Games you're tired of hearing praise for?

[Vykrel]

Any of the Halo series. I am so sick about hearing about them.

Yes, I've played them. Each one is exactly the same as before, but with one new flavor added to the dull pot of porridge.

Halo: neat
Halo 2: wow, dual wielding guns. *yawns*
Halo 3: Wait, so I can pick up the gun pod? That's it?
Halo Reach: Whoopie, we all gonna die. Oh, look, jetpacks for like 10 minutes.

I'm not even gonna comment on ODST or Halo Wars. Played 'em, hated 'em. And couldn't care less about the multiplayer. I played it for each, and it's pretty much the same FPS multiplayer game that's out there for every other game.

And it's sad, because I love FPS games. Could have been epic. First game came close, but all the others were simply carbon copies. And over time, it actually detracts from the game.

wow, you clearly give into the hype every installment, dont you? stop playing the games and stop whining about them.

No hype involved. I'm one of a rare breed that believes in forming my own opinion on something, instead of simply taking the word of others. Guess I'm just strange that way. Can't really help that my opinion seems to be similar to so many others that have played those games too. Probably a reason for that. Might have to do with them playing the game as well.

I don't typically play/avoid a game due to the hype. I try to let it stand on its own. I wish others could do this, as well.

heres what i want you to do: do NOT play the next Halo. just dont... you already know you wont like it, and based on what youve been doing, you plan on playing it (or maybe even buying it) and then telling everyone how bad it is. just spare us. play some games you actually want to play

 

[Stabby Joe]

Not really praise of a specific game as such but whenever someone mentions some obscure game, usually japanese with a title unpronounceable with an english tongue and the hipster/non-conformist crowd take it in turns to bend over and offer their ass to it because it isn't "mainstream"

Those people and the games can go die in a fire.

Mainstream is apparently bad... for some reason.

 

[sanguinator]

BioShock
surprised no one else had said it yet, idk why, everyone is like "so awesome" i just couldnt get into it, it felt too rushed, like i kept having to move forward, i couldnt slow down to enjoy the game out of fear a splicer ripping my cock off

Actually, there is a reason for that..

Spoiler

in the game you're actually a clone of Andrew Ryan and brainwashed by the true villain who controls you by saying "would you kindly." Actually considering this plot twist the game didn't feel rushed enough...

but also the game is also rather easy, you can't freaking permanently die for most of it which lessens the pressure rather a bit. Also you can backtrack to areas unlike to fight the Big Daddies which may have been too annoying to fight at first. I probably felt less rushed than most first person shooters.

crap i thought the spoiler would be an early game one that i didnt know...... anyway i agree with you.

im tired of people getting hyped up about minecraft. isnt it pretty much roblox? if not explain to me what it it.

 

[Sabiancym]

Bioshock. I tried multiple times to play that game. Couldn't do it.

 

[sanguinator]

Any of the Halo series. I am so sick about hearing about them.

Yes, I've played them. Each one is exactly the same as before, but with one new flavor added to the dull pot of porridge.

Halo: neat
Halo 2: wow, dual wielding guns. *yawns*
Halo 3: Wait, so I can pick up the gun pod? That's it?
Halo Reach: Whoopie, we all gonna die. Oh, look, jetpacks for like 10 minutes.

I'm not even gonna comment on ODST or Halo Wars. Played 'em, hated 'em. And couldn't care less about the multiplayer. I played it for each, and it's pretty much the same FPS multiplayer game that's out there for every other game.

And it's sad, because I love FPS games. Could have been epic. First game came close, but all the others were simply carbon copies. And over time, it actually detracts from the game.

there wont be any more halo games unless 343 industries is planning on it. but bungie said reach was the last one.

wow, you clearly give into the hype every installment, dont you? stop playing the games and stop whining about them.

No hype involved. I'm one of a rare breed that believes in forming my own opinion on something, instead of simply taking the word of others. Guess I'm just strange that way. Can't really help that my opinion seems to be similar to so many others that have played those games too. Probably a reason for that. Might have to do with them playing the game as well.

I don't typically play/avoid a game due to the hype. I try to let it stand on its own. I wish others could do this, as well.

heres what i want you to do: do NOT play the next Halo. just dont... you already know you wont like it, and based on what youve been doing, you plan on playing it (or maybe even buying it) and then telling everyone how bad it is. just spare us. play some games you actually want to play

there wont be another halo game unless 343 industries decides to make one.

 

[sanguinator]

Bioshock. I tried multiple times to play that game. Couldn't do it.

what was wrong with it? not enough time? too hard/easy? i found it very enjoyable. please explain.

 

[sanguinator]

Not really praise of a specific game as such but whenever someone mentions some obscure game, usually japanese with a title unpronounceable with an english tongue and the hipster/non-conformist crowd take it in turns to bend over and offer their ass to it because it isn't "mainstream"

Those people and the games can go die in a fire.

Mainstream is apparently bad... for some reason.

i enjoy most mainstream games i play.

 

[Stabby Joe]

Not really praise of a specific game as such but whenever someone mentions some obscure game, usually japanese with a title unpronounceable with an english tongue and the hipster/non-conformist crowd take it in turns to bend over and offer their ass to it because it isn't "mainstream"

Those people and the games can go die in a fire.

Mainstream is apparently bad... for some reason.

i enjoy most mainstream games i play.

Yeah but mainstream is still bad... I think...

Seriously I don't know why people complain about what they call "mainstream" games. Stuff is popular for a reason.

 

[blobby218]

every CoD, its just a generic, bland, boring game which you shoot up some bad guys in. thats it whats the big deal?!?! i have an open mind to every game and the CoD series really let me down. from a week ago i made a pledge, if my mates speak one more word of it i will remove their disk-drive from their consoles.
GoW was better
halo 3 was better than most CoD's (all but modern warfare 1) and i think halo 3 was just a short extension of halo 2

P.S WOW NAZI ZOMBIE'S YEAH!!!!! (sarcasm, if you didn't get it)

 

[repeating integers]

One major difference, New Vegas was made off the same buggy engine Fallout 3 was made on, thus the same problems and pretty much the same feel in the game. Each Halo game was, I believe, made on different engines, thus many of them have different feels, Halo 2 was very different from Halo 3, which was extremely different from Reach. ODST didn't happen.

Yes it did, it was just an expansion-sequel that was allegedly overpriced (got it cheap from Amazon myself, due to being late to the party) and overhyped, as every Halo game is. I loved it, myself. The open-world city appealed to me.

 

[VanityGirl]

All the Half-Life games. We got it, you love 'em.

Portal; get game, but hearing so much "zOMG bezt game evar!" just makes me cringe. I like hearing "Portal was a good game", but I've seen people who like go batshit crazy over Portal. It's a bit... odd.

 

[boholikeu]

I like how 95% percent of the people posting in this thread failed at reading the OP's topic:

I'm wondering are there any games that you DO think are worthy of all the hype, praise and/or sales BUT are mentioned so often that even though you'd admit they were great games that the constant praise of the years is starting to become an annoyance?

Seriously, Escapist readers should be better than this.

OT: My choices would probably be HL2 and Portal. I love the games, and I do think they deserve every amount of praise they've gotten, but I think all the hype around them has spoiled the games for anyone just getting to them now.

All of Valve's stuff. It's all pretty good, but I don't think it nearly deserves the huge amount of praise tossed at it.

Minecraft, for the love of God.

Half-life 2. I have absolutely no idea how this game got so popular. I'm not saying it's bad, but some people make it sound like it's the quintessential shooter. In my opinion, there's nothing special about that game. It's solid, but it remains just a linear shooter with a wobbly story. over

Half Life 2. When it came out I disliked it. The background dystopian world was pretty well developed, and a couple characters were interesting, and I even got into the story of it... But it was way to watered down otherwise.

Half-Life 2 is praised so much because it basically showed people how to tell a totally linear story without limiting interactivity by using cut scenes, text dumps, etc. It basically opened the floodgate for better storytelling in action games, especially first person ones.

Well, I ADORED the storytelling in Half Life 2. If it wasn't for that and the characters, it would be an above average FPS. Still, it receives an annoying amount of praise.

Ah, well that was pretty much my point. HL2 is so well regarded because of it's storytelling.

Well, lets see...where do I start? I got it in the Orange Box bundle, and decided to download/play it after I'd finished (and loved) Portal and gotten tired of sucking at TF2. So, I tried Half Life 2. About ten minutes in, I was completely confused as to what was going on, there was no storyline elements to tell me what was actually happening, and I felt like I should have played the first game before even attempting to comprehend the second one. It was like I was listening to an inside joke; I got the gist of it, but I was missing the larger picture. I'd expected to be wow-ed by the storyline that the game is praised for, not the horribly one-sided drivel that it was made up of.

You weren't the only one that was confused about what was happening. Even people that played the first game would have very little more to go on when starting HL2.

But that's part of the point. You're supposed to be out of your element and have no idea what's going on. The game actually does explain everything about what's going on (yes, even within the first two hours), but you have to be looking for the information to find it. That's part of the reason why the storytelling in HL2 is praised so much. It's one of the first FPS games where you aren't simply "told" a story, but thrown into one. The game doesn't flat out tell you what's going on because you're expected to figure it out for yourself.

Now, of course it's not perfect. Portal does a much better job at achieving the above effect, but then it was made some time after HL2. At the time it came out HL2's storytelling was cutting edge, and it still influences storytelling in games that are coming out today.

 

[JoeBattisti]

Halo: Reach.

 

[Debatra]

Halo, Call of Duty, Fallout

Half Life 2. I didn't think the game was that good at all. Nothing in the "plot" is explained at all, you are required to have played the first one to know wtf is going on.

Bolding mine.

When did this become a bad thing? If I read the third book in a series I had no prior knowledge of, I'd expect nothing less than to be confused; and I wouldn't have the author coddle me for it with constant reminders of things you could just as easily learn(and maybe even care about) by reading the books in sequence. Why should video game stories be held to a lesser standard?

 

[II2]

Most of the good ones.

I kid, though there is a hard, teeth sundering kernel of truth in there.

 

[Necrofudge]

All the modern warfare games and the Mass Effect games.

On a related note, I'm tired of people complaining about the Halo fanboys. Lately, I've been hearing more babble from the mouths of these people than from any of the supposed millions of Master Chief loving drones.

 

[GrimBon]

I imagine I'm about to incite a bunch of rage here but here goes...

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

I can't help but feel the majority of it's appraisers are blinded by nostalgia... Same goes for Super Mario Bros 3. I understand these were the defining (and possibly revolutionary) games for two consoles and yes they must've been fantastic at the time, but I'm sick of hearing all this praise after all these years. Seriously, move on.

And I pretty much agree with everyone above. Halo, Portal, Mass Effect, Dragon Age (I especially didn't understand the praise with this one. It was every fantasy stereotype rolled into one, and frankly that shits getting old), MW2 etcetca