Game series you are absolutely sick of.

[Legion]

Halo has always been pretty generic in my eyes.

I am not criticising your right to dislike Halo, but if you think it is generic then you do not know what the word means.

If it was generic, then if somebody took a random screen shot, and asked you what game it was from, you'd struggle to name it because of how similar to other games it was.

If somebody asked you what features it created in gaming, or made it stand out, you wouldn't be able to name any.

If somebody asked you what made it's story stand out or be different from other sci-fi's, you couldn't.

The fact is, that all three of these are not possible for anybody who has played a decent amount of first person shooter or sci-fi.

So sure, the game could be bad in your eyes, but it's not generic.

It's generic in the sense that it was just a linear fps which was done to death on the pc well before the xbox was around.

That makes it unoriginal and/or clichéd. It has absolutely nothing to do with being generic.

Generic is about it being plain/undistinguishable. If I took a random screenshot of pretty much any Halo game and showed it to a thousand gamers, I'd be surprised if any got the game wrong if asked where it came from.

 

[Vegosiux]

OT: Probably Fable, stop harming it anymore than you already have!

But but...3 has John Cleese in it! That automatically makes it not-as-shit!

 

[Dandark]

The Assassins creed games in between two and three annoyed the hell out of me. I was alright with just brotherhood, it was kinda uneeded and an expansion pack/DLC wouuld suited it much better but whatever, it's just the one game to tie up a loose end(The pope).

Then the **** that was revelations came out, it was just a blatant milking of the series, I couldn't even finish revelations because they stuffed so much uneeded crap into it so it appeared new that it was boring, it just didn't have the feel that AC2 had.



I also dislike the Mass effect series now because it has got to be the most overpraised thing in existence. I found the universe to be mildly interesting in the first game then the second killed that interest then the third savaged it's corpse. I will sigh every time I see another mass effect game because it gets so much praise as if it's the greatest game ever, the fact it's from EA and will be milked to hell and back doesn't endear me to it much either.

 

[baconmaster]

Uncharted

I enjoyed every game in the series and I love the characters, but after the huge improvement Uncharted 2 made, it was disappointing to see that Uncharted 3 was just trying to "out-epic" the second game. I want to see another one (made by Naughty Dog) but not before they release at least 2 or 3 other games

Also, Grand Theft Auto. GTA3 is one of the worst games I've ever played, GTA4 is outdated and only somewhat tolerable. The games in between are alright. Unless Rockstar gives us competent controls and actually makes a game rather than a virtual job simulator, I can't say I care about the series.

 

[KiloFox]

The fact that Bratz games even exist severely pisses me off.

good gods this and everything like it.

also i know i won't be making any friends by saying this, but Call Of Duty. it's got some of the worst fanbase i've ever seen, it's horribly balanced. you need to unlock the weaponry by getting levels. and it dosn't even put you in a match with people your own level. you could be just starting out level 1 in a match with a bunch of max-level max-prestige guys. TOTALLY unbalanced. it touts being realistic when it is so obviously NOT. and in my experience, any time you try and discuss tactics and suggest trying to do something BESIDES run in a straight line and get shot like an idiot. you get yelled at or ignored. it's just. BAD.
not even getting on the fact that its success has spawned so many carbon-copy clones that it's flooded the genre with crap and little variety.

of course, my ultimate shooter styled like CoD or Halo would have all weapons unlocked at the beginning, loadout choices, and the only unlocks you get through leveling is aesthetic.
REACH sorta had that, but it was still pretty unbalanced with certain weapons winning out almost all the time. (sword, shotgun, grav mace, sniper rifle)

 

[Truniron]

The Mario franchise. While games like paper mario, super mario rpg and mario party (some of them) provides lot of fun, the main problem is that the main series is still the same as it has been for the last 20 years! Everytime Nintendo releases a New Super Mario Bros., it feels more like they are releasing Old OK Mario and Co. All of the games have the same story, they are all about the same thing and every new enrty tries to add something new, but without changing anything at all. One has to wonder, when will Bowser finally realise that Peach is not worth the trouble? Everytime he captures her, Mario will jump into rescue and kick his lizzard ass. Why can´t he think of something new, like just stop the whole capture princess thing and go do something with his life? Mario games are only good if they are not in the main franchise, and it should not be like that.

 

[deathzero021]

Just about ALL AAA franchises. don't really like any of them. not even Mario. certainly not Call of Duty. it's all washed up old tricks. it doesn't impress me anymore. indie stuff is always more interesting, even if it fails to maintain quality sometimes.

 

[TheRussian]

Hmm, I'm glad this thread brought out the inner moderate philosopher in all of us.
On the subject: I am not exactly sick of Call of Duty, because I haven't played any since Modern Warfare, and if some people enjoy them I have no reason to complain.
On the other hand I loathe what the franchise has done to gaming as a whole, i.e: huge franchises with misdirected efforts towards satisfying a... particular mindset of players.

 

[Isabelle Crusoe]

Sims
Mario
Sonic
Final Fantasy
CoD
Fifa

 

[Snowblindblitz]

I have no problem with game series. Yeah, there are going to be bad ones, as there are bad movies in series. But at least with a series that keeps going, you can keep getting games.

I want a new Mega Man game. I love The X series, and Legends, and just want more of it. If anything, it's the hateful threads like this that cause them just to release HD collections, remakes, etc. Not inherently bad, as I would love older videogames to stay preserved and move up with the medium. As it is, it's like a bunch of VHS, and nobody wants to move them to even DVDs at this point.

Anyways, no need wanting a series to end.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

Final Fantasy. Just...please, stop with it. Especially the endless spinoffs of FF7. I know that everyone loves Sephiroth, but really now, can we *please* move on? Please? Squeenix, Atlus is kicking your ass, go learn from them on how to make a *good* game. Hell, Nier was good; why did you nuke Cavia? At least it was a *cool idea.* FF is just stale now.

 

[Dense_Electric]

Call of Duty. I thought CoD4 was pretty damn boring, and each title since then has been exactly the same game with no differences other than the models used for the guns.

 

[THEMILKMAN]

Half Life and all of it's offspring.

Not the games persay, but I'm really tired of fans of Half Life 2 and Team Fortress behaving like it's some Deity of gaming. I played them and I say a mildly interesting shooter, and a multiplayer game that looks like Infinity Ward's gameplay programmers got high with Blizzard's art department.

I agree completely, it's not necessarily the games i disdain, just a lot of the fans who seem to feel that anything made by Valve is diamond-encrusted gold. I played Half-Life 1 and 2 and they're good but I just don't get it. I don't exactly wish death on the games, just that the fans would simmer down a bit.

Personally, I feel that CoD and Halo have been done to death but I never had much interest invested in them anyway so I've accepted that and let it be. Assassin's Creed on the other hand needs to die. The whole idea of it was great, they had a system in place so each game could have entirely different settings and locations from throughout human history. It was a recipe for success, how could it go wrong? Because they did the one thing they could to screw it up IMO: they used the same setting multiple times. I was excited after beating Assassin's Creed 1 and looked forward to what the next setting in 2 would be and I liked that one too and was eagerly awaiting the announcement of the next setting for part 3. Only, we got Renaissance Italy again...and again. I played Brotherhood but it felt like more of the same old stuff from part 2. I didn't even bother with Revelations. Now part 3 is in Colonial America, I might try that one eventually if the next one is part 4 and it's in another setting with a new main character again, but if it's just another rehash or two of part 3 like they did with part 2, then I'm done for good.

 

[Dizeazedkiller]

For me it's less of a "sick of seeing it" and more of a "sick of being disappointed". Although it's not the greatest of games the Sims was pretty entertaining and something I've spent a lot of time on. It just sucks that, as the series goes on, each new game comes out with less content and mire expansions, DLCs and microtransactions.

 

[katsabas]

Me: Hello, dear lady. A lovely evening, is it not? Forgive me for intruding, perhaps you were intending to take a stroll, perhaps you were merely enjoying the view. No matter, I thought that it was time we had a little chat, you and I. Ahh... I was forgetting that we are not properly introduced. You can call me George. Resident Evil, this is George. George, this is Resident Evil. Hello, Resident Evil.
Me: [as Resident Evil] Good evening, George.
Me: There, now we know each other. Actually, I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Oh, I know what you're thinking... "The poor boy has a crush on me... an adolescent infatuation". I beg your pardon, Madame. It isn't like that at all. I've long admired you... Albeit only from a distance. I used to stare at you from the streets below when I was a child. I'd say to my father "Who is that lady?" And he'd say "That's Resident Evil". And I'd say "Isn't she pretty?". Please don't think it was merely physical, I know you're not that sort of girl. No, I loved you as a person, as an ideal. That was a long time ago, I'm afraid there's someone else now...
"Resident Evil": What? George! For shame! You have betrayed me for some harlot, some vain and pouting hussy with painted lips and a knowing smile!
Me: I, Madame? I beg to differ! It was your favor of action over horror that drove me to her arms! Ah-ha! That surprised you, didn't it! You thought I didn't know about your little fling, but I do! I know everything! Frankly, I wasn't surprised when I found out. You always did have an eye for easy money.
"Resident Evil": Easy money? Why, I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. It was always you, George. You were the only one...
Me: Liar! Slut! Whore! Deny that you let accesiblity have her way with you, she with her explosions and extremely large byceps! Well? Cat got your tongue? I thought as much. Very well. So you stand revealed at last, you are no longer my Resident Evil. You are their Resident Evil now, you have bedded another. Well, two can play at that game!
"Resident Evil": Sob! Choke! Wh-Who is she, George? What is her name?
Me: Her name is Amnesia. And she has taught me more as a Mistress than you ever did! She has taught me that horror is meaningless without heart being put into the game. She is honest, she makes no promises and breaks none. Unlike you, Jezebel. I used to wonder why you could never look me in the eye. Now I know. So goodbye, dear Lady. I would be saddened by our parting, even now, save that you are no longer the woman that I once loved.

 

[aguspal]

None.


Why would i hate something that I could just simply ignore?

"LOL I HATE WHAT YOU LIKE" selfish much?

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

Black Ops 2 is going to the future.

This right here is really the only thing that makes me angry with your post. I mean, they claim to be going into the future, but in the future, weapons manufacturers aren't really going to be taking any advice from the airsofting community... I haven't payed much attention to BO2 hype, but I have seen two of the guns in the game. One was a prototype project that was axed in 2004 by every military in existence because it was a shitty gun and the other is an airsoft company's attempt and subsequent failure at copying Magpul. It seems like they're letting the players use more drones, which I suppose is good but not futuristic at all. The drones in game just seem like smaller versions of the drones we're using right now. It's not really the future, more like more modern. That being said, I'll probably buy it just for the hours of drunk fun I'll get out of zombies.

OT: There aren't really that many series' that I'm sick of, just ones where I get a little annoyed at the lack of innovation.

 

[DrunkenMonkey]

Putting on an anti-flame suit, followed by the mech suit, followed by the anti-flame house granted by all the divine supernatural glory, and then going into a bunker to the center of the 10th dimension, here goooes:

Resident Evil (de-evolution of past gameplay, no story or character development ever)
Call of Duty (first ones on the pc were fine then the milking started)
Assassins Creed (milking and the story was getting non-nonsensical and convoluted for no reason)
Borderlands (if it keeps it up)
Devil May Cry (the reboot as well as the character design has got me bitter)
Metal Gear Solid (after Kojima said 4 was the last one and then proceeds to shove that up to the mariana trench)

ahem onwards...

Dragon Quest (too many sequels all telling the same type of story)
Final Fantasy!!!!!!!!!!!!! (read above)
Halo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (too generic in every aspect, as a wise man once put it, it hasn't done too much evolving of the combat evolved part in years, and too many sequels, come on 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)
Gears of War (at first it was fine, but then it just attracted the wrong sort of fans, also never like the comparison of its story to that of Bioshock)
Crysis (original was fine, but the sequels sort of forgot that the graphics were the high point)
Battlefield (stems from COD hate, although much less)
Dishonored (if the original becomes a future success hit and spawns parts 2 and 3 adding more useless sequel features.)

Almost Done:

Splinter Cell (i'm def. sick of this, it's following the Resident Evil Trend, when all it needs to do is freaking reboot itself.)
Elder Scrolls (the lack of variety of missions in Skyrim, kinda made me loose hope that Bethesda can capture the spark of Morrowind again)
Pokemon (no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no I never got the mentality of collect them all, and I'm always amazed how people "collect them all" every.single.game.
All the Mario games past Nintendo's golden age (for obvious reasons)
Megaman (it's Capcom, they drive everything into the ground when the original creators leave.)

and.................



that's all I've got, basically anything that drags on with no substantial plot contribution.

oh that's right

Ninja Gaiden (the 3rd still leaves a bad taste in mind everytime I look at it on my shelf.

Edit: added explanations.