Popular games you just can't get into?

[Nagisan]

Half-Life 2 I'm afraid. Love TF2 and Portal, but Half-life gives me that POV sickness feeling. I've adjusted the video settings and it doesn't happen as often, but I still can't go with more than half an hours play.

Motion sickness?

I honestly do not understand motion sickness at all. I get sick as a dog in airplanes, and quite sick from car rides as well (mostly from stop and go traffic or cars that ride extremely rough), as well as on boats (though, thats sea sickness....slightly different than general motion sickness). But I have NEVER felt motion sickness from playing a video game. I have played nearly every halfway decent PC FPS game that exists, as well as many other types of games and have not once got sick from it, but I get motion sickness from virtually ever other source of rapid movement.

[_I am Reptar]

Any MMO or RPG

I don't seem to have the attention span O.o

[Cold Blood]

Any game that begins with call of duty, any popular mmo,anything that is over-hyped and is "next gen" :rolleyes: , games like crysis,oblivion. In general games that receive so much praise while in reality they lack any serious depth and good gameplay ;) .

[Livin in a box]

Motion sickness?

I honestly do not understand motion sickness at all. I get sick as a dog in airplanes, and quite sick from car rides as well (mostly from stop and go traffic or cars that ride extremely rough), as well as on boats (though, thats sea sickness....slightly different than general motion sickness). But I have NEVER felt motion sickness from playing a video game. I have played nearly every halfway decent PC FPS game that exists, as well as many other types of games and have not once got sick from it, but I get motion sickness from virtually ever other source of rapid movement.

I remember getting motion sickness with Metroid Prime 3, but that was a mixture of poor graphics (Wii standard in 480i) and a crappy TV so it made it worse. I want it again though now as I have a new telly...

[Massiveterra]

I know a few people that can't play FPSs at all or for a long period of time because they get motion sickness from it. My girlfriend can't even watch me play a fps game for more than five minutes because she starts getting nausiated.

[Argi]

Bioshock 2 - been sitting on my desktop while I play BC2 and FFXIII.? >_<

[Tharp Daddy]

Bioshock 2 - been sitting on my desktop while I play BC2 and FFXIII.? >_<

Well.. that's not as much not being able to get into it, as having a lack of time due to playing great games :laugh:

[Argi]

Well.. that's not as much not being able to get into it, as having a lack of time due to playing great games :laugh:

Well, now that's true but I bought it when it came out so like a couple weeks before either of those two games. ;) Plus, I need a new comp to play it on high!

[soniqstylz]

About 2/3 of the popular FPS games (Crysis, CoD, Halo).

Never finished the first Assassin's Creed.

Tried Everquest and Ultima Online, didn't even bother with WoW. It's odd, tho, because I was addicted to old school text MUDs back in the 90's before I got my PS1.

Sim racers (Gran Turismo, etc.).

[bluewind.]

WoW- never actually played it but have seen others play

TF2- own it and have played it just suck too much

Bioshock- never even seen it played but I think I wouldn't like it :p

[Ridgeburner]

Halo -- I think only because I grew up as a PC Gamer -- so Halo had absolutely NOTHING to offer me other than a generic story line :yawn:

Bioshock 2 -- The first one I had a lot of fun with...I guess the 2nd felt too...repetitive of the first for me.

Half-Life -- Could never get into it whatsoever, but I was and still am a DoD ###### :p

WoW -- I tried it, really I did lol but it was after a 3 year run with City of Heroes which I was unhealthily addicted to, and WoW just bored me with all the running around, get this get that, etc.

[JonathanVP]

Definitely Wow, GTAIV, Dragon Age: Origins, Avatar, Red Faction Guerrilla, Resident Evil 5, Star Wars: Force Unleashed

[d4diesel]

i might get boo'ed for this but here is my list:

Oblivion IV

Gears of War 2

Half life series

apart from these, i never had interest in those sport games like NHL NBA, fifa etc.

[Gangsta]

Most recently, Borderlands... Just not interesting enough to keep playing (though I've heard it gets better, I'm not sticking around to find out).

[Gladiatorus]

i might get boo'ed for this but here is my list:

Oblivion IV

Gears of War 2

Half life series

apart from these, i never had interest in those sport games like NHL NBA, fifa etc.

Boooo. J/K :D

Halo. I HATE the effing thing.

Gears of War. Just don't get it. Never did.

I never liked sport games either.

[Purple Haze]

Metal Gear Solid - I have the first two in the series and just couldn't think anything but "clunky and cheesy." Sam Fisher FTW.

Halo - have 1 through 3, liked 'em but wouldn't put them in even the top half of FPSs

Modern Warfare - own it, just meh. Of course, I hate online gaming, so there's that.

MMOs - see the part about me hating online gaming. Mostly, I hate people.

[HilariousNinja]

Motion sickness?

I honestly do not understand motion sickness at all. I get sick as a dog in airplanes, and quite sick from car rides as well (mostly from stop and go traffic or cars that ride extremely rough), as well as on boats (though, thats sea sickness....slightly different than general motion sickness). But I have NEVER felt motion sickness from playing a video game. I have played nearly every halfway decent PC FPS game that exists, as well as many other types of games and have not once got sick from it, but I get motion sickness from virtually ever other source of rapid movement.

I think it's something like motion sickness, I think it's something to do with the field of view in the game (thanks google). I also felt a bit queezy when I played Timesplitters 2, but apart from those 2 I'm fine with FPS's.

As far anything else, I used to be pretty sick on a aeroplanes, but it's very rare now.

[Emn1ty]

Heavy Rain

Most turn based RPG's (even though I liked FFX)

Starcraft

Diablo

Any MMO that is based on the standard wizards, swordsman, etc formula and that time period.

Dungeon trolling RPG's like Dragon Age, Demon Souls or even Oblivion.

Half Life 2

Little Big Planet

Uncharted series

Ghost Recon anything

Team Fortress

Street Fighter

@HilariousNinja - Clannad FTW!

[MightyJordan]

Modern Warfare 2 is top on my list. I've tried to get into it on many occasions, but I just don't like the multiplayer on it. I liked the singleplayer campaign though; I played through it on Veteran difficulty.

Grand Theft Auto IV is another one. It's just too dull and bland-looking for me. There's also the huge problem of massive framerate drops in intense scenes. Vice City is still my favourite in the series.

The Final Fantasy series is up there as well for me. I played the beta of FFXI, but it just felt like an even more boring version of World of Warcraft. And I have tried to play through FFVII on two occasions, but I'm just not a fan of it. One of the big reasons for me is that the game is stretched out too much. Last time I tried playing through it, I got about three or four hours in and bugger all happened.

[Berserk87]

WoW and Oblivion are the only games I found in this thread that I agree with.

Hated oblivion but loved fallout 3.

WoW is the most boring game ever, if they created ONE main storyline and a LOT more cut scenes, I would enjoy it... but you can't be good at the game unless you dedicate your life to it, and its the same grinds over and over and over again.

[Billus]

-Bioshock 1 and 2, got halfway through and forgot about it.

-Any Tom Clancy game

-Any game on a console apart from playing FIFA with mates, just hate controllers. (PC ftw)

-Elder Scroll games, combat is horrible imo. That and any other game with similar combat.

-Point and click RPG's; bores me to death.

Probably a lot more other games I can't think off.

Ever since playing the Mass Effect games, I've looked at games differently I have to say. No longer is Jedi Academy or Half Life my benchmark to games on how games incorporate story, gameplay and graphics. Jedi Academy was really just me loving Star Wars and finally being able to play as a Jedi without any crappy point clicking crap. Best Star Wars game in the series, perfect. Half Life was awesome as well, embodying story and gameplay as well as well scripted scenes. Amazing. Mass Effect just topples them with the immersive story and great execution of both gameplay mechanics and graphics. Still not sure which I like better in terms of gameplay, 1 or 2 :s. 1 had a proper inventory and felt more like a RPG than number 2 did but number 2 had better combat among other things, easier to say it was more streamlined.

Whoops, got a little off topic haha

Edit: Fallout 3 :blush: Started out okay I guess but the combat (again) gets way too boring (admittedly, my save game got corrupted otherwise I may have played the game through). I might try it again someday, not sure when though.

[Roadrunna]

I actually completed Bioshock and wasn't overly impressed with it - certainly not enough to be thrilled by the thought of a sequel. All the bugs and glitches didn't help either.

Strategy games - I want to like these but could never get my head around how to keep control of all these units around a battlefield. Small squad games, like Soldiers: Heroes of WWII, I can play but that's because you're keeping all your units more or less on screen so can keep an eye on them.

[REM2000]

Halo.

I've tried 1, 2 and 3. Don't like anything about any of them. Strange, huh? And I adore FPS games.

I have the same problem, love FPS since Doom era, but just can't get into the halo series at all.

[mokthraka]

I actually completed Bioshock and wasn't overly impressed with it - certainly not enough to be thrilled by the thought of a sequel. All the bugs and glitches didn't help either.

Strategy games - I want to like these but could never get my head around how to keep control of all these units around a battlefield. Small squad games, like Soldiers: Heroes of WWII, I can play but that's because you're keeping all your units more or less on screen so can keep an eye on them.

yeah RTS are the hardest games ever. takes some practice. I am sort of good at warhammer 40K cause I used to play it with my brother all night when I was at my dads, though all I did was build a massive force with one of the super unit things, and just sent them in an destroyed anything that moved

[Smigit]

WoW - My mate was level 60 or whatever when I joined her server. The goal was I'd level up to a point where I could play with her but after two weeks I was at about lvl 18 and bored of going at it alone and quit.

Forza - Bit dull IMHO. Not much of a racing sim fan so this game didn't interest me. Loved Project Gotham mind you.

MGS4 - Only played an hr or two so I might get back into it. At this early stage it seems a tad dull but. Quirky but dull. One I need to give a better chance probably

GTA IV - Really boring game IMHO. TBH there isn't a sandbox style game that isn't an RPG that I really like. The genre is still in its infancy IMHO and to me feel like where FPS were at when Doom was released compared to what we are getting now. Basically games that are barely touching the surface. Regardless of how expansive these games are I feel the world exists purely to put people and obstacles in front of me and nothing would have any purpose if I ceased to exist. The games are also extremely static. I'll add an exception for AC2 but even that game had a bit of a static world. I thought the missions were fun but.

Anyway to me GTA was a mediocre story (I cared for none of the characters) filled with overly drawn out missions, some of which required too much driving. Give me more in the way of check points and maybe it'll hold my interest better (No, I didnt care for calling down cabs all that much). If anything I prefered Vice City. The smaller world gave it a bit more personality and you got a bit more intimate with the surroundings. Later games have felt too vast and soulless. I liked the vehicles handling better too and the ability to go and purchase properties. Even the soundtrack was fantastic.

I could throw Prototype in there too. A game I loved that got boring rather quick. The reason for putting GTA ahead is that at least Prototype didn't try and be anything else...it didnt try and throw in romancing or a few dull diversions like bowling and the like. GTA 4's attempt to be a bit more realistic hurt it in the end I think.

Assassins Creed: God awful game. The fact the guards were overly suspicious so that anything above a walk would trigger them off alone let this game down. On the other hand AC2 is one of the best games I've played in a long time.

Duke 3D, Farcry 2, Descent and a bunch of older games - A few games here that would make me motion sick within maybe five mins.