M76
[H]F Junkie
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You know those games, that everyone seems to be raving about, but you yourself, no matter how open minded you are, just can't get into. I'm not interested in blind bigotry. So please only list games that you actually tried at least once.
To those who have seen me around this forum know what my obvious answer to this is, but there are others. So without any particular order:
1. Battlefield
I cannot be accused of not trying, I played BF1942 on LAN, it was probably my least favorite game to play at LAN parties. Then I skipped a few years, and tried BF 3, but didn't last more than 10 minutes with it. I skipped BF4, regardless of having a copy bundled with my GPU at the time. And just a week ago I picked up BF1, for a very low price, but I think it's a big pile-o-poo. Worst purchase of 2018 for me. So I won't even bother with BFV as it has the exact same structure. It seems to me that in BF1 single player is nothing but an afterthought, it's so bad, that I'm not sure why they even bother at this point. At least I'll never be on the fence about buying Black Ops 4, ever.
2. Starcraft
Yes, I never liked it, never liked the original, and didn't like part 2 either. Can't really explain it either, I played a lot of RTS games at the time, and it's not like I was a Westwood fanboy, as I did like Warcraft 1-2. And played the third as well can't say I loved that one though, still more so than Starcraft 2
3. MGS V
Yes, this is a big one. And a game that I dislike most from all generally praised games, I think it is utter garbage. It's an abomination created by a self infatuation junkie (Yes, I mean Kojima san) So you don't have to wonder why I don't give two flying ducks about death stranding.
4. Max Payne 3
Let's call it soft hate. This game barely makes it on to this list, and probably the only game on here that I actually finished. But my opinion on it is much worse than the general consensus. It's not even the game that was too bad, yes it had a few gameplay issues, but I think this game raped Max Payne, the character. It threw out everything I loved about the first two games. And what it added instead I didn't care for. They turned something unique into just another generic shooter.
5. Assassin's Creed
I mean the very first game in the series. It made such a bad impression on me that I haven't touched any other parts of the series until Odyssey. Which in retrospect might have been a mistake as Odyssey was great. But I blame AC1.
6. Mirror's Edge
Probably the game that I tried to get into the most times. It just didn't work out, I even played Catalyst but that fell to the sidelines fast as well.
7. Dishonored
It had everything, but a soul. I can't describe why it couldn't keep me engaged, but the second part had the exact same problem, I lost interest in it even faster than the first.
8. Prey
The 2017 game. Most seemed to like it, and it tries to copy almost everything from System Shock, but it just fell flat for me. This is a mystery even to me, all I know is that I felt nothing while playing it.
9 The Witcher
Yes, here it is, the big gun. I played all three games, didn't finish any of them. The first game was dull and I disliked the gameplay. The second was OK, but combat was terrible, but what really made me quit was the character of Geralt. I was almost halfway trough the game, when one comment from him put me over the edge, and I quit the game, never to come back. And and this carried over to the Witcher 3 as well. Believe me I've tried to find anything likeable about him, but I couldn't. That combined with the gameplay issues I had with it meant that it is not a game I wish to waste time on, especially not hundreds of hours with characters I'm not invested in at all.
Bonus round.
MMOs
I know it is not a game, but an entire genre, but I just couldn't get into it. Here is the list of the games that I tried, some more than once:
APB
APB: Reloaded (it only got worse since the first iteration)
Defiance
GTA Online
Star Trek Online
Star Wars The Old Republic
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Lord of the Rings Online
World of Warcraft
I'm sure there were others I don't even remember. But all MMOs are the same, they suffer from the same issues. Most have mechanics that would be laughable in a single player game. Terrible lag, player pop-in, and most of all, tons of noobs, and out of character elements, who are just there to ruin your experience. Fetch quests, and farm quests, where you can see hundreds of other players doing the same quest as you. No, that's not immersion breaking at all...
This post got longer than I expected, I hope you don't mind, but don't care if you do
To those who have seen me around this forum know what my obvious answer to this is, but there are others. So without any particular order:
1. Battlefield
I cannot be accused of not trying, I played BF1942 on LAN, it was probably my least favorite game to play at LAN parties. Then I skipped a few years, and tried BF 3, but didn't last more than 10 minutes with it. I skipped BF4, regardless of having a copy bundled with my GPU at the time. And just a week ago I picked up BF1, for a very low price, but I think it's a big pile-o-poo. Worst purchase of 2018 for me. So I won't even bother with BFV as it has the exact same structure. It seems to me that in BF1 single player is nothing but an afterthought, it's so bad, that I'm not sure why they even bother at this point. At least I'll never be on the fence about buying Black Ops 4, ever.
2. Starcraft
Yes, I never liked it, never liked the original, and didn't like part 2 either. Can't really explain it either, I played a lot of RTS games at the time, and it's not like I was a Westwood fanboy, as I did like Warcraft 1-2. And played the third as well can't say I loved that one though, still more so than Starcraft 2
3. MGS V
Yes, this is a big one. And a game that I dislike most from all generally praised games, I think it is utter garbage. It's an abomination created by a self infatuation junkie (Yes, I mean Kojima san) So you don't have to wonder why I don't give two flying ducks about death stranding.
4. Max Payne 3
Let's call it soft hate. This game barely makes it on to this list, and probably the only game on here that I actually finished. But my opinion on it is much worse than the general consensus. It's not even the game that was too bad, yes it had a few gameplay issues, but I think this game raped Max Payne, the character. It threw out everything I loved about the first two games. And what it added instead I didn't care for. They turned something unique into just another generic shooter.
5. Assassin's Creed
I mean the very first game in the series. It made such a bad impression on me that I haven't touched any other parts of the series until Odyssey. Which in retrospect might have been a mistake as Odyssey was great. But I blame AC1.
6. Mirror's Edge
Probably the game that I tried to get into the most times. It just didn't work out, I even played Catalyst but that fell to the sidelines fast as well.
7. Dishonored
It had everything, but a soul. I can't describe why it couldn't keep me engaged, but the second part had the exact same problem, I lost interest in it even faster than the first.
8. Prey
The 2017 game. Most seemed to like it, and it tries to copy almost everything from System Shock, but it just fell flat for me. This is a mystery even to me, all I know is that I felt nothing while playing it.
9 The Witcher
Yes, here it is, the big gun. I played all three games, didn't finish any of them. The first game was dull and I disliked the gameplay. The second was OK, but combat was terrible, but what really made me quit was the character of Geralt. I was almost halfway trough the game, when one comment from him put me over the edge, and I quit the game, never to come back. And and this carried over to the Witcher 3 as well. Believe me I've tried to find anything likeable about him, but I couldn't. That combined with the gameplay issues I had with it meant that it is not a game I wish to waste time on, especially not hundreds of hours with characters I'm not invested in at all.
Bonus round.
MMOs
I know it is not a game, but an entire genre, but I just couldn't get into it. Here is the list of the games that I tried, some more than once:
APB
APB: Reloaded (it only got worse since the first iteration)
Defiance
GTA Online
Star Trek Online
Star Wars The Old Republic
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Lord of the Rings Online
World of Warcraft
I'm sure there were others I don't even remember. But all MMOs are the same, they suffer from the same issues. Most have mechanics that would be laughable in a single player game. Terrible lag, player pop-in, and most of all, tons of noobs, and out of character elements, who are just there to ruin your experience. Fetch quests, and farm quests, where you can see hundreds of other players doing the same quest as you. No, that's not immersion breaking at all...
This post got longer than I expected, I hope you don't mind, but don't care if you do
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