Games you hate that are loved by everyone.

Archibald Desmond Deus

I played the game Deus Ex recently. For those of you who have never heard of it, it's a game that came out years ago that got absolute rave reviews with critics heralding how diverse the gameplay was and how original and interesting the storyline was compared to most first-person shooters. I borrowed it from a friend who still prefers it to modern games. Her friends even agree on the point, stating it as one of the greatest games ever made.

I hated every second of it.

Enemies had to be riddled with bullets to kill them, most of the abilities you had were completely worthless, and the amazing storyline was about as complex as Philosophy 101. However, I have never met anyone or read any poor reviews or met anyone who absolutely despised this piece of sci-fi trash.

Anyway, ever played a game that is universally loved that you absolutely loathed?

gaara d. lucci

Virtua Fighter 5 (although after playing it abit, I don't hate, still don't like it tho)

TakinawaTonfa

Madden

Although I really not a fan of sports games in general.

Cap'n Carter

Yeah, the Virtua Fighter games are really, really dull.

Tsuchirinhon

+Final Fantasy VII
+Halo
+Marvel vs. Capcom 2 +Metal Gear Solid 2 and onwards.
+Devil May Cry +Disgaea for gameplay reasons.
+Elder Scrolls: Oblivion S'probably a lot more.

EDIT: Fuck gaara d. lucci for hatin' on some VF5.

KaizokuFan22

World of warcraft
Halo
Final Fantasy XI
Medal Of honor

Lots more…

gaara d. lucci

@Cyringohn:

+Final Fantasy VII
+Halo
+Marvel vs. Capcom 2
+Metal Gear Solid 2 and onwards.
+Devil May Cry
+Disgaea for gameplay reasons.
+Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

S'probably a lot more.

EDIT: Fuck gaara d. lucci for hatin' on some VF5.

You are now my mortal enemy. I will defeat u at all costs

But seriously, just don't like VF5. Bland characters, bland moves, bland everything. And while I'm sure the fighting is very deep, it's just a bore to play.

EDIT: And it not being a button masher is not even a question. I'm good at most fighters, just don't find VF interesting is all.

tony-kun

VF5 isn't masher friendly, so I see why alot of people hate it.(Isn't really flashy either)

Unlike tekken where you fuck up once and your opponent dials a juggle for 60% of your health, of which he pretty much just mashed out.

Speaking of which, Tekken.

and fight night 3.

and pretty much ever sonic game after adventure 2.

and devil may cry.(Dante is such a fucking bad character it's sickening)

Tommy Swoes

I'm not the world's biggest Halo fan.

jmbjr

@Cyringohn:

+Halo

Agreed. Halo is probably the most overrated game in history.

gaara d. lucci

Personally I find Halo not to be as good as everybody says, but still, I find it to be enjoyable to play online with friends. Good times, but not worth the hype.

Mumbo

Halo
Counter-Strike
Warcraft (but I just plain don't like RTS's much)
World of Warcraft
Final Fantasy VII, VIII
Kingdom Hearts
Morrowind and Oblivion
I probably deserve to be crucified for this - Pikmin
Also should be crucified for this - Animal Crossing

The last two just bore me, but I do own both and have played them both quite a bit, so this opinion isn't coming out of nowhere at least.

There's a bunch more than these, but I think I'm in danger of being killed as it is

COWMAKAZE

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Metroid Prime (1 and 2, didn't even try 3 or Hunters)

Oh man I'm going to get the crap kicked out of me now

Really Square

Oh yeah. The Metroid Prime Series. I never played the first one but I couldn't get through 2. It just seriously started to bore me. I'm not even gonna bother picking up 3.

Mumbo

@COWMAKAZE:

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Metroid Prime (1 and 2, didn't even try 3 or Hunters)

Oh man I'm going to get the crap kicked out of me now

SACRILEGE

Actually, in the context of the series I find Ocarina to be overrated and definitely not my favorite out of the Zeldas.

And don't bother trying Hunters, it's crap.

Cap'n Carter

I actually agree with both of those (though I never played MP2)

MP1 was good, but I just got so bored midway through.

Mr. Evil

Not a big video game person here, but I'll say every Sonic game from SA2 onward.

The Halo series is overrated to the point of nausea, but I'll admit I have a lot of fun playing it with friends.

And aw hell, Ocarina of Time too. I don't really HATE it per se, but it gets way too much praise even amongst the Zelda series.

Cap'n Carter

Oh yeah

Fuck the Mario Party series with a long, rusty pole

COWMAKAZE

My main issue with Metroid Prime is that it took the already irritating Metroid series of "puzzles" wherein you figure out where to go next by just bombing every block of land ever into a 3D landscape, adding a whole new dimension to the frustration.

And I'm apparently not much of a Zelda fan because my two favorite 3D ones were Majora's Mask and Windwaker, which not too many seem to like.

Mumbo

Hey, Majora's Mask and Wind Waker are probably my two favorites and I've played the whole series - actually Majora's Mask is the one that the "hardcore" fanbase generally designates as being the best.

And I'm pretty sure the later Sonic games and the Mario Party series are pretty universally hated.

Greg

Halo and Smash. I guess there's something wrong with me.

Tsuchirinhon

Oh, Halo isn't a bad game at all – it's average. And nowhere near the praise it's given, especially when games like Call of Duty 2 are infinitely better.

Mario Party is really fun. Not sure why people hate it, since it's a party game, which is one of the things Nintendo excels at.

Tommy Swoes

@Mumbo:

I'm pretty sure the later Sonic games and the Mario Party series are pretty universally hated.

Mario Party should've stopped after 3.

Also, I'm gonna be serious here, I liked Sonic Heroes. But Shadow's game…meh, wasn't great.

Archibald Desmond Deus

Anyone who said Morrowind/Oblivion.

FUCK YES!

These games are the most boring and repetitive piles of shit I have ever played. I love how one of the great points for these games that is always flaunted is how the characters have lives that continue when you're not there. Hey, that's great but when the NPC's are boring as shit I really don't care what they do. Unless you've scheduled hordes of lizard people torching a village, killing the men and taking the women ala Ghenghis Khan I could care less. The time taken to do that would be better spent making a few NPC more interactive and interesting than spreading bland across the whole.

Captain Kuro

@Cap'n:

Yeah, the Virtua Fighter games are really, really dull.

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Tsuchirinhon

The "NPC lives" in Elder Scrolls consists of them walking around town at exact times every day. HOW EXCITING! Too bad they still have the same useless shit to say.

That, and the game isn't very customizable. No matter what build you are, you're going to use magic, which is really boring. You can't get through the game without magic, unless you make about a bazillion potions that weigh you down.

Moreover, the fighting is so clunky. Spells just require point-and-shoot, but melee combat is so tedious, especially when the CPU can block perfectly, attack, then immediately block again.

Tommy Swoes

Also worth mentioning, a lot of people liked Killzone (from what I heard), but not me. It was just too…meh.

gaara d. lucci

The first Killzone did kinda blow. But the second one looks infinitely better.

And as crazy as it sounds coming from a Street Fighter fanatic like me, was never particualirly fond of Street Fighter 2 and it's upgrade. Although I have come to like the Super Turbo upgrade with the added characters/super combos.

Tsuchirinhon

That's because Street Fighter II sucked.

Despite how great Guile is, there's only so many times you can hear the fucker go "SOOZA BOO!" in a game before you slit somebody's throat. That game was all about some projectile spam.

J-Sack

Halo
Final Fantasy VII
Metroid Prime games
Guitar Hero (only beat game I ever enjoyed was Ouendan)
DDR

Those are the first thing I could think of.

Yes, I do hate all of those. Whine, bitch, moan. I couldn't care. It is called opinion, deal with it.

gaara d. lucci

You have bad taste Gohn, "Sonica Booum" NEVER got old. But still even tho I disliked SF2, still holds a special place with me (a memories of about a million losses to CPU Ryu)

Tommy Swoes

@EvilGamerX:

DDR

Thanks for reminding me.

I'm also not the biggest DDR fan, either.

Edit: Few others I just remembered:
I'm a littled bored with Katamari Damacy
Resident Evil (except 4, which I do like)
Mario Golf
Jet Force Gemini (horrible controls, ugh!)
Perfect Dark (meh)

In the entire Jak series, Jak X is probably my least favorite. The driving missions in II and 3 were mediocre, then they went ahead and made a whole game dedicated to the driving.

Mister_Anbu

@Mumbo:

Halo
**- Counter-Strike

Warcraft (but I just plain don't like RTS's much)

World of Warcraft

Final Fantasy VII, VIII

Kingdom Hearts**

Morrowind and Oblivion

I probably deserve to be crucified for this - Pikmin

Also should be crucified for this - Animal Crossing

=( I have at one point or another played all of those bolded games extensively.

I really hope most of you people took the time to play these games before "hating" them. It's not cool to hate, being "unique" isn't going to get you anywhere.

Anyways, my list is:

Halo (Console) -> I basically just hated the X-Box controller. It wouldn't let me invert the x-axis (or I couldn't figure it out) and most of the kids(emphasized) that play it are douchebags. It doesn't help that all of it's fans think it's the best thing since the Beatles hit America.
Zelda (ANY) -> Wow, what a borefest. Generic plot, kiddy graphics, boring main character, boring villain, and too many puzzles! I hate puzzles, I have no patience for them. There was no storyline to keep me interested either.
Mario/Donkey Kong/Sonic/Any platformer -> Well, where to beg… Okay sorry, I just got shot. Continuing, it's just not my style of game play. The main things I seek for in a video game are story line, complex/strategic playing, and visually captivating scenery. Those things are what makes it fun for me. Mario and Donkey Kong and whatever other generic plat former you can come up with are something I can play, beat 1 level, and get bored. The jump to 3D did not help either. What I can say about these series though, is that it has spawned some very fun games for me that fit under different genres (sports particularly.)

gaara d. lucci

I changed my mind, Mister Anbu is now my mortal enemy. Hating Mario (especially the 2d ones) is a serious no-no.

EDIT: Well to be fair Gohn, you kinda just generalized SF like u said the Capcom/SNK fanboys did with GGXX. But I'll let u slide since you're a fellow 2d fighter lover like myself.

Tsuchirinhon

Sorry, but when you watch as many tournament clips as this son of a bitch does, you'll learn to hate "SOOZA BOO!" too, since that's all Guile players do in SFII.

Yes, will watch clips of hated games. It's moronic to hate a game without knowing how it works, which is why a lot of people are full of crap when they go "THIS FIGHTER SUCKS", since they don't even know what the game is even like.

There's some dumb Capcom/SNK fuckers in Raleigh that won't shut up about how much they hate Guilty Gear because it is 'this and that' or some shit, even though what they're saying isn't even right. "GUILTY GEAR IS JUST AIR DASHING EVERYWHERE THERE'S NO MIND GAMES TO IT"

EDIT: Yeah, you're not allowed to hate Mario. Bastard.

Nurlock

You know, honestly, I can't think of a single game that I hate. I originally thought I could come up with a few games but now that I'm sitting here staring at this page, I just don't know.

Well, okay, Devil May Cry 2. But that's not loved by everyone, so that really doesn't count.

Huh.

Mister_Anbu

@gaara:

I changed my mind, Mister Anbu is now my mortal enemy. Hating Mario (especially the 2d ones) is a serious no-no.

I liked SF2 too. =(

I'm more of a Mortal Kombat or Capcom v. Marvel fan though. :o

On another note, did anyone actually hate the Pokemon games? I really don't know anyone that did.

Tsuchirinhon

@Mister_Anbu:

I'm more of a Mortal Kombat or Capcom v. Marvel fan though. :o

Natty Bumppo

Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3 and FFVII.

Of course Ive been out of the gaming crazy scene for about 3 years, so I dont know what all the young people are playing now.

But from what I've seen, everything pretty much sucks. The last good game I got was GTA: San Andreas.

gaara d. lucci

@Mister_Anbu:

I liked SF2 too. =(

I'm more of a Mortal Kombat or Capcom v. Marvel fan though. :o

I dig MvsC as well, even tho it's unblanced as all hell. But considering it has 56 characters, I doubt it was meant to be balanced. Still a blast playing with my buds tho. Wouldn't recomment it for tourney play unless you have some hella cheap strategy.

And I dislike the 3d MK's. The first 2d MK games bring back alot of memories, although wasn't really a big fan of those either.

Tsuchirinhon

Speaking of the Grand Theft Auto series, really not a fan of how the games control. For a game that places a lot of emphasis on killing people, it's really clunky and shitty about doing it. HERE'S AN AIMING TUTORIAL EVEN THOUGH THIS GAME IS PRETTY DAMN AWFUL ABOUT THIS KIND OF SHIT

Mister_Anbu

MK didn't offer much in terms of the actual fight, but the fatalities were cool for me as a kid.

And MvsC was great if you were just a kid spamming buttons against your friends. :P

Tsuchirinhon

Yeah, have some fond memories of mashing buttons with Spider-Man on MvC1's easy mode.

Couldn't even do a 236 motion back then. So sad.

TakinawaTonfa

So wait, are me and Gohn the only Virtua Fighter fans here?

gaara d. lucci

@Cyringohn:

Speaking of the Grand Theft Auto series, really not a fan of how the games control. For a game that places a lot of emphasis on killing people, it's really clunky and shitty about doing it. HERE'S AN AIMING TUTORIAL EVEN THOUGH THIS GAME IS PRETTY DAMN AWFUL ABOUT THIS KIND OF SHIT

Well, everybody knows GTA was clunky. Most people praised it for it's open world and whatnot as opposed to the core gameplay itself.

Nurlock

@TakinawaTonfa:

So wait, are me and Gohn the only Virtua Fighter fans here?

No, I like it too. Had a friend who I used to always play VF2+ with on his Saturn, so I grew up playing it a lot, and I own VF5 now.

I used to NOT like Tekken, but my girlfriend bought Dark Resurrection off of PS3's online store and I've grown a lot more fond of it.

Tsuchirinhon

@TakinawaTonfa:

So wait, are me and Gohn the only Virtua Fighter fans here?

Guess so.

Bitches can't recognize the Hakkyoku-Ken.

EDIT: And yeah, Tekken sucks. A fucking lot. Would rather play some goddamn Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Probably hate Tekken more than any other fighting game.

Mister_Anbu

I'd praise you Virtua fans for actually buying a Saturn.

And yes, Tekken was, is, and will always be awful.

gaara d. lucci

Haha, Tekken's awesome. It's actually fun to play unlike VF5. And sorry, but Akira is a total fag.

fanboy war commences

Tsuchirinhon

Akira doesn't have enough of a personality to be a "fag."

Would like him even more if he was homosexual, though. Gay Hakkyoku-Ken Martial Arts Instructor? Mmmmmmmmmm.