What videogame trend/fad have you missed out on?

bokmeow

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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
 
Zero Satori

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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.
 
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Early console 3D...

Good thing I did... Those games look like shit.
 
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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.
 
NeoSneth

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Yeah. Pokemon is a big one.

The other one that i never feel like playing is CoD.
 
complexz

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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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ddr, pokemon, card-based video games, anime based video games, dynasty warriors crap.
 
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another notch for pokemon...... watched my buddy trade with himself and decided that i never wanted to play it....ever
 
cannonball

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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?)
 
Renmauzo

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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.
 
rarehero

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The whole download trend.
A lot of great games out there like space giraffe and daytona.
 
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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
 
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HeartlessNinny

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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.
 
Late

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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.
 
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alec

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Cell phone games.

Having video games on a device I bring with me everywhere would crush me into zombie-dust.
 
Castor Troy

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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.
 
Takumaji

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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. :)
 
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Dr Shroom

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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
 
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Magician

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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.
 
Tung Fu ru

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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.
 
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