What kind of games do you HATE?

[Mo-Nercy]

FPS and RTS mostly. Yeah, I was into Counter-Strike back in high school like just about everyone else I knew at the time, but I haven't seriously played an FPS since then. And I just plain suck at RTS games. Probably because I lack patience and strategic thinking etc.

Racing games are actually perfectly suited to my tastes, which apparently goes against the grain of quite a few other posters in this thread. I just spent like two hours in practice sessions in F1 2010 going out for a few laps, pitting, adjusting ride height, camber, toe, tires, wing settings, then going out again for a few more laps. I ended up setting a personal best two tenths of a second faster than my previous and I absolutely loved it (in what is still ultimately, a horribly bugged and ruined game). I like the arcadey racing games even more though kart racing is sometimes a different story.

[VeloZer0]

Seriously. Third person perspectives? That's, like, the vast majority of games.

I know, it really blows not liking them.

[Flying Arrow]

- I wouldn't say I hate them, but I'm really not big on FPS games.

- Also, while I have enjoyed Gears of War and Uncharted, I find cover shooters slightly tiresome too. Take cover, wait for ty AI to expose itself, shoot. If you take damage, wait until you're healed. No strategy or cunning required. Regenerative health is my current bane of gaming.

- Oh, and this new trend towards auto-platforming. No skill or thought involved. Just push the right direction and if the character leans, press X and he'll jump to whichever ledge you couldn't even see. Not challenging at all. Shadow of the Colossus did it right with the grip gauge. I'm generally not one to say x would be better if only y, but in this case I will: Uncharted 2 and its kin would be vastly more thrilling experiences if they were designed with more instances of strategic platforming.

All this said, though, and I still really liked Uncharted 2. Go figure.

[Mirage]

Gran turismo is tons of fun :<

Personally, I don't like sports games at all. Fifa, madden, whatever, it's all boring to me.

Except sports games, there are a few games in most genres that are good enough for me to play, so it's not the genres themselves I hate. Except maybe "realistic" FPS games. You know, like battlefield and call of duty. I like unreal tournament though,and those sorts of FPS games.

[escobert]

Fighting games are my least favorite.

[Wolf Kanno]

I don't really hate genres but I do have my preferences.

I don't play sports titles, not even kiddy ones like Mario Tennis or arcade ones like NBA Jams. I never saw the point in playing sports titles, it is just better to go outside or head to a rec. center and see if you can get some other people to play the real sport.

Racing Games, I have friends who play these so I do partake every once in a while but I've never cared for them enough to buy any. I don't even like racing games as mini-games in other types of games so why would I buy a game that is nothing but racing?

FPS - I never really saw the point of shooters and while I've been assured they have deep mechanics, I can't get past the idea of them all being you wandering around shooting things that are shooting you, and how utterly trivial and boring that sounds. Once again, I have many friends who play the genre so I do partake occasionally but each time I do just reminds me why I never liked the genre.

Sandbox games/open ended WRPGs - I know this sounds really weird coming from a guy who constantly cries for more choice and options in RPGs but I seriously can't stand true sandbox titles or even open ended WRPG styles where the main story is practically optional. I need some form of structure with a clear goal, otherwise I get incredibly bored very fast. GTA is only fun with booze and friends, I've never found the games on their own merits to be fun as a single player experience. The stories often feel like rehashes of movie plots and once you've gone on a few bloody rampages with car chases and explosions, it loses its luster really quick.

I also don't care for the Morrowind approach of WRPG cause it always feels weird that the main quest is optional and often times less interesting than the side missions and quests. I'm 60+ hours into Fallout 3 and only recently got to the radio station which is like the third objective in the main story. The fact that navigating the ruins of D.C. is more of a chore than fun since it all looks the same has pretty much deterred me from finding the radio dish the guy wants so I may never see the games real ending (of which I hear wasn't rally all that great to begin with). I also feel these type of games generally have weak story telling and I've never felt like the character I created really does anything other than being a mute death machine who occasionally answers a yes or no question. The games ultimately fail to create an emotional experience that brings forth an immersive and human element to the game. If I truly wanted to create my own character and role play as them, I would rather just call up a few friends and pull out "Ye Olde Quill and Parchment" books and have some real RPG fun. At least then I can actually make it clear what kind of an asshole my character really is with terrible one-liners and all.

Granted I don't hate any of these types of games but I never actively seek them out to play.

[Laddy]

Those ty gray-ish post-apocalyptic/space marine shooters that every and their PE class buys regardless of quality or creativity, if it has a personality-lacking drone of 300-pound mameat grunting and killing things in ridiculously childishly gory animations, people WILL buy them.

No, I am not trying to be pretentious, I hate those things, we need to steer claer of making too much more of them before gaming really starts to die.

[Slothy]

Sandbox games/open ended WRPGs

I'll agree with pretty much everything you said about the genres in general, though I think I enjoyed the PS2 GTA games more than you may have as I actually did enjoy the stories for the most part (exception being San Andreas which fell apart after the first city if you ask me).

I'd also like to add something for each. For Sandbox games, it bothers me that most of the worlds they create are fairly empty without a lot of variety and things to do.

With WRPG's, I hate their treatment of morality as a good/evil dichotomy. It's a terrible way to present meaningful choice in a game and really holds the genre back from doing anything amazing in that regard. That said, I like both genres and don't really outright hate any genre I can think of. I'll play just about anything if it's fun.

[Meat Puppet]

Sports games
MMORPGs
There's also something that annoys me about pretentious indie games that Dreddz mentioned, although I do actually enjoy their gameplay sometimes

[Levian]

FPS, sports, racing, fighting.

I find them too repetitive, and even if I'm playing a brand new game, it feels like I'm playing something I've already played before. I'm sure that's what some people feel about the kind of games I like as well, though!

[Shiny]

Croc, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro...

With the exception of Crash Bash, I've never been in to these types of games. I wouldn't go as far to say hate, but they just haven't been my cup of tea. When I was younger instead of playing games like this, I'd play games like Gran Turismo, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Metal Gear Solid. With some Super Mario Brothers and Sonic thrown in the mix. Come to think of it, I think Rugrats was really the only really super kiddie game I enjoyed. :shiny:

I'm also not big on sports games, but I do like Street Hoops.

[Iceglow]

I'm not a fan of football games, or other major field sports to be honest. I would rather go play the actual sport than sit on my sofa pretending to play a sport I can do it's like what would you rather do? sleep with a girl or watch someone else sleep with a girl? which is entirely the situation when someone is watching porn (a fun diversion or maybe something of a warm up measure/stop gap but if you have the option then who is going to chose porn over sex?) I can do so I just prefer to do it myself.

Other than that I'm not overly fussed, theres individual titles sure but picking out entire genres of games to hate is a little harsh. For example: I love Ace Combat games but I find Microsoft Flight Simulator to be tiresomely boring.

[kotora]

I'm not a fan of football games, or other major field sports to be honest. I would rather go play the actual sport than sit on my sofa pretending to play a sport I can do it's like what would you rather do? sleep with a girl or watch someone else sleep with a girl? which is entirely the situation when someone is watching porn (a fun diversion or maybe something of a warm up measure/stop gap but if you have the option then who is going to chose porn over sex?) I can do so I just prefer to do it myself.

this one guy in my former rugby team recommended we all play this EA sports rugby game as some kind of virtual training

we still sucked

[nik0tine]

I too hate racing games, save cart racers (CTR ftw!). I hate sports games in general, really, and I also dislike fighting games.

But I despise guitar hero/rock band. The level of skill some people display is staggering. With the amount of effort they put in to guitar hero, some people could be getting paid to play a real guitar which, from my experience, is far more enjoyable than any video game could be , at least once you get past the difficult phase (A phase that generally does not exist in any video game save guitar hero). They also teach people precisely how not to be a musician (ie, practice the whole thing from start to finish until you can do it without a mistake). Those few individuals who are inspired to take up a real instrument because of games like rock band are likely to wind up with major handicaps thanks to these games.

I also generally don't like those music games like audiosurf (haven't played that one specifically) even though I adore the concept. I've just not managed to have any fun with them. Then again, I've never done LSD either, so I might be missing a key ingredient.

[kotora]

I also generally don't like those music games like audiosurf (haven't played that one specifically) even though I adore the concept. I've just not managed to have any fun with them. Then again, I've never done LSD either, so I might be missing a key ingredient.

lsd + moving images is kinda underwhelming