What popular games do you hate?

[Lunar Templar]

Halo: for being boring
God of War: for, well kratos being an asshole
Fallout: also boring
Elder Scrolls 4: never played to, watched some one else play and was bored
Diablo: never been able to get into it, thus 3 fills me with 'meh'
and apparently Guild Wars: >.> seriously, is NOT that good, its pretty, but dull over all

 

[krugerrand123]

Halo and final fantasy

 

[hawkeye52]

Deus Ex. Hated it, SO MUCH!

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Overcomplicated in MANY aspects (though it's a little more realistic, IT'S A FUCKING FANTASY GAME), mods wouldn't work for me (though I could probably get them to work just fine now, I haven't bothered to try. Maybe when I get bored of New Vegas).

That's... That's about it, I think.

You really wouldn't do well in Elder Scrolls 1-3 then because they kind of dumbed it down to make it more accessible and streamlined for #4. Although I still think Morrowind was the best entry in the series.

Anyways, I'd have to say The Final Fantasy franchise, Halo games after Halo 2, and The Fable sequels. I loved Fable to no end and in my opinion they did the sequels the opposite of justice. I honestly don't see how they get great reviews.

Fucking hell, that's AFTER simplification? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit, I'll never be able to get into these games. x_x

really... that was one of the most simple rpgs you can get aside from the ME series. try NWN2 or any other game that runs on the D&D engine

 

[dark-amon]

Halo-series. (I liked the first but only when playing with friends, back when playing with someone meant you where in the same room)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. (Again I liked the first one, but the second was overated.)
Transformers: War of Cybertron. (I do not get why anyone likes this game.)

 

[Goombuster]

I'm going to get a lot of shit thrown at me for this, but....


Half Life 2. It just wasn't my sort of thing.

 

[Baralak]

thought of 2 mroe to add to my list:

God of War series: I've tried 1 and 2. God these games are boring.

Devil May Cry series: Seriously, Dante is a boring character, and the combat's crap. Bayonetta was everything Devil May Cry wishes it was.

 

[J-dog42]

World of Warcraft. I cannot for the life of me see how there are 12 million people playing that rubbish.

 

[Legendary Alucard]

Halo Series...

 

[repeating integers]

the Halo series. every time a new one comes out there are SO many threads made about it on here that it has put me off.

Ohhhhohohohoh. You just wait, mate. You just wait till Half-Life 2 episode 3 comes out. I doubt there'll be a thread that isn't about it anywhere on this subforum.

i hadn't thought of that. don't expect to see much of me the week that comes out.

Heh, same. Unless I get bored and go a'trolling. Which I probably won't do because it'll get me on probation at least unless I'm very careful and very skilful.

*imagines that going onto HL2:EP3 thread and shouting "ZOMG HALO IS BETTER" would not be either of those and would probably earn the hatred of everyone else on the forum to boot*

Also, this thread is a testimony to the whole "haters gonna hate" thing. 90% of the entries are people saying Halo, CoD and Final Fantasy. Meaning the majority of the Escapist population doesn't like those games. So they're not popular, at least not around here. IRONY!

 

[Meestor Pickle]

I would have to say, CoD - for obvious reasons and Half-Life - I just never saw what made it unique

 

[MetaKnight19]

Probably Dragon Age : Origins. Perhaps 'hate' is too strong a word for my opinion on it, but I just found it fairly boring all-round.

 

[MrMixelPixel]

Let's get started...

I hate...

Halo, all of it: The multiplayer mode is decent. Everything else about the game is a pain. I have yet to play much of Halo Reach... which appears to have better storyline, and a lack of Master Chief. That's always good.

CoD, all of it: The story mode always bores me. The multiplayer mode is below average, (the only reason Halo's is decent is because I'm really good at it.) Knifing people is fun... I guess.

Sport Games: Because I'm a nerd and they bore me...

Assassin's Creed 1 & 2: I'll try to think of a rational for that later... -_-'

Borderlands: ^ See above reason.

Gears of War: The game is far too full of muscle men killing things and has no actual substance. I hate EVERY character in the game. This is only counting the first Gears of War, considering I was smart enough not to play any games related to it...

There is probably more, but that should suffice for now.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Halo, CoD, Final Fantasy.

I've played other games in the same genre as these that were miles better.

CoD < Halo < Team Fortress 2

Final Fantasy's old iterations are pants compared to Sweet Home and Mother 1.

Final Fantasy's SNES iterations are pants compared to EarthBound and there's probably more SNES RPG'S I have yet to try.

Final Fantasy's PS1 iterations are fairly meh anyway. FF8 being the worst offender, I cannot stand to play this game for more than an few hours, it puts me to sleep.

And the PS2 to next gen iterations? Just....bleh. I can't really find any other JRPGS on modern consoles. Blue Dragon was alright but nothing special but the PS2 and newer iterations of FF were just plain bad for me, I cannot stand them even if I can't find better examples for this category.

Every single time I've played a FF game I can think of a few games from the same era that were better and that I'd rather be playing.

 

[noble cookie]

Deus Ex. Hated it, SO MUCH!

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Overcomplicated in MANY aspects (though it's a little more realistic, IT'S A FUCKING FANTASY GAME), mods wouldn't work for me (though I could probably get them to work just fine now, I haven't bothered to try. Maybe when I get bored of New Vegas).

That's... That's about it, I think.

Oblivion? Overcomplicated?

Huh?

What is it about Oblivion that is complicated?
I agree i thought it kinda was when i first started but after about an hour you get to know everything.

 

[TheSEPH88]

Crysis, I thought that this was one of the most boring games I have ever played.

 

[bob-2000]

The Halo series because it was generic and dull, and all of the CoDs except for the 4th.

 

[FoolKiller]

World of Warcraft. I cannot for the life of me see how there are 12 million people playing that rubbish.

Seconded. And worst of all is they keep paying to play it.

 

[curty129]

Probably Dragon Age : Origins. Perhaps 'hate' is too strong a word for my opinion on it, but I just found it fairly boring all-round.

Are you going to get DA:O 2? I didn't like DA:O either, at all. I didn't even get to recruiting even two of the armies at the beginning.
But I still want DA:O 2, for some reason. It's a very appealing game.

What about Bioshock: did you play that? Did you like it? - I didn't, I'm just curious to see whether all Bioware games are similar.
Same goes for Mass Effect. - Except I played the second, and didn't like it for the same reasons as DA:O.

Edit: Totally forgot about the OP.
OT: Er. Wait, no. All of those games I just mentioned.

 

[Lopsided Weener]

For me it would have to be Diablo II, Warcraft 3, and Counter Strike: Source. I've just never been able to see what all the fuss is about.

 

[Drauden]

For me it has to be assassins creed 2. I just didn't like it. Or Transformers war for cybertron, or mario galaxly 2 for that matter. Whats your opinion?

Wha-- when did Transformers: War for Cybertron get popular?

As for me, it might not be a real game but I know so many people who play it that it has to be mentioned: Farmville.
Also, never been a fan of several traditional JRPGS; Final Fantasy, Golden Sun etc.