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[Africa's Toto]

It keeps coming back to me that I skipped The Long dark just because it didn't have a jump action.
Up until I found out about that aspect my interest kept growing. Then it shot to near zero after that for some reason.

What silly reasons has this forum had for skipping games you would otherwise have played?

 

[BadBurger]

Forced stealth section. A game better be really, really good if it's going to rope me into some stealth section out of the blue (looking at you Spider-Man). Otherwise that shit is getting refunded if still possible, sold or deleted otherwise.

 

[Fare thee well]

Dark Souls games. When you have depression, looking at grey/black undead-themed shit all day just emphasizes downer feelings. I do better with arboreal, alpine, and living worlds. Games look amazing though.

 

[Little Chicken]

Dark Souls games. When you have depression, looking at grey/black undead-themed shit all day just emphasizes downer feelings. I do better with arboreal, alpine, and living worlds. Games look amazing though.

Dark Souls is actually quite beautiful in places

 

[Africa's Toto]

Dark Souls games. When you have depression, looking at grey/black undead-themed shit all day just emphasizes downer feelings. I do better with arboreal, alpine, and living worlds.

Eh, I wouldn't call this petty. Seems pretty reasonable.

Ironic though, I've seen people point out that dark souls helped them out of depression.
But yeah, it's usually just bleak. Even when it's visually striking.

 

[MudoSkills]

I skipped Undertale for years because of the fans.

 

[Fare thee well]

Eh, I wouldn't call this petty. Seems pretty reasonable.

Ironic though, I've seen people point out that dark souls helped them out of depression.
But yeah, it's usually just bleak. Even when it's visually striking.

Oh for sure. Sometimes going further into a depressing subject matter helps repel your own depression for some people. I know that a lot of classical composers would write in minor keys when they were doing better in life or when they wanted to dispell grief. The human mind is a complex thing

 

[Represent.]

absolute shite production values in Bloodborne, could only bring myself to play for 30 minutes or so.

Shit ass enemy AI/Combat in the opening level of Demon Souls PS5 remake.

I'll be dammed if I ever play a game where enemies staring at you with a bow, waiting for you to hit them is considered god tier combat

 

[junguler]

always online paid games, fuck that retarded shit.

 

[Represent.]

always online paid games, fuck that retarded shit.

LMAO

indeed

 

[Gone]

RPGs.

 

[TheUndeadGamer]

I prefer playing as a female, so I’ve skipped some games because of that.

Edit: Lol at reactions I got. Thank you.

 

[CitizenZ]

Recently, right now? 3 Words, Open World Grind

 

[CheeseCake]

Demon's Souls. Too fucking hard.

In contrast, I thought Bloodborne was much easier.

Take from this what you will.

 

[brian0057]

Action set pieces in Stealth games (or rather "Stealth" games, in the case of Metal Gear).
Stealth sections in action games.

Checkpoint save systems suck. It's the only reason Alien: Isolation isn't a 10/10.

 

[Derktron]

Recently, right now? 3 Words, Open World Grind

this

 

[Mr.ODST]

Anything Open World, just skip it now cause its a load of filler bullshit.

 

[bender]

I hate the art in the Donkey Kong Country Returns games.

 

[Captain Toad]

I skipped Undertale for years because of the fans.

You did the right thing. I'm a big turn-based rpg fan, but Undertale is not a good game.

 

[YukiOnna]

Because they didn't have dual audio... Then I learned to just turn the voice volume to 0 if they didn't

 

[brian0057]

For something actually petty?
Devil May Cry... like, any of them. I just don't like the combat. Which is weird because I like Bayonetta.
I don't know why.

 

[DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy]

I love Metroidvanias but really have no interest in playing Hollow Knight because the artstyle looks really lazy/bad imo. Also I remember hearing it has some randomized elements (unless I’m getting it confused with another game), so that’s a turn off as well.

If an artstyle rubs me the wrong way I have a really hard time getting into something. The Darksiders games are another example of this. Dumb character proportions that are cartoony looking but it takes itself too seriously for it to work. Except I’ve actually played and finished Darksiders 1 and 2.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I skipped Metal Gear Survive because of the Kojima/Konami fiasco. I still think it was a good decision.

 

[Crocwrangler]

A bunch of games because of their annoying multiplayer trophy lists. Most heartbreaking example was Lost Planet 3 which looked nice after the mess that was 2.

 

[trikster40]

Any kind of multiplayer add-on that the devs try to force you to play, especially when they tie trophies/achievements to it. I can’t tell you how many games I’ve played to 100% but have no platinum due to stupid MP grind trophies.

 

[Kilau]

I really hate “jump up super star” so I won’t play Mario Odyssey.

 

[Barakov]

I've definitely skipped some games because of the way some people who worked on the game acted on twitter. It's hella petty but I don't want to put money in the pockets of people with that kind of attitude.

 

[AmuroChan]

No platinum trophy. I think every season of Telltale's TWD had a plat except season 2, and that's the one I skipped.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

Was going to skip Horizion 2 over 10$. Refuse to pay an extra 10$ for a game with nothing new other than some weird rumbles.

 

[ReBurn]

I don't know that I ever have. I usually play what I want. Price, maybe.

 

[Tschumi]

devil may cry... i hate that aesthetic - well, all of those aesthetics* - and i don't really buy in to brawlers, haven't done since Spartan Total Warrior on og xbox

nothing new

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Always online like the Last Gran Turismo and the new one.

 

[Crimson_Fate]

$70

 

[CatLady]

I planned to skip Mass Effect Andromeda because I loathe and got into it with SJW racist Manveer Heir on Twitter and I didn't want one cent going to a game that clown worked on. Then the reviews came out and I would have skipped it anyway.

I did eventually end up playing it when it came to game pass and it actually wasn't nearly as bad as I expected.

 

[balls of snow]

Final Fantasy XIV because people wont shut up about it and wax poetry like its the second coming of Jesus.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

Nothing new vs the ps4 version*

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

It's a great game but not a great insert my favorite series game

 

[existensmaximum]

I skipped Undertale for years because of the fans.

Same here, but when I eventually played it after several years .. I absolutely hated the game. It's like.. I've never felt such disgust over a game. And its fans

 

[Zok310]

I skipped Undertale for years because of the fans.

I skip destiny because of its fans

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

absolute shite production values in Bloodborne, could only bring myself to play for 30 minutes or so.

Shit ass enemy AI/Combat in the opening level of Demon Souls PS5 remake.

I'll be dammed if I ever play a game where enemies staring at you with a bow, waiting for you to hit them is considered god tier combat

I guess (in the case of demon souls) the difficulty comes from controlling a character that feels like a turtle in molasses eh

 

[JoeBudden]

I've skipped out on all the Soulsborne and Rouge-lite/like genre games cause I'm just too old to be playing games just to get my ass kicked over and over until I discover the "golden" path/build.

Souls games in particular also feel pretentious with how overly obtuse and mysterious they are. Personally, it's poor design if you need to go outside of your game to actually understand what is going on in the game.

 

[existensmaximum]

I don't know if it's petty or not, but I've often skipped interesting games because they're only available on Steam, and I want to wait and see if they come out on Playstation eventually.

Both because I prefer to play there and keep my game library there, and because I want to have physical game copies in my collection whenever possible.

If a game is popular enough, it almost always comes out on Playstation, and if there isn't an official physical release, LRG or other companies sometimes produce them, so.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

Damage indicator numbers in an action game.

 

[arvfab]

Ridiculous trophy requirements let me skip some games in the past. But I'm trying to be less of a trophy whore and avoid being this petty in the future.

 

[_Ex_]

Characters won't stop repeating the same (audible) battle lines constantly during every combat.

 

[lh032]

always online single player games.

 

[skit_data]

I have skipped the Witcher 3 because every person I met that played the game are convinced its the best game ever and that CDPR are the best devs ever.

Everything went a little south after CP2077 launched, so now I might finally try it when the next gen update arrives.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Grandia 2

my burned copy of it for Dreamcast would freeze up at a cutscene towards the end of the game. I spent hours trying to find a work around.

This was like 20 years ago. I was young and broke so never bought a legit copy despite having loved the game up until that point.

wonder how the game has aged. Maybe I’ll go back and finish it some day.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Refuse to buy any games on Xbox (when I get an XSX) due to GamePass.

gladly buy games on my PS5 and Switch though

not sure if that’s petty or just the way things should be on the Xbox ecosystem now but it feels wrong to buy any games on there since that seems like it’s no longer part of their strategy…so if it’s not on GamePass I will literally Pass on that Game

 

[kanjobazooie]

Skipped Sea of Thieves despite loving the alpha because it doesn't have a minimap or waypoints.