Major game series' that you can't get into

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22 Jul 2005, 04:10 PM
dave is ok

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22 Jul 2005, 04:29 PM
Mykozo

RPG's/Strategy games w/turn based fighting. I prefer action in my games, not watching stats go up and down. I will make exceptions for FFVII and WoW.
22 Jul 2005, 05:01 PM
Dolemite

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

Metal Gear: Let's see...Stop, wait, wait, wait some more....waiting....okay, he turned his back and is staring deeply at a wall for no reason. Run! Uh oh, he saw me! I'll just stand behind this crate - good, it's been 8 seconds and he forgot he saw a commando carrying 6 different firearms and a bazooka breaking into his base. These terrorists must have some bomb-ass weed. Okay, cool, I'm in the next room.

Whoah, the celly's ringing. Think I'll have a phone conversation while surrounded by 6 terrorist guards with machine guns. "Hello, Solid Snake speaking." "Snake! It's me, the general! I just wanted to talk to you about love on the battlefield. You see, love is a mystical force that makes you deeply joined as one soul with a blocky chick you've exchanged 3 sentences with over 2 hours. Also, the DARPA chief is dead. He was killed by a hopping psychic elbow cloned from the illegitimate robot ninja child of a genetically altered super mailman. Yes, I know, again. Damn terrorists! Your new mission is to conquer the Soviet Union single handedly by sneaking up behind it. You'll find an uzi in the next room to help you accomplish your task. Get to it! We have no time!"

:lol:

Kojima sucks.
22 Jul 2005, 06:05 PM
Rocca

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Originally Posted by dave is ok

3D Fighters, 3D Platformers, Car sim games, Rainbow Six 3

I'VE GOT JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED

That's a good one, I can't play those anymore. I bought the first two Ratchet & Clanks a while ago for under 5$ each and it's torture just finishing the first one. But like everyone in this thread, that's just my take on things. I'm sure there are a few here who love the series.
22 Jul 2005, 06:11 PM
PKBMax

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Originally Posted by Changeling

Role-playing games in general. There simply isn't enough skill involved in this genre for my tastes. Playing games like Final Fantasy = Hell for me. I don't really care about the stories and wish they would deviate. I tried to get into Knights of the old Republic, but I just couldn't. I just don't understand the appeal.

There are role-playing games that offer a challenge. I'm 10 hours into Digital Devil Saga and it's already more challenging than FFVII or FFX ever got.
22 Jul 2005, 06:45 PM
Rumpy

I think the best way to play through platformers is to go through getting the least amount of shit possible. Like Ratchet and Clank, you can get those super powerful wacky guns after collecting an obscene amount of gears. I find that shit pointless so I never go for 100%, usually just over enough to see all the worlds and finish the game.

As for games I can't get into: Gran Turismo because it's really fucking boring, Metal Gear Solid because I don't have the patience to sneak around for 12 hours (but I don't mind sneak "sections" in other games). Most RPGs because it's all the same and takes too much time. Schmups are another one. Fun for quick sessions, but I'd never buy one. And Strat RPGs like Ogre Battle, that shit is just way too tedious.
22 Jul 2005, 07:17 PM
gameoverDude

All MMORPGs and most RPGs.
The majority of cookie-cutter 3D platformers.
John Madden Football or other EA Sports titles.

Metal Gear- This stealth business can kiss it. Finish the game without killing any enemies? Ooooo-kay. :rolleyes: If I see guards, I'm more in a mood to gun their asses down.

Syphon Filter- The sneak action bits in this one are aggravating. In some of them- being detected means you've ALREADY failed the mission right that instant. An example is the one with Ling Xian trying to escape detention. You're unarmed here. You should be allowed to run for cover in hopes of letting the alert clear. In XIII (a game I can get into), you have a chance to abort an alert by killing the guard who started it- and fallen guards' bodies can be hidden.

Gran Turismo- It is too much of a driving game and not enough of a racing game. Realistic to the point of tedium. Give me an arcade racer instead of a "Car-PG".
22 Jul 2005, 07:40 PM
MechDeus

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Originally Posted by gameoverDude

Metal Gear- This stealth business can kiss it. Finish the game without killing any enemies? Ooooo-kay. :rolleyes: If I see guards, I'm more in a mood to gun their asses down.

I play MGS like it's an action game with stealth elements, it's rare for me to leave a room/clearing/area that has guards without at least 2/3 of them dead. What game are you confusing this with that has you not killing any enemies?
22 Jul 2005, 08:54 PM
Regus

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

What game are you confusing this with that has you not killing any enemies?

This is how I have always played the metal gears, and to a greater extent, the splinter cells. The way I see it, if you have to fire your weapon, then you've fucked up.
22 Jul 2005, 09:00 PM
MechDeus

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Originally Posted by Regus

This is how I have always played the metal gears, and to a greater extent, the splinter cells. The way I see it, if you have to fire your weapon, then you've fucked up.

I'm not saying they can't or shouldn't be played pure stealth (especially since that's the designer's intent), but MGS can certainly be played in the near opposite fashion if one so desires. Splinter Cell is a bit different since they give you so many missions where a single misstep means mission failure, it's not as freeform as MGS in that way (but it's a lot better as an actual stealth game).

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