[General Discussion] Terrible taste in games? Guilty secrets and you

Dynasty Warriors/Samurai Warriors/Warriors Orochi. Maybe it's jut because with my lack of time I'm getting too lazy to learn how to play new games. But some reason I keep playing these games. Infact a Gamestop employee was baffled when me and a friend were the only people at the store buying something else the day Kingdom Hearts 2 came out. We bought Dynasty Warriors Empires. (Can't remember if it was 4 or 5 now)

Blade Storm. Was kind of a strategy rpg where you did the same things over and over again. A LOT! Many people either never heard of it or couldn't stomach beating the entire game. I did however, I also somehow managed to do it in a little over 50 hours when everyone claimed it takes 80.

Also for some strange reason I don't hate Blue Dragon.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by LeHah

God's honest truth: the reason Halo is popular isn't because its a good game, but because its a generic shooter. This is the direct reason its fanbase is annoying as it is: because its filled with college meatheads and teenagers who want something for nothing - which is the base building blocks the game sets its self on.

I always said Halo is like the World of Warcraft of FPS. It's pretty mediocre, but it does things in a way that a lot of people can pick it up and learn the game very quickly. At least that's how it feels to me. Having both the Orange Box and Left 4 Dead now I feel next to no desire to play Halo 3 anymore myself.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Qwarky

Yeah um I'm sure there's plenty of people with genuine reasons for disliking the games, but most people ragging on Halo come off sounding like they've never actually played it themselves.

"No, but I heard a friend of mine describe them to me", rite.

I played Halo 3 to death when it came out. I got all the achievements aside from Metagame and a few of the ranked free for all ones. But I mainly played it because of my friends.

I however regret it far less then I regret all the times I tried to stomach WoW or FFXI but then that might be because Halo isn't a massive time and money sink like those sorry excuse for MMOs were.

Halo did one thing particularly well in my book. They set up match making perfectly. You could easily form a party with your friends and be matched up against random opponents. This is an idea I wish more companies could wrap their head around and is the main reason I never tried to play Lord of the Rings Conquest outside of Campaign mode. Tons of shooters and non shooters have in my mind been better games then Halo, but would have been near perfect if they could have had a similar match making system.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.