Games you should enjoy but don't

[pillaysteven]

For everyone who had this problem with Fallout 3, try giving it another go. I found that I didn't get into the game until I was about 8 hours in. And now I'm hooked!

Try getting to Rivet City in the main quest and stay there for a while, talking to the people, learning the layout, maybe finding a few quests. It was there that I got hooked on the game.

And BTW dialogue is important in the game, much more so than Oblivion and I find it very fun. I'd recommend putting points into Speech and picking any speech related perks.

I found small guns are the most useful, repair is important, you'll use it a lot and a few other good ones are Science, Lockpick and maybe Sneak though it isn't all that useful unless you like to avoid combat.

One thing I dislike about the game is the lack of a quick-save button. It's quite frustrating as I always forget to save if on on a long hike in the wastelands. They could have easily had it as holding Start for 2 seconds or something similar. You can wait for an in-game hour but that's very annoying.

 

[SimplyTheWest]

Fable 2....wasnt as amazing as i thought it was going to be and GTA4, which i never even thought about buying

 

[CovvaLomusan]

GTA IV. I'm a massive GTA fanboy and have loved it since III (the top down games left me cold) but as much as I wanted to love IV I could not shake the feeling that it was all, well, [b/]fur coat and no knickers. [/b]

Wo wo wo! Thats ment to mean bad?

Well said, well said, my British friend.

There seems to be a common trend of FF indifference (agreed), MGS dislike (agreed, though 2 was good) and Oblivion indifference (it was very good, but just not as fun as Morrowind, then just to put the boot in, spoiled Morrowind with its lovely graphics and physics).

Can I just put this out there and see what people think...

Zelda - it's just not that much fun. I have little/nothing against Nintendo, I've played every one of the main games since Ocarina of Time, but with every single one of them I've got most of the way through and thought "what's the point?"; completely lost interest. Has anybody else had this? They are supposed to be universally-acknowledged untouchable masterpieces, but if I have to face another bloody Water Temple I swear I'm going to grab the nearest green-tuniced elf and drown his fairy.

Too long, bland characters, excessively repetitive puzzles and not enough incentive to battle through it unless you're an RPG fan.

Please don't tell me I am alone in this.

 

[_Janny_]

Fallout 3. I just can't get into it. I even know it's a good game while playing it.

The same thing happened to me... at first. But I kept playing because I knew I just had to force myself a little bit before getting into it. And now I love the game and on my second playthrough

One of the games I can't get into is Baldur's Gate 2. I restarted that game about 7 times and I still find it too hard and the interface not at all user friendly. Had the same problem with Morrowind, I love the atmosphere and everything, but it's just too difficult.. I mean, a damn rat can kill me in just two attacks...

And also Fable... I played until the guy grows up, but it's just not fun anymore if I'm not a bratty kid that can punch his own dad and get away with it...

 

[stompy]

I tried to enjoy Half-Life, but after the goodness that is Half-Life 2, I just couldn't play it. I might have another try sometime when I don't have games to play.

Edit: Forgot God of War. It seems like a great game, but, for some reason, I just don't like it. It's probably got something to do with the giant prick protagonist that is Kratos.

 

[.Ricks.]

GTA - Any, I don't like them, sure they are well executed and pretty and actually pretty good still, I don't care for it... I actually find it boring they give me so dam freedom that after I kill half the town with a rocket launcher I don't feel like doing the missions because they seem too linear compared to the rest, trying to impose rules if you will.

 

[Mr. Moose]

Halo, Gears of War, and other "Mindless" shooters.

After playing a FPS with a well-written engaging storyline (Half-Life series) I just feel like these games' writers aren't even trying.

The same writers did Marathon, which came out before Half Life, and was deeper and a lot more interesting than Halo's

 

[Justanothernoob]

Spore... It was fun but for some reason I never picked it up after the first day >>

 

[megapenguinx]

Any of the Halo games, really even in multiplayer I was a little bored.
Guitar Hero World Tour, I thought it would be a challenge like GH3 good songs for drumming and singing, instead most of the songs were too easy on guitar and it felt like they were trying too hard to add challenge to the drums so I switched over to Rock Band 2.
Also what's the deal with that Beastie Boys song on guitar?

 

[keithburgun]

The problem with ultima games is their shitty real-time combat. Try out Ultima 3 for NES, that has turn based tactical combat. Gameplay wise, it's my favorite one.

 

[astaldodhol]

Final Fantasy and Gears of War :/

 

[gamshobny]

Spore... It was fun but for some reason I never picked it up after the first day >>

Had that too. Perhaps, it's because the depth of the game wasn't deep, or even shallow, but totaly non-existent. Indeed quite fun, but I would expect something like that from a Indie game developer, not the SIM-god himself.

 

[The Giggling Pin]

So many dissapointing games. The biggest dissapointment was Fallout 3. As a self confessed fan boy who has no bad words to say about any of the fallout series (except brotherhood of steel of course, i'm not completely blinded by the franchise). I tried so hard to like it and spent hours upon hours trying to get into it. I completed the game twice and i feel i have wasted a large portion of my life. It's just not funny anymore. Its overly depressing, gloomy and i care for nobody in the game. I don't want to go on about how rubbish it is because i see what bethesda have done and go "Wow. Thats friggin' cool!" but i just don't enjoy it as much as i did the old ones and that is what most important right? Now i just have to figure out what to do with my metal lunchbox and all the other collectors edition crap. Do i sell it or do i keep a hold of it and display it as a lesson to me regarding how all things change and despite things being brilliant in their own right, sequels to old games will never replace the memories of teenage adolescence and laughing at the prospect of sleeping with hookers and super mutants?

There are other honorable mentions such as Bioshock. Another game which sounded brilliant and was on the whole very well constructed but i got bored once i realised you couldn't really die and all challenge vanished from the game. In addition to this the whole hacking thing made me want to throw myself off of something increibly high but thankfully i live in a place where the highest building resembles a pot plant and i wanted to die, not sprain my ankle which would of hurt but not really proved my point. GTA 4 was another one that could get in here but i found the multiplayer amazing and loved mafiya work to the point of obsession so the fact that the single player mode sucked wasn't such a problem.

EDIT: Just didn't like the flow. You know what i mean...

 

[IntoxicatedKnight]

Oblivion.

It sounds mental, but I couldn't enjoy it like other people seemed to, shame really.

 

[dekuton]

for me is bioshock. i WANTED to like that game...played it for 4 hours and the most fun i had was setting people on fire and watching them do the "oh my god im on fire!" dance.
dynasty warriors 6.
sins of a solar empire. those of you who can get passed the tutorials in that game have my respect.
brute force
fable two. only thing i liked about fable 2 was owning pretty much all of albion
im sure there aremore i just cant think of anything else right now

 

[Praelanthor]

Spore... It was fun but for some reason I never picked it up after the first day >>

Had that too. Perhaps, it's because the depth of the game wasn't deep, or even shallow, but totaly non-existent. Indeed quite fun, but I would expect something like that from a Indie game developer, not the SIM-god himself.

me three the biggest regret of last year for me

 

[Looking For Alaska]

Mass Effect. It had a good sci-fi environment, cool lore, awesome graphics, lovable characters and a passable story, all of which are big pluses for me. But the vehicle sections were just so awful I couldn't play.

 

[O maestre]

Any Final Fantasy game.
Everyone get all crazy about them! Whether it's the first one, the 6th one, the 3rd one, the 7th one, the 12th one...I just don't like any of them. They aren't fun to me.

Also, now that I think about it, nearly every JRPG I've ever played.
Pretentious story lines, crazy predictable characters, over emotional characters in times where it isn't warranted, boring story lines, awful dialogue, a 'no fun' approach to combat and gameplay...ugh. I understand some people love 'em, and that's fine. Not me though...not me.

agreed.

never got onto the mmorpg wave either, well i tried city of heroes, but mostly to fool around with the character creator, oh and to fly, not alot of games out there that allow you to fly

spore didn't thrill me

bioshock for some reason didn't hook me in

and the guitar hero fad and rythem games in general never appealed to me

the latest soul calibur, cant think of anymore right now

 

[BlueTimberwolf]

Supreme commander

I loved TA and supreme commander looked like that with better graphics, but the game just wasn't as enjoyable.

 

[Sakash]

It definitely has to be WoW. I honestly cannot stand it. I tried so hard to give a 'fair' run, because a few of my friends play it,and i even got my character to lvl 35 but i just couldnt anymore.It was like playing an RPG (which i love) but with absolutely no story to keep you interested.