Popular series you don't love?

[Nintegageo | 582]

With a genre you enjoy.

Mine would be Kirby. I have all the NES-N64 and GB games. Honestly I don't hate them, I just don't like the way he moves. He is slow and his flight sorta ruins it.

[peg | 370]

You mean now? They all suck. But even back in the day when i was into rgps and they still made real games I thought Pokémon was lame.

Now to be perfectly honest I've never actually played any of them but I couldn't possibly be less intrested in that entire "phenomenon".

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

i like platformers but castlevania and metroid are games i couldnt care less about.

Edited September 24, 2021 by docile tapeworm

[alpenanews0506 | 13]

Final Fantasy, Call of Duty, Fallout......the list goes on and on.

[the_wizard_666 | 1,325]

Growing up in the console war era, most people chose either Mario or Sonic.  I don't like either series.

[DarkTone | 984]

For fighting games, dead or alive. For platformers, rayman. 

[Estil | 1,264]

5 hours ago, the_wizard_666 said:

Growing up in the console war era, most people chose either Mario or Sonic.  I don't like either series.

So you were more a Crash Bandicoot guy?

[erac | 78]

Well, I like RPGs, but the Mother/Earthbound series is terrible crap. Then that one series that uses ridiculous HP amounts, in the billions or so, I forget its name.

[Brickman | 3,983]

Wow two huge reveals already. Dislike of Sonic, Mario, Castlevania and Metroid! Mind blown!

I’ll second Earthbound. I don’t get the hype and find it to be a below average RPG.

[cj_robot | 542]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was fun to screw around in for awhile, but playing through the main story in any of those games is just awful.

Pokemon: Yeah, I just can't get into any of those monster catching/training/breeding, life-sucking games.

EaRtHbOuNd: What a horribly painful experience. Yeah, oh boy, let's make an RPG in 1995, but erase every single quality-of-life advancement made since the original Dragon Quest. But it will be set in modern times, which is interesting right? And the dialogue, oh golly so adorable! You'll love it so much that you won't mind scrolling through the same twenty-seven pages of text every time you want to save your game! No.

[Estil | 1,264]

One-on-one fighting games...I'm a solo only gamer so what's the point?

[Brickman | 3,983]

59 minutes ago, cj_robot said:

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was fun to screw around in for awhile, but playing through the main story in any of those games is just awful.

GTAV has a fantastic story IMO. Give that one a go if you haven’t. If you don’t like it fair enough but it’s actually pretty cool because it’s three stories all coming together.

[Alder | 243]

Spyro. I liked the first one as a kid, charging, flaming, and gliding around was fun. But then they introduce those speedway levels and it felt like an unnecessary distraction. Then Spyro 2 and 3 came along with new characters, skateboarding, hockey, FPS levels, shooter levels, platformer levels, plus a drawn-out story and more hand-holding. Like, just let me play the game! Reminds me of this video: 

 

[spacepup | 2,404]

Mega Man series is ok and I enjoy it, but I don't really go out of my way to play them versus other platformers/action games.  It's highly popular series and beloved on NES, and that's cool, but just not in the upper-tier of my personal preferences is all.  

I don't dislike them by any means, but I don't seem to have the same level of love as others.

[fcgamer | 4,723]

Street Fighter, actually most fighters. It's odd, as I really enjoy brawlers.

Then there's the FPS games. Just never saw the excitement towards them.

Finally, anything sports, aside from racing, or the Wii Sports bollocks. I'm not a particularly athletic guy by any means, but I'd much rather play a round of basketball, for instance, than play a fake basketball game on a gaming machine. Same with football (either football), etc. The only exception here is I think I would enjoy the racermate, since it actually works in conjunction with a bike.

[DoctorEncore | 3,691]

Pokemon and Call of Duty specifically come to mind. They are on two ends of the spectrum, but very similar in their complete refusal to innovate.

[MagusSmurf | 577]

Dragon Quest.

• Ye Olde Battle System
• Its job and skill systems never actually beat out FFV's
• The series's storytelling priorities are kind of weird and fairly consistently give the shaft to both party members and the overall plot.

They are good games from III onward, though.

[ScaryD | 237]

Never got into Call of Duty, Gears of War, etc.

I am surprised at how much dislike there is of the Mother/Earthbound series. I enjoyed Earthbound but I could never get into Beginnings due to the sheer amount of grinding that has to be done. Felt like a demake of Earthbound even though it came first. Also, I have not played Mother 3 so I cannot comment on that one.

Edited September 24, 2021 by ScaryD

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

i cant get into castlevania because of how slow and stiff he moves. everytime i try to play it i get so frustrated with how slow he is and then the stiff control. jumping and moving up stairs....holy shit man. and the whip is lame.

i cant get into metroid because of the non linear exploration...everytime i try to play metroid i get like 2 minutes in and just give up.

[Kguillemette | 1,544]

More than I can count. There's something about your typical flagship AAA title, especially modern ones, that I just find myself unable to enjoy. Maybe the over emphasis on realism? Most AAA games that seem to be something to experience rather than just pick up and play? I'm not sure. Really it's mostly been Nintendo titles that have grabbed my attention and given me what I want.

 

 

 

[Reed Rothchild | 9,521]

Pokemon (always outside the age demographic)

Sonic (never cared for the mechanics)

FIFA (soccer)

Fighting games (as a whole)

Most multiplayer or MMO-driven stuff (massive timesinks without usually having a defined end goal)

Beyond that, I pretty much adore everything.  All genres.  All franchises.  Life is good.

[Tulpa | 3,492]

8 hours ago, Shmup said:

Wow two huge reveals already. Dislike of Sonic, Mario, Castlevania and Metroid! Mind blown!

 

I don't care that much for Mario or Sonic, either. I don't hate them, but I just don't find them to be OMG SUPER FUN ENJOY USA!!!1 type of games. Even when they were new, I just didn't gravitate towards them that much. I do like Super Mario Bros 2 (US version) on occasion, but I don't go out of my way to play it.

Skinny's nuts. Castlevania and Metroid are awesome. But he's entitled to his (heavily, heavily flawed) opinion.

I also share Spacepup's opinion on Mega Man, though there are a few things I like about the games. They tend to feel a little samey, but I think if you think of the six NES games as one gigantic game, that might not be so bad. 

[WhyNotZoidberg | 585]

The most obvious one to me is Pokemon.

And the Smash series.

Most series (outside of yearly iterations of FPS and sports games) will have at least one or two entries I like, but not Pokemon and Smash.

[RegularGuyGamer | 2,012]

3 hours ago, docile tapeworm said:

i cant get into castlevania because of how slow and stiff he moves. everytime i try to play it i get so frustrated with how slow he is and then the stiff control. jumping and moving up stairs....holy shit man. and the whip is lame.

i cant get into metroid because of the non linear exploration...everytime i try to play metroid i get like 2 minutes in and just give up.

The thing that gets me hung up on Metroid is the shooting the walls and just getting completely stuck w.o any idea of what to do next. 

That whole genre just don't appeal to me. 

[DoctorEncore | 3,691]

22 minutes ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

The thing that gets me hung up on Metroid is the shooting the walls and just getting completely stuck w.o any idea of what to do next. 

That whole genre just don't appeal to me. 

I also thought this was an extremely unfair and tedious design choice. I got to a point in the game where I just had to shoot or bomb every single wall to progress. It's similar to burning bushes in Zelda but even less fun.