# Video games that are popular and well known, but that you didn't like. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 28, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583 "2017-05-28T05:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/41 "2017-05-30T22:38:58Z")
Dark Souls just fucked me off. I appreciated the atmosphere and graphics, but the controls were just terrible and it was such an unforgiving game. I can appreciate that in a way especially as I’m a long-time retrogramer, but Christ, I couldn’t get past the second level and got bored of the eternal grinding. It doesn’t help that the Dark Souls community seems to reply to every complaint with ‘lol you just suck’. ---
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/42 "2017-05-30T22:43:41Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I really enjoy Zelda games, but Wind Waker is a steaming pile of boring crap. I don’t understand why it gets so much love. I like it, but for me it’s too short, and the Triforce hunting near the end was unforgivably boring and dull. Ocarina of Time, now - there’s a game that is undeservedly and excessively praised. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/43 "2017-05-30T23:14:55Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I wanted to love _The Witcher_, but I couldn’t get over the ‘‘collect trading cards for every woman you bone’’ part of it. It was so beneath a game of that caliber, it felt like it was taking every single thing seriously _except_ women. So I quit playing it and haven’t played any of the sequels, either. I had the same reaction, and when Witcher III opened with a boudoir scene, I rolled my eyes and thought I might quit it the way I quit the first one–but it’s way less smarmy and leery than the first one was. I think it’s worth giving the third one a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/44 "2017-05-31T00:22:53Z")
As for the OP, I agree with the OP. I love the mechanics of Fallout, and I appreciate what they were going for with the tinny music and the washed-out brown-and-grey color scheme, but I found it unpleasant to play. I finished the first game, tried New Vegas after people assured me it was better, and quit after a bit: it’s not just too grim, it’s too grimy for my tastes. Give me the four-color world of Skyrim or Witcher any day. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/45 "2017-05-31T00:42:37Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > As for the OP, I agree with the OP. I love the mechanics of Fallout, and I appreciate what they were going for with the tinny music and the washed-out brown-and-grey color scheme, but I found it unpleasant to play. I finished the first game, tried New Vegas after people assured me it was better, and quit after a bit: it’s not just too grim, it’s too grimy for my tastes. Give me the four-color world of Skyrim or Witcher any day. Do you mean Fallout 3 when you say “the first one” or Fallout 1? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/46 "2017-05-31T05:42:25Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > As for the OP, I agree with the OP. I love the mechanics of Fallout, and I appreciate what they were going for with the tinny music and the washed-out brown-and-grey color scheme, but I found it unpleasant to play. I finished the first game, tried New Vegas after people assured me it was better, and quit after a bit: it’s not just too grim, it’s too grimy for my tastes. Give me the four-color world of Skyrim or Witcher any day. Get the mod that changed the environment to more natural colors and get the Conalrad radio mod. You are a teacher and these real era appropriate songs will both amuse and horrify you. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/47 "2017-05-31T06:03:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Try as I might, I just could not get into any of the _Ultima_ games. How did you feel about wizardry? ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/48 "2017-05-31T14:57:01Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > How did you feel about wizardry? I personally liked the first 3 Wizardry games but also couldn’t get into Ultima. Especially the one with the maps where you had to figure out how portals worked based on the phases of the suns or something like that. That was just annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/49 "2017-05-31T15:50:51Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Give me the four-color world of Skyrim or Witcher any day. Fallout 4 actually [had colors](http://i.imgur.com/1UsasfO.jpg) in it which I appreciated. I was disappointed by FO3 when I saw that the Capital Wasteland was visually similar (allowing for the first person aspect) to the original games as I had hoped they’d take the opportunity to show different areas affected/recovering in different ways. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/50 "2017-05-31T16:29:41Z")
Yeah, the Ultimas are probably at the top of my list too. I mostly couldn’t get over the cumbersome UI, ye olde dialogue and that the king was named Lord British [sic]. Even as a teenager I found that utterly ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/51 "2017-05-31T16:39:32Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > How did you feel about wizardry? Liked the first two or three. Another big one that turned me off for some reason was Sierra’s _King’s Quest_ series. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/52 "2017-05-31T16:49:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Do you mean Fallout 3 when you say “the first one” or Fallout 1? :smack: Fallout 3 – obviously not the first one, but rather the first one that I played. Sorry for the confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/53 "2017-05-31T17:34:44Z")
I’ve played and loved a lot of shooters, but I’ve never found a single Halo or Call of Duty version compelling. Like wise Dark Souls feels repetitive and pointless to me. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/54 "2017-05-31T18:54:57Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > How did you feel about wizardry? > [@Pixel\_Dent](#): > > I personally liked the first 3 Wizardry games but also couldn’t get into Ultima. Especially the one with the maps where you had to figure out how portals worked based on the phases of the suns or something like that. That was just annoying. I still have a 5.25" floppy with Akalabeth and Wizardy 1-3 on it. I also still have my copy of Ultima II, complete with the box and map. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/55 "2017-05-31T18:55:48Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I like RPGs, especially ones that replicate the tabletop D&D experience. I hated The Legend of Zelda, though, and as a result, I never tried any of the sequels. People keep telling me to give the sequels a chance but there are always other games to play. That’s…odd? I mean, that people would recommend Zelda to you because you like RPGs. Or did you just mention the former point to establish a baseline, and the recommendations are independent of it? Because Zelda isn’t…remotely on the list of “games I would recommend to someone because they like RPGs” > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Try as I might, I just could not get into any of the _Ultima_ games. What games from the era DID you like? Or are you talking about newer games? Humorously, I am the inverse of some of the posters here - I deeply enjoyed even the early ultima games, but I couldn’t stomach Wizardry for more than an hour or so. The game seemed empty and pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/56 "2017-05-31T19:06:52Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > As for the OP, I agree with the OP. I love the mechanics of Fallout, and I appreciate what they were going for with the tinny music and the washed-out brown-and-grey color scheme, but I found it unpleasant to play. I finished the first game, tried New Vegas after people assured me it was better, and quit after a bit: it’s not just too grim, it’s too grimy for my tastes. I’ve mostly enjoyed playing the _Fallout_ games (though I didn’t necessarily like finishing them, as two of them had crap endings as released). I can see where you’re coming from, however. One of my nagging immersion issues with the games is that inhabited areas are unreasonably shoddy and debris-strewn. They’ve had centuries to repair and rebuild places, often with large amounts of salvageable building material nearby. It doesn’t seem reasonable to me that they’ve just put up with 200+ years of DC or Boston winters with big holes in their walls. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/57 "2017-05-31T19:08:45Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > What games from the era DID you like? Or are you talking about newer games? Humorously, I am the inverse of some of the posters here - I deeply enjoyed even the early ultima games, but I couldn’t stomach Wizardry for more than an hour or so. The game seemed empty and pointless. I like the Bard’s Tale games, the Dungeons and Dragons series, the Might And Magic series(but not Heroes of Might and Magic) and the various Dooms. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/58 "2017-05-31T19:34:19Z")
I’ve had all the Nintendo systems over the years and all the various versions of all their intellectual properties. Mario Karts, Zeldas, Super Marios, Donkey Kongs, Pikmins, etc. One that’s extremely popular but I’ve always hated is the Super Smash Bros. series. Completely lost on me. I’m not a fan of button smashing beat-em-ups in general but I thought something like Injustice was way more fun than the manic Smash Bros. garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/59 "2017-05-31T21:10:32Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > I’ve mostly enjoyed playing the _Fallout_ games (though I didn’t necessarily like finishing them, as two of them had crap endings as released). I can see where you’re coming from, however. One of my nagging immersion issues with the games is that inhabited areas are unreasonably shoddy and debris-strewn. They’ve had centuries to repair and rebuild places, often with large amounts of salvageable building material nearby. It doesn’t seem reasonable to me that they’ve just put up with 200+ years of DC or Boston winters with big holes in their walls. There is a mod which renders much of Boston’s trash invisible. Seems to be a bit buggy, though. As for winter, there’s never any snow and several people barely wear any clothing so the temperatures can’t be all that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583/60 "2017-06-01T07:41:38Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > City-building/RTS games, e.g. **Sim City** , **Warcraft** , **Civilization** , etc. They bore me to death. The only one I ever enjoyed was **The Ancient Art of War** , and that was way back in 1984 and appropriately simple and primitive for its time. \*\* Sun Tzu’s Ancient Art of War\*\*? Wow - I haven’t thought about that game in literally decades. It was my favorite game back in the long-ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-that-are-popular-and-well-known-but-that-you-didnt-like/787583.md?page=4)