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Ever feel bad for not liking a game? Share your shame.

I never feel obliged to like a game but there's still one that I'd mention here: That Dragon, Cancer.

Of course it's not a game you are supposed to enjoy (it's debatable if it can be called a "game" to begin with) but even though I consider myself an empathic person, I couldn't get into it at all on an emotional level. At the same time, I'm able to cry my eyes out over a character in a zombie adventure. That does indeed make me feel bad.
 
Horizon Zero Dawn. Something did not gel for me with the whole thing about robots and the story in general. I also find it's gameplay rather repetitive.
 
Chalk me up for The Last of Us. To paraphrase Jeff Gerstmann, everything is about The Last of Us is great, until you actually have to play it...

Bioshock Infinite was the better game that year...
 
Seems a darling franchise on GAF but for me it's Yakuza. I just dont find any of those characters appealing. Sega just keeps making them and I'm waiting for Shenmue instead.
 
I tried to get into The Witness but the gameplay does nothing for me, I guess I just don't see what makes the game so brilliant.
 
GTA. Well, it was always fun to mess around in the games with cheat codes at my friend's place, but I felt I was missing something by not playing the story. Played through GTA V and found it only decent. There's some funny satire here and there, but I didn't find the climax epic enough so to say. I liked the idea of heists, but it was too easy. Liked the acid trip in the skies though.

Indelible said:
I tried to get into The Witness but the gameplay does nothing for me, I guess I just don't see what makes the game so brilliant.
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How much did you play? I didn't find that interesting at first, but after a while, finding/solving specific puzzles made me feel like a fucking genius. That game is magic.
 
I never feel bad for not liking a game, but if we're talking games that people yell at you for not liking, then Witcher 3.
 
Hmm not really, if I dislike something I stand by my opinion

I like Chrono Cross but I thought I would like it even more because most arguments against it are terrible. The real problem with the game was actually the pacing I'll say, you just don't feel as compelled to move forward in the game as you would in CT/FF games etc

On a similar note, I adore MGS2's story and I like Raiden as a character but the game is definitely inferior to 1 and 3, it's just not as fun to play as 1. Bland setting + a lot of rehashed gameplay scenarios

I thought Team Ico games would be good, wanted to like them but all I got was monotonous slogs with dysfunctional gameplay that is somehow defended by fanboys. Shame that those are some of the prime examples of "games as art". Really shows how gamers are clueless about this subject. I don't feel bad about disliking them in the slightest

Oh Ni no Kuni too, love Ghibli, thought it would be some kind of huge love letter to JRPG fans that were disappointed with the genre's representation on home consoles during that gen. Too bad the game had a bad battle system that always hints you on weaknesses vs bosses, bad progression system in general, extremely repetitive sidequests and very poor music variety. I like what the game stands for and the general premise but I can't ignore the game's very blatant flaw

Yeah speaking of JRPGs Dragon Quest sounds right up my alley but the only one I played (VI on DS) was like the blandest jumble of SNES JRPG tropes, it felt like a poor man's Chrono Trigger. Apparently this is the worst one, I'm still very interested of getting like VIII on 3DS but hope the others don't feel close to the mediocrity that was VI. Unlocking class system after 10-20 hours so you spend a good chunk of the game with unrewarding progression, searching for random villages in bland environments with full of random encounters, very forgettable story... Hope the rest of the series have more defining elements than that.

Come to think of it I need to give Golden Sun another chance, I kind of dropped it as I lost my patience due to how it fell on a lot of SNES JRPG trappings as well but things like puzzle dungeons and the way the Djinn system work are things that I value a lot in JRPGs
 
TLOU, Uncharted series, Dark Souls.

I tried and tried.

The opening of TLOU grabbed me but the rest was a slog to play. Uncharted I kept waiting for the good part or see why they are so good but gave up halfway through 3. Dark Souls I just never enjoyed.
 
A recent game that I don't like as much as many seem to is Horizon Zero Dawn. But I don't feel bad about it, it's no big deal. I also don't go around everywhere proclaiming the game is trash trying to justify my opinions. Not everyone will like everything.
 
I am the opposite. I am pretty vocal about games that most people praise and I don't find that great.

Gta
Uncharted even if I played them all just for the characters.
Cod

Edit: I don't trash them. I just don't see what everybody's raving about.
 
MGSV.

Was really excited for it and even liked Ground Zero. From the hours I played the controls, gameplay, and engine are really tight, it's just, absolutely nothing motivates me to keep playing. There's not really a story. The environments are rinse and repeat. The home base thing is just weird.

For a series I love, I actually do feel bad seeing MGSV sitting there. I keep telling myself I'll get into it one day.
 
I'm not as into Dark Souls as I want to be. I could only have fun with DS1 playing as a Sorcerer, and DS3 I just cannot get into.

Odin Sphere should be one of my favourite games of all time but I am just barely crawling through it.
 
Having this with Prey at the minute. I can appreciate the absolute craftsmanship Arkane have put into it but it just isn't clicking with me after 5 hours in. It's a shame because I like the Dishonored games as well as Bioshock, with Prey seeming to be a mixture of the two.
 
No. I'm disappointed more than anything because sometimes I let the hype get to me or was expecting something else.

Also, I appreciate you not trying to be a hot take douche about not liking a game OP.

"Sorry guys, The Witcher 3 is just not that good" or *insert any game here* people.

Edit: I can't remember the last game that I played that I really didn't like. I usually can find enjoyment in most games. Though I had trouble playing through The Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite.

I loved the openings to both games, but Infinite kinda dragged for me in the middle and I actually got stuck at a part in The Last of Us. I intend on going back one day and finishing both of them. Probably will have to restart them as it's difficult to go back to a game after not playing it for a few years.
 
Red Dead Redemeption. I hear so much praise for it but when I finally played it I found it soooooo boring. From the locations to the story I just couldn't get hooked. Never finished it either.
 
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Naw man. I will try to... "understand" why people like a particular game, but I won't feel ashamed for not liking it.

Not really a fan of the Mega Man games, I didn't like playing Uncharted 2 back when it was released (and I still don't after getting the Remastered collection), but I'm holding off until I eventually finish it before I say it's a game I don't like (I dunno, maybe I just hate the beginning...). I loved the first game though, even though that one's harder to go back to now.

Mexen said:
I like Nintendo but I don't like Nintendo games.
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I'm like... the opposite of this.
 
I really want to like Pokemon. But I just can't bring myself to care about any of them beyond Red. Tried Black, Alpha Sapphire, Moon, and Platinum. Just not for me I guess :(
 
I don't like 2D Sonic, or "Modern 3D" Sonic levels like in Unleashed, Generations and so on.

The style from Sonic Adventure 1 & 2 are the ones I loved to play. I'm not so much a Sonic fan as a "Sonic Adventure fan." Loved even Knuckles treasure hunting shit. I know that has nothing to do with the series itself and probably feels out of place, but I adore those games.

I even replayed them recently - still scratch an itch that "modern 3D" Sonic games don't. And I never liked the 2D ones. Not that they are bad just...not for me, really.

I don't know if I feel bad for that, exactly, but I know that people look at me like I'm crazy for that opinion haha.
 
I feel kinda ashamed that I have a PS4 and barely any of the exclusives appeal to me whatsoever. The Last of Us I found really boring, Uncharted 4 just doesn't interest me (UC3 put me off the series), Horizon looks dull to me, etc.

Bloodborne was great though.

PorygonVandal said:
Happened to me with The Last of Us, I was ready to enjoy a totally super cool experience... and the game just didn't grew on me... I found it pretty boring
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You're not alone.
 
Does a whole genre count? I've never really been able to get into any Metroidvania. I usually get stuck but still feel too proud to look up a guide so I just quit.

I can do difficult games, puzzles, platforming, and exploration separately and in various combinations, but that particular mix has never worked for me.
 
hzsn724 said:
I really want to like Pokemon. But I just can't bring myself to care about any of them beyond Red. Tried Black, Alpha Sapphire, Moon, and Platinum. Just not for me I guess :(
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I can't get into any Pokemon, you aren't alone. Never tried any of the early Pokemon games, though. I only started with 3ds ones and haven't enjoyed any of them.
 
I've been pretty open about my intense dislike for NieR Automata.

This game was a bitter disappointment, it was like a dumbed down version of ergo proxy, except the author did not understand any of the themes beyond very shallow surface level.
To appear smart NieR throws in some random quotes and imagery, but little of it make any internal sense within its own premise.
There is no impact to any of it because it's all very gratuitous and just there because it's cool for the lulz. But if you think half a second about how this shit should make sense within a coherent world, it immediately falls apart.

The shallow gameplay and trash filler sidequests did not help either.
Game is all fluff and no actual substence.

And what's worse are the rabbid fans who will gang on anyone not praising this "masterpiece", they are the worse part of it.
 
Pink Floyd. ...Oh wait, we're talking about games here? Ok!

Darksiders! Looking back at it I disliked every second of the 3-4 hours I played.

honourable mentions:
GTA San Andreas, Vice City and V
Resident Evil 5 and onwards
The Witcher II and III (I'll give it another chance in the future!)
Dragon's Dogma (Will give that one another chance, too.)
Zelda Twilight Princess (Worst 3D Zelda by a mile. It's horribly uninuitive in places...)
Limbo
any Ratchet & Clank
Metal Gear Solid
Half Life 1

I don't feel bad because not every game is for everybody. I can respect the quality of these products but they didn't do it for me.
 
Demon's Souls

Played a bit and it looked a bit boring
 
For me it was Half-Life 2. I certainly don't think it's bad or anything but I tried twice to play it and gave up both times. I did quite like the first one, even though it fell off a clip when you get to the alien world.
 
I couldn't get through Nioh. The level design was boring, the enemy variety was incredibly small, and the loot system was uninteresting. The combat was fine but it wasn't different enough from the souls games for it to feel fresh enough to get me hooked and look over the blatant flaws. I might try and pick it back up though despite my issues.
 
No. Why would I feel bad for not liking a game? I only feel bad for wasted money(thankfully I can just refund on Stem atleast)
 
I feel bad for not liking Nier: Automata. Loved the demo, was hyped as hell for the game. Then it came out. I won't completely critique it since I haven't beaten it yet. But the 20 or soish hours I did play was average as hell
 
I wouldn't call it "shame", but I was frustrated that everyone was raving about Metal Gear Solid 3, and it just wouldn't click with me. I loved 1 and 2.

I even bought 3 again when Subsistence came out and gave it another shot. Still couldn't hook me.

I never bothered with 4 or 5. Got plenty else to play.
 
Eternal Champions. I was a super Sega fan and all the marketing around the release of the game was making it seem like it would be my favorite game ever but then... it looked like super crap to me, not fun, uninteresting characters without charisma, magic effects and fatalities that were laughably meh compared to street fighter and mortal kombat respectively.

I think I never even beat it and it was probably the first game where i thought "Yeah, i don't really need to play this if i don't like it " but still felt bad because at that time I could not buy so many games.
 
PorygonVandal said:
Happened to me with The Last of Us, I was ready to enjoy a totally super cool experience... and the game just didn't grew on me... I found it pretty boring
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I felt this way not only because it was so well-praised, but also because I dug the opening and was getting ready to finally really really like a western AAA game, but then the rest of the game happened and I realized partway through that I kind of really disliked everything else about it.

I also felt this way about Overwatch because seemingly everyone I know plays it and it seemed kind of up my ally as far as FPS games go, since even though I don't really like the genre in general I thought TF2 was fun. But nah, I didn't really like it. It seemed too based on having knowledge about the game and having a good balance of classes over actual game mechanics.

Oh, and my biggest one: Metroid Prime. I'm a huge Nintendo fan and the Gamecube is my childhood console, yet the supposed crown jewel of the whole thing I find boring and tedious as hell to play.
 
Nier: Automata. I loved some of what it did but I just couldn't get that excited about the game. I was actually happy about what happened at the last ending because I wouldn't feel remotely obligated to play the game again. I didn't hate it but I didn't think it was anything outside of good. I don't feel bad about not liking it though.
 
I'll go with overwatch.

It's fun, colorful, the characters are cool. For about 15 minutes for me. Don't really feel bad though...
 
Same, OP. I have tried to get into The Witcher 3 multiple times but it just doesn't click with me. Great setting and characters. Graphics and art direction are outstanding, and the gameplay has some interesting stuff going on... I just don't enjoy the combat at all. Just a preference thing, since there is nothing glaringly-wrong with it. I feel bad because CDPR obviously made an amazing game in the exact genre I love the most and I just don't have fun playing it :/
 
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