Modern Games you quit in 2022

[Eltigro]

Dirt 5

 

Just wasn't feeling it.  Some of the cars were really difficult to control and I just wasn't interested enough to practice enough to "git gud".  I liked that it had James and Nolan from Donut (YT car channel), but after a bit, I was skipping past their dialog, too.  Oh well.

[Guest]

On 3/21/2022 at 7:52 PM, NeonSpaceBeagle said:

Gran Turismo 7. And it sealed the deal that I'm going Xbox when I can easily purchase the series x.

Better late than never I guess. I jumped ship to Xbox back after playing the very first Forza game on the original Xbox. 
I bought into all the hype for GT4 on PS2. That was disappointing and then made the move… in retrospect maybe it wasn’t that much better of a game, maybe I just needed something new and fresh. 

[NeonSpaceBeagle]

The Forzas are amazing and I did finally snag and series x at best buy so enjoying FH 4 and 5 immensely. Downloading Dirt 2.0 now.

[cimerians]

Just threw Earthlock into the abandoned graveyard.

 

A fitting name for the grindiest game ever, more than maybe Dragon Warrior. This game will age you 10 years. Stay away.

Edited June 2, 2022 by cimerians

[Lostdragon]

Resident Evil Village PS4

 

Just ended up being a slogfest. 

 

Went to give it a second chance got hit by the big where it tells you it's still downloading the data file even though game fully installed. 

 

 

Deleted and reinstalled the game, booted PS4 in Safe Mode and rebuilt the database. 

 

Nothing worked. 

[Keatah]

On 1/29/2022 at 11:49 AM, Razzie.P said:

Our “back in the day” experiences were quite different. ?

Very well could be different. Won't argue there.

 

On 1/29/2022 at 11:49 AM, Razzie.P said:

I lived pretty far back in the sticks, so for me, “each cartridge release” was seeing it in a Sears catalog, ordering it, waiting a few days, calling the Sears pickup location to see if it was in yet, then trying to find someone willing to give me a ride to pick it up.  This was about a 2 hour trip.

My trips were bit closer to home. About a 30-45 minute ride depending where we went. And sometimes we'd take in two stores. There was usually a McDonald's stop involved. And sometimes a bookstore or planetarium(all day) stop too. Sometimes we shot off model rockets. It was all the other cool activities that buffed-up the cartridge buying experience. And they tended to be on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.. So as not to have the spectre of school and boredom of homework hanging over us. When they occurred mid-week I was endlessly inventive in playing hooky.

 

On 1/29/2022 at 11:49 AM, Razzie.P said:

Took me about 2 weeks to finally get Golden Axe in my hands, and a LOT of walking the neighborhood seeing if anyone happens to be making the trip so I could bum a ride.

My area shoppes were close enuf to BMX to.

 

On 1/29/2022 at 11:49 AM, Razzie.P said:

There was no appreciation there.  If given the option to just download it, the “physical cartridge buying ritual” could kiss my ass.

I continued buying retail till the end of the dotcom era. BigBox PC games. Then the stores started stocking only AAA games. Boorrriinng! No interesting stuff like Visions of Chaos, X-Plane, or astronomy stuff like RedShift and Starry Night. All that had to be mail order or DL online.

 

The physical cartridge ritual wasn't a ritual to us kids back then. It was an adventure to explore new games. It was the only way to do it then. Nowadays, and really anytime after the turn of the century, it's a burden. A time-consuming hassle that has long worn out its welcome.

 

I wouldn't mind buying new PC software in boxes from time to time and even make a trip for it. Maybe once or twice a year. But to do it regularly or with a mission for mass acquisition. Just no.

 

On 1/29/2022 at 11:49 AM, Razzie.P said:

The other side of that was already being at the store and just buying based on the box art.  Well, and because those few titles on the shelf was all you had to choose from.  Again, no waxing poetic appreciation… just a case of “I has money…. You has game… let's trade.”

When it was my parent's money I didn't care. I was less than 12 anyways. When it was my money I was very careful about what I got. The box art was attractive and all. But I was careful enough to wait a while to be sure it wasn't an impulse buy. Just buying because buying and because on-shelf wasn't good enough. Screen shots and genre of game were major factors.

[Frozone212]

Visage

not worth $39

not in the state it's in

MC Escher puzzles are NOT fun

getting insta killed when i spawn is not fun

the segment with the talking ovens and fridge Hilarious

[Lostdragon]

Metro Exodus (PS4). 

 

Whilst I can appreciate them trying the open world formula, it just doesn't work in keeping with the post Apocalypse setting. 

 

Gameplay extremely generic. 

[Lostdragon]

The Outer Worlds (PS4). 

 

I went in with high hopes, as comments on YT were full of praise, game itself was by people behind Fallout:N. V. 

 

But this just bored me from the start, dull plot, generic missions, side quests. 

 

 

Going into big carrier bag of donations for the charity shop tomorrow. 

[Guest]

On 6/1/2022 at 8:58 PM, cimerians said:

 

Just threw Earthlock into the abandoned graveyard.

 

A fitting name for the grindiest game ever, more than maybe Dragon Warrior. This game will age you 10 years. Stay away.

 

I uninstalled Outward: Definitive Edition after a few hours of playing.. got it on sale. What a waste of $20.. The YouTube reviews of it made it seem so good.. turns out the world feels so empty with nothing to do and way too much grind. I’ll be more careful next time.

[Frozone212]

Modern Warfare II

 

Alone (Why put a stealth mission in an FPS and if you do, why is it such a mess? Why does every enemy know where I am when I kill someone? Why is there a damned achievement requiring a no gun run in a game where the object is to SHOOT PEOPLE!)

 

Quit the game, uninstalled it and took it back to gamefly. It's clear IW doesn't give a crap about the consumer. 

[dudeguy]

On 5/14/2022 at 6:07 PM, Zeptari1 said:

Better late than never I guess. I jumped ship to Xbox back after playing the very first Forza game on the original Xbox. 
I bought into all the hype for GT4 on PS2. That was disappointing and then made the move… in retrospect maybe it wasn’t that much better of a game, maybe I just needed something new and fresh. 

It takes a special kind of person to enjoy the license tests and driving those 4 cylinder K-cars, or reading through the biography of some obscure car most people have never heard of. I was/am one of those people, along with like three others apparently. always been a car enthusiast. unfortunately if you wanna sell a game that gamers like you have to have McLarens and Lambos, and I'm that weirdo who wants to drive his first "in real life" car (92 Grand Prix) around Nurburgring

[+Razzie.P]

Guess I can add the following to the "I quit" list --

 

Bug Fables 

 

Trek to Yumi

 

I kind of liked Bug Fables, as it felt like a Paper Mario knockoff, but just got bored and figured I'd come back to it at some point.  But then they took it off Gamepass, so guess that one's done.

 

Trek to Yumi was just a snorefest for me, so I quit to go to chores or something with no intention of coming back to it.

[Parker77]

Off the top of my head:

 

The Last Of Us 2: It talked forever, then made me walk around somewhere really slowly, then stuck me into a zombie chase with all the interactivity of a Laser Disc game.

 

Resi Village: As above.

 

God Of War: Passable, if repetitive for a few hours, up until the boat bit, which killed the pace dead.

 

Observer: Great atmosphere, but these walking sims just aren't for me.

 

There's probably more. I need to trim my backlog severely.

[cimerians]

On 12/5/2022 at 11:22 AM, Parker77 said:

 

The Last Of Us 2: It talked forever, then made me walk around somewhere really slowly, then stuck me into a zombie chase with all the interactivity of a Laser Disc game.

 

God Of War: Passable, if repetitive for a few hours, up until the boat bit, which killed the pace dead.

 

 

Last 2: I agree, I'm not sure why they want us to play a movie rather than wanting us to play a video game. 

 

God of War: the intense action and arcade like game play is gone. The new God of War is an exploratory Tomb Raider clone that really drags and gets boring. IMO its a technological marvel but its just not as fun and the constant hoofing and paddling it around looking for stuff is exhausting. I hope that boat burns and never comes back.