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For me it's a couple

First is GTA. I played a LOT of Vice City and and San Andreas as a kid, but mostly because everyone else played them at the time and there wasn't really many games quite like it where you could mess around and explore a massive city and find cool vehicles just by exploring. But by the time GTA 4 rolled around other open world games did things just as good and the edgey humor has starting to wear thin on me so I had moved on to things like Elder Scrolls by that time.

Another is Minecraft. Minecraft is the exact kind of game I should be in to, it looks so fun! But I just found the artstyle so damn ugly. It's so rare for me to avoid something for aesthetic reasons, usually low poly art is charming but for some reason Minecrafts style just looks really unappealing to me. This is coming from someone who likes a lot of games people think are ugly.

Lastly are what I'll call "grizzled white guy action games" Uncharted, Red Dead, The Last of Us. They just feel too much like they're trying to be be a blockbuster for for guys that don't want to be made fun of for liking games rather than games. I know that that probably isn't the case, but they just seem too normal to me.

However I respect that these are all good series but they just aren't for me. Are there any game series where this is true for you?

Don't be afraid to say a series you know I like, I won't be offended.

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[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't respect people who like GTA infact anyone that does I think less of you.

My one is roguelikes. Like so many fun looking roguelikes (not binding of Isaac you suck on a fundamental level) but I just can't ever find the time to play any or really understand how I'm supposed to play them. If they have meta progression it's not so bad but if they don't it just feels like a genre built around wasting my time through rng. If they have suspend and resume like Returnal then I find them infinitely more enjoyable because I can't stand a game dictating to me how long I play it for. Risk of rain is brilliant though but that's because I can be satisfied it has an "ending" without it actually being the end goal which is simply survive as long as possible. If story is locked behind getting to level 3 billion then I'm pissed but if it's just a self made goal of unlock characters and get as far as I want then it's brilliant.

The other is basically any Nintendo game. Largely because I grew up with sega and Sony but I did still have a Gameboy colour advance and DS at the time I just dislike almost every Nintendo title bar metroid. The only thing that doesn't follow the rule is Yoshi's Island which is the best platformer ever made and nothing will ever reach the same heights because everyone thinks mario is good.

Oh yeah fighting games. No I'm not going to spend half my life "training" to play a single game I'd rather do anything else including eat my own hands off. Only good fighting game is Hellish Qaurt because my brother can't beat me at it. Get rekt guilty gear peasant.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The only thing that doesn't follow the rule is Yoshi's Island which is the best platformer ever made and nothing will ever reach the same heights because everyone thinks mario is good.

How do you feel about Kirby? kirby-wave The platforming is a little easier than the yoshis but it's so aggressively cute, I never fail to have a good time playing with kirby-spin

[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've never actually kerbed a by, what would you recommend starting with? I will admit the pink sphere creature is enticing

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I loved canvas curse on the ds, it was one of the first games to use the drawing controls as a core mechanic, and super star ultra was. I played the n64 one crystal shards at a friends place when I was a kid but never owned it myself, and it was so much fun mixing and combining powers.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Canvas curse is so fun! The only downside is you kinda have to play it on original hardware but the game itself whips:)

[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll give the DS one a go been looking for an excuse to use it again. But for drawing controls mechanic we have the goat

This game is so terrible but im obsessed with it for some reason

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 2 points 21 hours ago

Wario games are kinda sassy, they just throw anything and see what sticks, igy