Games you dislike that everyone else loves

[inpurpleshadows]

If you've been in the gaming community for a while, you probably have that one game you dislike, but everyone else seems to love. In a medium as diverse as video games, you're bound to find one beloved game where you don't understand where the praise comes from. They can be games that you find overrated, boring or just not for you. I wanted to create this thread so people can share their unpopular opinions on various games and to get extra insight into why they feel that way. Before you go deep into this thread, I have a piece of advice. Please be civil. If you come across someone who disagrees with your take on a specific game, I would highly recommend having a discussion or simply agree to disagree. I know not everyone will follow this advice, but just remember that someone else's views should not change your own.

[Senator Armstrong]

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. It has aged horribly. I couldn't find an ounce of fun in that game. The combat is awful.

I didn't hate GTA V, but I didn't love it. I loved GTA IV. One of the best games from the PS3/360 era. GTA V seemed "meh" to me. The characters were annoying. The dialogue was horribly written. I bought it on release, beat it (2013), and never played it again.

[inpurpleshadows]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Senator Armstrong:

I didn't hate GTA V, but I didn't love it. I loved GTA IV. One of the best games from the PS3/360 era. GTA V seemed "meh" to me. The characters were annoying. The dialogue was horribly written. I bought it on release, beat it (2013), and never played it again.

I personally really enjoyed GTA V, but I see where you're coming from. I also thought the writing was one of the game's weakest aspects. The gameplay was also kinda derivative of previous entries and innovated very little. GTA VI does seem interesting based on what we already know about it, but I'm not sure if it'll improve upon previous games.

[T9]

TLoU 1 & 2

[𝔈𝔩𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔬]

Pretty much any current Esports game

Souls-like

A couple AAA games are overrated and aimed at average consumers - they look good while everything else is mid at best.

[🅷🅴🆇🅴🅽]

I dare say, in all my years of gaming, there hasn't been a single title I've held in such disdain as Undertale. Sure, the soundtrack is top-notch; I'll unabashedly indulge in remixes of its finest tunes from time to time.

But the rest of the game? Utterly pedestrian. From the get-go, you can practically smell the moniker "Tumblr's darling" oozing from every pixel.

Abysmal graphics that would send even an NES console into an existential crisis; humor that vacillates between "dim-witted" and "Well... that was utterly devoid of amusement," dubious gameplay mechanics, tedious gameplay loops, and underlying messages about ... whatever it is they're attempting to convey.

You know, I can't even wrap my head around why I despise this game so much. I've given it three shots, and each time it's like... meh, just not vibing with it. Yet, bizarrely, it's hailed by the press like the second coming of digital messiahs, and hoards of players are all aboard the hype train. What gives, man?

At its pinnacle, it's a solid 6, maybe flirting with a generous 7 on a good day. But at its nadir, it's scraping the bottom of the barrel, barely clinging onto a feeble 4.

[Pipe]

hot take. at least you liked the banger soundtrack still
I don't think you tried deltarune?

[lsdninja]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Senator Armstrong:

I didn't hate GTA V, but I didn't love it. I loved GTA IV. One of the best games from the PS3/360 era. GTA V seemed "meh" to me. The characters were annoying. The dialogue was horribly written. I bought it on release, beat it (2013), and never played it again.

For me, GTA peaked with Vice City and it was all downhill from there.

[🅷🅴🆇🅴🅽]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Pipe:

hot take. at least you liked the banger soundtrack still
I don't think you tried deltarune?

Indeed not. However, this is not due to my aversion to Undertale, but rather because, quite frankly, I have not yet had the opportunity and inspiration to do so. But fear not, should I ever express negativity towards it, rest assured, I shall have played through it at least once.

[LoveAndPeace]

doom eternal made of a less mature audience.
cyberpunk 2077 for not having a clue where their content really comes from and being depressing.
skyrim for having way less than oblivion but being touted as the better variant.
deep rock galactic for having a jerk as their community manager.

[Senator Armstrong]

Opprinnelig skrevet av lsdninja:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Senator Armstrong:

I didn't hate GTA V, but I didn't love it. I loved GTA IV. One of the best games from the PS3/360 era. GTA V seemed "meh" to me. The characters were annoying. The dialogue was horribly written. I bought it on release, beat it (2013), and never played it again.

For me, GTA peaked with Vice City and it was all downhill from there.

What helped GTA back then was its shock value. I can't think of any games that were like it. It sold on shock value. A game where YOU are the criminal? It was one of those games that made Fox News screech.

Nowadays, violent games are much more numerous. GTA can't sell on that alone. Maybe the formula has gone stale and they need to revamp it. IMO other games do it better, such as Saints Row which plays up how corny the concept is.

[Senator Armstrong]

Opprinnelig skrevet av LegionKIN:

doom eternal made of a less mature audience.
cyberpunk 2077 for not having a clue where their content really comes from and being depressing.
skyrim for having way less than oblivion but being touted as the better variant.
deep rock galactic for having a jerk as their community manager.

I disagree. Morrowind and Oblivion haven't aged well. Their game mechanics are outdated. They aren't fun to play. Skyrim focused on better combat and it has stood the test of time. It's been almost 13 years and you can still enjoy it. You're entitled to you view, though. There are those that prefer the original Fallouts before FO3.

[D. Flame]

Oblivion is still superior to Skyrim in terms of all major quests, including guilds. The magic system and creation was also infinitely superior, even if game breaking.

There is a reason you always hear people praising things like Oblivion's Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood quests, but Skyrim only ever gets praised for its modding scene.

[Pipe]

man I hated playing the original fallout. why did I let myself suffer through it? am I stupid?

[inpurpleshadows]

Opprinnelig skrevet av kmpt:

The Witcher franchise and all souls-like games.

I tried playing Dark Souls about a year ago. It was one of the most dreadful experiences I had with a video game in the last few years. I don't even mind hard games, but something about Dark Souls just feels too sluggish, too delayed, too unnatural. I came in expecting a hard game, but the slow controls just ruined it for me.

[zullumaster]

Elden Ring, I just could not get into it.