Popular games you can't get into.

I'm surprised to hear that some people couldn't get into Dark Souls. It was fantastically dark and atmospheric. Yes, it was very difficult, but what I loved about is was the fact every weapon has a different kind of mastery, and it takes actual practice to get good with them.

Maybe that's what some people don't like it - the fact that it takes practice, repetition and some trial and error.
 
SRTie4k said:
I'm surprised to hear that some people couldn't get into Dark Souls. It was fantastically dark and atmospheric. Yes, it was very difficult, but what I loved about is was the fact every weapon has a different kind of mastery, and it takes actual practice to get good with them.

Maybe that's what some people don't like it - the fact that it takes practice, repetition and some trial and error.
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I know that's why I love AND hate the damn game. Dark Souls can be pretty relentless. Though, I've found sleeping on a couple bosses has helped me beat them first try (those damn roof gargoyles) the following day. Finding the secrets and playing how you want to play without being spoon-fed makes it a pretty interesting (and aggravating) experience.
 
Skyrim, just cant seem to stay interested in it, even though I played all of the other Elder Scrolls games quite a bit.

Minecraft. I loved legos and building games, so I love the idea, but just can't really get into it.

Assassin's Creed. Just never felt that immersed in the game.

WoW. Bores me to tears.
 
Funny I couldn't get into Dark Souls when I bought it, I was in one of those cycles where I started getting sick of gaming. I ended up shelving it and only just started playing it again recently and now I like it a lot.

For me I just have never really gotten into the whole GTA series. Everyone seems to love the game but to me it was always just meh. I own almost all of them on Steam, but only played a bit of San Andreas on console at one time and I couldn't even play it an hour before I was done with it. I bought the GTA5 PS3 bundle only because it was cheaper than getting a replacement PS3 without the game. I still have GTA5 shrink wrapped lol.
 
I can't get into MMO's anymore. For one, I just don't have the time. And every MMO I've played has been the same old boring grind with the same old gameplay. The thing I liked most about them when I was playing was the community.

Bioshock Infinite was ok for a while, then simply turned into another eye-roller and another on-rails shooting gallery. I only beat it to say I beat it (on another note its kind of sad that we have to resort to this reasoning these days).

Minecraft is always fun for the first few nights, but afterwards just gets kind of dull.
 
Anything with more than a few seconds of FMV or text trying to tell a story. I want to play a game, not watch a movie. Therefore it seems most single player games cannot hold my interest.

I go to the multiplayer experience, whatever it is. ARPG with friends, BF4 with friends, Dota, etc.
 
LurkerLito said:
Funny I couldn't get into Dark Souls when I bought it, I was in one of those cycles where I started getting sick of gaming. I ended up shelving it and only just started playing it again recently and now I like it a lot.

For me I just have never really gotten into the whole GTA series. Everyone seems to love the game but to me it was always just meh. I own almost all of them on Steam, but only played a bit of San Andreas on console at one time and I couldn't even play it an hour before I was done with it. I bought the GTA5 PS3 bundle only because it was cheaper than getting a replacement PS3 without the game. I still have GTA5 shrink wrapped lol.
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Ha! I did the same thing. My old fat 60GB PS3 stopped reading discs, so I bought the GTA5 bundle when I saw how much it cost. I wasn't going to miss that deal. I put in GTA5 to try it out, but it is still the same old game built on GTA3. Played it for about an hour and I haven't played it since. If it wasn't for the atrocious framerate I may have played it for a bit longer. I loved GTA3 and Vice City, too. Every other game after that has been "meh," but I did like GTA4 for getting away from all the stupid fluff in San Andreas.
XvMMvX said:
Anything with more than a few seconds of FMV or text trying to tell a story. I want to play a game, not watch a movie. Therefore it seems most single player games cannot hold my interest.

I go to the multiplayer experience, whatever it is. ARPG with friends, BF4 with friends, Dota, etc.
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Why play single player if you're not interested in a story being told? I love Bioware games because there is so much backstory in everything they do that it makes you feel completely immersed in their universe. I swear I could not stop having dreams about the Mass Effect universe for 6 months after completing the trilogy.
 
waxbytes said:
Crysis, 1,2,3. I like FPS games but that whole "nanosuit" switching between modes just makes it clunky gameplay for me. I couldn't get into Fallout 3 with it's "VATS" either.
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I don't go for the VATS either, but still poured hundred's of hours into VATSfree gameplay.
 
I couldn't get into FarCry 3. Didn't care about the characters and the rest was meh.
 
Dark Souls. It seems interesting when you hear others talk about it, but it has pretty much no story and just seems like dungeon crawling non stop. You either hand to spend a bunch of time by "trial and error" or reading a wiki. I don't like to do the latter, I think I have 5 or 6 hours into it on Steam.
 
WoW

my first MMORGRGRRGRGGEG was lotro, and despite the fact that all my mates play WoW i just cannot get into the cartoony graphics style. I have an undead shadow priest lvl 40 something, so i gave it a go...
 
Mass Effect and Bioshock. I just didn't care about their storyline and gave up after a few hours playing in each of them. What a waste of $$ on both.
 
I couldn't really into get into Skyrim as much as I wanted to, but for whatever reason I love ESO.
 
Ripskin said:
I couldn't get into FarCry 3. Didn't care about the characters and the rest was meh.
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I am the same way, I keep trying to get into it but I just can't. Maybe its because they gave the main character an identity. I don't know.

Oh and Mass Effect, Holy crap I tried so many times to get into that game. I can't get past the Citadel. Soooo boring. But, I loved KOTOR. Go figure.
 
Entire Mass Effect series
Sleeping Dogs
All Batman games
All Assassin's Creed games, though I'm going to try IV when its on sale
Anything turn-based strategy (XCOM: Enemy Unknown etc)
Fallout 3/Fallout NV -- have them in my library but combat and movement is so clunky and dated
Dishonored
All CoD/Titanfall related garbage after COD4
Half-Life and Half-Life 2 I completely missed the boat on and no desire to play. I tried HL2 for a few hours years ago and was the first and only game that's ever made me motion sick.
Metro 2033 or Last Light. Own them both but always make excuses not to install.

What's not on my list anymore: Dark Souls. I only started playing recently after I stared at it in my library for a long time, and connecting a 360 controller to my PC made all the difference. Its annoying at first like the trial and error you went through on an 80's 2D platformer, but if you stick with it, it really gets its hooks into you and you can't stop playing. What really sealed it for me was finding a good weapon and then finally reaching the point where enemies that seemed impossible at first are suddenly child's play and you're parrying/riposting them or dodging reflexively and you start feeling like Neo, like you're untouchable. That first time seeing the backstab animation for my Zweihander against a black knight was the moment I knew I was hooked, just completely bad ass.
 
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Krenum said:
Mass Effect, Holy crap I tried so many times to get into that game. I can't get past the Citadel. Soooo boring. But, I loved KOTOR. Go figure.
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Citadel is the worst part and very slow. The game gets much better once you get your ship and the galaxy opens up to you.
 
For me is has to be Day Z. I just dont get why everyone is so drawn to it.
 
DOTA 2

I try it again every so often cause I keep wanting to like it, but.... nope, still can't do it.
 
All and any multiplayer. Just couldn't get into Xcom Enemy Unknown either. RTS may not be my thing.
 
I have all the gears of war, batman and mass effect games and get bored as hell playing them. Yet I can play broken ass company of heroes 2 for hours. Maybe something is wrong with me.
 
Dark Souls :
I have tried the game about 5 times, and every single time I come to the same conclusion. The game flat out suuuuucks. Its not good, there is no allure to the difficulty but in fact the actual design and implementation of the game at its core is flawed, clunky and the opposite of fun. Dying isn't a turn off, but terrible game design is.

Minecraft :
What a stupid game, in every way.

Half-Life 2 :
Fun for about 1-2 hours then I just give up because it hasn't aged well. I should have played it at launch, but I simply will never finish it because it hasn't stood the test of time.

DayZ :
Worst controls and performance ever, all thanks to being built around the ARMA engine. Its an alpha build game that gets no appeal from me. Probably best played with friends and if you're a teenager with time to murder. Neither of which is me.
 
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Armenius said:
Ha! I did the same thing. My old fat 60GB PS3 stopped reading discs, so I bought the GTA5 bundle when I saw how much it cost. I wasn't going to miss that deal. I put in GTA5 to try it out, but it is still the same old game built on GTA3. Played it for about an hour and I haven't played it since. If it wasn't for the atrocious framerate I may have played it for a bit longer. I loved GTA3 and Vice City, too. Every other game after that has been "meh," but I did like GTA4 for getting away from all the stupid fluff in San Andreas.
Why play single player if you're not interested in a story being told? I love Bioware games because there is so much backstory in everything they do that it makes you feel completely immersed in their universe. I swear I could not stop having dreams about the Mass Effect universe for 6 months after completing the trilogy.
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Because I want to play a game, not watch a movie. Single player is fine as long as it is me playing and not stopping to listen to some drivel.

Think old school Metrio, Mario, Sonic, Bionic Commando, Metal Slug, ETC.
 
MrWrong said:
For me is has to be Day Z. I just dont get why everyone is so drawn to it.
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I recently realized the same thing. After having spent hundreds of hours in it, I don't think I actually understand what makes it worth playing. I think I may actually be more enamoured with the concept of it than of the execution.
 
XvMMvX said:
Because I want to play a game, not watch a movie. Single player is fine as long as it is me playing and not stopping to listen to some drivel.

Think old school Metrio, Mario, Sonic, Bionic Commando, Metal Slug, ETC.
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I can appreciate that. I mentioned being more into ARPGs nowadays, so maybe I am losing the interest in being explicitly told a story. If the atmosphere isn't enough to give a feel for what is going on, then exposition isn't going to make the experience better anyway. I think that unless you're playing a Bioware-type game that the percentage of dialogue and cutscene to gameplay ratio is still going to be very small.
 
There's tons of popular games I can't stand or just never had any urge whatsoever to try: anything by Blizard, any J-RPG's, & most strategy and sim games. I also suck at most platformers, fighting, and driving games, though I will sometimes try some of those if their nice and easy and have pretty graphics. :cool:

My main genere's are FPS, RPG (I'm very picky on which RPG's, but love ElderScrolls, DeusEx, and a few others), and other shooters as long as they have a good single-player storyline. But even among those main genre's there are several titles I could never get into: Halo is a good example of a popular FPS that I will probably never play.
 
Despite fond memories of various Dune and Command & Conquer RTS's growing up, I just can't get into Starcraft. There's just something about it that doesn't sit right. Maybe it's the micro, the control scheme or even the ridiculous online community that can beat me with their eyes closed.
 
All the mass effects (I own and tried them all)
Dead Rising 1 and 2
Asscreed (I only tried the first one)
CoD (I only tried the first one)
Skyrim
Witcher 2

One of the big problems I'm having with 3rd person combat games is that after dark souls (which I love), the rest don't feel right. Skyrim comes to mind but I know there have been others. Combat just feels loose or weak or something...
 
Basically any MMO - Apparently, anyway...they all kinda feel the same to me.
Borderlands - Beyond finishing the game once, anyway...not even max levelling a character or doing the DLC.
Witcher/Witcher 2 - Not sure why, just couldn't get into them.
Roguelike games - FTL, Rogue Legacy, Spelunky...all just infuriating RNG to me.
Dark Souls - Not a fan of having to run back to your corpse every time you die, seemed like a waste of my time overall. Not a bad game inherently, just very hard coupled with frustrating stuff like that death thing.
Bioshock 1/2 - Actually I am trying to play through 1 right now, and I never even really started 2. Trying to finish so I can play the Infinite DLC. It's a bit dated now and the mouse control feels funky so it's hard to get excited about finishing it.
Basically any competitive MOBA that I have played - I like Sanctum and Orcs Must Die, but that's more like tower defense I guess. Can't get into DOTA 2 or LoL at all.
DayZ and similar - Not a fan of constant griefing and bullshit. If there was some sort of incentive for teamplay I would be all over it, because the concept is great, but the execution so far has been shit.

A lot of it, for me, comes down to the metric of...well, I'm not in college anymore, my free time is limited, so what do I really want to spend my time doing? Gaming sometimes, sure, but do I want to waste dozens of hours being frustrated in a game like Dark Souls? Not really.
 
Halflife series, Bioshock, stupid ass indie games.
Dark Souls.

Just dont enjoy them at all.
 
Funny seeing people call dark souls a bad game because they didn't like it or it literately defeating them.

As such i hate Starcraft and Dota but i'm not so stubborn as to call them poorly designed games by any means.

Now assassins creed that is a poorly designed game.... i have lots of trouble finding even one redeeming gameplay quality in the entire series. It literally does nothing well when it comes you know.... actually playing the game.
 
For me it's probably the Civilization series. It's like installing a program over the course of a few days... with a bunch of tedious prompts.
 
yourgrandma said:
Funny seeing people call dark souls a bad game because they didn't like it or it literately defeating them.

As such i hate Starcraft and Dota but i'm not so stubborn as to call them poorly designed games by any means.

Now assassins creed that is a poorly designed game.... i have lots of trouble finding even one redeeming gameplay quality in the entire series. It literally does nothing well when it comes you know.... actually playing the game.
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The thread isn't about bad games or poorly designed games. It's about games that for some reason you just cant find yourself playing. Could be any number of reasons. Doesn't mean they are bad games, just not your cup of tea.
 
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