I’ve just uninstalled and removed Balatro after yet a near, very close 8/8 ante finish. I have been failing and failing, I’ve only ever seen and gotten to 8/8 ante twice, this being the second time. Every other run has been just insulting me to where no strategy has ever worked, I feel like a lot of it is RNG and pre-determined outcomes based on seeded runs.
And I hate that way of playing. It always feels like I’m getting smacked down by a troll bully who I can never overcome. They’d kick me down every failed run I’d have, then they give me a false sense of security the further I get. “Awwww, getting tired of being owned? Here, let me help you by giving you a few seemingly lucky breaks. SMACK Oh! OWNED YOU AGAIN! FUCK YOU! LOLLOLOL! I BANGED YOUR MOTHER, GIT GUD, NOOB!1”
I just don’t understand why these kinds of games are around, even when I have a good idea who it is for.
There is nothing I find more unpleasant than inventory management under pressure. I don’t even have time to look at what I just picked up and figure out what it does before people are shooting at me. I say just pick a lane, you can be a competitive shooter, but skip the loot. Or go maximum inventory management, like borderlands or stalker, but not in a competitive multiplayer game.
Call of Duty. Any of them. The campaigns are capable and fun, and I’ve enjoyed the ones I’ve played, but the online sucks so hard to me.
I first tried when they first came out, but the internet wasnt fast enough for the “who shot first quick fire twitch shooter”. I would be on a bridge then teleport to like 5 different places in a second, then the killcam shows me that actually I was just walking into a wall while XxProSnip3zzxX shot me in the back. Wow I sure suck at this game.
Tried again a few iterations later and my first 5 games in a row the game had already started and my team was already caught in a spawn trap. We’d just be respawning into a firing line getting mowed down the instant we spawn. 0k 15d.
Finally got a real game going and I was just getting completely murdered by people who’ve never stopped playing and understand the maps perfectly and gun you down before you can even react to their presence.
I tried the battle royale one and it was really exciting for about 15 minutes. Ive got one life, im surrounded by death, i can hear fire going in all directions. Then i never see anyone. I run from likely location to likely location and theres nobody. Its just me. I start shooting in the air “come and get me, lets fight”. Nothing. I see a tall building and think if I can get to the roof I can see where people are. I go inside the building. Im dead now. There was a guy perched on the lip on the inside of the door, waiting this whole fucking time just in case somebody walked in like I did. He’s teabagging me now and punching my corpse. Such fun.
i only play single player and cant stand call of duty games. (i did like black ops 1) the games are 100% scripted. i pkayed the wwii one with josh duhamel. two things stand out. i was defending a holl with my ai teammates helping. i started to realize theybwerent killing anyone and it was up to me. then, kater i exit a house with at least 5 friendly soldiers in front of me. i was preparing/healing and notice a dog running toward the house. i thoight “no worries, its one dog, someone will kill it”. nope, it zig zagged and not one ai npc card, it killed me. i load the save and get back to that point and the EXACT same thing, EXACT movement of everybody hapoened… thats when i quit
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. As a die hard Zelda fan, I was beyond hyped for this one. Probably my biggest letdown in all of gaming.
No real story to follow
No cast of interesting characters outside of optional collectible flashbacks
Repetitive, lifeless gameplay. No real dungeons or temples, every “mini dungeon” that does exist is the same copy pasted theme.
No score of memorable unique music, just the MiNiMaLiSm of some understated occasional piano.
Atrocious lack of enemy variety.
a focus on exploration that rewards you with precious little given that any weapons your find will just break, and there are no unique combat or traversal items to unlock.
Came back to my save a couple times to push through, but the entire game is just the same 4 activities copy pasted 300 times with no variation or progression that makes your 50th hour unique from your first. It’s like. Soulless kowtow to Ubisoft game design in a once beautiful and innovative game series. Makes me mad just thinking about it lol.
I totally agree with the exception of the music. I know what you mean because there is minimal music in the “open world” parts of the game, but the actual songs made for the actually interesting places are bangers.
Cyberpunk 2077. I thought I would enjoy it as much as Witcher 3, nop. But then again, I played it few months after it came out. Heard it got better, so maybe I will try again one-day.
Eve Online. I’ve played it 3 or 4 times over the years. It’s such a good concept, but the interface is SO TERRIBLE. I am logistics gamer (factorio, satisfactory) and the player driven economy is SUPERB. However, doing the supply side is like pulling teeth. I cannot establish good, efficient production chains. I realize that it’s a spaceship game about shooting other people. I’m not the target audience, but they seem to indicate that they need people like me, then don’t support our playstyle.
Grand Theft Auto 4 - wasn’t fun to play, though I keep trying since I want to see where the story goes but get too jaded to make it far.
Fallout New Vegas - not sure why 3 and 4 vibes with me better, but every time I start new Vegas I just feel like I hit a wall before I make it to the strip.
Newer Pokemon games - this one is easy. I like to explore and find Pokemon. Current games are about and focused on battling. So no more puzzles and hidden corners. Pokemon Platinum and Soul Silver was the last game I had no complaints about. Legends Arcus is the last one I played and mostly enjoyed.
Majora’s Mask and Ocarina of Time - again Zelda is an exploration game to me and these 2 are combat focused. The 3DS version of Ocarina of Time was a bit more palatable to me, but I haven’t touched it in years.
I agree with most of these … but New Vegas? I kinda think that’s the best of all of them. Well except 1 & 2. They are almost a different game in the same universe so they don’t count.
Wow… pretty wild take considering most of those are widely considered some of the best games of all time. I will say, I have had some games and movies that were considered great, get ruined for me because I heard the hype before playing or watching, and went in to it with very high expectations.
For me it’s any roguelike (or roguelite) I try. I may find the premise of the gameplay interesting, but having to replay the run from the start (while very likely not learning anything new, because I can’t repeat the situation that gave me trouble before) ruins it pretty quickly. Even the ones I kinda like (Rabbit And Steel and One Step From Eden) can’t keep my attention for long and I end up playing them very rarely.
Metaprogression in roguelites makes it even worse because I know that the runs are gonna be unfair from the start to make the upgrades work.
Baldur’s gate 3, the combat was frustrating and the dice rolls popping up in the middle of any skill check were annoying. I’m sure there are others but that’s the one I can think of right now.
Just let me crank out a couple of games, please. I will never become “invested” in your story, I don’t care for it one bit. It’s like some people enjoy movies, but not series. Same for me. I just don’t like it
Metal Gear Solid and Kojima games in general. I think it’s a Kojima trait to make his games feel more like work than fun.
I managed to get into Death Stranding (on my second attempt) and came to understand the vibe. But I have little interest in delving into the sequel until I’m a retired old man looking for some purpose to life.
I am very interested in what he does with movies, though.
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Black Myth: Wukong
I wanna like it. I just can’t get into it.
I hate Battle Royale shooters, all of them.
There is nothing I find more unpleasant than inventory management under pressure. I don’t even have time to look at what I just picked up and figure out what it does before people are shooting at me. I say just pick a lane, you can be a competitive shooter, but skip the loot. Or go maximum inventory management, like borderlands or stalker, but not in a competitive multiplayer game.
Call of Duty. Any of them. The campaigns are capable and fun, and I’ve enjoyed the ones I’ve played, but the online sucks so hard to me.
I first tried when they first came out, but the internet wasnt fast enough for the “who shot first quick fire twitch shooter”. I would be on a bridge then teleport to like 5 different places in a second, then the killcam shows me that actually I was just walking into a wall while XxProSnip3zzxX shot me in the back. Wow I sure suck at this game.
Tried again a few iterations later and my first 5 games in a row the game had already started and my team was already caught in a spawn trap. We’d just be respawning into a firing line getting mowed down the instant we spawn. 0k 15d.
Finally got a real game going and I was just getting completely murdered by people who’ve never stopped playing and understand the maps perfectly and gun you down before you can even react to their presence.
I tried the battle royale one and it was really exciting for about 15 minutes. Ive got one life, im surrounded by death, i can hear fire going in all directions. Then i never see anyone. I run from likely location to likely location and theres nobody. Its just me. I start shooting in the air “come and get me, lets fight”. Nothing. I see a tall building and think if I can get to the roof I can see where people are. I go inside the building. Im dead now. There was a guy perched on the lip on the inside of the door, waiting this whole fucking time just in case somebody walked in like I did. He’s teabagging me now and punching my corpse. Such fun.
i only play single player and cant stand call of duty games. (i did like black ops 1) the games are 100% scripted. i pkayed the wwii one with josh duhamel. two things stand out. i was defending a holl with my ai teammates helping. i started to realize theybwerent killing anyone and it was up to me. then, kater i exit a house with at least 5 friendly soldiers in front of me. i was preparing/healing and notice a dog running toward the house. i thoight “no worries, its one dog, someone will kill it”. nope, it zig zagged and not one ai npc card, it killed me. i load the save and get back to that point and the EXACT same thing, EXACT movement of everybody hapoened… thats when i quit
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. As a die hard Zelda fan, I was beyond hyped for this one. Probably my biggest letdown in all of gaming.
Came back to my save a couple times to push through, but the entire game is just the same 4 activities copy pasted 300 times with no variation or progression that makes your 50th hour unique from your first. It’s like. Soulless kowtow to Ubisoft game design in a once beautiful and innovative game series. Makes me mad just thinking about it lol.
I totally agree with the exception of the music. I know what you mean because there is minimal music in the “open world” parts of the game, but the actual songs made for the actually interesting places are bangers.
Cyberpunk 2077. I thought I would enjoy it as much as Witcher 3, nop. But then again, I played it few months after it came out. Heard it got better, so maybe I will try again one-day.
as soon as you said “cyberpunk 2077” and before i finished tour comment, i knew you played it at release. if you own it, the try it out.
Eve Online. I’ve played it 3 or 4 times over the years. It’s such a good concept, but the interface is SO TERRIBLE. I am logistics gamer (factorio, satisfactory) and the player driven economy is SUPERB. However, doing the supply side is like pulling teeth. I cannot establish good, efficient production chains. I realize that it’s a spaceship game about shooting other people. I’m not the target audience, but they seem to indicate that they need people like me, then don’t support our playstyle.
Grand Theft Auto 4 - wasn’t fun to play, though I keep trying since I want to see where the story goes but get too jaded to make it far.
Fallout New Vegas - not sure why 3 and 4 vibes with me better, but every time I start new Vegas I just feel like I hit a wall before I make it to the strip.
Newer Pokemon games - this one is easy. I like to explore and find Pokemon. Current games are about and focused on battling. So no more puzzles and hidden corners. Pokemon Platinum and Soul Silver was the last game I had no complaints about. Legends Arcus is the last one I played and mostly enjoyed.
Majora’s Mask and Ocarina of Time - again Zelda is an exploration game to me and these 2 are combat focused. The 3DS version of Ocarina of Time was a bit more palatable to me, but I haven’t touched it in years.
I agree with most of these … but New Vegas? I kinda think that’s the best of all of them. Well except 1 & 2. They are almost a different game in the same universe so they don’t count.
I wonder if we’ll get a 5 in my lifetime.
Wow… pretty wild take considering most of those are widely considered some of the best games of all time. I will say, I have had some games and movies that were considered great, get ruined for me because I heard the hype before playing or watching, and went in to it with very high expectations.
For me it’s any roguelike (or roguelite) I try. I may find the premise of the gameplay interesting, but having to replay the run from the start (while very likely not learning anything new, because I can’t repeat the situation that gave me trouble before) ruins it pretty quickly. Even the ones I kinda like (Rabbit And Steel and One Step From Eden) can’t keep my attention for long and I end up playing them very rarely.
Metaprogression in roguelites makes it even worse because I know that the runs are gonna be unfair from the start to make the upgrades work.
The Witcher Series
I just can’t get into playing Geralt. I’ve tried getting into 2 multiple times, but just don’t feel it.
cyberpunk. looked cool and i wanted to like it, but i find it somehow too meh
Did you play the latest Version?,
People always ask this, as if with all the updates the game isn’t still a buggy, janky, mess lol.
no i pirated it and the only one with an installer that worked on linux was a few years old
Ok just to let you know. The first versions where horrible. Like there is a completly new skill sytem now. Its like a diffrent game.
Baldur’s gate 3, the combat was frustrating and the dice rolls popping up in the middle of any skill check were annoying. I’m sure there are others but that’s the one I can think of right now.
Long games, campaigns or story.
Just let me crank out a couple of games, please. I will never become “invested” in your story, I don’t care for it one bit. It’s like some people enjoy movies, but not series. Same for me. I just don’t like it
No matter what I try, I never even get to the end of the campaign in PoE, or PoE2 for that matter. I just get bored.
RDR 2
Metal Gear Solid and Kojima games in general. I think it’s a Kojima trait to make his games feel more like work than fun.
I managed to get into Death Stranding (on my second attempt) and came to understand the vibe. But I have little interest in delving into the sequel until I’m a retired old man looking for some purpose to life.
I am very interested in what he does with movies, though.