Highly rated and beloved games you didn’t like

[Matcam89]

Super Smash Bros. any version just find it too chaotic and boring

[snail]

Oh so many. I couldn't get into typical FPS (Halo, COD, etc.) And I couldn't get into what I call movie games, (Stuff like Life Is Strange, Minecraft Story Mode.)

[RepentantSky]

GTA V is a big one for me. Never mind that the online took forever to come out, never mind that it ran into issues for several months after it did, never mind that the game sold so many units that only Minecraft and Tetris stand above it, the story was bad, the driving was bad, the shooting mechanics completely suck, and Franklin is the only character in the game that I didn't want to personally go into the game and shoot myself. GTA V might be popular, but I think it's the worst game that ever got popular, ever.

[Garrett]

I forgot to mention that I also hate Metal Gear Solid. It's a Pac-Man game with a cringy anime theme, that people actually think is a stealth game despite the fact that it has goddamn boss fights. The gameplay is so horrendously simplistic that you get an exact timer on screen that tells you exactly when the AI will entirely forget that you ever existed. The dialogue is physically painful to listen to because of how embarrassingly Engrish it is. Characters are ridiculous and I don't believe it was on purpose no matter how much apologists try to tell me it's supposed to be satire. It's not good enough to count. And the pseudo-philosophical faux-deep themes they're trying to force are a dead giveaway that nobody thought it was a joke. The game has extremely out of place 4th wall breaks that only serve to point out how retarded everything is. If the unavoidable boss fights didn't disqualify it from being stealth to you, then the long staircase where you must mow down an army of pre-aggroed soldiers will. And if the button-mash QTE that is the binary test between two endings didn't convince you that it's one of the worst games you've ever played, then I suppose it's safe to say that you're probably excited for Death Stranding. There is nothing that can be below your standards. I don't just dislike the game, I'll probably dislike you if you like it.

[Nekid Coboy]

DE Human Revolution, BioShock 1-2. Same issues - kinda unsettled atmosphere, "meh" gameplay, boring story, dull, flat and unsympathetic characters...
For me, in a more or less rpg or story-driven games it's a no-go.
And my "favorite" - Undertale. I must admit, Toby Fox is a genius story and gameplay designer, he made SO MUCH with so little... but the game's approach and message just frikking infuriates me.

[Wolf]

Garrett I guess you'd rather sneak about, clout other people over the head and throw some holy water on the water arrows to get rid of those pesky little Zombies?
I found ME interesting, story wise....but the characters were a bit strange at times.

I could also say similar things like you about MW4, Mechwarrior 4 that is, I loved Mechwarrior 3, because it felt so spot on and had so much depth in it, that Mechwarrior 4 was a distinct letdown afterwards.
You couldn't leg a mech for salvage anymore, mechs and parts weren't lost and you didn't have to look after your parts and ammo anymore, which in MW 3 made sure you tried out different weapons.
It also made you feel more like a unit behind enemy lines who has to rely on salvage to stay afloat.
Also there was no bounce to the step of your mech, that made you choose between going full speed or aiming precisely.
And no Adverse effect of unbalanced Weapons, if you had one AC-20 in one arm and none in the other the backblast would drive the torso back on the side the weapon was on.
Which you could counteract though.
The game on the whole also game looked less serious, less real to the rather gritty Battletech universe and more cartoonish, not like a dark graphic novel, but more like a saturday afternoon cartoon.

[LoJan7]

The halo series just dont care for it.

[LordOTaco]

I could not get into Horizon Zero Dawn for the life of me. Its not bad I just could not get interested in it enough.

[CPT. Chrome Dome]

I feel like I'm the only one sometimes but I just could not get into Undertale at all.

[Flubbbs]

Rockstar games. Imo Max Payne 3 is their best game but I don't like GTA or Red Dead games.

[SckizoBoy]

Leaving aside my somewhat ambivalent attitude towards fighting games (OK... I have Dead or Alive: Last Round and I'm disappointingly bad with Mila... who is the entire reason I got the darn game...!) and multiplayer online (only) shooters (sorry Fortnite, you look quirky, but I don't 'get' online shooters)...

Dark Souls - the lack of superficially discerning story kind of bothers me, even though I'm aware it's really deep
Bioshock series - I 'unno, I got the first game, played it a bit and nothing happened for me...
Fallout series (well, 3, NV & 4 at any rate) - I really should like this formula, but I can never play them for much more than a couple hours before getting bored (Skyrim, though, not a problem)

There are other titles/series, like MGS, FF, RE, Halo and so on, makes me wonder whether I have any taste at all...!

[MarsBorn]

Oh my god I don't understand the love for Dark Souls. I have never been so frustrated at a game in my life. I love a good challenge but damn those games are tough.

[SckizoBoy]

I'm fairly certain that a part of the fanbase only ape it because it's punishing and just as an excuse to go 'LOL git gud, scrub!'. They are indeed tough games, but I honestly hold no opinion about the gameplay. Dodge-dodge-bonk-dodge-dodge-estus, rinse and repeat, which doesn't really do it for me.

There's a reason I'm a fan of BioWare games pre-Andromeda, because there's dialogue and expo from it which means the Codex is always a nice extra. For Dark Souls, just by playing the game, the story is basically impenetrable and you need to do a lot of reading just to figure out why you're dealing with the crap you're dealing with, the bosses' motivations etc. etc. And sometimes, even then, it doesn't explain things to any real level of satisfaction. *shrug*

[Last_Dragoon]

GTA V

The story was fine enough, I wasn't a fan of switching between three characters (all 3 are on the bottom tier as far as protagonist go), and the online part was just too grindy to enjoy. Also no damn single player DLC, are you serious Rockstar and Take Two? Damn shark cards!

[Inkdipper]

Never was able to get into the Zelda series... I might enjoy BotW, but don't own a Switch at the moment.

[BrotherDust]

I really liked the Idea of fighting games . Street Fighter , Tekken etc,,, I bought a ton of generic and Triple A Fighting games thinking ok this will be the one. A few had their moments and playing with friends was always a riot. I just dont think it's my genre.

[Hopeless Wombat]

Oh man, I seem to not like so many acclaimed franchises and love all the pure shit XD
* Fallout
* The Elder Scrolls
* Metal Gear Solid
* Grand Theft Auto
* Red Dead Redemption
* Dark Souls
* Dragon Age
* Counter Strike
* League of Legends/Dota 2