Ever liked a game that you just couldn't play?

[Mr. 47]

Have you ever liked a game that you just sucked at?
I really love Fallout 3s story, atmosphere and the ideas behind the gameplay mechanics, but I am just horrible at it. I get lost all the time, run out of ammo constantly, and die often. I just can't play it for some reason (though this is the PS3 version, so the controls could just be shit.)

 

[steelserenity]

Oh mine was Bioshock! (the first one)
I loved the atmosphere, the story, the graphics, the voice acting, everything!
But no matter what (I tried on a few separate occasions) I just get bored! The mechanics make me so frustrated, and I just can't play through it... which mad me pretty sad because I just wanted to experience the awesome ending for myself!

 

[FPSMadPaul]

I get lost all the time, run out of ammo constantly, and die often.

That's the idea of Fallout, you could however turn the difficulty down to very easy (although you earn -x%).
This sounds like I'm really full of myself but (bar puzzle games) I've never really give up a game because it's too hard.
Also, happy 100th post to me.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Try an entire genre.

I really like the premise behind RTS games, but unless I'm playing against an AI opponent on easy or normal difficulty I get my ass handed to me. As a result I've established a personal rule to never play multiplayer. I still enjoy watching the replays of others, though.

 

[hotsauceman]

DEadspace. To scary for me. Ended up trading it for Viva pinata.

 

[Tallim]

Try an entire genre.

I really like the premise behind RTS games, but unless I'm playing against an AI opponent on easy or normal difficulty I get my ass handed to me. As a result I've established a personal rule to never play multiplayer. I still enjoy watching the replays of others, though.

I'm much the same way. love RTS games but pretty bad at them with the exception of Warzone 2100 which I was good at.

Turn based strategy games I absolutely love playing, but my attention always wavers after a while and I stop paying attention properly then tend to lose catastrophically.

 

[gazumped]

Bioshock, although not at all for the reasons of the person a few posts above me. It's possibly the most beautiful and haunting game I've ever seen yet I can hardly bear to watch someone else play it, let alone myself, the suspense is just too much for me sometimes. >_<

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

BlazBlue.

Maybe it's because I can't use the controller to play fighters, I dunno. I'm sure I'm just shit at it. Apparently the fightstick makes a HUGE difference though.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I also love Fallout 3, but I can't get back into. I remember getting so immersed and into the game, I just try now and get bored very quickly, and barely last half an hour before quitting.

I guess the reason is that I'm so sick of repeating the first few quests over and over again from all the saves I make.

 

[Woodsey]

I really enjoy playing the Total War games, but I hardly get anywhere in them before things start to go wrong.

 

[Fenra]

I can probably say most Final Fantasy games I've tried, I love the production values, art direction and stories but I just find the gameplay of them so disengaging, wierd part is I like a lot of RPGs and have fond memories of many jRPG's, but theres just something about the Final Fantasy games that I cant put my finger on, so I tend to just watch cutscenes online and read up on wikis etc. to fill in any plot gaps I miss.

 

[SckizoBoy]

As someone who can't hack horror games, it took me an absolute age to get through Amnesia... had to stop every fifteen minutes to make sure I hadn't soiled myself and check I wasn't about to have some sort of infarction.

One of these days, must see what the fuss is about regarding Silent Hill...

EDIT:

I really enjoy playing the Total War games, but I hardly get anywhere in them before things start to go wrong.

See, I'm the complete opposite though at first (when R:TW had just come out) I was much the same. Played M:TW and couldn't expand for shit. Now, after a few thousand hours of empire building, I'm constantly going 'MOAR! COME AT ME, BITCHES!' Besides, shit going wrong is part of the fun for me...

 

[Vegan_Doodler]

Dragon Age : Origins, I heard it had a grate story, it had immersion, and from the makers of Mass Effect, the game play how ever is not for me and I have only ever got a few missions in before it started collecting dust on a shelf.

 

[Shockolate]

Starcraft 2.

I watch Day9, HD and Psy casts, any pro tournament I can find, and regularly browse the forums.

I haven't played the game in almost half a year, because I'm not very good and too much of a coward to play online.

 

[The Pinray]

Fighting games in general. I love them but I'm horrible at them. :/ I keep trying to get better but I always end up getting my booty handed to me.

 

[Jericho Johnson]

I play on PC, and never find it difficult to get into a game if I really like it. If it's just because I have a decent mouse or a fancy side keyboard I don't know, but if I find it decent enough to play I go for it.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

This seems to happen all the time, Fighters especially. I can never quite figure out how they work. A lot of JRPG's as well, Pokemon, Dragon Quest, and Chrono Trigger are all games I can really get in to, but if I try something else I get bored. Like Shin Megami Tensei, I just find the dungeon crawling boring and the story isn't instantly gripping (I'm going off of Persona and Strange Journey as those are two I have).

Oh, and Final Fantasy Tactics, I love Tactics Advance and Tactics A2, but I can't even get past some of the earliest missions in Tactics for PSP.

I guess I'm just a noob, there's a bunch of games I've enjoyed but got stuck in as well, like No More Heroes 2's stealth level.

 

[Chaos James]

Mass Effect.

I love the story, characters, gameplay, everything really. I've watched my friends play, I've seen clips from it (Mordin singing Gilbert and Sullivan being the best) but when I actually sat down to play Mass Effect, I just couldn't get into it. For some odd reason, it just didn't mesh well with me.

I'm going to give it another go when I get around to buying my own Xbox, then I'll borrow them from my friend while he's playing through Mass Effect 3.

 

[Professor Cubbage]

Gears of War 2. I was absolutely shite at it and would die constantly yet every time I killed someone it felt much more rewarding than any other game.