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Popular games you couln't get into.
amarthar:
For me it would definitely be The Elder Scrolls series. I tried Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim, and they all got booooooring very quickly. Also it doesn't help that the games feel unfinished. There's also the GTA series. I tried GTA3 and it really doesn't appeal to me to be a criminal. There's also Mass Effect, though it's rather because of EA's customer policy more than anything.
kaysow:
28 years old. first off, like rkoredux said; MULTIPLAYER. playing with some pals in the same room is all fine, but WoW is boring as hell, and i don't care about competition much. in 2008 i got way into Left 4 Dead, but that's the one exception.
Halo was a huge thing a while back, and i opted out halfway through the first one. guns look and handled like toys, and the enemies aren't satisfying to kill.
Call of duty was an impressive game, the first one. but i haven't cared much for fpses since halo invented them, and looking where it's gone from there i am not the least bit tempted to ever try the new ones out.
also xbox related: Gears of War. played the entire first game, and the constant barrage of action was just mindnumbing. too much all the time, always peppered with stupid military jargon, and most AAA action games have been doing this since, leaving no room to enjoy the game; just progress from one event to the next, everyone is screaming, everything's exploding. it's all linear and nearly on rails so you don't need to engage your brain at all. i mean i actually have legit adhd and even i'm insulted that my attention span is underestimated this grossly. when this game was over i had no recollection whatsoever what i'd been doing for the last few hours, or why. nothing makes sense but don't you worry, just do as we say and follow the npcs. i hated the pacing of this game and sadly it became the norm.
that's it for modern shit tho. assassin's creed is kinda fun, but the experience is becoming more and more like gears of war. western AAA stuff in general is just not for me anymore i guess, so i try to stick to japanese titles instead. that said;
i could not get into Earthbound. don't know what i'm not getting, but after a few short sessions there was nothing to keep me coming back. so i dropped it. might try again someday.
the last Mario i cared for was Mario 64. sunshine felt childish and gimmicky so i skipped it, the "new" series felt like a shallow nostlgia cash-in, and galaxy is supposed to be good but i can't be arsed to care anymore.
Devil May Cry was alright. harder than it had to be, and generally pretty mediocre. DMC2 tho; i sat through it when i friend played and it is single-handedly the dumbest fucking thing i've ever seen. gameplay is samey and repetitive, enemy designs are uninspired, silly and out-of-place, and the story had me in stitches with it's ludicrous leaps. what, we need to find the last piece? piece to what? we've been gathering something? oh now she's dying? everything was so horribly executed i dubbed it The Single Worst Video Game Ever.
then i saw him play DMC3 which actually looked pretty great. need to try the HD collection someday.
and finally: Fightan Games™. street fighter and mortal kombat came during my gaming dark ages between megadrive and psx. played some neo geo arcade stuff once or twice and it was ok. virtua fighter was quickly dated. tekken added stupid explosion animations to your punches which kinda killed it for me. soulcalibur on the dreamcast was pretty cool, but got old quickly. nothing really grabbed me. altho this is a lie, because blazblue eventually came along and did it right. a story that is slowly revelealed over every character's campaign: genius. that hooked me, so i persevered and enjoyed all of them, even if i don't play it outside of the campaigns. need to get to the guilty gears now as well.
Moviefan2k4:
I never got into the "Final Fantasy" games, or similar RPGs like the "Dragon Warrior" series. The whole idea of constantly picking an action from numerous options, just to progress a small amount, irritates me like crazy. Even some of the "Zelda" games truly annoy me, like "Link's Awakening" and "Majora's Mask".
I also never got into a ton of puzzle games, except for "Tetris" and "Dr. Mario".
sheep2001:
So many. Being that i am now pushing 40 - i am very much a casual gamer - i want a quick fix, i can't be bothered with games that are going to need me to spend hundred of hours to finish.
Pokemon - played 2 of them, didn't like them
Megaman - i never had a NES in my youth, so didn't get into them back then - played MM9 on the PS3 and really didn't see what all the fuss was about.
Final Fantasy - I want to like these - really I do. I get into one, but after 5 or so hours, and feeling like i've got nowhere - they bore me.
Halo, Gears, COD, etc, etc - all the same - I hate FPS. Doesn't help that i'm rubbish at them - they make me feel motion sick. (I did like W3d, Doom, Hexxen, Heretic, etc back when the genre started out on the PC)
GTA - another one that i want to like. Fun for a few hours - but the story is too long without much to keep me engrossed. You can only shoot so many people in the face before it gets boring.
Mortal Kombat - I don't hate these, but i'd rather play tekken or street fighter. Fatalaties and babalities and all that gimmicky shit just turn me off.
Madden NFL - this is just because i'm european and don't get the whole American 'Football' thing. I hate real life 'soccer' but i love the Fifa and PES games.
Zelda - i can't really have an opinion on this as i've barely played any - just don't understand the hype around them.
There are probably many more - but those are the ones which spring to mind.
wiggy:
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This. I'm not quite as old, but pretty close and I just can't get into the whole Kill 'Em Up genre in general, whether it be 1st person like COD, or 3rd like Gears of War.