Gears of War. Nothing at all interested me from start to finish, but it was never offensively bad.
Most MEDIOCRE Game You've Ever Played
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Skyrim for me. I wanted to love the game I really, really did but as I played my investment in my character (yes, only one character) slowly depleted. The main quest came and went in an instant and the secondary quest (you know: that whole civil war thing) was non-existent...even while I was on those quests they didn't seem to matter. It wasn't a bad game and I loved Malog Bal's quest. The thing is that was the only really memorable quest for me.
Coming from a fan of the TES series, I feel ya. The game is much shallower than the previous, and there is much less content.Shoggoth2588 said:
I still find myself playing from time to time, though. Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood and College are nice quests. And sometimes I just fire it up, make a wood elf archer, and go sightseeing/hunting. I got so good with the bow I take running enemies at 50 paces.
I think I have to go with Brink. Really,there's nothing about that game left in my memory. It was all over OK, nothing special, nothing to make me love it, nothing to make me hate it. I'd say it's incredible that a game doesn't manage to make me feel anything. Not joy, not pleassure, no boredom, no hate. Simply amazing.
But CoD is the very definition of Mediocrity. If we're judging the games on their own merits, they are functional shooter with competent execution but are also overwhelmingly bland. A "military plot for dummies" approach for a story, cookie cutter characters, uninspiring combat and anything that deviates from it's standard shooting gallery gameplay, feels forced or disjointed from the actual game.IPunchWithMyFists said:
Nothing aggravates me in CoD, it's just nothing makes it a notable experience. It's decidedly meh.
To drive that point home, looking back on all the CoDs I've played, nothing distinguishes them from each other... apart from thematic differences (WW2 vs Modern Warfare)... and I literally can't tell you what happens in which game... it all seems like one big blob of the same thing.
Blur. It feels like the less fun offspring of Mario Kart and Burnout Revenge (I loved Burnout Revenge).
Dungeon Siege III. Nothing particularly wrong with it, nothing particularly great either, doesn't really do anything new with the standard fantasy set-up. I enjoy it well enough in small doses whenever I remember it exists and can be bothered to play it, but there are many other games I'd pick over it if I have a bit of free time.
Assassin's Creed. I bought it because the idea of climbing huge buildings and assassinating people in an open world would be fun and it was. Then I got bored, but was still able to work myself through it. Played 2 afterwards, same story.
Skyrim. It doesn't really have anything to go for it other than having tons of generic places to explore. Forced myself to play through the main quest again, but I can't say I particularly liked or disliked it.
Skyrim. It doesn't really have anything to go for it other than having tons of generic places to explore. Forced myself to play through the main quest again, but I can't say I particularly liked or disliked it.
dang..some of you seem to have some very high standards, or are listing games from genre's that you don't care for.
mediocre?
probably would say transformers war for cybertron
it just...nothing really memorable about it. besides transformers at least
mediocre?
probably would say transformers war for cybertron
it just...nothing really memorable about it. besides transformers at least
Final Fantasy 13. Really was mediocre, i did finish it though because I payed 60 euros for it, but still. It's a game i played because I had nothing else to do.
Dante's Inferno i did enjoy. Only the first half though, because the level designs were well made I think. Second half was just a bunch of meh. It was such a shame.
Dante's Inferno i did enjoy. Only the first half though, because the level designs were well made I think. Second half was just a bunch of meh. It was such a shame.
I'm very good at avoiding games I won't love. The most "meh" I've felt while playing a game has been probably RealMyst, because it's so incredibly unstable.
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion. It just gets remarkably dull after about level 20 or so. The reason being that there isn't a whole lot of incentive to do anything past that point. You could complete an extremely difficult quest, and at best the quest giver says "Well done, here's 50 gold." Devil May Cry 2, and Xenosaga Episode 2 are close seconds.
Tenchu Z. It had a fluid fun, updated stealth engine sure. But the rest just felt soooo lazy.
Five levels reused over and over again. Same characters to kill only thing that stopped them from being the same character was that the color of their clothes changed, and the game actually penalizes you for being stealthful.
One would think you would get a superb rank for sneaking past every guard and slitting the throat of your target and leaving his henchmen to find his body the next morning bewildered and shamed that they never heard a sound; but nope you didn't kill everyone so you fail.
Five levels reused over and over again. Same characters to kill only thing that stopped them from being the same character was that the color of their clothes changed, and the game actually penalizes you for being stealthful.
One would think you would get a superb rank for sneaking past every guard and slitting the throat of your target and leaving his henchmen to find his body the next morning bewildered and shamed that they never heard a sound; but nope you didn't kill everyone so you fail.