Forgettable Games

On 10/07/2017 at 07:54 PM by Halochief90

I've played quite a few forgettable games recently. They are the kind of thing I play and feel not only that I'll forget about in a few months, but almost instantly after I finish playing them. Or at least I feel that I don't remember much in comparison to some great games that I have played recently. Here are some of the forgettable games I played:

Red Faction Armageddon

This is a gimmick game. Gimmick games are usually forgettable. The gimmick here being destructible environments. Now, this definitely isn't the first game to feature destructible environments, but it did come out at a time shortly before that was commonplace. The thing about this game is that aside from the destructibility, it has almost nothing else going for it; bland enemies, bland environments, bland weapons, bland story and characters... Needless to say, I didn't play this one long.

Resident Evil Revelations

The first Revelations game felt like a pretty barebones re-skin of Resident Evil 6, except clearly made with the portable in mind. This means the levels are bite-sized and that makes all the difference. RE6 wasn't great, but it had lots of mayhem and epic scale, making it not forgettable like Revelations.

Resident Evil Revelations 2

This one was completely different from the first game. Revelations 2 was much more of a Last of Us clone; a not very good one at that. Though much better than the first Revelations, I still felt this one was just as forgettable thanks to it shamelessly copying The Last of Us. This game also had a pretty terrible story, even by Resident Evil standards.

Gone Home: Console Edition

Gone Home is definitely the most forgettable of the bunch, thanks to it barely being over an hour long. It's not that it was such a terrible hour either, but almost nothing really happened. This is the first walking simulator I've ever played, and I can likely say I won't be playing any more of them anytime soon. I'm actually kind of repulsed they charged money for this game (thankfully, I got it for free). This is the kind of indie game that should have been given away at no charge.

So, those are my forgettable games that I've played recently. I ask you, Pixlbit, "What are some of the forgettable games you have played recently?" I say recently, because you may have forgotten about the older ones.

Casey Curran Staff Writer

10/07/2017 at 08:27 PM

Most walking sims end up pretty forgettable to me, though Gone Home might have been the most bland of them. Only one that stood out was Stanley Parable, it's short, but it's also meant to be replayed about a dozen times.

As for forgettable games, Uncharted 1 is top of that list. I've played it twice and think I remember one or two moments from it. Assassin's Creed games without a number also fit that bill, they always feel more bland and uninspired even if none of them are as bad as 3. Also to be super controversial, Red Dead Redemption and The Witcher 3.

Halochief90

10/08/2017 at 04:02 AM

I have heard good things about the Stanley Parable. I forgot that was a walking sim.

I don't remember much from Uncharted 1 either. Maybe it's the lack of setpieces or maybe just that there was so much shooting in that one.

I absolutely agree with Assassin's Creed. Even though I really liked AC2, my memories of it are very vague and Brotherhood is the same way. I only played Black Flag for a little bit, but I was done with the series almost instantly after trying that.

I haven't played RDR, but Witcher 3 was pretty unmemorable for me from what I played of it. I only remember a big spike in difficulty when you got to the Griffin boss early in the game.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

10/08/2017 at 04:05 PM

Usually I'm pretty picky, but when I got my PSVR I wanted to try everything, and I paid for and downloaded a lot of games that were cool for a few minutes but overall not that great. Still, it was a fun distraction.

I remember when the first Red Faction came out it was pretty groundbreaking. Can't believe they're still making them.

10/10/2017 at 11:52 AM

Yeah, Red Faction came out before even Halo did. Back then, it was a first-person shooter.

KnightDriver

10/10/2017 at 12:26 AM

I played Red Faction Armageddon recently 'cause I had it for free from Games with Gold. I didn't finish it because I guess I got kind of bored. It was fun for a while though. You right though, it didn't have much going for it outside the destructible enivironments.

I liked Gone Home. There's not a lot of gameplay to it other than finding things to you need to read to get the whole story of the characters. I call it a character study game. It was very well written, I thought. There were a few things in it that could've been great puzzles to solve, but it didn't seem to let you do anything. Maybe I missed something though. I got a similar feeling from the TellTale games. Sometimes a great story, but nothing much to do in them, which begs the question as to whether they are really games or not.

10/10/2017 at 11:58 AM

The writing in Gone Home wasn't bad, but it just didn't have much else going for it. To me, it seemed like most of the stuff you could interact with didn't do anything and there wasn't much atmosphere. The game could also be easily beaten in under an hour. Not worth money to me.

10/11/2017 at 09:34 PM

Yea, there wasn't much else. I wanted more too because there seemed to be things in the house ready made for a puzzle. I so wanted to resurrect that old pharmacist in the secret room. I gathered more items related to him and dumped them on the table. Then I went looking for another candle to complete the pentagram and couldn't find one. I even brought the Ouija board in there. Nothing.
There's an achievement for beating the game in one minute. Also beating the game in 10 minutes with all 23 journals activated.
I missed one journal and couldn't find it. Probably an item hidden under a book or pillow or something like that. Not fair!

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