Your Gaming Capital Sins

[Scarim Coral]

I guessing my would be for not owning a Xbox 360 so I have miss out on many good games (Bioshock, Gears of War, Deadspace, Portal, Batman Arkham Asylum and many more).

Four of those five games were multi-platform releases for the 360, PS3, and PC. And I would recommend each one of them if you have a PC that can run them or if you have a PS3. (As long as you enjoy those genres, of course.)

OT: Well, to the people on this site, mine would be that I've actually enjoyed the Halo and Gears of War series' and I don't feel that Sonic the Hedgehog should be brought behind a shed and shot (a view which I believe most people only hold because Yahtzee said it), I actually believe that his games are getting better and better now.

I forgot to mention that I only own a Wii (I can't afford to get a Xbox 360 or PS3) and my PC is unstable due to old age (although I do intend to get a new one).

 

[DuelLadyS]

we are on the same boat, EVERYONE hated VIII and i loved it, the story at least was more constructed than VII, but whatever...

I loved VIII too... granted, I also loved VII, but it was the first RPG I ever got to really sink my teeth into, so I know my opinion there is forever skewed.

My biggest sin is my backlog- I have a good sized pile of games I've never finished... or played... or opened. This in and of itself isn't the problem, the games in it are. Off the top of my head:

God of War 1 and 2 (don't own 3 yet- meant to play these first)
Kingdom Hearts 2
Half of the Phoenix Wright series
The World Ends With You
The majority of the Zelda franchise (I think I own all but 2, but I've only completed 4- and 3 of those are on Game Boy)

There's many, many more, but these are ones my friends yell at me most over.

Oh yeah... I also own no current gen Mario titles. I have a Paper Mario game for GC I bought on impulse out of a bin, everything else is SNES and older. I'm not a big fan.

 

[Braedan]

2) I liked Deus Ex: Invisible War (Again, I didn't judge it by its predecessor, but rather as a shooter on its own merits.)

Me too. I played it not having played the original, and found it to be an adequate console shooter.
Then I tried Deus Ex on the PC and realized how far away from it's roots it was. But I still enjoyed it.

 

[k-ossuburb]

I actually never completed the story of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I messed around with the sub-quests for a while then ended up completely forgetting about it before trading it in.

 

[shrekfan246]

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I forgot to mention that I only own a Wii (I can't afford to get a Xbox 360 or PS3) and my PC is unstable due to old age (although I do intend to get a new one).

Fair enough. Though for what it's worth, those games don't have universal appeal so there's always a chance that even after you got the opportunity to play them, you'd simply be underwhelmed because of all the hype they've had. Especially Portal.

I can't recommend that game enough, really, and the version of the Source Engine that it uses would probably run on toaster ovens at this point, but with all of the hype it has received from stupid memes and internet fans, you'd likely be disappointed by the short story mode and small amount of actual exposition.

 

[subject_87]

I guessing my would be for not owning a Xbox 360 so I have miss out on many good games (Bioshock, Gears of War, Deadspace, Portal, Batman Arkham Asylum and many more).

Portal? It's readily available on PC.

OT: I'm not up in arms about TF2's items and hats; I just play the damn game.

 

[Mr.SunShine]

Hating blizzard I guess, what makes it worse is that I'm a pc gamer and they are pretty much the only aaa studio that caters pretty much exclusively to the pc.

See: VALVe
They hate developing for the console.

My capital sin has to be never playing Morrowind...
Oh god, I'm so sorry. I'll go correct myself now.
*walks away towards steam, debit card in hand, hanging head shamefully*

 

[Worgen]

Hating blizzard I guess, what makes it worse is that I'm a pc gamer and they are pretty much the only aaa studio that caters pretty much exclusively to the pc.

See: VALVe
They hate developing for the console.

My capital sin has to be never playing Morrowind...
Oh god, I'm so sorry. I'll go correct myself now.
*walks away towards steam, debit card in hand, hanging head shamefully*

True but very few bliz games show up on console but almost every valve game has.

 

[Avalanche91]

Hacking rare candies in pokemon diamond, and not really liking Half Life......there's a special circle of hell for people like me

Also really disliking Bethesda games

 

[ks1234]

In my opinion, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a genuinely good piece of storytelling.

This is one of my favorite games of all time and I wholeheartedly agree.
As for gaming "sins" everyone likes different games... so anyone who thinks its a sin to not like/or like something can piss off for being an elitist bastard.
Besides for PC gamers being the master race of gaming... that is true. lol.

 

[Souplex]

I think Minecraft is boring. Very very boring.

That's not a sin.
It's an art tool that requires grinding to use. That's terrible design.
I am completely free of gaming sins and am the peak of gaming morality.

 

[Tiger Sora]

I tell everyone who thinks SC 2 is the god of all RTS games that they're as wrong as 2+2=5. Seems like a Capital offense seeming as so many are SC 2 fanboys.

Total Annihilation out classes everything.

Not saying Sc 2 is bad, I loved it. But TA is as a Thor to a Baneling.

 

[Burn2Feel]

Still love MW2, both multiplayer and singleplayer, found FF XIII to be amazing, and can't stand Half-Life. At all.

 

[The Rainmaker]

Does still playing WoW to this day count? Also, I think Minecraft is kinda lame, although I love the yogscast minecraft videos

 

[Grand_Arcana]

I liked FFXII

I liked PoP 08

I hate Star Ocean

I never played FFVII (and probably never will)

I never played Portal

Never finished a Mario game

Never finished KotOR

 

[Mirror Cage]

I use the Backburner in TF2 and only play vanila CTF.
Ironically, or hypocritically, I also hate most forms of competitive multiplayer.

EDIT: oh, and I didn't like Deus Ex.

 

[Luke3184]

Forgive me father I have sinned

Not only have I bought all core Dynasty Warrior games from 1 - 5 I have also encouraged others to as well...

Strike me down and let my madness end!

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I tell people that I've beaten Legend of Zelda on the NES. However, when I had a chance to play it on the NES I played long enough to have been killed on the third of fourth screen. I didn't beat Zelda until it was released on the 3DS, playing it alongside a walkthrough I found online. I beat Ganon but haven't even tried the second quest yet. I still consider my copy of Zelda to be beaten.

I don't consider Final Fantasy's 11, 14 or, 13 to be part of the numerical order. I think Mystic Quest is more deserving of a numeral than the 2 MMOs and 13.

Wind Waker is my favorite Zelda adventure followed by Link to the Past on the SNES. Ocarina of Time is my third, Majora's Mask is my 5th.

I thought Final Fantasy VIII's junction system was the best level-up system. Slightly related, Final Fantasy IX was my favorite in terms of characters and, mini-games.

 

[Austin Howe]

I love Final Fantasy VIII with the white-hot passion of a thousand-million suns.

 

[Mailman]

I liked Final Fantasy VIII. I thought Majora's Mask was better than OOT.