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Games you Disliked Yet Continued to Play
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snoopeasystreet
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Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.
I play the game every couple of weeks thinking "Hey, maybe I'll end up liking it now". I never do.
I play the game every couple of weeks thinking "Hey, maybe I'll end up liking it now". I never do.
sixteen-bit
Member
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
inFamous
Halo 3
Bioshock
I hate hype
inFamous
Halo 3
Bioshock
I hate hype
Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2 I forced myself to play through despite really not being keen on the games themselves, it's one of those game series that the internet seems to be telling me I'm deficient if I haven't played them. To that end, I shall be forcing my way through 3 and 4 in the not too distant future. :lol
I'd also say Ninja Gaiden Sigma, except that it's starting to click with me now. Unfortunately U2 came along at the wrong time.
I'd also say Ninja Gaiden Sigma, except that it's starting to click with me now. Unfortunately U2 came along at the wrong time.
Fable 2. thank god it wasn't longer
MGS 4. friggin game press (and gaf) telling me the story was amazing, so i felt compelled to keep watching those insane cutscenes. they were shit. not enough gameplay after chapter 3, too much bullshit story
Guitar Hero 3. I wanted to like it, but it felt off.
MGS 4. friggin game press (and gaf) telling me the story was amazing, so i felt compelled to keep watching those insane cutscenes. they were shit. not enough gameplay after chapter 3, too much bullshit story
Guitar Hero 3. I wanted to like it, but it felt off.
I never really got the chance. My location requires that I wait a bit before buying, and only owning a Wii I'm not really often hyped. In general I tend to go for VC games too, which are easy to figure out whether I'll like them or not before playing.
In the situation where I buy something I end up not liking, I most likely won't finish it like with a couple RPGs I tried. I have far too big of a backlog to be limited in my game choices.
In the situation where I buy something I end up not liking, I most likely won't finish it like with a couple RPGs I tried. I have far too big of a backlog to be limited in my game choices.
OP nailed it: TWEWY. I tried so hard to like that game.
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway. Such a shame as I really liked the previous iterations. It felt really rough around the egdes. I went into autopilot mode mid way through, powering through missions, skipping cutscenes, I just didn't care for the game or what it was trying to (poorly) convey. It's actually one of the last games I traded in, about 2 weeks after release.
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway. Such a shame as I really liked the previous iterations. It felt really rough around the egdes. I went into autopilot mode mid way through, powering through missions, skipping cutscenes, I just didn't care for the game or what it was trying to (poorly) convey. It's actually one of the last games I traded in, about 2 weeks after release.
Lord Phol
Member
Resistance: FoM and Prince of Persia :/, kind of regret buying both even though I got them second-hand. Hopefully Resistance 2 will prove to be at least a bit better of a playthrough. Resistance did get better towards the end of the game though, haven't bothered to finnish PoP.
On the opposite spectrum, I thought the same about Ninja Gaiden Sigma, until a gaffer urged me to continue playing. Resulting in me completing the game with a smile on my face.
On the opposite spectrum, I thought the same about Ninja Gaiden Sigma, until a gaffer urged me to continue playing. Resulting in me completing the game with a smile on my face.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Marty Chinn said:
Wow page 3 really? I figured it to be within the top 25 replies. I forced myself to sit down and play it every Sunday until I finally gave up. I figured the game bored me to tears so much that if I played it on Sunday nights it would be a good wind down tool from the weekend and get me rested for work.
I believe I got to the 5th assassination before I just couldn't will myself on any further. Despite that I'm still somewhat looking forward to AC2. From what I've read they have taken steps to limit the repetitive nature. That is the only part I had a problem with the premise of the game was great. Just the execution was way off.
Gears of War: I started playing and kept thinking "meh, what's the big deal". Gladly, the game takes off from some point on, and the bad impression no longer applies.
Baten Kaitos: Actually, the thing that irritated me the most was the insanely difficult Agyo & Ungyo battle. I could live with the bad voice acting. Definitely bested by BKO.
Grand Theft Auto IV: A rollercoaster of awesome, what-am-I-doing-here, etc... but I really liked it when it clicked.
Baten Kaitos: Actually, the thing that irritated me the most was the insanely difficult Agyo & Ungyo battle. I could live with the bad voice acting. Definitely bested by BKO.
Grand Theft Auto IV: A rollercoaster of awesome, what-am-I-doing-here, etc... but I really liked it when it clicked.
Call of Duty 4 definitely. I thought I had remembered positive praise towards the game's single player campaign but it must've been the usual GAF bullshit. Infinitely respawning enemies and being so scripted and linear that it's basically an on rails game.
MGS4. I kept on playing hoping that it would get better, but it never did. The story was pure shit and it dragged the gameplay down into the abyss along with it.
Baten Kaitos. The music was great and the battle system was good, but god damn did the developers want me to hate that game. Boring, boring plot till past the midway where some slightly interesting finally happens. The localization was absolutely terrible as well, which was a shame. And that ending...holy shit that ending. Words cannot describe it. I think Kojima must've been working freelance at some point, because I can't see how anyone thought that was a good idea. I can't even play Origins with a straight face now.
Ace Attorney 4. Terrible game in comparison to the original trilogy. Was really let down. Still finished hoping for a spark, a glimmer. Received nothing but a cold slap in the face with the worst final case in the series. They took out the spiritual mumbo jumbo and it still made less sense than the others.
MGS4. I kept on playing hoping that it would get better, but it never did. The story was pure shit and it dragged the gameplay down into the abyss along with it.
Baten Kaitos. The music was great and the battle system was good, but god damn did the developers want me to hate that game. Boring, boring plot till past the midway where some slightly interesting finally happens. The localization was absolutely terrible as well, which was a shame. And that ending...holy shit that ending. Words cannot describe it. I think Kojima must've been working freelance at some point, because I can't see how anyone thought that was a good idea. I can't even play Origins with a straight face now.
Ace Attorney 4. Terrible game in comparison to the original trilogy. Was really let down. Still finished hoping for a spark, a glimmer. Received nothing but a cold slap in the face with the worst final case in the series. They took out the spiritual mumbo jumbo and it still made less sense than the others.
yankeeforever2
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Red Steel, god bought the pack just for NMH but played Red Steel too, so horrible.
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
Halo 2
Way to destroy what made the first one not bad (never been big on Halo, but i liked the landscapes in the original, and the whole Halo ring thing, was a bit fresh). With 2 im stuck on some scummy looking earth ghetto, or some pretty dull swamps, only completed it to find out for myself how terrible the ending was.
Way to destroy what made the first one not bad (never been big on Halo, but i liked the landscapes in the original, and the whole Halo ring thing, was a bit fresh). With 2 im stuck on some scummy looking earth ghetto, or some pretty dull swamps, only completed it to find out for myself how terrible the ending was.
mysticstylez
Banned
inFamous, boring city, crappy real time cutscenes, cookie cutter leveling up system, boring side missions......yet I went through both sides of the story.
Misterinenja
Member
Pumpkins said:
This. Oh this. :lol
I loved GTA IV for about three hours. Then plot went down the shitter, missions became boring kill-a-tons and the game just dragged on when it should have ended ages ago. Eventually I forced myself to beat it, just because it made me so angry that I couldn't let the game one up me. It all culminated in the last fucking mission which I had to try like 20 times before beating it. AND NO FUCKING CHECKPOINTS.
After watching like two hours worth of credits I just wanted to snap the disc in half.
Star Fucking Ocean 4 : I usually give any JRPG game I buy sometime to warm up. And that's what I've done with Star Ocean 4. After about 10 hours I realised how much I hate every single character in the game to the point where I kept on playing to the very end to see if they will eventually all die (I'm not even joking).
Halo 3 & ODST: I hate the game , I really do. But for some reason people think I'm so good at it and they enjoy playing with me. Didn't finish the campaign though and I got ODST as a present.
Assassin Creed 2: Place reserved for Assassin Creed 2 when it come out.
Halo 3 & ODST: I hate the game , I really do. But for some reason people think I'm so good at it and they enjoy playing with me. Didn't finish the campaign though and I got ODST as a present.
Assassin Creed 2: Place reserved for Assassin Creed 2 when it come out.
Scythian Empire
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Final Fantasy XI
Halcyon
Member
Fallout 3: Muddy graphics, checklist style gameplay with a buncha sorta lifeless characters staring awkwardly at you. Aiming being of no use. I just couldn't take it anymore about 10 hours in. I wanted to like it because I used to live in DC and it was cool to see all the landmarks torn up. I had just played oblivion a few months beforehand and had my fill of get quest, follow marker, get quest, follow marker. I ended up beating it though.
GTAIV: I got this as my first GTA game. It is not for me. I don't find anything remotely entertaining about stealing shooting and drugs. Bad graphics and bad controls. I also find no joy in sandbox titles apparently. I stopped playing it about 7 hours in so this might not count.
Assassins Creed: I had alot of slowdown and framerate issues with this game. I didn't beat it but played it alot more than I wanted to because it was the first game I got with my ps3. I liked the setting but there was too little amount of stealthness for me just built into the gameplay. So annoyingly repetative. Hate sandbox titles.
I've traded those games in and currently have no sandbox games in my collection.
Banjo-Tooie: Framerate, too much backtracking. FPS segments gave me a headache.
Majora's Mask: Game froze, stupid save system. Didn't want to replay dungeon on third day or whatever it was.
GTAIV: I got this as my first GTA game. It is not for me. I don't find anything remotely entertaining about stealing shooting and drugs. Bad graphics and bad controls. I also find no joy in sandbox titles apparently. I stopped playing it about 7 hours in so this might not count.
Assassins Creed: I had alot of slowdown and framerate issues with this game. I didn't beat it but played it alot more than I wanted to because it was the first game I got with my ps3. I liked the setting but there was too little amount of stealthness for me just built into the gameplay. So annoyingly repetative. Hate sandbox titles.
I've traded those games in and currently have no sandbox games in my collection.
Banjo-Tooie: Framerate, too much backtracking. FPS segments gave me a headache.
Majora's Mask: Game froze, stupid save system. Didn't want to replay dungeon on third day or whatever it was.
bumpkin
Member
Wow. clever.imail said:Assassin Creed 2: Place reserved for Assassin Creed 2 when it come out.
My number one pick? This piece of shit:
I officially punched out after I ended up in some monster's ass for hours. Me and my buddy proceeded to finish the game on co-op and I never touched it again.
Honorable mentions go to GTAIV (hey, I felt like I *had* to play it being the first next-gen GTA) and Silent Hill: Homecoming (my wife likes scary games).
Fuck the haters, I LOVE Time Stalkers.Team Vernia said:
Tremendously flawed, yes, but I really enjoyed the game, and still replay it occasionally. Same with Shadow Madness on PS1, I think I'm the only guy on earth that likes those two games. :lol
Hey, I'm still better than the guys that like Beyond the Beyond.
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
Fable 2. It is astonishing to me that I got all 1000 base achievement points, because that game was pretty lame. Traded it off at a profit though, so it wasn't all bad.
Metal Gear Solid 4. Went right fucking downhill as soon as Act 2 ended. Shit game, but I played it to completion for the sake of it. Was a huge fan of the series before Kojima decided to piss all over everything. And fuck all the Americanized shit courtesy of Ryan Payton.
Now I'm in the first stages of mentally blocking it out.
Don't bother with 4. Save your brain cells.
Now I'm in the first stages of mentally blocking it out.
Don't bother with 4. Save your brain cells.