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What is the most unfulfilling game you played?
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Since I couldn't even bring myself to beat Phantom Hourglass I gotta go with Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
The game feels like a hollow shell of Castlevania and it's filled with riddles. The currency grind isn't fun either.
The game feels like a hollow shell of Castlevania and it's filled with riddles. The currency grind isn't fun either.
yeah. I'm glad I broke that habit because man....to make ANY reasonable progress in the game you had to play for hours each and every day.
For me it's the Civ series. Ridiculously fun and addictive during a game, but the complete lack of meta progression and unlocks means that when I finally finish a game after 10+ hours I always wonder what the point was. It made me aware of how important unlocks are in games, for tricking my mind into thinking the days I spent playing games actually accomplished something. Civ games are just a 10 hour round trip back to the main menu screen.
Final Fantasy XV. It seemed as if it ended way too quickly, going from a fantastic open world to dark, dreary corridors. Also the whole atmosphere of the ending was just so depressing and hopeless. After its many updates and expansions I was thinking of replaying it again, but I just can't bring myself to live through that awful second half that will again ruin it for me.
You mentioning the ending like that, I am actually interested in giving it a shot lmao
Gears of War 2. It was so deeply designed as a middle chapter they didn't dare do literally anything interesting with it. Like the only parts I remember are the awful spiritual cog guy who was non-stop hurling "deep" shit at you, Dom shooting his wife and the most miserable joke of a final boss ever put in a video game.
If we're talking games we actually finished, I'll go with Final Fantasy XIII. Until that game I never thought possible for a FF game to be bad, I was in total disbelief, so much that I even played some of the endgame, thinking that if I kept looking I would trigger the real game to start.
Also reboot Tomb Raider and Rise of the Tomb Raider, I couldn't even explain why I finished these games, I guess one of them I got with PS+ back when it was a PS3 thing and the other was really cheap and I wanted to check if they had been able to make something worthwhile.
Also reboot Tomb Raider and Rise of the Tomb Raider, I couldn't even explain why I finished these games, I guess one of them I got with PS+ back when it was a PS3 thing and the other was really cheap and I wanted to check if they had been able to make something worthwhile.
No Mans Sky. grindy for grinds sake, the whole game makes no sense and is still a technical wreck. complete waste of time.
Rage 2 for runner up, this was the baddest game in years.
Rage 2 for runner up, this was the baddest game in years.
Totally this. I pre ordered and pulled an all nighter playing it and much like the actual dawn it dawned on me that this was it. Basically a list of side missions. God dammit.
You like dark, depressing endings?
One thing I will give FFXV, even though its story is kind of a mess, feels fragmented and unfinished, the ending still manages to hit an emotional homerun. I've also heard that from many other players of the game. I think that is because at the end people actually come to like and to care for Noctis and his brothers.
I very much do, if its executed well. Theres not enough of them in AAA space imo
Xenoblade 2. I only finished it because... I hate myself? The game was trash. I was just playing waiting for it to get good. The ending story beats were good? But that wasn't because of the game itself.
Yeah MGSV left me with a Phantom Pain for the game that the trailers made it look like so much I have to wonder if it was on purpose.
Dragon Age 2, and shortly after, Kingdoms of Amalur.
When I played DA2 I was still in a very completionist mindset and forced myself to complete games even if I wasn't enjoying them.
After DA2 I said never again, and KoA was the first game I abandoned for wasting my time.
Now I'm too far in the opposite end, and have trouble sticking with games I'm enjoying.
When I played DA2 I was still in a very completionist mindset and forced myself to complete games even if I wasn't enjoying them.
After DA2 I said never again, and KoA was the first game I abandoned for wasting my time.
Now I'm too far in the opposite end, and have trouble sticking with games I'm enjoying.
I'm gonna pick on Braid.
Some of the puzzles were ingenious, no doubt. And that's kinda part of the problem. Solving them didn't feel organic or fun to me; they were such clockwork creations that I felt more like I was picking apart the developer's thought process instead of leveraging a set of tools to solve problems. I'm not sure if that makes sense. Not that the puzzle design was invalid, it just wasn't what I wanted out of a puzzle platformer.
The other issue I had with it was the story and writing. It's totally optional, I know, but the game garnered a lot of praise for it. I could not take it nearly as seriously as the game wanted me to.
The whole thing was just, well... unfulfilling. A well-made game, but one that felt sterile to me in spite of the craftsmanship.
Some of the puzzles were ingenious, no doubt. And that's kinda part of the problem. Solving them didn't feel organic or fun to me; they were such clockwork creations that I felt more like I was picking apart the developer's thought process instead of leveraging a set of tools to solve problems. I'm not sure if that makes sense. Not that the puzzle design was invalid, it just wasn't what I wanted out of a puzzle platformer.
The other issue I had with it was the story and writing. It's totally optional, I know, but the game garnered a lot of praise for it. I could not take it nearly as seriously as the game wanted me to.
The whole thing was just, well... unfulfilling. A well-made game, but one that felt sterile to me in spite of the craftsmanship.
Tearaway on Vita.
I don't really care for the whole folklore stuff. The game was fine, and it was one of the few Vita games that really took advantage of being on the Vita. But the storytelling was 100% not for me.
I don't really care for the whole folklore stuff. The game was fine, and it was one of the few Vita games that really took advantage of being on the Vita. But the storytelling was 100% not for me.
I think expectation can play a big role in making a game seem unfulfilling. I've played an awful lot of less-than-enjoyable games over the years, but the ones that stand out are the disappointments. The ones that I kept pushing through, expecting or at least hoping for more, but that never delivered. If you just blow through something to pass the time with no investment or expectation, you're probably less likely to feel let down by it when it doesn't deliver anything worthwhile.
Forza Horizon 4. It's a slot machine with cars. Can't believe so many people loved this piece of shit. It's especially sad since FH3 is the best racing game I've ever played.
Fire emblem fates. I couldn't even finish it. The story fucking sucked, and that shit where you "stare" at your team mates. Girls on your team telling you how hard they'll work for you and never let you down. It just has this entire air of pervy-ness Ugh. The whole game is fucking cringe.
Fire emblem fates. I couldn't even finish it. The story fucking sucked, and that shit where you "stare" at your team mates. Girls on your team telling you how hard they'll work for you and never let you down. It just has this entire air of pervy-ness Ugh. The whole game is fucking cringe.
Same shit happened to me. I haven't played an AC game since because III was so bad. I did jump back in with origins but that game is too fucking big so I never finished it. I won't even try with Odyssey.
Same. What a fucking slog with a stupid ass anime bullshit payoff. I know a lot of people love it but Jesus Christ, you gotta go through a bunch of bullshit just to get to the meat of things.
Final Fantasy XIII - Too different from the other entries. The plot and extremely restrictive progression (gameplay and storywise both) doesn't feel right for the series.
Assassin's Creed Origins - I understand why they went for more streamlined experience to get wider appeal. But excessive unnecessary bloat, no focus on climbing/parkour, shift from stealth to action and various other things soured my feelings about getting Odyssey at all.
Both were equally unfulfilling experiences.
Assassin's Creed Origins - I understand why they went for more streamlined experience to get wider appeal. But excessive unnecessary bloat, no focus on climbing/parkour, shift from stealth to action and various other things soured my feelings about getting Odyssey at all.
Both were equally unfulfilling experiences.
you experienced it right you felt the phantom pain the game is about
I kind of feel this way with damn near all the DLC I have. I really should stop buying it. I don't think hardly any dlc packs I've played have been interesting at all.
Another one I played recently that has just been a slog is Dragon Quest VI. I LOVE dragon quest but VI is the most boring and soulless, directionless DQ game I've ever seen. None of the characters are memorable and party chat can't save them either. It feels like a bunch of random ass stories thrown together and none of them are interesting. Which is a shame because for like the first six hours, the game has some great momentum and then it dies off for the next 20-30. Definitely the first "miss" I've had when it comes to DQ.
Another one I played recently that has just been a slog is Dragon Quest VI. I LOVE dragon quest but VI is the most boring and soulless, directionless DQ game I've ever seen. None of the characters are memorable and party chat can't save them either. It feels like a bunch of random ass stories thrown together and none of them are interesting. Which is a shame because for like the first six hours, the game has some great momentum and then it dies off for the next 20-30. Definitely the first "miss" I've had when it comes to DQ.
Phantom pain is missing something there has been there before, there was never anything there to miss with the game.
Also, I would add Battle For Azeroth. By far the worst expansion Blizzard has put out. They took all the good stuff about legion and made a worse, un-fun version of it. Everything about it besides the artwork is just god awful.
Why three houses?
