Games you respect but don't play.

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JackWestJr

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torno said:
It's basically all in the title.
These are games that you acknowledge are good, even great, but you just don't play them for whatever reason. Mine is Mass Effect. I have alot of friends that play it, but I just don't. I understand it's an epic sci-fi game, and I've tried to like it, I WANT to like it but just never clicked with me when I played it. I'm not trying to find some smug way to say it's bad, I'm aware it's great and probably better than half the games I play, I just don't know why I don't like it.
But enough about my sob story, tell me yours!
Same with me man, I have tried to get into Mass Effect 2, knowing that my friends like it, but everytime I play it for a while I just get bored :/

I much prefer racing/action/adventure games; like Uncharted or MotorStorm or what ever
 

JackWestJr

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Ah yes, The Elder Scrolls. Seriously, I don't know what is so amazing about Oblivion, it is boring as hell and I should have thought about it before I did a insta-buy and bought it just to see what the fuss was about.

God do I regret buying it...
 

BlackJak007

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Pretty much any RTS game.I can understand why people enjoy them, but I just don't enjoy playing them. I'm also rather crap at them, even after practice.
 

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Dragon Age: Origins

tried so desperately to like that game, but couldn't; waaaaaaaay too tedious

Also Arkham Asylum: love the combat, love the exploration, but I turn into a nervous, overly-swearing wreck upon the first whiff of a forced stealth section
 

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Any and all RTSes. I haven't really clicked with an RTS since the original Red Alert, but I understand why people like them. Starcraft must be popular for a reason, right?
 

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Sir Seagull said:
For me it would be the Fallout series, I'm pretty sure if I started playing one I would enjoy it but something has stopped me whenever I've considered buying it or borrowing it from my mate.

Det.Mittens said:
The one time I enjoyed it was when I wasted about forty of my friends Pokeballs (Including a master ball) trying to catch a Growlith.
You are the worst kind of person. *glares*
:O! I was going him a favour. Growlith is awesome! But the pokemon game never captured my attention. They were far to repetitive for my taste. And the combat is not very immersive. I can't enjoy MMO's either because of the same reasons.
 

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Dethenger said:
God of War (and any subsequent knockoffs). I can't really think of a legitimate reason not to like it, I just don't.
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Det.Mittens said:
Pokemon games. I have never liked them. I don't know why but the repetitive grind annoys me to much.
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Wesley Henderson said:
definitely WoW and almost any MMO. I love the concept, I tried it, but just not my cup of tea. I love my RPG games because of the single player campaign.
 

mwpher

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Dwarf Fortress

I like the idea, I think it's cool and I can see why those who play it love it.

However, I took one look at the interface and ran for the hills. Besides, I'm not into ASCII graphics. I need my pictures.

Still think it's a neat game though.
Dwarf Fortress is amazing and very satisfying; it's just that to get the amazing and satisfying, you have to get used to an interface that's less like a game and more like a jump jet's control panel.

I played it for a little while and really enjoyed it as long as I had step-by-step instructions for anything I wanted to do. :p basically, you can do two things:

A. Download the Lazy Newb Pack, which has built-in graphics tilesets.
B. Follow the getting-started portion of the DF Wiki, and using the WIki for anything else you might be wondering about.

That should take you far enough to experience what the game's like and how to play. Give it a shot, it's very mind-opening in terms of how far games can go with procedural generation.
 

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A lot of Indie games im not sure why I generally dont play them maybe because my time is being split to much and I have too many other games to play already but I am aware how much time it takes to craft a game let alone a good one so hats off to them especially when it pushes the medium in new directions more mainstream titles wouldnt dare to try.
 

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Any RTS game ever made. I've tried some of them, I wasn't so bad at them, but it just didn't grab me. I know plenty of people that love them, but I can just never get into them.
 

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Street Fighter, Blazblue, Soul Calibur etc Any really competitive fighting game. I absolutely love watching the gameplay but I don't play them because I am terrible at fighting games. Apart from Smash Bros but that plays a damn lot different to any other games in the genre.

Also any RTS games, stuff like DoW and SC2. I absolutely hate playing the games, but dear god watching people who are good is amazing.

And, knowingly ninja'd but whatever, Dwarf Fortress. The stories that come out of it are just crazy and hilarious and it seems like something that once your in would be just unparalleled. However I really cannot be bothered to get into it at all.
 
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Let's take out my list here; WoW, any RTS considered good by RTS fans, the Silent Hill 1 & 2 (they're probably brilliant, but I just don't enjoy playing/ watching something that frightens me), good JRPGs (not including any FF games post VI), the first two Fallout games (in my opinion the perspective and combat hasn't aged very well), Crysis (I'll never get to play them on the PC I'll be using for the next... long time) and every Wii game ever.
 

Kargathia

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Well, there's two categories in this: games I respect but won't play, and games I respect and can't play.

In the first category there's minecraft, as I don't really have the patience for that.

In the second category you've got console-only games, and almost all PC games released this year. It has something to do with a pc in dire need of upgrade.
 

Jandau

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Minecraft. I can see why people like it, but it just feels pointless to me. There really isn't anything I want to build and the game lacks focus or direction. Again, I see why people love it and I like watching videos of insane constructs that some players make, but it's just not for me...
 

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Det.Mittens said:
Sir Seagull said:
For me it would be the Fallout series, I'm pretty sure if I started playing one I would enjoy it but something has stopped me whenever I've considered buying it or borrowing it from my mate.

Det.Mittens said:
The one time I enjoyed it was when I wasted about forty of my friends Pokeballs (Including a master ball) trying to catch a Growlith.
You are the worst kind of person. *glares*
:O! I was going him a favour. Growlith is awesome! But the pokemon game never captured my attention. They were far to repetitive for my taste. And the combat is not very immersive. I can't enjoy MMO's either because of the same reasons.
Ok fair enough Growlithe is awesome. You are forgiven. Carry on.
 
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Most decent strategy games, Civilization, C&C, etc. Not my bag, but they're generally well made, interesting, challenging and made for the PC.
 

johnboy424

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The Uncharted series. I didn't hate the games, but as I was playing them it just felt like I was playing a movie. Also Gears of War, which I don't particularly like for reasons that I haven't quite been able to pinpoint.