Your Gaming Capital Sins

[archaicmalevolence]

I find I can't play many indie games, with a few exceptions, and normally steer clear of them. Then again I don't like many mainstream AAA titles.

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

Oof, I'm probably due for a bollocking for admitting that, indeed:

I've never completed, or even liked a Zelda game.

I respect them oh so much, I know what they've done for gaming as a whole, I get why the games are objectively good, but not one has been able to hold my attention past the first few hours.

If it helps, I like playing as Link in Super Smash Brothers Melee

So I'm not the only one!? Oh and Link was the best character in SSBM.

I'm reminded frequently that I'm a horrible person for not enjoying Oblivion. After all of the trouble Oblivion fans I know have given me and the fact that people are declaring it the greatest game ever without even playing it I kind of hope Skyrim ends up sucking because it would be hilarious.
see THIS is the reason I'm a horrible person not because I dislike Oblivion.
To sum up play Oblivion as much as you like just stop ramming my face in it.
(I apologize to any fans of Oblivion who don't bother others about it, I understand that many don't care if I play it and are rational people but I just get tired of being told that I MUST enjoy it and hear about people going on about how good Skyrim is as a game when it isn't even out yet)

Oh yeah and I do not own and haven't finished Half-Life 2

I guess that's my list

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

In my opinion, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a genuinely good piece of storytelling.

I agree. I was a bit mad at the ending until I played through for a second time though

 

[Saladfork]

Oh, lessee....

I liked Dragon age II

I liked every generation of pokemon games

I have detested every final fantasy game I've ever tried

I play WoW

And in non-gaming-yet-somewhat-relevant examples:

I liked the star wars prequels (though I will definitely admit that they are inferior to the original trilogy)

I liked Indiana Jones 4

Statistically, every person in the world should hate me now. Mwahahahahahaha.

 

[Tselis]

I tend to like really crappy, campy games. I don't know why, but I do.

 

[Varanfan9]

I think the Wii is the most innovative of the consoles out there and not gimmicky as people claim.

 

[natster43]

Can't think of what is worse. Here is a list.
I felt Wind Waker and Twilight Princess were better than Ocarina of Time.
I like Modern Warfare 2's campaign.
I don't like the old 2D Sonic games. I only liked Sonic Adventure 1 and 2.
I don't think the first Gen of Pokemon was the best.

 

[LaughingJester]

I have to put my hand up and say every final fantasy game...
All my friends raved about it...I really tried but it looked like Pokemon to me and I did that to death in early highschool

 

[TheAceTheOne]

I really liked Too human and hope they make a sequel.

I liked it too. The only thing that marked it down in my book is the healing mechanic.

 

[Fayathon]

*snip*

I removed myself from the hivemind, I prefer have my own opinions on things.

Oh, and the Dreamcast is the best console ever, thinking that isn't a gaming sin.

 

[lacktheknack]

Indigo Prophecy was great. I really enjoyed pretty much all of it (dead sex aside).

 

[darkcalling]

I have quite a few of these to get off my chest.

First off I preordered Duke Nukem Forever and loved it. It's not going to win any awards and YES it's filled with cliches. But if you turn your brain off it's fun. Though whoever designed that underwater stage near the end needs to be fired.

I LOVE the Dynasty Warriors games and have been playing number 7 to death most of the summer.

I consider Dragon Age 2 to be VASTLY superior to Origins. Funner combat, more distinctive art design (origins looked too much like oblivion in my opinion), a plot that (while a bit less epic) was much more focused with better character development, and of course a main character who can actually SPEAK and thus have a personality. Yes I wish that environments were repeated less but it added to the feeling that you were actually affecting the city.

I have no love whatsoever for the Halo series, for one simple reason, Master Chief, He has zero personality, barely speaks, when he does speak it's only to spout generic action movie lines, and to top it off despite being a so-called super-soldier he never really seems to do much in gameplay that couldn't have been done by someone else. I've only ever finished number 2 and that was because of the Arbiter (Wish I could have played the whole game as him, much more interesting character).

I simply don't get why people get so addicted to WoW. I've played it (to around lvl 35) and frankly, while I don't HATE it, i just got bored out of my skull.

I COMPLETELY agree with Yahtzee's idea that a game should be able to stand on the strength of it's single player campaign. Nothing kills my interest in a game faster than knowing that the multiplayer was the focus. Even worse is when there's no singleplayer at all (I know at least one of the Tom Clancy games was like this, as well as several smaller titles on xbla). Borderlands is the exception because while it's meant for multiplayer it can be played just fine single.

I hate FF7 and everything about it. Clouds a whiny little emo kid, sephiroth is a mama's boy(not just an insult, think about it for a second), a Aeris (yes I called her the original American name Aerith is an even dumber name) was a useless character in gameplay. In the story they may have needed her to get the white materia but nothing she could do in gameplay really felt like it couldn't be done just as well by anyone else.

sorry for the wall of text. lol

 

[M Silverthorn]

I didn't like the ending of Shadow of the Colossus.
I'm sorry.

Perhaps I've grown too shallow in my old age, but after all the effort and pure enjoyment of hunting down all 16 monsters and puzzling my way to the top Prince of Persia style, the ending was a big, big letdown for me. ;_;

 

[Raiha]

i start playing games on medium difficulty, and if that is too hard i switch to easy. challenge is all well and good but i don't have enough free time to die 17 times at the same point in a game and keep trying. if its too hard, i turn the difficulty down.

i don't like the half-life series. i didn't play the first all that much, but i gave the second until ravenholm to change my mind. its just not my thing.

 

[Raiha]

I have quite a few of these to get off my chest.

First off I preordered Duke Nukem Forever and loved it. It's not going to win any awards and YES it's filled with cliches. But if you turn your brain off it's fun. Though whoever designed that underwater stage near the end needs to be fired.

I have no love whatsoever for the Halo series, for one simple reason, Master Chief, He has zero personality, barely speaks, when he does speak it's only to spout generic action movie lines, and to top it off despite being a so-called super-soldier he never really seems to do much in gameplay that couldn't have been done by someone else. I've only ever finished number 2 and that was because of the Arbiter (Wish I could have played the whole game as him, much more interesting character).

if i may say, i think you need to look at master chief as a character in much the same way you look at DNF as a game. turn your brain off and have fun with him.

 

[guidance]

I did not like Mario 64, could not get into it.

 

[Joby Baumann]

i use action replay in pokemon, and faster xp gain cheats whenever I can in an rpg.

because grinding sucks

 

[Toriver]

I don't like Half-Life 2. I've tried it in The Orange Box, and I just don't care for it. Plus, I'm not much of a PC gamer. an FPS player, or a huge science guy, so there's really nothing about the game that would make me hold any emotional attachment to it. It's just not my kind of game.

As for Minecraft, I can see its appeal more, but I could never get into that either.

I'm also someone who doesn't believe gaming is a perfect hobby, and as such, I will not blindly jump to its defense like an attack dog at any slightest mention of gaming in connection with something negative.

 

[darkcalling]

I have quite a few of these to get off my chest.

First off I preordered Duke Nukem Forever and loved it. It's not going to win any awards and YES it's filled with cliches. But if you turn your brain off it's fun. Though whoever designed that underwater stage near the end needs to be fired.

I have no love whatsoever for the Halo series, for one simple reason, Master Chief, He has zero personality, barely speaks, when he does speak it's only to spout generic action movie lines, and to top it off despite being a so-called super-soldier he never really seems to do much in gameplay that couldn't have been done by someone else. I've only ever finished number 2 and that was because of the Arbiter (Wish I could have played the whole game as him, much more interesting character).

if i may say, i think you need to look at master chief as a character in much the same way you look at DNF as a game. turn your brain off and have fun with him.

Wish i could. My problem with that is that Halo seems to want to take itself too seriously which makes it hard to turn my brain off. lol

I remembered a few more so here goes.

I have never finished a Legend of Zelda game and have no desire to. In fact the only one i've played beyond the first hour was A Link to the Past and then i got hopelessly stuck on a boss and gave up. Wind Waker in particular annoyed me beyond the usual "Celda" complaints. I played it at a friends place. It took me like 2 hours to get off the stupid farm and by then i just didn't care anymore.

I also prefer Chrono Cross over Chrono Trigger. Though the fact that i never played trigger until a couple years ago may have something to do with this. I played Cross when it was new.

I liked the new Splatterhouse game. In fact i preordered it and have the Terror Mask statue that entitled me to sitting on my shelf right next to my plush Cthulhu

 

[TheLiham]

I enjoyed Silent Hill: Homecoming.
I hate Gears of War.
I hate Resident Evil 5.
Viva Pinata is the shit!
Fable 2 is one of my favourite games ever.