Games where you don't understand what the fuss was about

People RAVED about the F.E.A.R. games. I played for 5 mins didn't see what the fuss was about. Bioshock I have to FORCE myself to play it. Don't see what was so great here ether. Resistance? Yeah, I played the first one a lil bit. Man oh man did I not like it. Maybe it's just me.

PGD, are there any popular games you were reccomended but didn't see what was so great about it?

Yeah FEAR bored the hell out of me.

MGS4 sucked.

Also FFVII

Also FFVII

Ilovegames1992

Yeah, that one too. People are like: "OMG iz the best gaem evar!!" I play it and I'm all like: What?...What is THIS?

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

Also FFVII

TheHighWind

Yeah, that one too. People are like: "OMG iz the best gaem evar!!" I play it and I'm all like: What?...What is THIS?

Halo series. Seems like a generic shooter to me. Bland characters, boring story. Ok graphics.

[QUOTE="TheHighWind"]

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

Also FFVII

Dracula68

Yeah, that one too. People are like: "OMG iz the best gaem evar!!" I play it and I'm all like: What?...What is THIS?

I played it the year FF8 came out, went back and bought 7, still didn't like it.

[QUOTE="TheHighWind"]

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

Also FFVII

Dracula68

Yeah, that one too. People are like: "OMG iz the best gaem evar!!" I play it and I'm all like: What?...What is THIS?

Great games stand the test of time.

half life

cod

resident evil 4....it's not horror there arnt puzzles in a damn action game not worthy of haveing RE in it's title along with 5

MGS4

heavy rain

god of war ive played all 3 and the one on psp i never see the over hype appeal about this game at all

street fighter

skyrim aka borerim

marrowind.as much as i loved the envorment and music it was very unplayable first game i ever had to mod to even be able to play it

Bioshock

Infamous

FF games

Gears of war

half life

cod

resident evil 4....it's not horror there arnt puzzles in a damn action game not worthy of haveing RE in it's title along with 5

MGS4

heavy rain

god of war ive played all 3 and the one on psp i never see the over hype appeal about this game at all

street fighter

skyrim aka borerim

marrowind.as much as i loved the envorment and music it was very unplayable first game i ever had to mod to even be able to play it

almasdeathchild

Halo, CoD, WoW, etc.

[QUOTE="Dracula68"][QUOTE="TheHighWind"]

Yeah, that one too. People are like: "OMG iz the best gaem evar!!" I play it and I'm all like: What?...What is THIS?

TheHighWind

I played it the year FF8 came out, went back and bought 7, still didn't like it.

The elder scrolls series.
MGS series, (still need to play MGS4)
Halo 3
Mass Effect 2

[QUOTE="Dracula68"][QUOTE="TheHighWind"]

Yeah, that one too. People are like: "OMG iz the best gaem evar!!" I play it and I'm all like: What?...What is THIS?

TheHighWind

I played it the year FF8 came out, went back and bought 7, still didn't like it.

That was too late as FFVIII the characters looked good compared to the blocky characters of FFVII.

MGS4.. it ain't good.

[QUOTE="TheHighWind"]

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

Also FFVII

Dracula68

Yeah, that one too. People are like: "OMG iz the best gaem evar!!" I play it and I'm all like: What?...What is THIS?

I was one of those guys, the one who got it a week after release and played it. Before then, I was playing the FFVII demo, once a day, to keep myself excited about it. Knew that first mission by heart that I knew what to do. There was some major differences between the demo and the final version in regards to the mission, but it was fun. Looking back on FFVII, it was certainly one of the better games of the FF franchise.

Rockstar's games come to mind for me, they get so much hype and praise, but I find them to be boring, mind numbing male lead only boredom of the highest order. GTA4 in particular got on my last nerve with Roman and his constant calling - "Hey cousin! Let's go play darts!" "Hey cousin! Let's go to a strip club!" "Hey cousin! Let's go play pool!" I wanted to kill him multiple times. I'm so glad I threw my copy away, it was too much junk to even trade, all I could do was throw it away due to how bad it was. The vast majority of FPS games - Halo, COD and more. Ho hum, man have gun, man kill many, man hero, NEXT! Mindless boredom that keeps being milked all the time. The Gears Of War games were highly boring as well. I just don't see the appeal to being some generic muscle bound male, like most games keep doing. It's so boring and non-creative. I also don't see the appeal to the yearly sports rehashes, FIFA in particular. Joy, watching some overpaid virtual recreation of an overpaid drama queen kick a ball around, thrilling, yeah, much, where's a giant meteorite to end the world when you need one. And realism racers like Gran Turismo and Forza aren't very appealing, they tend to be boring. Forza's better in some regards, at least you can change the car's looks to your liking but it's still pretty boring. If you're a car nut who loves to tinker with them then fine, enjoy, but they don't hold any appeal for me. There are other games but I'm not up for making a huge list.Smokescreened84

So do you actually like playing games?

Sounds slightly pretentious that but ok.

Any FPS, World of Warcraft, Skyrim, games made by Rockstar, games made by EA, games made by Ubisoft, etc.

Mass effect series, Batman series, Demon souls and L.A. Noire all bored me to tears.

Any FPS that sells a lot.Dracula68

Same here pretty much. I really don't like Call of Duty, Bioshock and Resistance. They all feel like the same game.

Limbo too. It's a pretty boring game. It's so linear, and it's all about trial and error. There's no skill in involved, it's just about remembering where to press X to not die.

MGS4

And I've had to put up with years of unrestrained, and imo undeserved over-the-top-and-back-again praise that still continues to this day.
Any site posts a list of "Top 20 PS3 games" and immediately you get these braindead trolls coming out from everywhere screaming for blood because that POS isn't #1 on the list.

Gamespot and IGN gave the game a 10.
And the most easily influenced people on the net haven't stfu since.

Any FPS that sells a lot just sounds so pretentious.

FEAR i think you had to play when it came out...
agree on Resistance, hated that thing
ditto Gears of War

and every single zelda game, just don't get it

MP They just are too repetitive for me.

God of War. The game is so slow and the main character is whiny.

I totally agree on Bioshock. I expected its world to crumble around you during the game with water coming in, but that's really besides the point. I enjoyed it in a passing way and didn't like it enough to play it more than once or enough to buy the second game.

Halo, Cod, GeOW, Borderlands, Left 4 Dead

Pure shooters. I feel shooters have reached their full potential years ago & have nothing left to offer the industry. They're extremely boring, repeptive & have no soul or depth to them.

For example Halo is what Mass Effect would like if designed by a new born baby. If you distilled ME down to ther very basic, barebones, you would then have Halo.

There is no lore, no extensive stories & backstories, no interaction between characters, no choices, no variety, no role playing, nothing. Just down to the very basic from of game design & gameplay. Move from point A to point B, funnel m edown a linear level while doing absolutely nothing more than holding down the shooting trigger. Cue cutscene, end game.

Lifeless, boring, dull game. That kind of game is extremely dated.

Uncharted 2... shallow gameplay with little to no variety, the worst "platforming" I've experienced this gen, and they sacrifice gameplay because of a focus on cinematic flourish for a story that's bad...

The Fable series and GTAIV. That's always my answer for these type of threads.

Although I understand the fuss behind both of them. I get the appeal. There are usually pretty blatant and obvious reasons why some series are so beloved.

The Fable series and GTAIV. That's always my answer for these type of threads.

Although I understand the fuss behind both of them. I get the appeal. There are usually pretty blatant and obvious reasons why some series are so beloved.

IndianaPwns39

The only person who really makes a fuss over the Fable games is Peter Molyneux

:lol:

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The Fable series and GTAIV. That's always my answer for these type of threads.

Although I understand the fuss behind both of them. I get the appeal. There are usually pretty blatant and obvious reasons why some series are so beloved.

Ilovegames1992

The only person who really makes a fuss over the Fable games is Peter Molyneux

:lol:

The first Fable had a lot of praise around it. I played it, it was enjoyable but forgettable. A lot of people talked up Fable II. I have several friends that absolutely adore that game. I don't get it. More power to 'em for enjoying it, but I find it to define "bland". I don't know anyone that liked Fable III.

But yeah, each game has a rather high metacritic rating and I don't really think they deserve it.

[QUOTE="IndianaPwns39"]

The Fable series and GTAIV. That's always my answer for these type of threads.

Although I understand the fuss behind both of them. I get the appeal. There are usually pretty blatant and obvious reasons why some series are so beloved.

Ilovegames1992

The only person who really makes a fuss over the Fable games is Peter Molyneux

:lol:

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

[QUOTE="IndianaPwns39"]

The Fable series and GTAIV. That's always my answer for these type of threads.

Although I understand the fuss behind both of them. I get the appeal. There are usually pretty blatant and obvious reasons why some series are so beloved.

IndianaPwns39

The only person who really makes a fuss over the Fable games is Peter Molyneux

:lol:

The first Fable had a lot of praise around it. I played it, it was enjoyable but forgettable. A lot of people talked up Fable II. I have several friends that absolutely adore that game. I don't get it. More power to 'em for enjoying it, but I find it to define "bland". I don't know anyone that liked Fable III.

But yeah, each game has a rather high metacritic rating and I don't really think they deserve it.

I absolutely loved Fable 1 when it came out, it was one of a kind. The other two were just bleh

Ya the first Resistance was crap IMO.

Ya the first Resistance was crap IMO.

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