They're Cool Games, But I Ain't Playing Them

High profile, widely acclaimed games that seem exemplary made and deserving of praise... and I just don't have any interest in actually playing them. Sure you "Don't know till you try" most of the times, but I have a hard time giving games a shot when I don't have even a modicum of curiosity. I'm someone who needs some hook based on my personal preferences, and I'm not willing to go out of my comfort zones often. I'm fairly content in the kinds of games I know I enjoy. This could change with time, and I won't ever critique something that I haven't played myself; but at this moment none of these will be on my wishlist.
Some are whole series, others are just that particular entry. Also if I added every single game that this applies to I would die, so I suppose you could ask if a particular game would be on the list or not (so long as it vaguely fills the top criteria of positive notoriety)

Age of Empires
Age of Empires
Whole series
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Whole series
Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City
Whole series
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Whole series
Control
Control
Disgaea 5 Complete
Disgaea 5 Complete
Whole series
Don't Starve
Don't Starve
Survival games in general
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Whole series
Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima
God of War
God of War
And sequel.
Golden Sun
Golden Sun
Whole series
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Inside
Inside
Katamari Damacy
Katamari Damacy
Whole series
The Last of Us Remastered
The Last of Us Remastered
And Part 2
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
This particular entry, not whole series.
Marvel's Spider-Man
Marvel's Spider-Man
Whole series
Mass Effect
Mass Effect
Whole series
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid
Whole series. Maybe except Revengance
Persona 4 Golden
Persona 4 Golden
Just Persona 4
A Plague Tale: Innocence
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
Classic Resident Evil
Rhythm Heaven
Rhythm Heaven
Whole series
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
Team Ico in general
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Whole series
Sonic Generations
Sonic Generations
Most Sonic games
Spelunky
Spelunky
And 2
Stray
Stray
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy
Just Galaxy 1 and 2
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball
Whole series
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
Whole series

6 Comments


You're breaking my heart with the galaxy games, pvz and katamari. Any particular reason those specifically dont interest you?

1 month ago

@NOWITSREYNTIME17
1. Galaxy games look very rudimentary when it comes to platforming obstacles and exploration, in addition to them looking so slow to play (of course to account for the gravity mechanics, but still).
2. Maybe you can explain it but every time I look at the PvZ it just looks so cluttered with so much going on that it's hard to process things. Maybe it's fine in the early game but I have seen clips that made me go "This hurts to look at"
3. I don't jive with the aesthetics or music. It's too nonsensical and bizzare to me. I do like silliness in games and media, but I also need things to ground the nonsense otherwise it's way more distracting then charming.

Good games, just not for me.
Ah well
My guy is stuck in 2002 when it comes to Zelda

1 month ago

@The_Gaming_Dog12 Honestly the aesthetics are the one enticing thing about it to me. Gameplay is where it loses me :/
I haven’t played it either, it does look a little slow


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