tintin1029
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Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy
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Describe a game you hate and see if people can guess it.
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Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy
tintin1029
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Dynasty Warriors.
Correct.
Oh gods. The first one is Alundra 2.
And the second one, apparently, is Panzer Dragoon Saga, but I better be fucking wrong.
Spot on. I told you people would hate me for it.
It is in fact RDR. I think the game is mechanically fine, but I can't fucking stand its characters and pacing.
I love Witcher 3 on the other hand, and... well I sorta like Phantom Pain. Sort of. It's got a lot of dumb shit in it though, and not the fun kind of dumb shit.
You're not wrong... in fact Bully is one of the few Rockstar games I actually liked. But just about everyone in GTA fucking sucks.
JamesJoyce1882
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Genei Ibun Roku ♯FE (Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem)?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
And with good cause!Spot on. I told you people would hate me for it.
Sounds like Kingdoms of Amalur, except for the "grind" part since it's not remotely grindy...?
hooijdonk17
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Single player MMO with all the grind of WOW and none of the charm in a kitchen sink fantasy setting that makes even less sense than the author's terribly overrated fantasy novels.
One and done. I thought it was terribly grindy, with lots of pointless kill quests that send you off killing shit that makes no sense to exist in the first place, just so you can advance mechanically and be better equipped to handle the next 'hub'.
One and done. I thought it was terribly grindy, with lots of pointless kill quests that send you off killing shit that makes no sense to exist in the first place, just so you can advance mechanically and be better equipped to handle the next 'hub'.
Deny it if you can, though. Is the game linear? Check. Are those discs chock full of FMV? Oh yes indeedy. Is the battle system potentially awesome? Can't deny it. Can you beat every single battle in the game without problems by instantly moving out of the red and into the green and making random attacks? No. There's *one* battle where you have to apply some brain power. But other than that, yes.
I was really disappointed to have missed out on this amazing game when it first came out, because I couldn't afford to be a multi-console owner back then. But when I picked up a second-hand Saturn and a copy of the game later on, it was the biggest disappointment I'd ever played.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I don't see how linear is a bad thing. The game still rewards exploration even if the structure isn't open-world, and it's fun as hell to customize your dragon even if it's true that the battle balance is a bit too easy. And the FMVs were well-written, directed and acted and actually interesting to watch, story-wise, so again, can't see how it's a negative but the way you said it suggested that the FMVs were intrusive and bad.
Professor Beef
Banned
A boring, mopey woman with green hair finds out in the first half of the game that she is half-human, and spends the second half of the game moping about it some more in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Co-stars include an equally mopey knight who can't fish, a boring ninja, and The Joker.
hydrophilic attack
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Final Fantasy VI
FantasticMrSnake
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Tomb raider?
I don't want anyone to hate bayoneta =(
1. Uncharted 3?
2. Assasin's creed 3?
Professor Beef
Banned
One and done
Triscuitable
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Grandson of the previous game's protagonist manages to fuck things up for everyone. Now instead of a cool open world, you've got boring linear levels.
Teriyaki Blues
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SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Onimusha 4?
Badlucktroll
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The game that made me cry to my parents to return it to the video stores so i could get something else when i was a kid. A little man running around inside of a castle that was almost impossible to navigate. Bubbles are his primary weapon.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Milon's Secret Castle?
Terareflection
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This game is known for its ridiculously long cutscenes, and it is not MGS4.
Resident Evil 4?
RespectThySole
Member
The Witness?
That's L right? So...Persona 4 with the murder investigation?
Xenosaga?
Correct
Nah.
Also not that.
Bingo.
"belt", heh
Xenosaga? Star Ocean 4?
It's pedantic, but Heavy Rain was the third game from Quantic Dream, Fahrenheit was the second. Everyone always forgets about Omikron: The Nomad Soul on Dreamcast.
Shifty
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TriAceJP
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Shadow Hog
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Heeeyyy, I guessed Alundra 2 first :<Spot on. I told you people would hate me for it.
Triscuitable
Member
It is not. However, it is the fourth game in the series.
Morrigan Stark
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Who the hell hates FFVI.... -_-
I hope it is Xenosaga and not, say, Soul Reaver 2 or Panzer Dragoon Saga!
Certainly a lot to choose from.
That'd be Red Faction: Armageddon, right? Never played it beyond a demo, but it essentially killed the series and that sick destruction engine, so I guess I kind of hate it a little bit too.
hydrophilic attack
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I don't hate it. But I think it's VERY overrated. Even by Final Fantasy standards, it's really easy to break, far too easy in general, and just balanced poorly overall.
I did enjoy the story and characters though.
Missed this first time round. Yes, you got Alundra 2 first.
I much preferred the 2D Zeldas to the 3D ones. And Alundra was a very enjoyable 2D Zelda clone. And Alundra 2 was an abomination. Horrible controls, vile graphics, virtually no connection to the original game... ew.
And speaking of sequels, one other game that I dislike for its missed opportunities is a sequel to one of the best open world games of all time. On the surface it offers everything people ever wanted to add to the original. But whereas the original was beautifully crafted (especially given its original platform) with tight controls and stunning graphics for the time, the sequel was buggy, almost uncontrollable (thanks to an obsession with realism) and still a lot of people loved it. And then it took over 20 years for a sequel actually in some ways worthy of the original to be released.
Take one of the most iconic RPG franchises of all time, follow up the audio-visual feast that was the previous game with a sequel on the most underpowered hardware of its time, remove the charming characterization that the series was known for by replacing with generics, and lock special abilities/classes behind various challenges that usually require more blind luck than skill. At least it wasn't an action RPG like its original design plan called for...
A battle system that goes in reverse from every other RPG ever made, becoming more restrictive as you progress. Nearly every dungeon is a linear slog, except one revolving entirely around an arcane and frustrating puzzle requiring a ton of backtracking. Oh and remember that character who died a few minutes ago in the story? Let's have a flashback to that part! The only highlights are nice graphics and an interesting history lesson.
A battle system that goes in reverse from every other RPG ever made, becoming more restrictive as you progress. Nearly every dungeon is a linear slog, except one revolving entirely around an arcane and frustrating puzzle requiring a ton of backtracking. Oh and remember that character who died a few minutes ago in the story? Let's have a flashback to that part! The only highlights are nice graphics and an interesting history lesson.
hydrophilic attack
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This sounds like Dragon Quest IX
tintin1029
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ShockingAlberto
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The most generic white guy character puts on a hat, tucks his nose into a scarf, and then starts talking like Batman like some sort of fucking stupid Reddit jerk-off fantasy. He openly and casually murders everyone, from construction site workers to drug dealers, and ruins the lives of everyone around him without any sense of introspection (see: Reddit jerk-off fantasy) but they all love him regardless.
The game is a boring mish-mash of template open-world design with terrible driving controls and terribly controlling hacking puzzles to explode non-explosive switchboxes and electronics. You sit and wait (and wait and wait and wait) for enemies to go back to their normal patrols, because they forgot their friend just died to a crane dropping a steel drum on his head two minutes prior, and then you finish off the rest with guns. Then you realize you could have just done the gun thing from the beginning and it would have made no difference.
The game is ugly as hell for being the harbinger of a new generation and shows its cross-gen roots with even light examination. There's a borderline racist storyline involving black gangs that culminates in a boss fight on a roof where enemies in tanktops take multiple assault rifle shots to the chest to stun. This game ends incredibly abruptly and poorly, but you can't be mad, because at least this piece of shit is over and you never have to suffer through it again.
The game is a boring mish-mash of template open-world design with terrible driving controls and terribly controlling hacking puzzles to explode non-explosive switchboxes and electronics. You sit and wait (and wait and wait and wait) for enemies to go back to their normal patrols, because they forgot their friend just died to a crane dropping a steel drum on his head two minutes prior, and then you finish off the rest with guns. Then you realize you could have just done the gun thing from the beginning and it would have made no difference.
The game is ugly as hell for being the harbinger of a new generation and shows its cross-gen roots with even light examination. There's a borderline racist storyline involving black gangs that culminates in a boss fight on a roof where enemies in tanktops take multiple assault rifle shots to the chest to stun. This game ends incredibly abruptly and poorly, but you can't be mad, because at least this piece of shit is over and you never have to suffer through it again.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Professor Beef
Banned
For as dull, boring, and lifeless that I feel FF6 is, I don't hate it nearly as much as FF4, which is in my top 5 WOAT.
I can't even say I enjoyed those. The game was just completely boring when Terra WASN'T the focus. She's easily one of the worst protags.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Artsy fartsy design
Black and white
dude on cell phone
Boring as fuck!
Black and white
dude on cell phone
Boring as fuck!