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The list of games that I have never played before is long:
Dead or Alive and associated spinoffs
Console FPS in general
Metal Gear Solid series
MMOs in general
Onechanbara series
Persona/Shin Megami Tensei series (although I own P3 now and will prolly start on it soon)
Rumble Rose
Star Wars in general
Tales of Phantasia series
Uncharted series
That's one series I wish I have never playedQuote:
Originally Posted by bokmeow
Pokemon.
The question which is demanded by this thread is:
Does one "miss out" on a trend/fad by telling it to go fuck itself because it's unnecessary or just not of one's personal preference?
Dead or Alive-- Not into most polygonal fighting games
Console FPS in general-- Stupid to play if one can play them on a computer
Metal Gear Solid series-- Tried it, didn't get caught-up in a "trend"
MMOs in general-- Nice to have when there's nothing important in life
Rumble Rose(s)-- Basically just the predecessor to every WWE game nowadays
Star Wars in general-- Watch a movie or read a book
I mean, the list would go-on forever if one had to describe every video game trend on which he "missed out" because he chose not to jump on a bandwagon. Worse yet, these things wouldn't be "trends" if they didn't get popular, yet there's hundreds of not-so-popular games that are worth playing out there, and I'd rather try the ones I can't come to understand by going-over to anyone's house.
Early console 3D...
Good thing I did... Those games look like shit.
Call of Duty, Halo, Tom Clancy, Age of..., Anno, Tropico, Saints Row, Need for Speed, NBA, NFL, FIFA, Madden, Battlefield, Left 4 Dead, Virtua Fighter, Initial D, King of Fighters, IIDX, DDR, Stepmania, Megaman, Rumble Roses, Valkyria Chronicles, Uncharted, Ratchet n Clank, the list goes on.
It comes down to, I'm not interested or would rather play something else.
Yeah. Pokemon is a big one.
The other one that i never feel like playing is CoD.
ohh man I can't even list half of the stuff I've missed out on, but I haven't played most of the things listed in this thread for sure.
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Originally Posted by norton9478
oh come on! Rad Racer was.. well... rad!
pokemon, ddr, anything made by Square since the '90s.
ddr, pokemon, card-based video games, anime based video games, dynasty warriors crap.
another notch for pokemon...... watched my buddy trade with himself and decided that i never wanted to play it....ever
I wouldn't say I've been missing them Bob.
Pokemon
Halo
Call of Duty
3D fighting games since Soul Caliber
Uncharted and similar games
Metal Gear since the first PS1 game (MGS?)
COD (never played any of them...or anything by Activision for that matter), and DDR died for me when Konami started putting all the american music in it.
The whole download trend.
A lot of great games out there like space giraffe and daytona.
My list of titles on the backlog is so long that I don't even know what I'm missing. I just finished Xenosaga 3 a few weeks ago, now I'm on FF 12. And yep this marks the first time I'm playing them. XD
Hmm... Here's my list.
Phantasy Star Online
Online FPS
Pokemon
Gran Turismo/Driving games in general
Sports games
Guess that's it, as far as big trends go... The only one of those I regret is PSO. The rest was a conscious decision to pass on and remains so.
W.O.W.
and so glad I did.
MMORpg's
Pokemon
DoA
Counter-Strike
Halo
CoD
Tekken, to an extent. (Last one I played was Tag Tournament on the PS2)
Uncharted (I know that these are highly regarded but I just get a "meh Tomb Raider" vibe from them, so generic.
Last, but not least: all of these "tap buttons in time and pretend you are playing an instrument" games. Rock band, DJ Hero, etc... these are the epitome of lameness.
Cell phone games.
Having video games on a device I bring with me everywhere would crush me into zombie-dust.
Pokemon
WoW (or any MMO)
Gears of War series
Sort of feel bad for those who missed out on the Uncharted and to some extent, the CoD series.
The biggest trends/fads I've missed out on was Pokemon, CoD and similar games, DDR, modern RPGs, MMOs, etc.
Basically anything that's not a shmup, fighter, action platformer, turn-based RPG/war game, arcade racer, future sports, BmU, Resident Evil or Jeff Minter game. :)
On purpose?
Every Final Fantasy after IX
Kinect and PSmove
Every Guitar Hero and spinoff game after 3
Virtua Fighter..oh no wait, that was never a trend.
Devil May Cry series
Every Halo after 3
PC gaming, all of it.
Tablet gaming, all of it.
Cell/Smart phone gaming, all of it.
I believe I've enjoyed or atleast tried everything else.
Pokemon
Metal Gear Solid
World of Warcraft
Halo
Dragon Quest
To be honest, the series on my list I have pretty much purposely avoided. From what little I've played or seen of any of the above series, I didn't care for (except for Dragon Quest). Not to say that all those series suck, they're just not my cup of tea.
old classic graphic adventures (monkey island, day of the tentacle, and so)
final fantasy (all of them)
98% of RPGs in general
soccer games all of them, actually hate soccer in general :lolz:
Good question. I sort of break this down in to three categories.
Fads/trends I never tried:
Call of Duty
Pokemon
Racing games
RTS games
Tower defense games
Fads/trends I tried but didn't stick with:
Uncharted
Halo
WoW
Smash Brothers
Fads/trends I like but only play/played minimally:
Tekken
Tales Of
Super Mario series
I'm playing Resident Evil on my Caanoo right now. First survival horror I'v...
Never mind, I played through Evil Dead on Dreamcast. First unironic survival horror I've played seriously, I guess.
MMORPGs
anything squeenix
RTS
online gaming in general. Don't care for it
MGS (played through 4, but man that was tedious.)
RTS
Point n' Click Adventures
RPG's
Realistic Racing Games
Newer Music Games
I cannot believe that a majority of you guys haven't experienced the MGS series!?!? It is, simply put, one of the best things to come out of the last few generations of gaming. Period. Everyone should play through MGS1 at least once if they have a Playstation.
I've missed out on all of the aforementioned trends, barring KOF and Megaman.
Hey, call me biased, but those two don't meet the fad/trend criteria.
EDIT: What is the criteria? Commercially successful franchises which did not/will not carry a lasting appeal?
MMORPGs
Those guitar/band/singer/dance games with the bundled accessories.
playstation 3.
always wanted one but can't think of a single ps3 game that i would want to play.
I'm going to say the Metal Gear Series. Got the ps2 collection last year and also have mgs4, but never got around to playing them. Maybe one day I'll sit down and play them.
Tried the MGS on PS2 and thought it sucked. I'd take the two NES Metal Gears over that any day.Quote:
Originally Posted by BryLmoo
The majority of MGS is spent listening. It didn't bother me in 1 or 2, but by the time 3 came out it felt stupid.
I've never play any of the God of War, Uncharted or Devil May Cry games. Also, I've never played a MMORPG.
I don't have any strong opinion, positive or negative, about any of those games. I've just never felt moved to play them.
Anything "Metal Gear Solid" after Snake Eater/Subsistence
Most FPS games with the exception of KILLZONE (played part 2 for 10 minutes)
Worlds of Warcraft
HALO (series)
Resident Evil series AFTER part 2 (seriously, the zombie thing has been done to death)
---and this would extend to any other games where you run around killing zombies. The
shit gets old.
most VS. Fighting games: last one I played seriously was KOF 2002.
Realy Valkyria Chronicles was a fad !? The serise at least had more of a cult following in the u.s.Not to mention,how part two sold so badly here soa didn't see the point of giving part three a chance here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elixir
How about: Damm near everything after 2005 that isn't a 2D fighter or a Touhou or a 2D Touhou fighter.
Motion controls.
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Madden
Any game was requires an accessory to play
Gears of War
Minecraft
Phantasy Star Online
League of Legends
Mobile games in general
The "Capcom is trying to kill Megaman" bandwagon