Call of Duty.
I can't stand how shitty the story is put together and how it's presented. It's hard to understand what the hell went on to get you from the pentagon talking to President Kennedy to a forest in Laos. Multiplayer felt shitty too, with the numerous balance issues and lack of moderation in online games. Hacking a COD game is piss easy, the developers even left some variables for aimbots in the console versions.
Pokemon.
I enjoyed it as a kid. I really did. Design was nice, had many sidequests to tackle down, but I only thought of it as a game to sit down and waste a few minutes on. But the other kids? No, this thing was a fucking full-time job. Every second they get a chance they're pulling out their GBAs and playing Emerald(basically, on the bus and various points during school) They're bragging to their friends that they got a legendary today, crying over losing a battle tomorrow, it's a fucking phenomenon! And I'm not about to join in that shit.
Final Fantasy.
Okay, this might just be Pokemon on steroids with a much older and smaller fanbase but I've never been a fan of these games. Gameplay style was always boring to me(which is something that a lot of RPGs fail at actually, it's just that none of them have this many installments) and the games characters always seemed incredibly cheesy to me, in fact, first thing it makes me think of is Kingdom Hearts, which I never got into and not looking forward to getting into.
Mass Effect 2.
Okay, this is difficult for me cause I've played the demo and I really enjoyed it. This was the only RPG that ACTUALLY made me want to buy it(which I still haven't done, flame me later) it's genuinely a great game, but it is overrated BEYOND MOTHERFUCKING BELIEF. This game will show up on EVERY SINGLE top ten list you will see, and IGN went far enough as to consider it the best modern video game of ALL TIME. It's good, but it isn't fucking perfect which nobody can seem to understand. The game may be critically acclaimed hell no is it not popular. NOBODY is playing this and maybe that's why I forget about it whenever I'm looking to buy games.
Red Dead Redemption.
"WOOO, ROCKSTAR GAMES IS AWESOME FOR MAKING GTA! GOSH, THAT TOTALLY MEANS THAT ALL OF THEIR GAMES ARE GOOD AND ARE TOTALLY WORTH FANBOYING OUT OF NOWHERE FOR, RIGHT?"
Like Mass Effect 2, this was also critically acclaimed and placed on many top ten slots. Unlike Mass Effect 2, this was developed by Rockstar Games, a company that's loads more popular than Bioware, so this game got around to everyone more. Honestly, I think this was one of Rockstar's more drunk idea scenarios because to be honest, Wild West games are cheesy as fuck and in the end don't offer anything good(living in Texas doesn't help, either) In fact, with all the treasure chests, horse riding, random appearing enemies and shit, this is like Zelda Theft Auto, that's it! It's a dried up Great Sea from the Wind Waker where you ride a horse and commit crimes, only much more gay than that. Other than that, what the fuck is there to see in the Wild West? It's all bland and boring sights, which Rockstar isn't known for doing. GTA's sights were amazing, it also helped that it could render such large maps(you can go outside of the map and explore the city in GTA Deathmatch if you want) But Red Dead? No. It's an original idea, it just isn't a good one. Rockstar's hype and open worlds just appeal to everyone these days.
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