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Critically acclaimed games that just do not click for you?
- Thread starter IAmMonodi
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Yeah this. From a gameplay/level design point of view they are 5/10 games at best. The incredible presentation is what keeps them afloat.
themidnightsun156
Member
fallout 4
mgs2
majora's mask
i've liked other games in the series
mgs2
majora's mask
i've liked other games in the series
I don't need to see every game. A reasonable sample is sufficient to tell me I'm not the target audience.
Correctomundo
Member
So what kind of games do you like that you're confident don't exist on an Xbox platform?
You're misunderstanding me. I'm not claiming there's absolutely nothing I could enjoy on Xbox. I'm saying I've seen enough to decide I don't care.
firenskill2000
Member
Resistance series
GTA IV. I loved V though.
GTA IV. I loved V though.
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Deleted member 325805
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Skyrim, I bought it at full price because my friends assured me it was amazing but I lasted 6 hours before dumping it.
Came to post this almost word for word.
Similarly, Uncharted. Looks beautiful, exciting story and fun at first.....but I just find it so linear and repetitive.
I'm starting to think it was all based on a cancelled concept for "Crash Bandicoot; The Next Generation" 
HBx2000
Member
BioShock Infinite, I've completed it, but only because my friends loved it and were constantly saying: Keep playing, it will be good.
And then the game ended. They should have called this game Call of Duty Infinite, because I found it very repetitive.
I found it also included the most annoying character in the world for me: Elizabeth.
And then the game ended. They should have called this game Call of Duty Infinite, because I found it very repetitive.
I found it also included the most annoying character in the world for me: Elizabeth.
So far it's Shadow Of Mordor.
I'm currently trying to get into it for the second time and I just cannot for the life of me see how this won GOTYs. Without the nemesis system it's just a poor man's Assassin's Creed rip-off. I'm around 8 hours in and I'm just finding myself aimlessly wandering around fighting hoards of Orcs by tapping two buttons and map filling.
Out of all the games this current gen this was the one I wanted to like more than any other given the subject matter but I'm just hating it.
I'm hoping it clicks sooner rather than later or it's getting shelved again.
I'm currently trying to get into it for the second time and I just cannot for the life of me see how this won GOTYs. Without the nemesis system it's just a poor man's Assassin's Creed rip-off. I'm around 8 hours in and I'm just finding myself aimlessly wandering around fighting hoards of Orcs by tapping two buttons and map filling.
Out of all the games this current gen this was the one I wanted to like more than any other given the subject matter but I'm just hating it.
I'm hoping it clicks sooner rather than later or it's getting shelved again.
My "WTF are you thinking" departure from critical orthodoxy is finding Dragon Age: Origins dull, ugly, and, with the exception of some clever party banter, poorly written.
It's my least favorite of the 3 Dragon Age games, and I say that fully acknowledging all the problems with DA 2 and DAI.
It's my least favorite of the 3 Dragon Age games, and I say that fully acknowledging all the problems with DA 2 and DAI.
Oh this was KOTOR for me. And Dragon Age:Origins too.
I always feel that I am scrabbling around in combat, just about getting through on items and medi-paks.
I think I'm missing something vital in my gameplay here because it obviously isn't a bad game, lauded etc, but I just struggle with it every time.
I always feel that I am scrabbling around in combat, just about getting through on items and medi-paks.
I think I'm missing something vital in my gameplay here because it obviously isn't a bad game, lauded etc, but I just struggle with it every time.
Zombie James
Banned
The Witcher 3. Just couldn't get passed how clunky and janky the combat was and it completely killed the experience. Same thing with KOTOR, since it was mentioned above.
aygomyownroad
Member
Final Fantasy IX.
I love VII and VIII and X
. however I just couldn't find enjoyment out of it. Seemed like you really needed to grind early on to get anywhere in the game. I always say I will go back to it, but never get very far.
Farcry series (Specifically 3 onward)
I love Blood Dragon, its great fun, the map is a good size and there is enough in it to make it fun. The mainline series not so much, just massive open world with towers etc to climb, little challenge it feels... barren for open world games...
I love VII and VIII and X
-2, I'm trying to get in to X still
Farcry series (Specifically 3 onward)
I love Blood Dragon, its great fun, the map is a good size and there is enough in it to make it fun. The mainline series not so much, just massive open world with towers etc to climb, little challenge it feels... barren for open world games...
Critically acclaimed game in a genre that I enjoy, that does not click with me = Uncharted 3.
I've started that game 3 different times (twice on PS3 and once on the remaster collection) and I can't finish it - it bores the hell out of me. I don't know what exactly it is, as I love Nathan Drake as a character and would put Uncharted 1 in my top 5 games of last gen.
I've started that game 3 different times (twice on PS3 and once on the remaster collection) and I can't finish it - it bores the hell out of me. I don't know what exactly it is, as I love Nathan Drake as a character and would put Uncharted 1 in my top 5 games of last gen.
Jim_Cacher
Member
Her Story
I like stories that leave rooms for readers to interpret, so I think the story is fine. But the story-telling of this game is atrocious. Yes, the concept is new, but it essentially breaks a complete story into hundreds of fragments that butchered the pacing. I just can't see the whole picture without frustratingly rewinding video clips that are very difficult to be found due to the system. Overall, I can see the appeal of this "game", but it is simply not fun to "play" through it. I guess narrative-driven games are really not my cup of tea.
I like stories that leave rooms for readers to interpret, so I think the story is fine. But the story-telling of this game is atrocious. Yes, the concept is new, but it essentially breaks a complete story into hundreds of fragments that butchered the pacing. I just can't see the whole picture without frustratingly rewinding video clips that are very difficult to be found due to the system. Overall, I can see the appeal of this "game", but it is simply not fun to "play" through it. I guess narrative-driven games are really not my cup of tea.
BroodShadow
Member
Almost all of Bethesda's games post Morrowind have been pretty much awful and I just don't understand the appeal of the modern fallout and elder scrolls.
TakeItSlowDude
Member
Metal Gear after 1 (though I still yet to try MGSV, which looks interesting due to the change up in design)
Dragon Age 1 and Neverwinter Nights. I can see why people like these games from a mechanical standpoint but far too generic and dull for me.
Xenosaga
Dragon Age 1 and Neverwinter Nights. I can see why people like these games from a mechanical standpoint but far too generic and dull for me.
Xenosaga
Glitchesarecool
Member
Witcher 3. Played it near launch and wanted to die because of Geralt's clunkiness. Recently started it up again and even after all these patches, it still feels like garbage. Story must be fucking incredible for people to have given it all the praise it got.
SenkiDala
Member
- Oblivion / Skyrim. To me those games are just boring, and I dislike the gameplay (the level of the player scalling on the level of the ennemis is just one of the worst idea of game design ever).
- Killzone
- Banjo & Kazooie/Tooie
- The Division
- Assassins Creed
- Halo 4 (disliked it a lot lot lot)
- Smash Bros
- Pokémon
- Viewtiful Joe
- Sonic on Megadrive, hated those games
- Zelda Phantom Hourglass
- Minecraft
- Forza series
- Animal Crossing
- Devil May Cry the original series (really liked the reboot though)
And so much more but I can't remember about them right now.
- Killzone
- Banjo & Kazooie/Tooie
- The Division
- Assassins Creed
- Halo 4 (disliked it a lot lot lot)
- Smash Bros
- Pokémon
- Viewtiful Joe
- Sonic on Megadrive, hated those games
- Zelda Phantom Hourglass
- Minecraft
- Forza series
- Animal Crossing
- Devil May Cry the original series (really liked the reboot though)
And so much more but I can't remember about them right now.
Halo (at least 1 and 2): gameplay had no impact. Doesn't help that it popularised so many mechanics I hate that went on to infest modern FPS like the plague.
The Witness: every connotation of one bad puzzle that became a cake walk as soon as I realised that the most convoluted solution was almost always the solution. The environmental stuff and extra stuff were basically just hidden object puzzles. Add in pretentious wankery and I'm beginning to wonder if Braid was as good as i remember. It's never going to stop hurting how much hope I had for this game.
God of War: I can see the appeal and feel I should like it more than I do, but it doesn't click.
The Witness: every connotation of one bad puzzle that became a cake walk as soon as I realised that the most convoluted solution was almost always the solution. The environmental stuff and extra stuff were basically just hidden object puzzles. Add in pretentious wankery and I'm beginning to wonder if Braid was as good as i remember. It's never going to stop hurting how much hope I had for this game.
God of War: I can see the appeal and feel I should like it more than I do, but it doesn't click.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
Banned
The nemesis system is the game. If you're struggling to enjoy the game without engaging with that mechanic, you're going to have a bad time.
It's a solid 7/10 for me. It won so many GOTY awards because there was fuck all else out, and something had to win.
SoulBorne whatever. Same basic combat over the course of 4 games. Wait for an opening and strike, rinse and repeat. The number of moves is actually quite limited (Roll, weak attack, strong attack, shield, counterstrike more or less).
Why should I care about killing enemies after enemies when the combat itself isn't fun or deep but just tense because of the damage the ennemies do?
Why should I care about killing enemies after enemies when the combat itself isn't fun or deep but just tense because of the damage the ennemies do?
All IMO of course
1. Literally any Rockstar open world game. Fun to dick around in, but the actual game parts bore me to tears.
2. Uncharted series. They're pretty fun games, but I don't go crazy for them. Almost the definition of an 8/10 game to me, and certainly not GOTY material.
1. Literally any Rockstar open world game. Fun to dick around in, but the actual game parts bore me to tears.
2. Uncharted series. They're pretty fun games, but I don't go crazy for them. Almost the definition of an 8/10 game to me, and certainly not GOTY material.
Yes, these, very much.
Also, as a big JRPG fan I have tried to get into WRPGs to the same degree since all RPGs are starting to chase those same design trends, and I just can't seem to. Dragon Age: Origins/Inquisition, Skyrim, Witcher 3. I keep saying I'll go back and finish them (made it < 10 hours in each of them), but I never actually feel like playing them. No, I don't want to do a million WoW-style filler quests before I can get to the story, and no I don't want to have to do all WoW crafting/gathering professions at once to be able to make the good potions/armor/weapons/etc. I just want to find/buy finished items and move on. I'm sure there's a good, epic story in there somewhere, but it's bogged down behind way too much filler for my tastes.
Correctomundo
Member
But you... if the... *shrug* nevermind.
Half-Life 2 and The Witcher 2 are some big ones for me. While I appreciate some stylistic elements of HL2's storytelling, the atmosphere it sets up, and the groundbreaking nature of its physics and graphics... I'm utterly bored by its campaign, which just felt tedious and uninteresting to me, complete with a mute protagonist who dampens everything.
The Witcher 2's combat just feels too fiddly and punishing to me. 1HK enemies are never fun.
The Uncharted games are definitely "I play through this once and I'm done", which I think is usually a failing for $60 AAA games.
The Witcher 2's combat just feels too fiddly and punishing to me. 1HK enemies are never fun.
The Uncharted games are definitely "I play through this once and I'm done", which I think is usually a failing for $60 AAA games.
Not trying to change your mind or anything but just as a point of fact there's also running attack, rolling attack, jumping attack, kick, backstab, and then one-handed and 2-handed variants of each attack
You really aren't missing much from a story or lore perspective, you are mostly just missing out on the knowledge of the culture and mechanics that many take for granted. It took me forever and lots of wiki reading to understand 4 ultimate. Once I figured out the basics, it got better, but I still felt like I didn't know a lot about how the game worked.
It didn't matter in the end, though, because games like Bloodborne and souls give me anxiety thinking about boss battles, and the whole point of MH is boss battles, so I eventually put it down.
Breakfast at Noon
Member
Call of Duty, every time it has tons of praise and every time a friend borrows it me and it's total shite.
I think it's also the hyperbole that people tend to resort to. Perfect example right here.
Hey you don't like first party Nintendo games. Fine. Calling them trash. You are 100% wrong, and will always be wrong. I will even go as far as to say that Nintendo makes the best (meaning the most polished, visually impressive and diverse) games in the industry. I can't even remember the time a Nintendo game has had to release a day 1 patch. Almost every other game released today has released a patch at some point.
I don't like Super Mario Maker, I said it. But there's no way I can sit there and call it trash. You sound like a moron when you resort to such a word.
MrCompletely
Member
Funny, because I feel the opposite, I cant get into the Uncharted games - pushed myself through the first one, got bored halfway through the second - stopped when i realized I was playing for the next custscene. Last of Us, however, really clicked with me and is one of the few games I've played through the campaign multiple times. Has excellent multiplayer as well.
Oooh that one is definitely one for me as well. I finished the game just to see how the story played out (I thought the ending was kinda silly), as I really didn't like the gameplay flow. I also turned the difficulty down after starting on hard as it seemed to do no more than make everything a bullet sponge.
