Highly rated and beloved games you didn’t like

[Wolf]

Koolaidman Interesting point and I do agree to an extent I don't think the game is bad per se, but I do thinkt that without the unlock system in place it would be better.
As for it being a step back in comparison to BF2 I would agree, the Class system in BF2 worked great for the most part with no one man armies or OP classes and the lack of mod support in modern Battlefields is really sad.
There were some pretty fun mods.......both serious and those decidedly less so.....

[Koolaidman]

I agree to an extent. Battlefield 3 wasn't bad in my opinion. I wouldn't even argue that it's overrated. I do agree that it seemed like a step back from Battlefield 2 and other prior installments though. Battlefield 2 never gets enough love.

[Oscar Söze]

Dark Souls series. I just don't get the appeal. Sorry. Lol.

[Inside_Smoke]

Bioshock. just find it really generic and uninteresting.

[isturbo1984]

While "didn't like" is not entirely accurate... I did want to say both God of War 2018 and Uncharted 4 were both ridiculously overrated. I can rip both titles apart on a gameplay and story level, lol. I would say the two are solid 8s though. Again, "didn't like" is pretty strong. I liked them both. But they are far from perfect games or even being the best in the franchise.

[Wolf]

Battlefield 3 and to a lesser degree BF Bad Company 2........yub, come at me!

I'm an old and oldschool BF player, I started with 2 then tried out 1942 and Vietnam.........because back then you could buy used copies and both games had awesome mods like Forgotten Hope.
(Aside from playing games like Arma, various combat Flight sims, RPGs, and other games that do not pertain to this discussion.)
So I didn't like some of the stuff that came in with Bad Company, namely the huge unlock system and everyone could have every weapon.
I mean a US soldier with an AK as his primary starting weapon, unless he's spec ops or in dire straits is a bit silly.(Granted Bad Company was a bit silly at times.....and in a good way. )
Now the latter is totally fine for me in a game like the original OPF or Arma where you can find yourself behind enemy lines running short on ammo.

The bigger issue however was the unlock system that just went a little overboard in my tastes, where it really punished new players, they did less damage, had less options on top of not knowing the maps or maybe not knowing how exactly to play the game.
It also kills experimenting with roles, for example why should anyone let "the Noobie" drive the tank, after all he can't run it as effectively as a veteran player, since he hasn't got a coaxial Machine gun to engage infantry, nor has he got smoke grenades to hide etc.

I think that's where it got really off-putting to me, as before in BF2 that was one extra weapon, but in BC2 they actually cut tools that you needed to fulfill your role from the starting content.
Medics couldn't heal they had to unlock the medic box first, they couldn't revive, they had to unlock the defibrillator first.
Same goes for engineers who couldn't repair until unlocking, no AT mines until unlocked.
Vehicles, no smoke grenades, no coax, no good optics, etc.


To me an unlock system is complete poision to a competitive game, the only thing that should decide a challenge between two players is their skill, not any ground equipment.
The system's goal is to give veteran players an edge over new players, one that is not necessary, because generally the veteran players already have an experience-based skill advantage over the newer players.
In the end they are a barrier to entry for new players, a thing that keeps new people from joining the community.

And if one says that a game needs an unlock system to be interesting, they are admitting that the game itself is lacking, that the gameplay isn't good enough to have you come back time after time.
I mean look at the first Battlefields and even the mods for BF2, no progression systems at all, and yet people played them over and over.

I enjoyed playing BC2 but the unlock system killed it for me, because you never could match up to the veterans.
You were always at a non-skillbased disadvantage.
As for BF3, it had the same, but the netcode was worse and same goes for client-side hit detection.
Also a few friends had played it and it was the first time Dice chose to go crazy with the nerfbat. All of them liked it at the beginning and all had stopped playing half a year later.

[Lackrobat]

Bioshock series, played all of them and thought all were meh.

[Noobc0re]

Name any AAA game since 2011 except for Doom 2016.

[Scarecrow23]

All of the GTA games... just cant get into being the 'bad guy' as it conflicts with my personal code way to much so not fun for me at all

[PriestTroit]

The Mortal Kombat series.
Don't get me wrong, it's a fun game to play with friends. I just expect more from the game in modern times. Instead, each new installment feels like a graphics update. Again, it's fun, just a let down for me. Personally, I would like a more 3D fighting mode with up to 4 players. Obviously they would keep the current mode which has its own merits. Maybe even add a co-op campaign as well.

I used to play MK all the time with my brothers years ago. The only thing I could say which would improve upon fighting games in general is a much greater focus on the story mode. Mortal Kombat always had a better story mode than most other fighting games, which is why it's my favorite franchise in the genre. For example, we also played a bunch of Dead or Alive 4 which was awesome in its own right, but the story mode was just non-existent.... I hear the latest Injustice game was good.

[TheCruelTutelageofPai-Mei]

SuperSmash...........come at me!

I'm with you on this.

[MasterChief117]

SuperSmash...........come at me!

[ethansito]

I don't like Call of Duty or Fortnite because I enjoy playing competitive shooters that require teamwork. Also, Fortnite is cringy.

[Doomie]

Skyrim somewhat counts. It's fun to explore the world with nobody telling you where you can or can't go, but it definitely seemed a little TOO highly rated.

[Magvel]

Life is Strange, I actually consider it to be one of the worst games I've played. That's the downside about visual novels, if the story and characters are bad (or in this case absolutely awful) the game has basically nothing going for it