Most Bland game ever.

[mjc0961]

inFamous. Except I think a 5/10 is too generous for it because the climbing mechanics sucked, it lacked no real status/progress tracking screen, and the story is worse than most stories in third person shooters because unlike most that are just trying to give you enough of a context in which to shoot bad guys, inFamous was trying to tell a good story and failed miserable. Thus I feel it deserves to be knocked harder for doing such a poor job with one of its selling points.

Gears of War.

*Ducks*

Come on. Space Marines versus Aliens? Chest High Walls? Improbably muscled heros wearing space armour? Regenerating health? Brown filtered graphics?

Actually works really well as a spoof.

Um, unless I'm mistaken, GoW is what, you know... MADE CHEST HIGH WALLS POPULAR?

It is. And you can't really call Gears generic because a shitload of other games ripped off its innovation in hopes of making at least some of the money Gears did.

Also it's really clear how little Lusty knows about Gears beyond that fact. Gears of War is not "space marines VS aliens". The people on Sera live there, they are not fighting in space or on another planet and thus are not space marines. And the Locust are not aliens, they too are from Sera. So no space marines and no aliens means Gears is clearly not "space marines VS aliens". And of course this means that the characters in Gears are obviously not wearing space armor.

 

[kingdomheartsguy44]

Having recently played the DNF demo, that, and Killzone. That game was just so freaking bland!

Wait are we talking about gameplay or the game itself?

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I have to disagree with Killzone. The developers built up a really interesting backstory to the game, as featured here [http://killzone.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline].


The only problem is that it is completely absent from the game.

And I like KZ doing something different with the controls, as well as having really good AI.

 

[diggy140892]

inFamous. Except I think a 5/10 is too generous for it because the climbing mechanics sucked, it lacked no real status/progress tracking screen, and the story is worse than most stories in third person shooters because unlike most that are just trying to give you enough of a context in which to shoot bad guys, inFamous was trying to tell a good story and failed miserable. Thus I feel it deserves to be knocked harder for doing such a poor job with one of its selling points.

Gears of War.

*Ducks*

Come on. Space Marines versus Aliens? Chest High Walls? Improbably muscled heros wearing space armour? Regenerating health? Brown filtered graphics?

Actually works really well as a spoof.

Um, unless I'm mistaken, GoW is what, you know... MADE CHEST HIGH WALLS POPULAR?

It is. And you can't really call Gears generic because a shitload of other games ripped off its innovation in hopes of making at least some of the money Gears did.


Also it's really clear how little Lusty knows about Gears beyond that fact. Gears of War is not "space marines VS aliens". The people on Sera live there, they are not fighting in space or on another planet and thus are not space marines. And the Locust are not aliens, they too are from Sera. So no space marines and no aliens means Gears is clearly not "space marines VS aliens". And of course this means that the characters in Gears are obviously not wearing space armor.

You kinda sound like a bit of a Gears/xbox fanboy with that description. Yes Gears did popularise chest high walls etc. But they are impossibly muscled Space Marines wearing armor fighting aliens but just in a slightly diffeent context to what is in other generic sci fi shooter like Halo.

 

[Faux Furry]

Outside of the protagonist who looks like a female version of Kohaku from Inuyasha(she's dressed in a red version of the shorty kimono that he wears. The sandals are pretty much identical, as well.), Red Ninja:End of Honor looks like any other game set in Japan's feudal past only without any unique enemies to set it apart from Tenchu or Samurai Warriors or worthwhile gameplay gimmicks to bring to the stealth-action sub-genre beyond the kunai wire.

Singles:Flirt Up Your Life also does nothing to distinguish itself from other life simulation games outside of not pixelating what The Sims would have in similar circumstances. At least Space Colony is has RTS elements to it and it's set IN SPACE!

 

[restoshammyman]

im gonna say portal.
just to see how much nerd rage it will cause.

 

[Nightvalien]

call of duty, any of them.

 

[mjc0961]

You kinda sound like a bit of a Gears/xbox fanboy with that description. Yes Gears did popularise chest high walls etc. But they are impossibly muscled Space Marines wearing armor fighting aliens but just in a slightly diffeent context to what is in other generic sci fi shooter like Halo.

Being intelligent enough to know the backstory of a game makes me a fanboy now, huh? Well, I guess it's better than someone who just hates without playing for a reason that makes no sense like you are. Anyone who thinks Gears is the same "sci-fi space marines VS aliens" deal as Halo might as well be walking around wearing a t-shirt that says "I HAVE NEVER EVEN TRIED TO PLAY OR UNDERSTAND GEARS, I JUST HATE IT BECAUSE IT'S POPULAR."

Anyway, this "xbox fanboy" is going to go back to playing Ghost Trick on his 3DS after I finish writing this, because that's totally what xbox fanboys do. Have a nice life kid.

 

[diggy140892]

You kinda sound like a bit of a Gears/xbox fanboy with that description. Yes Gears did popularise chest high walls etc. But they are impossibly muscled Space Marines wearing armor fighting aliens but just in a slightly diffeent context to what is in other generic sci fi shooter like Halo.

Being intelligent enough to know the backstory of a game makes me a fanboy now, huh? Well, I guess it's better than someone who just hates without playing for a reason that makes no sense like you are. Anyone who thinks Gears is the same "sci-fi space marines VS aliens" deal as Halo might as well be walking around wearing a t-shirt that says "I HAVE NEVER EVEN TRIED TO PLAY OR UNDERSTAND GEARS, I JUST HATE IT BECAUSE IT'S POPULAR."

Anyway, this "xbox fanboy" is going to go back to playing Ghost Trick on his 3DS after I finish writing this, because that's totally what xbox fanboys do. Have a nice life kid.

Never said you were one, just said you sound like one. I have played both Gears games and I am aware of the story and no matter how you try and spin it, its still over sized space marines fighting aliens. To me that seems quite generic. And looking at the trailers for Gears of War 3 it looks quite a lot like 1 and 2 which to me seems kinda well... generic.

 

[Inithra]

The new Warhammer 40,000 actually has the term "Space Marine" in the title.

Because Warhammer 40,000 was the first thing to ever introduce Space Marines. They are probably the most popular army in the Warhammer 40K universe.

Although I agree that Games Workshop definitely introduced lots of people to Space Marines, they weren't the first. That was probably Robert E Heinleins Starship Troopers (the book, not the movie) in the 1950s

My (at the time) 8-year-old cousin picked out the PS2 version of Ghost Rider at the local rental place and then made me play it so he could watch me.

Did he at least enjoy watching you play? I miss the days of playing video games with my younger brothers, when they were still of the age that their enjoyment of just seeing blood on the screen made playing any game much more fun for me

 

[Kadoodle]

Less a game, and more a series: Call of Duty, same for Medal of Honor.

Neither takes a step either forward or backwards. They are just dancing in a circle..

I'd think they're standing still.

 

[kijebe]

ooh ooh

PONG!

 

[diggy140892]

The new Warhammer 40,000 actually has the term "Space Marine" in the title.

Because Warhammer 40,000 was the first thing to ever introduce Space Marines. They are probably the most popular army in the Warhammer 40K universe.

Although I agree that Games Workshop definitely introduced lots of people to Space Marines, they weren't the first. That was probably Robert E Heinleins Starship Troopers (the book, not the movie) in the 1950s

My (at the time) 8-year-old cousin picked out the PS2 version of Ghost Rider at the local rental place and then made me play it so he could watch me.

Did he at least enjoy watching you play? I miss the days of playing video games with my younger brothers, when they were still of the age that their enjoyment of just seeing blood on the screen made playing any game much more fun for me

Good point, my mistake there.

 

[The Random One]

dead to rights retarded, the only way to play this game is with a friend who acts like it is a satiric take on the state of gaming and he is doing the commentary

Oh my God, this is the best idea ever. Do a youtube series of this, you will be famous.

ILSOMO FOR THE ILSOMO GOD

 

[RheynbowDash]

I'll have to go with Oblivion, that game literally bored me to tears...
I dont see how it got so many awards and accolades...

 

[Harry Mason]

I can't say I've ever enjoyed looking at a Halo game or been surprised by a Halo weapon, alien, or vehicle. The Needler came close, but come on, them's some slim pickin's.

I've always thought of the Ratchet and Clank games as a sort of anti-Halo... They actually know who their target audience is, the environments are saturated with life and color, the weapons and aliens are all creative and stylized... That wasn't really relevant, but I think the two franchises draw an interesting comparison.

 

[LiquidGrape]

I personally think the Witcher series is thoroughly void of any noteworthy characteristics, apart from its utter self-satisfaction and juvenile indulgences.

 

[Weofparadigm]

Summoner. Even the title is boring and bland

 

[Kadoodle]

F.E.A.R. 2., AKA Blandy mcBlandshooter.