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Mass Effect and KotOR

Both have absolutely terrible gameplay. Fans tell me the story makes it worth it but if I want a good story I can read a book.

Pretty much any AAA game. It's like going to the cinema to watch a movie, just the commercials beforehand never stop

Pokemon. I had a blast playing Emerald, but starting leaf green directly after, I lost all interest in the series. It just felt like being punished to have to start from 0 again and maybe Emerald is just a better game. I'd like to give it a try... if you'd let me play it on my phone or pc, Nintendo! old woman yells at cloud

Everyone is going gaga for Peak rn (including my BF) and I don't see the appeal at all other than maybe the social aspect. The game itself looks boring AF.

I also haven't liked many AAA games since graduating high school. All these things that are cultural phenomena like The Last of Us just... Didnt like 'em. I feel like most of the AAA games that blow up in popularity are only applauded for the story and dialogue, because the game itself tends to be generic and mid and does nothing special, unique or interesting at all.

I want to see a shift from focusing on telling a story or trying to be High Art and just make a thing that is fun to play as a game that also isn't loaded with MTX and is only fun to play because it psychologically addicts you.

idk about popular series but as an rpg enjoyer i got around 15 hours into clair obscur and bounced off.

I think I'm past being mystified by there being a market for stupid, terrible games. I used to find it confusing but the answer for so many confusing things in life is just 'idiots exist.'

I really wanted to like Baldur's Gate 3. I didn't play the prior games in the series, but I know a bunch of people who brim with excitement about it.

I've not really been involved in DnD in any form. I played the original Warcraft RTS as a kid, I've read everything from Tolkien, and I love some of the Elder Scrolls games, but that's about it. I'd always got the impression that a lot of it was a bit hammy and amateur on the writing side, but I assumed BG3 would buck the trend.

...I just didn't vibe with it at all. I found the combat exasperating, I didn't mesh with the character motivations, and I failed to really get immersed. Maybe I really needed more backstory than a couple of lore lessons over beers.

It's obviously a great game, but it was such a miss for me, and I wish that weren't the case.

Halo. I've been hearing about how cool and just good the games are. How deep and interesting the lore is.

I was visiting old games I heard good things about but never played. I had finished with the Half Life games and enjoyed them.

Then I decided to get the Master Chief Collection.

Started with Reach. Shooting immediately felt bad. The characters started dying off almost immediately after meeting them. Then the game was finished.

That was... Disappointing.

Well alright. Maybe Reach is a black sheep.

Onto Halo CE. Shooting felt even worse. The open areas were pretty cool, but there were a lot of small frustrations with the game. Story wasn't anything special. Certainly none of that "deep lore".

Well... Halo 2 then? Felt a lot like Halo 1. More story, yes, but it was as if the game assumed I was already invested in the story. About two thirds in I realised I was still waiting for Halo to finally become cool or good.

I stopped playing.

Decided Halo as a whole is very overrated.

Darksiders. Shit is ass.

All first person shooters. I grew up with original wolfenstien, doom, rise of the triad, unreal tournament, quake... Modding each was pretty popular.

Now all fps feel like mods of those games.

Expedition is the most prominent: I really fail to see anything good in that game. I stopped playing after the 3-4th enemy on the island, so I might miss the plot, but the game did everything to halt me from being interested in that plot if there is one.