Almost good games that you wanted to like more but slogged through hoping for more

triassic911 · Mar 8, 2013

Sorry to say, but AC III made me feel this way...

GameWinner · Jul 8, 2014

Reviving this thread.
Currently playing through Trails in the Sky and it's pretty boring right now. I heard it gets better like 5 hours in but damn this is slow.

Foxi4 · Jul 8, 2014

So I really wanted to like Xenoblade Chronicles, but...

Alright guys, I'll stop now, you know the drill. :rofl2:

TyBlood13 · Jul 8, 2014

Final Fantasy VII

Lestworth · Jul 8, 2014

I'm the same way, i enjoy playing a game to the point of 100%, and if i really enjoy it ill try to 100% the trophies / achievements. But i do find some sick enjoyment in a game that requires some grinding ... sometimes .... So its really hard for me to single out games that i thought i was having fun, but was kinda bored at the same time.

Plok
Final Fantasy 13 ( i got the achievement for killing the final boss in under 5min without trying the first time .... )
World of Goo
Cave Story
Most Pokemon games after Red/Blue
Disgaea 4, actually i love this game, but the moment i found out it would take me close to 200-300 hours to fight the optional bosses i said fuck that.
Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance
XCOM enemy within, this game wouldn't be listed if my freaking save files wouldn't corrupt all the dam time!

grossaffe · Jul 8, 2014

Foxi4 said:
So I really wanted to like Xenoblade Chronicles, but...

Alright guys, I'll stop now, you know the drill.

considering you already mentioned it on the first page...
As for the other game you mentioned on the first page, I have to agree.

Hyro-Sama · Jul 8, 2014

GameWinner said:
Reviving this thread.
Currently playing through Trails in the Sky and it's pretty boring right now. I heard it gets better like 5 hours in but damn this is slow.

*Adds to ignore list*

GameWinner · Jul 9, 2014

Hyro-Sama said:
*Adds to ignore list*

Please take me back, Hyro.
:cry:

Hyro-Sama · Jul 9, 2014

GameWinner said:
Please take me back, Hyro.

Blice'd.

Seriously though, I understand your gripes. It is a very slow paced game. (It is quite dated.) I was still able to enjoy myself nonetheless, however. I can say it does get better if you can slog through the prologue and continue playing.

Tom Bombadildo · Jul 9, 2014

Hyro-Sama said:
*Adds to ignore list*

But he's absolutely right, the game is boring as all fuck in the first couple hours ;O;

Hyro-Sama · Jul 9, 2014

Tom Bombadildo said:
But he's absolutely right, the game is boring as all fuck in the first couple hours ;O;

*adds to ignore list*

Nathan Drake · Jul 9, 2014

Okay. Let's see.

Final Fantasy III:
I mean the actual 3, not 6. I tried to like the game, I really did. Made it to the final boss, but damn did the game just not click. I think what disappointed me the most was that the DS version did nothing to really make the game feel less old past making the graphics hideous.

The World Ends With You:
I tried guys. I really did, but you hype trained this game so hard that it can't live up to expectations. Remember, if you won't shut up about a game, all you're doing is creating a Ubisoft/Watch_Dogs situation. If you like a game, hype in moderation.

Mario Galaxy:
I get that it's supposed to be the best Mario game we've seen in awhile, but I just felt like I was playing it because it was supposed to be fun. Nothing really stood out for me, and although I liked certain ideas, nothing made me go "this game is just amazing". I ended up not making it all the way to the end.

Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword:
I tried to like this one as well, but boy did it just bore me the further in I got expecting the game to be fun. Certain parts were exciting at first, like the sword controls and flying through the sky, but it just became tiresome more than staying enticing.

Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic 2:
Something about this game just didn't click with me. I played through from start to finish, but it just wasn't as good as the first game and I guess I was just really hoping it would do something to improve on the first game.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Re: Coded:
I just lumped the DS entries together here. Boy did I really, really, really want these games to be enjoyable. I tried to hard to let them be fun. I beat 358/2 Days, and I made it far into Re: Coded, but both games ultimately just failed to do anything consistently right.

That's all that comes immediately to mind, some being entries from earlier in the list, but I'm sure I'll think of more eventually.

BrightNeko · Jul 9, 2014

Sly2 to most certainly, I can get to the 3rd section every time before just stopping. The game is such a slog, and it hurts because it is obvious all the new stuff they were trying out. Thankfully by 3 they figured out most of the stuff and structured the game better. An then thieves in time was a step backwards bringing the problems back but to a lesser extent, making it at least bearable to play.

Also metal gear solid 3, I've beaten it once. Every time I try to return to it now it just bores my brain dry after saving sokalov at the start. Which is really painful cause I can pick up MGS2 at any time and just enjoy it when it is the lesser game. -_-

Tom Bombadildo · Jul 9, 2014

Hyro-Sama said:
*adds to ignore list*

Lets summarize the beginning then, because I beat the game twice

You start off running around town doing shit jobs and talking to people that involve...GASP! Running around talking to shit people! Then some bullshit stuff happens with your father and...GASP! You have to run around outside of town to go talk to more people! And along the way there are some battles involved, but in the beginning there isn't shit regarding any "strategy", it just ends up being "use magic or just hit the fuckers." The biggest problem is the entire prologue and the beginning of the first chapter is all just fetch quests with boring dialogues and "kill this one monster that's really easy".

Don't get me wrong though, the game may suck dick in the beginning, but after a good few hours (probably around when you get to Bose, or maybe after) it gets "interesting", or at least tolerable.

Hell, I liked it so much I even torrented the weeaboo movie that accompanied the PS3 release. Haven't watched it, but goddamn did I waste the bandwidth for it.

Ryukouki · Jul 9, 2014

Pokemon X and Y.

I was really wanting to catch a lot of legendaries out in the wild, but the fact that it was only the mascot, Mewtwo, Zygarde, and a legendary bird made it kinda stale.

I will not forget that I became League Champion on launch day. :3

Social_Outlaw · Jul 9, 2014

EJames2100 said:
Borderlands 1, was forcing myself through it at the end.

Can't seem to get into Bioshock 1 either, only a few hours in though.

I liked Borderlands 1, but that game made me sleepy as hell, also I almost beat Bioshock, I was on the last boss until my hard drive got corrupted for whatever reason

BlackWizzard17 · Jul 9, 2014

Super Paper Mario made me feel this way, I was so hooked on the original for the N64 but the style CHANGE just totally took me by surprise as it was less an Rpg and more of a platform game and after awhile I just forgot the game existed.

EZ-Megaman · Jul 9, 2014

I'd say Planescape Torment, but that wouldn't be entirely true. It's still one of my favourite computer RPGs because of its story but the gameplay felt really archaic. It's nothing that other D&D themed games don't have, but Tortment sticks out as one of the worst offenders in that sense.

I'll put Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals (the DS remake, not the original SNES game) here too. If you want to read about all of its problems, then this article will explain better than I'll ever be able to.

Psionic Roshambo · Jul 9, 2014

Gran Turismo 5 on the PS3, it got better over time with the patches and downloads but by the time it was "fixed" I lost most of the interest I had in the game.

After putting in probably hundreds of hours into Gran Turismo 1,2,3,4.... I wanted to like 5 more but ehhh I just couldn't do it.

Maybe I was just burnt out on it or maybe it really was not quite as good as the PS2 games? I can't tell, I just felt meh about it instead of jazzed.

CompassNorth · Jul 9, 2014

Half-Life 2 is worse than 1 except it graphics and physics.
Omerta - City of Gangers
Borderlands 2 is fun for like the first hour.
The World Ends With You has fun gameplay, but the story is terrible.

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