Most Bland game ever.

[Weslebear]

Farcry 2 and Half Life 2, for me personally.

I have put about 10 hours into each and not for more than 10 minutes with either did I have any fun whatsoever sure some people may love them but there was so little there to make me come back to playing them I just never did after that.

 

[Active Schizophrenic]

Time Splitters or Unreal Tournament

excuse me son? timesplitters is a game were you travel to different time periods and kill things while meeting your future and past selves. and there is ninja monkeys. HOW IS THAT GENERIC!!!???

Because, from my experience with time splitters, all you do is run around in small arenas killing people, monkeys, and robots. And you do this with weapons that are barely above COD as far as creativity goes.

so a gun that shoots syringes at your enemies until they explode is COD level weaponry?

 

[Active Schizophrenic]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

um.. goldeneye?

 

[Crazycat690]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

Aside from every lever being almost the same. Sneak for a bit, then cover based shooting, if your lucky we may let you drive one of the 3 different car that all feel the same, btw something is completly wrong with the driving if a tow truck and an Aston Martin handle the same and are very similar in terms of speed.

The game looks pretty bland, the voice acting is pretty bland (which is sad that they used actual actors), the story was BLAND, I actually beat the game and didn't know what it was about, and I watched all the cutscenes, I guess they bored my subconscience.

Also what other 007 games have you played?

I suppose it wouldn't help my case if I admitted Blood Stone is indeed the only 007 game out there? :/ But c'mon, there are surely worse and more bland games out there? Even in the stealth genre, Vampire Rain ring any bells? Hell, I'd even say SC Conviction is worse than Blood Stone, IMO Blood Stone had good atmosphere and the gameplay was enjoyable, sure the story was a bit weak, pretty classic "chemical weapon threat" but still... Also I'm not saying it's a great game I'm just saying you could do worse ._. yes?

 

[LarenzoAOG]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

Aside from every lever being almost the same. Sneak for a bit, then cover based shooting, if your lucky we may let you drive one of the 3 different car that all feel the same, btw something is completly wrong with the driving if a tow truck and an Aston Martin handle the same and are very similar in terms of speed.

The game looks pretty bland, the voice acting is pretty bland (which is sad that they used actual actors), the story was BLAND, I actually beat the game and didn't know what it was about, and I watched all the cutscenes, I guess they bored my subconscience.

Also what other 007 games have you played?

I suppose it wouldn't help my case if I admitted Blood Stone is indeed the only 007 game out there? :/ But c'mon, there are surely worse and more bland games out there? Even in the stealth genre, Vampire Rain ring any bells? Hell, I'd even say SC Conviction is worse than Blood Stone, IMO Blood Stone had good atmosphere and the gameplay was enjoyable, sure the story was a bit weak, pretty classic "chemical weapon threat" but still... Also I'm not saying it's a great game I'm just saying you could do worse ._. yes?

You could do worse, but Blood Stone is IMO the worst James Bond game I've ever played, but thats comparative, you need to play some of the better 007 games to appreciate how boring Blood Stone is, also IMO SC Conviction is a very good game.

 

[Crazycat690]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

Aside from every lever being almost the same. Sneak for a bit, then cover based shooting, if your lucky we may let you drive one of the 3 different car that all feel the same, btw something is completly wrong with the driving if a tow truck and an Aston Martin handle the same and are very similar in terms of speed.

The game looks pretty bland, the voice acting is pretty bland (which is sad that they used actual actors), the story was BLAND, I actually beat the game and didn't know what it was about, and I watched all the cutscenes, I guess they bored my subconscience.

Also what other 007 games have you played?

I suppose it wouldn't help my case if I admitted Blood Stone is indeed the only 007 game out there? :/ But c'mon, there are surely worse and more bland games out there? Even in the stealth genre, Vampire Rain ring any bells? Hell, I'd even say SC Conviction is worse than Blood Stone, IMO Blood Stone had good atmosphere and the gameplay was enjoyable, sure the story was a bit weak, pretty classic "chemical weapon threat" but still... Also I'm not saying it's a great game I'm just saying you could do worse ._. yes?

You could do worse, but Blood Stone is IMO the worst James Bond game I've ever played, but thats comparative, you need to play some of the better 007 games to appreciate how boring Blood Stone is, also IMO SC Conviction is a very good game.

Well each to their own right?

 

[LarenzoAOG]

I've seen alot of threads about the best/worst games ever, but I have never seen one about the about the most boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland game you've ever played.

So let me know what game is in your opinion the most grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired game you know of, my vote goes for 007: Blood Stone.

Whaaat? D: What's wrong with Blood Stone? Best 007 game I've played atlest...

Well anyway, I'd say one of those WW2 MoH games, there's so many of them and I can't tell them apart for anything :/ I wouldn't exactly say CoD though... it still have like a slice of soul left? Although that slice is very evil.

Aside from every lever being almost the same. Sneak for a bit, then cover based shooting, if your lucky we may let you drive one of the 3 different car that all feel the same, btw something is completly wrong with the driving if a tow truck and an Aston Martin handle the same and are very similar in terms of speed.

The game looks pretty bland, the voice acting is pretty bland (which is sad that they used actual actors), the story was BLAND, I actually beat the game and didn't know what it was about, and I watched all the cutscenes, I guess they bored my subconscience.

Also what other 007 games have you played?

I suppose it wouldn't help my case if I admitted Blood Stone is indeed the only 007 game out there? :/ But c'mon, there are surely worse and more bland games out there? Even in the stealth genre, Vampire Rain ring any bells? Hell, I'd even say SC Conviction is worse than Blood Stone, IMO Blood Stone had good atmosphere and the gameplay was enjoyable, sure the story was a bit weak, pretty classic "chemical weapon threat" but still... Also I'm not saying it's a great game I'm just saying you could do worse ._. yes?

You could do worse, but Blood Stone is IMO the worst James Bond game I've ever played, but thats comparative, you need to play some of the better 007 games to appreciate how boring Blood Stone is, also IMO SC Conviction is a very good game.

Well each to their own right?

Indeed, but I stress that you should play some more 007 games as they are mostly quite fun.

 

[putowtin]

any C.O.D / M.O.H

played one played em all!

 

[loc978]

You might as well condemn the entire racing genre too for the same reason. "Same car, same aftermarket parts, same gear ratios, same physics... and on fucking Nürburgring AGAIN? What an uninspired and shitty game!"

Actually, there's a fair criticism in there... Same car, same aftermarket parts. The only game that ever got it even close to correct was Motor City Online... and they never corrected the bugs in their system.

So yeah, I'd say it's fair to call Gran Turismo 5 a generic racing game... but I still love it for sheer scope.

 

[Puzzlenaut]

the Killzone franchise. Absolutely nothing makes it stand out from the rest.

Killzone. There is nothing. Literally NOTHING that makes it in any way interesting at all on any level. It is the single blandest, most boring game that is only popular because it is an exclusive. It isn't bad, per se, just utterly unoriginal in every possible way.

Not really - it was one of the first FPS games to have a working cover system and one of the first to have a real weight system that felt like it meant something on its guns. It's most certainly not what I'd call "original", but it isn't entirely lacking in that department.

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.

I have to call you out on this one. Killswitch supposedly did the cover system thing first, but Gears of War did it well. It might have been a brown bro-shooter, but in 2006 it did something most brown bro-shooters didn't, and that was do something different with its material. It was the game that really made shooting from cover interesting and fun.

EDIT: I also find your use of the word "duck" fairly ironic, considering the game you chose to mention.

Fear 3. Play it, and you'll know why.

For campaign, maybe, but the multiplayer is at least different.

I quoted all of you to point out that all of these at least did something different, Gears of War especially so. They're not shining examples of originality, but they're not completely devoid of anything new.

As for me? My vote goes toward...uh...

Uncharted. Surprise! I know someone's going to call me out on this, and it's not a bad game, but it doesn't really do anything for me. The entire game should be right up my alley but when I play it I don't have any fun, I don't get frustrated, I'm just going through the right actions. I can't find anything unique about it, just a mishmash of a bunch of different genres that doesn't master anything except how to make the most generic Hollywood character possible. This is a real shame for me to say because Naughty Dog made the second best trilogy on the PS2 (Jak and Daxter) and the best one on the PS1 (Crash Bandicoot).

Yeah, from the creators of games as incredible as Crash Bandicoot and Jak+Daxter, Uncharted sure was a let down. Its pretty and all, but when it comes down to it it can be summed up by this equation:

Tomb Raider - boobs - fun/zany things = uncharted

and that was one of my main problems with it -- I just didn't find it very... fun. It seemed lacking in a sense of humour and overly serious but in the worst kind of way.

 

[King Toasty]

Uncharted. Generic plot, bland gameplay. Only the set pieces were OK.
Seriously, how did this game win so many awards? It's Indiana Jones minus Harrison Ford, with waves and waves of pirates/mercenaries/zombies. Lame.

Edit: Ninja'd. Glad to see someone agrees with me.

 

[Gasaraki]

Probably Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days. But I like it.

I actually thought that it was one of the more original shooters that have come out recently. Yes, it was all gritty and dark. But it did it well. Plus it had a very large focus on atmosphere, which was absolutely great. Not to mention the camcorder style.

 

[xavix]

Time Splitters or Unreal Tournament

excuse me son? timesplitters is a game were you travel to different time periods and kill things while meeting your future and past selves. and there is ninja monkeys. HOW IS THAT GENERIC!!!???

Because, from my experience with time splitters, all you do is run around in small arenas killing people, monkeys, and robots. And you do this with weapons that are barely above COD as far as creativity goes.

so a gun that shoots syringes at your enemies until they explode is COD level weaponry?

actually, it's halo level weaponry, see: needler

 

[Fourspaces]

For a game that I liked and enjoyed, but that I still thought was generic, i'd have to say dragon age : origins. Elves, Dwarves, a horde of not-Orcs, mages, etc. I liked the game, but the overall plot and background were pretty generic. Thats probably why I liked Dragon Age 2 a little better, the story felt a little more focused on believable human conflict.

 

[Active Schizophrenic]

Time Splitters or Unreal Tournament

excuse me son? timesplitters is a game were you travel to different time periods and kill things while meeting your future and past selves. and there is ninja monkeys. HOW IS THAT GENERIC!!!???

Because, from my experience with time splitters, all you do is run around in small arenas killing people, monkeys, and robots. And you do this with weapons that are barely above COD as far as creativity goes.

so a gun that shoots syringes at your enemies until they explode is COD level weaponry?

actually, it's halo level weaponry, see: needler

well can I classify that every game that lets you fire a weapon is generic? I don't like halo but i don't think its setting and weaponry is generic.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Too much snip.

If you read my original post you'll see the word "generic" isn't actually in it, instead I used the words, "boilerplate, by-the-numbers, souless, bland, grey, boring, 5/10, uninspired" and I just used the word "generic" in the title as a blanket term for all those adjectives, I guess I'll change the title if you feel the word "generic" is being misused.

 

[hazabaza1]

Hydrophobia.
So much potential, wasted.