Games you Hate, But everyone else loves

[Ant-Shimmin]

For me it has to be Gears of War, I bought it and I absolutely hated it, so overated it's not even funny, Very Narrow, Chainsaw Killing gets boring and online is utter shite.

Graphics are great but I don't see the appeal...

[Eddage]

Metroid Prime (although hate maybe a little strong).

Dunno why, I loved the start of the game in the forest area and Phendrana Drifts was stunning but just after the Lava Place and when it got into the Space Pirates Labs I just lost interest and found it became a chore to play. Maybe I just don't have a good enough attention to try and find a story through the scanning of 100's of Space Pirates computer logs, maybe I just found it a bit hard and gave up too early, whatever it was I just don't see the overall appeal!


I suppose Pro Evo is another one, everyone's always going on about how it's the definitive football game but I could never really get to grips with it - give me Fifa over Pro Evo any day of the week!

[mario_jr]

I don't hate it, I just don't like very much, and the game is...halo..(runs for cover)

[gmac]

for me it's Final Fantasy 7, just never liked it, also watched my brother playing it and it just seemed crap

[thirtynine.]

Halo. 1&2 possably 3 too.

[Gizmo]

Metroid, especially Prime. Never got into it at all. Willing to give the Wii version a go, mostly because of the raving about the controls, depending on other releases around it.

[Mikey]

Halo 2, no contest. Golden Sun was cack too when I played it.

[Dan Dare]

Final Fantasy can lick my wet nuts, basically.

[Mikey]

Oh, Animal Crossing as well. Hate that damn game.

[Ten10]

Gears of war, probably because I'm a noob and my cousin lives on his xbox360, but I hate that game. It needs some family play control scheme because it sucks ass. (Yes I got merc'd)

[GMC]

metroid prime for me too. its weird to say this about a game, but i found it.. depressing. i dont mean depressingly bad, i just mean it was so dour and grim. i know thats an element of the story etc, but i just didnt take to it.
Weird.

[Slaggis]

halo 1&2, metroid prime, final fantasy(all)

[McMad]

Pokemon, I can't believe you all keep buying those games.

[Calza]

Legend of Zelda.

[fatnickc]

Advance Wars. People keep telling me how fun it is, and how good multiplayer battles are. 'Cept they're not.

[Stefkov]

Final Fantasy. Tried playing FFX and the fightint just got annoying.
Running..running...*noise noise*..FIGHT...enemy dead...EXP gained...running...running...*noi...yeah annoying.

And Metroid. I just couldn't get into it, and Halo. It's just annoying dying every few steps.

Rainbow 6 Vegas was on that list, until I played it online. Games always get better when you play with mates online

[immy]

grand turismo sucks

[KKOB]

Gran Turismo.

Madden.

Tekken.

Splinter Cell.

Any Rally Game (lookin at you dirt/colin mcrae)

GRAW

Need for Speed-fo sho

Saints Row.

Dead Rising. Had potential but i found it unplayable.

Street Fighter II-It's just an old game-jeeez

All Football games! (football manager games are good though)

[Mikey]

Good call on Splinter Cell. I've got the first one, and thought it was linear, and trial and error crap. Not to mention I thought the controls were a bit unresponsive, and stiff.

[AshMat]

I'm going with Calza, Legend of Zelda. I really can't get into them.

[eel]

Mario Kart 64 is OTT 'orrible.

[Retro_Link]

Super Mario World - Not much of a fan of the 2D Marios anyway and just find it rather dull and a chore to play.

Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes - Dull endless cutscenes, boring story, poor and dated gameplay.

Golden Sun - Didn't really enjoy it at anytime, found it boring, just played through it.

Mario Kart Series - Don't hate it but find the series abit boring really, Diddy Kong Racing shows how it should be done!

[stev2604]

Gran Turismo, and Metroid Prime. Metroid feels like too much work to play without rewards. Gran Turismo is too realistic at the expense of fun. Can't think of any more at the moment.

[Slaggis]

zelda games (cept' windwaker which I loved)

[The fish]

Final Fantasy can lick my wet nuts, basically.

I second that...

I also never quite got what was so good about Pro Evo. They're good games, don't get me wrong, but they're not that good.

I stand with Takeo on Street Fighter II. Get over it!

Oh, and I go from despising to loving, and back to despising Counter-Strike.

[Hellfire]

Halo, FFVII and GT. Well I don't HATE them, they're not horrible games, but I think they're undeserving of the praise they get.

[The fish]

Before I forget, Battlefield 2 (and all onwards) can, to be quite frankly honest, go and die in a hole.

1942 (especially with the Desert Combat mod) and 'Nam is where it's at for Battlefield.


Also, I don't know how I forgot about this one first time around, but GTA games are brilliant fun until you buy them yourself.
"I spent forty quid on this!?"

[Bluejay]

Any game where stealth is required. I can't comprehend such actions.

[Babooo]

Alot of you have gone for Metroid Prime, and I gotta agree with you. It seems too dull, rewards aren't very rewarding and I just don't find it very fun to play. Not my cup of tea.

Animal Crossing is another one. Read all the reviews, saw the good press about it and even imported it from the US for my GC and couldn't get to grips with it. Way too boring for me. Now its only my younger female cousin who likes it.

GTA is another game I don't particular like. Its not bad, but I don't find it THAT great.

[Ant-Shimmin]

Well since we are making a list...

Mine are in no particular order..

GoW

Halo 1+2

MGS:TS I liked the original just not this

Dare I say.....Resi 4

All Mario Games

[Rapture1984]

Pikmin, total cack.

GRAW and Metroid aswell.

[That Guy]

Got to be Splinter Cell. I seriously hate those games. I'm actually in pain when playing them. I just don't know what the fuck to do in them.

[Babooo]

I quite liked the splinter cell series.....very linear indeed but at the time, I thought they were decent.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Halo and Project Gotham. Words can't do justice the hate that I feel for these two games.

[Jimjebus]

Mine is final fantasy 10 , apparently every1 liked it a lot , i didn't the main character was queer , and viva pinata that game is deceives you into buying it and it says its for 3 year olds then it like something 15yrs older would understand

[Caris]

Animal Crossing, what a piece of shit.

[darksnowman]

I'm trying to think of something original to say... how about FIFA!? Sales are always through the roof but the game is just... unplayable!

I'm impressed with the level of Metroid dislikery here, I thought I was the only one! I cant pinpoint what it is about the games, but they just dont seem engaging or something. In Metroids defense, I do rate Fusion as a good game - but I've not even had the will to complete that, lol.



I see alot of good/ great games mentioned in this thread though, some of you guys needa sort your gaming tastes out!! :heh:

[AshMat]

ANimal Crossing, i was addicted for a while, to the point i thought, "wait, where the fuck am i going with this?" and it just loost all meaning to me.

Also as Bluejay said, Stealth games, just too slow for me.

[Hero-of-Time]

Oblivion- Seriously, how can people even compare western RPGs to Eastern ones? They just aint in the same league. I ound this boring and lifeless.

Advance Wars- I dont hate it I just cant get into them, I much prefer the sword and socery aspect of Fire Emblem and FE games also have a better story.

[Jimjebus]

Yeah with ash mat there n caris , animal crossing crap i will try to go on it but it boring you wonder like , why am i playing a camp little kid running round collecting things i don't need in life.

I bet some one we know and play gears with put in Rainbow six
bet you can all guess who

[Slaggis]

WoW, I hate it.

[immy]

animal crossing is shite ...........duh

[Mikey]

I thought I was the only person who hated Animal Crossing. Fucking shite game man. Wondering around collecting useless shite, and the main character looked gay beyond belief.

[Slaggis]

BG&E, I played it on pc for a bit and I thought it was not too great tbh. Nowhere near what I thought it would be.

[Jonnas]

-GTA: I never liked the controls. Always felt unresponsive (The car driving is neat, though). Plus, I don't like the atmosphere.

-Tomb Raider: Once again, the controls. The puzzles and story were good, but the slow and unresponsive controls always turned me off.

-Halo: Most overrated FPS ever.

-Final Fantasy 7: Good for its time, but has been easily surpassed. There are better RPGs (Final Fantasy 9, Golden Sun 2, Mario & Luigi series, Tales of Symphonia, etc.). Still above Baten Kaitos, though.

-Mario Kart: Just meh. There are better racing games (F-Zero, Burnout) and better party games (Smash Bros. Melee).

-Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess: Has been in development for such a long time, yet its predecessors have more and better side-quests? Please.

-Gran Turismo/Collin McRae Rally series: Racing simulators don't appeal to me.

-Pro Evolution Soccer: I don't like football, so it's a no-brainer that a football simulator bores me.

-The Sims: Once again, real-life simulator. As you have probably guessed, I don't like those.

I'm sure there are more, though.

[Fresh]

F-Zero, too linear.

Halo, popular only to the brainless masses.

and Metroid Prime, the game just felt hollow.

[AshMat]

Oh yeah that's an obvious one, WoW, played a 10-day trial, stopped after 6. How people become addicted i don't know.

[Babooo]

Glad people didn't like Animal Crossing....I might have liked it if I were 10 but I just don't see the point of the game. Going around, doing chores for your "friends" so you can decorate your house....psh what a load of bollocks.

But I just think its down to the maturity and experience of the gamer tbh. I just prefer something with more substance, which goes more deeper, and there's an actual story line and plot to keep you playing.

[hobbzinio]

Halo 2!

I thought it sucked balls

[Mikey]

It did. Crap levels, and despite the game having all those different objectives, they were all completed by just killing the enemy in the same way.

[Gizmo]

Oh yeah that's an obvious one, WoW, played a 10-day trial, stopped after 6. How people become addicted i don't know.

This, except replace 6 for 2.

[The fish]

Halo and Project Gotham. Words can't do justice the hate that I feel for these two games.

Play Halo in co-op on hard mode for a length of time, and PGR3 online in Cat & Mouse mode, and then come back and tell me you still hate them.

[triforce_keeper]

For me it has to be Gears of War, I bought it and I absolutely hated it, so overated it's not even funny, Very Narrow, Chainsaw Killing gets boring and online is utter shite.

Graphics are great but I don't see the appeal...

Omg I totally agree with you!

Anyway, errrrrm Mario Strikers Football Charged, got boring very quickly.

[Climhazzard]

Never liked GTA, think it highly overated, controls suck, its basically a game for wannabe gangsters, real crap ones at that.

[Marshmellow]

Whats up with all the hate towards Animal Crossings? I loved it

But I never could get into Metroid Prime.

Don't like Splinter Cell.

Didn't like Wii Play very much either.

And could never get into the Final Fantasy games. (Cept I and II XD)

[hobbzinio]

Never liked GTA, think it highly overated, controls suck, its basically a game for wannabe gangsters, real crap ones at that.

Hmmmm dont let your hate, make you say silly comments and stereotypes...

I for one, love the game due to its freedom and how cleverly scripted it is...
Not because I want to grow up to be a real OG lol

[KKOB]

I've just fallen in love with Metroid Prime. If people give it a go, and read the lore that they scan, they find a game thats deserving of it's 10/10 scores.

FF VII is a game i've found very hard to play let alone like . . .

GTA is okay. just massively overrated.

[The Bard]

Grand Theft Auto. Any of them, granddaddy of overrated games.

Pro Evolution. It's football, therefore it's shit.

Gran Turismo. Cars are boring. Always.

[Aalborg]

hmmm.. I don't hate games but find some of them VERY overrated..

Grand Turismo - boring beyond words

Halo 2 - boy was I dissapointed with the misson part of the game.. and there were too many idiots for the live part to be fun

Fable - Boy was I glad I borrowed this game.. I sat there stunned when I finished it.. i couldnt believe my eyes when the credits started rolling.. "WHAT, i startede playing like 2 hours ago"..

[MadDog]

I dont like Gears Of War,i think the gameplay is poo

[theguyfromspark]

Any rpg with random battles... I always start the game and think "It's ok, i'll just put up with them" but after a few hours I stop trying to explore each area for fear of running into another random battle so I just run through all the areas to advance the story, then I come across a really hard boss that I can't beat because I didn't play enough random battles and level up. Then I quit playing.

IMO one of the best rpgs is Paper Mario 2, just because there were no random battles and no need to grind much.

[AshMat]

Any rpg with random battles... I always start the game and think "It's ok, i'll just put up with them" but after a few hours I stop trying to explore each area for fear of running into another random battle so I just run through all the areas to advance the story, then I come across a really hard boss that I can't beat because I didn't play enough random battles and level up. Then I quit playing.

IMO one of the best rpgs is Paper Mario 2, just because there were no random battles and no need to grind much.

QFT, this is why i always get bored of pokemon, random battles jsut get tedious and irritating.

[kav82]

For me it has to be Gears of War, I bought it and I absolutely hated it, so overated it's not even funny, Very Narrow, Chainsaw Killing gets boring and online is utter shite.

Graphics are great but I don't see the appeal...

Same for me, after 3hrs playing it it just got boring with the lack of variation in gameplay! It's not even great gameplay either!

Gears of Bore!

[BeerMonkey]

game i hate - Metroid prime i just dont get how so many people like it..ITS CRAP
also - animal crossing and harvest moon

[Roostophe]

Beyond Good & Evil - My brothers keep telling me to play it, but I just cannot get into it. When will they realise that?

God of War 1 & 2 - As above

Final Fantasy XII - Ditto.

Dead Rising - Got bored, yeah, killing zombies and all that, it got boring...

Tomb Raider - Dreadful.

Gears of War - I want to get into it, but I can't.

Splinter Cell - No.

[Stefkov]

game i hate - Metroid prime i just dont get how so many people like it..ITS CRAP
also - animal crossing and harvest moon
Blaspheme!
I guess its an aquired taste.

Counter Strike - I could never get into it. Never.
All driving games that doesn't involve hurting other team mates.
I just can't play games like PGR3, Gran Turismo. It's too slow and tedious.

[Jamba]

GTA, Tomb Raider 2, New Super Mario Bros. (dont really HATE but still), Morrowind (its SO damn boring!)

[Eddage]

I'm amazed at how many people are saying Metroid Prime, I thought I was part of a very small minority but it appears more people feel the same way!

[KKOB]

I'm amazed at how many people are saying Metroid Prime, I thought I was part of a very small minority but it appears more people feel the same way!

I know. It's shocking considering the high scores it got, and my own love for the game. It's the GameCubes best game imo i think people may want to give it another go.

AC and Harvest Moon require a very acquired taste.

I thought Twilight Princess may have got more people hating it than Metroid Prime or AC/HM.

[Pit-Jr]

Final Fantasy X-XII
Golden Axe
F-Zero (any)
Majoras Mask
Sims
Tetris

[Daft]

I know. It's shocking considering the high scores it got, and my own love for the game. It's the GameCubes best game imo i think people may want to give it another go.

AC and Harvest Moon require a very acquired taste.

I thought Twilight Princess may have got more people hating it than Metroid Prime or AC/HM.

Oh, yea! Twilight Princess is not a great game!

Majoras Mask

Blasphemy!!!

[Jimjebus]

Runescape!!! what the fuck is that...java scripted game with fags in amour wondering around, it pointless i hate it and i didn't know what i saw in the game

start of with the surprise of "wow i can do magic" and " its soo big" you end up walking round the same pace over and over again and the word "NOOB" rules on it

[immy]

harvest moon

[hobbzinio]

Anybody who listed Twiilight Princess needs a slap

[Oditri]

I have to put Final Fantasy & GTA up here. I've only ever finished the Nintendo spin-offs of FF (tactics, crystal chronicles), and I just got bored of GTA when I couldn't understand a word anyone was saying. I think it was English, but I wouldn't have known when hearing it...

[Charlie]

I don't hate it, I just don't like very much, and the game is...halo..(runs for cover)

I couldn't stand the single player on Halo 1. The multiplayer was good, but only when you had 8+ players.

Halo 2 was saved by the online multiplayer, probably my most played game ever.

I found Pikmin really boring, not my cup of tea.
Animal Crossing, Nintendogs or any other game which you can't 'complete' (not including multiplayer). I need a definitive objective to be able to play a game.

[Climhazzard]

I loved Halo 1 mainly because of its single player whereas i thought halo 2 sucked, but as said before, was saved by its multiplayer.

I also cant believe how many people are saying metroid prime, a game which is unbelievably good and probably the best game of the last generation.

FFXII is very overrated too.

[The Bard]

I thought Halo 1 had a great single player, especially in Co-Op.

[KKOB]

I thought Halo 1 had a great single player, especially in Co-Op.

Co-op is the only way i've ever played Halo 'single player'. It just adds so much to the campaign.

I'm thinking about playing Halo 2 again prior to 3-much like metroid prime.

[The Bard]

Yeah same! Thats going to take a lot of effort though...MP2 takes a lot of time and thought.

I can't understand people who say MP is bad. Maybe their brains don't work too good.

[Jordan]

The FF series.
Forza (well, more i hate myself for not being able to get into it).
Most RPGs...

[Oditri]

I'll admit, I didn't like the Metroid Prime series at first, I got bored of the first one after about an hour. However, I must admit I was an FPS-hater a while ago, I guess I've just become more open-minded since I first played it, considering I loved the second one right up to the point at which my bro took it away to Uni.

[immy]

non games....

[Charlie]

I thought Halo 1 had a great single player, especially in Co-Op.

3 levels were virtually identical, running through the same corridor over and over again, killing the same guys. The library level was horribly boring. Ugh.

[KKOB]

3 levels were virtually identical, running through the same corridor over and over again, killing the same guys. The library level was horribly boring. Ugh.

One of my worst gaming moments-felt good to finish it!

Fighting the flood over and over, wave after wave was horrid!

[immy]

3 levels were virtually identical, running through the same corridor over and over again, killing the same guys. The library level was horribly boring. Ugh.

sure as hell was, bring on halo 3!

[Zell]

A lot of people here seem to love Batallion Wars and are hyping BWii a lot. I found it to be very average.

And I loved Halo co-op, playing The Maw on legendary was simply amazing.

[GigaPlay]

Splinter Cell
Meteos
Football games
Need for Speed
Halo Single Player
God of War
Brain Training :heh:
Original Sonic the Hedgehog

Most shooters that I'm told are the 'best game ever' are usually shit too.

[AshMat]

Runescape!!! what the fuck is that...java scripted game with fags in amour wondering around, it pointless i hate it and i didn't know what i saw in the game

start of with the surprise of "wow i can do magic" and " its soo big" you end up walking round the same pace over and over again and the word "NOOB" rules on it

Too true, and yet me and my mate used to play LOADS and quest together all the time :(

Also, forgot i haven't said Metroid Prime yet. Sorry, backtracking irritates me, i can't be arsed trecking through the same tunnel that i spent 15 minutes on yesturday. Though to be fair i am hyped for Corruption.

[Bluejay]

Ooh. I have one. Panel de Pon/Planet Puzzle League.

The 1up crew and the internet absolutely adores it and I can't quite see why. I can see that it takes more thought and skill than some puzzle games but it plays like a slow paced meteos. No unlockables either.

It is by no means bad, I just don't understand the love for it.

[Niji]

I hate:
Halo
Grand Theft Auto
Metal Gear Solid
Final Fantasy

They should all be on the superior Nintendo Wii

[hobbzinio]

You mean the inferior Nintendo Wii

[Niji]

You mean the inferior Nintendo Wii

Nope, it is superior in every single way.
You wait, 2 years from now, all Wii game will look better than PS3 and Xbox games.

[McMad]

Nope, it is superior in every single way.
You wait, 2 years from now, all Wii game will look better than PS3 and Xbox games.

.....................I'm sorry, what?!.........................

Oh god don't tell me you 'Still Believe'?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/makkuwata/N_want_to_believe.jpg

[hobbzinio]

Nope, it is superior in every single way.
You wait, 2 years from now, all Wii game will look better than PS3 and Xbox games.

Put down the drugs man.

[Niji]

I dislike Grand Theft Auto, because it is all about killing innocent civilians, this is moraly wrong.
I dislike Halo because the levels are monotonous.
I dislike Metal Gear Solid because there are too many boring cutscenes.
I dislike Final Fantasy because there are better RPGs out there.

The PS3 doesn't sell well, judging by those statistics, I can safely say, that the PS3 isn't that great.

[McMad]

Clearly the N64 and Gamecube weren't that great either.

[Niji]

Clearly the N64 and Gamecube weren't that great either.

A fair point, and your reason is valid.
But I believe that the reason both consoles did not sell over 50 million was because people did not have that great taste in games.

[AshMat]

That and 50 million is a HUUUGE number.

[Tellyn]

Stuff like Sim City I don't really get, it's overly complicated judging by whenever I try to play.

Also Halo, there's just something about it that isn't right. Online is okay I suppose...

Runescape!!! what the fuck is that...java scripted game with fags in amour wondering around, it pointless i hate it and i didn't know what i saw in the game

start of with the surprise of "wow i can do magic" and " its soo big" you end up walking round the same pace over and over again and the word "NOOB" rules on it

You played it for two years almost non-stop.

[McMad]

A fair point, and your reason is valid.
But I believe that the reason both consoles did not sell over 50 million was because people did not have that great taste in games.

Clearly your taste in games is terrible if you truly believe that Nintendo alone can satisfy all your gaming needs.

[Niji]

Clearly your taste in games is terrible if you truly believe that Nintendo alone can satisfy all your gaming needs.

OHHHHH

Down the hatch.

[gaggle64]

I've stopped playing MGS2 - the story is awful and Raiden is an irritating knob jockey. The levels aren't the greatest in the world either. I just can't carry on.

I'm not to fond of GTA or the voice acting on FF10 but "hate" would be rather strong words for those games. They have their qualities.

I also have a love/hate relationship with Dues Ex. It's a great game but way, way too hard. It would be easier manipulating world events until they represented the game and then doing it for real.

[BeerMonkey]

Nope, it is superior in every single way.
You wait, 2 years from now, all Wii game will look better than PS3 and Xbox games.

ROFL!!! :wtf:

[Calza]

Yeah I know, i was looking through his post history and it has to be the best 25 posts I've ever read. Nearly everyone of them had me laughing out loud.

Also I doubt he has ever even played Final Fantasy, Metal Gear or GTA.

[AshMat]

Nope, it is superior in every single way.
You wait, 2 years from now, all Wii game will look better than PS3 and Xbox games.

Yeah, the Wiis graphics will magically improve above it's capabilities.

[Hellfire]

Nope, it is superior in every single way.
You wait, 2 years from now, all Wii game will look better than PS3 and Xbox games.
You're kidding. Right?
Right?

[Slaggis]

You're kidding. Right?
Right?

I actually don't think he is, which is a little frightning.

[Tellyn]

He's probably going by those quotes from Miyamoto and other unnamed sources that say Wii HD is possible. It won't happen, not until next generation.

[Caris]

Yeah, the Wiis graphics will magically improve above it's capabilities.

IT GROWS LIKE A BOY.

[immy]

Niji needs to be banned, his a joke character, just read his post history it's a load of bullshit.......

[DiemetriX]

Hate is a strong word. But i couldn't get into Kingdom hearts.
And then there's WOW.

[Darth-Marximus]

Mario Kart - F*ck1n Sh1te! (it's just never appealed to me)

[Kurtle Squad]

For me it has to be Gears of War, I bought it and I absolutely hated it, so overated it's not even funny, Very Narrow, Chainsaw Killing gets boring and online is utter shite.

Graphics are great but I don't see the appeal...
Online shite?:wtf:...Maybe if you're playing with retards (happens a lot)


Metroid Prime (although hate maybe a little strong).

Dunno why, I loved the start of the game in the forest area and Phendrana Drifts was stunning but just after the Lava Place and when it got into the Space Pirates Labs I just lost interest and found it became a chore to play. Maybe I just don't have a good enough attention to try and find a story through the scanning of 100's of Space Pirates computer logs, maybe I just found it a bit hard and gave up too early, whatever it was I just don't see the overall appeal!
Yeah...It gets boring around then; but it gets better after that.


I don't hate it, I just don't like very much, and the game is...halo..(runs for cover)
Halo. 1&2 possably 3 too.
Yep...They're pants


Gears of war, probably because I'm a noob and my cousin lives on his xbox360, but I hate that game. It needs some family play control scheme because it sucks ass. (Yes I got merc'd)
:wtf:What?!?!?!:wtf:



Advance Wars. People keep telling me how fun it is, and how good multiplayer battles are. 'Cept they're not.
You probably don't know how to use something.:indeed:


Mario Kart 64 is OTT 'orrible.
It may not be CTR or Diddy, but it's alright.

Any game where stealth is required. I can't comprehend such actions.
I guess that's why you love online Shitlo 2.


F-Zero, too linear.
...It's a racing game :wtf:


Play Halo in co-op on hard mode for a length of time
No


Never liked GTA, think it highly overated, controls suck, its basically a game for wannabe gangsters, real crap ones at that.
I concur


game i hate - Metroid prime i just dont get how so many people like it..ITS CRAP
also - animal crossing and harvest moon
So you hate every game that doesn't tell you exactly what to do and that you might have to actually figure something out?


Anybody who listed Twiilight Princess needs a slap
Only if they said hate....It's not that great a game.

Yeah same! Thats going to take a lot of effort though...MP2 takes a lot of time and thought.


I can't understand people who say MP is bad. Maybe their brains don't work too good.
Yep...I agree...though I did get bored of MP2...trying to find where to go in a light AND dark world is annoying.


3 levels were virtually identical, running through the same corridor over and over again, killing the same guys. The library level was horribly boring. Ugh.
Then don't play Halo 2.....Almost every level is like a mini Library



Anyway, yeah...I say Halo/Halo 2...I wont be getting the 3rd one.
The online was supposed to be good on them, but it just isn't....It just seems like a bad Timesplitters to me.

[Ant-Shimmin]

Online shite?:wtf:...Maybe if you're playing with retards (happens a lot)
.

Tell me whats different and more appealing than any other 3rd Person FPS shooters.
Give me GRAW any day.

its too linear too repetetive and It's badly over hyped...

[Gizmo]

I don't get why you made that long post Kurtle, the point of this thread if for people to say games that they don't like that others do. Quoting someone then countering their reasons seems pointless...

[Fresh]

...It's a racing game :wtf:


Yep, felt like every other racing game, had nothing special going about it at all.

[gaggle64]

Fable. Don't know why I hate hate game, I just do. Being able to kill your wife and make up for it by bravely challenging a few bees just doesn't sit with me some how.

[Kurtle Squad]

Tell me whats different and more appealing than any other 3rd Person FPS shooters.
Give me GRAW any day.

its too linear too repetetive and It's badly over hyped...
Now that's repetative....There's no real trickery or anything, and you die too easily.


I don't get why you made that long post Kurtle, the point of this thread if for people to say games that they don't like that others do. Quoting someone then countering their reasons seems pointless...
Now I know what some other Forumers are going on about.
This is a forum; not a blog, deal with it.


Fable. Don't know why I hate hate game, I just do. Being able to kill your wife and make up for it by bravely challenging a few bees just doesn't sit with me some how.
Yeah...I've never completed it since it's not very "grabbing"....When I go on there I usually go round as a drunk:hmm:...Though it makes my eyes hurt.

[Chris the great]

well, i found f zero gx dull as can be.

i used to love the sims, thill i had a "what am i doing?" moment while looking at wall papers, also, it was crap that your sims had to work so much, it was so hard to make them actualy happy.

i find realistic racers very dull

pokemon colesium. single worst game i own, and i own rampage world tour.

[mario_jr]

Hate is a strong word. But i couldn't get into Kingdom hearts.
And then there's WOW.

OMG I cant believe I forgot about this game. I F*CKING HATE IT!!! :mad: :nono: :shakehead HAAAATTTEEEE IT!!!! I hate it so that I'm just going to stop, because I could just go on and on about how much I hate this game.:angry: :hmm: :angry:

[hobbzinio]

Yeah I hate World of Warcraft and a good majority of some of the nerds who play it. Just such a pointless game.

[Ant-Shimmin]

Now that's repetative....There's no real trickery or anything, and you die too easily.



Now I know what some other Forumers are going on about.
This is a forum; not a blog, deal with it.




He has a point though, the point of the thread is that you name a game which the majority of the gaming world loved/loves and you state your reasons.

Not for the majority to argue their case which against a game an individual hates, otherwise thats just defeating the object :wtf:

My view on GoW is simple, tried it, hated it again won't play it again. What you say isn't going to change my opinion, and if anyone is like me is similar in thier opinions to the games of which they have stated, they just will not within a million years try the game which they have listed, or indeed play it again. No matter what anyone says...

We don't need people telling us we are wrong in our opinions, because frankly we don't give a damn.

[Dexter]

Halo 1 and 2. 3 doesnt look much better.

Car racing games (Forza, Dirt). Really, really boring.

Viva Pinata. Didnt see what the fuss was about.

Final Fantasy, all of em.

Rainbow six Vegas. Bet that Tom Clancy fella isnt poor.

[Wesley]

The past Metal Gear Solid games... they're fun at times but stupid shit like looking at half naked women and eating snakes just annoys me. This new one looks cool... but being in a barrel makes you throw up if you roll... so you look at half naked women? What the fuck? You can't just pick and choose your realism...

I mean.. what's next? Half way through a mission Snake gets stressed so he looks in his bikini magazine and has a quick tug to relax himself?

Oh no! snake is running slowly, he needs a poo! Quickly find a quite place and get in that barrel...

[D-Day]

Hhhhhmmmm, this thread is about what individual people dislike, so there's really no need to combat what someone else says.
And with that, I say GTA proudly, and it's not like I haven't tried to get into them.
There's probably more (might not be actually, my taste is surprisingly wide and varied ;)), but that is the series of games that I have the strongest feelings against.

[Kurtle Squad]

He has a point though, the point of the thread is that you name a game which the majority of the gaming world loved/loves and you state your reasons.

Not for the majority to argue their case which against a game an individual hates, otherwise thats just defeating the object :wtf:

My view on GoW is simple, tried it, hated it again won't play it again. What you say isn't going to change my opinion, and if anyone is like me is similar in thier opinions to the games of which they have stated, they just will not within a million years try the game which they have listed, or indeed play it again. No matter what anyone says...

We don't need people telling us we are wrong in our opinions, because frankly we don't give a damn.
That being said...Games everyone seems to love and I hate:
(League) Football...What a load of bollocks.

[mcj metroid]

animal crossing,pikmin,the entire mario party series.


for other consoles.

NEED FOR SPEED,GT.....list goes on really.

[My Buttons are Magic!]

harry potter

i have 1 for the ps and i loved it ( was the first game i completed)

[hobbzinio]

You must like the one player in Gears Of War tho Ant. I fuckin hated the multiplayer, but the one player is awesome in Co-Op

[GMC]

i used to love the sims, thill i had a "what am i doing?" moment while looking at wall papers, also, it was crap that your sims had to work so much, it was so hard to make them actualy happy.



Well put. There was a time when i was obsessively playing the game, and messing around with where to put the phones etc, then it was like someone slapped me in the face and i though WTF am i doing?

Strangely though, the same thing could be said of most games/sports. Another person who doesnt have a passion or interest in what your doing can watch the game of football/cricket/rugby/Final Fantasy/Football Manager/Virtua Fighter that you are drooling over and just shake their heads with disbelief.

As ive said earlier, metroid prime had for me a moment when i suddenly switched sides and asked myself "do i have to go down this fucking corridor again?". In a split second i saw it in a different light.

[Ant-Shimmin]

You must like the one player in Gears Of War tho Ant. I fuckin hated the multiplayer, but the one player is awesome in Co-Op

Nothing about that game appeals to me....

[Dog-amoto]

Super Smash Bros for me.

Think it's the most overhyped and overrated game in the entire history of the universe.

Well, maybe I don't feel that strongly, but I just do not like the game. I think it degenerates into a button bashing extravaganza, i can't tell what the hell is going on, one minute I'm happily plodding along, the next I'm flying off the screen because the camera zoomed way out and I can't see anything or even where the hell I am anymore.

Some would call it frantic, I would call it a massive clusterfuck.

Maybe it's cos it makes me feel old that I just can't follow the action!!

[Dyson]

Well, maybe I don't feel that strongly, but I just do not like the game. I think it degenerates into a button bashing extravaganza, i can't tell what the hell is going on, one minute I'm happily plodding along, the next I'm flying off the screen because the camera zoomed way out and I can't see anything or even where the hell I am anymore.


Trust me, it's a LOT more in-depth than mindless button bashing! :P Though I find it extremely hard to get new players in to the game, trying to explain all of the controls etc. It takes a while of single player action to get the controls and understand the game.

I respect your opinion though.

For me, it has to be Gran Turismo, FIFA/Pro Evo, and...well, I guess Pikmin. I didn't get that game at all.

[Dog-amoto]

Well, I think that my dislike for the game started when I tried to learn all the moves, and thinking I was dead good, challenged my then-wife to a game and she trounced me by just mashing the buttons, and it was her first go at it.

Then again, I just do not like fighting games. Didn't like strategy games much either, but loved Pikmin, so I bought SSBM to see if Nintendo could get me to enjoy a fighting game too, but I just didn't feel the love I'm afraid!!!

[Shvalt]

hitman 2, i don't see what people love it for, it's clunky, awkward and i gave up it because the game wouldn't let me place a bomb to complete the level .

[Goron_3]

Super Smash Bros for me.

Think it's the most overhyped and overrated game in the entire history of the universe.

Well, maybe I don't feel that strongly, but I just do not like the game. I think it degenerates into a button bashing extravaganza, i can't tell what the hell is going on, one minute I'm happily plodding along, the next I'm flying off the screen because the camera zoomed way out and I can't see anything or even where the hell I am anymore.

Some would call it frantic, I would call it a massive clusterfuck.

Maybe it's cos it makes me feel old that I just can't follow the action!!

Probably because you're playing with noobs and with items. Trust me, the game has so much depth it's incredible.

[Ellmeister]

Gran Turismo. Any real life car game I can't stand, I don't know why because I like cars and stuff, but it just bores me so much.

And also the sims. I kind of liked the 1player mission style games on the ps2 version because it had an objective. I never understood how people can just sit and make houses all day like my sister. I just can't think why that would be so fun.

[Daft]

Gran Turismo. Any real life car game I can't stand, I don't know why because I like cars and stuff, but it just bores me so much.

And also the sims. I kind of liked the 1player mission style games on the ps2 version because it had an objective. I never understood how people can just sit and make houses all day like my sister. I just can't think why that would be so fun.

I'll second both those!

[CoolFunkMan]

I dislike...

Metroid Prime - It just got boring.
Any Football games - I hate football anyway, so it's natch I hate the games too.
Daikatana - Does it really need explaining? :P
Legend of Zelda - I just can't get into them.
Battlefield series - OK, so I can stand them sometimes, but it always used to be the game my mates wanted to play at our local lan arena, it got too overplayed imo.
WoW - It's over-rated!!
Most tactical FPS games - I just pefer first person shooters with heavy action sequences, not tactical stuff like the Tom Clancy games, they're too slow for me.
Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles - I'm a fan of the series, but this game was just too repetitive and booooring. Plus the dub voices are (mostly) terrible.

[Ellmeister]

I'll second both those!

Haha thats 2 threads now I've said what you'd have said :p

[Dexter]

bioshock has to be added to my list!

[Babooo]

bioshock has to be added to my list!

Was just about to post that too.....even though I don't have a 360 yet, this game does not appeal to me at all. I don't get what everyone is banging on about. It just looks like an ordinary atmospheric FPS to me. Nothing special at all. :heh:

Won't be getting it when I get my Elite!

[Dexter]

Was just about to post that too.....even though I don't have a 360 yet, this game does not appeal to me at all. I don't get what everyone is banging on about. It just looks like an ordinary atmospheric FPS to me. Nothing special at all. :heh:

Won't be getting it when I get my Elite!

Elite ay?! nice:awesome:

Yeah i dont see what all the fuss is about either. Played the demo and hated it, which is funny becuase i was gonna buy it before i played the demo. Thank god for demos.

I think its just one of those things. It got some early hype, then some good early hands on reports, then a couple of good reviews, now all the sites give it 100/10 just to be politically correct i think.

[Daft]

Haha thats 2 threads now I've said what you'd have said :p

What can I say, great minds think alike!! :heh:

bioshock has to be added to my list!

I don't hate it but I certainly don't love it.

[Choze]

Virtua Fighter 5 :heh:

[bluey]

final fantasy: dont hate it - just cant abide playing it.... turn-based games where you get ambushed into battle every 3 paces make me feel all homocidal...

grand theft auto: okok so i havent played it - but the deep-routed hatred stems from having to sell this game to idiot parents while their smug little six-year-old looks up at me like 'hah... nyeeeh:heh: ' and i look down at them with the fire in my eyes that says 'GOD if this counter wasnt here i'd snap you...' (i perfected 'that look' during my time at gamestation ~ so much so that if i see a kid in any shop acting up now i can silence it with my glaaaaare... damn i'm pretty evil O_o)

harvest moon DS: :zzz:

[Daft]

Geometry Wars...I just don't find it fun...

[mario_jr]

Geometry Wars...I just don't find it fun...

really.... wow. But anyways Guitar Hero. I HATE it. HHHHAAAAAATTTTTTEEEE!!!!

[AshMat]

You can hardly abse opinion on a game frome
A: A 15 minute demo
B: Not even playing it!

[gekko]

Metal Gear Solid. Played one, can't remember which. Hated the camera angle - third person and also got part way through and then couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do next. Was just wandering round a forest like a loon.

[mcj metroid]

Metal Gear Solid. Played one, can't remember which. Hated the camera angle - third person and also got part way through and then couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do next. Was just wandering round a forest like a loon.

Well that would be the third I think.

You never gave it a chance obviously. You must listen to the story cause metal gear games are notorious for being piss easy.

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

Let's see:

Zelda: The entire fucking series except Majora's Mask. Which cannot be critically acclaimed enough.
Almost every Mario spin-off: Except select Kart installments.
Tales of Symphonia: It's okay. But it's so, so inferior to Skies of Arcadia it's just not funny. It would have been (and was) forgotten about on the PS2. It's just so uninspiring for the most part. I don't hate it though.
Animal Crossing: What a waste of my time. I spent a month picking weeds until I decided to do something more worthwhile like sticking my eyes in vinegar instead.
All Pokemon after Gold: Dull rehashes.
Splinter Cell: Dull, trial and error gameplay. Inferior to MGS in every way.
GRAW: See above.
F-Zero GX: Hate is too strong a word, but it wasn't very uh, fun.

Metroid Prime is brilliant, you all make me sick.

[mcj metroid]

F-zero gx is one of the best racing games i have ever played. What is wrong with it? Give me a reason besides hard(which in itself it a stupid reason)

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

It's dull. Pure and simple. I have no problem with the difficulty, I enjoy difficult games, but I felt so detached from the action on screen. I don't think you really had enough control of your car/thing. I loved the SNES one and F-Zero X though. Maybe it's just my subconscious hatred of SEGA.

[mcj metroid]

yes i believe it is....

[Tales]

Sonic. I downloaded the Sonic game for Megadrive on VC thinking I had bought an awesome platformer. But no, it's one of the worst game I have ever played. I run for three seconds, then it's full stop. I thought this was about speed and fast-paced action, but all I got was run-stop-run-stop and awfully boring game.

Sword of Vermillion. Same as over, but this time an RPG. Horrible battle, confusing world map and way too slow text speed and character. Though, I guess this one isn't popular after all?

I wish I could sell them and never see them again, but unfortunatly those crappy games will be apart of my collection until I sell the Wii. Which I won't *sigh*

I also disliked Final Fantasy V and VII, Grandia II og III, Harvest Moon: MM and Contact, but I didn't hate them. I just sold them(except FFV) and have no intention of ever buying them again.

[mcj metroid]

Sonic. I downloaded the Sonic game for Megadrive on VC thinking I had bought an awesome platformer. But no, it's one of the worst game I have ever played. I run for three seconds, then it's full stop. I thought this was about speed and fast-paced action, but all I got was run-stop-run-stop and awfully boring game.
.


yes sonic 1 is like that. Sonic 2 is far far better and sonic 3 is better again.

[Roostophe]

Sonic. I downloaded the Sonic game for Megadrive on VC thinking I had bought an awesome platformer. But no, it's one of the worst game I have ever played. I run for three seconds, then it's full stop. I thought this was about speed and fast-paced action, but all I got was run-stop-run-stop and awfully boring game.

What? That's not the experience I get when I play it. What in the name of Paul McGrath...

I also disliked Grandia II.

I hate you! I really, actually, hate you! :nono:

[Jonnas]

Well, to be fair, Sonic 1 was a bit slow (you can't even do the spin thing), but it wasn't bad. It was rather enjoyable platforming experience.

[Jordan]

Sonic 1 on the VC is a joke.
You have no idea how much it being in 50hz hampers the experience.

The one on XBLA = Far better. 60hz, achievements, propper save states and cheaper.

[Jamba]

Hate is maybe a bit strong but I've lost all love for WoW now. Most people I know play it and after about a month of having it I was bored. All of the gameplay elements stay exactly the same and no new challenges come along that cant be overcome by grinding.

I love the art direction of the game but the idea of the expansion pack just made me groan.

[Oxigen_Waste]

Final Fantasy VII.
Played for about 5 hours.
I don't care how good the story is, it's just a fucking terrbile gaming experience. Boring, terrible graphics (why they chose to do it in 3d is beside me, I mean, I was bleeding from my eyes just from looking at it), and a run-o-the-mill gameplay wich got hailed for no reason. I will never understand how someone actually enjoys playing this game.

[mcj metroid]

Sonic 1 on the VC is a joke.
You have no idea how much it being in 50hz hampers the experience.

The one on XBLA = Far better. 60hz, achievements, propper save states and cheaper.

Are you serious it's 50hz on vc?

Then of course it would be shit.. even the music was slower:(


but thats the one europe got. Everyone else got the good one.

[Jordan]

Are you serious it's 50hz on vc?

Then of course it would be shit.. even the music was slower:(


but thats the one europe got. Everyone else got the good one.

Yeah, its 50hz. All VC games apart from TG16 are.

The music oh god, don't get me started. Theres a 50/60hz comparison on Youtube. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0llsb77Esc)

[mcj metroid]

Yeah, its 50hz. All VC games apart from TG16 are.

The music oh god, don't get me started. Theres a 50/60hz comparison on Youtube. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0llsb77Esc)

You can play both in sonic mega collection.. its this kind of crap that puts me off vc.

yep the music is terrible in the other one. I have no idea why the music was slowed down.

[Kirbii]

i hate gears of war (don't cuss me because i know your itching to do it )
i just don't like the game play the graphix i can't say nothing but the rest is crap!!!

[Hayz]

Have to say Animal Crossing.

I got drawn into all the hype and played it for about a week. So boring.

[triforcemario]

The Halo games. After hearing all the hype about them, I decided to play Halo.... My god, that was boring. What is all the fuss about? It's one of the most generic and boring FPS I've ever played!

[Daft]

i hate gears of war (don't cuss me because i know your itching to do it )
i just don't like the game play the graphix i can't say nothing but the rest is crap!!!

Have you played it in co-op? Thats the only mode I like playing it in otherwise I'd probably agree.

Have to say Animal Crossing.

I got drawn into all the hype and played it for about a week. So boring.

Same, I bought it and played it on holiday...It was kinda cool but I definitly expected more.

The Halo games. After hearing all the hype about them, I decided to play Halo.... My god, that was boring. What is all the fuss about? It's one of the most generic and boring FPS I've ever played!

Its fun most of the time but I agree that Halo reeks of mediocrity.

[Ginger_Chris]

Halo: first one was much better than the second, but wasn't actually any good.

GTA: Really doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. I have no idea how many people rate this so highly, unless they just haven't played other games.

Fifa, Pro Evo etc etc: Football isn't that great a sport anyway, and a lot is lost in transition to game.

Football manager games: If I wanted to play with speadsheets, I'd become an accountant.

The Sims: Yawn. 1001 ways to kill a retarded sim. (looking forward to mysims however due to its direct control over a character. Hopefully.)

Every MMORPG I've ever played. Good in theory.

Morrowind. Oblivion was much better for one simple reason. In morrowind attacks missed randomly, you blocked randomly dependant on your stats. Just seemed you were clicking and a speadsheet behind the game was calculating everything.

[Solo]

I love all the games especially ninja.....

I love you too.

[Daft]

Its fun most of the time but I agree that Halo reeks of mediocrity.

I was (mentally) ill when I said this.

[dwarf gourami]

I read that comment last night actually and thought you were a liar.

[Nolan]

It's funny what 2 years can do to an opinion.

Apparently it can make you claim mental illness.

[Daft]

It's really with Halo 3 I've taken to Halo. Loved 1 but was left bitter by the last three levels being back track, thought 2 really was utter crap, loved Halo 3. I think ODST is also crap...but the way they work, is just phenomenal. The AI is stunning.

I do think a lot of Halo is mediocre but I appreciate that the core game pretty much has no match.

[ipaul]

It's really with Halo 3 I've taken to Halo. Loved 1 but was left bitter by the last three levels being back track, thought 2 really was utter crap, loved Halo 3. I think ODST is also crap...but the way they work, is just phenomenal. The AI is stunning.

I do think a lot of Halo is mediocre but I appreciate that the core game pretty much has no match.

Half life 2 surely?

[dwarf gourami]

Half-life 2 is nothing like Halo. The actual shooting wasn't that great in HL anyway.

[Nolan]

Half-Life focuses more on AI (which is showing it's age) and the story/exploration. I realized as I typed that that HL2 is quite linear, but you travel so far it feels like you're exploring, at least I do.

[Daft]

Yeah, HL's linearity was blatant. Not saying it wasn't fun but I've seen some crazy stuff happen in Halo because the core physics are so solid and there's more to play with, especially when you chuck in co-op. The difference between normal difficulty and hard is genuinely game changing.

[Cube]

IMO, The 4-player online & split-screen co-op gameplay (in either campaign or matchmaking) is what makes Halo outstanding. So many nights at uni were lost through Halo.

[Dan Dare]

HL2 has practically no AI. Everything is scripted smoke and mirrors.

Perfectly fit for purpose, mind. It's a thrilling game. One of the best.

But Halo is on a completely different level. The AI is absolutely incredible in all 4 games and has allowed Bungie to develop a proper sandbox approach to combat that, to date, nobody else has even come close to.

[Zell]

I've played a lot of MW2 this year, but recently I had a bit of a drunken sesh of Halo with some mates. Whilst the multiplayer in MW2 is great and all, it doesn't come close to Halo's matchmaking. I don't really fully appreciate the campaign, but the sheer number of hours I've put into "owning noobs" over the years puts Halo on another level to other online FPSs.

[Paj!]

I hate most/all FPS I've ever played. I can't work them. Or they don't work with me.

It's too hard to have two seperate control sticks to do move about while trying to find your enemy before they just kill you.

I hate it.

I like the tension of the view you're allowed, but hate the actual way they're played. But I'm sure If I could do them properly, they'd be fun. I actually enjoy Halo Co-op most when it's set to only use those little swords. I know what's going on then.

[Dan Dare]

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/10/16/633913121884160875-hugitoutbitch.jpg

[Shino]

The difference between HL2 and Halo1 is the difference between the best level design FPS can get and no level design (at least Halo1, which is the only one I played).

[dwarf gourami]

Topical to this thread:
I didn't like Arkham Asylum. The fighting was good but the items/exploration possibilities were just superficial. The Unreal Engine graphics put me off, the faces of the characters looked horrible, and in general it was more obvious that they were just shells of actual people somehow. It felt like the characters were solid and real when I was playing as Nathan Drake, heck even when playing protagonists in GC/PS2 games they seemed believable.

When Arkham grabbed the UK GotY award over much better nominees I couldn't help but sigh. I swear the fact that it wasn't a crap game rocketed the ratings to extortionate levels.

[Nolan]

The difference between HL2 and Halo1 is the difference between the best level design FPS can get and no level design (at least Halo1, which is the only one I played).

How does Halo not have any level design?

[Cube]

How does Halo not have any level design?

All the "Halo" (i.e. the ones on the ring/arks/whatever they're called) buildings are terribly designed. I find that the open levels are pretty well done, though.

and in general it was more obvious that they were just shells of actual people somehow.

I thought that the voice acting and writing made the characters great in Arkham Asylum, unlike games like Prince of Persia (new), Dark Void and Shadow Complex where the bad voice acting/writing destroyed the characters.

[dwarf gourami]

I meant more in appearance. The voice acting still looked awkward somehow with expression-less faces like they were empty.
The demo for Dark Void (is that the jet-pack one yeah?) had terrible presentation. The 'cut-scenes' were horrible, as was the dialogue.

I hate bad presentation in games, and it's so common.

[mcj metroid]

Holy god I'm not proud of any comments on this thread. Sorry :D I'm still a bitter bitch though :)

but back to this?

Am I can't remember what I said before but for years I didn't like rpgs. Things have changed since , nowadays I tend to prefer a nice slow relaxing game to a hectic fps.

My favourite games series are fire emblem and advance wars and metroid I guess.

I enjoy a bit of action also, but i find myself desperately trying to get into modern warfare 2 but my competitive spirit died a little.

[Dan Dare]

The difference between HL2 and Halo1 is the difference between the best level design FPS can get and no level design (at least Halo1, which is the only one I played).

That's ridiculous. Absolutely farcical assertion.

[Jimbob]

People say they hate the Gears games. Personally, i love them. Great story to them, great action and combat as such. Multi-player is a hoot. But i don't like the Halo games, but everyone else loves them. I don't know what it is to be fair, but they just don't appeal to me.

[...]

I love both Gears of War games too.

Last Christmas I played through the campaign of Halo 3 in 4 player co-op and I don't see the appeal of that game. It was fun, but nothing more.

[Nolan]

Thats generally the appeal. It's fun, and with the relatively dynamic AI no two battles will be the same which gives it great replay.

[Shorty]

I tend to find that if a game scores very well, and most people love it, I will too. I am quite easy to please. The main exception is probably realistic racers such as Gran Turismo, which I just find dull, I'd rather have an arcade racer with shortcuts and speed boosts any day :) I also get a bit bored by super-deep RPGs such as Oblivion, Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age etc..

[Jimbob]

I tend to find that if a game scores very well, and most people love it, I will too. I am quite easy to please.

That most likely sums up my gaming experiences as well. But sometimes, i could find a game that has a low score (around 60-70%) a good game, whilst others find it non-enjoyable)

I also get a bit bored by super-deep RPGs such as Oblivion, Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age etc..

I've only been on Oblivion once, still got it on my to-do list. Will have to see how it goes once i get into the game properly.

[Debug Mode]

Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

I've kept an open mind about it all my time as a teenager, maybe I just wasn't understanding what I was doing, maybe I just didn't devote myself to it.

But now, I just don't get the big deal. One of the games heralded for being one of the best of all time, and I think its damn boring. I can see why people might like it, but for it to constantly be claimed to be the game of all games, I'm at a complete loss.

[mcj metroid]

OOT is fantastic when viewed as an overall game I find but it really crawls at some points...

[Shorty]

To really love OoT you had to play it when it was new, it was revolutionary. It was the same leap Mario 64 made over Super Mario World. Suddenly this great franchise was in three sprawling, glorious dimensions. And the storytelling was truly epic for a non-RPG title of its era. OoT was a masterpiece, I could go on for ages about things such as the music and the general atmosphere of the huge and wonderfully crafted areas - but it's simply something you either completely get straight away without convincing or you probably never will.

[ipaul]

I know the A.I in Halo is better but HL2 is just so much more interesting and the story is so immersive. Not original mind, but it is played out brilliantly and while I think the overall game mechanics of Halo 3 are better and more refined, Half Life 2 is the much more compelling experience. Plus, HL2 has good characters, really incredible characters by general video game standards, especially Alyx. I suppose it comes down to what you appreciate more in games. Apart from anything, for a six year old game to be that good is quite staggering.

I prefer Majora's Mask to OoT generally speaking, although it is a very thin preference.

[mcj metroid]

actually heres one.. I fucking hate the world ends with you!

there expect more soon :D
as a whole i'm not MADLY fond of the pokemon series either.. im just tired of it and kinda shocked nobody else feels the same as its really been the same thing for 10 years.

[killer kirby]

actually heres one.. I fucking hate the world ends with you!

Same, World Ends With You just felt like a nomura version of Gantz. Plus the whole group of characters were just the same old typical characters you would see in any modern JRPG as well.

I may as well also mention Final Fantasy X and the Kingdom Hearts series while I am here.

[The Bard]

I just realised how much I hate sandbox games. GTA, Just Cause etc.

I like limitation in a game, by virtue of the fact that every freedom or empowerment they give you seems exponential comparitively within the games own context (games like Metroid being a prime example). The more choice you have, the more apathetic you become towards the decision you have to make, and the things you can do.

[Cube]

In my experience, sandbox games often have little choice other than "you can do multiple mission arcs at the same time". You still have to do each story arc in order, and these story arcs simply pause if it reaches a plot point involving another mission you haven't reached yet.

Also, open-world describes them a bit better. Sandbox sounds more like Sim City.

[Sheikah]

I just realised how much I hate sandbox games. GTA, Just Cause etc.

I like limitation in a game, by virtue of the fact that every freedom or empowerment they give you seems exponential comparitively within the games own context (games like Metroid being a prime example). The more choice you have, the more apathetic you become towards the decision you have to make, and the things you can do.
I really dislike too much choice, too. I guess that's why I like more linear games...too much choice can be incredibly distracting. The same goes for having so much choice that you practically determine the entire story...you're usually left with a piss poor plot as a result.

[Nolan]

The only time I dislike choice is when I'm not sure what choice to make to get the result I want. Ergo, I save and make choices.

[D_prOdigy]

Okami, but I'm glad I still discover other intelligent people out there who realise its parts don't add up to a fun or compelling game at all.

Same, World Ends With You just felt like a nomura version of Gantz. Plus the whole group of characters were just the same old typical characters you would see in any modern JRPG as well.


I'm going to do my absolute best to delete that from my memory, because I really like you.

[Nolan]

I'm going to do my absolute best to delete that from my memory, because I really like you.

He is kind of correct, but that doesn't stop me from loving the music art and pure fun gameplay of TWEWY.

[The Bard]

I really dislike too much choice, too. I guess that's why I like more linear games...too much choice can be incredibly distracting. The same goes for having so much choice that you practically determine the entire story...you're usually left with a piss poor plot as a result.

Yeah, defs. Of course, some illusion of freedom needs to be there, because when the linearity is overly obvious, you feel as if you have no agency within the game at all.

[Dan Dare]

I just realised how much I hate sandbox games. GTA, Just Cause etc.

I like limitation in a game, by virtue of the fact that every freedom or empowerment they give you seems exponential comparitively within the games own context (games like Metroid being a prime example). The more choice you have, the more apathetic you become towards the decision you have to make, and the things you can do.

Personally, I'm in to...constrained freedom: Something where you're given choice in the small details and how you tackle a situation but the actual situation itself is tightly controlled.
DMC or Bayonetta are particularly good examples. Super Metroid involves considerably more pacing than you might think at first and good old Halo remains the best example I can think of.

on Tsavo Highway, for example, I'm always going to run in to say 5 brutes, a ghost and 7 grunts at the same spot every time but I might change the weapons I'm carrying or how many grenades I saved from the last battle. Maybe I rescued more Marines for backup than before. Variables inside that structure give me choice and flexability to make the actual playing of the game the thing that changes without sacrificing direction, pacing and level design.

[dwarf gourami]

I detest sandbox games. I seriously hate them.

It's because they aren't actually designed for fun gameplay half the time, the same building blocks are repeated over and don't actually make for fun interaction and there's no sense of being somewhere special. Levels that are designed with the player in mind are far better, whereas open-world titles can get away without being play-tested, because each location is essentially the same.

I could go on about how shit they are for a fair while, in a lot of depth, but right now I can't be fooked.

[Daft]

Saints Row 2 says go fuck yourself.

[dwarf gourami]

I told Saints Row 2 to fuck itself when I put it on eBay yesterday.

[Daft]

Don't worry, the next one will have trophies for you.

[dwarf gourami]

SR2 would've been better with trophies. But a shit game that becomes marginally less shit is still a shit game. I wouldn't call myself a whore for them, but it would've been nice to have gotten something to show for wasting 10 or so hours with the thing.

The trophies in the sequel will probably be made with chavs in mind anyway, what with all the boring character customisation you can do, creating car emblems, different varieties of spray paint you can choose to throw at passing grandas etc.

I enjoyed Infamous a lot more than SR2 and I didn't really like it that much. It's probably because controlling a superhero than can zip around at pace and blow up whatever they like is much more entertaining than being a human with big guns that has to conserve ammo and 'sprint energy'. The only good thing about Saints Row 2 was the brutality and the black man banter.

[killer kirby]

I'm going to do my absolute best to delete that from my memory, because I really like you.
:D

I swear it's like the only DS game I just didn't get into(THAT I BOUGHT, there are plenty of shit games on the DS I know) I don't think the game uber sucks, as a matter of fact I was able to play the game longer then I did of Kingdom Hearts. I guess playing it after Persona 3 made me not get fazed by the music and the scenes/ setting around it, the main character is as predictable as a wrestler turning bad to good.

It was well designed, but not for me. Perhaps if they fix the game gameplay up a bit I might enjoy number 2 (Don't see why not, Square for some reason loves having numbers on the end of games)

[Daft]

SR2 would've been better with trophies. But a shit game that becomes marginally less shit is still a shit game. I wouldn't call myself a whore for them, but it would've been nice to have gotten something to show for wasting 10 or so hours with the thing.

The trophies in the sequel will probably be made with chavs in mind anyway, what with all the boring character customisation you can do, creating car emblems, different varieties of spray paint you can choose to throw at passing grandas etc.

I enjoyed Infamous a lot more than SR2 and I didn't really like it that much. It's probably because controlling a superhero than can zip around at pace and blow up whatever they like is much more entertaining than being a human with big guns that has to conserve ammo and 'sprint energy'. The only good thing about Saints Row 2 was the brutality and the black man banter.

I guess it does require a sense of humour.

[Sheikah]

on Tsavo Highway, for example, I'm always going to run in to say 5 brutes, a ghost and 7 grunts at the same spot every time but I might change the weapons I'm carrying or how many grenades I saved from the last battle. Maybe I rescued more Marines for backup than before. Variables inside that structure give me choice and flexability to make the actual playing of the game the thing that changes without sacrificing direction, pacing and level design.
I'm sorry, but...Halo is seriously one of the most linear titles I have ever played. Determining whether you save ammunition or not is hardly having control over little details; no more than any other game. And I don't remember the marine NPCs ever being good for anything other than being portable ammunition. :p

Doesn't stop it being a good game though. I particularly loved the campaign in Halo 1 (it's perfect 2 player Friday night material), and the multiplayer of 3 is good. If it weren't for the majority of the people playing it online, anyway.

[dwarf gourami]

I guess it does require a sense of humour.
The script was cruelly funny, and stereotypical, and very suited to a videogame. I just didn't like the game itself.

[Cube]

I thought that Saints Row 2 was an open-world crime game made for people who hated open-world crime games. Everything was designed with one thing in mind: fun. It's like a parody film, too.

[Dan Dare]

I'm sorry, but...Halo is seriously one of the most linear titles I have ever played. Determining whether you save ammunition or not is hardly having control over little details; no more than any other game. And I don't remember the marine NPCs ever being good for anything other than being portable ammunition. :p

Doesn't stop it being a good game though. I particularly loved the campaign in Halo 1 (it's perfect 2 player Friday night material), and the multiplayer of 3 is good. If it weren't for the majority of the people playing it online, anyway.

I said it was linear.
The freedom comes in the combat. Once your in that cycle of shoot, cover, recharge, repeat there are so many variables and choices compared to most shooters that it's embarrassing.

[dwarf gourami]

Now I usually agree with your usage of Halo examples but this time I don't think that it offers much more choice compared to any other normal FPS games to be honest. Going back to HL2, that game is so linear, but the interaction with the environment made it such a great game and felt like you had choice.
Stuff like using the gravity gun on different objects to kill foes offered even more options, and the sections where you can move turrets around etc further that feeling, to a much greater extent than Halo I believe.

[Sheikah]

I said it was linear.
The freedom comes in the combat. Once your in that cycle of shoot, cover, recharge, repeat there are so many variables and choices compared to most shooters that it's embarrassing.
How on Earth is that any different to any other game? You can choose to kill enemies with any number of different techniques in many games, too. In Half Life 2 I could choose to use the gravity gun to pick up any random metallic object, each with different properties. Or I could use one of many weapons, or grenades. You can also manipulate turrets to work for you.

I'm just surprised, since you always knock Final Fantasy for being linear and basically leading you down a narrow path and story. It's the same with Halo, really. Although they're two different genres, I would go as far to say that FF is less linear since there are optional characters, sidequests and alternate endings. If you can appreciate something so linear, surely you can see why people appreciate RPGs that are also linear? And why the majority of people prefer JRPGs to often less linear WRPGs?

[Nolan]

What he is saying is that in Halo, you can play the same battle multiple times and it won't play out the same way twice (of course with exceptions). It doesn't even matter if you have the same equipment as before (like you died and restarted at the checkpoint) it won't be the same as last time.

Just using a different weapon isn't really the same in most other games. In HL2 my playstyle only changes with the Gravity Gun (which isn't very good for combat anyways) Crowbar and when there are special enemies that denote such a change.

[Josh64]

NiGHTS Journey Of Dreams! It doesn't deserve the hate!

[dwarf gourami]

^
Games you Hate, But everyone else loves

Idiot.

[Sheikah]

What he is saying is that in Halo, you can play the same battle multiple times and it won't play out the same way twice (of course with exceptions). It doesn't even matter if you have the same equipment as before (like you died and restarted at the checkpoint) it won't be the same as last time.

Actually, he never said that:


on Tsavo Highway, for example, I'm always going to run in to say 5 brutes, a ghost and 7 grunts at the same spot every time but I might change the weapons I'm carrying or how many grenades I saved from the last battle. Maybe I rescued more Marines for backup than before. Variables inside that structure give me choice and flexability to make the actual playing of the game the thing that changes without sacrificing direction, pacing and level design.

I just find it odd, since those variables exist in most games (basically deciding whether to keep hold of ammunition until later, and whether you cover NPCs earlier on so they can continue to assist you).

[Dan Dare]

I heavily implied it.

just crank Halo to Legendary then compare it to Call of Duty and you'll get it.

[Shino]

That's ridiculous. Absolutely farcical assertion.

How so? I thought that HL2 was widely regarded as one of the best games regarding quality level design and how it forces a player through a seemingly open environment. Halo 1 on the other hand was little more than a corridor shooter, specially when the action takes place in doors.

[Cube]

I have to agree with Dan.

When I play Halo, I tend to do sections differently each time. Especially when on Legendary when I die. Add three extra people also doing it differently each time and it gets quite varied.

With Call of Duty on veteran, when I die it feels like I seem to do almost the same thing - mainly because the guards are virtually always in the same place. It's about refining the technique rather than approaching it an entirely different way.

I think the checkpoints also make a difference. In Halo they're well spaced, giving you a bit of time before each fight and you don't get another one until each fight it over. In CoD they seem to be after every couple of enemies, vastly limiting your approach.

Edit: I'm mainly referring to Halo 3, not 1 and 2.

[Sheikah]

I heavily implied it.

No you didn't. You merely said that you could save/switch ammunition, grenades or NPCs to witness variances in gameplay. To be honest, I found the campaign of Halo 3 to be pretty poor, at least relative to online play. No matter how close to a human's intelligence the AI becomes, it will never be human, which is why I find the online combat to be far more variable. Same with most FPS games.

just crank Halo to Legendary then compare it to Call of Duty and you'll get it.
Like I said, it's the same level of variation as in many games. Choosing to save weapons, ammunition or NPCs can be the case in so many titles...really. Just because one mainstream title that you've mentioned might be completely set in bricks, it doesn't mean that the same kind of variation isn't present in loads of other FPS games. I've never played a Call of Duty game, but I have played quite a number of other FPSs to make that statement.

How so? I thought that HL2 was widely regarded as one of the best games regarding quality level design and how it forces a player through a seemingly open environment. Halo 1 on the other hand was little more than a corridor shooter, specially when the action takes place in doors.

While you are absolutely correct that it was a corridor shooter, and that the level design was absolutely uninspired, it still captured the essence of fun and was an incredibly polished title. It also made the two player co-op what it is today.

[dwarf gourami]

Well I agree with you there Cube, but the original point Dan made wasn't really what I had in mind when it came to good examples of linear-games that give the impression of freedom, or indeed of actual freedom within the linearity.

[Dan Dare]

urrgh! but I meant that those variables change how fights play out on the fly each time! come on man, at least try and meet my arguments without resorting to pedantry and semantics.

[Sheikah]

Ok then, varying which weapons you decide to use, when you use grenades and whether you save backup NPCs or not affects fights down the line. :p

Just like nearly every FPS there is. :S

[Nolan]

However, in Halo those variables can be consistent and fights will still vary considerably compared to other games even if the variables change in other games.

[Sheikah]

Ok, so:

If you come back to the game and start another playthrough, and play the exact same segment of a level as previously, with the exact same types of weapons, number of grenades, and number of NPCs saved you will still have a different outcome.

I think we can agree that that is about as exciting as sugared almonds. You're likely never to have the exact same loadout, so things would vary in any game anyway. Just in the off chance that you do replay the same level, somehow with everything else constant, you would see something different. Which to be honest, still happens in a lot of games. Sometimes it's as simple as randomisation of AI actions, so you'll never really see them do the exact same thing.

[Nolan]

Well, the outcome is always going to one of 3 choices, you win (via murdering everything) you die, or you run on through (not always applicable).

In Halo, you'll get a checkpoint 10 seconds before you drive into a battle, if you die in that battle and restart at the checkpoint EVERYTHING is the same, then you drive back into the battle and try for one of the outcomes. One time you might drive in and get blown up, another you might drive in and run everything over. It differs on what the enemy does as much as on what you do.

[Shorty]

The most memorable areas of Halo, one of the things it shone for, were huge expansive areas, not corridors. It couldn't be nothing but big open fields, but remember as soon as you land on the ring, you're in that huge forest area? Later you're out in the middle of a snowy canyon with all those bridges you passed earlier criss-crossing over you. Or there's that part where you have to cross that huge bridge underground. Or that huge elevator where you first bump into the flood.

Halo may have had a few corridors, but there weren't that many and they have the intended effect of making you feel claustrophobic, before suddenly emerging to bright light and huge expansive landscape.

I can't see how you can say that Halo's level design is poor. It's very different to that of Half Life 2 but I wouldn't say it's worse. HL2 has you sneaking through buildings, making your way accross a city and a beach and through a prison, trying to be subtle, with all these armed forces after you. You're a wanted criminal and so the level design is based around buildings, narrow streets and across rooftops.

Halo sends you as a huge and dominating force to tear through the landscape and find your objective. The levels are meant to reflect what they are, mountains and fields and trees... things that you can run through or drive through or whatever.

Gah, I'm struggling with my point, but needless to say this only really applies to Halo: CE and Halo 3.

Halo 2 and ODST are another matter. Those are examples of where they have tried to create buildings and cities and human environments, and failed. The cities in Halo 2 were blocky and dull, and the streets in Halo ODST failed to capture any sign of life or humanity (past or present).

[Dan Dare]

The ODST flashbacks do a much better job than the Mombassa streets. Uplift reserve (The warthog level) and ONI HQ (the fallback defensive line one) both stand out for exceptional use of space and sandbox combat.


I'm hoping Reach goes back to the feeling you describe from the 2nd mission of CE. Everything they've shown so far indicates that they're at least trying to. Maybe they can't, though. In the years since CE, all the revolutionary ideas they bought to the genre have become standard so it could just be that it's impossible to recreate that sense of complete awe they managed the first time.

[mcj metroid]

Ok POkemon but I don't hate it per say.

[Dazz]

I detest Halo 3 (I liked the single player mode but I can't stand the online) and Fallout 3 (after a while, it gets seriously boring)

[dwarf gourami]

I detest Halo 3 (I liked the single player mode but I can't stand the online) and Fallout 3 (after a while, it gets seriously boring)

You lose on both accounts.

[Dazz]

You lose on both accounts.

I probably do on Fallout 3 but not Halo 3, haha.

[Nolan]

Halo 3 campaign is rather boring alone, although it's always a good time co-op. If you get bored of Fallout 3, just take a break and go back to it after a few weeks. Eventually you'll crave the wasteland again.

[Dazz]

Halo 3 campaign is rather boring alone, although it's always a good time co-op. If you get bored of Fallout 3, just take a break and go back to it after a few weeks. Eventually you'll crave the wasteland again.

I doubt I will like Fallout 3 because I like a game much more and people are probably going to be confused by this: I love Oblivion but I don't like Fallout 3. I don't know why but there's something in Oblivion I like much more than Fallout 3.

[Charlie]

Halo 3 campaign is rather boring alone, although it's always a good time co-op. If you get bored of Fallout 3, just take a break and go back to it after a few weeks. Eventually you'll crave the wasteland again.

All the Halo campaigns are boring, even on co-op tbh.


Any RPG, I just get bored of them WiiSports Gears of War multiplayer Bioshock

[Daft]

Street Fighter. I feel like an OAP trying to work a fax machine; I just do not get it.

[Mundi]

Well it works more like a flowchart then a fax machine.

[Nolan]

I doubt I will like Fallout 3 because I like a game much more and people are probably going to be confused by this: I love Oblivion but I don't like Fallout 3. I don't know why but there's something in Oblivion I like much more than Fallout 3.

I know lots of people who think the same thing, and I know others who dislike Oblivion greatly and really enjoyed Fallout 3. It is odd.