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Games that you just don't understand the appeal of
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Hmmmm. Nothing really. There's lots of games I don't enjoy that others really do enjoy but I wouldn't say I don't understand the appeal. I totally see why others might like it even though I don't at all.
I guess if I HAD to pick one I'd say Skyrim, but again I see why others like it. It's a weird one for me because I LOOOOOOVE open world games and exploring things and awesome stuff like that but man that game just bores me to tears and the world in the game is so painfully boring and soulless seeming. And I'm the opposite of a harsh critic when it comes to vidya games.
I guess if I HAD to pick one I'd say Skyrim, but again I see why others like it. It's a weird one for me because I LOOOOOOVE open world games and exploring things and awesome stuff like that but man that game just bores me to tears and the world in the game is so painfully boring and soulless seeming. And I'm the opposite of a harsh critic when it comes to vidya games.
Dark Souls. I made it to Ornstein and Smough. I wish I hadn't. It was a very long dull frustrating experience.
I like challenging games too. I like Battletoads, Ghosts N Goblins, and F-Zero GX. But Dark Souls is just bullshit hard. Like you made the wrong turn and go to a wrong path, you get a 100% death sentence. That's not a challenge. That's just bullshit. Or Ornstein and Smough. They're next to impossible to beat without humanity, I have no humanities, to get them I would have to farm rats for hours. Great fun. The lack of music is just the nail in the fucking coffin.
I like challenging games too. I like Battletoads, Ghosts N Goblins, and F-Zero GX. But Dark Souls is just bullshit hard. Like you made the wrong turn and go to a wrong path, you get a 100% death sentence. That's not a challenge. That's just bullshit. Or Ornstein and Smough. They're next to impossible to beat without humanity, I have no humanities, to get them I would have to farm rats for hours. Great fun. The lack of music is just the nail in the fucking coffin.
Omegasquash
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Animal Crossing.
Monster Hunter for me, on PSP I tried freedom 1, 2 and Unite and i found them to be some of the most boring and "empty"(not in the sense that they lack contents... it's hard to explain) games i have ever played, i thought it was the genre's fault, but then i really liked God Eater Burst, Soul Sacrifice and Toukinden(this one only the demo though lol), so it's just Monster Hunter.
Well, even if I personally dislike a game, it's very rare that I'm straight up baffled at how someone could ever enjoy it. I mean, I don't like realistic driving or sports games but it's obvious why someone would. There's the obvious answer in horrible mobile f2p crap like this but those don't register in my mind as 'games' so much as 'scams for idiots'.
I will say that I have no idea how Oblivion got all the praise it received. I didn't mind fallout 3, Skyrim was decent and I liked NV so it's not like I hate the genre. But Oblivion was just a horrible painful experience that I got absolutely zero enjoyment out of. It looks bad, sounds bad, isn't fun and the content was boring and uninteresting even if there's tons of it. And yes I played it on PC, I also tried various mods that were recommended. I'm usually quite lenient with games and I wasn't expecting much, but I figured a game that was showered with GOTY awards would at least be something I found playable.
I will say that I have no idea how Oblivion got all the praise it received. I didn't mind fallout 3, Skyrim was decent and I liked NV so it's not like I hate the genre. But Oblivion was just a horrible painful experience that I got absolutely zero enjoyment out of. It looks bad, sounds bad, isn't fun and the content was boring and uninteresting even if there's tons of it. And yes I played it on PC, I also tried various mods that were recommended. I'm usually quite lenient with games and I wasn't expecting much, but I figured a game that was showered with GOTY awards would at least be something I found playable.
Dark Octave
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I actually did fall asleep and my cousin told me I was still pressing the button and still winning.
There's a good one.
Actually Pokemon in general.
I don't get it, I don't understand the huge popularity for years behind it.
thoseAREmySHOES
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Angry Birds is the only one I can honestly not see the appeal of at all. Everything else I may not agree with the appeal/ popularity, but I can at least see it.
Gee, do you go camping or hiking outdoors much and not have music playing?
Its definitely not the same, nor is it the same kind of difficulty as those games you cited but really, would it be a realisitic world, not just a gamified world, if you couldn't make those kind of mistakes?
Its the unique aesthetics that bring the appeal.
This.
VisceralBowl
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Most JRPGs
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For me it's not specific games but genres.
MMORPGS - I cannot, for the life of me, understand the appeal of games like WoW, etc. I love Diablo and other RPGs, but give me an MMORPG and I feel asleep right away. I tried to play a few (reached level 12 or something in WoW) but never got the appeal. It's like you're playing an endless fetch quest or something and just looking for the best items/armor that you can find. I'd rather be able to play X amount of hours and reach an "end."
I'm hoping I'll appreciate the genre more with games like H1Z1 if and when it hits the PS4. Or maybe a game like Planetside 2 first just to not get bored.
Games that are too open-world - I appreciate and know why people love games that are open world, but they just bore me. Either I get lost or I fool around some place that's not connected to the objective and get sidetracked. Most of the time, I don't get back to finishing the game due to it. Yeah, not a popular opinion, I think. But I admit, I don't like games that are too open-world. Maybe this is the same reason I still like classic JRPGs?
The games that fall under these two genres are those that I avoid and generally not write (or review) about since I know I won't give it a fair shake.
MMORPGS - I cannot, for the life of me, understand the appeal of games like WoW, etc. I love Diablo and other RPGs, but give me an MMORPG and I feel asleep right away. I tried to play a few (reached level 12 or something in WoW) but never got the appeal. It's like you're playing an endless fetch quest or something and just looking for the best items/armor that you can find. I'd rather be able to play X amount of hours and reach an "end."
I'm hoping I'll appreciate the genre more with games like H1Z1 if and when it hits the PS4. Or maybe a game like Planetside 2 first just to not get bored.
Games that are too open-world - I appreciate and know why people love games that are open world, but they just bore me. Either I get lost or I fool around some place that's not connected to the objective and get sidetracked. Most of the time, I don't get back to finishing the game due to it. Yeah, not a popular opinion, I think. But I admit, I don't like games that are too open-world. Maybe this is the same reason I still like classic JRPGs?
The games that fall under these two genres are those that I avoid and generally not write (or review) about since I know I won't give it a fair shake.
The Legend of Zelda: To be fair I have never completed a Zelda game in my life but I have watched as my friends have played considerable portions of OoT, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. I just can't get excited by the games for some reason. I have tried and tried but I never get the hook that would keep me playing. What do you love about this series? Adventure with temples and puzzles? Recently I've tried asking this from my Zelda loving friends.
Other games I almost included was Elder Scrolls and GTA but I understand the appeal people have to them. I just never enjoyed them all that much all though I loved Vice City.
Other games I almost included was Elder Scrolls and GTA but I understand the appeal people have to them. I just never enjoyed them all that much all though I loved Vice City.
paperspace
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I understand the appeal of everything.
I just don't understand why no one else is.
I just don't understand why no one else is.
foxuzamaki
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I am not so simple minded as to not understand the appeal of a game.
foxuzamaki
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Hold up, wait a min, it's impossible not to see the appeal of smash bros. It's perfectly fine to not like the game, but to not see the appeal of it is prety much straight up ignorance.
"I played x game for 10 minutes and I dont understand why anyone would play this game" -Many responses in this thread.
Personally, I feel all games have their own appeals, a lot of them just dont apply to me, but I dont go around acting mystified/horrified that someone wants to play it. (besides just truly broken and buggy games)
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That's my feeling as well, people are applying them liking the game to be the same as understanding why someone would want to play that genre or series of games. I could never see my self playing a madden game, but I do understand the appeal of them.
Personally, I feel all games have their own appeals, a lot of them just dont apply to me, but I dont go around acting mystified/horrified that someone wants to play it. (besides just truly broken and buggy games)
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That's my feeling as well, people are applying them liking the game to be the same as understanding why someone would want to play that genre or series of games. I could never see my self playing a madden game, but I do understand the appeal of them.
Lumpy Onion
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Even my most hated game or genre I could understand why someone would like it. Who am I to make that judgement?
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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Assassins Creed for me. Have no idea why it sells or sold so well especially when the first one was bad and III was a letdown.
Vinsanity.
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I'll add to everyone that is saying MOBA's.
Have tried DOTA2 and LOL multiple times, just don't get it...
Have tried DOTA2 and LOL multiple times, just don't get it...
CNCOMICS
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Anything with zombies. Zombies in my games, zombies in my movies, zombies in my TV shows, zombies in my books, zombies in my stores, they're fucking everywhere, and for whatever reason, a lot of people can't get enough of them.
Give me aliens, monsters, dinosaurs, and robots, I want something that puts up a decent fight, not some mindless creature that's only good at being overwhelming in large groups.
Give me aliens, monsters, dinosaurs, and robots, I want something that puts up a decent fight, not some mindless creature that's only good at being overwhelming in large groups.
DanteSparda504
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God of War.
I never really understood the love for this series. I always felt that the combat was very shallow and the story/characters were very mediocre and one dimensional. Kratos was just so unlikable.
I always felt like there were much better action games on the market that never received as much love as God of War.
Also, zombies. I can handle games with zombies in them, such as Borderlands. But games based around zombies are so over populated.
I never really understood the love for this series. I always felt that the combat was very shallow and the story/characters were very mediocre and one dimensional. Kratos was just so unlikable.
I always felt like there were much better action games on the market that never received as much love as God of War.
Also, zombies. I can handle games with zombies in them, such as Borderlands. But games based around zombies are so over populated.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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I don't get it either but I can understand the appeal if you have a group of dedicated friends who you play with on a consistent basis.
I guess I see it like basketball. Play alone, not much. One on one is better. But play 2 on 2 or more, you got yourself a ball game!
AlwaysPlaying
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Ass Creed FTW. No idea why people like it. Played AC2 for about 3 days and that was all i could take.
Generic games with anime-looking characters. I know a friend who will literally buy any game that has anime girls in it. Doesn't matter if the game is good or not, he's sold on that appeal alone. All of those PS3 rpgs that were not critically well-regarded. All those beat-em-ups, etc. Generally BAD games, but people buy them because theyr'e 'japanese' with 'anime' characters/girls.
I'm not talking about games that are actually *GOOD* that happen to have anime girls in them. Just BAD games whose ONLY selling point is anime girls.
I'm not talking about games that are actually *GOOD* that happen to have anime girls in them. Just BAD games whose ONLY selling point is anime girls.
Potionsmaster
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Valkyria Chronicles. I just don't see what's so special about the artstyle. I can see why others would like the gameplay though, but it isn't something I like either.
I dig the story and gameplay.
Head of Vengarl
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Extremely hard/punishing games like Dark Souls and Super Meat Boy. Why the hell would I want to spend the majority of my gaming time being frustrated?
Games like The Sims, Tropico, and Animal Crossing. I need at least some form of combat or platforming or... something! If I wanted to do chores I'd just clean my apartment.
Games like The Sims, Tropico, and Animal Crossing. I need at least some form of combat or platforming or... something! If I wanted to do chores I'd just clean my apartment.
military shooter (mw1+2 are among the best)
chance to explore historical rome, turkey, israel and be an assassin, being able to scale almost any structure, etc.
probably the best designed game of last gen, amazing atmosphere, second to none battle system.
the bigger mystery might be your taste.
edit- i have to say lots of ppl in here have very weird tastes in games...
for me i cant think of a type game i dont understand the love for. i usually dont understand love for terrible games not a specific type of game.
manueldelalas
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Anything with random dungeons or levels. Roguelikes, RPGs, Spelunky. I don't understand why people want to waste their time in games designed like this; because levels are generic as can be; generally consisting on very boring level design, or big rooms connected by corridors (I guess some shooters fall in this category, lol); finding random crap that may or may not appear; wasting hours upon hours, etc.
I really don't get the appeal, I get that you are always on a different level or floor, and that you get infinite gameplay; but I don't understand why people fall for this crap; why not throw a dice outside or just kill yourself instead of playing crap? Because that's what it is.
I understand that in the early 90s developing a game with random dungeons was innovative and sounded like a good idea, but 30 years later and that technology advances at baby steps.
In Lufia 2 there was a 100 floor tower made of random dungeons. It was awful, but I endured that crap, praying I didn't encounter an overleveled monster on the 80th or 90th floor so i didn't start again; to get to the last floor, beating missingno and collect the reward.
Lufia 3 had everything going for it, great characters, fun dialogue, a ton of cities, a GREAT battle system; but the idiot developers had to make all dungeons random. I stopped at a 50 floor forest right after a 40 floor mountain. Just not fun.
I have read many times on GAF that Spelunky has tight and pixel perfect platforming... SMH, it's fucking boring.
It doesn't bother me as much in Civilization or other strategy games, but I prefer playing scenarios or on a pre-made map. That's not to say that I want to know the map before, but it's much more fun to play on a map with some thought put into it.
I could go on and on with games, but the point is that IT IS LAZY DEVELOPMENT; I don't enjoy it and will probably never understand why so many people like it.
I really don't get the appeal, I get that you are always on a different level or floor, and that you get infinite gameplay; but I don't understand why people fall for this crap; why not throw a dice outside or just kill yourself instead of playing crap? Because that's what it is.
I understand that in the early 90s developing a game with random dungeons was innovative and sounded like a good idea, but 30 years later and that technology advances at baby steps.
In Lufia 2 there was a 100 floor tower made of random dungeons. It was awful, but I endured that crap, praying I didn't encounter an overleveled monster on the 80th or 90th floor so i didn't start again; to get to the last floor, beating missingno and collect the reward.
Lufia 3 had everything going for it, great characters, fun dialogue, a ton of cities, a GREAT battle system; but the idiot developers had to make all dungeons random. I stopped at a 50 floor forest right after a 40 floor mountain. Just not fun.
I have read many times on GAF that Spelunky has tight and pixel perfect platforming... SMH, it's fucking boring.
It doesn't bother me as much in Civilization or other strategy games, but I prefer playing scenarios or on a pre-made map. That's not to say that I want to know the map before, but it's much more fun to play on a map with some thought put into it.
I could go on and on with games, but the point is that IT IS LAZY DEVELOPMENT; I don't enjoy it and will probably never understand why so many people like it.
Substandard
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DOTA2 - I actually like to watch this game more than I like to play it, but the long game times and the fact that it often becomes apparent that your team is getting stomped about 15 minutes in to what is going to be an hour long game makes it difficult to get into. Plus I don't have 5 friends to play with and it's not at all pub friendly.
I've played it for about 30 hours and probably watched about the same amount. I don't know that I don't "get" it, but it's definitely not for me.
Dark Souls - I think this game is OK, and I think the multi-player system is really interesting, but it seems a bit too directionless and purposely confusing for my tastes. I've played it for 4 or 5 hours, got through the first couple bosses, got brutally murdered by taking a wrong hallway or passage or whatever a bunch of times. This one I don't really get. I don't feel like I have much of a goal as a player and it doesn't seem very "fair" in it's level of challenge.
It's not that the game is hard (I don't think it is all that mechanically difficult), it's that you get one shot every time you go to some area that you weren't supposed to go to but had no way of knowing that.
I've played it for about 30 hours and probably watched about the same amount. I don't know that I don't "get" it, but it's definitely not for me.
Dark Souls - I think this game is OK, and I think the multi-player system is really interesting, but it seems a bit too directionless and purposely confusing for my tastes. I've played it for 4 or 5 hours, got through the first couple bosses, got brutally murdered by taking a wrong hallway or passage or whatever a bunch of times. This one I don't really get. I don't feel like I have much of a goal as a player and it doesn't seem very "fair" in it's level of challenge.
It's not that the game is hard (I don't think it is all that mechanically difficult), it's that you get one shot every time you go to some area that you weren't supposed to go to but had no way of knowing that.
Don't know if it's been said but Flappy Bird.
How people think a knock off of an old flash game is so fun is beyond me. I can see how it may be fun for a few minutes but that's it. All that crazy attention was just the whole "its big and my friends all talk about it and its on facebook so I better not stay out of the loop".
Heli Attack was a much superior flash game anyway.
How people think a knock off of an old flash game is so fun is beyond me. I can see how it may be fun for a few minutes but that's it. All that crazy attention was just the whole "its big and my friends all talk about it and its on facebook so I better not stay out of the loop".
Heli Attack was a much superior flash game anyway.
So essentially, the best kind of games?