Popular games you couldn’t really get into?

[Dunquixote]

Ah good to know! I was interested in trying P5 since I've heard good things about it, but that would require me to buy both the game and a PS3 so like... Haha.

Edit: Plus I don't even know if I'd like the game either.

Do you happen to have a ps4? It is also on the ps4. I definitely recommend it! I wouldn’t let the fandom deter you from playing. I only see them on twitter and the ones that follow one of my favorite Vas are okay (they ignore me mostly and when I go on twitch).

 

[Neb]

As much as I love the Persona, I cannot get into Persona 3 or Persona 3 FES. Everyone says it’s the best game in the series, but I hate the gameplay. Climbing the same boring tower for the entire game isn’t particularly fun. You can’t even control most of your party in FES. In that version you just have to pray the A.I. doesn’t spam the same move over and over *cough* Mitsuru *cough*. The soundtrack is repetitive too.

At least the story is decent. I’ve been genuinely intrigued by the history of Tatsumi Port Island.

 

[Corrie]

Do you happen to have a ps4? It is also on the ps4. I definitely recommend it! I wouldn’t let the fandom deter you from playing. I only see them on twitter and the ones that follow one of my favorite Vas are okay (they ignore me mostly and when I go on twitch).

I don't have a PS4 either :C Oh don't worry, fandom stuff usually goes over my head haha.

 

[King koopa]

As much as I love the Persona, I cannot get into Persona 3 or Persona 3 FES. Everyone says it’s the best game in the series, but I hate the gameplay. Climbing the same boring tower for the entire game isn’t particularly fun. You can’t even control most of your party in FES. In that version you just have to pray the A.I. doesn’t spam the same move over and over *cough* Mitsuru *cough*. The soundtrack is repetitive too.

At least the story is decent. I’ve been genuinely intrigued by the history of Tatsumi Port Island.

Yeah I don't really like p3 either, I only like the ost, not the actual game because it's too dark and sad

 

[SkyKnight03]

Final Fantasy 10. I've never played something where I've felt less attached with the characters. (Tidus was okay). I still finished the entire game.

 

[a potato]

I wanted to get into Okami, but I lost interest after a little while. Maybe I'll try to get back into it, though. I know it's supposed to be an amazing game.

 

[Nefarious]

I couldn't get into Splatoon either. Rented the first game, only completed the story and tried a few online matches. Owned Splat2 for a while. Same thing, completed the story and played a few games till I had my fill and resold it to a friend. I'm not super into shooters to begin with, this reaffirmed that. Even when the shooter has a great concept and style, I still don't enjoy playing as much as I should.

I also can't get into Persona, although I enjoy Shin Megami Tensei. That seems common though, being into SMT but hating Persona or being into Persona and hating SMT. Can only be a fan of one but not the other haha.

 

[Midoriya]

I also can't get into Persona, although I enjoy Shin Megami Tensei. That seems common though, being into SMT but hating Persona or being into Persona and hating SMT. Can only be a fan of one but not the other haha.

This is so true. I know others were curious about why I don’t like Persona, but I just don’t. However, I absolutely LOVE SMT because I played SMT IV years ago and really enjoyed it. I’m actually thinking about picking up SMT V when it releases perhaps…

 

[Nefarious]

This is so true. I know others were curious about why I don’t like Persona, but I just don’t. However, I absolutely LOVE SMT because I played SMT IV years ago and really enjoyed it. I’m actually thinking about picking up SMT V when it releases perhaps…

Same here! I rented IV years ago, liked it so much that I bought a copy of my own. Thinking about picking V up when it releases too and may replay IV to get refamiliarize with the mechanics closer to launch.

 

[Dunquixote]

I couldn't get into Splatoon either. Rented the first game, only completed the story and tried a few online matches. Owned Splat2 for a while. Same thing, completed the story and played a few games till I had my fill and resold it to a friend. I'm not super into shooters to begin with, this reaffirmed that. Even when the shooter has a great concept and style, I still don't enjoy playing as much as I should.

I also can't get into Persona, although I enjoy Shin Megami Tensei. That seems common though, being into SMT but hating Persona or being into Persona and hating SMT. Can only be a fan of one but not the other haha.

Interesting! I remember watching my ex play one, which all this time I thought was Persona, but maybe it was Shin Megami. I always thought the dialogue and stuff was cheesy so never had any interest in it. I forgot what got me into P5 (only persona game that I player) but I absolutely love it. I just wish I could beat the secret boss in Royale . I heard a fifth shin megami was coming out soon so I was thinking of taking a look after I get P5 strikers if I don’t need to play the others; just hoping I can like both.

Another one, I used the Assassin’s creed series but I liked only up to or a bit after Brotherhood. I got stuck on III, read a spoiler accidentally and never picked it up again. Tried origins but it was too open to me. I felt really overwhelmed by how big it was. They kept releasing so many games right in a row (or at least that is how I felt), and I got tired of keeping up and plus don’t have the money.

 

[King koopa]

Oh yeah speaking of persona I got shin megami tensei 4 apocalypse a couple of years ago and didn't like it. I forgot why but I remember being bored, so I recommend you never played shin megami tensei before is to stick to persona

 

[demoness]

shenmue

i'd rather beat my head into a wall than suffer that again. but it was a good sleep-aid.

and xenoblade. you take a studio that made xenosaga and xenogears and say "can you do this again but add aimless wandering and imitate idk... phantasy star online?"

 

[CylieDanny]

I couldn't, and still can't get into any of the mario games, they just don't interest me.. The one I played the most was, Mario Khart for the gamecube, me and my friend fully finished it, unlocked everything, but those games just don't really interest me.. Drove my friend crazy,

I have Mario Khart for my switch, which I sometimes play with my sister. But any other game I'm just not interested in.
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I'm not a fan of the sonic games, aside from heroes, but me and my friend played one of them after our work outs, and even completed it. But, I think I'm one of the few people to like Sonic Heroes.

Not a huge fan of Kingdom hearts, the only one I really enjoyed was *Birth by Sleep* but the others were meh, especially two. I really dislike that game (Maybe I'd like it more if Namine didn't exist) Also other reasons, like how the girls are kinda just there? Just either to save, or be saved, and that's it.
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[EerieCreatures]

Another one, I used the Assassin’s creed series but I liked only up to or a bit after Brotherhood. I got stuck on III, read a spoiler accidentally and never picked it up again. Tried origins but it was too open to me. I felt really overwhelmed by how big it was. They kept releasing so many games right in a row (or at least that is how I felt), and I got tired of keeping up and plus don’t have the money.

Ahhh, I felt exactly the same way!! Though I played through all of III, getting to the end just kinda, killed it for me I think. Which is sad, because Assassin's Creed was one of the first video game series I really fell in love with, but after trying to play black flag and just, not enjoying it, I fell away from it a lot. I have, a few of the newer games, one I got for free, one I got because I thought I would like it because of the setting, and my mom got me Origins which I tried to play too but I just, couldn't get into it. I also had the same feeling of being overwhelmed by it all, to the point I couldn't enjoy any of it. ><

I don't really know what else counts as popular honestly, um, I heard a lot of good things about Ori and the Blind Forest but I just, haven't been able to get into it. It felt super clunky and unpleasant to play and I dropped it really quick, eventually I'll try to get back to it though.
Another one might be, Bioshock Infinite. I loved the first two Bioshock games so much, like I adore them a ton, but I just, didn't really like anything about Infinite. I actually get mildly annoyed when I see people talking about how great it is, which is really silly and always makes me feel guilty, but that's a testament to how much I disliked the game. xD I enjoyed the Burial at Sea part of the game, but not nearly as much as the earlier ones.

 

[IonicKarma]

The largest nintendo series I can't seem to get into is the old style Mario games, like 3D world and the like. I love the graphics of Mario Galaxy and Mario Odyssey but just can't get invested in the linear path of the old style games.

I also haven't been able to get into any of the shooter battle royale games. Tried most of the popular ones and never got a single win on any of them, even Fall Guys which wasn't a shooter style one. I do like Tetris 99 but that's because I just like Tetris lol.

For the longest time, Splatoon was another series that I just couldn't get into, but I decided to pick it up recently mostly for Salmon run and its quite fun! Ranked still makes me die inside though.

 

[Stalfos]

Metal Gear Solid. I beat the first one (the Gamecube remake), rented the second one and played a demo of the third one. They can be fun for a couple of minutes but eventually I just get bored. Do people really like the storytelling in Kojima's games? I just want to hide soldiers in the lockers.

Some other games I really can't get into are the 3D Sonics. I was so disappointed with Sonic Adventure when it released on the Dreamcast. The funny thing is that people often claim that this is one of the few good ones so I decided to back and play through the whole game. Give it a fair chance. But no, it was still as bad as I remembered it.

 

[fairysyndrome]

mario galaxy. i know it’s a fan favourite of the series, and i’m sure it’s ultimately a good game, but when i played it i struggled with the controls so much that it dampened the experience for me and i didn’t want to try again. still don’t.

 

[Tao]

Assassins Creed. On paper, it's absolutely something I should love, especially the more recent Egyptian and Norse themed ones, or Black Flag being pirate themed. Open world stealth games each set in a different time period almost making them a period piece. Fantastic...No, they're some of the most tedious and boring games I've played. They just lack any difficulty, stealth is brainless, combat is brainless, the writing is bland and tedious. I like the idea of Assassins Creed, I just want somebody else to do it.

Kingdom Hearts 3 specifically. I loved the KH games growing up and had played most of them (minus Chain of Memories and the mobile games) but I played a bit of KH3 and absolutely had no love for it. I think I had grown out of Kingdom Hearts by this point and whilst I still love the older games, I feel I wouldn't get too far into them before losing interest now.

Shenmue. My friend for years touted it as such an amazing game. I played the Yakuza games because I heard they were 'basically' Shenmue and they were the most accessible for me at the time. When the remasters for Shenmue came out my friend bought it and lent it to me and it was bloody awful. Everything about it was awful. There's not a single thing about it I thought was good and whilst I could easily see how it influenced a bloody good game like Yakuza, it felt like a game that wasn't even good for the time it was released. For (at the time) the most expensive game to develop, it lacked so much polish.

Though the voice acting, my lord. It's awful, but I love it. All games should have Shenmue levels of awful voice acting. Shenmue, Resident Evil and House of the Dead shall always be my favorite examples of video game voice acting.

 

[Dunquixote]

Metal Gear Solid. I beat the first one (the Gamecube remake), rented the second one and played a demo of the third one. They can be fun for a couple of minutes but eventually I just get bored. Do people really like the storytelling in Kojima's games? I just want to hide soldiers in the lockers.

Some other games I really can't get into are the 3D Sonics. I was so disappointed with Sonic Adventure when it released on the Dreamcast. The funny thing is that people often claim that this is one of the few good ones so I decided to back and play through the whole game. Give it a fair chance. But no, it was still as bad as I remembered it.

I love the storytelling; that is honestly the main reason I loved the series. They made me think about the current political problems at the time (when I was playing them for the first time) and thinking how different would my country act from the way they were portrayed in that game (or in anime like gits) had they been in a similar situation. I suck at the being sneaky though. I did have some issues with the way phantom pain was set up and had credits after or before every mission like it was a tv episode or something though.

 

[Matt0106]

I got Okami and I really enjoyed it at first, but about 15 hours in (I think?), the charm started to fade, and I got less and less interested. I love the art style, and it definitely reminds me of Zelda: Twilight Princess, but overall, it was not something I could spend more time with.

Maybe another day I'll try to finish it, but that day is not today.