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What's a video game that you just don't get the hype about? (discuss.online)

submitted 1 week ago by lriv724@discuss.online to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Shrek 3 on Wii. Finding Nemo on Playstation 2. Binding of Isaac flash. Tribes: Ascend. Starcraft 2. Hearts of Iron 4. Disco Elysium is a wonderful RPG suffering from the most annoying writing possible from Estonian liberal leftoids.

The only game that has ever lived up to the hype was wallace and gromit project zoo on ps2, super smash bros melee and kirby air ride. Also counter strike. Fortnite is very good but is somehow also overhyped. Legend of Grimrock 2 should have been hyped

Runescape and WoW are awful. People should be ashamed of themselves. Using an organization app is literally more fun and mentally active

[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Undertale. I tried playing it a few weeks ago, but the controls are clunky and the story isn't really entertaining. It was just boring and annoying.

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I think the game's good side doesn't really show until you beat it. And with the context that moral choice game systems were a trend and up to this point extremely shallow (infamous series, army of two etc).

I couldn't get into it either though to be honest, but I enjoyed reading about the lore and the games it inspired.

[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

I couldn't stand it either, and I grew up with NES/SNES JRPGs and thought it would be right up my alley but for whatever reason the humor didn't reach me in the slightest and I couldn't be bothered to finish it.

More recently I tried Afterplace which also has a meta theme but the gameplay is more like a simplified Zelda and I really loved the writing.

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 16 points 6 days ago

GTA. Games 3 and 4 were good, 5 was kinda fun, but I'm not really at all excited for the same formula over and over again. Even battlefield feels a bit samey. Only indie games are really taking risks these days. And some of them are fantastic.

[–] drmoodmood@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Any game in the Halo series.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Criminal!

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Pretty much anything based on collecting cards or deck building.

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I also dislike deckbuilders, but slay the spire is the exception. It skips the tideous deck management a lot of games have and you aren't playing against an other deck which is a big part of what I hate.

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Firewatch. I liked the visual style but everyone raved about the writing specifically and I thought it wasn't great. I don't want to shit on them too hard because they did try, and you can't control how other people hype your work, but I found the characters really flat.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

I found the characters pretty flat as well. Neat atmosphere, though. I'm not really into that type of game so it was something new and interesting to me.

I also finally made the time to play it at a rough time in my life, and oh boy, let me tell you, your personal circumstances at the time of playing have a huge effect on how the game makes you feel if you give in to it. I actually found it pretty helpful, tbh. It helped me process some shit because it gave me the opening to think about some stuff I was kind of ignoring, even though I thought I'd processed it.

anyways yeah that's how I found myself crying half drunk in my basement alone playing a video game

still. the writing was meh. it was neat, but it was meh, and honestly, the mehness is kind of part of it. it's not some big crazy thing. it's just some average people doing average people things, nothing special about them, and it allowed me to think about my own stuff instead of the characters' stuff.

[–] metaballism@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

I appreciate it for its atmosphere and art style, but yeah the characters and the plot a are quite meh.

[–] kossa@feddit.org 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Balatro.

After I finished the first run, I was like "cool, now the number I need to beat is higher. So what?". Which is strange, because I love deck builders, I like beating higher numbers like e.g. Brotato. But for some reason I could not be bothered with Balatro ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] Balldowern@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago

Assassin's Creed. I was done after Unity. I don't care for anything later than that. It's all the same.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The Witcher 3. Tried many times, it's okayish I guess. I liked 2 more.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Any of the Five Nights games, fortnite, roblox, and basically any sports game that isn't something like Skate 1-3.

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Nintendo and Sega's IP. I did not grow up with them and have never seen the appeal or hype around them.

[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

GTA. All of them, but especially 5.

[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

Gta2 was hella fun. Went downhill from there.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Assassin's Creed

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