Games you just don't get along with

[MatParker116]

We've all probably have this problem we've bought hot knew release knowing that it's a good and a lot of fun but the relationship never really gets going. Despite your many efforts you never really get into the game and end up returning/selling it. I've had this problem with Dragon Age, the Devil May Cry series and C & C among others it realy wierd. Anyone else have this issue?

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Devil May Cry 4.

Traded it back on the first day, when it made me backtrack through the same levels and randomised the exit points.

 

[reg42]

Devil May Cry 4.

Traded it back on the first day, when it made me backtrack through the same levels and randomised the exit points.

I can testify to this. Wow, it was such a disappointment.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

These are just recently...This list would go on FOREVER if it wasn't recent.

[HEADING=1]Games I didn't sell:[/HEADING]

Shadow of the Colossus

I have no clue why. I should love this game, but I can't. I kept it to say that I own it.

Mass Effect 2.

I know its good, but I just can't get into it after 15 hours. The combat is even more shooting based than ME1, and I'm getting sick of shooters. The plot can't even hook me...
I was hyped for it, too. Even did a 100% completion ME1 run before it!

I didn't sell it, though. Just shelved it. Until I'm in the mood for it.

[HEADING=1]Games that did rub me the wrong way to the extent of selling/returning:[/HEADING]

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

*dies*
*hoofs it for 5 minutes back to the action* or *waits for vehicle to respawn*

Fuck this shit.

As for the campaign, its hard to see enemies with all those particle effects everywhere in certain fights. Not the whole game, but in certain areas. Sure, its realistic, but I CAN'T SEE SHIT! And die because of it.

 

[Beryl77]

Fallout 3. Everyone I've asked said it's a great game, but after some hours of playing, I just thought it's boring.

 

[Save us.A7X]

Quite a few, I tend to buy games on impulse, meaning I wind up with games I either don't like or lack the patience to play. Prime example is JRPGs, I've lost count of how many of those things I've bought, played for a few hours then never touched again.

 

[Pegghead]

Mass Effect, I can't recall what happened but at one point I just said "Fuck this" and gave it back to my friend the next day.

 

[Kajt]

No matter how much I try, I just can't get into Dragon Age: Origins. I just loose interest in the damn thing after a few hours, and go back to playing Morrowind/Oblivion.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Quite a few, I tend to buy games on impulse, meaning I wind up with games I either don't like or lack the patience to play. Prime example is JRPGs, I've lost count of how many of those things I've bought, played for a few hours then never touched again.

Dude, I know how you feel. I've played nearly all of the ones worth playing since the PS1. And finished the following:

Grandia 1
Chrono Cross
Legend of Mana
Star Ocean 3 + 4
?????

I've actually played ALL 13 FINAL FANTASY GAMES. And didn't even beat 8, even though its my favorite. I AM BEATING 13, THOUGH! I never beat one yet...

I tend to get to the final area, get the airship and access to sidequests. Take a break. And never go back.

 

[FinalDream]

Dragon Age: Origins. I love RPGs and Bioware games but this, was quite frankly, and in polite language not very good.

 

[Hawk of Battle]

FF12. Started well, got me really interested, but then by about 10 hours in I'd been captured 3 times, the combat was starting to bore me, the summons were shit, the bosses were insanely hard, the minigames were crap, the plot completely lost me and I had no idea where I was supposed to be going or why I was going there and why I couldn't just fly there (I had had a perfectly usable airship not half an hour ago).

Game still makes me rage just thinking about it.

Then there's the first Assassins Creed. I don't need to explain this one; just go watch Yahtzees review of it, because I swear my opinion is identical to it in every way.

Finally there's Ico. Yes, I know what an incredible game it is, how unique it is, and how it's about as close to art as a game has ever been and I enjoyed it for the first few hours, but the damn shadow monsters and the awful combat just filled me with a constant dread that I could never shake. I just KNEW that if I completed the next puzzle, a dozen monsters would appear and I'd have to hit them with the slowest moving, most innefective attack over and over and over and over and over and GAHH! Just, no!

Yeah, these 3 games are the only ones I know of that I really enjoyed to start with, but later just either made me utter rage filled or just made me feel depressed about playing.

 

[vivadelkitty]

Most Call of Duty games don't agree with me, along with Halo. Just too...mindless for me. I prefer my games with some level of depth.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

No matter how much I try, I just can't get into Dragon Age: Origins. I just loose interest in the damn thing after a few hours, and go back to playing Morrowind/Oblivion.

I can see how a fan of open ended, non-linear games like those would feel a bit hemmed in and bored by Dragon Age and it's height mapped little areas.

Took me a good 7 or 8 hours before I started to accept it for what it was and get into it.

 

[xbeaker]

Mass Effect, definately. I have about 2 hours logged in Super Smash Bros. I haven't gotten up the urge to even open Super Mario Galaxy. Lost interest in Overloard when I found the 4th color imps. Killed the 5th guy in Assassin's Creed and just don't have the energy to keep doing the same thing over and over, even though I actually enjoyed the game. The list goes on

My pile of shame is at least waist high.

 

[Malyc]

Final Fantasy X, the only FF game i've played, and the only one im going to... i just hate the "U kick as hard as u can, then i whip out my bfg and kill u" type combat. I prefer the real time fights where i have to have an actual plan, and not have infinite time to figure out which attack im gonna use next.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Final Fantasy X, the only FF game i've played, and the only one im going to... i just hate the "U kick as hard as u can, then i whip out my bfg and kill u" type combat. I prefer the real time fights where i have to have an actual plan, and not have infinite time to figure out which attack im gonna use next.

Then you should know that few of the other FF games give you infinite time to plan, thanks to the Active Time Battle keeping you on your toes.

 

[Stormz]

Mass Effect. I beat it, but I really couldn't get into the story and characters. Plus it's basically a third person shooter with a chat system and inventory. Probably the worst Bioware game I've ever played. I ended up selling it in the end.

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

Modern Warfare 2. No, I didn't buy it (which makes me one of about ten people in the world) but I played the Campaign on my brother's Xbox and I just got tired of doing all the same basic encounters (go here, pew pew pew anyone that looks at you funny, take cover, and rinse and repeat until you get to the next set-piece). The only thing that kept me through the Rangers parts would be the constant Ramirez jokes I'd make to no-one in particular and the sheer awesomeness of Mactavish and later Price.

I tried the multiplayer on the free weekend Steam ran and I didn't really like it that much, so oh well. I guess there must be some reason it sold so much, but the only excuse I'll accept is that Price and Mactavish (and maybe Ghost) are so awesome that everyone and everything paid money just to see them.

 

[King Kupofried]

I'm gonna go with Dragon Age as well, as much as I absolutely loved previous Bioware games this just completely repelled me after awhile. Perhaps it was all the hype and listening to the constant praise of the depth and choices and such. I was rather put off by how rather..well..generic the character creation options were for race and class but I didn't hold much against it since it wasn't bad in any real way. Past the class/race specific openings it completely failed to draw me in, I had no grip at all on the fact that I was a Grey Warden and the fact that they were supposed to be some elite group seemed to sail completely past me and I felt like just another dude. It was a rather amazing feeling to find that I had amassed an army of werewolves, Templars, had a quirky team, and succeeded in becoming a Blood Mage only to find that it was all completely dull to me.
I tried going on, but I'd just kinda sit on the map screen and bored flick back and forth between the places I hadn't done yet wondering how long I'd have to be in each one, tried making new characters but once again after the starting area the thought of redoing all the things I had done before put a stop to me.

 

[Kiriona]

First person shoots and I do not agree with each other and never have, which is irritating, since they seem to be DOMINATING THE MARKET anymore.