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Game companies you respect but don't personally enjoy
- Thread starter Zukkoyaki
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Naughty Dog for sure. Their games display incredible craft... in non-interactive elements that I don't really value for their own sake. I feel like I've outgrown the type of blockbuster set-piece driven experiences they put out so expertly.
Except TLoU. That game looks cool.
Except TLoU. That game looks cool.
Square Enix
They have a lot of history behind them for Jrpgs and was seen as role models but even their past games didn't really do anything for me and just seemed ok. If anything kingdom hearts is the one sole franchise they have that I actually enjoy.
I'm talking about the games that the actual dev studio makes not the one they publish or from their subsidiaries.
They have a lot of history behind them for Jrpgs and was seen as role models but even their past games didn't really do anything for me and just seemed ok. If anything kingdom hearts is the one sole franchise they have that I actually enjoy.
I'm talking about the games that the actual dev studio makes not the one they publish or from their subsidiaries.
Sony. Can't help but respect them for entering the videogames enviroment and positioned themselves in first place almost inmediatly. Sony basically managed to do in one gen whan Sega never managed to do in its lifetime: Pushing Nintendo to irrelevance and change people's perception of videogames.
Now, i can't get myself to enjoy them, their realistic looking games take temselves too seriously and their cartoonish games lack a soul in my opinion. Their machines also lack personality, being basically cold electronics with, again for me, no real meaning. Every time i've got myself a Sony console has been for a third party game. No exceptions so far.
Now, i can't get myself to enjoy them, their realistic looking games take temselves too seriously and their cartoonish games lack a soul in my opinion. Their machines also lack personality, being basically cold electronics with, again for me, no real meaning. Every time i've got myself a Sony console has been for a third party game. No exceptions so far.
Nintendo. It is nice they are finally trying new things gameplay wise but the same tired story lines are wearing thin for me. I can't look past how well made the games are though.
Arkane for me as well. Mad respect for the concept and design of both Dishonored titles and Prey, but the way the games play just don't mesh well with me. I think it's that the game seems to offer freedom of choice, but to do crazy things like pacifist and completionist runs reveal the flaws in the overall implementation.
What about companies that you enjoy but don't respect?
I'll name one, Zenimax.
I enjoy most of their games, Doom, Wolfenstein, The Evil Within, Prey, Dishonored, Skyrim and Fallout. I loved all those games and still I just can't respect then.
Going by that game list I should love then but there is something about Zenimax/Bethesda that just feels wrong to me. Their decision to not allow reviews before release day was just the last thing to make me despise then.
I feel like they have something of an image problem. Don't know if anyone agrees with me.
Just the fact that they focus that much on single player games on this day and age should make me appreciate then more, but I just can't feel sympathy for then.
I'll name one, Zenimax.
I enjoy most of their games, Doom, Wolfenstein, The Evil Within, Prey, Dishonored, Skyrim and Fallout. I loved all those games and still I just can't respect then.
Going by that game list I should love then but there is something about Zenimax/Bethesda that just feels wrong to me. Their decision to not allow reviews before release day was just the last thing to make me despise then.
I feel like they have something of an image problem. Don't know if anyone agrees with me.
Just the fact that they focus that much on single player games on this day and age should make me appreciate then more, but I just can't feel sympathy for then.
Nintendo
I respect the hell out of what they do and the games they create, but boy, the ones I personally enjoy are few and far between.
I respect the hell out of what they do and the games they create, but boy, the ones I personally enjoy are few and far between.
I have a passive interest in Platinum games, most of their games I have played I've found reasonably enjoyable, but I can't fall in love with them. There's a few reasons for this I don't like the way checkpoints work especially during bosses where if I reach a certain point with low health it feels like I might as well die so I can start partway through with full health. The games also have little sense of place and I really enjoy a good setting, personally. I get people appreciate the focus on pure action and that's great but I always want a little more then that. I though Nier: Automata woukld be the answer to a lot of my Platinum complaints but that has its own set of problems.
CD Project Red, I haven't really enjoyed the Witcher games but everything I've seen about them reassures me that they are good games, especially in the writing and setting. For that reason I'll keep an eye on them and hopefully they will put out a game that I'll actually enjoy the moment to moment gameplay of.
CD Project Red, I haven't really enjoyed the Witcher games but everything I've seen about them reassures me that they are good games, especially in the writing and setting. For that reason I'll keep an eye on them and hopefully they will put out a game that I'll actually enjoy the moment to moment gameplay of.
Naughty dog, and Rockstar. They make great games but was never a fan of w.e they decided to tackle. Naughty dog in particular
Devolver Digital
Nintendo (cause I haven't played a Nintendo product since the SNES)
Platinum
Nintendo (cause I haven't played a Nintendo product since the SNES)
Platinum
Hidden content
Platinum
I just don't enjoy their action games, especially not Bayonetta, didn't have fun playing through and didn't like the sexualized character.
Putting my hopes on Nier Automata thoo.
I just don't enjoy their action games, especially not Bayonetta, didn't have fun playing through and didn't like the sexualized character.
Putting my hopes on Nier Automata thoo.
CD Projekt - I admire what they do, but I'm just not a fan of the Witcher series. Hopefully Cyberpunk will change that!
Rockstar - I only really like GTA 3, just haven't been a fan since, I admire the work and detail they do though, they put a lot of heart into their games
Rockstar - I only really like GTA 3, just haven't been a fan since, I admire the work and detail they do though, they put a lot of heart into their games
From.
Love what they do, and the enthusiasm people have for their games, but I just can't be arsed, y'know?
Love what they do, and the enthusiasm people have for their games, but I just can't be arsed, y'know?
CD Projekt Red. The amount of effort they put into Witcher is amazing even if it bores me to tears because I can't get into it. They're like modern Square Enix, except when their game finally comes out it is universally acclaimed and deemed worth the dev time, lol. I'm still excited to see what Cyberpunk 2077 ends up looking like.
Nippon Ichi Software's close enough. I just don't have much interest in stat-heavy games like Disgaea, nor their more experimental but simple releases like Yomawari and its siblings. But I've heard very good things about their quality, so I'll give them benefit of doubt.
Blizzard, for sure. Genuinely love everything I see from them and the quality of their releases, but the genres they focus on are simply ones that don't interest me (RTS, MMO, MOBA, TCG, etc.). The closest I ever got was the 20-30 hours I put into OW earlier this year, but besides that, nada. D3 is probably my best next chance to get into something by them, but haven't started yet (I have it waiting for me on my PS4).
