"Classic" games you never understood the appeal of
For the sake of this thread, "Classic" means highly regarded.
For me, one such game is Excitebike for the NES. It's just... all you do is drive to the side, jump high up in the air, and... ummm... I'm not even sure what the goal is. Trying to score a best time, I think? It's just lame. There's no point and there's really no way to "lose." At least, not that I noticed.
Qix. I just don't see anything fun about it.
(I am under the impression that this is "highly regarded" as it was listed as the #100 'greatest game of all time' in EGM #100. I really don't know anything about the game's reputation or history beyond that.)
Metriod just rambles on and on to me.
The whole Pokemon thing. Maybe it's because it seems to be geared towards a younger crowd, but the whole concept seems stupid to me. Granted, I only tried once, a long time ago. So I haven't put a lot of time in, maybe they get better.
Oh yes I can't believe I forgot about Pokemon! Back in the day I bought into the hype and bought the blue version, and played it for .... well, around the time I got to the St. Anne I was like "God, this game has been nothing but stupid and pointless so far." I mean, most people think RPGs are just games where you run around grinding, and for most RPGs there's usually at least a little more to it than that, but in Pokemon that is literally true. You grind and grind and grind until your monster is level 99. Then you repeat it... 149 more times. Then you go around and prove you can win cockfights against computer opponents, or against another player, all using a battle engine that's primitive even compared to the original Dragon Warrior.
It surprises me that Pokemon even took off.
I'll second that, I never enjoyed running around aimlessly trying to figure out what to do.Originally Posted by Flam
Also never really understood the appeal of the Final Fantasy series.
Action RPG's.
The NES Zelda games, they're just so boring. There isn't even a plot in the first one when you start playing and they look terrible even by NES standards. Link To The Past on SNES is great, but I'm baffled by how the series got past the first installment.
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Zelda - Ocarina of time or any Zelda in 3D just sucks.
Last edited by RPG_Fanatic; 08-16-2011 at 09:57 AM.
Super Mario Bros 1. 3 and World far outclass it, as well as being more fun to play. Personally, I don't see how the NES beat the Master System when the NES took until about 1988-1989 to get where the Master System was in game quality in 1986. Granted, the NES had some great titles, but few were early generation.
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Huh? The plot is you must rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon. Or is there something else Im missing here.
Last edited by fluid_matrix; 08-16-2011 at 10:24 AM.
Days of Thunder NES
Damn that game sucked. A lot of games are too hard, no point, bad story/graphics. They had to start somewhere and if you have a limited time to push out a game or at least get your game shown then you will end up with some crap.
Without the dirt you won't get to the treasure.
Make a custom track of nothing but ramps in excitebike, that's what most people did.
I don't know, man. I think you need to reevaluate this statement. Sure, you grind way too much and fight way too many Zubats. However, Pokemon has so many different things going on that it's surprisingly pretty deep in player vs. player. If you only got as far as the St. Anne, that would explain why you didn't run into anything too strategic.
As for my own unappealing game, I've never much liked Symphony of the Night. Granted, I've only played the Saturn version. I found the game too easy compared to the older games in the series.
I do love Legend of Zelda, but just not Metroid. Zelda doesn't seem as aimless.
Agree with Metroid and I remember Nintendo Power and EGM practically having wet dreams about the "sequel" Metroid II on the old Gameboy. Wasted $30-35 of birthday money on Metroid II one year because of how much that one was hyped. God, what a sham that series is.
Zelda A Link to the Past. I've tried to play the game multiple times, and sure the graphics are great, but I usually get bored of the game by the time I get the Master Sword. I really enjoyed Zelda 1, 2(not similar,) Link's Awakening, and 3D Dot Game Heroes, so it's not like I don't like the gameplay, it's just the game.
Super Mario 64. I've actually beaten the game, but each stage you can get through in no time at all and it's just a series of fetch quests. Get a star by doing this, do that, do this. The DS version is the better game, only because of the mini games included actually being a lot of fun, but the game itself, not so much.
Sonic the Hedgehog, except Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic Spinball. I've never found the appeal of these games. Just go fast. One time recently I was like "I'm going to really try and finish a Sonic game." I got to the third stage of the original Sonic before quitting. Maybe it's because I never put any time into the games while the Genesis was in its prime. My friend owned the Sonic games back then and I've played them a little and still didn't like them.
Everything in the above post is opinion unless stated otherwise.
The entire Sonic series, aside from the Sonic Adventure games.
...Myst.
THIS, GODDAMNIT, THIS
That entire fucking series is nothing but a glorified screensaver. THE ENTIRE SERIES SUCKS, BUT EVERYONE WHO ADORES IT CAN'T ADMIT THEY BOUGHT A $60 SCREENSAVER SIX OR SEVEN TIMES OVER.
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