Honestly, I could list a hundred games. I've found that my tastes and opinions are completely antithetical to most gamers, even the supposed "real diehard gamer" types that are supposed to have refined taste. Here's a couple of my hot takes, just for the heck of it.
>MorrowindVery poor roleplaying game. Static world with static and boring NPC's, with little to no player agency. One of the first quests you do for the Fighter's Guild requires you to collect a debt from a character and the only way to get the money is by killing that character. Can't intimidate them into giving it to you, can't steal it from them, can't choose to help them out somehow, nothing. It's an okay game, when you treat it is an action-adventure game with exploration elements and don't expect to have any agency or immersion, I guess.
>Gothic (1 and 2)Another beloved "RPG" that's really just an action adventure game. Everybody always likes to bring up how this game is filled with choices and gives the player agency, etc. What they always conveniently forget to mention is that this only applies to the first chapter of the game, after which the game is entirely linear. Also, very poor voice acting, dialogue and story in my opinion.
>Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines An unfinished game that people treat like it's finished. Santa Monica is a 10/10, I will agree. Hollywood and Downtown areas are good as well. Everything after that is not worth playing. The atmosphere, characters, etc. are all very good, but there's too much wrong with this game for it to have the status it has. A game that's a 9/10 for the first 30% and then a 2/10 for the remaining 70% can never be considered truly great.
>Dark Souls Just not a very good game. I think the lock-on, dodge-roll combat is very clunky and unsatisfying (see Blade of Darkness for a game with good melee combat). The enemies constantly respawning is just annoying and bad game design. When 90% of the game consists of running past the enemies, you've got a game design problem on your hands. Much prefer the King's Field series.
>Fallout New Vegas It's not a bad game, I quite like it even, but it gets too much relative praise. Fallout 3 and NV really aren't that different and are both pretty casual RPG-lite experiences (which is fine), but only Fallou
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