Games you like that are "uncool" to like.

[Buccura]

Call it a guilty pleasure, call it seeing the good in everything, whatever you want to call it I'm sure we all have at least one game that we like, even though it's "uncool" to like it. If you bring up the fact that you like it, more often than not you will get criticized for it, either because it's too "mainstream", or there are just too many things wrong with it to everyone else.

Right now, I think the most significant game I like that's "uncool" is Diablo III. Yes, the Battle.net stuff surrounding it is utter BS. I will never be a fan of always-on DRM.

The game itself, however, I actually think is really fun. It's not as deep as Diablo II (Or Torchlight II for that matter), but for what it is I actually find the game to be very enjoyable. Hell I even liked the story for it. It wasn't anything great but after I finished it, I honestly had a hard time seeing why people were bashing it so much.

Well, aside from

Spoiler

Deckard Cain dying. Seriously why would you do that?

Still, for what it is I really like Diablo III, even though I understand why a lot of people don't, especially when the DRM is brought up.

 

[shrekfan246]

Most recently: Assassin's Creed III.

I really liked the wilderness and colonial settlements, it kept me interested far better than the tales of Ezio in Italy, considering I couldn't even get halfway through Brotherhood or Revelations. Plus, dem naval battles.

Slightly older: Also Diablo III. I've got no ties to the franchise, I never played either of the first two when I was growing up or anything, and I got it for free out of a World of Warcraft promotion Blizzard did since I was going to have a constant subscription to the latter anyway. Lag issues early after launch aside, it was a lot of fun.

Depending on who/where you ask: Mass Effect 3, Halo, most Sonic games, Bioshock 2, Crysis 2/3, Playstation All-Stars, Dragon Age II, Gears of War, and probably a few others I can't think of at the moment.

EDIT: Oh, Dead Space 3 as well.

 

[Zhukov]

Mass Effect 3.

Moving on.

Angry Birds. I really don't see why anyone would hate on this game. Well, okay... I do, it's because it's popular among non-"hardcore" gamers, and people can be complete twats about that sort of thing, but I don't see a good reason to hate on it. It's a thoroughly amusing way to kill time in a waiting room or during a slow lunch break.

 

[l0ckd0wn]

Ernie's Big Splash... I used to play this game for hours as a kid small child...


Faxanadu for NES:

 

[Baralak]

I enjoy playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 with friends.

Also, I friggin LOVED Too Human. REALLY underrated game.

 

[Terminate421]

In these parts its ANY HALO GAME.

Seriously, I have fun with these, they are awesome.

 

[AndrewF022]

Wait... Why is it uncool to like 'mainstream' games like Diablo 3, Mass Effect and other popular games already mentioned? I don't... whatever...

I really like Conflict Desert Storm on the PS2, I vastly preferred it over Socom at the time.

Also I recently played and really enjoyed the 2012 reboot of Syndicate.

 

[StriderShinryu]

I still enjoy Bioware's games, notably Mass Effect 3 and, yes, Dragon Age 2.

I also do enjoy the occasional Call of Duty.

Here on The Escapist, that pretty much makes me some sort of leper.

 

[piinyouri]

A lot of stuff. I've mentioned them in these threads many times before, so I'll spare the list for now.

 

[putowtin]

i like sims 3 .. i win

As do I, but not sure if my pc can handle another expansion pack!

Also: ME3 (sure some bits hurt, but the overall game rocks and the multiplayer is still fun a year on)
And the Uncharted series (why does the series get so much hate, sure Drake kills more than the black plague did, but there great games!)

 

[SonicWaffle]

I like Nintendo games (taboo around here)

...it is?

Whenever we have these threads, I'm always amazed by the stuff people say about the things they think other Escapists hate, since I rarely see any evidence of it (well, except poor old BioWare, we still get a lot of muppets ranting about what an awful studio they are). I like Nintendo too, I just never play their stuff because I have an Xbox.

OT: I've been playing a lot of Gyromancer lately, which is just about the least cool thing I've ever owned. It's a JRPG with a paper-thin plot, stupid character names and designs, a battle system that's one part Pokemon to two parts Bejewelled Twist, it's gloriously stupid and ridiculously addictive. I imagine it would be uncool if anyone else had ever heard of it, but as it stands I'm still pretending to be the Fonz because nobody knows how lame I actually am. Score!

 

[SomeLameStuff]

Heroes of Newerth.

There's the "MOBA three", Heroes of Newerth, Dota 2, and League of Legends. League of Legends is the young cute one which everyone dotes on. Dota 2 is the old one which is reliable and familiar. Heroes of Newerth is the middle child who got drunk one night, made an ass of himself and fell down the stairs. He may be cleaning up his act now, but everyone still sees him as the drunk prick who fell down some stairs.

 

[Roxor]

I don't think anything I see regularly bashed around here is in my library at all.

 

[KissmahArceus]

The Syndicate remake, Dead Space 3, Halo 4, FIFA 13 and Prototype 2 (the story may suck but its a whole lotta fun)among others.
I also, really enjoyed Mass Effect 3, there may have been issues with the ending but after playing it a few times through and with the E.C I still love it

 

[AuronFtw]

Final Fantasy X-2.

I mean yeah, it had a ton of bad shit. The majority of the characters were really one-dimensional, all the pandering to teenagers with raging hormones with all the silly half-naked costumes, the mostly incoherent plot (even for a Final Fantasy game), etc.

But the rest of it... was pretty solid. There was an absolute ton of sidequesting, the combat system was really fluid and engaging, the class swapping mid combat added an element of challenge to some of the later fights, and even the list of accessories was more varied than the typical JRPG/FF game with some seriously powerful boons balanced by some really harsh negatives.

The world exploration felt a *lot* more open than FFX (which honestly isn't that hard, since FFX was the most linear final fantasy game ever made ever), with a lot of jumping over chasms and climbing walls that contributed to making the world feel bigger.

It gets a lot of hate, and it definitely deserves a good portion of it, but X-2 had a number of fantastic features that people always seem to forget about when talking about final fantasies.

 

[BrotherSurplice]

I really like Conflict Desert Storm on the PS2, I vastly preferred it over Socom at the time.

I absolutely loved that game when I was younger. Tough as nails on the later levels (Scud boulevard/alley anyone?), and I still haven't completed it, but it took up so much of my time.

On topic, I loved Halo 4. There were some bad points (retcons and errors in the backstory etc), but overall I loved it just as much as the older games. And the ending, oh good god the ending. All of my manly tears were shed.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Pretty much any 1st person adventure game. It's cool to like the old Lucasarts games but clicking your way around a lonely environment interacting with nobody and doing puzzles is about as far from cool as you can get.

 

[Jandau]

Most recently, the new Devil May Cry.

I like the new Dante. Yes, he's a prick, but it actually makes sense when taken in context with his backstory (no family, no memory of his early childhood, hunted by demons from a very early age, etc.). Furthermore, he quickly gets his act together, stops being a douche, opens up to people, shows his capacity for compassion and loyalty and generally develops in a fairly believable direction. The old Dante was cool, but he wasn't a person, he was a wish fulfillment fantasy taken to the extreme. The new Dante works much better as an actual person.

Other than that, the level design is awesome, with some levels being truly interesting setpieces and featuring changes of perspective and visual tricks that help freshen things up. The combat is crisp, tight and fun, with plenty of variety in weapons and moves. Sure, the "normal" difficulty is pretty easy, but once you hit Son of Sparda, the game will start kicking your arse if you're not careful. Even the plot is reasonable, with a few decent twists and a nice does of social commentary, which is welcome even if it us quite unsubtle.

All in all, I don't really have any complaints about the game and I'd rate it fairly high in most if not all categories. It's an overall good game and it's a shame people got fixated on the hair color change so much (which turns out to be a moot point anyway)...