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Which Games Have Just BORED You to DEATH?

shadow of the colossus

it's a massive, empty slab of land and you just ride your horse from place to place, trying to make it to your destination before you get nauseous and vomit from the busted frame rate

the boss fights were fun for the most part but everything in between was a chore, but I guess I was supposed to feel something
 
Dragon Quest IX

I feel horrible for listing this, as I love both DQ IV and V (and I'm sure VI, when I get around to it), and I enjoyed what I played of the NES originals. I still haven't quite put my finger on it, as I'm still early in the game (~6ish hours), but I don't feel the same charm as other entries. Maybe it's the slow pace of the battle system compared to the lightening-quick interface that preceded it (why-oh-why did they have to include animations as mandatory?), or the complete lack of personality.

Harsh words, but I'll still give it a shot, even if it's feeling like work at the moment. Just my initial impressions.
 
Relax.MX said:
Yes!!

Monotone (music, enemies, scenarios), the "social life is boring ... etc.
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Climbing tartarus definitely was not as exciting as traversing gay bath houses. :)

Don't hate on P3's music though, it was still pretty good.
 
darksunpr said:
God of War 1 and 2 Repetitive as hell and a lot of unnecessary stuff (sex minigames etc), havent played 3
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I don't think it's fair to judge games based on wholly optional things you have to choose to do. Of course it can colour your experience of the game, but it's not the game at fault, certainly not after the first time.
 
Assassin's Creed (all installments). I play them hardcore for a few days and then leave the game for literally 3 to 4 months beofre coming back to finish.

Looking at my unfinished games:

Just Cause 2 - Almost too big to keep my interest
GhostBusters - Short game, about 2 hours in, will finish in due time
Darksiders - Probably going to end up like assassin's creed

Starting to burn out on LA Noire after about 14 hours, too.
 
TouchMyBox said:
Climbing tartarus definitely was not as exciting as traversing gay bath houses. :)

Don't hate on P3's music though, it was still pretty good.
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Pretty good? It was awesome. I hope P5 goes back to a more urban setting because a Japanese guy lowering the pitch of his voice and rapping in English is awesome.
 
Borderlands for me. I completed it once and I never ever want to touch it again, nor would I ever want to play any sequels that get released.

To me it just seems like Borderlands took all of the bad qualities from role playing and first person shooter genres and none of the good ones. Horrible grindy repetitive quests that play the same throughout the entire game, a shooting system that doesn't feel satisfying because everything takes a ridiculous amount of shots to go down and having a random weapon stat system that tries to be interesting but fails miserably doesn't help to make it feel more satisfying in any way.
 
Rift was the latest one I guess. Nothing really wrong with the game, nothing really great either. Still rather play it than any Korean MMORPG. And Fallout New Vegas, it was just too similar to Fallout 3. The single player portions of Black Ops and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 were snorefests as well (I wish they would sell the MP parts of these games separately at a reduced price).
 
I've tried to force myself to play it at least 10 times... but no luck...

Ocarina of Time

bore's the shit out of me every time


also, I'll join the wagon of Persona 3 players... was trying to like it but... yeah
 
Final Fantasy XII. I've been meaning to give it another shot for a while though. Could very well have been me at the time.

KOF XII. That definitely wasn't me.
 
StuBurns said:
I don't think it's fair to judge games based on wholly optional things you have to choose to do. Of course it can colour your experience of the game, but it's not the game at fault, certainly not after the first time.
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No I just think that they wasted time adding those kind of meaningless things instead of making the game less repetitive.
 
One week after Cataclysm came out. Hit level 85. Played for another day or two. Quit.

I plan on returning to the world of Azeroth, but man that game can wear thin. I quit over both frustration from elitist assholes and sheer boredom.

Darksiders is a beautiful game but really how many freaking puzzles do you need to have in a game like this. One room after the other is a puzzle. Got boring despite the game having the potential to be extraordinary. Mind you, it's still a great game but they went overboard on the "puzzle rooms".

Other than that, I can't think of any boring game I've played and the two mentioned above aren't really boring overall. This gen has simply been amazing when it comes to quality games.

Snuggler said:
shadow of the colossus

it's a massive, empty slab of land and you just ride your horse from place to place, trying to make it to your destination before you get nauseous and vomit from the busted frame rate

the boss fights were fun for the most part but everything in between was a chore, but I guess I was supposed to feel something
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Thank you! So freaking overrated it isn't even funny. Broken framerate AND muddy, plain graphics. Boss fights were amazing for the PS2, but that's where all the effort went! The rest of the game is ugly and... boring. Oh, and this is coming from someone who loved Ico!
 
Littlegator said:
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Xenosaga Ep. I

At this point, I don't even give a damn if the game is worth playing or not. There's no way you can justify such a slowly-paced intro.
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That's a movie. Not a game.
 
The one that first comes to my mind is Grand Theft Auto 4. Bored the shut outta me so much it took every ounce of patience and 2 years to finish. Such a rubbish game.
 
Grand Theft Auto 4 - played for 2 hours
Oblivion - fell asleep
Fallout 3 - same as above with guns
Littlebigplanet - zero motivation to play
Halo ODST - was plain stupid
 
Super Mario Galaxy: Thank god 2 was actually fun, the first one was a chore to beat and had me snoring through. I guess coming out of a game like Sunshine it was bound to disappoint.

Castlevania PS360: Let's make a GoW clone and just make it awful.
 
HL2 EP 2: I found two to be moderately fun at the time but I can't finish Ep2, its really boring and amateurish. I only paid 2 bucks for it so I don't regret it, maybe one day I'll finish it.
 
Final Fantasy XIII, but it left me feeling anger more than boredom. The whole thing felt ridiculous more than anything else.

I felt a sense of boredom, or slack, out of Enslaved; it looks nice, certainly, but it just couldn't grab me enough for me to give it much of a shot. I enjoyed Alan Wake, but it needed to pick the pace up, frankly. Maybe it's my sense of impatience more than the games' failings, but there it is. I ended up having the same opinion of Fallout 3. (Enough so that I never gave New Vegas a try.)
 
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Entire Beginning was just sooooo boring the sneaking part took me about an entire week to beat, I kept turning it off and playing something else.
 
Aigis said:
Grand Theft Auto 4
Dead Space
Resistance
Bioshock
Far Cry 2
Nier
Oblivion
Fallout 3
Littlebigplanet
Halo ODST
Army of Two
Assassin's Creed
Batman Arkham Asylum
Prince of Persia

Just from this gen. Thank god for Gamefly (most of these, anyways.)
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Spot on.

Don't entirely agree about Nier though, but I can understand why people hate it.
 
GTA IV: In no way, shape or form does this game have anything decent about it. Terrible gameplay, little to do, muddy graphics, repetitive mission structure, stupid storyline, motherfucking cellphone!, etc.

Rockstar redeemed themselves with Red Dead Redemption and L.A. Noire, cause GTA IV is easily one of the worst games I have played.
 
Call of Duty 4 - The SP and MP just bored me. Tried a few times to beat the SP, but it wasn't as fun as COD 2 SP. The COD4 MP was the most overhyped game ever. COD3 had 24 players online, vehicles, classes and massive maps. COD4 was dumbed down and bored me to tears.
 
SabinFigaro said:
Dragon Quest IX

I feel horrible for listing this, as I love both DQ IV and V (and I'm sure VI, when I get around to it), and I enjoyed what I played of the NES originals. I still haven't quite put my finger on it, as I'm still early in the game (~6ish hours), but I don't feel the same charm as other entries. Maybe it's the slow pace of the battle system compared to the lightening-quick interface that preceded it (why-oh-why did they have to include animations as mandatory?), or the complete lack of personality.

Harsh words, but I'll still give it a shot, even if it's feeling like work at the moment. Just my initial impressions.
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I feel the same way you do and I played even further into the game. I love some aspects of it, the rpg elements, the customization. But for me the game became too predictable, the story failed to pull me in, and it just felt too bland which is sad because initially I found the game to be incredibly charming in an old school way.

Still I have high hopes for DQ X or maybe another handheld DQ.
 
I really liked the first dead space but I think I had my fill off that gameplay with it because after a couple hours with 2 I was bored of it.

Diablo style games usually bore me too. Only one I've somewhat gotten in to was titan quest.
 
Most recently L.A Noire. I feel bad wasting my money on it.


Many other games comes to mind but I'll just choose this one for now:

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I guess I'm getting tired of the more realistic driving games, Forza 3 was just very boring for me.
 
BomberMouse said:
Ratchet & Clank post PS2 series, the fun is not here anymore, I still have ACIT waiting for me to open it and change my opinion, not happening anytime soon
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You definitely give it a shot. While I thought ToD and QfB were fun, I'd agree that they weren't as good as the PS2 games. But ACiT ended up being the best Ratchet & Clank period. Unless you're just burned out on the R&C formula entirely, you should have fun with that one.
 
Final Fantasy X- Very strong opening, then the game increasingly started to wear on me. Its been a while so I don't really feel like I can confidently talk about the specifics

Shenmue 1 Discs 1 and 2 (3 gets a pass from me, I actually like the forklift stuff)- Flipflops between one of my favorite experiences to an utter chore. I wish there was more sections like the dojo basement and less getting the runaround from an entire city of people.

Stretch Panic- Love the boss fights, fucking hate the platforming stages in between. They're all way too slowpaced, and pulling the giant breasts off an enemy gets surprisingly boring surprisingly quick.

Malice and Frogger: The Great Quest- Tried both because reviews compared them to Rayman 2, and thought an average Rayman clone would still be fun.
I learned not to pay attention to comparisons made in reviews the hard way when I played these. Awful fucking games and dull as hell.
 
Final Fantasy XIII. Couldn't do it. Forgettable characters, boring gameplay. Graphics were good, though. The game held your hand way too much for being the 13th title in the franchise.
 
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Final Fantasy XII: Screw this game's:

Non-existent story (Politics? Just what I'm looking for in my Final Fantasy!);

Bland characters ("Hey Vaan, wanna tag along and help save the nation?" "Sure!" "Okay, let's never speak again then");

Boring-ass MMO-like gameplay (Walk for 30 seconds, slash slash, walk for 30 seconds, slash slash, take forever to reach the next town -- have nothing interesting happen there -- walk for 30 seconds, slash slash).

Boring. Most disappointing Final Fantasy for me.


I can see how some people think it's a good game but it's just not for me Actually I can't.
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Political story is fine, but this garbage is kiddy stuff. It's like some teenager watched the Star Wars movies and just copied them. The existence of Vaan is an affront to intelligence, and the way he is forced into the story makes him even worse.

The fighting system is some broke ass shit that is so boring the game insists to play itself, to try to save the player from the slow death that would inevitably come from playing it.

FF XII is probably the worst fucking RPG I've ever played. It's that, or Secret of the Stars.
 
Alan Wake.
After every moment I would ask myself " I wonder what this trades in for?"

The premise had potential but the forest wasn't scary, their was never any suspense or thriller moments from the action just a resounding sigh of irritation as I had to repeat the same exact scenario AGAIN when someone appeared, the tornado wasn't interesting, the story was a pathetic mishmash that gave away it's only hook in the opening chapters and was never even close to being a "mystery", the supporting cast were all quirky dipshits, and it had some of the most repetitive gameplay I've ever seen.

The only reason I would keep going was to look for coffee thermoses. Yes...I know. It's pointless, but I like coffee and it was the only thing I saw in the game the kindled a spark of interest in me. I beat a boring, repetitive, badly written game just so I could look for coffee that didn't exist.

Eternal Sonata
It's all a dream and it says so in the first seconds of the game. Not only this but the cast is shit on a shingle and I could give a damn less about a composer whose works are so memorable I've never even accidently heard one and been able to hum or remember any of it later...and I PLAY classical music.

City of Heroes/City of Villains/DC Universe
I went into each thinking " Yeah! Make my own hero or villain and get in epic battles!" play and discover shit missions that are all alike, glitchy as shit gameplay with balance issues in pvp, grinding that isn't fun, that I can break my character and overpower them through skill choices at level 8, and non destructible environments that bore the shit out of me and ruin the immersion in my character ( I shoot fucking explosions! Why does nothing blow up!!!!)

Wario Land Shake it
Heard it was a 2d platformer that was fun...it wasn't.

Street Fighter 4/Super Street Fighter 4
I'm sorry, but as much as I adore fighters these games felt so damned slow to play. Matches take forever and it's less about getting in there and tearing it up than it is about stand still, jump in, jump back until someone tries to move into juuuuuuust the right sliver of screen to land your short ass combo.
The you seperate and go at it again by playing dodgem cars on rush moves and hopscotch over the fireballs.
It just felt dull. I like em fast and intense. Gimmie MVC series, KOF series, or Guilty Gear/BlazBlue.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1/2
Alright I get to play as my favorite guys and do all kinds of stuff! Oh no...my favorite guys all act like glitchy douchebags and they don't really do a whole lot...and the story is bad in the first one and worse in the second one as they take a good story arc and rape it with this dull gameplay.
Seriously folks...gimmie a destructible as hell environment in these games. I'm talking Earth Defense Force or bust and give me more than one combo to use! These guys are super heroes and a schoolboy could scout them in combat.

Final Fantasy 8
Fuck everyone who likes this game. Characters have NO personality, drawing magic is tedious and dull, train is so bad it should've been cut, and the only reason I think it got the crowd it did was because after FF7 the whole world expected FF8 to blow the damned doors off your house with awesome and couldn't admit that what they got was a dull grind with character's as fun as a stack of mannequins made out of poison ivy.
And this whole school thing has to stop in protagonists. Why is it so high school-esque on their message boards at his university when they're training to be fucking mercenaries.
 
CarbonatedFalcon said:
I can't fathom some of these, but for me:

JRPGs unless they're something special (tedious turn-based random battles does this.)
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I really cannot stand any game where I am trying to get from point A to point B and I have these random encounters stop me dead in my tracks to battle some petty monster. Look, turn-based RPG companies, I know your plan--it's easy to program random battles and they are an easy way to pad out the length of your game. I get it. We're not stupid. But don't make it so I have to spray REPEL in order to get anywhere alive or without falling asleep! I mean, seriously, knock it off. I didn't finish Pokemon Red for a reason. Or Final Fantasy 1+2 on GBA.

Lunar 1 on GBA is probably the only turn-based RPG I've completed. And I've gotten a good way into Lunar 2 on PSX. But I've dabbled in FFX and FF7 and such and man....I just want to hit something. So frustrating and thrill-sucking. Action-RPGs (Zelda/Fable) or Real-time combat (Star Ocean, Tales) are the only way to keep my attention from beginning to end. Or at least letting me SEE my enemies as I traverse the environment. It's not like enemies are manifesting themselves from thin air, right? Let me at least TRY to avoid them, Tales/Zelda II-style.
 
I wanted to love GTA IV but there was just something too mechanical and droll in that hyper realized world. After a few dozen story missions and a few hours of dull gun fights, I had enough. There were pieces of genius in that game but there was too much drab nonsense in-between. It was a potentially great game that was missing a crucial part, the fun factor.
 
I played Seaman on Dreamcast constantly, until I got to the point where I realized, "Hey, this is fucking stupid. I don't like or care about this dumb mutant fish". I stopped playing and never looked back.
 
Ar Tonelico-Series for me.
Especially the first one - the story killed my braincells, the gameplay was tedious, I actually prefered just going to bed in the evening instead of playing this :D Got to the first ending you could get eventually and stopped playing then. (tried Ar Tonelico 2, which seemed better, but PAL-version looks ridiciolous with the squashed borders).

Every Mortal Kombat I tried
Including the demo of the newest one. Just always feels so clunky to me.

that's that.. I got bored by CoD, Halo, GTA as well (trollz hrhrhr), but that's just personal genre preference, I guess. These two series I named up there are actually in genres I love.
 
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