Games that you just won't play?

[porous_shield]

Many of the series of games people find most nostalgic like Mario, Sonic, Final Fantasy, and Zelda I don't enjoy and will never play. Other games I won't play are LoL, Dota, WoW and just about any other multilayer game. I also won't play military shoots or any games with hiding behind chest high walls as a major component.

 

[Ryotknife]

Horror games. Im sorry, I do not see the appeal in purposely playing or watching something for the sole reason that it will scare you. Did I miss a memo somewhere that being afraid is no longer a negative emotion? I rather be laughing or excited.

DOTA games, because the community is toxic. It was bad enough in Warcraft 3.

sports games, because I rather just play the sport.

driving games, because I suck at them.

demon/dark souls, because the combat is boring.

wow....that is a lot of games. I have a feeling my souls comment is going to get me flak.

 

[michael87cn]

I want to admit that i have never played games like DOTA,LOL,TF2,Minecraft,etc. I don't know exactly why i have never bothered to play these games inspite of their immense popularity.Maybe its because they lack a story.Yup that's definitely it.They all lack a proper story or plot that would want to make me keep playing.
You see when i was a kid i used to play games like Mario,RoadRash,Crazy Taxi,etc which didn't exactly have a plot but i never cared i just wanted to have fun.But now i only play games with a structured narrative.If a game does not have a narative of some kind i will skip it.The only games which are exception to this rule are racing and sports games.Even when it comes to indie games i will only play games with a story. Arcadey games no longer get my time.They no longer interest me.I want to experience new unique stories in every game i play.
So i want to gather your opinion on what do you think of my habit and are there particular kinds of games you just won't play for some reason?

Eh, good stories are all over the place. They're in every medium.

A good time is a way better game for me, personally.

(gameplay>story)

In fact, story doesn't belong imo. If its there okay, but I don't need it at all. I am not watching a movie or reading a book after all, so I don't really care. I just want to enjoy myself and relax.

 

[Audioviper]

Sports games, MMO's like WoW or LoL, Fighting games & almost anything that's Turn Based Strategy.

Sports is boring enough in real life, I don't want it invading the one escape from this droll life I have.

MMO's similar to the examples given above are just a disease in my eyes & I REALLY don't want to catch it.

I have next to no interest in any form of Hand-to-hand combat be it real life or virtual.

Turn Based Strategy, or any 'Top Down' Strategy game (XCOM for example) makes me feel as though every living creature in existence bides by some unspoken rule of gentlemanly-ness. I can't take it seriously.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

I stay away from Assassin's Creed as I don't like the way they decided to portray what they call "Templars", despite their announcement about being all multicultural and non-discriminatory. None of my money gets thrown at that mess of sub game routines and shoddy patchwork storyline. The first title in the series managed to somewhat impress me, then I felt it was just getting more and more silly as they tried to fill more and more mini games and random stuff into the envelope.

I stay away from Dragon Age since Dragon Age II was just about the most offensive and unenjoyable slap to my face I ever paid for. It's the only game I burnt on a pyre to make the world a better place. I gave away Shellshock 2 and Rogue Warrior, two extraordinarily bad turds from Rebellion, but Dragon Age II must not exist in a world filled with hopes and dreams of a better tomorrow.

Due to several events I consider to be unacceptable, I stay away from anything Electronic Arts. I also tried enjoying Mass Effect and have, in my childish intolerance, adopted referring to it as Ass Effect. The overflow of story I didn't enjoy mixed with the elevator rides of doom, the romancing bullshit and the general incompatibility between my hopes and dreams and expectations and what the Mass Effect series actually delivered made me loathe it quite a bit. Beyond the scope of the series, it made me wary of developer's promises and it made me quite furiously intolerant of "too much story, too little game" routines. It also made me cherish Call of Duty, which came as a bit of a surprise to me. Homeopathic dose of story, interesting scripts, awesome multiplayer.

I tend not to buy sports games as they simply don't do anything for me. The only soccer games I play, and enjoy playing are Sensible Soccer (Amiga) and the Super Sidekicks (Neo Geo) games. There were some on the Super Nintendo we used to enjoy (Japanese, Konami if I remember correctly) but I don't even remember the names of those. We still - rarely - play Pawafuru Proyakyu or Speedball 2, but that's about it.

I don't enjoy and don't buy any of the NHL XX or FIFA XX titles, and I only play them when forced or when there's really absolutely nothing better to do. I generally prefer to mow the lawn with nothing but my teeth or a nail clipper to playing sports games.

I also no longer play Minecraft, as the fanboy flavoured folks around here ruined that for me. I was absolutely into Minecraft when it came into existence, but when the Minecraft zealots started using it to blow up our school system and replacing pretty much everything else with Minecraft, sex ed and Marx, party was over and things got so ugly I still think I should seek therapy before I cut a *****.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

Horror games. Im sorry, I do not see the appeal in purposely playing or watching something for the sole reason that it will scare you. Did I miss a memo somewhere that being afraid is no longer a negative emotion? I rather be laughing or excited.

While I do see your point, there's something primal and extremely engaging about being scared. Laughter or comedy in general still has this somewhat loose detachment from the media in question, there's just something about horror games that makes them so damned engaging and immersive when done right. Outlast is an example of it being done incredibly right. It's probably the reason why people skydive and bungee jump and shit. It's terrifying, you get a feeling like you might die, but it's such a rush and you get so much adrenaline from it that people come back for seconds.

As for my vote, RTS or 4X games. Lord knows I've tried (I try to play all genres from all around the world), but there comes a point where I feel like I'm at work when I just want to relax and let go. Then again, I haven't played favorites like Starcraft 2 or Company of Heroes so there still might be one for me.

 

[Prime_Hunter_H01]

I also no longer play Minecraft, as the fanboy flavoured folks around here ruined that for me. I was absolutely into Minecraft when it came into existence, but when the Minecraft zealots started using it to blow up our school system and replacing pretty much everything else with Minecraft, sex ed and Marx, party was over and things got so ugly I still think I should seek therapy before I cut a *****.

Uhh... what? Can you explain this I am curious to know what you are talking about but I cant decipher it from this.

OT: I do not like sports games.

Also the GTA games never really appealed to me. I don't have a problem with a game being about crimes, but the Gangster style of GTA never interested me. I really only got into the genre with Saints Row 3, and even then I could really only like Saints Row 2 because it was part of the series.

GTA V does change that because of the heist nature of the story, like I said I don't mind playing a game about being a criminal. Hell i would be all over Payday if I had more friends that were interested in it.

Other wise i find that there is little I don't like, or at least won't avoid before giving it a fair chance.

 

[Caiphus]

Oooh, I shy away from those newfangled MOBA games. Partially because I like persistence with my RPGs (or the Skinner Box doesn't work, goddamnit), and partially because the communities surrounding them seem to be invariably awful.

Uuuh, also zombie games. Just too many of them. Can't be arsed.
WWII games. I feel no historic connection to WWII, possibly because I'm a Kiwi. So the setting just doesn't interest me. That said, I might get Valkyria Chronicles when I get a Vita. Which is sort of the same thing, but anime. Crazy.

Oh, and horror games. Because I like sleeping .

 

[Kevlar Eater]

Plenty of things. Almost all MMO's, MOBAs, 4X games, rougelikes, Japanese games that aren't Armored Core or the Souls series (maybe Final Fantasy), and indie titles are amongst the stuff I refuse to touch.

 

[Gergar12_v1legacy]

Puzzle games in general, and sports games- If you think COD is repetitive. Anything Nintendo related unless It's like Sky Wind Sword or a game like Zombie-U.

 

[The_Echo]

Call of Duty.

I played Black Ops for an hour or two once, and it was really goddamned boring. Not to mention I don't have the reflexes necessary to actually perform better than godawful. I really hate shooters that think being killed in two shots is a good thing.

Grand Theft Auto never appealed to me. I have four GTA games and really haven't touched any of them.

I also have no interest at all in MOBAs and normal sports games (Tony Hawk and Quidditch World Cup were pretty good). Very little interest in MMOs, mainly due to the time/money commitment.

 

[Fox12]

I'm not going to even attempt to play The Last of Us, Monster Hunter games or Dark/Demon's Souls, not after that hype. I did the same for Infinite, it was a crap experience. I did the same for MW2, Halo: Reach, Mirror's Edge.

Basically I hate buying games because of a desire to see whether the hype lives up to it (only occasionally doing it like with Infinite).

Meh, Infinite kind of sucked regardless of hype. The art direction was fantastic, but the narrative left a lot to be desired. The Last of Us atleast deserves a try, maybe borrow it or by it when it goes down in price. Most games don't live up to the hype though, so I understand your point.

Personally, I won't play MMO's. Period. I won't pay a monthly fee, and if it's free to play then even worse. I don't care how it's structured, I just don't care. Actually, this goes for any online multiplayer. I'll take the solitude of Silent Hill 2 over LOL or COD any day.

I'm basically with the OP, I need a story in order to care, even if it's somewhat average. There are exceptions, like strategy games, but for the most part I need a plot to carry me through the game. Otherwise the action gets boring real quick.

 

[TallanKhan]

Anything that requires Steam authentication. Don't get me wrong i like Valve and most of what they do, and if we ever get Half Life 3 they can pretty much charge what they like for it and I would find a way to cough up. But I am fundamentally opposed to this kind of DRM on retail purchases, primarily because it means I can't trade in my game when I finish it, but also for the host of other reasons that gets pawed over. I am not so bothered when it comes to games I have actually purchased through Steam, after all its part of the service, and the trade-off you make when choosing a digial download (although i do where possible buy from GOG instead now, even if it costs a little more because I still don't like it). But when i have gone out and brought a disc, no, not ok.

 

[JagermanXcell]

DMC, the Devil may cry shadow. Everything about that game irritates me, the characters more than anything else.

You did the right thing. Its awful as a Devil May Cry game, mediocre at best, I still regret borrowing it.

So since I brought that up, every Capcom game that isn't Monster Hunter. If they make me pay for the same game one more time I will personally burn their main HQ to the ground and charge them full repair to have only half the building repaired. Ashes to ashes mother f*****s.

EA games, but thats too easy.
Special mention to MMO's and Minecraft. They just seem like a waste of time.
And LoL, game looks great but... that player base is the scum of the earth.

Japanese games in general.

Yes, I know it's unfair. No doubt some of them are really good. Shadow of the Colossus was sweet, Dark Souls, for all my many many issues, did have a certain something and Vanquish could have been fun if not for a few crippling design flaws.

But for the most part I just see anime aesthetics, too-cool-for-school characters dressed like fucking rodeo clowns, horrendous dialogue (which, to be fair, might have something to do with translation) and horrible voice acting.

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Yeah... I'm gonna make some friends with this post.

P-p-ersona.... ah screw it, lets be pals.

demon/dark souls, because the combat is boring.

This forum is slowly eating me alive.

 

[Terramax]

Japanese games in general.

Yes, I know it's unfair. No doubt some of them are really good. Shadow of the Colossus was sweet, Dark Souls, for all my many many issues, did have a certain something and Vanquish could have been fun if not for a few crippling design flaws.

But for the most part I just see anime aesthetics, too-cool-for-school characters dressed like fucking rodeo clowns, horrendous dialogue (which, to be fair, might have something to do with translation) and horrible voice acting.

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Yeah... I'm gonna make some friends with this post.

Same as this. Except from a few like Catherine, Souls games, Dragons Dogma or Capcom I won't play.

No problem with that all. May I suggest, however, playing older Japanese video games, from around the PS1, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, N64, Gamecube, and PS2 era (less PS2). You will find plenty of gems out there that don't rely so much on typical anime cliches. Especially on the Sega Saturn.

Shenmue and Sega Rally, for instance.

I will agree that I've been getting turned off by Japanese games because of the increased emphasis on anime. However, I do think that for many genres, the Japanese are best when it comes to controls. I find a lot of Western games don't handle the same. This is mainly regarding more arcade orientated games though, which I suspect, you're not so interested in.

 

[TheMigrantSoldier]

Sports games. I'll be honest, I don't like watching sports in general and simulating isn't much more invigorating. Sure, with family and friends it's tolerable (sometimes fun) but for the most part they just don't click with me.

I'm burnt out with MMOs. I like following Warcraft's story but I don't like killing 10 of the generic mob every day of the week to advance it.

Non-action horror games. Yes, I'm a scaredy cat.

 

[MHR]

Sports games. Screw sports games. Sports are boring, and sports games are for people who only like sports and cant relate to anything else so they compromise with stupid boring sports games.

Also fighting games. I can't stand fighting games, they're so boring; you either play optimally and defeat the opponent or you don't. There's no room to deviate or mix it up or have fun with it without learning a new fighter and working for it. You either play it the right way or get out. That's a lot of work I have to put in for a game I hate anyway.

MOBAs like LoL and dota. They seem really rage-worthy. I can handle a bad community most of the time, and even cynically appreciate the unique trolly comedy of a hyper-rude atmosphere, but if you're doing badly you're undoubtedly dragging the whole team down which is a lot of pressure, and having hate directed at you specifically for my performance isn't as fun because how well I perform is pretty important to me. I really hate the feeling of not knowing what I'm doing, and coupled with pressure to perform is what created some poor experiences with DOTA I had waaaaaay back in the day with Warcraft 3. Monday Night Combat and Super Monday Night Combat were okay because they were shooters. I suspect though if I took the time to actually learn LoL or DOTA I might like them.

But now that I think about it, I like most types of games. I play MMOs, RPGs, definitely FPSs, RTS, sandbox, arcade, platformer, racing, and I will play multiplayer. Maybe this is why I never get out 0.o halp plz

 

[Phrozenflame500]

World of Warcraft, and by extension all MMOs because MMO developers keep trying to copying World of Warcraft. Subscription based games too, which ties into the World of Warcraft thing above.

I also cannot stand Pay2Win games, with a very broad definition of Pay2Win. Pretty much the only F2P games I can play are Valve games because of it.

Oh, and I also can't get into MOBAs no matter how hard I try. But that's less "I just won't play" and more "I tried, I just couldn't".

 

[Ashadowpie]

all sports games, i dont give two shits about sports. in my eyes its just a bunch of humans hitting a ball. . .

and war themed games. i despise war, the guns, the soldiers, the tanks, the explosions, the waste of it all. its so barbaric and primitive. in game and real in life. in my eyes i just see a mass of humans killing for the sake of it.

yah, if only the human race would concentrate they're entertainment and world dominance with positive intellectual science, this world would be a better place. but no, as monkeys we like killing each other and hitting leather balls.