Games you hate that everybody else likes

[MetalMagpie]

However a game which i like but everyone seems to hate is dragon age 2. I know thsi is off topic, and i dont wanna start a flame war, but in my personal opinion, it was far better then origins

I've heard people say this. I slogged through DA:O because the characters were quite charming and the story was just about interesting enough to keep me going back, despite the fact that I found the combat unbelievably dull. But it still took me over a year of playing-here-and-there to get to the end.

Does Dragon Age 2 improve the gameplay? After Origins taking me so long, I haven't dared to try the sequel!

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

I was gonna say CoD but i realized i don't hate them I just don't understand the continued popularity of the series when very little appears to change between each game.

 

[The Last Nomad]

While I don't hate it, I never found any reason to play Batman Arkham City after my first play of it.

It wasn't nearly as engaging as EVERYONE says it is. Granted I only played until the game enters open world territory. But I found the open world to be terrible and the combat was awful, even though it was exactly as I had expected from what I had heard. I thought I would love it, but I just didn't...

 

[unindexedsearchengine]

However a game which i like but everyone seems to hate is dragon age 2. I know thsi is off topic, and i dont wanna start a flame war, but in my personal opinion, it was far better then origins

I've heard people say this. I slogged through DA:O because the characters were quite charming and the story was just about interesting enough to keep me going back, despite the fact that I found the combat unbelievably dull. But it still took me over a year of playing-here-and-there to get to the end.

Does Dragon Age 2 improve the gameplay? After Origins taking me so long, I haven't dared to try the sequel!

Gameplay is largely unchanged, however Mage if pretty fun, the story is different as there is no overarching big evil, and can be separated into 3 chunks. Now i usually hear people complaining about 1. Recycled terrain and entire dungeons, but origins did this too and 2. crap characters. This is what i take issue with, since i extremely like the characters in DA:O, and i got the sequel quite some time after launch, so i went in with low expectations, but I ended up liking the characters more then the ones in origins.If you liked the characters and story of origins, but found the gameplay subpar, i seriously recommend da2

 

[dimensional]

Wait, people actually LIKED FF XIII? 0o I mean, don't get me wrong it wasn't the worst game in the series (That honor belongs to FF XII) but last i checked it wasn't all that well liked by either by most others. Myself included.

What! well actually I mostly agree with you but FFII was the worst in the series by far seriously just try and play it with its ridiculously crappy broken level up system and incredibly weak characters and story (although the characters were still stronger than XII`s, hell FF I had better characters than XII and they had zero personality)[sub/][sub/]also I actually preferred XIII to I,II,III and XII [/sub][/sub]

As for me there arent many I hate plenty I feel are overrated, that many go on about which can lead me to getting incredibly pissed off with those games but not hate really.

I suppose the closest games I have come to despise is Rockstars games (and no I havent tried them all but I have played a fair few as usually at least one of my friends buys them and lets me borrow after) and the GTA series specifically seriously I really dont get it they create this open world and there is bugger all to do and dont get me started on the crappy stories and characters, what actually makes me hate them though is their influence on other games now they have to make their game open world to for absolutely no bloody reason. I wish people would stop supporting them although their table tennis game was good maybe they should stick to that.

 

[pat34us]

Dragon Age Origins, I cannot understand why people love this game (several people recommended it in the recommed an RPG thread)

I found it boring in every way and quit after about 10 hours.

 

[Vivi22]

GTAIV is a big one for me. Bland is probably the best descriptor I can think of for the whole thing. Bland story, bland characters, bland missions, bland world, bland gameplay, and completely stupid relationship building mini games.

RE4 is an even bigger thorn in my side though. Twice as long as it needed to be, some of the most repetitive enemies I've ever seen (how many fucking people live in that village and castle for fuck's sake?), terrible quick time events which you will fail twice if you fail it the first time because they arbitrarily change the button you need to press for no reason. You can't move while aiming, strafing doesn't exist, and that laser sight was the biggest pain in the ass I've ever seen. It only shows up on things you can shoot which means enemies and breakable objects. But because the camera isn't consistently oriented over your shoulder, let alone centered on where you're aiming, you have to wildly swing the sight around until it shows up on something before you even know where you're aiming. By then, your enemies are within 20 feet so you pop off a few shots before being forced to run away and start the whole exercise over again. Why in the hell does a game with real-time rendered backgrounds not allow the laser sight to show up on all objects, walls, backgrounds etc.?

But probably my favourite thing about that laser sight? They didn't bother to fix it when they made RE5. Dead Space honestly took the basic structure of RE4 and made a game worth playing out of it.

Wait, people actually LIKED FF XIII? 0o I mean, don't get me wrong it wasn't the worst game in the series (That honor belongs to FF XII) but last i checked it wasn't all that well liked by either by most others. Myself included.

Unless Square manages to make something worse before I die, I will go to my grave maintaining that FFXIII is one of the worst games I've ever played. I'll never understand the hate that FFXII gets because it's gameplay was actually fun and quite well designed. The gameplay in FFXIII on the other hand was objectively terrible, and don't even get me started on the story and characters because aside from Sazh, none of it makes any sense, or is the least bit likeable.

 

[sanquin]

The CoD and BF series, The world ends with you, Some of the zelda games, FF7 (I liked 6 and 8 a lot more), and SOME parts of skyrim. (Like how people just seem to give you random quests everywhere. Or the skill system. Morrowind was so much better.)

 

[EHKOS]

Half-Life 2. It's boring, the textures are bad, and the environments are bland. And Resistance 2 is the exact same way.

 

[Danzavare]

Braid. I really don't get what everyone sees in it -- it's Mario with a shoehorned in reversal mechanic. All flash and no substance.

I thought the ending was pretty brilliant. Nothing Mario could've pulled off.

I think the problem is that you need to get to the ending. It's like selling a book by saying "it's fantastic if you just slog through to the last few pages".

Personally, I quite like Braid as a gimmicky puzzle-platformer. But I've already given up reading the story bits because the writing made me want to harm small animals. Not my thing, I guess.

Out of interest, is the ending good because of story-stuff or gameplay-stuff?

I would say neither. If anything, I'm probably one of the few to say that the ending was an absolute cop-out. In my view, it sacrificed moral ambiguity and depth for a cheap, bland and fairly one-dimensional ending. I'll be a little more specific with HUGE spoilers:

Spoiler

The 'princess' was a metaphor for his desire to build the first Atom bomb and how it was ultimately a destructive thing to do. It also has a real life quote. My problem is that the ending is a bit of a "DURRRR" moment that doesn't match the moral ambiguity of the gameplay. It's a double edged sword trying to save a woman/relationship/thing that actively doesn't want to be saved. Are you obsessed? Is she addicted to something destructive and thus repulsed by you? Whose the 'good guy'? Is there one? If I want to be the hero - do I stop playing/following her? But NO, ultimately it just gives you a flat and unsatisfying ending that tells you what to think - and what it tells you isn't particularly insightful or interesting.

Other than that:
God of War - 'Like God of War but' - pfft. It's a dull game and is much less interesting than many of the action games that came before it. Also having to do quick-time events for pretty much every interesting move is boring, it's just uncomfortable and repetitive cutscenes to annoy your fingers.

 

[Morthello]

Braid. I really don't get what everyone sees in it -- it's Mario with a shoehorned in reversal mechanic. All flash and no substance.

What? Other than side scrolling and jumping, i dont remember many puzzles in mario. And the time reversal mechanic is essential to solving the puzzles. Doesn't feel shoehorned at all. I got the impression that they spent alot of thought and time on how they cleverly merged this mechanic with puzzle solving. I'm curious how you could feel like they shoehorned it in.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

]So wait, you feel the need to critically evaluate my opinion of a game you yourself haven't even played yet?

Prepare to be surprised by a truck load of "I told you so" when you finally do, because this game is dogshit.

Well seeing how you're one of the few people who's actually hated that game, I really doubt he's gonna end up agreeing with you.

Edit: Oh... uh, the Witcher's like ten different kinds of boring, but from the way I understand it not many people really cared too much about the original.

 

[CaptainMarvelous]

All of the CoD. I'm pretty lukewarm to most shooters but the dire lack of changes, the fact it's a mildly modified texture/skins pack for each new release and perhaps most importantly has LEGIONS of people proclaiming how each game is innovative while knocking Zelda for having the vague connections of a princess and Link just... yeah.

While I don't hate it, I never found any reason to play Batman Arkham City after my first play of it.

It wasn't nearly as engaging as EVERYONE says it is. Granted I only played until the game enters open world territory. But I found the open world to be terrible and the combat was awful, even though it was exactly as I had expected from what I had heard. I thought I would love it, but I just didn't...

I... have a difficult time reconciling the view Arkham City's open world and combat was terrible o.o. It's weird, I can't even imagine this being an opinion. Clearly it is one but still mind=blown

 

[ABLb0y]

Dear Esther. Sweet Celestia, Dear Esther. Where do I begin...

It has the exact same problem as Homefront (Without the compensation of guns) in that you're only there to look at very pretty scenery and not interact with it any. All you do is walk down a linear corridor and listen to some wanker talking.

Say what you like about COD, but at least stuff happens.

And, yes, before anyone says anything, I do get all the deep, artistic stuff. It's just that as a game Dear Esther is barely worth ten pence.

 

[Patrick Buck]

Oblivion. I had fun until I got out of the sewer, and then everything was buggy and horrible. I droned on through the first Oblivion gate, and quit right after it. I haven't played a more bug-ridden game in my life.

Slightly off topic: I foresee a lot of Gears of War answers, which irks me a little. People are always wanting unique shooters, and last I checked, Gears is more unique than most.

Yeah, but unique doesn't mean good.
Also, there have been at least 3 games. So it's not actually that unique.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

Anything with Batman in it. This extends to movies and whatever else. I don't like Batman; he's not interesting; he doesn't focus on story. He doesn't have powers, and he doesn't even do no-powers in the awesome Tony Stark way. He's just lame.

I have not enjoyed any Final Fantasy enough to finish it or even start it. Yes, this includes 7. They're just boring, unremarkable games. Why do I care about their stories?

Chrono Cross. Whoever made that stupid spell-equip battle system, and whoever decided to rip the "sequel" out of the Chrono Trigger sequel, and whoever didn't let you level up until boss fights, and whoever took Magus out, and who turned Schala into a stupid blonde chick, has a place in the Special Hell alongside people who talk in the theater.

Kingdom Hearts. Anytime Goofy or Donald talk, I want to rip my ears off. NO DISNEY IN MY JRPGS. NO DISNEY IN MY SERIOUS GAMES. GO THE HELL AWAY. Mickey Mouse is not a badass; he's a walking legal case.



Day-um, I have never seen anyone hate on Chrono Trigger before. I am so sorry.

 

[Shadow Humper]

kotor. everyone talks about it like it can cure cancer but i found the combat boring, the dialog pointless, the story predictable, and the characters unlikeable or boring (i hear the battle droid was entertaining but why would i ever choose blasters over lightsabers?)

Dude,I totally have to agree with you.

 

[PPB]

I don't care for most shooters. I just don't see the point and I'm always surprised at how series like CoD can still sell ridiculous amounts of copies. I tried some of the more "refined" shooters, such as Half-Life (2) and Max Payne (1) and found them equally boring. Incidentally, Half-Life 2 is probably the game that baffles me the most. I really don't understand what's so great and special about it.

I'm also not fond of the whole "MOBA" genre. DotA was a fun thing to play between rated games in Warcraft III but nothing more.

Then there's a whole bunch of games that I find decently enjoyable, but become somewhat irritated when I see how overrated they tend to be. Examples include the aforementioned Braid and Skyward Sword.

 

[shrekfan246]

I've heard people say this. I slogged through DA:O because the characters were quite charming and the story was just about interesting enough to keep me going back, despite the fact that I found the combat unbelievably dull. But it still took me over a year of playing-here-and-there to get to the end.

Does Dragon Age 2 improve the gameplay? After Origins taking me so long, I haven't dared to try the sequel!

To expand on what Pohaturon has already said, the combat in DA2 is... much quicker paced, than Origins, and all of the classes have been flip-flopped so that they don't do Friendly Fire damage anymore (which makes Mages a lot more fun because you don't need to worry about destroying your stupid warriors/rogues who like to charge in and get surrounded by enemies).

DA2 stumbles pretty heavily in using far more recycled assets than Origins did and has a terrible time with teleporting in waves of enemies after you think you've cleared out an area. But, speaking for my own personal experiences, the story is more interesting (because Bioware finally elected to move away from "YOU are the ONLY ONE who can SAVE THE WORLD!") and the characters all feel just as well characterized (Merril, Isabela, and Varric alone are probably worth it, at least if you like snarky, sarcastic Hawke - Which I did).

OT: Can't we all stop being negative for once? Sheesh. I'm going to post a game I liked that everyone else seems to either ignore or dislike.

Prototype. And by extension its sequel. The story is a little better in the first one, but better written in the second one, and the gameplay is largely unchanged but further refined in the sequel. EDIT: Oh, but in the sequel they actually let you pretend to be stealthy while doing some of the missions. I got the AI of an entire room to start freaking out because the game expected me to just go Alien-Wolverine on their asses and destroy them but I shapeshifted into a military officer and stealthily took down my target to continue the mission.
And I don't care what you have to say against it, absorbing and assuming the body of a little old lady, running up the side of a thirty-story building, and then elbow slamming the pavement and sending a whole ton of people flying to their dooms is still some of the best fun I've ever had in a game.