Games you actually found boring
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If the first few of the series didn't make me happy, I doubt the third sequel will - and after watching the trailers and other stuff.. yeah I REALLY DOUBT it is going to.MicrosoftPaysMe said:
I found Bioshock really boring. I loved the setting and the story but there were only 5 enemy types that looked almost exactly the same, excluding the big daddies and even they get really boring by the end. I played it on hard which made the fact that when you die and respawn instantly a few metres away with no penalty, very tedious, as it happened quite a lot.
Dragon Age: Origins was so generic and dull.
Mass Effect 2 because it consists of nothing but gluing yourself to Wally McChest-high and taking pot-shots and the enemies.
Mass Effect 2 because it consists of nothing but gluing yourself to Wally McChest-high and taking pot-shots and the enemies.
Rayman 2 on N64 it was SOOOOO boring and i never got passed the 2nd level without turning it off and i never had a save pack till 2 weeks ago (just got Quest 64 FINALLY love it) oh and also MGS4 the first cut scene is 23 MINUTES!!! after that i kind of ave up no matter how much my buddies told me to play it and even the game play was...okay the aiming annoyed my ass to the point of cd destroying and controller-through-TV-inating
Ah yes I get that a lot. I've always really wanted to get into Bethesda games since they always have an interesting premise, still no matter how many chances i've given Oblivion and Fallout 3 I always ended up getting really bored with them. it's obvious that Bethesda put a lot of effort into their game worlds but they always feel so empty and lifeless to me.Headsprouter said:
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Ehem, yes... terribly sorry about that...
What I mean to say is, Mass Effect has its annoyances but I found the game world to be incredibly immersive and well done.
Anyway, there's no point in perpetuating this age old argument. Maybe the day will come when we learn to appreciate one anothers taste in gaming. Until then I recommend we tunnel that energy into more constructive things... like anxiously waiting for Skyrim/ Mass Effect 3 to be released.
Fallout 3. Someone spoiled the plot, and with a crappy ending like that to look forward to then what's the point of grinding any more?
Bioshock lost momentum after the incident with the golf club.
Avatar: The Game wasn't bad, it just was boring as all hell. I seemed to fight the same 3 enemies over and over again, and the missions were either fetch quests or fillers.
Bioshock lost momentum after the incident with the golf club.
Avatar: The Game wasn't bad, it just was boring as all hell. I seemed to fight the same 3 enemies over and over again, and the missions were either fetch quests or fillers.
FFXIII. The only game so boring that even after forcing myself to play through it twice I couldn't make it to the end. Even when I was forcing myself.
I eventually just decided to watch the cutscenes by themselves, since they were all put up online by fans. It was still boring at points, but it actually worked better as a "TV-Series" than as a game, since you didn't have to suffer the tedious combat.
I think I'm going to do the same when FFXIII-2 comes out. Don't bother playing the game. Just watch the cutscenes on the internet.
I eventually just decided to watch the cutscenes by themselves, since they were all put up online by fans. It was still boring at points, but it actually worked better as a "TV-Series" than as a game, since you didn't have to suffer the tedious combat.
I think I'm going to do the same when FFXIII-2 comes out. Don't bother playing the game. Just watch the cutscenes on the internet.
I don't get how you guys can list Minecraft in here - this game has no designated end, you play as much as you are drawing enjoyement out of it, then you drop it. Unless you draw none what so ever... I guess I answered myself on that ;]
OK, for me it was:
Harvest Moon AWL: I LOVED HM:BtN on PS1, despite anything you will throw at it (and I would probably agree - no interesting story/characters, grind heaven, routine on level of The Sims etc), but it was fast, there was some sense of urgency. In AWL everything was so slow it put me to sleep after few hours.
Zelda Phantom Hourglass: I enjoy Zelda games, but that Temple of Ocean King (or something like that) just made me sad. Yahtzee pointed this out. He also pointed that this is the same game over and over...
Final Fantasy 8: Drawing magic was a chore. Much like assigning it to stats of party members. + Annoying characters and lousy writing (dialogs, story... plotholes). I dropped it after Squall got impaled in chest and on next CD he was OK. Just watch Spoonys review of this one for more hilarious moments.
Final Fantasy Tactics: By the time I reached later acts I forgot what was it about due to enormous grind fest required to get there. Gave up, saw the story on YouTube.
Vagrant Story: Grind to get random equipment from monsters, which can take varying time depending on how lucky you are, forge it into better one, but without any help or recipe - just take iron shoes and steel gloves and make a mithrill helmet out of it (it was wierd), then after all that, if you are not bored to all hell, go 1-hit-die on some respawning mob due to too high risk you had. Rage quitted.
I'd list here probably some Bethesda games due to fetch questing issue (honestly - a plague in those games), but had too much fun exploring what kept me going.
OK, for me it was:
Harvest Moon AWL: I LOVED HM:BtN on PS1, despite anything you will throw at it (and I would probably agree - no interesting story/characters, grind heaven, routine on level of The Sims etc), but it was fast, there was some sense of urgency. In AWL everything was so slow it put me to sleep after few hours.
Zelda Phantom Hourglass: I enjoy Zelda games, but that Temple of Ocean King (or something like that) just made me sad. Yahtzee pointed this out. He also pointed that this is the same game over and over...
Final Fantasy 8: Drawing magic was a chore. Much like assigning it to stats of party members. + Annoying characters and lousy writing (dialogs, story... plotholes). I dropped it after Squall got impaled in chest and on next CD he was OK. Just watch Spoonys review of this one for more hilarious moments.
Final Fantasy Tactics: By the time I reached later acts I forgot what was it about due to enormous grind fest required to get there. Gave up, saw the story on YouTube.
Vagrant Story: Grind to get random equipment from monsters, which can take varying time depending on how lucky you are, forge it into better one, but without any help or recipe - just take iron shoes and steel gloves and make a mithrill helmet out of it (it was wierd), then after all that, if you are not bored to all hell, go 1-hit-die on some respawning mob due to too high risk you had. Rage quitted.
I'd list here probably some Bethesda games due to fetch questing issue (honestly - a plague in those games), but had too much fun exploring what kept me going.
I'm really sorry; Half Life 2. I'm not totally sure why I think such heretical thoughts.
Sure, it was a little weird how the NPCs Valve so desperately wanted me to like would continue their chipper monologues while I'm in the corner smashing their lab equipment and ignoring the shit out of them. And that nine month long vehicle section right at the beginning of the game wasn't particularly endearing...
I guess I just found the gameplay overwhelming non-compelling. Shoot guys, backtrack to health station. Solve big-ass puzzles convolutedly wedged into the nearby scenery. Ignore the soliloquizing NPCs, shoot more guys. I appreciated the environments and atmosphere, and I've got nothing but gratitude for what Half Life has done for shooters, and gaming in general. Plus I got big love for Left 4 Dead and Portal. Just something about Half Life puts the enjoyment centre of my brain on ice.
Sure, it was a little weird how the NPCs Valve so desperately wanted me to like would continue their chipper monologues while I'm in the corner smashing their lab equipment and ignoring the shit out of them. And that nine month long vehicle section right at the beginning of the game wasn't particularly endearing...
I guess I just found the gameplay overwhelming non-compelling. Shoot guys, backtrack to health station. Solve big-ass puzzles convolutedly wedged into the nearby scenery. Ignore the soliloquizing NPCs, shoot more guys. I appreciated the environments and atmosphere, and I've got nothing but gratitude for what Half Life has done for shooters, and gaming in general. Plus I got big love for Left 4 Dead and Portal. Just something about Half Life puts the enjoyment centre of my brain on ice.
Matix: Path of Neo. What an awful game, shackled to the original plot, it had to cram 50 million fight scenes in where they didn't fit and stretched every slightly dangerous incident out waaaay to far. Also, it had shit combat, shit animations, shit graphics... Eghhh it was just insufferable.
Final Fantasy XIII. I can't say I'm a fan of RPGs and especially JRPGs. The characters and story didn't do a whole lot for me, though that's mostly down to the translation/dubbing, and neither did the combat. I think I got to chapter 10 and lost interest.
Also, AvP got old pretty fast, but I did complete that one.
Also, AvP got old pretty fast, but I did complete that one.
Oblivion, Mass Effect and Red Dead are all games I've tried my hardest to get into, and just can't.
I've never seen a review of that game score it higher than a 2/10, and from what I've seen it's less boring than it is hilariously bad. You could at least have finished it though. Apparently you were about halfway there.Mount said: