2011 in Gaming: Gave Up

We conclude this series of posts on games I played in 2011 (part one can be found here and part two over here respectively) with the ones I truly didn't enjoy. These are not only the games I didn't complete, but the ones I officially quit playing because of the reasons listed below.

2011 in Gaming: Gave Up:

Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii) - I love Kirby and Epic Yarn is one of the darn cutest titles on the Wii. The  way you can manipulate the yarn world is just ingenious and the things Kirby can transform himself into are adorable and awesome, but this game sucks. It's depressingly easy, there is almost no way to loose and local co-op is down right boring. 

L.A. Noire (PS3) - L.A. Noire is critically acclaimed as a classic adventure game disguised as an open world GTA detective game, with amazing facial animation and voice acting. I was really into this game initially, but I soon realised how simple the "choices" were and got bored by how repetitive the game quickly became a few cases in. A brilliant idea, poorly executed. I ranted about this quite a bit on the latest episode of Downloadable Content.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3) - The Uncharted series is extremely popular, and I was hoping to jump into it after finally getting a PS3 similar to how I marathoned Assassin's Creed, however the excellent voice acting and incredible graphics weren't enough to convince me to finish this incredibly poor third person shooter. The enemies soak bullets, the controls are awful and the the fights unnecessarily long. I'm told the sequel is excellent so I'm going to give the series another go.

Kinect Sports / Kinect Adventures (360) - I don't own a Kinect, but I did play with one. Kinect is a gimmick, it doesn't work very well, and these mini games aren't very enjoyable.

Crysis 2 (360) - I'm told this is a high-quality shooter, but I just never got into it. Just one of those "not for me" titles I suspect. 

Comments

[R. Kasahara]

Kirby's Epic Yarn was one of my favorite games this year :(