Videogames you gush over that put off your friends.

I got Elder Scrolls: Oblivion back when i was in high school, because a friend of mine had the game and let me play it when the kids were sleeping while I babysat (ok, one of my parents friends, but a pretty cool gal none the less) and i loved it. my father got into the game too, in a big way. once bethesda started putting out fallout games, i got those too, and they were a great experience. it seems through that every game I buy sits in my parents house never to be played unless im there. metal gear solid 4, devil may cry 4, fallout 3 and new vegas, and a ton of others that I was hoping my father would enjoy too (he is a gamer like me) he doesnt touch at all.

anyone else have this problem? it seems like the more i enjoy something, the more people avoid it.

I believe the problem you're facing is Hype Aversion. Happens all the time.

It's like when I go on and on about Rise of Legends and how much of a ridiculous golden pedestal I place it on, people tend to tell me they'll try it later and then never do.

its just that... he really liked the first game i got! he continued playing it long after i got tired and went on to new things. but every game ive bought after that first one he doesnt touch, even if i dont make a reccomendation.

The Commander & Conquer games have that affect on my friends, along with Mass Effect. Doesn't help that most of the gamers around here are into stuff like Call of Duty, Street Fighter IV, or Dot A.

My siblings won't play Naruto: Clash of Ninja games, StarFox Command, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie or {{Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games}} (Winter) anymore. Likewise, I don't play my bro's Halo Reach ( :-( ), and no way in hell am I playing a Co D game with him.

A friend of mine is probably one of the most obnoxious Kingdom Hearts fangirls you'll ever meet. She pretty much single-handedly killed any interest I had in the series.

I feel bad 4u now, it's awesome! (Hype Backlash)

All of them. I don't think I've ever managed to convince someone that something was good. I don't blame them though, I do have pretty idiosyncratic tastes.

Mass Effect 2.

My friends are so tired of hearing about that game that there's little that can be done to let it live up to the hype.

Tales and SMT are my big offenders. I've yet to get any friends to play much of either, although they SOUND interested.

The Legend Of Zelda big time.

shumps. all of them.

"Holy shit, this game is crazy, I'm never playing this!"

Barring that...

"There are no lolis in this game, it's all planes and tanks and Humongous Mecha. How boring."

edited 19th Jan '11 3:34:31 PM by TsundeRay

I don't usually gush about games. I only have one or two friends who are as into gaming as I am, so I'm not sure if they'd know what I was talking about. Plus, I'm really bad at describing things. I was once trying to recommend Lair to someone when it first came out. I described it as, and I quote; "Well, you're a dragon...well, no, you're a guy who rides a dragon. And...uh, you're part of this...you're in this...war. And, the story's pretty good, but the controls take some getting used to." They replied thusly; "Oh, but it got pretty bad reviews, didn't it?" I had to concede. And that is why I never gush. I can't, and it'll put people off anyway.

I have been recommending Demon's Souls left right and centre ever since I got it, though. I usually make mention of how it's "pretty hard", and that can put some people off.

edited 19th Jan '11 5:29:38 PM by SoberIrishman

The difference of opinion me and one of my friends have over Chibi Robo lead to some interesting comments about being locked in a bathroom with only a TV, a Game Cube, a microwave, and lots of canned pasta...

In my group of friends, all but one plays Pokemon. Mentioning Pokemon sets us all babbling happily about E Vs and the new shiny legendary trio that GameStop has and are you getting Black or White and I still can't beat Lance dammit and my Cacturne is kicking serious ass in the Battle Frontier and I'm raising a new Zangoose and...

My one friend just sort of sits there and looks uncomfortable. After a bit we sort of slow down and awkwardly switch the conversation to something she can participate in.

edited 20th Jan '11 1:10:29 PM by Quillpaw

I keep plugging away to my wife about how awesome fallout is, but I have to temper it a lot, because part of me is curious as to how she'd do in playing it, but if I keep harping on it, I'll never get a chance to find out.

Anything made by Valve. Except for Portal, she likes Portal.

This happens to my brother all the time except not in the usual way. He gets turned off by the games when I just show him clips and play music from the game incessantly. He's been turned off by Graffiti Kingdom, Shadow of Destiny, Musashi Samurai Legend, Psychonauts, Persona 4 and both of the No More Heroes games. (Couldn't get Psychonauts and Persona 4 links to work)

edited 20th Jan '11 2:46:02 PM by MiseryWind

omg No More Heroes! thats a tragedy!! D=

i played the first persona game and i thought it was lame, i want to try persona4 though, ive had a book rolling around in my head with similar themes.

anyways back to topic:

ive also had issues with trying to get friends to play Final Fantasy Tactics, so we could play the pimping coop together, but no luck.

although, i did get my friends hooked on disgaea...

edited 20th Jan '11 2:43:34 PM by Dynamod

I am the only person I know IRL that plays Silent Hill; and I fucking love Silent Hill.

I would put SMT here too, but I did get one of my friends into P3, and another one plays IMAGINE.

Metroid Prime.

For me, it's the single best adventure game ever, beating even Super Metroid.

For my friends, "All you do is walk around without any good fights."

My brother doesn't show interest in most of the Virtual Console games that I buy. These included the Wonder Boy series, Blaster Master, and Kid Chameleon.

I'm discovering that many of the people I know have never heard of an Adventure Game, have never played an Adventure Game, and get somewhat confused when I try to explain the concept. With one of them, I listed off every single adventure game I'd ever heard of, unsuccessfully attempting to find one he'd recognize. (Granted, this particular fellow wasn't a frequent gamer, but I would have thought Myst would have permeated the public consciousness at least as much as Quake.)

Ecco The Dolphin: "It sounds like a cheap Sonic knockoff." (paraphrased)

Most of my group, with the exception of maybe three people, all play and regularly gush over Team Fortress 2. The remaining are:

1. pretty much put off by FPS games and aren't alowed to play such things to begin with,

2. dislike interactive games in general, which is just boggling to me.

The third, I don't really know his stance on it.

edited 21st Jan '11 8:50:57 PM by Belle-Mage