Silly reasons for not playing a game

[Squidden]

"It's a tie in to a movie/TV series."

Never opened that King Kong game, never will.

That game was actually really good. I hate all movie games except that one.

I usually won't play a game if the protagonist is female. It just feels weird when I am playing a female for some reason.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I'm not going to play The 3rd Birthday for this very reason:

The 3rd Birthday, the third game in the Parasite Eve series, has had its plot tweaked to include a scene where lead character Aya Brea takes a shower, following overwhelming pressure from fans to include one.

The demands for a shower scene aren't completely random, as the last Parasite Eve game, Parasite Eve 2 had a short cinematic where Aya showered in her motel room after a long drive through the desert. When asked on Twitter back in August about whether The 3rd Birthday would include a similar scene, director Hajime Tabata said that it wouldn't, because there wasn't anywhere in the game for such a scene to go.

But motivated by countless tweets from fans, Tabata managed to find - or make - a place for a shower scene to go, even tweeting a still from it on the game's official Twitter [http://twitter.com/#!/3rd_birthday/status/12921625389305856 ] feed.

Post from here (for those who havent seen): http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.250088-New-Parasite-Eve-Has-Plot-Tweaked-to-Include-Shower-Scene-Fanservice

 

[KefkaCultist]

Well theres people that wont play a game because a character has a different sexuallatiy (note: I am not of that group)

I can't really think of silly reasons for not playing a game since I'll try any game once then tell you how I like it, hell I tried NHL 10 even though I abhor sports games and actually liked it

Different sexuality? Are there even any games with an openly homosexual protagonist? I can't think of a single one.

Well in Persona 4 the character Kanji's sexuality is ambiguous. It never flat out says that he is gay or bisexual in the English version of the game but his story pretty strongly suggests it, but the developer has said that Kanji is gay

I link you the latest Extra Credits if you want to know more
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/2520-Sexual-Diversity

 

[unit342]

Well, usually I think to myself stuff like ''should I really play this game right now? I mean, I still have to leave in one hour, and in one hour I would barely be able to get where I want to be. Nah, I will just play it later''
The worst thing is that this happens almost every time I want to play a game I like. Thanks to that I end up playing some irritating online game at a cheap website.
That's my excuse...

 

[Nocturnal Gentleman]

I refuse to play any game that requires frequent stealth missions. Even if the game is pretty good stealth missions tend to piss me off.

 

[Father Tunde]

World of Warcraft; I'm terrified I'll like it, get addicted to it, and have my life eaten away.

 

[RobotNinja]

I refuse to play Halo and CoD because they're so popular. I know its silly, but that's just the way I am.

 

[zombiesinc]

When people refuse to play games that are popular or mainstream for only that reason...

 

[kouriichi]

The Main Character.

I dont care how great the story is, how beautiful the graphics are, or how will the combat system is done. If the main character ((Being Lightning from FF13)) is a total b*tch, i dont want to play the game.

Same with the campaign in MW2. RAMIREZ! RAMIREZ!!! MOTHER******* RAMIREZ!
Hes just a complete pushover who gets no thanks for doing something that takes 30 soilders alone! I wanted to skip every mission that i had to play as him! Infact, i made one of my friends play one of the missions for me because i hate being walked over so much.

 

[ZeroAE]

Want to start playing Dragon Quest IX until I made the videos I want.
I never have time to do them or I am just lazy.

 

[Yopaz]

Everybody else bought it. Modern warfare 2. I never bought that game for the reason everyone bought it. Now that's a silly reason.

Games that require teamwork. Games that makes teamwork a great way to enjoy it (such as tales of Vesperia) is great, any game that is carried by it such as most MMO's where you need to be in a group to fit in (Guild Wars) is horrible. Unless I'm good at the game I can't work with anyone and I can't get good at the game for that reason...

Games that require that I give a damn. Seriously, morality and all that. It doesn't make me more attached to the virtual me on the screen.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I can't think of one. Really, I just can't.

I don't want to play Bayonetta because I don't like the music.

That doesn't sound like a silly reason to me. Music, and sound in general, is a big factor in setting the tone of a game and helps create the atmosphere. Halo for example, if you ask me, was changed from being a smooth but otherwise not very special Doom-ish (yes, I said it, it's a lot closer to that than the rain of CoD-like games) shooter to an epic battle against superior forces mostly thanks to it's outstanding music.

And a game could be brought down for the same reason.

"It's a tie in to a movie/TV series."

Never opened that King Kong game, never will.

Silly indeed because that game is damn good.

There are plenty of good movie tie-ins out there. GoldenEye, several Star Wars games, some Spiderman ones, the latest King Kong one. It's mostly those tie-ins from kid-oriented movies, Shrek and Kungfu Panda and so on, that are cheaply made shovelware.

I refuse to play Halo and CoD because they're so popular. I know its silly, but that's just the way I am.

I never got that explanation, "it's just the way I am." It's not like people are set in stone or anything, can't change or learn.

 

[WINDOWCLEAN2]

COD: Black Ops.....Because it is NOT Call of Duty 7. They are Liars.

 

[RanD00M]

I won't play MGS4 because I'm not willing to play MGS2 and 3, because they are on the PS2.

But haven't I read that you enjoy the Persona games. They're on the PS2.

OT: I give all games a chance. There has never been an incident where I didn't want to play a game for something petty.

 

[blackflare]

mine would be halo reach bought it the day it came out havent played it since it is still sealed



also my friend hates fallout because you start as a baby for like 1 minute. he loves new vegas though

 

[CobraX]

I'm putting off Beating Black Ops, Mass Effect 2, AC:Brotherhood, and Alan Wake because I want to wait until I feel like paying attention to the story.

That's Pretty Damn Stupid, I should just pop them in and enjoy them, but nooooo.....

 

[dogmachines]

The worst excuses I have heard is a tie between "It's too old/bad graphics" and "It's not realistic". Response to number 1: There is a lot more to a game them graphics. Response to number 2: It's a VIDEO GAME. It gets all the more maddening when people say that CoD is realistic in the same sentence. Recharging health, tiny recoil, and mounds of ammo are NOT realistic. /rant

 

[Archangel768]

my brother didn't play Metal Gear Solid 4 (I do not need to explain how well received this game was do I?) because it was "that's the game that install right?"..............

 

[PhunkyPhazon]

I'm putting off Beating Black Ops, Mass Effect 2, AC:Brotherhood, and Alan Wake because I want to wait until I feel like paying attention to the story.

That's Pretty Damn Stupid, I should just pop them in and enjoy them, but nooooo.....

Actually, I can understand this one quite well. Playing too many games at once while still trying to be involved in the stories has backfired on me before. I'll get hooked on one game while in the middle of another, and then once I finish that and decide to go back to the other game, I start over because I feel disconnected.

 

[Super Toast]

"It's a tie in to a movie/TV series."

Never opened that King Kong game, never will.

That's a shame. King Kong is actually one of the good ones.