Highly rated and beloved games you didn’t like

[Adamthm]

Personally speaking here I really didn’t like the last of us and think it’s a bad story and played even worse. I tired to play that game 4 times and just feel like they watched the road and A regular zombie movie and just used the same story and reskinned it. I also feel like the gameplay was well shit. This isn’t the vast majority of course so why game is widely loved but you just don’t get why people like it

[JackofTears]

I cannot get into "Life is Strange" no matter how much it looks like a game I should enjoy.

[Lynk Former]

I love the Life is Strange series, but I can totally understand when people can't get into it. It's meant for a very narrow audience.

[fenrif]

Bad writing, bad narrative, non-existant gameplay. No idea what people get out of that "game."

[Vanitas Remnant]

Agreed with that message exactly.

[lenimoz]

Skyrim. Hate the "open world" games that aren't story-driven and the battlestyle is just meh... I don't know, I tried 3-4 times and always get bored or just lose interest after wandering around for an hour or so... I don't think it's bad, It just isn't for me.

[EternalFaith]

I think Fallout expanded on the Skyrim formula a little bit to make the open world more exciting, even if it didn't succeed entirely. I spent a lot of time building settlements and creating my own story to make up for the lack of actual excitement. Perhaps we'll see Skyrim titles in the future add a similar feature, hopefully something that matches the theme better.

[RevolverGirl]

I have quite a few, most annual sports games are dull to me. Callbof Duty and Battlefeild is losing its luster.
but if we're talking about games most of everyone loved that I dont...I would say, the God of War series...I know its meant to be aflashy beat-em up button mashing fun but its just not for me. (I played the first 2 games) I haven't played the recent one (Game of the year apearantly) so I cant judge that one yet.

[Clavicle]

As someone who also could not get into the older God of War titles, i really loved the new one so it is worth trying at some point.

[Last_Dragoon]

The newest one is inspired by more of the Dark Souls type games. I would say that the newest one also digs a little deeper in the mythological world that its setting is based on. The original trilogy was a little shallow in that regard IMO. Meanwhile this game is willing to expand on its lore. Also what I found impressive is that the game goes for the one scene shots you see in movies. The game avoids "loading screens" and i put loading screens in quotes because the fast travel, while not appearing as one, is basically a loading screen.

[Koolaidman]

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.

[Evocati]

I hate the animations in Mortal Kombat. They seem so lazy. I get bored just watching it.

[Imnotanybody]

Oblivion, after playing witcher 3 and skyrim, the leveling system and world just feels so wrong.

[ciderPunk1877]

I suspect that Oblivion is one of those games that really only holds up for people like me, people who played it in 2006, or around then. It's got a lot of... "charm".

[BAB]

I just gave Oblivion a second try a couple of months ago and dang near 100% it. I had tried it a few years ago and left quickly, but I forced myself through the first few hours of it again and really got into it. It helps a lot to have a wiki nearby though. And the enemy scaling is something no amount of time will cure.

[Damian Cunliffe]

Just FYI - if you ever try Oblivion again in the future, do it with OOO (Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul). It removes the level scaling entirely and makes the world a big and dangerous place. When you leave the sewer and enter the world for the first time, you're a weak level 1 bambi and the world is a big and dangerous place. If the first thing you do is swim across the river and try to explore the ruins you see there what you're going to find is level 10 bandits who will kill you in 1 hit. If you go back there at level 10 they're still level 10 and now you can fight them. If you go back there at level 20 they're still level 10 and you will pwn them. The mod also adds tons of new weapons and spells. I honestly wouldn't even play Oblivion without it anymore.

[Cipher]

The Last of Us. Story is good but the gameplay is mediocre. Which obviously means it's a mediocre game.

[VANOM]

there is a lot more to a game than its gameplay, i mean it is a verry important part but a game can still be good having mediocre or even bad gameplay! there are even games that have no gameplay at all but still are good like all the teltale games, life is strange and others like them!

[Cipher]

Nope. If the gameplay is trash, then the game is trash. All the other stuff is window dressing. A good story doesn't make a game good. Whether you can get over the trash gameplay or not differs depending on the gamer. But it doesn't change the fact that you're playing a trash game. I like how you bring up Telltale Games because that's a good example of a company that thrived off of making terrible games. It doesn't really help your argument. It helps mine.

[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

[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.

[BAB]

I feel like Skyrim suffers from a bit of being absolutely great when you're kind of young and getting into that sort of game, but then you back off and look at it objectively and it's really not all that amazing. I spend way more time trying out random mods then actually playing it anymore, if I even have it booted up.

[Doomie]

That may just be why it was so popular. I wonder if the same thing will happen to Fortnite over time.

[ethansito]

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

[isturbo1984]

But all other games with FFA modes in addition to their team-based modes you like... ???

[ethansito]

isturbo1984 I like FFA modes that are competitive, and I like team-based modes that require teamwork. Fortnite is a casual game, and Call of Duty doesn't encourage teamwork, so I don't like them. Also, Fortnite is cringy.

[MasterChief117]

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

[TheCruelTutelageofPai-Mei]

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

I'm with you on this.

[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.

[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

[Noobc0re]

Name any AAA game since 2011 except for Doom 2016.

[MarsBorn]

I bought doom and still haven't played it. How lame am I?

[Noobc0re]

Not lame, so much as missing out. If you like FPS it is a fantastic game.

[Dwight]

Final fantasy really did the trick for me, even though it's really flawed.