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[Wotannanow]

Busomjack wrote...
Are there any games out there that have widespread critical acclaim yet there is just something about that that keeps you from even trying them?.  

More than one.
The best expample is probably WoW. Lots of my friends play it, but I'll never do -- I can't stand the awful cartoony graphics.

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

Mr Mxyzptlk wrote...

Yeah I really diddnt see any of that in Divinity 2, you call out most other major releases for having a sterile feel to them but to me one of the big problems with Divinity 2 was that it felt rather bland, to be honest if kind of felt like a poor mans Gothic 3 (and dont get me started on the problems with Gothic 3). Now I can appreciate a well made game that does have a few flaws however there really wasnt much of interest going on with Divinity 2, the humour wasnt all that funny (apart from a few moments) and it seemed like the developers tried to use it to cover up the fact that really the game was pretty shallow and stale.

Shallow? Why does a game have to be deep? It's clear from the dialogue, the characters and even the gameplay that the game doesn't take itself seriously.

Come on, can you really expect deep and meaningful gameplay from a game with the line "I'm from the earth-is-for-softies-fire-is-the-real-deal foundation and we'd like you to sign our charter" or a quest in which you save a village from a demented magician by giving him a rune to summon chickens?

When I say shallow I mean that there was nothing of interest going on with the game, there wasnt anything to draw me in and make me want to keep playing or explore the world in which Divinity 2 was set. I get that the game wasnt meant to be serious and I can appreciate a game with a good sense of humour but to me Divinity wasnt all that funny (apart from a few moments that is).

However I must admit I never got upto saving the town from the demented wizard, how far is it into the game?

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

FlintlockJazz wrote...

I found some of the moral choices done better in Divinity 2 than in DAO, it was alot more morally ambiguous.  For instance, in Divinity 2 you had a quest that involved taking a letter from a farmer's wife to the blacksmith, sounds simpe eh?  Except that the farmer's wife was cheating on her husband with the blacksmith, and had been going around behind his back, do you tell on them?  Help her leave him?  Try and blackmail them?  All the choices end up with someone getting hurt, as there is no real good answer.  In DAO, you have the choice between killing a mother or her son, unless of course you take secret option number 3 where everyone lives and goodness shines on all!

How about not having anything to do with the letter altogether? However I do agree with you, the choices in DA need to have bigger consequences and fewer easy way outs.

virumor wrote...

Can you imagine how much the resident DA aficionados would foam at the mouth if they'd lose a skill or stat point as a consequence to a choice like in Divinity 2 (or BG2, for that matter)?

Wasnt there a few moments in BG2 where you had to sacrifice attribute points or whatnot in order to progress?

[HoonDing]

Mr Mxyzptlk wrote...

virumor wrote...

Can you imagine how much the resident DA aficionados would foam at the mouth if they'd lose a skill or stat point as a consequence to a choice like in Divinity 2 (or BG2, for that matter)?

Wasnt there a few moments in BG2 where you had to sacrifice attribute points or whatnot in order to progress?

Yes, that's why I mentioned it...

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

virumor wrote...

Mr Mxyzptlk wrote...

virumor wrote...

Can you imagine how much the resident DA aficionados would foam at the mouth if they'd lose a skill or stat point as a consequence to a choice like in Divinity 2 (or BG2, for that matter)?

Wasnt there a few moments in BG2 where you had to sacrifice attribute points or whatnot in order to progress?

Yes, that's why I mentioned it...

Whoops I diddnt read your post properly, sorry bout that.

[Inquisitor Recon]

Picky picky picky, although I agree about some things like JRPGs. But more often I think of games I would try if I had the time, many of them are from small Eastern European developers oddly enough. Seems they are the only people doing real flight sims these days among other genres that have fallen out of favor.

[Nizzemancer]

Modern Warfare 2 (Call of Duty 4 Arcade, 'nuff said)
Halo reach (If I want the same basic storydevelopment a 5th time I'll just replay Halo 3, or 2 or 1 or ODST).
Any "Movie to Game" adaptation, I'll just watch the movie instead.
Command & Conquer 3/Red Alert 3 and later games in those series.

[Loerwyn]

Nizzemancer wrote...
Command & Conquer 3/Red Alert 3 and later games in those series.

Red Alert 3's awesomesauce.

[The Elite Elite]

"Great" games I refuse to play? As others have said, Modern Warfare 2. I absolutely hated what COD4 did to the COD series, and looking at the videos for MW2 it looks like everything I couldn't stand from COD4 multiplied 100 times over. Another would be Borderlands. I've seen some of the stuff for it and I ask myself, "Why is this game so popular?" It doesn't even look appealing on any level from what I've seen. Bioshock 2. I didn't even care for the first one that much, the second looks even stranger. Fallout: New Vegas. I played Fallout 3 and, just like Bioshock, I don't get the appeal. Very weird game. I'm sure there are others, but I just can't think of them at the moment.

[AngryFrozenWater]

I stopped buying any UbiSoft games because of their DRM policy. There is a large list of other games, so I don't feel like missing out on anything. I stopped buying Sony products after their CD-audio rootkit scandal several years ago. Lots of other brands to chose from. BTW: I never was into piracy and I never will be.

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 26 septembre 2010 - 09:05 .

[only1sgop]

Animal Crossing! Bioshock 3. Online MMO's such as World of Warcraft! Any more Battlefield games or Medal of Honor. Also, sport games that come out every year. "Madden, 2k, tennis, etc" (Even though I have bought at least one in the sport game from each series in the past, I would buy another Red Card Soccer if there was another made by Midway) I'm a RPG/Action/FPS gamer for life.

[dunniteowl]

Oh GAWD, I totally forgot about mentioning sports games~! Yeah, not for me. At all. If I want to play a sport, I'll actually play it fer cripes sakes. I don't care how good they are, I just can't get into them.

dno

[Nizzemancer]

dunniteowl wrote...

Oh GAWD, I totally forgot about mentioning sports games~! Yeah, not for me. At all. If I want to play a sport, I'll actually play it fer cripes sakes. I don't care how good they are, I just can't get into them.
dno

quoted for truth.

[Archdemon Cthulhu]

Adriano87 wrote...

dunniteowl wrote...

Oh GAWD, I totally forgot about mentioning sports games~! Yeah, not for me. At all. If I want to play a sport, I'll actually play it fer cripes sakes. I don't care how good they are, I just can't get into them.
dno

All sport games except FIFA

or Winning Eleven, depending on the year.But I'm with him.  I don't usually play sports games except soccer ones.

[danker8]

Halo Reach and God of Wars series

[nikki191]

sport games.. except blood bowl.. i like it even if others dont

call of duty series after COD4:modern warfare

halo anything

mmo's

anything ubisoft with their drm

bioshock 2.. bioshock the spiritual successor to SS2? my ass

assassins creed anything after the first game. and i would of preferred i never tried that

[TheInstigator]

One that I regret trying because it sucked: Bayonetta