Game series your glad you didn't get into.

[chronotigger65]

Assassin Creed and Kingdom Hearts are my picks.

[ommadawnyawn2]

GTA
Pokemon
Call of Duty
Dino Crisis
Duke Nukem
Splinter Cell
Elder Scrolls
Animal Crossing
The Sims
World of Warcraft

[spanky]

Pokemon...I'll admit I played the hell out of the first gen. Played through Blue twice and Yellow once. Played Gold too but didn't enjoy it. When I got Ruby I immediately thought "Oh this is pretty much the same as all the others and I don't really care for this." Every couple of generations I'll have some friends who get into the latest game and I'll buy it as well. I usually lose interest around the second gym.

Animal Crossing

Any MMO, particularly WoW. I have a friend who has years of his life that are just blank thanks to this game. Worked part time, wasn't in school, lived with his parents and just played WoW.

[mainpatr]

Madden NFL,for the same reasons as early Pokemon.

Diner Dash and all similar time management games.


Farming Simulator.

[lurker]

Most sports games.

[dsparil]

Glad, probably just MMOs in general since they seem to suck up so much of people's time. I had a roommate that played WoW, and that just seemed like a job at times.

For series I couldn't get into in general:

Assassin's Creed - III and Liberation were enough for me. For a series with such a crazy backstory, it's incredibly perplexing that it instead focused on the boring and nebulous Assassins versus Templar and Abstergo stuff. Why literally everything wouldn't be about the Isu who didn't even have a concrete name until the ninth game (Syndicate) is beyond me. Liberation only has an arm's length attachment to all that so I ended up liking it more than III.

Grand Theft Auto - This is a little bit of cheat because I did play all of them up to San Andreas, but I was never very enthusiastic about them. The radio stations are nice, but that's about it. I think the formula and satire worked a lot better in Bully where the violence had to be toned down in a huge way so there was less of an element of Rockstar trying to have their cake and eat it too.

The Sims - My impression is that the people that get the most into The Sims are approaching it almost more like a house design simulator instead of a game. I liked 3 the most from what I played of it, but it was very held back by EA's desire to sell expensive DLC hair.

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Dec 21, 2020 12:29:38 GMT -5 dsparil said:

The Sims - My impression is that the people that get the most into The Sims are approaching it almost more like a house design simulator instead of a game. I liked 3 the most from what I played of it, but it was very held back by EA's desire to sell expensive DLC hair.

You say this (and perhaps I'm alone on this one) but I always used to enjoy playing Sims style games 'wrong'. So on the Sims I'd do things like delete the beds so they couldn't sleep. Delete the toilets so they had to go on the floor. If I was feeling particularly destructive I'd throw a party, and once all the Sim neighbours were round delete the doors and maybe starve them or start a fire. I suppose you could consider me a Sims Sociopath. I expect I'll be tagged by some government agency after this post.

[🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀]

Why would you be glad about not getting into a series? Outside of certain things taking up a lot of time. But even then, if you sink a lot of time into something, isn't it usually because you like something?

I guess it would suck if you're into something like Fifa and it turns into a monetized garbage game, but even then, you have the old games you can come back to.

[dr_st]

* Anything multiplayer-focused
* All the war-style FPS games
* The Sims

Yeah, nothing very original.

There are some series that I wished I got into, like Half-Life, Assassin's Creed, Bioshock. But the first games of the series were such turn-offs that I never bothered to find out whether the sequels were better.

[windfisch]

Dec 21, 2020 15:18:44 GMT -5 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 said:

Why would you be glad about not getting into a series? Outside of certain things taking up a lot of time. But even then, if you sink a lot of time into something, isn't it usually because you like something?

I guess it would suck if you're into something like Fifa and it turns into a monetized garbage game, but even then, you have the old games you can come back to.

You've already hinted at a pretty significant reason, namely addiction. Games like WoW or FIFA are luckily not quite my thing. But there were times when I was over at my brothers place, playing Street Fighter IV online and I would sink hours upon hours into it. I mean it is pretty satisfying to make progress over the course of several matches,  finally beating somebody you've previously lost to over and over (and naturally witnessing the other player ragequitting like a coward). But I'm still glad I don't do this at home, because I could see it potentially becoming a difficult to control habit.

I still do local multiplayer games, but that's a different, more aware experience. And I still love a good Third Strike match, so maybe Street Fighter isn't the best answer to the topic. But any online-heavy series would qualify. The same goes for time-consuming RPGs and strategy games with just enough interesting stuff going on in terms of atmosphere, story and maybe even battle systems, so I might put up with things I don't actually enjoy (random encounters, grinding for XP, overly long battles...). I could see series like Final Fantasy or Tactics Ogre falling into that category. Most RPGs I've played felt like a large amount of time was simply wasted with generic and tedious battles, just to finally get to the "good" stuff.

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Dec 22, 2020 5:59:10 GMT -5 windfisch said:

Dec 21, 2020 15:18:44 GMT -5 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 said:

Why would you be glad about not getting into a series? Outside of certain things taking up a lot of time. But even then, if you sink a lot of time into something, isn't it usually because you like something?

I guess it would suck if you're into something like Fifa and it turns into a monetized garbage game, but even then, you have the old games you can come back to.

You've already hinted at a pretty significant reason, namely addiction. Games like WoW or FIFA are luckily not quite my thing. But there were times when I was over at my brothers place, playing Street Fighter IV online and I would sink hours upon hours into it. I mean it is pretty satisfying to make progress over the course of several matches,  finally beating somebody you've previously lost to over and over (and naturally witnessing the other player ragequitting like a coward). But I'm still glad I don't do this at home, because I could see it potentially becoming a difficult to control habit.

I still do local multiplayer games, but that's a different, more aware experience. And I still love a good Third Strike match, so maybe Street Fighter isn't the best answer to the topic. But any online-heavy series would qualify. The same goes for time-consuming RPGs and strategy games with just enough interesting stuff going on in terms of atmosphere, story and maybe even battle systems, so I might put up with things I don't actually enjoy (random encounters, grinding for XP, overly long battles...). I could see series like Final Fantasy or Tactics Ogre falling into that category. Most RPGs I've played felt like a large amount of time was simply wasted with generic and tedious battles, just to finally get to the "good" stuff.

The games I tend to find addictive are ones with the pick up and play/one more go nature. Roguelikes do this, although I pull myself away eventually since I realise I'm not progressing. This year I've been hopelessly addicted to 51 Worldwide Classics, but no regrets there. RPG's on the other hand, can be a big time sink, but I feel I'm progressing, and eventually they'll naturally come to an end, so I don't really get hooked in an unhealthy way.

[windfisch]

excelsior

Yeah, pick up and play games can be a huge time sink for me, too. And there are times when I do play too much of those. Then again with most games I have a tendency to get bored after a while, so I eventually find a moment to stop. And luckily these types of games can be enjoeyd for a couple of minutes, so not every session ends up taking large amounts of time. The sessions do add up, however. Another difficult part is not to keep playing one short title after the other.

Addiction is a term often used loosely when it comes to games. As long as gaming habit doesn't have a negative impact on someones life, even if it seems excessive from the outside, it's fine, imo. But I've certainly experienced enough instances of me practicing escapism via games, when I really should've been doing something rather important instead.

[🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀]

Dec 22, 2020 7:40:19 GMT -5 windfisch said:

But I've certainly experienced enough instances of me practicing escapism via games, when I really should've been doing something rather important instead.

I think in most instances when I'm playing a video game instead of being productive, it's not like I would've done something better with my time if I didn't have video games to distract me. I'd probably just be doing something else that's unproductive.

[Snake]

Halo
Warcraft
Grand Theft Auto
Pokemon

It's be a lot to catch up on. Though I'm just a not a 1st person shooter type. And Pokemon and MMO games are too endlessly completionist for my lifestyle.

[Woody Alien]

Dark Souls. Given how much I'm struggling with some of the Souls-like 2D action games that I tried, it's a safe bet that I will not enjoy these games. I don't see what's so fun in repeating the same segments for hours and hours. I prefer playing some casual dumb stuff to unwind rather that get angry and frustrated all the time.