Another chance to have a dig at a popular title that you, personally, didn't enjoy. Cool.
Nah, I'm sure it's happened to everybody at some point. For me it was more of a thing in former generations. These days we have t'internet and YouTube and Twitch, and you can usually get a reasonable impression of a game before buying. In yonder days we had a bunch of magazines and the occasional demo disc. You could be forgiven for thinking a game was for you when it wasn't.
The one that springs to mind for me, and this may upset a few people, is
Shenmue. This is a game that, quite literally, forces you to go out and
get a job. I saw all the screenshots and artwork, and thought this was some sort of kung-fu/brawler type game. I wasn't expecting to have to turn up for daily work as a forklift truck driver:
Ultimately it's a collection of mini-games woven into a fabric of flashy cut-scenes and graphics. I'm all about gameplay, so if I knew that I would've stayed clear. These days I'm a bit more savvy as a customer and there's the information out there for me to get a good personal judgement of a game before buying. Back then, I was told this was like the Citizen Kane of gaming or something and I
absolutely had to have it. Well, maybe if you like that sort of thing. Be thankful of how much information is out there these days.
thoughtwrangler said:
That's a weird one for me because I absolutely loved the first game, and yet the second never managed to grip me. I went out and bought the PSP version hell bent on actually playing it because I never finished it on PSX, but still I couldn't manage more than a few hours in. And I don't know why specifically.