PC games that got high praise that you just didn't like

Dragon Age: Origins- Was excited to get this after all of the acclaim it was getting, and was thoroughly disappointed. It felt like a game that belonged on the PS2. Menus and systems were awkward, combat was lame, and the graphics were really awful considering the era.

STALKER- Like Sean, I really have tried to get into the STALKER games. I just can't do it. I don't know why either, because first person open world RPGs are one of my favorite game types.

Far Cry 2- Funny one because some sites gave it awful reviews, but it received a ton of glowing reviews from lots of places. Probably the single most annoying and frustrating gaming experience I've ever had. FC2 was a joke.

For those of you saying Half Life, you must either be young or didnt play it until recently. When HL1 was released it was INCREDIBLE for its time.

lockjaw333

I would say the same for the stalker part, I tried getting into Shadow of Chernobyl many times and always gave up, but when I tried Call of Pripyat, it all changed for me...it's so much easier to get your foot in the door with that part of the series

World of Warcraft was definitely one for me, I just couldn't get back into kill 20 spiders for 8 spiders legs.

Another was Diablo 3, I spent many a hour playing Diablo 2, but couldn't get into Diablo 3.

For those of you saying Half Life, you must either be young or didnt play it until recently. When HL1 was released it was INCREDIBLE for its time.

lockjaw333

Just like you can't get into STALKER (my favorite FPS of this generation), you've got people that can't get in Half Life. No need to elaborate excuses, it's mearly a matter of preferance.

Hitman Absolution,for me it wasn't classic Hitman and was dumbed down somewhat.

Mass effect series - The only one I could finish was the first one, the other 2 I played for a bit and then got bored very quickly, so generic stuff

Guild Wars 2 - Played it for about 2 hours and had no idea wtf was going on (I dont play alot of mmo's), crafting was **** and it was more running around trying to figure out how to get to the viewpoints then anything else

Borderlands - One of the most boring games i've ever played

Hitman Absolution,for me it wasn't classic Hitman and was dumbed down somewhat.

CUDGEdave

Dishonored. I found the game really boring, and the characters have no life in them.

id_mew

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Hitman Absolution,for me it wasn't classic Hitman and was dumbed down somewhat.

Lost-to-Apathy

World of Warcraft was definitely one for me, I just couldn't get back into kill 20 spiders for 8 spiders legs.

Another was Diablo 3, I spent many a hour playing Diablo 2, but couldn't get into Diablo 3.

DMorvick

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Hitman Absolution,for me it wasn't classic Hitman and was dumbed down somewhat.

mep69

Far Cry 3. I just really couln't get into it that much. After I had unlocked most of the upgrades through hunting and purchased all the guns that I wanted I got really bored. Not to mention the skill tree was absolutely horrid, both in the way talents became available to use and the talents themselves. Everything outside of the actual gameplay felt very shallow, and while it's not a bad game by any means I was pretty disappointed. Though I will say the guns felt great to shoot and the atmosphere was superb.

Far Cry 3. I just really couln't get into it that much. After I had unlocked most of the upgrades through hunting and purchased all the guns that I wanted I got really bored. Not to mention the skill tree was absolutely horrid, both in the way talents became available to use and the talents themselves. Everything outside of the actual gameplay felt very shallow, and while it's not a bad game by any means I was pretty disappointed. Though I will say the guns felt great to shoot and the atmosphere was superb.

Revolution_DDM

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Far Cry 3. I just really couln't get into it that much. After I had unlocked most of the upgrades through hunting and purchased all the guns that I wanted I got really bored. Not to mention the skill tree was absolutely horrid, both in the way talents became available to use and the talents themselves. Everything outside of the actual gameplay felt very shallow, and while it's not a bad game by any means I was pretty disappointed. Though I will say the guns felt great to shoot and the atmosphere was superb.

chrisrooR

Yeah, I really picked Far Cry 3 over other games. I could make a huge list of games that got a lot of praise that I didn't like, but Far Cry 3 is the one that comes to mind because it was released recently, got a lot a praise and I didn't really care for it. I guess I'm just a loon.

Starcraft

Dont get me wrong, its a good game, in my opinion. I love the storyline and the gameplay is solid. But it just doesn't seem like anything special.

I come from the time though where RTSs were all about epic singleplayer, though, and I have had difficulty transitioning to the multiplayer aspect, so this must be why I don't see all the hype surrounding it.

I've bought every single Starcraft and enjoyed them all, but I just do not understand how they are so internationally popular when, from a gameplay standpoint, theyre so basic.

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Far Cry 3. I just really couln't get into it that much. After I had unlocked most of the upgrades through hunting and purchased all the guns that I wanted I got really bored. Not to mention the skill tree was absolutely horrid, both in the way talents became available to use and the talents themselves. Everything outside of the actual gameplay felt very shallow, and while it's not a bad game by any means I was pretty disappointed. Though I will say the guns felt great to shoot and the atmosphere was superb.

Revolution_DDM

Yeah, I really picked Far Cry 3 over other games. I could make a huge list of games that got a lot of praise that I didn't like, but Far Cry 3 is the one that comes to mind because it was released recently, got a lot a praise and I didn't really care for it. I guess I'm just a loon.

[QUOTE="mep69"][QUOTE="Lost-to-Apathy"] Maybe dumbed down in some ways and very linear, but it was much harder than Blood Money on the higher difficulties. chrisrooR

agreed 100%. They ruined the stealth aspect of hiding in plain sight, relying more on yourfeeling of stealth and security, and replaced it with a gimmicky cover system and lame stealth indicators.

Hitman: Blood Money (and prior installments) were pretty much perfect in every way, and they ruined Absolution by changing too much stuff for the worse. It's not even dumbed down imo, just changed in horrible ways.

And the story was just "meh", at least the arms dealer guy. 47's targets are scumbags, I get that, but this was borderline cartoonish.

And WTF were they thinking with that DLC lol, dressing up as different video game characters, etc? Blargh

Mass effect series - The only one I could finish was the first one, the other 2 I played for a bit and then got bored very quickly, so generic stuffPostal_Guy

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Mass effect series - The only one I could finish was the first one, the other 2 I played for a bit and then got bored very quickly, so generic stuffToxic-Seahorse

Just about every sci-fi under the sun is reflected in ME. I'm a huge fan of ME lore, don't get me wrong, but I can see a lot of stuff in it, like BSG. I'm glad they actually went for a more 'realistic' approach compared to many sci-fi games though, like not having energy weapons for troops, much of the galaxy is desolate and colony life is harsh, etc.

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Mass effect series - The only one I could finish was the first one, the other 2 I played for a bit and then got bored very quickly, so generic stuffwis3boi

Just about every sci-fi under the sun is reflected in ME. I'm a huge fan of ME lore, don't get me wrong, but I can see a lot of stuff in it, like BSG. I'm glad they actually went for a more 'realistic' approach compared to many sci-fi games though, like not having energy weapons for troops, much of the galaxy is desolate and colony life is harsh, etc.

Street Cleaning Simulator was a bit of a let-down.

Popular PC games that people can spew their hate at???? I'm surprise it hasn't passed 10 pages yet.

I usually like most of the popular games or at least find them to be ok but, of course I have my hate list other wise I wouldn't have posted.

Anyway here is my list:

1. Half-Life 2 and everything after it (didn't play the first one) - Bad story with terrible gun play and extremely boring and frustrating car and jet ski controls.

2. Dark Souls - Game play put me to sleep. It's hard but, I don't see where people says it takes skill. It's mostly just figuring out a pattern and holding the block button for 95% of the game. I don't find that fun or challenging.

3. Witcher 1 - Some of the worst game play ever with the click click fighting. (Witcher 2 was an awesome game though)

4.Baldur's Gate II - Boring and annoying characters in your party just ruin the game.

5. Morrowind - Game play is terrible and this is coming from someone that doesn't mind the turn based combat in old games from the late 80s/early 90s. Main quest was nothing special. People just seem to like it because it was long.

I would have to agree with the person that said borderlands..I sure was bored walking throug the land in that game.....I just couldn't get into it like it did nothing for me.

Dota 2

MGS2 and MGS3 Substinance

Torchlight

SSX 3

Borderlands

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[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"] Now I can see people knocking the gameplay (it is pretty shallow) but how exactly is Mass Effect generic? What other game series is it like? What other sci-fi story based games does it copy?

Toxic-Seahorse

Just about every sci-fi under the sun is reflected in ME. I'm a huge fan of ME lore, don't get me wrong, but I can see a lot of stuff in it, like BSG. I'm glad they actually went for a more 'realistic' approach compared to many sci-fi games though, like not having energy weapons for troops, much of the galaxy is desolate and colony life is harsh, etc.

I'd have to go with games like Diablo 1-3, and Torchlight and all those dungeon crawling things, they all get praised but are not fun to play through for me.

Have to agree a bit with the Witcher... its worth playing through for the interesting dialog outcomes you can choose with your character but the gameplay is plain awful.

I like Skyrim but I have to nod in agreement with the person saying the jumping felt floaty

Some of you are mentioning older games, but these games aren't really good anymore, they age badly..... few can withstand the passing of time.

[QUOTE="chrisrooR"][QUOTE="mep69"] Taking your back from out of cover crouched behind something where no one can see you, but some how can see you make the game not only frustrating; but also annoying. Also the whole campaign just felt boring, it's just not what Hitman is about. They tried to add some crappy story to it. But it just didn't work. Like Birdie and the main target Blake Dexter...... Just pi**ed me off ******* SPOILER ********* Like on the Hotel mission where you have to kill Blake. You get to him, but instead you get a cinematic of you foolishly attempting to strangle Sanchez (Blakes body guard) who has like 5x the body mass of 47. Why it went into a cinematic to create a rubbish story i will never know.mrbojangles25

agreed 100%. They ruined the stealth aspect of hiding in plain sight, relying more on yourfeeling of stealth and security, and replaced it with a gimmicky cover system and lame stealth indicators.

Hitman: Blood Money (and prior installments) were pretty much perfect in every way, and they ruined Absolution by changing too much stuff for the worse. It's not even dumbed down imo, just changed in horrible ways.

And the story was just "meh", at least the arms dealer guy. 47's targets are scumbags, I get that, but this was borderline cartoonish.

And WTF were they thinking with that DLC lol, dressing up as different video game characters, etc? Blargh

Crysis 2. Luckily i got it on sale.

Pretty much every Bioware game ever released.

Half Life 2

The Witcher 2. I played it for an hour and it didn't do anything for me. I might try it again at some point.

HyperWarlock

Starcraft

Dont get me wrong, its a good game, in my opinion. I love the storyline and the gameplay is solid. But it just doesn't seem like anything special.

I come from the time though where RTSs were all about epic singleplayer, though, and I have had difficulty transitioning to the multiplayer aspect, so this must be why I don't see all the hype surrounding it.

I've bought every single Starcraft and enjoyed them all, but I just do not understand how they are so internationally popular when, from a gameplay standpoint, theyre so basic.

mrbojangles25

Pretty much my reason aswell. Starcraft isn't anything special, but Blizzard just knows how to hype it.

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Starcraft

Dont get me wrong, its a good game, in my opinion. I love the storyline and the gameplay is solid. But it just doesn't seem like anything special.

I come from the time though where RTSs were all about epic singleplayer, though, and I have had difficulty transitioning to the multiplayer aspect, so this must be why I don't see all the hype surrounding it.

I've bought every single Starcraft and enjoyed them all, but I just do not understand how they are so internationally popular when, from a gameplay standpoint, theyre so basic.

RoccoHout

Pretty much my reason aswell. Starcraft isn't anything special, but Blizzard just knows how to hype it.

I never liked Crysis.

Hl1 was good until the alien levels then it got sucky.

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half life 1 wasn't that special

JigglyWiggly_

Did you play it before 2000?

no
but irrelevant
i judge all my games based on how good they are today
unsurprisingly i rate almost all the early 3d games as bad, unless they have very good art style (e.g not grungy textures but pure colors) and simple game mechanics that are fun regardless of age.

e.g I liked quake 1 a lot more than half life 1 because it's really simple. (Inb4 I only like quake)

i played q1 a lot later than playing half life too

Thing is, you would probably have a greater appreciation for the original Half-Life if you played it for the first time prior to 2000.

It single-handedly redirected the entire FPS. On release, it was generally acknowledged as the best PC game ever made. I think the reason some FPS play better to some people these days is because single-player FPS games (mostly, just as Counterstrike did for multi-player) since Half-Life have incorporated the elements introduced in Half-Life as commonplace, so one who plays it now does not appreciate the groundbreaking Half-Life (or Valve) did.

I never liked Crysis.

Hl1 was good until the alien levels then it got sucky.

ZombieKiller7

I actually liked the Xen levels as well. The 2nd to last level IMO was the most challenging in the game. I liked the idea the Gordon had the balls to actually take the fight to the alien homeworld.

As for Crysis, I liked it, but I thought it was overrated. I liked the original Far Cry better.

Popular PC games that people can spew their hate at???? I'm surprise it hasn't passed 10 pages yet.

I usually like most of the popular games or at least find them to be ok but, of course I have my hate list other wise I wouldn't have posted.

Anyway here is my list:

1. Half-Life 2 and everything after it (didn't play the first one) - Bad story with terrible gun play and extremely boring and frustrating car and jet ski controls.

2. Dark Souls - Game play put me to sleep. It's hard but, I don't see where people says it takes skill. It's mostly just figuring out a pattern and holding the block button for 95% of the game. I don't find that fun or challenging.

3. Witcher 1 - Some of the worst game play ever with the click click fighting. (Witcher 2 was an awesome game though)

4.Baldur's Gate II - Boring and annoying characters in your party just ruin the game.

5. Morrowind - Game play is terrible and this is coming from someone that doesn't mind the turn based combat in old games from the late 80s/early 90s. Main quest was nothing special. People just seem to like it because it was long.

sleepingzzz

lol, you put my all time favorite games in the list.

Half-Life 1 and Crysis.

I suppose Duke Nukem 3D as well, since my cousins and I used a keyboard (don't know if it had mouse-aim support at the time).

- Fallout 3 (Did not feel like a Fallout game at all, could only beat it once. Then New Vegas came out, beat it 8 times)

- Assassins Creed series (I do like a few of the entrys in this series but overall I find it overrated)

- WOW - I have all the expansion packs, have given it multi tries, its just not for me. I understand why peopel enjoy it, but its just not for me.

- DOTA2/LOL - I have liked some of the games in this genre, but not really these two.

- Torchlight 2

- Dragon Age 2 (I know this forum most didnt like it, but in real life I know alot of people that liked this more then the first. Also Dragon Age 2 did get good review scores to. Game sucked compared to Origins imo).

- Oblivion (After loving Arena, Daggerfall and Morrowind, I was not very impressed with Oblivion at all)

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Popular PC games that people can spew their hate at???? I'm surprise it hasn't passed 10 pages yet.

I usually like most of the popular games or at least find them to be ok but, of course I have my hate list other wise I wouldn't have posted.

Anyway here is my list:

1. Half-Life 2 and everything after it (didn't play the first one) - Bad story with terrible gun play and extremely boring and frustrating car and jet ski controls.

2. Dark Souls - Game play put me to sleep. It's hard but, I don't see where people says it takes skill. It's mostly just figuring out a pattern and holding the block button for 95% of the game. I don't find that fun or challenging.

3. Witcher 1 - Some of the worst game play ever with the click click fighting. (Witcher 2 was an awesome game though)

4.Baldur's Gate II - Boring and annoying characters in your party just ruin the game.

5. Morrowind - Game play is terrible and this is coming from someone that doesn't mind the turn based combat in old games from the late 80s/early 90s. Main quest was nothing special. People just seem to like it because it was long.

tanerb

lol, you put my all time favorite games in the list.

wow, mine as well, but thats his opinion.

Alright now for my serious answer, Dota 2. I don't know that this got high praise from everywhere, and I have played the game a few times, but was never able to get into it, most likely because I'm a League of Legends player.