old manatee
Banned
Dying Light. It plays an awful lot like an Ubisoft game, which I try to avoid because of tedious that design is to me.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Most Boring Game You've Played/Completed Recently
- Thread starter Drewfonse
- Start date
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
The game was cool, the mechanis were nice but I think it was too long for it's own good.
I would have liked it more if it were shorter. It seemed like the majority of the time I was just sailing (which was nice) and the missions weren't very unique, they were very similar.
I was really happy when I finished it.
The game was cool, the mechanis were nice but I think it was too long for it's own good.
I would have liked it more if it were shorter. It seemed like the majority of the time I was just sailing (which was nice) and the missions weren't very unique, they were very similar.
I was really happy when I finished it.
Dragon Age Inquisition, didn't finish it. Got quite a bit after you go to Skyhold, just lost interest, it wasn't terrible or anything but the story and calling me herald of Anderaste all the time got really bad, I was bored with with templar/mage conflict too at that point. I thought characters were pretty boring and played out, typical Bioware cliche.
Civilization Beyond Earth, I really wanted to like this, I really like the soundtrack but it was just broken and too slow for Civ even. I didn't really understand what I was doing or aiming for, the game's tech tree is terrible. Combat balance is terrible too. You should probably just avoid fighting all together for a good while.
Civilization Beyond Earth, I really wanted to like this, I really like the soundtrack but it was just broken and too slow for Civ even. I didn't really understand what I was doing or aiming for, the game's tech tree is terrible. Combat balance is terrible too. You should probably just avoid fighting all together for a good while.
RandomSeed
Member
I guess Infamous First Light. I was going to pick up Second Son, but if it's just like this, I'm glad I didn't. Its not crap or anything, but I just feel like I'm right triggering everything repeatedly for gameplay, and the story is the main character screaming about her brother non stop.
ThatStupidLion
Member
3d dot heroes
loaf of bread
Member
I completed it. Its just... Not very good. I loved the map but it is a mediocre AC game and a bad videogame in general.
+1 It is too bad because this game is packed with lot of good ideas.
Stick it to the Man for me too..
So the game is only good with DLC?, I rest my case.
SliChillax
Member
Shadow of Mordor because of the setting and dull missions. Nemesis system got annoying half the time.
Thief, yeah incredibly dull.
Brutal Legend, sorry.
Crysis games
All Borderlands games
Grid Autosport, as a huge fan of cars and racing games, Codemasters make the most shallow racing games.
Battlefield Hardline Beta
Saints Row 3 and 4
Thief, yeah incredibly dull.
Brutal Legend, sorry.
Crysis games
All Borderlands games
Grid Autosport, as a huge fan of cars and racing games, Codemasters make the most shallow racing games.
Battlefield Hardline Beta
Saints Row 3 and 4
Maaaaaardy
Member
I was really looking forward to TLoU but it bored me to death and I had to stop playing it by the time I got to the sewers. The story didn't grab me and the stealth just didn't feel good to me.
Really, REALLY disappointed to say it. I wanted to love it desperately and am now worried for Uncharted 4, having never played one of those either. PS here's hoping we get an Uncharted HD collection on PS4.
Really, REALLY disappointed to say it. I wanted to love it desperately and am now worried for Uncharted 4, having never played one of those either. PS here's hoping we get an Uncharted HD collection on PS4.
CUE THE HATE
Stairouais
Member
My thoughts exactly. Probably the most boring open world city thing i've ever played. There's more life in fuckin Silent Hill.
SnowFlakeCake
Member
COD: AW campaign was just awful, went through the motions and finished the game with the thought that any minute it would actually get good. The MP ain't much better, Black Ops 2 was my last COD game and AW simply does not hold a candle to it.
hobblygobbly
Member
I just replayed Fez.
I don't know if it was always such a tediously boring game (maybe I forgot?) or just not a good game for a second play through. I last played it when it originally came out so it has been a while.
Really boring.
I don't know if it was always such a tediously boring game (maybe I forgot?) or just not a good game for a second play through. I last played it when it originally came out so it has been a while.
Really boring.
Sanctuary
Member
Dragon Age: Inquisition, although part of the boredom may be my own fault. I started over slightly after the halfway mark (*and having finished a ton of side quests) due to the Knight Enchanter simply not being any fun. Every fight was pretty much the same, and not difficult at all (on Hard) once factoring in crafted weapons and armor. I ended up replaying everything again as a different specialty; which was slightly more fun, but doing all of the same crap all over again so soon was a bit much.
No shit. You'd think that the majority of the defenders of its untarnishable status had never seen any dramatic movies, or read any dramatic books. The "game" entirely rests on its piecemealed story and stellar production values. The gameplay parts aren't really bad at all, they just aren't anything that had not already been done to death by other games, including ND's own.
No shit. You'd think that the majority of the defenders of its untarnishable status had never seen any dramatic movies, or read any dramatic books. The "game" entirely rests on its piecemealed story and stellar production values. The gameplay parts aren't really bad at all, they just aren't anything that had not already been done to death by other games, including ND's own.
Dragon Age Inquisition. I just kept playing and playing hoping it would hook me and make me give a shit about anything in the game other than the nice looking environments.
I hit the Manor section where it locks you from going anywhere else in the game and forces you to go on a huge scavenger hunt of walking around hitting the find button hoping there's a clue there. After that I just took a look in the mirror and thought "what the fuck am I doing?" and then went and played through Max Payne 3 on the highest difficulty
I hit the Manor section where it locks you from going anywhere else in the game and forces you to go on a huge scavenger hunt of walking around hitting the find button hoping there's a clue there. After that I just took a look in the mirror and thought "what the fuck am I doing?" and then went and played through Max Payne 3 on the highest difficulty
bennywhatever
Member
Dark Souls.
I managed to grind through for about 12 hours before I just said, "I'm bored. This is boring. I'd rather play Monster Hunter."
Another one is Tales of the Abyss. I've gotten halfway through that game 3 times now and just get so bored.
I managed to grind through for about 12 hours before I just said, "I'm bored. This is boring. I'd rather play Monster Hunter."
Another one is Tales of the Abyss. I've gotten halfway through that game 3 times now and just get so bored.
Sure! Its background is well explained in a grounded and realistic manner (well, as realistic as a fungus-zombie outbreak can be). This ties in perfectly with the game; with a post-apocalyptic setting, a "kill or be killed" attitude is created and gives reason for the videogame "kill everything on the screen or avoid it as long as possible" gameplay. You're scavenging for supplies, which you can use on the fly, to create more weapons and health kits, upgrades, anything that can help you survive. TLOU was the best survival game I've ever played, and on Grounded mode, it felt like a F'n Souls game.
The actual story Naughty Dog told was just one hell of a bonus.
loaf of bread
Member
Its not only good with DLC. How people can go around praising RE4 and not like TLOU I'll never know because theres so many parallels. Let me go through what made TLOU good. I don't care if you didn't enjoy TLOU, thats fine. But saying it has no redeemable aspects besides story is idiotic. Pacing, past Boston, the game has some of the best pacing of all time akin to games like RE4. Story, obligatory, one of the best stores and acting/characterization in any video game after. Sandbox gameplay, approach combat scenarios in a multitude of different ways, stealth, assault, etc. Distract enemies, melee enemies, go in and out of stealth to sneak up on enemies. Enemy AI is some of the best in any game. Enemies will flank you relentlessly, run and hide, charge you when they hear you gun click. It has some of the most realistic combat in games. On higher difficulties the game changes completely forcing you to save every bullet and be killed almost instantly. Also clickers. etc. Also its incredibly replayable. I don't replay many games and yet I've replayed TLOU 3 times already and its like a new different game every time. Also some of the best multiplayer to come out in recent years that is totally new and fresh and unique. Beautiful graphics, amazing soundtrack, immersive world.
Its absolutely fine if you didn't like TLOU. Theres absolutely nothing wrong with it. Acting like it isn't brilliantly designed and its only redeemable aspect is its story is wrong and idiotic. The story isn't even its strongest aspect and yet people like you act like thats all people like the game for.
Xenoblade. I don't get it. The main character walks so slow around the world that often I'll hold up on on the controls while I'm reading forums or checking my phone. The story is uninteresting. Shulk and Melia are among the dullest characters I've seen. Every time I get to a shop, it's a 30 minute process as I have to write down what gems each character has, unequip the gems, then compare what they have to the shop (5 different types of armor for each character), go through the enormous pile of collectables I have to sell, buy the new armor, reequip the gems. After that I'll go back the first town to forge new gems, another long unfun tedious process.
Nier was so much better.
Nier was so much better.
Storm Kyleis
Member
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery is probably the most boring game I've ever played. "Artsy" point and click game with little to no gameplay or even story, there's a lot of backtracking and movement is painfully slow. I even locked myself out of 100% completion because of this crap (no, I didn't cheat).
I love relaxing game experiences, but man.
I love relaxing game experiences, but man.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Just started playing, totally agree so far up through the first real gunfight.
And both of the new PS+ games.
I doesn't really feel like a Souls game at all.
I want to enjoy it, it's clear that Naughty Dog had a commendable vision, but I am struggling to get through it.
Maybe I am playing on too low a difficulty level, as the AI is pants
Breakfast at Noon
Member
assssins creed 3, returned to it to platinum it
boring as it gets.
boring as it gets.
Gameplay-wise, no. Trial and error, yes.
LordBaztion
Member
Mafia 2 Joe's Adventures. Just dreadful
Darkest Dungeon (early access) : struggling against RNG and rolling a punishing dice for every little thing isn't very entertaining, nor rewarding. I like failing for a reason and learn from it rather than it happening randomly.
Also the corridor-room-corridor format bother me way more than it should but it contribute to make the experience rapidly redundant.
Great art style, polished and full of interesting things though, I'll try to revisit it once it's officially out.
Also the corridor-room-corridor format bother me way more than it should but it contribute to make the experience rapidly redundant.
Great art style, polished and full of interesting things though, I'll try to revisit it once it's officially out.
If you tried it but didn't like it who cares? At least you gave it a shot
Beelzebufo
Banned
No, that's the problem. Souls isn't trial and error. TLOU on grounded isn't anything like it.
RandomSeed
Member
Meaty combat, where a hit feels like a hit. It has weight and brutality.
The story is the near perfection (IMO of course) of the zombie like journey in videogame form.
Nice level design from a gameplay perspective, with enough opportunities to play with either a stealth approach, or just use stealth as a means to flank enemies and play with more lethal intent.
More realistic dialog than most games. Characters not being exposition machines.
The passing of seasons, distances, and time makes for quite an adventure. Beyond a simple action game. It's not open world, but it sure is a world.
Highly competent musical score (heh, hard to word since I guess emotion isn't a virtue with a videogame, enjoyment must be found from 100% pure logic, eh? Seems legit.)
Smooth animations, facial animations, impressive vertical structures
Etc etc etc
Summer Haze
Banned
I agree with everyone when it comes to the beginning of TLoU. The beginning of that game (after the prologue) is slow and pretty dull, especially on your second, third, fourth playthrough. It gets a hell of a lot better, though, especially after Boston. But I do get why some people who haven't finished the game yet are saying what they're saying.
I'd just urge you to keep on playing.
I'd just urge you to keep on playing.
Fully agree, the game completely falls apart in the late stages of the game, down to the point where forgot as good as anything about the game between the forced stealth fight during Winter and the final battle except that you get a Flamethrower.
My most boring pick in recent years is Sonic Adventure DX. I was so disinterested in this game at the end I was just glad to be fighting Perfect Chaos even though I had no idea how the story suddenly already got to that.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
This is an insightful, detailed, well thought out post that will add to a healthy discussion.
Snark aside, I still respect your opinion although I strongly disagree with it. Care to expand on why you found it boring?
Man... I've been doing some hard thinking on this game, and I guess at the end of the day I agree with you. The mission structure is just way too repetitive, which is probably this game's biggest problem. And at the end of the day, Delsin is a decently cool guy, but not that interesting. I haven't Platinumed this game yet because I'm not that excited about a second run-through.
The best things about the game are: Fetch (she's awesome) and the Neon power... saying all that makes me realize I should go grab the DLC.
michalmarek77
Member
The Wolf Among Us...
I've played whole season just because i thought that somewhere there must be that magic "molecule of awesomeness"...Nope, there was nothing. Stick to comic books. They're far, far better...
I've played whole season just because i thought that somewhere there must be that magic "molecule of awesomeness"...Nope, there was nothing. Stick to comic books. They're far, far better...
Werewolf Jones
Member
Bastion. Forced myself to finish it.