Weirdest Reason For Not Liking a Game?

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

I stopped playing Dark Sector when the zombie humans came in. It's the only game in which I've ever gone "fuck this shit", turned it off and never played it again.

Not really a weird reason, but generally my reasons for disliking games aren't what you'd call weird. This is the weirdest one I can think of, not liking a game because of a new type of enemy.

The game itself is bland and mediocre though, which is a perfectly valid reason for disliking it.

 

[Agayek]

I dislike Sci-Fi themes (except Warhammer 40,000.. ORKS ORKS ORKS ORKS!)

On topic: The weirdest reason I've ever had to dislike a game was, quite literally, no reason whatsoever. I can't explain it for the life of me, but I went to play Vanquish (the shooter by the DMC guy), and 10 minutes later, I put the controller down and never touched it again. I can't think of anything that stood out as particularly subpar, I just hated it.

 

[Inkidu]

I don't think I've ever had a truly weir reason for not liking a game. I never got through playing Kingdom Hearts. That has enough weird to make anyone quit though. Seriously, I got to Hallow Bastion, and I'd been playing the game steadily.

Then out of nowhere I said, "What am I doing again?" turned the console off and never looked back. Just out of nowhere, "Bugger and all."

 

[Monkeybald]

I played Kirby's epic yarn and enjoyed it for what it offered visually. But I didn't like how most attacks in the game lacked impact and power.

It's supposed to be a cutesy arts and crafts game, but I loved seeing the damage and mayhem caused by Kirby's powers in previous games.

 

[blizzaradragon]

As for me, the weirdest reason is that I won't play Fatal Frame or Silent Hill because they don't use jump scares and that is the only real scare tactic that gets to me.

Huh, well, I don't play much horor games because I scare stupidly easily, but I did play a part of the first Silent hill game, and while it's true that things don't jump out at you every 5 seconds, in my experience there was at least one jump out scare, and it made me actually jump in spite of the fact that I knew it was going to happen. The game was extremely effective on me (again, I'm a huge coward) and I last I stopped playing I had just entered the hospital.

Also, I'm told that Fatal Frame games (which I've never played) make masterful use of jump out scares... was I misinformed?

(sorry if this is a bit of topic derailing, but I *am* fascinated by horor games and want to play them in spite of the fact that I can't, because I have to stop every few minutes and look at something happy and colourful...)

I've watched my friends play Fatal Frame, and they don't use jump scares in that things jump at you but instead will have the controller vibrate to your heart rate and things like that. It isn't like Dead Space for example where things will jump out of the vents and attack you, and instead goes for a creepy vibe and uses the vibrate function to add to the fear.

 

[Inkidu]

I had a weird thing with the Fallout 3/New Vegas Games. First time I played them it was strange that it was set in the future but everything looked as though it were from the 1950's. Also the fact that everything that's picked up wasn't real but a 'text' in your pip-boy (eg: Iron or shotgun).

I hated the old music and stuff but warmed up to the game second time through as there was just so much variety in it. Pick up whatever you want, collect nuka cola and all sorts of stuff.

Oh, and I discovered that the older/classical music is far more convenient to listen to repeatedly than Lady Gaga or the modern music now-a-days.


.... The whole 1950's thing still pisses me off though.

That's kind of like hating water because it's wet.

 

[Exile714]

I refused to play the original PilotWings on the SNES because it "smelled weird when I played it." And no, it wasn't burning plastic, my SNES was fine (new at the time, and it survived many years after). I was very young, and the first time I played it was at my grandparent's house which was very old. It didn't smell like old people, just old house (maybe wood, lead laden window glass, who knows).

If I think hard about the game, I can still smell that weird smell. So, I refused to play it because of the smell.

Beat that, normal people.

 

[let's rock]

I have a friend who hates deus ex because of the "wierd looking target cursor" he didn't mind that it has to close in zero in on your target, he liked the weapon building, it just "looked wierd" which apparently made aiming difficult for him.

 

[IxHADOUKENxI]

As for me, the weirdest reason is that I won't play Fatal Frame or Silent Hill because they don't use jump scares and that is the only real scare tactic that gets to me.

How do jump scares defeat Atmosphere and tension...I'm generally interested they are repetitive sometimes predictable and worst of all It's just not good horror, things jumping out of closets going Rawr.

Also don't you just get desensitised to them anyway...(especially in games like Dead Space were it occurs almost constantly)

/rantover

But as I said Generally interested...

 

[Jun_Jun]

Hmm let me think here, I don't play horror games, or games with a slight creep factor, I'm a massive wuss (female, just to make me sound less masculine and girly) I couldn't play though Bioshock because of all the enemies hiding in dark areas, I really want to play it tho
Also Oblivion I really like Oblivion and could play it for ages but for some reason it always grates on me and I just can't bring myself to play it anymore :/

Oh and I have a friend that pushes out a few gems everytime we discuss a game that isn't Counter strike source or EVE online. Ones I can remember right now are:
-Refuses to play Guild Wars2 (when it releases) because if you save a town you can't 'control the town and become the mayor or ruling politician of said town' WTF!!!?
-Refused to even look twice at minecraft because it had 'shitty graphics, that's how you can tell if any effort has been put into a game'
can't remember the rest but you get the general idea, then again I shouldn't be surprised about this guys' opinion on games if he still desperately clings to EVE defending CCP after their little....episode..

 

[IncredibleTurnip]

Oblivion: I had to jump up and down casting unlock at a wall for an hour to get my skill high enough to open a treasure chest in a cave that I knew I would never return to... well, I didn't have to jump up and down (or sneak around in circles) while I was doing it, but I figured I might as well kill two or three birds with one stone....

 

[NecroFantasy]

"Because it's Japanese."

That's what my friend told me when he saw me play a game he was interested in but dismissed when he heard it was a localised game from Japan.

*facedesk*

EDIT: Here's a gem from my dad:

He saw me play alot of TF2 and stuff like Nazi Zombies in Black Ops.

"Meh, I don't like it." "Why?" "It isn't realistic."

...

 

[JANK13]

I can't get past the control mechanics (stick and button layouts make no sense for me in any config) and the fact you can't move and shoot in RE5. Or, I believe any of the Resident Evil games for that matter. I mean, WTF is that about and I don't want to hear it's the fear factor. Can't get past that, won't play it, hate it. That sucks too because I so wanted to like and play it. The graphics are great, too. C'est la vie.

 

[rayen020]

weirdest reason i didn't like a game. hmmm... i guess the time i was forced to play an old math game in elementary school computer class. I had played that game by myself on multiple occasions. but then one day we (the class) were informed that we had to play the game, as in if we didn't play that game we would be in trouble and either given an infraction/detention or sent to the principal's office. After that i hated that game. Somehow being made to play it by force sucked the fun out of it, stuck to Oregon Trail and Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego.

 

[Machati]

It's terrible to say but I've been having a hard time playing Assassin's Creed 2. Not because of the accents or anything but because of that god awful beginning where we run around Ezio's life for like an hour or more even though I definitely recall a trailer or commercial spoiling what happened. And even if it didn't it had "bad shit about to go down" written all over it. It just continues to bug me while I play, it took me out of the game that they try to make care or whatever the goal was in establishing that. I'd constantly sit there wondering what the point was in that lame quick-time-event "sex scene". I just...why that is there is completely beyond me. It's a stupid reason, I know buut I guess that's the point in posting here xD

I also don't know the (loosest definition of the word) storyline for AC2 and onward since I haven't played them but my friends tried to tempt me in continuing to play because aliens are somehow involved. And I'm sorry to everyone who enjoyed that but that's not an incentive for me to play or care D: in fact that makes me Indiana-Jones-Aliens scared to continue. It's a shame, I loved the first game but I don't think I'll be finishing the series.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

Ex girlfriend liked it so I in turn HATE IT!

Ha, that's the exact reason I hate Guild Wars (and by extension, other MMOs). My ex was insane about them (and neglectful to me because of this), so I refuse to touch them. My current boyfriend had the same thing happen to him, but he thinks I'm crazy for hating them.

 

[2HF]

I will forever love the person who can tell me the name of this game.

I bought a game on the recommendation of an employee at a local game store and returned it the next day cause... "the dude runs funny"

It was some spy/action shootery thing. On the xbox I think. Project something or other I think. I dunno.

 

[JANK13]

Syphon Filter?

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Let's see, here's one I came up with today.

I played the Space Marines demo. I don't like it. Why? Too much gore, couldn't see the action. Blood kept fogging up the screen.

I also didn't like Halo 3 all that much. I'm supposed to be a friggin' super soldier, why can't I jump off cliffs and survive? It worked with a bomb.

 

[jbchillin]

i vowed never to play brutal legend because of jack black. i hate him as an actor and even though i hear its a good game i just wont play it because of him.