Topic: Games that you don't like that people like

Final Fantasy 7 - I fell for the hype and was shocked that so many people were buying it. I was a geeky enough gamer to tackle a JRPG but most of the people buying it were more into FIFA, ISS and Actua Soccer than proper games. Everyone I knew bought it and nobody played it beyond the first disc. Not sure where the love for it comes from. I'd rather play any of the other SNES Square RPGs than FF7. The FMV loading made the game unplayable to me.

I've never been interested in that aspect of a platformer. For me I go to platformers for the combination of platforming challenge, exploration, and occasionally combat. That's part of why I consider 3D Platformers infinitely better than 2D ones (with the exception of Kirby, who is all about the combat).

And really, it just never looked interesting to me.

If you look at the sales figures, it doesn't seem to be true that most people didn't like it. FF6 sold about 3.5 million. FF7 sold about 10 million. Then FF8 sold about 8 million. If you assume that's more or less the same audience, then the majority of people who were reeled in by the phenomena that was FF7 liked it enough to stick around for FF8.

Actually, a good Sonic game is one that lets you set the pace. I like Sonic because it's easy to go fast if I want to, but also just as easy to take my time. The only thing you lose is a little score. Honestly, I think Mario games rush you more than Sonic.

Plain and simple it was Sony's and Square's Marketing of the game that did the job. Before FF VII not to many JRPGs were advertised really well like FF VII was. The fact that it was one of Sony's big titles for the PS made them put alot into advertising it so that way they could sell more Playstations then N64 or Sega Saturns. That alone created the hype and introduced alot of people who IMO probably wouldn't have even bothered with it if the advertising wasn't there.

That fact alone is why so many people say this is the best Final Fantasy cause most of them have never played a FF before this one and had nothing to compare it too. After seeing all the advances that FFVII and then going back to play the older FF games well its hard to appreciate the older stuff when your first was the modern stuff. Basically try appreciating how VHS looks after being introduced to Blueray first.

Rayman Origins
Super Mario Galaxy - ( the snail trudging controls and gravity based physics + planet hopping ruined it for me)
Okami
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2
GunStar Heroes - (I can't stand this one,especially coming from the brilliant Contra Hardcorps. Gunstar was a snore)
Mega Man 10
Life Force (NES)
Mario Kart 64
Donkey Kong Country
Earthworm Jim
Kirby's Adventure
Super Starwars
Street Fighter II (I am sick and tired of the street fighter games. please, go away....except SFIII. )
Legend of Mystical Ninja
Diddy Kong Racing

Any version of Smash Bros and the Bioshock series

I respect BioShock, but I don't exactly find them to be fun games...

I appreciate the setting, which was absolutely refreshing during the time, in the midst of all of those familiar bleek & war heavy shooters that soaked up the PS3 & XBOX 360. It's beautiful, no doubt. has an interesting plot, it sounds great(ect ect) but ultimately i found the combat to be unsatisfying....Would of liked to see some sort of deflect/defense mechanic integrated instead of constantly having to move back every time one of those loony bins would jump at you while swinging a wrench. Ultimately i just wasn't really having that much fun with it, which is why I quit after putting in over 3 hours.

But i appreciate it and respect it for what it is, at least based on what i played....BioShock Infiite looks pretty awesom though.

Gameplay-wise, Infinite was an improvement, but I still didn't find it fun.

And ZombiU?

And no one has to play Call of Duty, but everyone ridicules it.
Just the fact that meaningless negativity lurks around this site, makes me want to leave this site even more, and hopefully I'm not alone.

Eh... for me I'd have to say Sonic the Hedgehog... I really don't like the characters at all, and... that kinda takes away from it. That and the hardcore fanbase is one of the weirdest in existence I think, and I can't help but think of that when I play Sonic and it also begins to ruin it for me, unfortunately... ._.;

Hm? ZombiU was a Survival Horror games. They're designed specifically to not be fun via typical means.

Actually, DiscoDriver's right. If you don't like it, ignore it. It's an internet forum. Ignoring the things you don't like isn't that hard.

Really? The parts of Dead Space that I played I enjoyed like I would a normal game.

Dead Space wasn't real Survival Horror. It's a Third Person Shooter with horror elements, much like Resident Evil 4 and 5.

(If Sony games count ..) The Last of Us. Artifically limiting the times I can pull of sneaky backstabbing attacks by limiting sneaky backstabbing attack "ammo" ? IMO overrated in almost any way and a fail as a "Game".

Candy Crush Saga
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (despite the coin element, there was nothing really "new" about this game!)

I don't like multiplayer in shooters, like in Metroid Prime: Hunters and Kid Icarus Uprising.

I actually like Steel Diver: Sub Wars though ... the slower pace and team work helps.