Games you don't like, but respect
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Call of Duty 4......HA! As if.
Pile of wank.
Smash Bros. I can respect a game based exclusively around a bunch of known characters being thrown into an arena to beat the shit of each other. I can even see what's fun about it, I just really HATE it for some reason. Hate playing it, anyway.
Pile of wank.
Smash Bros. I can respect a game based exclusively around a bunch of known characters being thrown into an arena to beat the shit of each other. I can even see what's fun about it, I just really HATE it for some reason. Hate playing it, anyway.
Just thought of another. Dead Island. Damn it I tried so hard to like Dead Island, but I just couldn't keep playing. I really appreciate that they tried to change up the zombie genre. I suppose I'll just have to wait for the right zombie game.
Off Topic: I really like the prospect of Zomboid.
Off Topic: I really like the prospect of Zomboid.
I'm going to have to say The COD modern warfare series. i give the series when it comes to the single player story and its memorable characters. and even as the series progressed it single player still can tell at least a competent and well writing plot to it. the downside to this is as the series goes on cod is starting to care less and less about its story and more about its endlessly expanding multiplayer with little to no regards to the story.
Silent Hill series.
I've briefly dabbled in 1 or 2 of them at various points in time and wasn't ever drawn in.
I actually found reading wiki pages about the various plots and story lines, and watching the cut scenes much more enjoyable.
I've briefly dabbled in 1 or 2 of them at various points in time and wasn't ever drawn in.
I actually found reading wiki pages about the various plots and story lines, and watching the cut scenes much more enjoyable.
You two, if you haven't, play the games. Yes, they are ultimately about crime, but the storylines are about overcoming a WORSE life, and become a better human being (albeit still breaking laws). In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, it's actually the Police AND FBI who's breaking the law, and screwing over 3 different cities, and the protagonist pretty much saves them from riots and other things like that.PeePantz said:
EDIT: Answering the original question,
Morrowind. I tried to install mods to make it playable, but by jove it was a chore to finish.
Half Life - the gameplay is as clunky as any other late 90s shooter, and the bad platforming and insta-kill environmental hazards do their best to ruin otherwise excellent level design, but despite that I respect it for being the prototype of Valve's story telling techniques, and for being perhaps the first FPS to try to make its levels feel like real places rather than abstract mazes.
I agree. This was going to be the one I said too. Ever since GTA III came out I couldn't stomach the game. Also because, I like the idea of a sandbox game where you can do 'anything' a criminal does. But I don't really like the mechanics. You can race with a car but the car tends to drive like shit. You can start shooting people but handling a gun (again) feels like shit. They try do so much in one game that they fail at everything IMHO.redknightalex said:
Still, I can understand the appeal behind it for other people.
I'm gonna go with Dark Souls and/or Demon's Souls. After playing a bit of each I can say that they are very well made games and the developers very clearly didn't let mass appeal or silly things like that get in the way of what they were trying to achieve with the games.
of only new players woulnt expect gaem to hold their hand and stop being gulible and believe everything anyone tells them there would be no such problems. i came into it blind and i never got tricked by other players. why? because i used my brains.GunsmithKitten said:
Now on topic.
Mirror's edge. It was an experiment with different game style. a failed experiment but still an experiment, and gaming definitely need more of these. no prototype is perfect, but the idea is already out there.
Spore. The premise soudned awesome. create your own race and move from its infancy to space exploration. this sounds like the best game ever. and then i tried it. the cellular stage was the most interesting part of it. other stages work like a bad comedy sketches of other games and skip large leaps, not to mention that they are infinatelly too short. space age, well, its challenging, for first 5 minutes till you learn to trade. then its nothing but annoying (omg this planet is in danger) every 5 minutes. i ended up installing a mod that remove them just so i can fly more than 4 planets further than the planet i just saved till it gets attacked again.
now im waiting for someone to make a game that spore promised to be, except this time - playable.
Crysis. its a landmark graphic achievement. they are pushing the hardware forward. but as a game.... its fun ride for one time (game is 4 hours long, come on), but i woulnt want to do it again.
Funny story with crysis, its optimization is awesome. that was the only game from that year i could run on "high" settings with the laptop. Nvidia ftw.
Half-life. it its the epitome of FPS according to some, and i really respect it for trying to make FPS genre more than doom (yes i hate doom), but i tried playing it twice, it just does not make me happy.
Wat? Deus Ex, just the entire design philosophy, behind all of the games, is the complete opposite of trial and error, seeing as how it stresses organic problem solving with every situation and problem having multiple solutions, and prided itself on catering to the players prefered approach and playing style... other than the boss fights there's basically no part of the game, other than the occasional, have to hack door, that trapped the player and forced them to play the game it's way, I mean, everything from the level design, to character building and resource management was completely up to the player...<.>bigfatcarp93 said:
OT: ICO... I can look back and say I liked it honestly, well most of it... the game was a beautiful piece of art on every level, excpet the gameplay, which was full of escort mission type frustration... but like I said, I'm glad I played it, and looking back it was still a good experience...<.<
I'm incredibly surprised more people haven't said this. As soon as I saw the thread title, it was the first thing that came to mind. I mean (and I know they did this on purpose), the gameplay was horrible. And this is coming from someone who doesn't hate third person cover based shooters (although, that might be because I haven't really played that many). There were some parts of the game where I felt they were starting to labour the damn point too - like the first part of the helicopter section, where Walker INSISTS you strafe the radio tower until the the whole thing collapses. I had only tore down half of freaking Dubai at this point, I GET that I'm supposed to hate myself for enjoying FPSs now.PieBrotherTB said:
That said...
Have you played Blops 2 yet? The single player campaign is very well done in my opinion. Branching storylines, and the earlier choices in the game were executed REALLY well. And the narrative itself is interesting in its own right... mostly, anyway. Of course, the game is still VERY multiplayer focused, but Treyarch made a very visible effort and its turned out to be my personal faveorite campaign of the series since COD 4.alik44 said:
/grovelling.
I'm going to have to say Elder Scrolls as well. In theory I love the concept, the detail and effort involved and I particularly liked the way Morrowind didn't hold your hand in the whole trying to locate stuff by plonking a bloody great "go here" sign on all objectives but ultimately the gameplay side of things just let it down so much for me that I couldn't force myself to carry on despite my interest in the world.
Assassin's Creed.
Perhaps I'd like them more if I played ACII (which I have heard is better) but I doubt it. I could definitely see from what I played of the first game that the mechanics were innovative and well polished and ought to have been fun but ultimately they just weren't and my problem with the story was that I didn't care. Nolan North made Desmond unlikeable, the cliched components of the story (if not the story itself) made the plot unlikeable, and basically being a retroclone of Desmond in far-past Damascus made Altair unlikeable. Not to mention the setting bored me to tears. I hate that period of history and the renaissance isn't much better. AC3 looks like it has the best context so if I could somehow get brought up to speed on the story so far and just play that one, I might.
Regardless, the series is incredibly popular and evidently brought a lot to the table and I can respect that. I just don't want to bore myself to death playing it.
Perhaps I'd like them more if I played ACII (which I have heard is better) but I doubt it. I could definitely see from what I played of the first game that the mechanics were innovative and well polished and ought to have been fun but ultimately they just weren't and my problem with the story was that I didn't care. Nolan North made Desmond unlikeable, the cliched components of the story (if not the story itself) made the plot unlikeable, and basically being a retroclone of Desmond in far-past Damascus made Altair unlikeable. Not to mention the setting bored me to tears. I hate that period of history and the renaissance isn't much better. AC3 looks like it has the best context so if I could somehow get brought up to speed on the story so far and just play that one, I might.
Regardless, the series is incredibly popular and evidently brought a lot to the table and I can respect that. I just don't want to bore myself to death playing it.
Team Fortress 2 - The insane amount of support for that game is unreal, too bad it was a boring game even before all the hat nonsense. I tried to get into it just because of how well it was supported (and had it from The Orange Box anyway), but just couldn't.