Gaming Acclaimed games that you couldn't get in to?

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I found Witcher 3 fecking tedious. I realise that it's blasphemous to say around some parts but I just couldn't get past Novigrad without falling asleep.

I may attempt to play it again, depending on the Netflix series...

What are your games?
 
Not sure if they’re acclaimed but majority of FIFA and Cod games. Just find both boring.
 
Any FIFA game ever. Earlier it used to be that you could find a glitch and run up 20-0 scores all the time, now its too many gimmicks to keep a track of and every year there's a new game with little to no upgrade except all the money wasted on marketing.
 
Olly said:
Red Dead Redemption
Mass Effect 2
GTA San Andreas
Little Big Planet

All boring.
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Most Mass Effects
All the Halos
Fifa isn't really critucally acclaimed
GTA V - Liked it but didn't love it
Fallout 4 got high ratings but it was terrible

I feel there are plenty that I'm unable to recall.
 
The Last of Us. I'm VERY emotional when it comes to games, but the much lauded opening scene didn't do it for me, and the gameplay was a pretty big culture shock (going from 1440p/60-144+fps to a 30fps late gen PS3 game with too much input lag to enjoy). I would've enjoyed it for what it is if I'd picked up the PS4 version at launch & ignored all the hyperbole surrounding it.

Elder Scrolls (& Fallout/Bethesda) in general. Sub par RPGs with zero depth. RPGs for people who don't really like RPGs. Elder Scrolls to RPGs is what a Chicken Korma is to Curries.

Assassin's Creed. Typical AAA trash. All spectacle, no heart, average gameplay. Multiplayer the highlight of the game.

Final Fantasy VIII/X/XII/XIII. All shite, especially X onwards.

Tomb Raider reboot. More cinematic than action, stupidly easy, gameplay gimped by cutscenes (you can't progress by killing things in cool ways - you have to run across trigger area Y to start a mini cinematic to progress "yey").
 
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RDR2 might be one of them the way it's going so far.

Instead of focusing on gameplay, it seems they've let the animators run amok and indulge themselves on every little thing.
 
I forgot to add GTA V. If I put it on, I'll play for 30 minutes and realise I've been bored pretty much the whole time. I don't know what it is about it, just doesn't do anything for me. Plus the controls are shite.
 
Final Fantasy 6. Played it a few years ago. Did nothing for me. I'm revisiting it at the moment due all the praise i gets as being one of the best RPGs ever. I'm about 10 hours in and it's a major grind. The story is great, and I like the exploration, but the combat is way too frequent which ruins the fluidity of the game.
 
OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:
Final Fantasy 6. Played it a few years ago. Did nothing for me. I'm revisiting it at the moment due all the praise i gets as being one of the best RPGs ever. I'm about 10 hours in and it's a major grind. The story is great, and I like the exploration, but the combat is way too frequent which ruins the fluidity of the game.
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If you're playing on SNEX9X (or similar emulators) you can/could (been over 10 years since I've tried) set the encounter rate, give your characters max stats, etc. No harm in doing so if you're not into the combat.
 
@Olly SA is a big shout indeed. Was almost perfect in the eyes of many from what I remember at the time.
 
I really liked GTA V. The world really looked lived in with exciting characters. I cared a lot about the three protagonists and was genuinely sad when the story missions ended. The constant grinding of the online mode got tedious soon and my liking died a slow death.

Witcher 3 was extremely tedious initially. The game takes a while to get going and for Geralt to have any powers to go beyond the beaten path. Most of my time was spent not getting killed by random monsters or humans. However, the story did pick up in Velen and then I just couldn't put it down. The exploration was so addictive. You ride in one direction, far from any living soul and come to a nondescript castle and you immediately know that there will be so many wonderful mysteries and stories hidden inside. Just left there for you to find out.

Couldn't care about Halo though. Don't know what the fuss is all about. When I tried it, I spent more time trying to find bullets to fire my weapons than doing anything meaningful.
 
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@Olly SA is a big shout indeed. Was almost perfect in the eyes of many from what I remember at the time.
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Yeah it's always seemed a controversial pick!

My main problems were/are... there was nothing about the world, environment or atmosphere to draw me in (like the 80s setting in Vice City which I absolutely love) which meant everything felt really boring and stale, the world seemed too big and empty and just seemed to be driving around for ages doing nothing, and those bloody levelling up things with the gym, bike etc.

I preferred Driver Parallel Lines a lot more. I actually really like that game a lot.
 
Subho611 said:
I really liked GTA V. The world really looked lived in with exciting characters. I cared a lot about the three protagonists and was genuinely sad when the story missions ended. The constant grinding of the online mode got tedious soon and my liking died a slow death.

Witcher 3 was extremely tedious initially. The game takes a while to get going and for Geralt to have any powers to go beyond the beaten path. Most of my time was spent not getting killed by random monsters or humans. However, the story did pick up in Velen and then I just couldn't put it down. The exploration was so addictive. You ride in one direction, far from any living soul and come to a nondescript castle and you immediately know that there will be so many wonderful mysteries and stories hidden inside. Just left there for you to find out.

Couldn't care about Halo though. Don't know what the fuss is all about. When I tried it, I spent more time trying to find bullets to fire my weapons than doing anything meaningful.
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Halo is a good shout. I really fecking hate that game. Does nothing for me at all.
 
Olly said:
Yeah it's always seemed a controversial pick!

My main problems were/are... there was nothing about the world, environment or atmosphere to draw me in (like the 80s setting in Vice City which I absolutely love) which meant everything felt really boring and stale, the world seemed too big and empty and just seemed to be driving around for ages doing nothing, and those bloody levelling up things with the gym, bike etc.

I preferred Driver Parallel Lines a lot more. I actually really like that game a lot.
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Yeah good points. I think the devs made too big of a world for that gen without actually filling it. Still I enjoyed San An I must admit.
 
Horizon zero dawn - I found the combat too hard. Loved the world, but the combat turned me off
 
The entire uncharted series. I borrowed all three of them from a friend and never found any of them the least bit fun or interesting.

The last of us never really captured me. The story was interesting, but the gameplay made me feel like I was just being moved from cutscene to cutscene, rather than actually playing a game.
 
Cloud7 said:
The entire uncharted series. I borrowed all three of them from a friend and never found any of them the least bit fun or interesting.

The last of us never really captured me. The story was interesting, but the gameplay made me feel like I was just being moved from cutscene to cutscene, rather than actually playing a game.
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You should try grounded on the last of us. It's more challenging. I'm actually not sure if you can unlock the difficulty before a first playthrough. I found the game enthralling. Opinions and all that. The exact point of this thread. :)
 
MaxiPaxi said:
You should try grounded on the last of us. It's more challenging. I'm actually not sure if you can unlock the difficulty before a first playthrough. I found the game enthralling. Opinions and all that. The exact point of this thread. :)
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I hate it when developers do that. Having to play Uncharted 1/2 multiple times to unlock the only remotely challenging difficulty was just a joke.
 
Tommy said:
If you're playing on SNEX9X (or similar emulators) you can/could (been over 10 years since I've tried) set the encounter rate, give your characters max stats, etc. No harm in doing so if you're not into the combat.
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Yeah, I'm playing it on Snes9x on my 3DS. I'll look in to that.

The combat is cool when it contributes to the story. But when it's just a random encounter with rat when trying to find something feels a bit fleshed out, especially when it's just non-stop in open areas.
 
WITCHER 3

If you've played dark souls the combat and movement in Witcher 3 is dog shit.
 
MaxiPaxi said:
You should try grounded on the last of us. It's more challenging. I'm actually not sure if you can unlock the difficulty before a first playthrough. I found the game enthralling. Opinions and all that. The exact point of this thread. :)
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After I read the plot online that was it for me and the game :lol: It’s not a matter of the difficulty, I’m not sure if I’m phrasing myself properly, the gameplay as a whole just felt like I was watching an interactive movie, rather than playing a game.
 
I’m not sure how acclaimed they were, but they were fairly popular in my circle and I hated them, the Shadow of Mordor games.

The complete lack of structure in the games was infuriating. Almost every time I tried to finish a quest I would find myself in a battle with at least 3 boss level enemies. It was so maddening I gave the game away.
 
Cloud7 said:
The entire uncharted series. I borrowed all three of them from a friend and never found any of them the least bit fun or interesting.

The last of us never really captured me. The story was interesting, but the gameplay made me feel like I was just being moved from cutscene to cutscene, rather than actually playing a game.
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Good call. I really dislike Uncharted and those kind of games. Like you said, it feels like cutscene to cutscene. Plus the "gameplay" in between feels like you're just doing exactly what the game is telling and pushing you to do. Like, there are these really nice environments and whatnot, but you're stuck on a path just pressing X when the games tells you to.

I can't say anything about The Last of Us as I haven't played due to finding Uncharted so boring but I imagine it's similar, maybe a little less linear, but probably still far too much and too scripted for me.
 
L.A. Noire was fairly well thought of, but thought it tedious as ready salted walkers.
 
ivaldo said:
L.A. Noire was fairly well thought of, but thought it tedious as ready salted walkers.
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Ooh yeah that's a good pick. I thought it was going to be a cool 1950s GTA, and the first hour or two I played I thought it would be ok, but it quickly turned into the most repetitive boring thing doing literally the same thing over and over and over again.
 
+1 for LA Noire. I liked the idea, but you basically just did what the game wanted you to do. If you asked the wrong question in the interrogation, that was it, game over, repeat until you get it right and follow the script. A game like that really should have multiple outcomes.

Cut scene graphics were pretty great, but that was about it.
 
17Larsson said:
I never understood the attraction of the Sonic games, maybe I was just rubbish at them
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I've had a bit of a realisation about Sonic over the last few years, which is that maybe they just aren't that good after all.

I absolutely love Sonic 1 and 2 on the Mega Drive, they're super nostalgic and I'd put them up there with my favourite games of all time, but a couple of years ago I tried Sonic 3 for the first time, and it just didn't seem that fun.

Same with Sonic Mania which I bough a couple of months ago, it looks nice and everything, but just blasting through the levels as fast as possible at times doing literally nothing just doesn't seem fun. So maybe they never were? I could maybe exclude the original as that was slightly slower paced (possibly the second too?).
 
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