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Which games that everyone else loves do you hate?
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Unbound By Death
Member
90% of nintendo games. They still remind me of stuff i played when i was 8.
Nerdkiller
Membeur
Limbo. Here's the reasoning as to why I don't like it.
No Souls games? Then you are not the anti-GAF.
ScatheZombie
Member
The most recent one has been Destiny.
Everyone in my office has been talking about how great it is since it released. I was extremely hesitant to pick it up based on what I heard about the MMO-esque mechanics at end game. I ended up winning a Destiny bundle through the Taco Bell promo, so I got the game for free.
The core gameplay is very solid, but that's mostly because it is literally Halo. I'm fighting a lot of not-Elites and not-Grunts and not-Brutes and not-Flood by other various sci-fi names using a lot of the same style weapons. But after I got past the core mechanics (which, admittedly, are enough fun to keep me playing until 20), there's a lot wrong with the game. I don't like that the stat system - or rather, the lack thereof. Stats don't do anything but reduce cooldowns and only the grenade reduction is worth a damn. I don't like that end game is basically "Do all the things you already did, but on harder difficulties". Which is compounded by the fact that there is absolutely no variance to missions or Strikes at all. Mobs spawn in the same locations, at the same time, with the same group makeup, with the same abilities. Destiny's version of "Hard Mode" is to just give mobs a shitload of health and call it a day. It wouldn't be so bad if the loot system wasn't the opposite of what you should do with a loot system. You have two options: you can rain loot from the sky but most of it is garbage (i.e. Diablo 3) or you can be really limited with loot but everything you get is amazeballs (i.e. most linear RPGs). Destiny gives you very little loot AND most of it is shit.
I actually argued this with a coworker. I got the Engram DLC pack and waited until level 20 to open it. I got my very first Legendary ... for a class I wasn't playing. She tried to argue that was good, because now I'm encouraged to play that class (which, by the way, there's almost no fucking difference in how the game plays across classes during leveling). Except, I didn't want to play that class, I wanted to stop playing the game. That's a huge risk to take as a developer, and generally a bad one.
Speaking of classes, I had another near-break point at level 15 when I unlocked Sunsinger and quickly realized that none of my progression carried over into the new class. Which means I no longer had double jump, a melee special, a special ability or even the use of fucking grenades until I re-leveled my secondary class. Which might have been OK if your XP gains weren't tied to your overall level. Which means, to make any real progress on your new class, you need to be killing mobs your level ... without most of the tools you've already earned through playing the game.
And the PvP, my god. Everything is a god damn one shot kill. Which worked both to my advantage and disadvantage frequently. And matchmaking seemed very intent in throwing my level 12 white-geared ass into matches with level 29 players in full Exotic/Legendary gear. Which, supposedly, shouldn't make much of a difference because of their 'scaling' system. But ... it absolutely does. Once I hit 20 and got a few pieces myself, I noticed it was much easier to kill everyone (and alternatively, survive them trying to kill me) - especially any unfortunate lowbie that decided to try out the PvP system before 20.
So, yeah, definitely one of those games that I have no idea why so many people love so much. It's got a great core game. It is very obvious that the shooter underneath the MMO was made by Bungie. But the MMO laid on top of that shooter was obviously made by a bunch of systems designers who don't have a clue and were just regurgitating things they did in other games that don't work at all in Destiny.
Maybe it'll be better in the sequels.
Everyone in my office has been talking about how great it is since it released. I was extremely hesitant to pick it up based on what I heard about the MMO-esque mechanics at end game. I ended up winning a Destiny bundle through the Taco Bell promo, so I got the game for free.
The core gameplay is very solid, but that's mostly because it is literally Halo. I'm fighting a lot of not-Elites and not-Grunts and not-Brutes and not-Flood by other various sci-fi names using a lot of the same style weapons. But after I got past the core mechanics (which, admittedly, are enough fun to keep me playing until 20), there's a lot wrong with the game. I don't like that the stat system - or rather, the lack thereof. Stats don't do anything but reduce cooldowns and only the grenade reduction is worth a damn. I don't like that end game is basically "Do all the things you already did, but on harder difficulties". Which is compounded by the fact that there is absolutely no variance to missions or Strikes at all. Mobs spawn in the same locations, at the same time, with the same group makeup, with the same abilities. Destiny's version of "Hard Mode" is to just give mobs a shitload of health and call it a day. It wouldn't be so bad if the loot system wasn't the opposite of what you should do with a loot system. You have two options: you can rain loot from the sky but most of it is garbage (i.e. Diablo 3) or you can be really limited with loot but everything you get is amazeballs (i.e. most linear RPGs). Destiny gives you very little loot AND most of it is shit.
I actually argued this with a coworker. I got the Engram DLC pack and waited until level 20 to open it. I got my very first Legendary ... for a class I wasn't playing. She tried to argue that was good, because now I'm encouraged to play that class (which, by the way, there's almost no fucking difference in how the game plays across classes during leveling). Except, I didn't want to play that class, I wanted to stop playing the game. That's a huge risk to take as a developer, and generally a bad one.
Speaking of classes, I had another near-break point at level 15 when I unlocked Sunsinger and quickly realized that none of my progression carried over into the new class. Which means I no longer had double jump, a melee special, a special ability or even the use of fucking grenades until I re-leveled my secondary class. Which might have been OK if your XP gains weren't tied to your overall level. Which means, to make any real progress on your new class, you need to be killing mobs your level ... without most of the tools you've already earned through playing the game.
And the PvP, my god. Everything is a god damn one shot kill. Which worked both to my advantage and disadvantage frequently. And matchmaking seemed very intent in throwing my level 12 white-geared ass into matches with level 29 players in full Exotic/Legendary gear. Which, supposedly, shouldn't make much of a difference because of their 'scaling' system. But ... it absolutely does. Once I hit 20 and got a few pieces myself, I noticed it was much easier to kill everyone (and alternatively, survive them trying to kill me) - especially any unfortunate lowbie that decided to try out the PvP system before 20.
So, yeah, definitely one of those games that I have no idea why so many people love so much. It's got a great core game. It is very obvious that the shooter underneath the MMO was made by Bungie. But the MMO laid on top of that shooter was obviously made by a bunch of systems designers who don't have a clue and were just regurgitating things they did in other games that don't work at all in Destiny.
Maybe it'll be better in the sequels.
Auxiliary Bro
Member
BioShock Infinite and Ace Attorney 5 are the first to come to mind, although it sounds like there's a lot more people on GAF that actually dislike Infinite. Both those games are popular in my group of friends, and I mean I don't HATE AA5 but I very much dislike it.
Project 2501
Member
Fallout, Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy. I don't think these are bad games, I just don't enjoy them. Oh and Watch Dogs, which I do think is a terrible game.
I suppose. Does that include the CD-I games then? Some of which were side scrollers.
It would still be easier to specify the two Zelda games you do like, instead of every one you don't like, though. If they even mean that.
Anything by Crytek basically. Good to look at, ass to play... and yes, I am including Crysis 1 in that.
Also: DOTA 2, Vanquish and Lost Odyssey spring to mind. More recently Shadow of Mordor also.
I would say Alan Wake and it's "sequel" as well, but not a lot of people seemed to "love" those in the first place so eh.
Also: DOTA 2, Vanquish and Lost Odyssey spring to mind. More recently Shadow of Mordor also.
I would say Alan Wake and it's "sequel" as well, but not a lot of people seemed to "love" those in the first place so eh.
grosvenor_92
Member
Halo. I don't see why people think the series is was/is amazing
Storm Raider
Banned
I really couldn't get into Gears of War. Guns were not satisfying to shoot, graphics and story were bland, and the game felt like it had a ton of input lag, especially online. Just really turned me off from the franchise.
God of War is another one. The game is fun for about 10 minutes but it's really just a boring headache after that. Tried 1 & 2, just couldn't like them.
God of War is another one. The game is fun for about 10 minutes but it's really just a boring headache after that. Tried 1 & 2, just couldn't like them.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Easy!
Mario Galaxy 1 & 2
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Grand Theft Auto - all of them
Bonus: Zombie and Grifball gametypes in Halo
Mario Galaxy 1 & 2
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Grand Theft Auto - all of them
Bonus: Zombie and Grifball gametypes in Halo
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Yup! He can't wait to bomb some dodongosI suppose. Does that include the CD-I games then? Some of which were side scrollers.
It would still be easier to specify the two Zelda games you do like, instead of every one you don't like, though. If they even mean that.
Murder. She Wrote
Member
Half Life 2. I never beat it because of how bored I got.
Gaffercake
Member
GTA 4, Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption.
Minister of the Dog
Member
I agree. I bought it, tried to play it (I really tried, everyone seemed to agree it was fantastic), sold it back at the store that very evening.
Weltall Zero
Member
If we're talking GAF, I agree with their general opinion most of the time. If we're talking the general gaming population, then pick any military shooter at random: it intersects precisely zero of my interests.
Um, that's pretty much the consensus (including my opinion). I would assume most GAFers would agree.
Wow, you just nailed precisely the two acclaimed indie games that I don't actively like. Nothing particularly wrong with their mechanics but I never saw them as groundbreaking, and I dislike the imagery of both of them.
Um, that's pretty much the consensus (including my opinion). I would assume most GAFers would agree.
Wow, you just nailed precisely the two acclaimed indie games that I don't actively like. Nothing particularly wrong with their mechanics but I never saw them as groundbreaking, and I dislike the imagery of both of them.
Krusenstern
Banned
You people really hate good games. Good god.
Same. DAO was so derivative and padded out, ugh. But I loved Mass Effect, so waiting to be fooled again.
Also Dark Souls, Fez, GTA4.
The only game I have ever hated is Skyward Sword. I have no idea how people can slog through all 40 hours and proceed to call it the best Zelda game. The game world is bland and lifeless, exploration is pretty much nonexistent, the graphics are blurry and drab, combat is shallow and repetitive, the overworlds are entirely disjointed from each other, the puzzles barely ever get challenging, the game world is more like a theme park then an actual place, Fi pops up way too much, and environments are reused way too much. It's not a bad game, but it is a bad Zelda game.
LowlySmokeGuy
Banned
I've seen a lot of love for Dragon's Dogma on here. I played it for 4-5 hours when I got it off PS+ earlier this year and deleted it quickly. I actually felt sleepy when I played it. Maybe it starts slow, and gets better later on, but I didn't feel like slogging through a boring beginning to see what came later.
Also I don't really hate anything. I was just a bit bored. That's all.
Also I don't really hate anything. I was just a bit bored. That's all.
gigantor21
Member
I thought exactly the same. The game felt very bland as a result; I got close to the end but couldn't be bothered to finish.
Tried Dragon Age: Origins after it was On The House on Origin. Didn't really gel with me.
Super Mario 3D World. Goddamn this game is bad.
1. Losing control features from previous 3d Mario's
2. Uninspired level design. "Oooh ice, water z desert, dessert, etc!"
3. Run and grab being the same button still!
4. Local multiplayer only
5. Throwing opponents off the edge with before mentioned run grab.
6. A live system... In 2014... With that shitty run grab feature.
I beat the game but damn it was not fun.
1. Losing control features from previous 3d Mario's
2. Uninspired level design. "Oooh ice, water z desert, dessert, etc!"
3. Run and grab being the same button still!
4. Local multiplayer only
5. Throwing opponents off the edge with before mentioned run grab.
6. A live system... In 2014... With that shitty run grab feature.
I beat the game but damn it was not fun.
sabertoothzombie
Member
GTA games, all of them.
Shadow of Mordor
Last of Us
Civilization games
Shadow of Mordor
Last of Us
Civilization games
Diablo series. "Oh let's spend hours clicking the left mouse button just so we can spend more hours clicking the left mouse button through the same levels on a harder difficulty so I can get +4 suit of the same armor I already have instead of this scrub +3 armor I was wearing the last time I played this level."
All racing games that don't involve vechiuclar combat of some fashion. "Let's drive in a circle! Then let's do it again only faster!" Um yeah. Pass.
All racing games that don't involve vechiuclar combat of some fashion. "Let's drive in a circle! Then let's do it again only faster!" Um yeah. Pass.
goombatommy
Member
Guild Wars 2
League of Legends
Minecraft
League of Legends
Minecraft
+1. Though I guess I'm more indifferent of them than hate. I like playing racing games once. Wouldn't buy one though.
GTA
I can't get into being a criminal for crime's sake. There's no hook in them that doesn't make me feel like absolute shit or identify with the characters to get me over my dislike of playing a pure criminal. I'm fine with antiheroes and their ilk and I like Rockstar's other series a lot but I just can't get into GTA.
I can't get into being a criminal for crime's sake. There's no hook in them that doesn't make me feel like absolute shit or identify with the characters to get me over my dislike of playing a pure criminal. I'm fine with antiheroes and their ilk and I like Rockstar's other series a lot but I just can't get into GTA.
BLUElightCory
Member
LoZ : Skyward Sword
Most Mario Games (exception:Mario Kart games)
Smash Bros.
Halo
Most Mario Games (exception:Mario Kart games)
Smash Bros.
Halo
Internet tendency for exaggeration.
GeordieMark
Member
This is the internet. People hate everything.
giga-ganon
Banned
- Uncharted
- Gears of war
- Xenoblade story (the game is awesome, but everyone loves the story... never understood why, it's full of cliché and stupidity, worse than some shonen manga)
- Gears of war
- Xenoblade story (the game is awesome, but everyone loves the story... never understood why, it's full of cliché and stupidity, worse than some shonen manga)
Always-honest
Banned
Hate is a strong word but i don't really like playing sim racers and jrpg games... Except for mario and the thousand year door (doesn't really count maybe). That one i loved. Also, i'm not that crazy about horror games, but i loved RE4.
Oh and i really don't like sports games like fifa and that kind of stuff. I like doing sports though.
Oh and i really don't like sports games like fifa and that kind of stuff. I like doing sports though.
What's your problem with the word hate? Hate is just strong dislike, nothing more. When it comes to entertainment, there's nothing wrong with expressing a strong dislike of something.
Inkvoterad
Member
Bioshock series and Borderlands.