taking me to Hot Topic.

I AM NOT ALONE O.O

No, seriously, that made my day. Everybody's like:
"I hate [insert game here] because it's blah, bla- yeah. I perfect, fuck off. Indie games rule!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=617lGZjYyNo

 

[Gammayun]

OK before i say anything else the i really like the multiplayer of bad company 2 but the damn single player campain is just so boring and the guns dont have the same satisfaction they do in multi. Its not bad just meh.

 

[kidwithxboxlive]

2 worlds. Do i win this?

 

[ryanthemadman]

hmm probably the force unleashed 1 & 2, viking battle for asgard, crackdown, or perhaps damnation lol

 

[laggyteabag]

GTA IV, i played the game for 2 hours and i got incredibly bored.
"Go here Niko" "Go there Niko" "Go out with this girl Niko and take her bowling" "Go buy some new clothes Niko" sigh...

 

[putowtin]

GTA IV, i played the game for 2 hours and i got incredibly bored.
"Go here Niko" "Go there Niko" "Go out with this girl Niko and take her bowling" "Go buy some new clothes Niko" sigh...

Part of the problem that I think most of us had with GTA IV was the fact that we'd all played previous GTA games, and had expected more of the same. Whilst the games engines were incredible they lost the fun that we all enjoyed. Let's face it most of us don't want to spent time with our reletives in real life, why would we in a game!

 

[TheTim]

Street Fighter 4, i just could not get into it at all and almost went crazy.

 

[Ghengis John]

Fable 3? Gta IV? Gears of war? Bioshock? Arc System Works Fighters? Civilization? You people are pampered babies who haven't even touched the crust of boredom, let alone sunk your teeth into it's mediocre filling.

Now this guy knows what he's talking about.

Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi.

And I got that game as a Christmas present....

Come back when you've played something that isn't a triple A title.

I would only play games that have been proven to be fun and worthy of coin.
Why waste time on any less?

Yes. That is why they are dominating this thread on the most boring games that you have ever played. Because their production values guarantee they will be fun and worthy of your coin.

Well played.

 

[putowtin]

Sims.
Which one?
All of them.

you've just reminded me of SimCity: Societies... wow nothing happens, I mean really nothing happens, even if your citizens don't like the city you build there's nothing they can do about it but complain for a day then get used to it. It's not like being an evil over lord, more the parent of a grotty teenager!