Popular games you just can't get into?

[Roadrunna]

If you think COD is a good example, than you really shouldn't play Borderlands or Far Cry 2. Respawining kills the fun.

Actually Borderlands I didn't mind too much because there was a decent time-gap before the enemies started respawning. It was repetitive though.

I absolutely hated Far Cry 2 for many reasons - the general feel of the game just didn't seem right.

[Kreuger]

All sports games.

I dont like most either, mostly because I dont like sports IRL.. However, I think NFL Street and the sequel were really fun. And there's a hockey one, I think its called Hitz that is fun too.

[itzwolf]

I'm not a big video game player anymore but when I was a kid I sure was. I still like to play various games but nothing like when I was younger.

The big one for me is WoW. I have no desire to even see what the game looks like. Where I work the 2 programmers in our area talk about it everyday and I just can't understand how something like that can consume your life. It actually gets quite annoying to hear about it all day long. I've seen videos and read stories of people going nuts over WoW and I just shake my head...

[addc182]

Anything Blizzard, not that i dislike the company or anything, just could never get into any of the games. Wasn't a big fan of the art style in the warcrafts, and tried diablo a bit late i think (couldnt get into torchlight either) will be trying the new Diablo and Starcraft when they drop so we'll see.

Fallout 3, put in a good few hours and it didnt seem quite right. loved oblivion though

WWI / WWII shooters since the last gen MOHs, hopefully the new MOH will be good

also havnt recently been big fan of turn based rpgs, last ones i played were pokemon and FFX

[Sethos]

Uncharted 2 ( And well, Uncharted 1 as well ): I can see what the fuss is about, I really can but I'm one of those military nuts who loves his weapons and military hardware. So when you make a game so shooter-based

and completely muck up both the shooting sounds, the recoil, the sound and how the weapon is portrayed in general I just can't get into it. It's a silly thing for some but very important for me.

Fallout 3: I tried it again and again but I just can't find the interest and the 'hype' needed to push through, the graphics are a bit dodgy, the feel of the movement is a bit off and everything is a

bit 'meh' overall - I hate playing games where you can't immerse yourself because little glitches, bugs and odd moments yank you back and slap you in the face. It's hard to put in writing ...

Final Fantasy Series: The universe, the combat, the characters and everything tied to the game never interested me, seeing my friend play this for hours also cured any interest in the game -

Looks to be a real snoozer besides the above-mentioned.

Starcraft: Remember playing this back in the days with a few friends in some LAN matches but it's hard not to have fun when playing anything on Local. I do love strategy games

but again, the universe, the feel of the game and the arcade nature of it all just kills it for me - Again, could see why people would love a game like this but it's not for me and Starcraft 2

will be an instant-skip.

Diablo Series: Honestly, I never tried the first game - I wasn't a real geek back then, didn't even have a decent computer and it kinda whizzed past my nose, now there's a third one coming

and I feel like I missed the boat and planning on skipping it. Hack & Slash isn't my idea of fun anyway, so I probably wouldn't get into the series if I did try.

Gears of War series: I think the games a quite awful, the controls feel extremely cumbersome, gunplay is very generic and the overall game leaves me with this sense of drowsiness.

God of War series: As mentioned further up, Hack & Slash isn't my idea of fun so every other quality a side, that aspect can quickly kill a game for me.

These are just key points, loads more games but most a just below the "popular" threshold and fall in the "Another drop in the gaming ocean" category.

[Minifig]

1- WoW

2- Halo

3- Final Fantasy

I really tried to play the above, but none of them clicked with me.

In defense of WoW, it takes friends and a lot of spare time to get into.. to be really fun. We're talking level 20+.

But the big thing is friends.. either friends or family to play with. Then it really gets good and enjoyable.

As far as Halo, I agree. I think Halo is the most over-rated FPS franchise since ... well.. ever.

Final Fantasy used to be great, but the new ones (past FF9) have been crap.

[WastedJoker]

Uncharted 2 ( And well, Uncharted 1 as well ): I can see what the fuss is about, I really can but I'm one of those military nuts who loves his weapons and military hardware. So when you make a game so shooter-based

and completely muck up both the shooting sounds, the recoil, the sound and how the weapon is portrayed in general I just can't get into it. It's a silly thing for some but very important for me.

Fallout 3: I tried it again and again but I just can't find the interest and the 'hype' needed to push through, the graphics are a bit dodgy, the feel of the movement is a bit off and everything is a

bit 'meh' overall - I hate playing games where you can't immerse yourself because little glitches, bugs and odd moments yank you back and slap you in the face. It's hard to put in writing ...

Final Fantasy Series: The universe, the combat, the characters and everything tied to the game never interested me, seeing my friend play this for hours also cured any interest in the game -

Looks to be a real snoozer besides the above-mentioned.

Starcraft: Remember playing this back in the days with a few friends in some LAN matches but it's hard not to have fun when playing anything on Local. I do love strategy games

but again, the universe, the feel of the game and the arcade nature of it all just kills it for me - Again, could see why people would love a game like this but it's not for me and Starcraft 2

will be an instant-skip.

Diablo Series: Honestly, I never tried the first game - I wasn't a real geek back then, didn't even have a decent computer and it kinda whizzed past my nose, now there's a third one coming

and I feel like I missed the boat and planning on skipping it. Hack & Slash isn't my idea of fun anyway, so I probably wouldn't get into the series if I did try.

Gears of War series: I think the games a quite awful, the controls feel extremely cumbersome, gunplay is very generic and the overall game leaves me with this sense of drowsiness.

God of War series: As mentioned further up, Hack & Slash isn't my idea of fun so every other quality a side, that aspect can quickly kill a game for me.

These are just key points, loads more games but most a just below the "popular" threshold and fall in the "Another drop in the gaming ocean" category.

Disagree with Uncharted 1 & 2 and only agree to Final Fantasy after 9.

The rest I concur with - Gears of War was my biggest disappointment. I loved KZ2 and thought it owed a lot to the GoW franchise but it left me cold when I eventually got around to playing it.

4 weeks ago I'd have said Civ IV-style games but after recently making an effort to play it properly...I lost 4 days to it :laugh: It can get very addictive. I was going to buy Settlers 7 as a result but the DRM had me worried....best decision I ever made!

Never played Diablo but I bought Torchlight. Enough to let me know I don't like that kind of dungeon crawler.

[SidVicious]

All shooter games.

They are all the same boring sh*t.

[freeza]

-Any first person shooter. They all are the same and essentially suck.

-WoW

[Hedon]

Fallout 3 and Oblivion. Just can't do it. I own them both and struggle to play them both. And I mean struggle. I can't find the appeal.