Famous Franchises that do nothing for you...
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GTA - I enjoyed the original overhead GTA back in the day. I don't get where the fun is in GTA3 or 4.
I actually bought GTA4 because of how many perfect 10 scores it received and how well it was reviewed by players as well. I ended up selling it to a friend inside 2 weeks as I simply couldn't get into the game.
It's not like I hate that type of game either.
I absolutely love inFamous 1&2, Mafia 2 and Arkham City.
GTA 4 is the reason I continue to steer clear of Red Dead Redemption despite it's glowing reviews.
I actually bought GTA4 because of how many perfect 10 scores it received and how well it was reviewed by players as well. I ended up selling it to a friend inside 2 weeks as I simply couldn't get into the game.
It's not like I hate that type of game either.
I absolutely love inFamous 1&2, Mafia 2 and Arkham City.
GTA 4 is the reason I continue to steer clear of Red Dead Redemption despite it's glowing reviews.
Elder Scrolls: I loved Morrowind, but Oblivion and Skyrim were just god awful in comparison. Hell even with all the mods the games still bore me to tears.
Captcha: HULK SMASH. Well the elder scrolls series does make me want to smash things...
I would say new Vegas. It just seems like it's more of an actual "world" than Skyrim is. Also I just find that everything is just better in new Vegas than in Skyrim but I'm also somewhat biasedprimodummy said:
Captcha: HULK SMASH. Well the elder scrolls series does make me want to smash things...
Issurru said:
Thanks for the help, I just find games with so much to explore and it's mostly a boring desert that takes ages to go anywhere to put me off games. Again, that's what put me off Borderlands.hermes200 said:
[small]Sorry again...[/small]
Grand Theft Auto: I'm just not into cars or random crime. Plus, I know it's still a fantasy, but's it's not really a fantastical enough fantasy for me. If I wanted to shoot hookers badly enough that I didn't mind going to prison, I have a door that will take me outside.
Saint's Row 2 has been slightly more palatable, but still not even nipping at the heels of games I really like.
Call of Brotherhood's Duty Honor Medal: My general distaste for all things military combined with the aforementioned lack of sufficient fantasy basically disqualifies these from the start. I would be willing to give CoD4 a chance based on the sheer number of recommendations, but only if I can borrow it or get it super-cheap.
Multiplayer games (MMO's, TF2, etc.) My poor fragile ego can't handle being stomped into the dirt in front of an audience often enough to get good at them.
Any racing franchise: again, just not into cars. Mario Kart is okay with friends, and I remember liking a motorcycle game called Road Rash that let you run over old ladies and beat down CHiPS with their own batons.
I've also had a really hard time getting into the Elder Scrolls. It's not active dislike, but I often feel bewildered by the density of the lore and the sheer amount of stuff to do. Being something of a completionist, it's hard for me to get into the mindset of "It's OK if I don't max all my stats."
Saint's Row 2 has been slightly more palatable, but still not even nipping at the heels of games I really like.
Call of Brotherhood's Duty Honor Medal: My general distaste for all things military combined with the aforementioned lack of sufficient fantasy basically disqualifies these from the start. I would be willing to give CoD4 a chance based on the sheer number of recommendations, but only if I can borrow it or get it super-cheap.
Multiplayer games (MMO's, TF2, etc.) My poor fragile ego can't handle being stomped into the dirt in front of an audience often enough to get good at them.
Any racing franchise: again, just not into cars. Mario Kart is okay with friends, and I remember liking a motorcycle game called Road Rash that let you run over old ladies and beat down CHiPS with their own batons.
I've also had a really hard time getting into the Elder Scrolls. It's not active dislike, but I often feel bewildered by the density of the lore and the sheer amount of stuff to do. Being something of a completionist, it's hard for me to get into the mindset of "It's OK if I don't max all my stats."
Military shooters (Modern, WW2, and future/dystopian eg. Gears of War).
All of them. Whatever their respective names. I tried them out, had a little fun, but I never really felt they were worth the time and effort to get into them. Oh, except Star Wars Battlefront. Which is technically a military shooter, but I love it to death!.
Mario.
I've enjoyed several of the games in the past, but that was because they were the only video games I had access to at the time, not because they were Mario games. I actually got more of a kick out of Adventures of Dizzy and Kirby's Dreamland.
Crash Bandicoot.
Sony's attempt at a mascot was kind of... meh.
90% of fighting games.
Especially 2D fighters. I liked the aesthetics and some of the characters (Felicia, Terry Bogard, Iori Yagami, and Sagat), but they weren't much for single-player, and I got bored with them quickly.
To name the few I can think of at the moment.
All of them. Whatever their respective names. I tried them out, had a little fun, but I never really felt they were worth the time and effort to get into them. Oh, except Star Wars Battlefront. Which is technically a military shooter, but I love it to death!.
Mario.
I've enjoyed several of the games in the past, but that was because they were the only video games I had access to at the time, not because they were Mario games. I actually got more of a kick out of Adventures of Dizzy and Kirby's Dreamland.
Crash Bandicoot.
Sony's attempt at a mascot was kind of... meh.
90% of fighting games.
Especially 2D fighters. I liked the aesthetics and some of the characters (Felicia, Terry Bogard, Iori Yagami, and Sagat), but they weren't much for single-player, and I got bored with them quickly.
To name the few I can think of at the moment.
the Assasin's creed. i played the second one and i was cursing the game play the second i started.
call of duty, medal of honor, battlefield, arma and nearly ALL FPS games. whats all the fuzz? my biggest problem is the health system. i get shot in the chest 4 times then i seat for like 5 seconds and boom! my wound are all healed!
the mmorpgs. all of them. too boring and all are filled with A-holes
call of duty, medal of honor, battlefield, arma and nearly ALL FPS games. whats all the fuzz? my biggest problem is the health system. i get shot in the chest 4 times then i seat for like 5 seconds and boom! my wound are all healed!
the mmorpgs. all of them. too boring and all are filled with A-holes
Halo: cant get into it.
Mass Effect: same thing.
Assassins Creed: finished the first one, i had fun, but im just not that interested in how it continues
Fable: now this one i havent played, only the 3rd ones demo, but same as Halo, i just cant get into it.
Call of Duty: same again, and im just not into FPS games in general i guess.
Medal of Honor: after the first and second game on PS1, and Allied Assault on PC, i lost interest, and switching the setting to modern times didnt help this.
Battlefield: i probably mentioned already that im not into FPS games that much.
Resident Evil: i played almost all of them, finished couple of them, and i keep trying the new games as well, but i just dont see myself ever becoming a fan of it. + i know the 4th one is good and all but i never got how it is "the best game ever", i loved playing it through once, but i got bored halfway through, every time i played it again.
Now im still wanting to try some of these again, like Halo and Mass Effect, since for some games im just not in the right mood when i try them the first time.
Mass Effect: same thing.
Assassins Creed: finished the first one, i had fun, but im just not that interested in how it continues
Fable: now this one i havent played, only the 3rd ones demo, but same as Halo, i just cant get into it.
Call of Duty: same again, and im just not into FPS games in general i guess.
Medal of Honor: after the first and second game on PS1, and Allied Assault on PC, i lost interest, and switching the setting to modern times didnt help this.
Battlefield: i probably mentioned already that im not into FPS games that much.
Resident Evil: i played almost all of them, finished couple of them, and i keep trying the new games as well, but i just dont see myself ever becoming a fan of it. + i know the 4th one is good and all but i never got how it is "the best game ever", i loved playing it through once, but i got bored halfway through, every time i played it again.
Now im still wanting to try some of these again, like Halo and Mass Effect, since for some games im just not in the right mood when i try them the first time.
I'm going to say Halo, hands down. I tried playing both one and two just to be fair, but they just left me going "meh."
Then there are the franchises that started out good or even great, then went downhill: Final Fantasy (Not great since 6, not good since 7); Metal Gear (On average good up until 4-I want game play, not cut scenes, Kojima. Also, your shooting system is needlessly complicated); Silent Hill (pretty much only the PS2 era ones are any good); Resident Evil (peaked at 4, now hurtling down rapidly.)
I'm pretty much done with all of those franchises.
Then there are the franchises that started out good or even great, then went downhill: Final Fantasy (Not great since 6, not good since 7); Metal Gear (On average good up until 4-I want game play, not cut scenes, Kojima. Also, your shooting system is needlessly complicated); Silent Hill (pretty much only the PS2 era ones are any good); Resident Evil (peaked at 4, now hurtling down rapidly.)
I'm pretty much done with all of those franchises.
I guess that would be the Mario franchise. I mean I did used to love them like SuperMario World when it was all 2D but not so much when they went 3D.
Well ok I haven't played Mario 3D and I did like Super Mario Sunshine but the fact that I didn't finish the game is sign that I wasn't really into it.
Well ok I haven't played Mario 3D and I did like Super Mario Sunshine but the fact that I didn't finish the game is sign that I wasn't really into it.
Gears of War would be my first. I played it on my old roommate's 360 and I couldn't take the characters.
The Sims would be next, I just never found it very entertaining. At first I played it like I was supposed to and I found it to be frustratingly dull. I just gave myself infinite cash after that and it stopped being a game, just an annoyingly limited sandbox where I couldn't force my Sim, who I decided (in an effort to spice things up) was a homophobic racist psychopath, to burn down his neighborhood.
The last would have to be the X games. Their tutorials were all so crap, and it just never really filled the void in my heart where Freespace was.
Oh, I almost forgot, every Final Fantasy after XII. I got XIII but could never finish it, mostly because Hope and Vanille make me want to punch cute furry things in the face.
The Sims would be next, I just never found it very entertaining. At first I played it like I was supposed to and I found it to be frustratingly dull. I just gave myself infinite cash after that and it stopped being a game, just an annoyingly limited sandbox where I couldn't force my Sim, who I decided (in an effort to spice things up) was a homophobic racist psychopath, to burn down his neighborhood.
The last would have to be the X games. Their tutorials were all so crap, and it just never really filled the void in my heart where Freespace was.
Oh, I almost forgot, every Final Fantasy after XII. I got XIII but could never finish it, mostly because Hope and Vanille make me want to punch cute furry things in the face.
Gears of War. You walk into a room and take cover, locust walk into the room and take cover. Shoot them. Walk into the next room, take cover, Locust come in, take cover. Shoot them. Repeat through 3 games.
Also GTA, there were too many re-skins they wanted another 60 bones for, without fixing the terrible aiming controls, I gave up.
Also GTA, there were too many re-skins they wanted another 60 bones for, without fixing the terrible aiming controls, I gave up.
Call of Dutiful Honorable Medal Brotherhoods - And all those other military First Person Shooters. They just do nothing for me. But I admit, most FPSes were ruined for me by "Star Wars: Jedi Outcast". I mean, once you can wield a blaster AND a lightsabre AND have force powers, just what's left?
World of Warcraft - Does nothing for me. While I loved the "Warcraft" Real Time Strategy games, it's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.
World of Warcraft - Does nothing for me. While I loved the "Warcraft" Real Time Strategy games, it's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.
You're gonna have to elaborate on that. How SHOULD I be playing it, then? I was under the impression that "Follow the missions until you're tired of them, then sandbox and do random activities until you're bored of that" was how I was supposed to go about it. It's just that the missions aren't particularly interesting, I don't care about the characters, and it takes about ten minutes in the sandbox before I'm bored of that. Watching my resources steadily grow is one of the few things I like in this kind of game, but it's the most mundane kind of fantasy money and power and doesn't appeal to me the way visiting an alien planet or riding a dragon does.Thyunda said:
Also I keep wishing I were playing as a character from a Prototype game - not actually playing a Prototype game, necessarily, just someone who could run over all these annoying cars and buildings and just get where I want to be.