Have you ever FORCED yourself to like a game?

Yeah, I still have FF12 to finish... I bought it close to when it was released.. I think I only got to the first temple.. and after losing to the boss so easily and realizing I had to run around and level up for hours sucked. The other problem with FF12 is that the gameplay was TOO similar to the online FF 11, which I had played for about 3 years. Every other FF was better, but I will eventually beat FF12.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance comes to mind as well, I've even played it recently/ I LOVED Final Fantasy Tactics for PS1.. I still play once in a while.. but FFTA I just keep forgetting about it and I restarted sometime last year because I had gotten halfway through the game, and I forgot how to play, what I had setup.. everytime I play is like relearning the game.

Another game that's been sitting on my laptop installed for month is Knights of the Old Republic. It's a nice game.. its well liked by everyone.. but I can't seem to sit down and play it... I'd rather play FEAR or one of my PS2 titles.

As for other PS2 titles, I'd have to say Xenosaga 2 and Okami doesn't seem to do it for me. They're not bad games.. I just have no interest whatsoever for them. I think I lost or broke my okami disc anyways, I don't remember.

When i was little i really wanted the new Stunt tracks game by Hot Wheels. So i manged to convince my Mom to buy it for me.

It was like $70, so when i started playing i wan't really excited with it and didn't like it much. But I forced myself to play it because of how long i had been asking my mom and dad for it, and it was kind of expensive.

I'm forced to like any game I pay full price for when I feel a little letdown by it.

I tried really hard to like Half-Life, and I even feelas thoughI should have liked it, but I just couldn't really get into it. The interface left much to be desired. And the lead character, while not gameplay related, requires too much disbelief to be suspended.

Bioshock, traded that sucker in right away.TheMierArmy

yeah for the life of me i coudlnt see what was so great abt the whole thing.. sure the water graphics were pretty good but that alone isnt gonna make me play the whole thing...

I'm surprised how many people said Bioshock. I played it non-stop until I beat it. One of the best games I played this year. But there are many RPGs out there that I have wanted to like, but would get bored after an hour and turn it off. Call of Duty 3 also comes to mind. I loved CooD2, but 3 felt weird and I just couldn't get into it.MetalGearRex007

Shadow of the Colossus. After hearing great things about it for so long, I finally picked it up when it went to the Greatest Hits line. At first, I was very impressed - artistically, the game is really something. But after the 3rd battle or so, I started to realize something: this isn't very fun to play. I kept going as long as could and really tried to like it due to its artistic merits, but eventually I just got fed up with the repetitive gameplay (traverse large empty spaces of landscape, find monster, climb monster, stab monster, fall off, climb again, stab again...) and gave up.The_Pig_Hostage

That is pretty much my response, except I actually beat the game for some reason.

I've forced myself to buy a game and play it because of all the praise it got, but I can't force myself to have a certain opinion.Ellimist314

Absolutely. If I don't like a game, I can't force myself to like it, regardless of how many other people did.

[QUOTE="Ellimist314"]I've forced myself to buy a game and play it because of all the praise it got, but I can't force myself to have a certain opinion.LordAndrew

Absolutely. If I don't like a game, I can't force myself to like it, regardless of how many other people did.

Neither do I. My opinioin doesn't change, although sometimes I wish it would (if I paid full price for the game). So I play through most of it, hoping I'll find something redeeming about it.

I'm surprised how many people said Bioshock. I played it non-stop until I beat it. One of the best games I played this year. But there are many RPGs out there that I have wanted to like, but would get bored after an hour and turn it off. Call of Duty 3 also comes to mind. I loved CooD2, but 3 felt weird and I just couldn't get into it.MetalGearRex007

it all boils to ppl have different tastes.. but yeah some of the rpgs i picked up after persona 3.. i couldnt like them at all. for eg wild arms 5 ..

Halo 3.
So hyped -> so disappointed.
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yeah, same here halo 3 was good but it also was a dissapointment

currently, skies of arcadia. granted, i'm only 6 hours in, and although i do like it, i'm still not reaching the 'love' status yet. people have been praising it but i still haven't seen the appeal yet. and so far, it's one helluva cliche'd game. hopefully i'll start to love it the more i play it.azfar_gila

oh, yes that game too. I want to love it so much but the amount of random battle and the repetitive and annoying sounds turned me off

currently, skies of arcadia. granted, i'm only 6 hours in, and although i do like it, i'm still not reaching the 'love' status yet. people have been praising it but i still haven't seen the appeal yet. and so far, it's one helluva cliche'd game. hopefully i'll start to love it the more i play it.azfar_gila

Skies Of Arcadia...as in ... the old GC game from like 4 years ago? Heh.

Bioshock, traded that sucker in right away.TheMierArmy

I really wanted to enjoy that game, but I just didn't.

I think I forced myself to like Zelda TP. I still can't complete it.nopalversion

Zelda needs a proper Mario Galaxy treatment by Miyamoto, a game as fresh and innovative as Majora's Mask but less anoying and tedious.

[QUOTE="azfar_gila"]currently, skies of arcadia. granted, i'm only 6 hours in, and although i do like it, i'm still not reaching the 'love' status yet. people have been praising it but i still haven't seen the appeal yet. and so far, it's one helluva cliche'd game. hopefully i'll start to love it the more i play it.Jbul

Skies Of Arcadia...as in ... the old GC game from like 4 years ago? Heh.

It was originally a Dreamcast game.

Recently I reallyhadto tell myself I liked assasins creed.

Then I was to the half way point in the game and had a lot of hope the second half of the game would pick up..... but wait a minute that was the end of the game? crap that was like only 12 hours in.....

I then tried to play it again and collect every flag. I got about half way through before I finaly admited to myself the game was a massive dissapointment for me and I really did not like it.

[QUOTE="nopalversion"]I think I forced myself to like Zelda TP. I still can't complete it.Ectomy

Zelda needs a proper Mario Galaxy treatment by Miyamoto, a game as fresh and innovative as Majora's Mask but less anoying and tedious.

I already kind of felt that way about Wind Waker.

[QUOTE="nopalversion"]I think I forced myself to like Zelda TP. I still can't complete it.Ectomy

Zelda needs a proper Mario Galaxy treatment by Miyamoto, a game as fresh and innovative as Majora's Mask but less anoying and tedious.

Absolutely agree. The same thing happened, but to an even larger degree, with Zelda: Phanton Hourglass. The game had absolutely no original ideas or content. I guess they thought the stylus controls were enough innovation, so they could pretty much keep everything else exactly the same - yawn. Not to say it was a bad game, but I couldn't finish it - not even close.

Zelda needs a dramatic makeover. We need something to shock our systems, like OoT did back in the day. All the newer content is pleasing for nostalgic reasons mostly, not because of innovation or sheerly brilliant game design.

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[QUOTE="azfar_gila"]currently, skies of arcadia. granted, i'm only 6 hours in, and although i do like it, i'm still not reaching the 'love' status yet. people have been praising it but i still haven't seen the appeal yet. and so far, it's one helluva cliche'd game. hopefully i'll start to love it the more i play it.LordAndrew

Skies Of Arcadia...as in ... the old GC game from like 4 years ago? Heh.

It was originally a Dreamcast game.

That's right! I remember it getting great reviews... kind of a diamond in the rough.

Final Fantasy 12. The next time I have to GRIND or FARM in a SINGLE PLAYER RPG just to reasonably progress, I'm gonna fly over to where the devs made the game, and poke each of them in the eye with something sharp.

Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows, while I loved playing, lasted for less than a day before I beat it, and Fable only took me two days. Between the 3 games I've mentioned, I rent everything now before buying it. Saved me from $30 on RE4 as one example.

Can't say I have. I've been disappointed, but never to the point of actually disliking the game but forcing myself to play it.

I have done something similar though, give a game I thought was bad a second try to find the mysterious quality the reviews gave it. Said game is Black & White, and it is probably the one game in existence that I want my time back that I spent playing that piece of dung.

CoD4's multiplayer, I hate it so much, yet I just keep playing thinking "maybe it's just cuz I'm not used to it."

I'm a Captain in the game now, and I still hate it, I'm just giving up on it, it's just an annoying ass game. Maybe it's better on consoles cuz everyone has a controller, so it's less "nerfed".

I forced myself to like elebees. The time limits screw up the fun :(

Well they have been a couple that I have bought, then traded in because I could get in to them:

Animal Crossing: Found it really really boring after the first couple of hours.

Bioshock: For the first few hours really enjoy iy, then got bored and piss-off, then could be bother starting again.

Ico: "sight"

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[QUOTE="nopalversion"]I think I forced myself to like Zelda TP. I still can't complete it.Jbul

Zelda needs a proper Mario Galaxy treatment by Miyamoto, a game as fresh and innovative as Majora's Mask but less anoying and tedious.

Absolutely agree. The same thing happened, but to an even larger degree, with Zelda: Phanton Hourglass. The game had absolutely no original ideas or content. I guess they thought the stylus controls were enough innovation, so they could pretty much keep everything else exactly the same - yawn. Not to say it was a bad game, but I couldn't finish it - not even close.

Zelda needs a dramatic makeover. We need something to shock our systems, like OoT did back in the day. All the newer content is pleasing for nostalgic reasons mostly, not because of innovation or sheerly brilliant game design.

Actually, I had more fun playing PH, it seemed more focused. Plus you tend to be more forgiving towards a handheld game.

I forced myself to like Deus Ex 2 Invisible War but i soon realised it was a crap game!

Dont force yourself to like games cause its not worth it :?