Games your sick of hearing about

[Canadamus Prime]

Mass Effect 3 - The ending sucked. We heard you the first 10 million times. Get over it, already.

This one. Yes we know the ending was crap. After all you've been in out face about it since day 1. Get the fuck over it already!

 

[Jordy Hartog]

Any game about zombies anymore. They weren't that interesting to begin with. I know they're cannon fodder but I'm sick of them. Not just bored, but sick.

Even though I did Resident Evil cosplay and consider George Romero's first three "of the Dead" flicks to be my personal Holy Trilogy, I gotta agree. Zombies need to take a break for a generation and let another stock monster fill the void.

I agree, I love zombies to bits but games do not need to have a zombie mod for everything. It's the kind of marketing decision that turns me off of buying a developer's product.

I say this as a man who makes an annual trip to another country to participate in a zombie walk during Halloween

 

[Exius Xavarus]

Half-Life as a whole - We get it, it was a graphical marvel for its time. Not so much anymore. Shut up, already.

Half-Life being a graphical marvel isn't the reason people still talk about it. With that being said, I'm also sick of Half-Life and the reason being is that the only time I see the game mentioned is it being derided.

Everyone has a different reason for being sick of hearing about certain games. Guess what mine is?

I'm sick of hearing about how Half-Life was ridiculously good looking and everything else ever should live up to its standard.

Just because this isn't the majority of what you see, doesn't mean it isn't the majority of what I see. Please don't try to 'correct' my personal reasoning.

Basically everything Nintendo related.
I never played any of Zelda, Metroid or Mario games, and I just don't care about them! I don't hate them though. The thing that I don't get is why are those games are such big freaking deal in North America!

Having never played them might contribute just a liiiittle bit as to why you don't understand why they're such popular franchises.

 

[Saviordd1]

but Bio Is never gonna beat Chris Avellone & Co.

Seriously? Your comparison for good story writing is Chris Avellone? Fucking seriously? Obsidian can't write an actually interesting story to save its ass.

I'm not a big fan of Avellone/Obsidian either, however I think it's hard to argue that Planescape Torment was anything less than pretty damn good in the writing department.

KOTOR2 at the very least had some interesting ideas and a couple of cool characters.

I've heard Mask of the Betrayer is good too.

On the other hand, one could argue that Obsidian has essentially been coasting along on the mommentum of past glories for quite a few years now. It's been a long time since they produced anything worthy of note.

And now I'm going to flee before I get involved the forum hatchet fight that this will likely turn into.

It always turns into a one sided thing is my problem

Obsidian is allowed to remember the games it made a decade ago but Bioware is only allowed to remember Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age 2, not the greats like Jade Empire or Baldurs Gate.

Going by your Avatar its very hard to NOT see the obvious bias and fanboyism involved, sorry but thats pretty much fact. Since you mentioned Baldur's Gate i figured i'd point out that Black Isle also had a bit of a hand in making those games, as they are credited for working on it, Bioware didnt do that themselves, and in case you forgot, Obsidian is effectively formerly Black Isle.

So those two Points outta the way, Bioware actually has Problems in the writing department, especially Morality, where Obsidian is much better. So pointing at either side and claiming they are the Saviour or the proverbial doom of RPGs is rather silly. Bioware sucks at everything that is NOT character writing, and even those are very..well formulaic. Look at Baldurs Gate, specifically the second one, now look at dragon age origins. Spiritual Sequel? Hardly, they basicly shoplifted parts of their old success and put it into the new one. The most obvious being the Keep you get in Awakening, if you remember the De Arnise Keep from BG2, the similarities are painfully obvious.

But on the other hand, Obsidian sucks at writing unless it is morality and overall plot. I mean where Bioware do their Black/White thing, Obsidian goes with alot of shades of grey. Even Jade Empire has that problem in Bioware's case, the open palm/closed fist eventually turn into basic good and evil. So both have their weak spots obviously, and their strong points, so its rather silly that it tends to devolve into a fanboy-rage between two camps over which developer is better since both have their faults, dont even get me started on bethesda here.

Which brings me to the actual topic: The Fanboy-Squee/Rage Threads about which Developer is better. That could stop, seen quite alot of Topics going "Who is better?" and its a bit tiresome actually.

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You----------------------------------------------------------------------->.

I wasn't going on a rabid defense of Bioware, I was going on an anti-Obsidian rant. I just used Bioware as the example because that's who they get compared to the most besides Bethesda. (But no one goes into a Bethesda game for story so it doesn't really count)

Also, liking a character from one of their games =/= fanboy or Biodrone, don't throw accusations when you have a quarter of a picture.

 

[Phrozenflame500]

Mass Effect: Pretty much everything that can be said has already been said

Skyrim: Was fun, but nothing was interesting enough to fill the 5000+ threads about it

Dark Souls: Any "Hardcore vs Casual" arguement is instantly bad. Stop talking about it

League of Legends/DOTA 2/HoN: Never got into MOBAs as a personal taste. More hype backlash then everything else

CoD: Simply because it's becoming the poster boy of modern gaming in mainstream media, we don't want the normally terrible community to represent us.

Minecraft: The community is mostly awful and everyone treats this game as god's gift to gaming. Personally I don't think the vanilla game isn't all that good, although I enjoy some mod packs such as Tekkit. Still, I don't think it deserves the "brilliant in every aspect" people always give it.

Dear Ester: OH MY GOD SO ARTSY YOU DON'T KILL ANYTHING SO MATURE YOU JUST WALK AROUND AT 3 KM/HOUR YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND 2 DEEP 4 U

 

[A-D.]

but Bio Is never gonna beat Chris Avellone & Co.

Seriously? Your comparison for good story writing is Chris Avellone? Fucking seriously? Obsidian can't write an actually interesting story to save its ass.

I'm not a big fan of Avellone/Obsidian either, however I think it's hard to argue that Planescape Torment was anything less than pretty damn good in the writing department.

KOTOR2 at the very least had some interesting ideas and a couple of cool characters.

I've heard Mask of the Betrayer is good too.

On the other hand, one could argue that Obsidian has essentially been coasting along on the mommentum of past glories for quite a few years now. It's been a long time since they produced anything worthy of note.

And now I'm going to flee before I get involved the forum hatchet fight that this will likely turn into.

It always turns into a one sided thing is my problem

Obsidian is allowed to remember the games it made a decade ago but Bioware is only allowed to remember Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age 2, not the greats like Jade Empire or Baldurs Gate.

Going by your Avatar its very hard to NOT see the obvious bias and fanboyism involved, sorry but thats pretty much fact. Since you mentioned Baldur's Gate i figured i'd point out that Black Isle also had a bit of a hand in making those games, as they are credited for working on it, Bioware didnt do that themselves, and in case you forgot, Obsidian is effectively formerly Black Isle.

So those two Points outta the way, Bioware actually has Problems in the writing department, especially Morality, where Obsidian is much better. So pointing at either side and claiming they are the Saviour or the proverbial doom of RPGs is rather silly. Bioware sucks at everything that is NOT character writing, and even those are very..well formulaic. Look at Baldurs Gate, specifically the second one, now look at dragon age origins. Spiritual Sequel? Hardly, they basicly shoplifted parts of their old success and put it into the new one. The most obvious being the Keep you get in Awakening, if you remember the De Arnise Keep from BG2, the similarities are painfully obvious.

But on the other hand, Obsidian sucks at writing unless it is morality and overall plot. I mean where Bioware do their Black/White thing, Obsidian goes with alot of shades of grey. Even Jade Empire has that problem in Bioware's case, the open palm/closed fist eventually turn into basic good and evil. So both have their weak spots obviously, and their strong points, so its rather silly that it tends to devolve into a fanboy-rage between two camps over which developer is better since both have their faults, dont even get me started on bethesda here.

Which brings me to the actual topic: The Fanboy-Squee/Rage Threads about which Developer is better. That could stop, seen quite alot of Topics going "Who is better?" and its a bit tiresome actually.

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You----------------------------------------------------------------------->.

I wasn't going on a rabid defense of Bioware, I was going on an anti-Obsidian rant. I just used Bioware as the example because that's who they get compared to the most besides Bethesda. (But no one goes into a Bethesda game for story so it doesn't really count)

Also, liking a character from one of their games =/= fanboy or Biodrone, don't throw accusations when you have a quarter of a picture.

Im going to make this real easy for you, read my post again, pay close attention to the last part and let me quote something for you.

"I was going on a anti-Obsidian rant."
"anti-Obsidian"

You have proven my point for me. I did not call you a fanboy or a biodrone, i pointed out that you are biased and inherently defensive because someone pointed out that indeed Bioware has issues in the writing department and are aside from character-writing rather bad. I also pointed out for the sake of arguement that while Obsidian is not perfect either, they tend to deliver a clearer picture as a whole, as they can write competently in several areas and dont have to make up all their bad parts with their characters.

The point you've proven? The Fandom-pissing Match between who is the better developer.

 

[Saviordd1]

but Bio Is never gonna beat Chris Avellone & Co.

Seriously? Your comparison for good story writing is Chris Avellone? Fucking seriously? Obsidian can't write an actually interesting story to save its ass.

I'm not a big fan of Avellone/Obsidian either, however I think it's hard to argue that Planescape Torment was anything less than pretty damn good in the writing department.

KOTOR2 at the very least had some interesting ideas and a couple of cool characters.

I've heard Mask of the Betrayer is good too.

On the other hand, one could argue that Obsidian has essentially been coasting along on the mommentum of past glories for quite a few years now. It's been a long time since they produced anything worthy of note.

And now I'm going to flee before I get involved the forum hatchet fight that this will likely turn into.

It always turns into a one sided thing is my problem

Obsidian is allowed to remember the games it made a decade ago but Bioware is only allowed to remember Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age 2, not the greats like Jade Empire or Baldurs Gate.

Going by your Avatar its very hard to NOT see the obvious bias and fanboyism involved, sorry but thats pretty much fact. Since you mentioned Baldur's Gate i figured i'd point out that Black Isle also had a bit of a hand in making those games, as they are credited for working on it, Bioware didnt do that themselves, and in case you forgot, Obsidian is effectively formerly Black Isle.

So those two Points outta the way, Bioware actually has Problems in the writing department, especially Morality, where Obsidian is much better. So pointing at either side and claiming they are the Saviour or the proverbial doom of RPGs is rather silly. Bioware sucks at everything that is NOT character writing, and even those are very..well formulaic. Look at Baldurs Gate, specifically the second one, now look at dragon age origins. Spiritual Sequel? Hardly, they basicly shoplifted parts of their old success and put it into the new one. The most obvious being the Keep you get in Awakening, if you remember the De Arnise Keep from BG2, the similarities are painfully obvious.

But on the other hand, Obsidian sucks at writing unless it is morality and overall plot. I mean where Bioware do their Black/White thing, Obsidian goes with alot of shades of grey. Even Jade Empire has that problem in Bioware's case, the open palm/closed fist eventually turn into basic good and evil. So both have their weak spots obviously, and their strong points, so its rather silly that it tends to devolve into a fanboy-rage between two camps over which developer is better since both have their faults, dont even get me started on bethesda here.

Which brings me to the actual topic: The Fanboy-Squee/Rage Threads about which Developer is better. That could stop, seen quite alot of Topics going "Who is better?" and its a bit tiresome actually.

The point------------------------->.










You----------------------------------------------------------------------->.

I wasn't going on a rabid defense of Bioware, I was going on an anti-Obsidian rant. I just used Bioware as the example because that's who they get compared to the most besides Bethesda. (But no one goes into a Bethesda game for story so it doesn't really count)

Also, liking a character from one of their games =/= fanboy or Biodrone, don't throw accusations when you have a quarter of a picture.

Im going to make this real easy for you, read my post again, pay close attention to the last part and let me quote something for you.

"I was going on a anti-Obsidian rant."
"anti-Obsidian"

You have proven my point for me. I did not call you a fanboy or a biodrone, i pointed out that you are biased and inherently defensive because someone pointed out that indeed Bioware has issues in the writing department and are aside from character-writing rather bad. I also pointed out for the sake of arguement that while Obsidian is not perfect either, they tend to deliver a clearer picture as a whole, as they can write competently in several areas and dont have to make up all their bad parts with their characters.

The point you've proven? The Fandom-pissing Match between who is the better developer.

Rewording something doesn't change its definition.

" i pointed out that you are biased and inherently defensive because someone pointed out that indeed Bioware..."

Basically, calling me a fanboy without calling me a fanboy. In which case I revert back to my older post.

Stop judging all of my opinions on my avatar.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Honestly, Dishonored and Far Cry 3 are getting a bit overexposed.

 

[217not237]

Will people please shut up about Zelda? I played Link to the Past, and... everything remotely decent about the dungeons was ruined by how boring and, well, bad that the overworld was.

 

[IllumInaTIma]

Basically everything Nintendo related.
I never played any of Zelda, Metroid or Mario games, and I just don't care about them! I don't hate them though. The thing that I don't get is why are those games are such big freaking deal in North America!

Having never played them might contribute just a liiiittle bit as to why you don't understand why they're such popular franchises.[/quote]

Sure, and I don't deny it. Still sick of hearing about them

 

[TheVampwizimp_v1legacy]

Nothing really bothers me too much, but a lot of conversations are just old and tired.

The big one is Call of Duty. I could not give less of a shit about the franchise, and it is so fucking overexposed. But the only time it really gets to me is when people judge actual good, well-made, interesting games by CoD's standards. Which, outside of the core gaming community, is FUCKING ALL THE BLOODY TIME.

Nintendo is vastly overrated. Moviebob especially is annoying. Considering how much he seems to value creativity and innovation and storytelling in films, it is confusing that his favorite games are among the most creatively bankrupt products on the market.

The Souls games. Hard does not equal good. Difficulty is not my main goal in gameplay, and leave me alone for enjoying an experience that I can reasonably get through on a couple tries.

The Walking Dead. Zombies NEED to go away. Yes, I even watched the tv show on Netflix and quite enjoyed it, but I am at the end of my rope on goddamn zombies. I have no interest in a game about them. Besides, from what I hear the gameplay is rudimentary and I can get the oh-so-magnificent story on youtube.

Mass Effect 3. God, I love this game. Seriously, I'm actually not sick at all of talking about the game or the series, but I sure as fuck am tired of people dividing in half as soon as the conversation starts and bitching at each other. I want just one thread where people reminisce about what they liked about the trilogy without some butt-hurt twit crashing the fun. JUST LET ME LOVE MY MASS EFFECT.

Blech, turns out I can still get worked up about this shit.

 

[squid5580]

but Bio Is never gonna beat Chris Avellone & Co.

Seriously? Your comparison for good story writing is Chris Avellone? Fucking seriously? Obsidian can't write an actually interesting story to save its ass.

If we're gonna talk engaging stories lets talk Irrational games, or Telltale, or anyone else really.

OT: Fucking Dark Souls and related games.

Yes, we get it, your super hardcore for beating it about 12 seconds faster than everyone else, get over it.

Sorry but TELLTALE??? Because of Walking Dead? C'mon at least use a company that doesn't have a truckload of source material to use for their "original" stories

 

[Lunar Templar]

Half Life; At no point have I ever cared about these games, and that is unlikely to change. A side the fact it looked good for its time i've seen nothing that special about it.

Bethesda anything; I dislike Bethesda, a lot, they've never made a good game far as I'm concerned and no amount of 'mods' can fix that (which they hide behind for PC release so the player base can do their job for them)

EA; I get it, 'EA is evil', do we really need to keep on about it? It's not like EA is going anywhere anytime soon, and at this point, pretty sure people are ether willfully ignorant or straight up don't care about the stuff EA does

 

[jimbob123432]

WoW: Mists of Pandaria. SHUT UP!!! NO ONE LIKES PANDAS THAT MUCH!!! Also, it gives off the "methinks the lady doth protest too much" vibe since it keeps pumping itself up so much.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Journey. Yes it was great and yes it moved me but guess what, a lot of games have done that and they've done it better. I liked it but it was way too short.

The Walking Dead. It was a good story and very emotional but I hated how my choices didn't matter at all in the long run.

 

[Rastrelly]

1) Walking Dead. I hate zombie setting, and this one is making me watnt to kill a teddy-bear with its annoying popularity.
2) Mass Effect 3. This game is offensive in all ways and yet lots of people keep telling "it's da best game evah!"
3) All [good] console exclusives

 

[Beautiful End]

-Half Life 2. People act like it's Jesus' second coming or something. We get it, the game was awesome when it came out. I played it and didn't like it much but whatever. Now, can we please shut up about it? It's not the best thing ever. Sorry to break it to you.

-The Walking Dead. I don't like the show so I don't wanna play the game! I'm sure it's probably good and some people are obsessing over it. That's fine. Can you guys just lay off now?! The more I hear about it, the less I wanna play it!

-CoD. Okay, the game is good. I like it, I'll admit it. But it comes out every year and every year people make a bigger fuzz about it. Just calm down; if you don't buy it right now, you can probably get it in a couple of months way cheaper. Or wait for the sequel next year.

-Final Fantasy VII/HD Remake. Look, I admit FFVII was revolutionary in the same way HL2 was. And hey, I love me some Final Fantasy. But Square-Enix is just not gonna do it. Not gonna happen. They have their dumb reasons, I'm sure. (I just worry they're not making enough profit when they have all the weapons needed to make profits!). And FFVII is not the best FF game EVER. I'll admit I didn't like it much but let's be honest; it's not the one and only good FF game out there.

-Mass Effect. You know, the games are...good. But between the ranting about ME3's ending and the fanboys' dreams about Shepherd and his/her companions, it gets on my nerves. And where are we at right now with this game? Do we love it or do we hate it? I mean, HL2 is "loved" by the fans, right? But ME3? isn't it hated on because of the ending? So why are we still talking about it? Or are we talking about it because we secretly like it but don't wanna admit it?
I'm sticking to Dragon Age, thank you very much.

PS: No, do not try to prove me wrong. This thread is about what games WE are tired of hearing about, not "Start a debate about a game" thread. It's my opinion, respect it.
Just felt like that needed to be said. *Sigh*

 

[bug_of_war]

Maybe because it's because I didn't think the game was an underrated classic and thought it was O.K, But I am sick and tired of hearing about Spec Ops: The Line. At best, it was just a competent shooter with an above average story. The combat was O.K, but the cover system was annoying and the weapons sounded weak. Oh, and the story, It was so annoying when ever the game kept having it's moment of saying "YOU'RE A MONSTER! LOOK AT YOU! YOU'RE A FUCKING MONSTER!" when ever I had to make a choice of some sorts that had someone dying, and then went back to make me kill more people. I know people are gonna say "well that's the point," doesn't excuse it for poor execution. Now EVERYONE has to talk about it, and I'm just getting sick of hearing about it and how"amazing it is." Has this ever happened to you? A game that's so talked about, but you didn't enjoy it on the same level of enthusiasm as others? Keep in mind you don't have to think the game is overrated or bad, it can still be a good game.

The story is never trying to call you a monster. I know it can be confusing, especially after the white phosphorus bit where your teammate is calling you a monster, but the real point of all those events was to show what it's like to be a soldier. You are suppose to empathise with these soldiers because most of the time, it's not THEIR choice, they're ordered to do their job. The story is really trying to show the horrors that war creates, not call soldiers a monster or to punish the player for doing something they had to do. The whole purpose of those scenes is a representation of what war causes man to do and the degredation of humanity. Yeah the cover system can be infuriating at times, but the story is far from above average, it is very well made and intergrates well with the gameplay.

ANYWAY, I get the point of the thread, lets not get angry at someone for not liking a game, to each their own.

OT: I'm kinda sick of hearing multiple games and how 'great' they are. Quick lists and reasosn

-Day Z (technically a mod)
It really isn't that fun, and ARMA II is much more entertaining than it.

-Half Life series
I didn't play any of the games when they first came out, so when I play them they just feel old and the story and protagonist are quite boring.

-The Walking Dead
The gameplay shits me to tears

-Mass Effect 3
I'm sick of hearing the hate for this game, and the angry shouting that comes my way when I dare say that I think it is GOTY worthy

and lastly, Dark Souls
It really isn't that spectacular a game, and difficulty wise, the Witcher series is much better.