# How many of these video games are worth my time?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-video-games-are-worth-my-time/614956>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 6, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-video-games-are-worth-my-time/614956 "2012-03-06T19:16:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-video-games-are-worth-my-time/614956/21 "2012-03-09T16:49:10Z")

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> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> Eh… Pinata is a total genre game itself. If you don’t like farming animals and feeding them stuff to breed them (even if they are colorful, candy animals) there’s really not much game to the game.

Similarly, Mass Effect requires a tolerance for a game with lots of dialogue - people with short attention spans who just want to kill stuff need not apply.

There is no such thing as a game that is universally appealing. There are some that are more widely appealing than others, but never universally. (I gather there are even people who don’t like Crazy Taxi. 😛 )

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**Author:** ![mbetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mbetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbetter)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-video-games-are-worth-my-time/614956/22 "2012-03-10T02:12:54Z")

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I loved Sacred 2, but I’m a huge Blind Guardian fan. If you aren’t, it’s meh.

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**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-video-games-are-worth-my-time/614956/24 "2012-03-20T00:08:05Z")

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Mass effect is great, but there’s a bit of an initial hump to get over. It takes about 4 hours or so to get past the opening, get a few levels and get a grasp on the gameplay.

Once you do it’s great but be warned some persistance is required initially.

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**Author:** ![ericlausanne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@ericlausanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ericlausanne)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-video-games-are-worth-my-time/614956/25 "2012-03-20T15:38:09Z")

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GTA is not as good as san andreas but there is a lot of fun with it

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-video-games-are-worth-my-time/614956/26 "2012-03-20T18:33:11Z")

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I’ve enjoyed all the Fables. Not as good of hack and slash as, say, Bayonetta (which is a 10/10) and not as fun of an adventure as the Zeldas but I enjoy them nonetheless. Since they’re all fairly similar, if you enjoyed any of the Fables then you’d enjoy the others. I think 2 was my favorite so far, though.

I got tired of Halo games, but if you haven’t played any of the earlier ones you’ll probably enjoy it.

I’ve heard so much good about GTA:SA and GTAIV but honestly after GTAIII and Vice City I was pretty much done with that genre.

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