Games that are popular and loved, but that you can't understand why.

[Tony2077]

FF8,just why? how could a game boring and so shit be so popular? its terrible! everything about that game i hate,plot gameplay sound graphics,just EVERYTHING BURNS! Dx
and before you ask YES I DID PLAY THE HORRID THING! so im not just going off what other people have said,i know its sucks first hand. (this is all my opnion.if you dont like do read.)

First of all, I myself loved FF8 and can't understand the opposite of what you said.
You're completely wrong, in fact I'm pretty sure it's more hated than FF X-2 was, so you might want to review your facts.

That's his/her opinion.

No, it's not, it's pretty much fact that most FF fans hated VIII. I was one of the rare few that actually loved it.

i really want to play 8 since i played the demo years ago but it a PS game and there hard to find for a decent price and the PC version i have no idea if it'd even work

 

[Daedalus1942]

FF8,just why? how could a game boring and so shit be so popular? its terrible! everything about that game i hate,plot gameplay sound graphics,just EVERYTHING BURNS! Dx
and before you ask YES I DID PLAY THE HORRID THING! so im not just going off what other people have said,i know its sucks first hand. (this is all my opnion.if you dont like do read.)

First of all, I myself loved FF8 and can't understand the opposite of what you said.
You're completely wrong, in fact I'm pretty sure it's more hated than FF X-2 was, so you might want to review your facts.

That's his/her opinion.

No, it's not, it's pretty much fact that most FF fans hated VIII. I was one of the rare few that actually loved it.

i really want to play 8 since i played the demo years ago but it a PS game and there hard to find for a decent price and the PC version i have no idea if it'd even work

I have two versions. One that's mine that I bought ages ago, and one that's an ex friend's who fuck knows where he went so I guess technically it's mine also.

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

I'm sure all of us have come across atleast ONE game that everyone's raved about, and that you yourself did not find so appealing.. Feel free to list them here, with your reasons. By the way, this isn't a forum created so that you fanboys can defend their favourite games; it wasn't made to be spiteful, so don't make it so.

The games I found to be this way are Half Life 2 and Bioshock. Half Life 2 felt entertaining but not exciting enough, but the revolutionary physics engine was lost on me due to it being played a few years later. Bioshock was also played later, but it still has cutting edge graphics, etc. I just didn't feel the atmosphere as much as I thought I would.. And the fact that dying didn't matter after I first died didn't help.

Half-Life 2 definately. I mean I understood Bioshock. I loved that game. But I didn't think that Half-Life 2 was as good as I was told.

WoW. I loved the RTS games, but I consider WoW to be a spinoff rather than an actual game in the series. I'd love to see them put Warcraft 4 out, but that's never going to happen, because Blizzard's pretty much wiping their asses with 100 dollar bills because of WoW.

Fully agree with that as well. Warcraft 3 was awesome.

 

[Tony2077]

FF8,just why? how could a game boring and so shit be so popular? its terrible! everything about that game i hate,plot gameplay sound graphics,just EVERYTHING BURNS! Dx
and before you ask YES I DID PLAY THE HORRID THING! so im not just going off what other people have said,i know its sucks first hand. (this is all my opnion.if you dont like do read.)

First of all, I myself loved FF8 and can't understand the opposite of what you said.
You're completely wrong, in fact I'm pretty sure it's more hated than FF X-2 was, so you might want to review your facts.

That's his/her opinion.

No, it's not, it's pretty much fact that most FF fans hated VIII. I was one of the rare few that actually loved it.

i really want to play 8 since i played the demo years ago but it a PS game and there hard to find for a decent price and the PC version i have no idea if it'd even work

I have two versions. One that's mine that I bought ages ago, and one that's an ex friend's who fuck knows where he went so I guess technically it's mine also.

i try not to get the game more then once but some games i have are broken so i needed to get them again

 

[Ldude893]

Starcraft. I have no idea why a game of such low graphical standards could be an official sport in South Korea.

Supposedly the release of Starcraft coincided with South Korea's age of technological advancement and nationwide infrastructure upgrades.

Basically internet cafes popped up, Starcraft was the newest RTS game, people played it, liked it, more started playing, more broadband cafes occurred, even more players, etc. Then it just spiraled out of control from there, and "esports" in Skorea became an actual serious event.

In short, it was a huge coincidence. Because Korea is keeping SC alive, it remains on shelves, people keep buying it, and the game just won't die.
This is erroneously used as a reason that SC is the best RTS ever, when in fact it is not.
It was just a good RTS that coincided with Korea's economic and infrastructural boom, and because of that boom, it sold many copies and is still being "played" today.

Ah, that explains why everyone in my High School computer lab plays it so often.

 

[Tdc2182]

God of War series. I recently bought a PS3 and have GoW 1-2 HD and made myself beat them because I hear how they are great games. It was a difficult task since I didn't enjoy the plot, the button mashing, the camera that fights against you, and the horrid use of Greek Mythology. I think I know why people like these games, but I don't wanna sound like an ass on a high horse, so I will just say these are games I just don't get why these games are 'popular and loved, but that you can't understand why.'

You didnt like the games and you beat them? That's over 15 hours of gameplay. You couldnt find a better way to spend with your time?

OT: No game that I have really hated. Halo 3 wasnt that fun to me, but it was good if you played with friends. I always get tricked into buying the Mass effect games through a series of great trailers and fanboyism. Each one of those games was rather boring to me, and I kinda forced myself through it. I always do play the shit out of those games when I am in the mood for a good story though

Yep, read my post before tryin ta call me out. I was tryin ta see what all the fuss was about. 15 hours is nothing more than an hour a day for less than 3 weeks. When you get older you might view time differently.

I did read your post. It's just 15 hours is a lot of time to waste on something that doesnt interest you, especially if you are given the choice not to do it. Usually you decide if a game is worth the trouble within the first 2 or three hours.

 

[The DSM]

MW2.

Its so generic, but everyone loves it...

 

[Summerspeak]

Halo and Gears of War. Just don't enjoy it at all.

 

[Tales of Golden Sun]

Anything Valve or Halo

 

[NeutralMunchHotel]

STARCRAFT IS THE BEST RTS EVER
(sorry couldn't help myself, had to defend it)

No it isn't.

it good but not the best

Every quote in this little stack is an example of where people fail to realise that opinion =/= fact.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Psychonauts.

The humour was over-rated, the platforming was clumsy and the protagonist's voice was irritating as hell.

I will concede that the level design was inspired though.

 

[GrinningManiac]

Modern Warfare 2
COD4
Halo 1, 2 and 3
Fable 1 and 2
Football games (Sure, I don't like football. But even if I did, why would I enjoy spreadsheets? Why do all the rejects from school hate learning maths, but willingly sit down to work out the finances of Munich F.C.?!)
God of War I, II and III
Many, MANY iterations of "Mario in a certain sporting situation!"

 

[GrinningManiac]

The Orange Box disapointed me on 5 levels.

So did the Tory administration

ZING!

I'm kidding, I just like cheap shots

 

[Knight of Cydonia]

Final Fantasy.

I just don't get it.

 

[GrinningManiac]

So did the Tory administration

ZING!

I'm kidding, I just like cheap shots

You came all the way down to post 91 just to do that?

You are either so bored and reading every page of a thread....

OR

You are stalking me.[footnote]If so..I HAVE A FAN =D[/footnote]

More of an anti-fan, but a fanatical person all the same

OT: also the new Magic Schoolbus games. I played one with my little cousin when I visited, and that crap ain't got sh*t on the awesomeness I used to play as a kid