Support NeoGAF

[hotcyder]

Donkey Kong 64/Banjo-Tooie

A few great set-pieces and ideas, but far too padded. Too many single-use mechanics that all amount to pushing contextual buttons.

 

[Maxey]

TLOU, great game but I never had fun playing it.

I feel like you need to expand on this. Did you not enjoy playing it at all? Did you like the game despite that or not?

Personally, if I'm not having fun playing a game, I just drop it.

On topic, as much as I enjoyed playing the earlier Assassins Creed games, I'd probably have a hard time going back to them now.

TES IV: Oblivion was a great time back when but nowadays it's just too outdated in every aspect for me to enjoy it again.

 

[TheExodu5]

Super Meat Boy. When I first played it the controls and the movement really clicked for me. Now if I go back to it something feels really off. I think the developers said that it's not a typical physics model and is hand-tweaked a lot. I guess that made more sense to me then, but now I can't stand it.

Are you playing on a different TV or system now by any chance? SMB requires a lot of precision and the tiniest amount of input lag can really hurt the controls.

 

[cuate]

metroid prime on the gc. utterly fantastic games but camera and movement being on the same joystick make it a bit hard to enjoy playing it. thankfully wii versions alleviates this issue.

Old arcade 2D beat-em ups are pretty garbage nowadays. I use to think they were really fun back in the day, but now they come off as incredibly shallow, inaccurate button mashers

 

[oni-link]

I'm just too used to modern game design I think, where you can change difficulty at any time and save everywhere.

Random battles is also something I really hate now.

Yeah and that is completely understandable, of all the PS1 games I've played in the last 5 or 6 years (grew up with an N64 so I've been playing catch up) the loading has been the most frustrating part

 

[Goldenroad]

Most early 3D games. There are a few exceptions, (Mario 64, OOT, Metal Gear Solid, DOOM, Quake), but generally early polygonal games do not hold up at all.

 

[modernmalady]

I'm gonna say The Last of Us. Phenomenal 11/10 experience, but around my fifth play through I thought to myself "I don't think I really ever need to play this game ever again." It's a combination of the fact there are really no new surprises left in that game for me to find, and the gameplay isn't really unique or mind blowing.

 

[Melkezadek]

I love Soul Reaver, but all the block puzzles really start to get irritating. Especially with the way saving works.

 

[bobone]

I just played Goldeneye a few weeks ago with a friend and it was a blast. Not starting with weapons, have I-frames every time you're shot, spawn camping, and bodyarmor camping.
The game is still a blast to play.

My vote is any GTA game III,IV,V, etc. They feel so outdated with the mission design, controls, open world. I hate walking to a glowing circle, watching a cutscene, driving to a mission point and shooting some dudes. Boring, Boring, Boring.

I hope Red Dead 2 doesn't follow this same formula.

 

[Plague Doctor]

Does WoW count?

I've been out since after WotLK and don't think I could ever go back.

 

[Kilau]

I feel like you need to expand on this. Did you not enjoy playing it at all? Did you like the game despite that or not?

Personally, if I'm not having fun playing a game, I just drop it.

On topic, as much as I enjoyed playing the earlier Assassins Creed games, I'd probably have a hard time going back to them.

I loved the game, it's a great story and the gameplay and stealth play is some of the best I've played.

It's just that the overall subject matter and presentation is very stress inducing for me. Playing a level very slowly and methodically is great but omg it wears me out lol.

So while I enjoyed the game immensely it's not something I would describe as fun.

 

[Brandon F]

Does WoW count?

I've been out since after WotLK and don't think I could ever go back.

Same, though I have popped back in for a few weeks with each expansion since WotLK, but none have kept me as engrossed as in the first couple years. FFXIV pretty much stole the mantle for me, though Legion came closest to garnering some of that old affection, it didn't persist long.

 

[Ten_Fold]

The original tomb raider games, tried them recently couldn't enjoy anything an forgot what made it fun in the first place.

 

[oni-link]

I loved the game, it's a great story and the gameplay and stealth play is some of the best I've played.

It's just that the overall subject matter and presentation is very stress inducing for me. Playing a level very slowly and methodically is great but omg it wears me out lol.

So while I enjoyed the game immensely it's not something I would describe as fun.

I think survival horror games in general could be described this way, but that''s another debate.

It's the same with horror movies, people don't watch them to relax and have fun

You could even make the case a game doesn't have to be fun to be great. Look at something like Papers Please for example

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Vice City.
Used to be one of my favorite games but that shit is unplayable today. I still love it for its music and ambiance but it's only tolerable with mouse and keyboard and cheat codes enabled.

Other than that, most of my favs still hold up.

 

[AnonymousTipster]

Time has not been kind to that first generation of 3D games for the N64 and PS1.

 

[tim.mbp]

Minecraft. They added too much stuff.

 

[Klart]

Old arcade 2D beat-em ups are pretty garbage nowadays. I use to think they were really fun back in the day, but now they come off as incredibly shallow, inaccurate button mashers

Really? I'm at the opposite end.

They still look great and, though the gameplay can be limited, it's still good, are still really fun to play.

Also, there's no alternative!!!

A decade or two decades old FPS however? No, thanks. I'll play one that's current gen.

 

[Tain]

arcade beat 'em ups have a small set of core mechanics but have a level of difficulty that demands full exploration of them (making the "inaccurate" comment extra weird), and this is generally more fun to me than a game with a million options yet doesn't push the player.

 

[Plague Doctor]

Same, though I have popped back in for a few weeks with each expansion since WotLK, but none have kept me as engrossed as in the first couple years. FFXIV pretty much stole the mantle for me, though Legion came closest to garnering some of that old affection, it didn't persist long.

Same here. I just don't even know where to begin and too many things have changed since the first couple years. These aren't necessarily bad changes, just ones too foreign to me.

 

[Skyr]

GTA 3 / vice city / san andreas. It's just to hard to go back to them after 5.

Tried to replay them but I decided I put that idea to a rest forever.

Had the best gaming time of my youth with those games but I rather wallow in nostalgia than forcing myself thru them.

 

[TheExodu5]

Does WoW count?

I've been out since after WotLK and don't think I could ever go back.

I can't deal with the interface and the hassle needed to set up all of the addons to make the game remotely playable.

Bought Legion and regretted it almost instantly.

 

[Coxy100]

Mass Effect trilogy. I've played those games so many times now that I've completely burned myself out on them. Plus after playing Andromeda, I don't think I could go back to the old combat. I need my jetpack.

Ugh no - much prefer the combat in ME2 and ME3. You can save the jetpack for other games like COD.

 

[IronicSonic]

Old arcade 2D beat-em ups are pretty garbage nowadays. I use to think they were really fun back in the day, but now they come off as incredibly shallow, inaccurate button mashers

Wrong. Street of Rage 2 and 3 are still incredible good games.

I think a great game is always a great game so I'm hard pressed to find some title that it shows it age. Probably soccer games in 32bit era?

 

[Griss]

Mario Kart 64. Love it when it released, and even played it in college after the gamecube was already out, but now... It's terrible. Worst MK. Sprites on a 3D background and floaty contols... it's not good.

Old arcade 2D beat-em ups are pretty garbage nowadays. I use to think they were really fun back in the day, but now they come off as incredibly shallow, inaccurate button mashers

Good shout. Love Streets of Rage 2 back in the day but now it seems like the most repetitive, imprecise crap, where you can get 90% of the good parts of the experience by listening to the soundtrack on Youtube.

EDIT: Lol at IronicSonic just beating me to the punch with the opposite opinion. Neogaf.gif

 

[UnemployedVillain]

definitely disagree with this

The good arcade releases in the genre are still a lot of fun to learn to 1CC. I can't turn on my PS4 without putting a credit or two into Renegade, and that's as early as it gets.

Some, sure, but many are incredibly deep.

Really? I'm at the opposite end.

They still look great and, though the gameplay can be limited, it's still good, are still really fun to play.

Also, there's no alternative!!!

A decade or two decades old FPS however? No, thanks. I'll play one that's current gen.

I'll be specific, I played Turtles in Time again recently and I just couldn't get into it

 

[CyberChulo]

Old arcade 2D beat-em ups are pretty garbage nowadays. I use to think they were really fun back in the day, but now they come off as incredibly shallow, inaccurate button mashers

I still enjoy Streets of Rage every now and then. Although it's the music too that keeps me going to the next stage.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Titanfall. Particularly the multiplayer. I played the hell out if the first Titanfall, but when I got TF2 I just couldn't enjoy the multiplayer. Not my thing anymore, I suppose. Single player was nice though. Weird how that happens.

 

[Released]

If I think it's a great game, I'll still enjoy it. I play and replay lots of older games though, which probably helps keep my expectations away from current gen-type gameplay.

 

[Mephala]

League of Legends
DOTA
DOTA 2

I've had enough!

 

[Mdk7]

Mario Kart for me.
I used to love the series so much - I think Mario Kart 64 might be my most played game EVER - but now I can't just play it anymore, on any system.
It's like I had an indigestion of it. :/

 

[Opa-Pa]

I'm gonna say The Last of Us. Phenomenal 11/10 experience, but around my fifth play through I thought to myself "I don't think I really ever need to play this game ever again." It's a combination of the fact there are really no new surprises left in that game for me to find, and the gameplay isn't really unique or mind blowing.

I think this is a necessary distinction, actually. A lot of games feel more like a one time experience, where beating it once will make all subsequent playthroughs not even half as exciting.

I liked TLOU a lot, and I do think it's fun, it wouldn't be /terrible/ to play again, but I don't see it as worth my time. Limbo is a great game too but I see little point in playing it again, this doesn't really mean it was badly made or that it's aged. Goldeneye on the other hand I had a ton of fun with back in the day and was very revolutionary, I'd love to play it again and have fun while doing so, but I simply don't see it happening.

So following OP's example... I'm actually having a hard time coming up with anything but Goldeneye haha. Perhaps OoT, but that's only because the 3DS remaster exist, otherwise, I'd be able to endure the original's framerate, I think.

Edit: A lot of old Beat 'em ups were pretty garbage, that's true, but adding SoR2 and Turtles in Time to that pile... I'm pretty sure it's not that they're bad now but rather you guys simply don't enjoy them anymore lol.

 

[capitalCORN]

Counterstrike. GO went too hard on esports. I want my 64 player clusterfucks on Piranesi!

 

[atomic moth]

I'll be specific, I played Turtles in Time again recently and I just couldn't get into it

Turtles in Time is still good. I bring it out with friends after a late bar night.

 

[Apoleptica]

After mgsv every previous mgs game has become unplayable to me in terms of controls. Same for every gta game prior to gtav.

 

[Vipu]

Dota 2

Its great game, I just cant play it after 5000h.
I have tried to play it few times again but I think im done with mobas forever until something very different comes.

 

[elkniwcire]

Assassin's Creed 2 was an incredible game at the time. I will always remember it fondly. However, trying to go back to it now is a frustrating experience. That control scheme is straight up awkward these days and not really worth the hassle.

 

[Pewpewlazors99]

Dota 2.

I have at least 3000 games played not including any of the original Dota. I love the game, but I don't think I'll ever play it again.

Dota 2

Its great game, I just cant play it after 5000h.
I have tried to play it few times again but I think im done with mobas forever until something very different comes.

Beat me too it...

 

[Drillary Clinton]

Prolly not the same within the context of this thread but I am exhausted with Battlefield. I've played every single release up until Hardline (yes, eventhe shitty 360 port of 2) and I'm just burned out on the formula. Was excited for 1 but when I started seeing gameplay it just looked like a very pretty reskin. Nothing against the game, I'm sure it's great.

 

[Off-Kilter]

MGS1 has not aged well at all

 

[Wozman23]

Early first and third person shooters, before they had modern, dual stick controls. I don't go back and play many older games, but I revisited Psi-Ops a few times when I had a backwards compatible PS3. The dated controls definitely hinder the experience.

And I agree with the early 3D, low poly games as well. After Rayman Origins I revisited the original Rayman trilogy. The original 2D game holds up well but Rayman 2 is visually really rough.

 

[The Hamburglar]

FF7. haven't played it in years but last time I tried I get bored to tears in 30 minutes.

 

[jdstorm]

Killzone 2. Tried to play it for the first time last year. NOPE. Not with those controls. Im sure the game itself is fine and the visuals hold up, but those controls. We've just moved too far beyond them

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Like several other people have said, early 3D GTA games. Vice City has always been my "least favorite" of the 3D GTAs (which is to say I still loved it, I just liked all the others a little bit more), but lots of people list it as their favorite, so I figured I owed it to myself to give it another shot. I picked it up on Steam dirt cheap, and I'm playing through it, and it just doesn't hold up at all. First off, the controls are complete garbage by today's standards. That alone makes it tricky to enjoy. But worse, the missions are seriously bad compared to stuff from later GTAs; it's "drive somewhere, maybe fight, drive somewhere else." There is virtually no variety for 90% of the game. Yeah, it nailed the setting, and the voice-acting was ahead of its time, but there's some serious rose-colored glasses going on with people who call that the best GTA ever.

 

[marcbret87]

Resident evil 4. I HATE the controls now. It used to be my favorite game(see my user name)which makes it hurt even more.

Same. I tried playing it on Xbox One and just couldn't deal with it. Guess I'd need to readjust again in order to enjoy it.

Also, GTA games before V, the controls feel really really imprecise compared to things like MGS V.

 

[dark_chris]

Dragonball GT Final Bout.
Played that game religiously back then. Now it's meh.

 

[thepenguin55]

I'll be specific, I played Turtles in Time again recently and I just couldn't get into it

Hey, you don't need to justify your opinion! I still love Turtles in Time but I totally get why people don't really like old school beat'em ups.

 

[Shikoba]

Everquest.

The more I think about it, the more I find insane the time I spent on it.

Was coming in here to say this one. Not necessarily due to gameplay time spent playing, that can apply to any MMO, but because of the game's very old mechanics. On one, I still kind of love the old school lack of hand holding MMO gameplay. But in reality I don't think a new game with similar mechanics would be very popular or enjoyed by many.

 

[Total Cereal]

Resident evil 4. I HATE the controls now. It used to be my favorite game(see my user name)which makes it hurt even more.

It's funny, I've played RE4 consistently since it came out (a few playthroughs a years, at least), and I still think the controls are perfectly fine. It helps with the tension and stress of the game since your movement is pretty restricted. I think that, because I've basically never stopped playing, the controls never really faded from my mind, so I never got too use to strictly modern third person games.

I think that if you get too use to playing a certain type of game with a certain control style, switching to a different control style is more difficult. To contrast my previous point, I've played FPS games exclusively on mouse&KB for almost 6 years, and now I can't play them on controller anymore. Not that I could never do so ever again, I'd just have to get use to it since it seems so alien now.

 

[Bedameister]

Pokemon Red/Blue

It's so clunky and has so many flaws compared to it's sequels.