Most Repetative Games....?

Oblivion can get repetitive, but that's keeping in mind I've still never started the actual main quest, and I still enjoy it once in a while :p

 Planetside can get pretty repetitive.. Not just the game, since it's FPS and that's just how it is, just the fact that it's an MMO, but there's not a whole lot of things to aspire for, since you can get to most certs in only a few ranks.. Still fun, though.

And solitaire! 

I have to agree about FEAR.  Only the story and supernatural elements kept me playing that game to the end, because the battles against the soldiers all felt much the same.

Another game that became very repetitive was Halo: Combat Evolved.  Cutting and pasting the same damned level design over and over in the latter sections was just lazy. 

Although I used to love them, I'd have to put Old School shooters in the repetition bin now as well.  Shoot, run, open colour coded door, rinse, repeat...

MP games can also become old fast unless the community around them can come up with new maps designs, skins and other mods to keep them 'fresh'.   I used to play Call of Duty a lot, and after a while looked for servers running mods, because there's only so many times you can play Carentan, Brecourt and Harbor before you get thoroughly sick of them.

Having said that, I think all games have a certain amount of repetition built in, particularly FPS and RTS games, due to their very nature.  Your actions in a game will always be constrained to the gameplay mechanics available.  The better games in these genres, imo, are those which try to mix a variety of game styles together and incorporate a decent story and puzzle solving elements to keep your brain engaged.

RTS.

Harvest. Build. Rush.

Repeat indefinitely.

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I can't come to think of very many games that aren't repetitive. 

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I can't come to think of very many games that aren't repetitive.

As far as MMOs go?   Try Eve :)  The only open-ended MMORPG on the market.    

RTS don't get boring if there are different scenarios, like StarCraft and WarCraft.
FPS tend to get boring, but you keep coming back to it.
MMORPG are the most repetitive type of game.  Kill monsters, use spells...

Oblivion...by far...

abosoluteley everything about it is the same, the missions, the caves, the enviroment, the combat, the weapons..all the same...

RTS don't get boring if there are different scenarios, like StarCraft and WarCraft.
FPS tend to get boring, but you keep coming back to it.
MMORPG are the most repetitive type of game. Kill monsters, use spells...

brood_aliance

But it keeps you there. Probably due to it being very rewarding. It is quite a feeling to get your first mount in WoW, to become a Royal Paladin in Tibia.. To get your first rune item in Runescape. It just is. 

Just because he formula is repetetive doesn't mean the game can't be innovative. Wc3 is an excellent example of innovative gameplay. Watching replays of that game is definately not watching the same thing.

Anyway, I played CS 1.6 in the old days, and man, that is repetetive. Same maps, same people, same tactics. Unless I'm doing something wacko, it doesn't get any different than "usual".

Gunz The Duel. It gets boring after a while.blizzvalve

/turn on hacks

/start game

/let computer play for you

/gloat

/end game

/turn off hacks 

kind of a tough call since when it boils down to it, all genres - nearly all games - can be reduced to a specific gameplay formula, a set of things the player will repetitively do to progress

there are a few exceptions here and there, but most games are incredibly damn repetitive - it's just that we're enjoying them too much to notice

i think my decision would be based on how few things there are to do - like, with pong as an example, you move your bat up or you move your bat down, and nothing more, ad infinitum

i don't know, i really can't think of a game that stands out more than any other, besides something as ancient as pong or pitfall

radom hack & slash games!

Oblivion...by far...

abosoluteley everything about it is the same, the missions, the caves, the enviroment, the combat, the weapons..all the same...

diettoast

So the swords are like the caves? hmmmm, i think i can flaw your reasoning there!

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Oblivion...by far...

abosoluteley everything about it is the same, the missions, the caves, the enviroment, the combat, the weapons..all the same...

daytona_178

So the swords are like the caves? hmmmm, i think i can flaw your reasoning there!

I think he meant every cave is the same. Every mission is the same (e.g go from A - > B), the enviroment is basically the same except around Bruma, the weapons.. quite bland, and combat is just not so much-

Great game though :D 

[QUOTE="diettoast"]

Oblivion...by far...

abosoluteley everything about it is the same, the missions, the caves, the enviroment, the combat, the weapons..all the same...

daytona_178

So the swords are like the caves? hmmmm, i think i can flaw your reasoning there!