FFXV. I had fun in the beginning. Then I noticed most of it came from nostalgia. Game design, writing and gameplay were a mess.
I wouldn't say I hate it, but I rarely play Overwatch anymore.
It's just devolved into only being able to play certain characters or some random yells at you and curses you out for the whole match.
When my friends played it was a lot more fun, but playing solo is just eh to me.
Overwatch.
I was really, REALLY hyped on the game. Levels of hype that I haven't reached in years. It became one of those games I thought about nonstop when I wasn't playing it, dreading every minute of the day leading up to when I could get back in my chair and play some more. Love the characters, love the art, love the tone. Three of the groups I play with and myself eventually got frustrated with it as a competitive game and either went back to other games or picked up new ones.
Horizon: Zero Dawn.
I loved it on release. Got the Platinum and all. Now, the more time passes, the more I realize its shortcomings and limitations. The story wasn't that great, the combat was just serviceable (the melee is terrible, but that's something I knew even back then), the world is pretty but deeply uninteresting.
I still like the game. I just don't think it is this ground-breaking, game-changing masterpiece that sets the bar for all open-world games that some people argue it is. It's just OK.
I see this view expressed a lot, and not just about BoTw. It's extremely strange to me.Breath of the Wild for me.
Like many, I sunk hundreds of hours into the game because the itch to explore was unrelenting. I had to get back to the game so I could see what was out there. So I could find the next secret, or see the next view, and meet the next character.
This phenomenon relied greatly on the game's greatest strength: mystery. But after completing the game, the mystery is gone. There are no more surprises. You know where everything is. You'll never be surprised to land on Eventide Island for the first time again, or find the Guardian graveyard in Akkala, or bring together strangers and watch a village grow, or find a Lynel by accident. All these things only work once.
Once they're known, and done before, the appeal of retread is greatly diminished. The first time I played, I would lose hours and hours wandering because you never knew what was out there. My subsequent replay attempts have asked me "what's the point?"
I don't hate it or anything like that. I'll make one final go of it when the DLC finishes. But chances of me ever feeling the same way as I did the first round are pretty low.
Street Fighter V. Loved IV, enjoyed V at first, but lost interest, even with the new characters.
Street Fighter V. Loved IV, enjoyed V at first, but lost interest, even with the new characters.
Considering how many people still don't "get" BioShock, I have to wonder if it's really ham-fisted. People fail to take meaning and understanding from things that, I would think, are extremely obvious by now. But people still don't get it and say asinine stuff like "the BioShock 1 remaster should have had the Little Sisters from BioShock 2."
I think part of the aging problem with BioShock is people have begun taking it for granted and don't respect it for what it accomplishes.
Witcher 3
I really really loved it when I played it at launch. I even enjoyed Hearts of Stone when it came out. Blood and Wine is where I fell off. When you're gone from the game so long, you start to look at the game much differently.
Look, Witcher 3, as a video game, kinda sucks. The combat is clumsy and dull, most of the quests are very similar in design, and the RPG elements are just garbage. I realize now that the only thing keeping me attached this game at launch was the writing and its presentation.
I don't hate the game at all, but I have far less respect for it now. I just can't really appreciate it the way I did before.
God of War 1 blew me away when I first played it in 2005, but I'm so fucking sick of Kratos that I couldn't imagine playing it again. I don't hate the game, but I do hate the character.
I wouldn't say I hate it, but I rarely play Overwatch anymore.
It's just devolved into only being able to play certain characters or some random yells at you and curses you out for the whole match.
When my friends played it was a lot more fun, but playing solo is just eh to me.