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Title: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on July 28, 2011, 01:12:49 PM
Like the title says, what popular games did oyu not like, and why?  For the sake of argument, only include games from genres that you like.  For example I wouldn't say Call of Duty even though I didn't care for it, because I generally don't like military/war simulators.  So anyways, here are mine:

Super Mario World Advance 4; Super Mario Brothers 3 - No secrets to discover; levels way too short; you can't backtrack; all-around worse than its predecessors

Ocarina of time - Often difficult to figure out where to go (I gave in Dodongo's Cavern btw); little help given by the game; sidequests frustrating and difficult.

Epic Mickey - No backtracking; camera really is that bad; your decision to  be good vs evil has almost no impact on the game (thanks largely to being unable to backtrack); there's no final boss battle; they outright lied about the "forgotten characters" theme.


EDIT: got rid of "Popular" from the title; they don't have to be popular.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Mr. AS on July 28, 2011, 01:15:09 PM
Like the title says, what popular games did oyu not like, and why?  For the sake of argument, only include games from genres that you like.  For example I wouldn't say Call of Duty even though I didn't care for it, because I generally don't like military/war simulators.  So anyways, here are mine:

Super Mario World 4 - No secrets to discover; levels way too short; you can't backtrack; all-around worse than its predecessors
Don't remember that game.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on July 28, 2011, 01:20:40 PM
You know which one I mean though right?  The one with the frog suit and the raccoon and all those other ridiculous powerups.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Mr. AS on July 28, 2011, 01:22:43 PM
You know which one I mean though right?  The one with the frog suit and the raccoon and all those other ridiculous powerups.
You mean Super Mario Bros. 3?
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: NFX on July 28, 2011, 01:26:33 PM
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

It is the same as any other Call Of Duty game I have seen. Run about, shoot stuff, repeat. I despise stuff like that.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Vertigo on July 28, 2011, 01:28:23 PM
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

It is the same as any other Call Of Duty game I have seen. Run about, shoot stuff, repeat. I despise stuff like that.
*High five*
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Wolfsbane on July 28, 2011, 01:30:02 PM
guitar hero. why not instead have a social life, and play an actual guitar, instead of pressing random coloured buttons?
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: nicsan2009 on July 28, 2011, 01:32:24 PM
Call of duty series. nuff said
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Wolfsbane on July 28, 2011, 01:33:43 PM
Call of duty series. nuff said

yeah, nothingn like shooting nazi zombies. [/sarcasm]
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Temi on July 28, 2011, 01:34:23 PM
Big Rigs
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: That Robot is a Spy! on July 28, 2011, 01:38:32 PM
Gears of War bored me fast. And I also hate Battlefield Bad Company. The first one is barely playable, while the 2nd has nothing really new.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: TeamXtreemer on July 28, 2011, 01:41:15 PM
Littlebigplanet. Boring.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: 090901 on July 28, 2011, 01:41:59 PM

Halo
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: nicsan2009 on July 28, 2011, 01:42:41 PM

Halo
nooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: FOTEPX on July 28, 2011, 01:43:01 PM
Modern Warfare 2. Murder me if you must.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Mr. AS on July 28, 2011, 01:44:53 PM
Big Rigs
Everyone hates Big Rigs. Your not alone.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: NFX on July 28, 2011, 01:46:43 PM

Halo

Good call. Terrible for the same reason CoD is.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Badger on July 28, 2011, 01:48:42 PM
I usually love racing games, but I despised NFS:Shift. The camera wsas crap, ALL the cars drifted, however you drived, and the drift mode was horribly difficult.

I'll stick to Forza 3 and NFS; Undercover, me.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: 090901 on July 28, 2011, 01:49:37 PM

Halo

Good call. Terrible for the same reason CoD is.
Meh, i kinda like CoD, but i just hate Halo.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Badger on July 28, 2011, 01:49:54 PM
DP

GUYS!
This is about games that you would think that you would have liked, but didn't. If you loved CoD4 but hated CoD 6, than fine, but if you hate all shooters, saying so is NOT the point of this thread.

Read the OP.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: TeamXtreemer on July 28, 2011, 01:50:18 PM
NFS died after most wanted.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: That Robot is a Spy! on July 28, 2011, 01:51:38 PM
I think some people dislike them because they are the poster boys of the Xbox (And PS3 in COD's case). I know a lot of people who hate Razer because they thought it was too good for it's own good.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Badger on July 28, 2011, 01:52:48 PM
NFS died after most wanted.
I loved Undercover, actually. Short story, but OK, nontheless, and when you've finished it yuo get to roam around the city in your bright orange McLaren F1, choosing either to drive like Jesus near cops, or ram them out of the way. Great way to vent rage.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: J on July 28, 2011, 01:54:03 PM
Epic Mickey - No backtracking; camera really is that bad; your decision to  be good vs evil has almost no impact on the game (thanks largely to being unable to backtrack); there's no final boss battle; they outright lied about the "forgotten characters" theme.
No, the "forgotten characters" theme is just various background characters they made that resemble the art style of early Mickey Mouse.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: RpJk on July 28, 2011, 01:56:31 PM
Football games. Ok at first but just gets boring.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on July 28, 2011, 01:56:38 PM
Epic Mickey - No backtracking; camera really is that bad; your decision to  be good vs evil has almost no impact on the game (thanks largely to being unable to backtrack); there's no final boss battle; they outright lied about the "forgotten characters" theme.
No, the "forgotten characters" theme is just various background characters they made that resemble the art style of early Mickey Mouse.

I'm talking more about the fact that the pirates from Peter Pan got a very big part, and that Donald and Goofy appeared at all.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: DuckRA2 on July 28, 2011, 01:59:21 PM
halo 2... DOESN'T WORK FOR XP... major failure
Team Fortress 2
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: madman3 on July 28, 2011, 02:18:24 PM
Super Smash Bros. Brawl; it was an item fest but that took away from the strategy as you basically waited for the Smash Ball to show up. Lame sequel to the much better Melee.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Mr. AS on July 28, 2011, 02:19:26 PM
Super Smash Bros. Brawl; it was an item fest but that took away from the strategy as you basically waited for the Smash Ball to show up. Lame sequel to the much better Melee.
Just turn off items then.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Wacky Bob on July 28, 2011, 02:23:58 PM
Super Mario RPG. I heard how good it was, but I didn't like it very much. I LOVE other Mario RPGs, but there many annoying parts that seem to have depended on luck. For example:

 The Hammer Bros. at the very beginning. I don't know why, but they were one of the most frustrating parts in the game.

 Croco, mostly the second time. Very annoying

 The Smilax Mega thing. Hated it.

 When Dodo fights you 1 on 1. You basically had to use every turn healing or die.

 The Axem Rangers. Totally rigged if you asked me.

Didn't like it very much in general.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: nicsan2009 on July 28, 2011, 03:01:59 PM
Super Smash Bros. Brawl; it was an item fest but that took away from the strategy as you basically waited for the Smash Ball to show up. Lame sequel to the much better Melee.

You know that you can turn items off right?
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: nicsan2009 on July 28, 2011, 03:02:41 PM
Super Smash Bros. Brawl; it was an item fest but that took away from the strategy as you basically waited for the Smash Ball to show up. Lame sequel to the much better Melee.
Just turn off items then.
DP man you beat me to it
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: TriTon on July 28, 2011, 04:24:52 PM
NFS died after most wanted.
No. It died at Underground.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: TeamXtreemer on July 28, 2011, 04:28:37 PM
NFS died after most wanted.
Yes, so true.
Glad you agree.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: Badger on July 28, 2011, 05:10:28 PM
NFS died after most wanted.
Yes, so true.
Glad you agree.
*Facepalm in inconceivably large quantities*
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like
Post by: TriTon on July 28, 2011, 05:11:29 PM
NFS died after most wanted.
Yes, so true.
Glad you agree.

No, just no.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: nicsan2009 on July 28, 2011, 05:13:40 PM
NFS the run looks pretty impressive though.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: madman3 on July 28, 2011, 05:20:55 PM
Super Smash Bros. Brawl; it was an item fest but that took away from the strategy as you basically waited for the Smash Ball to show up. Lame sequel to the much better Melee.

You know that you can turn items off right?
Yeah, but the fact that it was more based on the items (as it the games strong point was the items, even if they took it a little far) meant that item-less combat sucked and playing online was a drag BECAUSE OF THOSE GOD-DAMN SMASH BALLS.

Melee was more fluid and the characters were better and Bowser was way more awesome.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Badger on July 28, 2011, 06:05:01 PM
I disagree, Smash played very well, and it took a while to learn how to play with a certain character. Butthe online was laggy to the paint of unplayability.

Smash is still my favourite wii game, it was the only reason I kept my wii, but SSBB wasn't worth the £150 I got from sellin all my wii games and wii.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: madman3 on July 28, 2011, 06:07:57 PM
I disagree, Smash played very well, and it took a while to learn how to play with a certain character. Butthe online was laggy to the paint of unplayability.

Smash is still my favourite wii game, it was the only reason I kept my wii, but SSBB wasn't worth the £150 I got from sellin all my wii games and wii.
You evidently haven't played Melee :P

Well, Brawl at least had a semi decent single player mode.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Sage on July 28, 2011, 06:14:49 PM
guitar hero. why not instead have a social life, and play an actual guitar, instead of pressing random coloured buttons?

It takes longer to get good at real guitar, you don't need a band to play famous songs it's a heck of a lot less expensive, and it's a game.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: madman3 on July 28, 2011, 06:41:54 PM
guitar hero. why not instead have a social life, and play an actual guitar, instead of pressing random coloured buttons?

It takes longer to get good at real guitar, you don't need a band to play famous songs it's a heck of a lot less expensive, and it's a game.
Lol I'm better at real guitar than Guitar Hero.

Really I just use GH for GHMix2.0 but whatever.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: TriTon on July 28, 2011, 06:50:36 PM
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Virus Bomb on July 28, 2011, 07:06:45 PM
You evidently haven't played Melee :P

Well, Brawl at least had a semi decent single player mode.


You mean SSE? that was alright until you got to that great maze thing, which was IMO a crappy attempt at making the game longer than it should be.


Also Brawl was honestly more fun to me with items on, excluding the smashball, since it was more casual-oriented. Still, Melee >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Enigm@ on July 28, 2011, 07:24:04 PM
Call of Duty Black Ops
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
*goes back to modding Doom 2*
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Hydro on July 28, 2011, 07:42:19 PM
Europa Universalis III

Confusing as heck
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on July 29, 2011, 08:14:50 AM
Dragon Warrior Joker (DS): Not terrible, but you've got to laugh when a DS game is shorter than its Gameboy Color predecessor.
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: FOTEPX on July 29, 2011, 08:21:13 AM
Catherine
Age Of Empires III
Halo: Reach
Bioshock 2
Mindjack
Ninjatown
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: nicsan2009 on July 29, 2011, 11:54:41 AM
Mass effect 2. (gets boring after a while.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Gazea2 on July 29, 2011, 03:00:07 PM
Final Fantasy III. I love Final Fantasy games but this one just seemed to drag on... and on.... and oooonnnn... Also, to get the best job in the game, you must be able to connect with someone that has the game. Simple enough, except for the fact that no one that I know has the game. >)>
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: RpJk on July 29, 2011, 03:03:33 PM
Midnight Club III
Smash Flash :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Natef on July 30, 2011, 04:31:35 PM
Halo 3
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: nicsan2009 on July 30, 2011, 05:06:30 PM
Battlefeild 2 was another one of my biggest disapointmants
Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: That Robot is a Spy! on July 30, 2011, 05:18:54 PM
Catherine
Age Of Empires III
Halo: Reach
Bioshock 2
Mindjack
Ninjatown
Your the first person I've met who doesn't like Bioshock.
Agree with others apart from Halo: Reach.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Lupus on July 30, 2011, 05:36:54 PM
All of CoD games.
Halo 3.
Halo reach.
All the Need for Speeds after the first "Need for Speed Underground".
Drug wars/Merchants of Brooklyn.
Plain sight.
Saints row 2.
F.E.A.R 2 (it's soooo samey.)
Arma 2
That's just a couple...
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: madman3 on July 30, 2011, 05:44:12 PM
Final Fantasy III. I love Final Fantasy games but this one just seemed to drag on... and on.... and oooonnnn... Also, to get the best job in the game, you must be able to connect with someone that has the game. Simple enough, except for the fact that no one that I know has the game. >)>
The other Final Fantasy III (the one that's just FFVI's USA version) is pretty damn amazing.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Zog on July 30, 2011, 06:42:52 PM
Black Ops. It's exactly the same as the rest of 'em.


Any of the Quake games. I understand that they're old, but come on?! You start the game, you run around and shoot. No plot.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: wakkydude on August 01, 2011, 06:18:23 AM
Mirror's Edge. I LOVE DICE, but this was their first bad game. It's a shame, because it tried so hard.

If you try and attack me with all your greatest soldiers because I didn't like it, be warned, I have my own forces.  :tank2
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: GroudonRobotWars on August 05, 2011, 04:01:14 AM
Pokemon Trozei: Absolutly bad, probably the worst pokemon game.

Title: Re: Popular games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Avalanche on August 10, 2011, 12:19:36 PM
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2.
Edited for me, i accept TriTons decision.
The sequel was BULLsh**.Worst ever storyline, you have unbalanced ness, and 3 missions, not counting boss battles.
Its spliting teh areas up into "missions"
WTF?
Worst sequel ever, cant attack if 1 lightsaber was just thrown even though you could go with 1.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Natef on August 10, 2011, 12:23:50 PM
Most Pokemon games are the same.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Scorpion on August 10, 2011, 02:33:51 PM
Brutal legend.
If it was moar hack n slash, and less... weird strategy hybrid (?) then it would've been brilliant.
Story was good though, and left it open for a cool sequel...
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Stagfish on August 10, 2011, 03:43:32 PM
Patapon 3: A rubbish sequel to one of my favourite game series. All that seemed to happen was you Vs. a million monsters. Nothing interesting happend AND GOD DAMN EXPLODING SALAMANDERS.

Left 4 Dead: Too repetitive. Played for about a day then got bored of it.

Halo 3: Just dragged on sooo much and all I ever do is get lost.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: JoeBlo on August 11, 2011, 06:52:32 AM
Lufia 2 remake (forgot the real name) for DS

I loved the SNES game so much but the remake looks like it just took the character names and made everything different.. not worth spending the money on how it looks alone..

Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Hard Bot on August 11, 2011, 09:42:49 AM
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, it was a knock-off of the real game.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: smashysmashy on August 11, 2011, 09:49:04 AM
The Sims 3. Gets boring really fast and the only way to keep the game playable is buy loads of expensive expansion and stuff pack.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: smashysmashy on August 11, 2011, 09:49:42 AM
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, it was a knock-off of the real game.

Yeah, but GT5 (full game) is epic.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Hard Bot on August 11, 2011, 09:51:09 AM
Please do not double post. You will get flamed.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: freeziez on August 11, 2011, 09:55:25 AM
...

I won't even bother responding to that.

Anyway, I was really disappointed at all the Super Monkey Ball games after Deluxe for the Xbox.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: RpJk on August 11, 2011, 09:36:43 PM
Kororimpa: Just hated the controls but still Mercury Meltdown is my favorite when it came to those games
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: russian roulette on August 15, 2011, 11:03:36 PM
Wii Music- Crap
All Call of Duty Games- Unoriginal Crap used to make 9 different companies money
Halo Wars- Just never gotten into it
Sonic Heroes- Crap repetitive voice acting and repetitive gameplay
Duke Nukem Forever- Crap Graphics, enough said
Homefront- Just Crap
Brink- The last one times 5
(Here me out) Crysis 2- Very obtrusive gameplay (3d helmet, reading ammo is a pain)
Fruit Ninja Kinect- Next to impossible/ Kinect integration suffers
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: GoldenFox93 on August 15, 2011, 11:04:43 PM
Sonic Heroes- Crap repetitive voice acting and repetitive gameplay
"We'll show that creep the REAL SUPERPOWER OF TEAMWORK"
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: RpJk on August 16, 2011, 06:29:23 AM
LittleBigPlanet: Got it because I was sooooooooooooo interested in Wipeout and Ninja Warrior. Now don't care
Pac-Man World 3: Its weird
Skate It: Crap Controls and a `Does not make sense` Storyline and only got it because It was on sale for about a tenner.
Pac`n`Roll. Only got it for cheap and hated it but yet it was addicting.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Natef on August 16, 2011, 07:40:00 AM
Sonic Heroes- Crap repetitive voice acting and repetitive gameplay
"We'll show that creep the REAL SUPERPOWER OF TEAMWORK"

I loved the opening, though.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Lupus on August 19, 2011, 11:49:05 AM
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, it was a knock-off of the real game.
They released what was basically a demo/beta for a full retail price.Raking in the moolah...
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: russian roulette on August 25, 2011, 04:02:08 PM
Call of Duty:Nazi Zombies:Moon(Expect some ranting): This is by far, the laziest work to come out of Treyarch. How do we top PR-ing D-rated celebrities in our "original" idea, oh I know... We put them on the F***ing moon! Seriously what the heck were they thinking? Was a 5 year old in charge of creating the idea? Not only that, the physics are completely unrealistic (not that zombies aren't already) but each character (including zombies) on the fricken moon would have to be wearing a  $1,200,0000 dollar space suit... or they will die. Also, you wouldn't be able to hear a thing, physics proves that if there is no atmosphere/ nothing in the air... you cant hear anything cause there is no dispersion of the sound waves. Also since the community here hates the fact that overpowered weapons are teh ghey... the perks are ridiculousness. Tie in another part of the map, and a teleporter? You got one of the most confusing, retarded, unoriginal, stupid, childish games ever. I could go on and on about how they time the zombie attacks, but I should just stop now before I shoot myself.
Title: Re: Games you didn't like (but thought you would)
Post by: Avalanche on August 25, 2011, 04:31:50 PM
Wii Music- Crap
All Call of Duty Games- Unoriginal Crap used to make 9 different companies money
Halo Wars- Just never gotten into it
Sonic Heroes- Crap repetitive voice acting and repetitive gameplay(I have this, very fun.Yeah right, the voice acting was a bit off adn sometimes just purely crap voices:In spanish Big will sometimes say something that means:The male rabbit can do it, refering to CREAM.Well done Big, your a prime example of a douche.And final boss is freaking awesome.
Duke Nukem Forever- Crap Graphics, enough said
Homefront- Just Crap
Brink- The last one times 5
(Here me out) Crysis 2- Very obtrusive gameplay (3d helmet, reading ammo is a pain)
Fruit Ninja Kinect- Next to impossible/ Kinect integration suffers