I imagine we've all had instances of games we thought we'd dig based on loving most games by that particular developer that we ended up not liking or outright hating. What are some of yours? And I mean developer/studio not publishers like Ea or the platform holders.
For me the recent one is Pyre. I hadn't gotten around to it despite loving Bastion and Transistor. I bought it cheap in a sale a couple months back and finally got around to playing it last night and today and man that's just not my cup of tea at all. I gave it plenty of time. Made it to the rite to set a party member free once and lost. Made it back again and won and played some after that before tossing in that towel and uninstalling.
The story and characters are ok, but I just hated the gameplay. I just didn't enjoy the "sport" you have to play or having to figure out the different party members moves, upgrades etc. Too much to mess with when I just don't like the gameplay at its core at all. Maybe if your teammates moved on their own rather than just being stationary until you pass the orb and take control I'd have enjoyed it more. But as is I was having no fun with it. Add in how repetitive it is once you've done that freedom rite once and I just couldn't stomach it anymore.
For me the recent one is Pyre. I hadn't gotten around to it despite loving Bastion and Transistor. I bought it cheap in a sale a couple months back and finally got around to playing it last night and today and man that's just not my cup of tea at all. I gave it plenty of time. Made it to the rite to set a party member free once and lost. Made it back again and won and played some after that before tossing in that towel and uninstalling.
The story and characters are ok, but I just hated the gameplay. I just didn't enjoy the "sport" you have to play or having to figure out the different party members moves, upgrades etc. Too much to mess with when I just don't like the gameplay at its core at all. Maybe if your teammates moved on their own rather than just being stationary until you pass the orb and take control I'd have enjoyed it more. But as is I was having no fun with it. Add in how repetitive it is once you've done that freedom rite once and I just couldn't stomach it anymore.