Games you're tired of hearing praise for?
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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.
I was going to include Bioshock as well (nice atmosphere, otherwise run-of-the-mill) but the praise seems to have died done over the years (unlike HL2, which continues to baffle me).
I was going to include Bioshock as well (nice atmosphere, otherwise run-of-the-mill) but the praise seems to have died done over the years (unlike HL2, which continues to baffle me).
Portal,Halo,Half-life 2 (i think the first one was way better),Cod:MW and FF (i fucking hate final fantasy but everybody loves it)
Final Fantasy VII. I played it. I played it for at least 175-200 hours split between 4-7 save files, one going well over the 99:99:99 play-time "ceiling." Now would you PLEASE stop sucking the game's balls?
This is all in my humble opinion, of course, but for all the time I put into the game, it's far from best game evar. Not long before I put down FFVII for good, I played straight through Legend of Dragoon, and I think it was far and away a better game. Furthermore, before I picked up FFVII, I played Chrono Cross a half-dozen times, and I think that was a better game than Dragoon.
Final Fantasy VII was great. Not that great.
This is all in my humble opinion, of course, but for all the time I put into the game, it's far from best game evar. Not long before I put down FFVII for good, I played straight through Legend of Dragoon, and I think it was far and away a better game. Furthermore, before I picked up FFVII, I played Chrono Cross a half-dozen times, and I think that was a better game than Dragoon.
Final Fantasy VII was great. Not that great.
Basically everything that gets the most media coverage and the most awards stolen from games that were far more deserving, but didn't manage to get enough attention because of games like Super Overdone FPS Game 5: The Return of All the Same Stuff and it's rabid fanbase cluttering everything up.
Half Life 2.
I played it and it was OK. The driving controls sucked, and anybody who says Halo is schizophrenic because of the the flood, obviously hasn't seen umpteen different factions and entities that fight. There's civilians, there's the evil police, there's the aliens supplying the police, there's three armed aliens with psychic powers, there's zombies that are caused by four legged insect crabs that somehow know how to use grenades, aliens that look like grubs that can use psychic powers, there's a multidimensional being that may end up in a good boss fight but still makes no sense.
I can understand wanting variety in enemy types, but Halo also has variety in the enemies, there's the 8 types of flood, there's the elites in a few different flavors. There's the brute shocktroopers, and the brute chieftans, the grunts and the suicide grunts, the jackals with shield and the ones with rifles, and the squids that give overshields to nearby covenant. (Truth be told, they are not all in every game, but a good sized chunk are in each) They have enemy variety, but compacted into 3 factions.
I played it and it was OK. The driving controls sucked, and anybody who says Halo is schizophrenic because of the the flood, obviously hasn't seen umpteen different factions and entities that fight. There's civilians, there's the evil police, there's the aliens supplying the police, there's three armed aliens with psychic powers, there's zombies that are caused by four legged insect crabs that somehow know how to use grenades, aliens that look like grubs that can use psychic powers, there's a multidimensional being that may end up in a good boss fight but still makes no sense.
I can understand wanting variety in enemy types, but Halo also has variety in the enemies, there's the 8 types of flood, there's the elites in a few different flavors. There's the brute shocktroopers, and the brute chieftans, the grunts and the suicide grunts, the jackals with shield and the ones with rifles, and the squids that give overshields to nearby covenant. (Truth be told, they are not all in every game, but a good sized chunk are in each) They have enemy variety, but compacted into 3 factions.
I like how 95% percent of the people posting in this thread failed at reading the OP's topic:
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.
Seriously, Escapist readers should be better than this.Stabby Joe said:
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.
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PPB said:
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.Lamppenkeyboard said:
I agree, it wasn't a horrible game, but the game after the beginning just fell flat and crappy...hacking was obnoxious and the story felt...broken up and disconnectedUzigawa said:
other than that I don't care what people say about games, it opinions, and even Bioshock lovers don't get on my nerves...just the people who tell me over and over that it gets better later...well I want a good game NOW...not 5 hours down the line dealing with shittiness...
Final Fantasy VII/X.
I liked VII, but it's hardly the greatest game of all time that it's fanbase makes it out to be.
I felt physically unclean and uncomfortable when I played X, so it absolutely baffles me how people can like it.
I liked VII, but it's hardly the greatest game of all time that it's fanbase makes it out to be.
I felt physically unclean and uncomfortable when I played X, so it absolutely baffles me how people can like it.
I've got one: "Guitar Hero". Essentially, it's just a more expensive version of "Bop-It" and with the amount of money and time that people invest in this game, they could be learning how to play a real guitar.
Okami. Sure it was a beautiful game but I found the actual game-play way to easy and repetitive. Great look, but boring game. Games shouldn't receive so much praise just because they went for a new visual style.
May not get mentioned a lot but some website cough* Gamesradar cough* never shut up about them.
May not get mentioned a lot but some website cough* Gamesradar cough* never shut up about them.
Any of the Final Fantasy games (played most of them, didn't like any of them too much.
Mass Effect. Both of them.
Call of Duty. All of them.
Halo. All of them. They're entertaining to play with friends now and then, but otherwise... No.
KOTOR. I don't like Star Wars. Sick of hearing how great the games are when I'm not even the slightest bit interested in the franchise as a whole.
Mario. Tired of the fat little fucker.
Sonic. See Mario.
MegaMan. See Sonic.
Warhammer. Online, 40k, DoW, doesn't matter. Hated every single one.
Yeah... All I can think of right now.
Mass Effect. Both of them.
Call of Duty. All of them.
Halo. All of them. They're entertaining to play with friends now and then, but otherwise... No.
KOTOR. I don't like Star Wars. Sick of hearing how great the games are when I'm not even the slightest bit interested in the franchise as a whole.
Mario. Tired of the fat little fucker.
Sonic. See Mario.
MegaMan. See Sonic.
Warhammer. Online, 40k, DoW, doesn't matter. Hated every single one.
Yeah... All I can think of right now.
HL 2 - I played Far Cry several months earlier, and I felt that with the exception of story (which wasn't even that great in HL2), Valve game was inferior in every aspect. Also, worst way to deliver the game story ever.
Dragon Age - huge step back after Mass Effect. Uninteresting plot with predictable twists, too easy combat, generic fantasy world which tried to be 'dark' and failed. I want my money back.
Dragon Age - huge step back after Mass Effect. Uninteresting plot with predictable twists, too easy combat, generic fantasy world which tried to be 'dark' and failed. I want my money back.
Don't you find it kind of disconcerting that 100s of developers work for years crafting an experience for you and you just sort of get bored and abandon the game within the first 2 hours? That's something I always think about.
Halo (Halo 2 was great, loved playing it, but ugh, you have to be the biggest nerdiest gamer in the world to get enjoyment out of the others. Im only friends with primarily my real friends. The zombie custom maps and game types were the best part of Halo 3, but unless you have a thousand strangers at your beck and call your stuck playing the regular modes which all came down to fire half a clip of starting gun then press B to win)
Modern Warfare 2 (The first was damn good and undesputably revolutionary to the genre, but the second one I cant play anymore without turning it off after a game or two)
Minecraft (I tried it out and it is alot cooler watching lets play videos. Playing it always gave me a headache and I dont have the time or patience to dig to the center of the earth then try to build a mighty structure. I love making my houses in other games look perfect, but ugh Im not making a massive castle just to have the satisfaction of saying "Hey I made a giant castle that took me weeks in a game where people have already made crazier things" It has some sweet ideas, but the game is NOT perfect, its good at best if you can really get into it, but I never did and to me and I consider it an average game for gameplay, but one that has some seriously cool ideas)
Fable 2 (Im shocked this one is actually seen as a pretty dang good game. I liked it at first, was hugely excited for it, followed the development completely, and was hugely disapointed after hitting 3/4ths in of my second playthrough. I love the game's look and its beautiful, but after playing it for as long as I had, and after getting the first DLC, I saw every single flaw, and they were just too many. None of its features talked up meant anything at all. They sounded amazing on paper, but oh shit were they lame. Families were a joke, interaction was rediculously easy, housing was terrible, combat was so easy I couldnt stand it, the menu was aweful, the final battle was a massive let down, jobs were rediculous, and not owning every house in the game was actually a challenge, as youd be stacked with money, and the multiplayer was the worst ive ever seen. The features they promised were there, but they were so AT BEST half-assed I was just in shock how reviewers didnt, and still dont point it out. Lionhead used to be one of my favorites, Black and White was incredible, the first Fable is a classic in my eyes, back when they were Bullfrog, Dungeon Keeper 2 is an old favorite of mine, but now they just plain suck. They dont understand what people want. They keep trying to appeal to an audiance that doesnt exist for their game, "Whats that? The menu was badly designed? Well lets just throw it out!" "Thought the game was too easy? we'll make it easier! Its not like challenge is anything people like." "Nobody wants actual boss battles!" "Accessability is more important than depth and gameplay!" I frankly cant stand them anymore. Its sad they make a game that looks so tempting in videos and on paper, but in reality is just disapointing.
On a side note, games im tired of hearing hate for are Oblivion, Fallout: New Vegas, Empire: Total War, and the original Fable. Love all of those games, I am completely aware of all their faults and could talk for hours about how they should fix them, what they are, and vent about how silly some of them are, but I still love them and extreamly dislike how each one has almost its own bandwagon of hate.
Modern Warfare 2 (The first was damn good and undesputably revolutionary to the genre, but the second one I cant play anymore without turning it off after a game or two)
Minecraft (I tried it out and it is alot cooler watching lets play videos. Playing it always gave me a headache and I dont have the time or patience to dig to the center of the earth then try to build a mighty structure. I love making my houses in other games look perfect, but ugh Im not making a massive castle just to have the satisfaction of saying "Hey I made a giant castle that took me weeks in a game where people have already made crazier things" It has some sweet ideas, but the game is NOT perfect, its good at best if you can really get into it, but I never did and to me and I consider it an average game for gameplay, but one that has some seriously cool ideas)
Fable 2 (Im shocked this one is actually seen as a pretty dang good game. I liked it at first, was hugely excited for it, followed the development completely, and was hugely disapointed after hitting 3/4ths in of my second playthrough. I love the game's look and its beautiful, but after playing it for as long as I had, and after getting the first DLC, I saw every single flaw, and they were just too many. None of its features talked up meant anything at all. They sounded amazing on paper, but oh shit were they lame. Families were a joke, interaction was rediculously easy, housing was terrible, combat was so easy I couldnt stand it, the menu was aweful, the final battle was a massive let down, jobs were rediculous, and not owning every house in the game was actually a challenge, as youd be stacked with money, and the multiplayer was the worst ive ever seen. The features they promised were there, but they were so AT BEST half-assed I was just in shock how reviewers didnt, and still dont point it out. Lionhead used to be one of my favorites, Black and White was incredible, the first Fable is a classic in my eyes, back when they were Bullfrog, Dungeon Keeper 2 is an old favorite of mine, but now they just plain suck. They dont understand what people want. They keep trying to appeal to an audiance that doesnt exist for their game, "Whats that? The menu was badly designed? Well lets just throw it out!" "Thought the game was too easy? we'll make it easier! Its not like challenge is anything people like." "Nobody wants actual boss battles!" "Accessability is more important than depth and gameplay!" I frankly cant stand them anymore. Its sad they make a game that looks so tempting in videos and on paper, but in reality is just disapointing.
On a side note, games im tired of hearing hate for are Oblivion, Fallout: New Vegas, Empire: Total War, and the original Fable. Love all of those games, I am completely aware of all their faults and could talk for hours about how they should fix them, what they are, and vent about how silly some of them are, but I still love them and extreamly dislike how each one has almost its own bandwagon of hate.
Final Fantasy 7... just didn't like it like most people and I don't like to hear it praised when I've played better.