Games you respect but don't play.

[Lt_Bromhead]

Well, I'm going to have to go with a common theme here and claim "Minecraft".
Don't get me wrong, like everyone else I can appreciate the value of it - a lot of my friends are avid about it and have their own server - I just tend to get bored about an hour in. I'm happy building stuff in RTS games, but actually having to put the blocks together myself just bores me, I'm afraid.

Again, nothing against Minecraft - just not for me.

The other thing(s) is (are) - *raises hate shield* - any sequel to Assassin's Creed.
I absolutely adored the first one for the original concept, the different angle it was taking and the hugely enjoyable story. I'd be the first to admit it's not a perfect game by any means. But it was fun. (Of course I did get the PC version so I didn't suffer the tedium of only 3 info gathering missions to choose from)
I just think the sequels never really changed enough to make my long-term attention want to linger. They were still fun, just not really different enough. (Bro'hood is the most guilty of the two, and I'm not holding out great hopes for `Revelations` either).
I've still bought both, and I'll be buying Revelations, but only for the story.
Steam lists both games as having around 7hrs playtime each - enough for a single playthrough and never to be touched again.

 

[Noctius]

anygame that is based on real things, included:
call of duty
civilazation

i think they are respectfull frangises but i simply dont play games to experience real life
i want incredible things, things i know i will never get to do, thats why kingdom hearts is my favorite game ever, thats my dream life

and then i just dont dig the strategy type of game, take CIV for example, i would much more prefer to be a soldier in cesars army then cesar itself
but thats just me, i dont know if that makes me a follower or simply a lowner

 

[Hipsy_Gypsy]

I don't have respect for it, per sé, however, I'm going to say Left 4 Dead 2 because I get bored with it so quickly. It's a multi-player game, I know, but honestly; once I've played through it a few times; that's it, I can't take it anymore.
I know of one or two people where that is legit all that they play and constantly do so. I just don't understand it! A few play throughs, even on other modes, for example, playing as one of the infected (even though if you get shot once, that's you dead), I am bored out of my mind.
I prefer playing with my friends, of course, but I just want to get out of it in no time at all. Another thing about it is that I am in no way a competitive person either and some of the other people online would just drive me insane by taking it far too seriously, hence my preference to play with people I know personally.
That's the only one that I can think of at the top of my head. I do like it to some degree, just not nearly as much as a lot of people. Perhaps I'm just not a FPS person. Eh.


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[feeback06]

A lot of people have already said Starcraft, and I'm going to have to say that as well. I respect what the game has done for gaming itself, however RTS' have never been my thing.

 

[teqrevisited]

Starcraft 2.

I like watching it but it just seems as if everything dies far too fast.

 

[LuckyClover95]

I agree with Mass Effect. I just can't be arsed.
But it's the same with most games, and a lot of the time it's cos I don't wanna spend money on games (I buy games every few months or so.)

 

[PSIcho2468]

Minecraft, many of my mates say it's fantastic and I don't want to play it but I respect it for what it has achived.
Pokemon, I think it's a fantastic game, just don't want to play it.
Final Fantasy, apparently it was what made RPGs popular in the west, I have tried to play it but then decided not to.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Okami, nothing wrong with it, just subjectively didn't like it.

 

[Robertus2210]

red dead redemption, because i simply don't own a console. damn.

 

[Taham]

The BioShock series, and the Lost Planet series.

 

[Jakub324]

Killzone but I have an Xbox, so they're kind of beyond me. Still, we have Halo and Gears.

 

[Sovvolf]

Most RTS games. I respect them, I've given them a try and honestly a lot of them are pretty good however the main problem is that... I'm not very good at them. I've played just about every RTS I've been able to, tried them out and such however I just get to a certain point in the campaign where I just can't get past it. I just can't finish that mission at all because I ain't good enough. So I tend not to play them anymore, with Starcraft, never played the first though I hear the second games is pretty good though I've not played it.

Ho and the Street Fighter games, I respect those as well and I do have Street Fighter II SUPER HD (or what ever, the one you can get on xbl) and I do play it from time to time however, as above, I'm just not very good at it so I don't bother with it. I like the franchise, I like the characters (Specially Sagat) but I just can't play them with any sort of skill no matter how hard I try. This probably extends to most fighting games however I've found street fighter the hardest to the point that its almost unplayable for me where as the rest (Tekken, MK, VF, DOA) I've been able to slug my way through them.

That being said, fighting games sort of have an excuse, they're (mostly) made for arcades and thus made difficult so you have spend more coins in them, specially the earlier ones.

 

[donisaac]

Oblivion

I have tried and tried but in the end I gave up, everyone loves it and I want to love it but it makes it impossible with the stupid guards who randomly know you are a thief...I think I'll give Skyrim a chance

 

[Reverend Del]

Any and all fighting games, I'm rubbish at them, so I don't play them. But I don't rubbish them simply because of my lack of ability.

 

[Omega Pirate]

Left 4 Dead, I want to like it but I just don't. I cant't put my finger on it either, because I love co-op. Same with Borderlands, I just can't get into to it.

I love Killing Floor and Monster Hunter Tri is probably in the top 5 of my favorite games of all time. Make of it what you will.

 

[LookingGlass]

The ARMA games. I loved Operation Flashpoint, and these games have basically been another step toward realism. But I just feel like it would take such a large time investment for me to be decent at them, so I haven't given them more than a couple of hours each.

I really like what they're doing with these games though.

 

[Hagi]

Persona series & Catherine: from what I hear they're making games dealing with serious and mature matters and I approve of that. But from what I've seen I don't really identify with any of the characters, they're having problems that are quite different in nature then the ones I come across. Of course this is all based on what small things I have read about these games, I've never played them and likely never will.

Lots of RTS games: Great games and I approve of more tactical decisions in games, but I just can't multi-task like that and I find it no fun at all.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

EvE Online. I love hearing about all the cool corporate espionage and sabotage and how there are actual driving forces behind the players. Thing is the more I look into it the more tedious it looks.