SirBryghtside said:
Ragsnstitches said:
Jesus. I sometimes feel like I'm the only one who enjoys gaming anymore. Every game named thus far I have enjoyed and I start to question what it is that people are/n't seeing that I am/am not seeing. 20~ years gaming and I have no more gripes within the industry then I had as a child... guess I'm not taking it seriously enough.
It's gotten to the point that I feel like I'm playing a completely different universes version of the games people bemoan about. "Different strokes for different folks" ain't helping either.
A mystery of life I guess.
Name a couple of games that you don't like, then, so we can compare. And you're not the only one who enjoys gaming, just one of the people who enjoys these games, which are loved by many and hated by some, who show up in this thread because
that's the point in the thread.
Chill. I'm not taking a dig at peoples opinions or personal tastes. I'm just set aback by the first 20 posters naming all (not all, but a lot of major ones) the games in the last 3-5 years that I particularly enjoyed. Also I don't actually think I'm the only one, that's a figure of speech.
My point is, when I see someone trash a game I enjoyed I start to wonder what it was that I missed. I know games have flaws, I'm not immune to glitches and bugs, nor am I tolerant to shoddy story telling/gameplay... but generally all the games mentioned thus far, for me, have some redeeming feature that, for me, kept it entertaining.
As for games I didn't enjoy? I can't say, I haven't bought a game that I couldn't get some fun out of. And I don't judge games I haven't played, even if I avoided it due to suspicions. For example: after CoD: World at War I never purchased another CoD game myself mainly due to the games not satisfying my SP needs, though it made up for it in MP. But I played both MW2 and Blops through a friend who owned them and I enjoyed what I did thoroughly, but never fancied purchasing it for my own leisure as it was still more of the same.
It was still fun, but being on a limited budget I will always try to get something relatively fresh... which CoD isn't at this stage.
Hype just isn't an issue for me. I have never got into a game and said "this isn't what I expected" in a negative way. I HAVE played games that I eventually grew board of. GTA IV for example. I got 20-25 hours out of it, I enjoyed the overall package despite flaws, but I got to a point where I wasn't interested in progressing the story and fun from dicking about was thinning. This happens in all games and 20+ hours is a good run for 20 euro (got it 2nd hand).
I suppose for a fair comparison we can talk about games I deliberately avoided.
*Assassin Creed sequels. The first one was very enjoyable and the story had some shining moments... but the future plot aspect was not doing it any favours and just the idea that I'm not the character I like but some other character I don't like sort of tarnished my interest in the plot... and consequently my desire to see the story through.
*Rage. The last game I owned made by iD was Quake 4, which I played through to the end and found a fun shooter game with a respectable if somewhat straightforward plot. Quake 4 had some flaws that, after playing Doom 3, made me suspect that iD weren't trying hard at changing things up. When I saw Rage I thought, looks like Doom3/Quake4 with shiny new graphics... turns out it is, which isn't bad, so I decided not to get it because I have had my fill with FPS's as of late and was saving for Arkham City.
*Resistance 1-3. I simply didn't like the aesthetics from the early previews. Though I have played the game/s and it is fun, I doubt I will get into the series this late into it as there are other games of the same nature that come out every so often.
*Super/Street Fighter 4. I love beat em' ups and I considered this one but I have preferences in Tekken and the Mortal Kombat series. I didn't look into it, didn't check reviews... eventually played it but because of my aforementioned preferences I could never get into it.
*Mortal Kombat (2011). I was skeptical after the critical fiasco that was MK vs DC. It was being released too close to Deus Ex HR's release so I didn't even consider it. Critically it seems worth the purchase and I did play the demo, but since then every 2nd month something worthwhile has been released since, so waiting for a bargain bin purchase if at all.
I'm aware what the subject of this thread is. I'm also aware I've seen it's sort before, this just so happens to be the one I decided to vocalise in. I respect differences in tastes and I'm more intrigued by such varied opinions then anything.
But just to give you an idea of what kind of person your dealing with:
I actually liked Deus Ex: Invisible War.
TL/DR:
I didn't mean offence, this is just the one topic of many that garnered a response from me.
Hype does not affect me as it does to others here. I never experienced a situation where a game completely disappointed me, aspects maybe but the overall package would be good. That said I usually only play 1 new game every 2-3 months so most purchases are well scrutinised before hand, meaning I go in with relatively reasonable expectations.
But I can understand how fans of FO 1+2 may not like it, but I just felt it was a brilliant and truly unique RPG experience!
