Games everyone seems to love, but you just couldn't get into.

[SkyboundTerror]

Overwatch.

Everyone seems to be into it and my god, no one would shut up about it when it was released. It had so little content and its price wasn't justified. I was looking forward to it, bought it, and was immediately bored within a week because of its slim pickings. It's better now, but still doesn't grab my attention.

Probably doesn't help that my standards lie with UT2004.

 

[Nixonia]

Call of Duty games past Modern Warfare 2. Don't like them. Too fast and arcadey, and rely on twitch shot capability in my opinion. I much prefer Battlefield (although didn't like Hardline for the same reason).

Legend of Zelda games. Don't know why I don't care for them, because I should like them based on the games I like. But, I don't.

Super Mario anything past Sunshine. I feel it's outdone, and am kinda done with it. I don't want to play Mario Goes Shopping, and hence, also don't want to play Galaxy.

Any fighting game at all. Combos, reflexes, patterns, timing! They all coalesce into something I can't do very well, and so, won't play unless coerced into being a punching bag.

And finally! Dark Souls! I could never get the timing right on anything, and so, die more than your average player. I am mocked for this constantly in my house. (BUT! I mock them for not being able to kill consistently with the flare gun in Battlefield 1)

 

[kidchameleon]

Grand Theft Auto V is definitely one game I struggle to see any merit in... think San Andreas was the only one I liked lmao
Final Fantasy VII is also another. I know it's almost a cliche at this point to hate on FF7, but that doesn't change the fact that I do XD
Then, there's Metal Gear Solid IV. Just... don't see why people like it. But then again, I didn't really like any MGS games...

 

[Sagt]

CS:GO - FPS games aren't really my thing, but I found this one to be particularly generic in the small amount of time that I spent playing it.

Rust - I initially played this with some friends on a server and spent almost an entire hour looking for them across the map - not an exaggeration. Also, the crafting/survival genre of games is pretty overdone at this point.

Elder Scrolls Online - Too grind heavy, though I suppose this is more a problem with MMOs rather than exclusively ESO. Other than that, I have to admit that I found the versatility of classes to be pretty cool.

For all my love of Europa Universalis and its handle on empire management (far more intricate than that of any Civilization game to date), its steep learning curve and relative lack of forgiveness takes its toll rather quickly.

That's a pretty common theme with a lot of games by Paradox. Some aspects of their games are just way too complex with little explanation, like the economy and population systems in Victoria 2.

 

[PlusThirtyOne]

'Kingdom Hearts'. Nooooooooo thank you.
i got my PS2 just after the 3 came out. i'd read some stuff on 'Kingdom Hearts' and the premise sounded intriguing; Disney characters crossed with a (final) fantasy RPG? Yes please! ... Then i saw how "edgy" it was with the character designs, dialogue, story, etc. and i immediately shut that shit down. i played for a total of 3 hours, all the while groaning and rolling my eyes. No person should have that many zippers. i couldn't get through the 'Alice in Wonderland' garbage so i didn't even get very far. i bought it used from Gamestop so i swapped it out for something else the very next day. The sales guy asked why i didn't like it and demeaned me in front of his coworkers and other customers. "Hey guys! Look at this asshat! He doesn't like Kingdom Hearts!". Just out of curiosity i looked up some of the cutscenes on YouTube and fucking LOL'd my ass off! i'm so glad i didn't get invested in it because Kingdom Hearts designs are hideously overstated and colorful, the voices are a perfect storm of terrible mixed with perfect, the storyline is hard to follow and the lore is unnecessarily deep and makes no goddam sense. Besides, hardcore 'Kingdom Hearts' fans are some of the cringiest mother-fuckers i've ever met in my life. WORSE than "Five Nights at Edgy's" fans. That's not to say that all fans of the games are cringe-lords but the worst of them make my skin crawl. How ANYBODY can take the game seriously as beyond my comprehension, especially given the old-school Disney settings and such. it's like serving chocolate icecream on seafood pizza. All three flavors are great on their own but mixed together makes a cluster-fuck of equally incompatible concepts.

For the record, i LOVE the old Disney cartoons and characters but only a handful of JRPGs (namely FF7). i didn't know exactly what to expect; only that everybody recommended it. i feel like i dodged a bullet.

Addendum: i also spent far too long typing this one single, solitary post. Dammit. My soda's gone flat and my cookies are stale...

 

[Sergei Sóhomo]

Any kind of MoBA

 

[Yakamaru]

FNAF
Undertale
Destiny (Seriously, fuck this game)
Fallout 4
Crossout (I play it occasionally, but that's it)
World of Warcraft (I reeeeally tried to play it for a long time. Just literally couldn't, even after numerous attempts over long periods)
Company of Heroes 2
GTA V
Consoles. I see ZERO benefits with them. The majority of games can be played quite easily on a PC and way better, I might add.
Overwatch (Just.. Meh. I'd much rather play Team Fortress 2. TF2 is way more varied in both game modes, maps and just sheer FUN. Also, hats)

 

[drawain]

League of Legends
CS:GO
It's already annoying enough when all your friends just end up tilting the majority of the rounds. You play it for rank? Why is your rank worth that bullshit? You play it for fun? Then why don't you have fun and whine the majority of the time because of retarded teammates? I played CS:GO occasionally for fun, at an internship with my "bosses", lol, and here and then with my bf and friends to fill in 5th position. (I suck tho.) And I like the characters and art in LoL. But all in all: toxic genre.

Smash Bros
I don't like Nintendo physics, movement feels artificial and... shallow. And in Smash Bros the majority of characters don't interest me. I'd prefer other beat up games for parties.

Final Fantasy
This franchise is so confusing me. I see certain covers, see certain designs I like... I love Amanos work... I get a certain expression of the game and... then I see the actual game and gameplay and it feels so disconnected to my initial impression? Cheesy highschools? A world that just looks like it was made from edgy random weeabo-dreams thrown into a blender? Maybe I have to give it another chance, but the characters just look to forcefully edgy to me.

 

[Stratelier]

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I see a ton of charisma in this game, but it's a bit on easy side, has lots of backtracking, and I'm not into its battle system. A subjective "not my type of game" pick.

Oh, I'll put that on my list too ... just not for the same reasons.

It was a huge departure from the 16-bit era, and not just because of the sprawling 3D (though Hyrule Field was still too large for its own good). Boss battles made a jarring switchover from twitch-based battles (with maybe a usage of your newest item to assist you) to puzzle-based battles built exclusively around said newest item. (a.k.a. the "theme park" problem.) I also didn't enjoy the latter half of the story. Didn't care much for the Gorons, mixed feelings about the new Zora designs, and I'm (still) not a fan of the Ganondorf lore it established. Majora's Mask was just MUCH more enjoyable, both in gameplay and its setting.

 

[Cloudyhue]

The Last of Us. It just seems boring. Kills some people, push a platform around in the water, kill some clickers, save Ellie from something, repeat. I found the whole experience pretty dull.
Mario
Call of Duty
Battlefield
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts
Dark Souls
Oblivion (I couldn't handle the awful graphics)
Destiny
Fallout 4
Fighting games

 

[Pipistrele]

Oblivion (I couldn't handle the awful graphics)

I can see many good reasons to dislike Oblivion, but this is a really weird one. I mean, it's not much uglier than majority of games of its time (the outdoors enviropment was pretty impressive in it back then, actually), and art direction is fantastic - not to mention all the dated low-polyness can be fixed with dozens of available fanmods.

 

[ellaerna]

The Metal Gear series.
There are too many motherf*cking Snakes in that motherf*cking franchise. Just sayin'.

 

[Beatle9]

'Kingdom Hearts'. Nooooooooo thank you.
i got my PS2 just after the 3 came out. i'd read some stuff on 'Kingdom Hearts' and the premise sounded intriguing; Disney characters crossed with a (final) fantasy RPG? Yes please! ... Then i saw how "edgy" it was with the character designs, dialogue, story, etc. and i immediately shut that shit down. i played for a total of 3 hours, all the while groaning and rolling my eyes. No person should have that many zippers. i couldn't get through the 'Alice in Wonderland' garbage so i didn't even get very far. i bought it used from Gamestop so i swapped it out for something else the very next day. The sales guy asked why i didn't like it and demeaned me in front of his coworkers and other customers. "Hey guys! Look at this asshat! He doesn't like Kingdom Hearts!". Just out of curiosity i looked up some of the cutscenes on YouTube and fucking LOL'd my ass off! i'm so glad i didn't get invested in it because Kingdom Hearts designs are hideously overstated and colorful, the voices are a perfect storm of terrible mixed with perfect, the storyline is hard to follow and the lore is unnecessarily deep and makes no goddam sense. Besides, hardcore 'Kingdom Hearts' fans are some of the cringiest mother-fuckers i've ever met in my life. WORSE than "Five Nights at Edgy's" fans. That's not to say that all fans of the games are cringe-lords but the worst of them make my skin crawl. How ANYBODY can take the game seriously as beyond my comprehension, especially given the old-school Disney settings and such. it's like serving chocolate icecream on seafood pizza. All three flavors are great on their own but mixed together makes a cluster-fuck of equally incompatible concepts.

For the record, i LOVE the old Disney cartoons and characters but only a handful of JRPGs (namely FF7). i didn't know exactly what to expect; only that everybody recommended it. i feel like i dodged a bullet.

Addendum: i also spent far too long typing this one single, solitary post. Dammit. My soda's gone flat and my cookies are stale...

Eh, I'm not sure I would describe KH as "edgy", at least not in the modern day sense.

 

[PlusThirtyOne]

Eh, I'm not sure I would describe KH as "edgy"

How do you define "edgy"? Just look at their costumes. Leather dusters, baggy pants, shitloads of zippers, belts, straps, charms, armor, rips, tears. i haven't seen all there is to see but i wouldn't be surprised if there's some twit with a fedora in there somewhere. Kingdom Hearts SCREAMS early 2000s' "edge". Hot Topic "edge". Sarcastically "edgy". Not necessarily "edge" in it's literal form but within the bounds of anime and angsty try-hard tumblr teens, it's "edgy".

More specifically it feels like it's trying to be "edgy" but it comes off like a 14 year old brony with a katana and butterfly knife collection.

 

[Beatle9]

How do you define "edgy"? Just look at their costumes. Leather dusters, baggy pants, shitloads of zippers, belts, straps, charms, armor, rips, tears. i haven't seen all there is to see but i wouldn't be surprised if there's some twit with a fedora in there somewhere. Kingdom Hearts SCREAMS early 2000s' "edge". Hot Topic "edge". Sarcastically "edgy". Not necessarily "edge" in it's literal form but within the bounds of anime and angsty try-hard tumblr teens, it's "edgy".

I've been on the internet long enough to where edgy is now defined by me as 13-year-olds and other idiots using lazy offensive shock humor, or whatever the hell DC has been doing what their movies lately (excluding Wonder Woman of course). But that's just me.

 

[ChapterAquila92]

More specifically it feels like it's trying to be "edgy" but it comes off like a 14 year old brony with a katana and butterfly knife collection.

I've heard of a 30-something brony of that variety. He went from sharpening knives in his spare time to brushing the manes of pony figurines, and left a fair amount of MLP artwork on my ship's network drive.

 

[Cloudyhue]

I can see many good reasons to dislike Oblivion, but this is a really weird one. I mean, it's not much uglier than majority of games of its time (the outdoors enviropment was pretty impressive in it back then, actually), and art direction is fantastic - not to mention all the dated low-polyness can be fixed with dozens of available fanmods.

When I played it it was after I played Skyrim. I picked up Oblivion in 2014, I think. Compared to the other games that came out then it looked horrible and I just couldn't do it. Plus I hated the skill system and the magic.

 

[LumeKat]

Oblivion looks fine when modded, but the level up system sucks. I just straight up cheat myself up to 20 and never level up again.

I didn't like the first Dragon Age, seemed really forced to me. EA just wanted their own same old uncreative Tolkien world with the market already saturated with TES, Warcraft and D&D. And the awkward digital romance gave me the chills. Just like in Mass Effect which I like when there's stuff to do between the talking.

 

[Tavelius]

I liked Oblivion quite a lot, and was a bit disappointed with Skyrim, because it was too streamlined and simple. To me the best Elder Scrolls game will always be Morrowind.

As for a popular game I don't like, Super Hot. I got it recently in a bundle and I can't seem to get into it, I certainly don't get what the fuss is about.

 

[Cloudyhue]

Oblivion looks fine when modded, but the level up system sucks. I just straight up cheat myself up to 20 and never level up again.

I didn't like the first Dragon Age, seemed really forced to me. EA just wanted their own same old uncreative Tolkien world with the market already saturated with TES, Warcraft and D&D. And the awkward digital romance gave me the chills. Just like in Mass Effect which I like when there's stuff to do between the talking.

You can't mod an Xbox 360. I wish I could, believe me.

I agree with you on the level system. It's just so weird and complex and I hate it. I like simple skill systems that are still flexible, like Skyrim's. Like seriously, why is Acrobatics even a skill?

 

[Pipistrele]

When I played it it was after I played Skyrim. I picked up Oblivion in 2014, I think. Compared to the other games that came out then it looked horrible and I just couldn't do it. Plus I hated the skill system and the magic.

Compared to 2014 games? Well, of course it is, it's a very early title in X360 library, and it came from an era where PS2 was still a supported console. Compare the game to many other 2006 releases, from Bully to Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and you'll see that it's actually one of the better-looking games of the year.
(Skill system is a legitimate complaint, though - not the one I agree with, since I kinda like the thing, but yeah, it's divisive)

 

[Cloudyhue]

Compared to 2014 games? Well, of course it is, it's a very early title in X360 library, and it came from an era where PS2 was still a supported console. Compare the game to many other 2006 releases, from Bully to Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and you'll see that it's actually one of the better-looking games of the year.
(Skill system is a legitimate complaint, though - not the one I agree with, since I kinda like the thing, but yeah, it's divisive)

Well yeah, it was good for its time, but now it's doesn't hold up as much as it did back then. It's really just personal preference.

 

[septango]

overwatch, or any blizzard game really

too over designed yet generic visually usually, and genres I dont care for

 

[Wolf-Snipe]

Any RTS game for the "rule" more APM the better and because i suck at those honestly, but these games are just boring in my opinion.
Any fighting....except of Tekken franchise which got the most enjoyable fighting system which got sense.
Modern FPS games, where the hell are projectile based enemies, where are pickups, where the fuck is "complex" level design, what the hell with "atificial difficulty" in every game like that.

 

[StolenMadWolf]

This is going to be a big one.

*takes a breath*

Witcher III: Wild Hunt.

Why?

*takes a deeper breath*

Because it was so damn boring.