Games you logically should like but don't.

[ManimalR]

The pre-crystal dynamics tomb raiders. I love the newer ones, but I simply cannot stand the control scheme of the earlier games

 

[ResonanceSD]

The fact that you seem puzzled makes me think you're yet another inferior console-gamer who just...doesn't...get it. Let me guess, you also think Halo was seminal to the FPS genre.

Dude, the thread title asks what I don't like but should, and I answered with F1 and F2.


Oh and for the record, yes, Halo: CE was actually extremely important in terms of the shooter genre, introducing multiple mechanics and a new setting for games, but I've played it most recently on this.

 

[Faladorian]

Kingdom Hearts. I love me a story-driven game, especially ones that focus on characters, and I don't even mind the whole power of friendship thing. If I like the characters I sometimes even enjoy it. Sort of. And the games have the sort of soundtrack that gets down on its knees and tearfully beg me to play them. But it's just the combat system and the whole Disney thing.
I really want to like it. I think if I could get used to the Disney stuff and endure that battle system I could end up loving it, but I can't.
[small]Plus my friend made me play the second one before the first one which didn't help. ¬_¬[/small]

I also hate the Disney aspects of the game and the combat. I sincerely wish the game was entirely about Xehanort and the Organization. The Disney crap has no place in the story and I hate it.



That said, I still love Kingdom Hearts. I don't know why, but the finale of those games always makes up for the Disney bullshit that precedes it.

If you want a game that plows through the disney worlds really quickly, you can try Birth by Sleep. Although, once you've played all 3 campaigns you might have spent the same amount of time in each. Still, it's a break.

I dunno. I like to convince people to love things I love, but clearly people differ astronomically in what they like. Case and point: People like Borderlands. I don't know how, I don't know why, but they do.

 

[Arnoxthe1]

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess,
couldn't get into it no matter how much I played.
Love every aspect about it other than the motion controls.
Just couldn't get immersed.

I know that feel bro. Well, mostly. Some parts of the game, I can directly point out that really rustled my jimmies. Overall though, I bet it's because it just felt kinda empty compared to Ocarina of Time, right?

For me, it was Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Don't know why at all. I wanted to like it and I got all the way up to when you first get in the city but nope. Just couldn't like it.

 

[SpaceBat]

The world ends with you.

Good, unique gameplay? Check.
Good music? Check.
Decent story? Check.
Nice aesthetics? Check.

But the frequent utterly horrid dialogue makes it so hard for me to like the game.

 

[Vigormortis]

I can think of two big ones off the top of my head.

Bioshock
Mass Effect

Bioshock had an amazing level of atmosphere and incredible art direction. That alone should have endeared it to me at least somewhat. However, the story felt weak and the gameplay even more so. Still, I'll defend the game as brilliant.

Mass Effect is a space-opera featuring epic space conflicts, (mostly) character-driven drama, and an expansive, eclectic assortment of alien creatures taken right out of Star Trek and Star Wars. It should have been a game right up my alley. Yet, I can't stand the games. The story and gameplay just fall flat for me. Not to mention some very weak and over-abundant dialog.

Honestly, I should absolutely adore both of those games. I really should. But odd and often bad game design choices just ruined the experiences for me.

I wanted to love them. Just couldn't do it.

[Honorable Mention]
Starcraft 2. I love the hell out of the first. And while the sequel is still "mostly" fun, everything beyond the occasional skirmish game is awful. Just awful.

The campaign was ungodly weak and the front-end of the game, as a sign of the direction Blizzard is going (exemplified in Diablo 3), is a test in fortitude.

Blizzard - You people want LAN support? HA! Fuck that! Do you really think we want to give the fans of this series the things they want and like from the first game? I mean, it's not like having LAN support was a key factor in making the first game as popular as it was or anything, right!?

Heh, right?

[sub]Right?[/sub]