Game that feel like work...

Maybe its because I bore easily, maybe its because I have attention problems, but a lot of times whole games or specific aspects of games will feel like work to me and take all the fun out of it. I don't want a game to feel like work, I get that at work. I do want games to be challenging, but I don't want them to feel like work.

Examples

Shenmue: I don't know why, but for some reason I never did feel this way about this game. Others do and I can see where they are coming from.

RPGs where you have to level up to continue: I definitely agree on this front. This is the major reason why I don't play RPGs very much, and hardly ever to completion.

Grand Theft Auto III: Some tasks are fun, others feel like work and aren't fun at all. I understand why they are in the game, but I just wish I could skip them and have more fun.

Games that are real time dependant: Like Animal Crossing or Seaman. I personally loved Seaman and am really looking foreward to Animal Crossing, but I can see where people are coming from here too.

Thoughts? What games/genres feel like work to you?

Am I being a tool?

*gets braced for endless "yes you are a tool" responses*

GTA III- too many pointless tasks in a row ruin it at times.
Shenmue- I have to be in JUST the right mood to enjoy the fucking forklift shit.
Any Rare 3D platformer- Fucking treasure hunts are not fun.

Morrowind.

Nothing else needs to be said.

Dragon Warrior pops to mind instantly. I kind of agree about shenmue, although Shenmue II is brilliant, and has helped see what they were trying for in the first game. Super Mario Sunshine is a chore for me as well.

Work:

-waiting in Shenmue(good thing part 2 eliminated this)
-configuring crap in Vagrant Story
-Drawing spells in FF8
-unlocking everything in CvS
-random battles in Skies
-sitting through disc 2 in Xenogears
-Turbo Tunnels in Battletoads
-the pointless tasks in Grandia
-the control scheme in RE and Dino Crisis

The truth is, these are the games I enjoy the most. Shenmue, Morrowind, PSO, GTA3, etc. are not exactly "exciting", but they are just so dang addictive.

Shenmue was more like an interactive book, where you felt Ryo's life, his pain, happiness, etc., even if it was through a cheesy storyline.

Morrowind is just so... free, allowing you to be a saint, corrupt, orgainized, or whatever you want to be. The leveling up is actually worthwhile, as you can use your power against anyone, and there are no random battles. The battle system doesn't require 20 pages of a manual to explain.

There is not much to do in PSO, but playing the game was such a soothing experience--you could play at three in the morning, half awake, and not screw anything up. You didn't even have to play; you could just communicate hours on end with other players.

I don't know what's up with GTA3, but I have played it so much it's not even funny. Today I spent about 30 minutes just abiding traffic laws, and then went on a rampage after a cop rear ended my Sentinal.

I don't like traditional RPG's. They bore me to death, and I hate having to fight random enemies to battle a boss I don't even care to fight.

I'm really looking forward to Shenmue II later this year, and I will hopefully be able to have an XBOX in my hands by the time it comes out. Project Ego is also looking great, if it is still coming out.

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Originally posted by Frogacuda
Dragon Warrior pops to mind instantly. I kind of agree about shenmue, although Shenmue II is brilliant, and has helped see what they were trying for in the first game. Super Mario Sunshine is a chore for me as well.

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Amen to that. After a hundred+ hours, I packed it in.

Gran Turismo.

Final Fantasy IX should have come with a timecard.

I'll cast the second vote for Sunshine. Every shine after about 60 was gotten just to say I got it. The fun was gone. :(