Games you dislike but many love or remotely like

[IcyCrowbar]

Just now, MoraMoria said:

Oh, I was also watching NorthernLion's playthrough of "The Binding of Isaac".

I think he has talent as a Let's Player.

Oh he totally has talent on that regard, and he's a great salesman, just a lot of money spent on games he hyped up just didn't click with me ;)

[musicboy]

For me it's the Grand Theft Auto games.

I have to agree, that game series is very super overrated, and ridiculously overhyped. I played a few GTA games, like San Andreas, a bit of GTAV, and though I had more fun playing San Andreas, I will admit the games themselves were a bit mediocre. I'd rather play Zelda The Wind Waker, Uncharted or Shenmue, over GTA anyday.

Edited February 27, 2021 by musicboy

[url8]

I think this may not actually be an unpopular opinion, but I feel like there is a sizable amount of people who defend this game. I have actually tried to play through Persona 1, but I quickly found out that it is not very fun to actually play through. It appears the devs wanted to make a sequel to Shin Megami Tensei if..., and not just any sequel, they wanted to make the sequel play very different from the parent franchise. As a result of them making many experimental changes, it didn't make the game very fun to play.

To start with some positives, the storyline is a huge improvement over Shin Megami Tensei if..., now the game has an actual story, and isn't just a lame excuse to contextualize gameplay. It helps that there are many characters in Persona 1, all of them are relevant to the plot and have interesting backstories. Persona 1 is also entirely made up of brand new assets. Atlus games (even Shin Megami Tensei if...) are known to reuse assets from previous games. That means that the devs actually cared enough to give the game a brand new look, and as a result, has its own identity to make it stand out from its parent franchise. Lastly, the soundtrack is also a huge improvement over Shin Megami Tensei if..., although do keep in mind that the PlayStation version and the PSP remake of Persona 1 have entirely different soundtracks, as to which one it better is up for debate.

Now to go into why I think the game plays badly. In this game they made a new battle system. This battle system was very experimental, and I think this game shows that the devs couldn't get it right on their first try. As a result, the battle system is complicated, and most of it becomes pointless in the end. You have to select all the characters actions and then watch them play out. What makes this bad is that you will always have 5 members in your party at all times, so you have to navigate the battle interface 5 times to select each of the members' actions, and then you have to watch the whole part of the battle play out. These battles don't actually last very long, as instead of long battles, the devs thought to make the battles happen frequently. This game is filled to the brim with random encounters, you can't even walk across a street without having to fight demons! I understand there maybe being two or three battles between you and the destination, but this game has far too many random encounters! Oh yeah, and make sure you always use Persona attacks to attack enemies, and not your sword or gun, as the game thought it would be a good idea to make your Lv and PLv seperate values! If you don't use Persona attacks, then your PLv won't go up, and you will eventually be screwed later in the game as your swords and guns become useless.

Something that always bothers me in video games is when a game limits how often you can save. Persona 1 infamously doesn't give you the option to save at any time, and instead, you have to go up to a type of tree to save. These trees become more and more rare as you progress, and by the end of the Senec route, the last tree will be at the beginning of the 2-hour-long dungeon! You literally have to progress through 2 entire hours of gameplay (which, like I said, kinda sucks) to the final boss without saving! If your party gets wiped out by the final boss (which very well may happen), then you have to start that damned dungeon all over again!

Fortunately, Innocent Sin fixes almost every gripe I have with this game. As the devs now had an understanding of what changes worked and what didn't, they made many positive changes to the formula that made the game not just playable, but actually enjoyable!

[url8]

While I'm at it, I also don't like Pokémon games. They are just generic JRPGs with a simple plot that worked pretty well for the first game(s) (more about the "(s)" later), but I got really tired of being reused over and over again. In this game, your only goal is to get to the end, there isn't a completion bonus, and the game doesn't even track how much of it you completed. You are just trying to get from point A to point B. You fight Pokémon along the way (and have a chance to catch wild Pokémon). Like I said the story may have done a good job contextualizing gameplay the first time, but I got really tired of every game in the entire series literally being the same storyline over and over again. I suppose the setting changes, but the setting doesn't amount to much in the games' plot in the end. At least random encounters aren't too frequent, they exist but not in such a quantity to make the games a slog.

Now to explain another issue I have with these games! I really hate the fact that there is always 2 versions of each Pokémon game. And no it isn't "normal" and "special" editions, it's literally 2 separate versions each with their own content. That means, no matter which version you buy, you will be missing out on content! The developers actually thought it was a good idea, as they thought it made the games more social. But, these games are meant to be singleplayer, why did they want to introduce a freaking social component? Oh, and if you buy both versions so you don't miss out on any content, then you can't transfer your save files directly between the two versions! You literally have to play through the same campaign all over again, but with minor changes to reflect the different content between the two versions. These games aren't even too fun to begin with, why would I want to play the same game all over again?

[musicboy]

Call of Duty games. Originally, this series was great, but it has become so lame and over rated, it's embarrassing. Or as some of their fans would say, it's addicting but boring. Now how the heck, do both of those terms work together, and be mentioned in the same sentence? Lol!

Edited July 15, 2021 by musicboy

[MDCFAN101]

On 2/26/2021 at 8:06 PM, musicboy said:

For me it's the Grand Theft Auto games.

I have to agree, that game series is very super overrated, and ridiculously overhyped. I played a few GTA games, like San Andreas, a bit of GTAV, and though I had more fun playing San Andreas, I will admit the games themselves were a bit mediocre. I'd rather play Zelda The Wind Waker, Uncharted or Shenmue, over GTA anyday.

I myself have been a fan of this series as well.  

Granted, I am a huge of fan of superheroes, but, that is not the reason why.

I look at the GTA series as a way of people making an ass of themselves to be quite honest.

[Guest]

I don't really care about "Resident Evil", only some of the OST.

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There's a lot of games I don't care about that people seem to love.

[musicboy]

The later Life is Strange games, and the over rated The Last of Us 2 game.

Yeah I know, alot of gamers literally hate these two games, for lots of reasons.

[Guest]

Deltarune.

[musicboy]

Modern day Call of Duty and Battle Field games.

[Guest]

I don't particularly care about Roblox.

[musicboy]

Overwatch. That game is so overrated.