What games do you refuse to play despite overwhelming critical acclaim?

[Departed]

Or any of the Fallout games since the combat in each one looks thoroughly unenjoyable.  Plus, I don't have enough love for Bioware to ignore the surplus of bugs.

Absolute troll get outta here

I mixed up Bethesda with Bioware. Though in fairness, I never played ME or Dragon Age either, since they didn't really appeal to me.

[BigBrother]

I feel like my life would be better if I never played TLoU games (especially TLoU 2). What a miserable pair of games. And fuck Joel.

[Aragorn]

RDR2 was in theory very good but I couldn't finish the epilogue and never felt like going back. I'm not really sure why it felt that way.

God of War Ragnarok is a very solid game but is a definite step down from the first.

We already mentioned BioShock Infinite.

[Aragorn]

Actually I almost forgot about this one:

Ghost of Tsushima is hella overrated. It is a perfectly serviceable game; but its open world is completely and utterly dreary and lifeless despite being aesthetically pretty, its combat is serviceable but the camera angle does it a disservice (the game is at its best in duels because it feels up close and personal), and the story is aight.

It is a 7/10 that is treated like a 9/10 and would be considered a 6/10 if it was an Ubisoft game.

[NateDog]

RDR2 was in theory very good but I couldn't finish the epilogue and never felt like going back. I'm not really sure why it felt that way.

God of War Ragnarok is a very solid game but is a definite step down from the first.

There's a lot to love about RDR2 but the final chapters / sections are a slog and are unnecessarily long. I have no idea why it was dragged out so much. My partner loves the game and has replayed it loads but she doesn't like getting towards the last few chapters as things slow down a lot despite how much the plot advances. I feel like that sense of things moving along isn't there.

I enjoyed Ragnarok more than GoW. GoW was fine but I didn't find it very fun to play. GoW had better bosses though I think? Been a long time since I played it. Ragnarok's final boss was very underwhelming.

[Jassassino]

Just remembered another one (sorry in advance, Henry); Mass Effect.

I actually own the trilogy or 1/2 (can't remember) on PS3 (they were all given away for free at some point) and the HD versions (given away for free again I think? on PS4/5), but I just can't be bothered. And that's despite loving Dragon Age Origins and II, which I think they're all very much in line with in regards to roleplaying.

Just cba! Would rather replay KOTOR!

[Null]

Objectively the worst thing you’ve ever said

[starschwar]

Just remembered another one (sorry in advance, Henry); Mass Effect.

I actually own the trilogy or 1/2 (can't remember) on PS3 (they were all given away for free at some point) and the HD versions (given away for free again I think? on PS4/5), but I just can't be bothered. And that's despite loving Dragon Age Origins and II, which I think they're all very much in line with in regards to roleplaying.

Just cba! Would rather replay KOTOR!

You're missing out on Mass Effect.  Great universe, many memorable characters, lots of meaningful choices.  It isn't perfect by any means, and each game has some unique rough edges.  But all the same, the trilogy is one of my favorite experiences in gaming.  I loved the KOTOR games (including SWTOR), and many of Bioware's other classic output.  I count Mass Effect among the best of them.  If you have the Legendary trilogy or whatever, please, give it a go sometime.  

Don't bother with Andromeda though.  While not the train wreck it's made out to be.. let me put it this way.  I cannot count the times I've replayed the trilogy.  I finished Andromeda once and never felt compelled to return.

[Wayno]

I remember when ME2 got a demo for the PS3 (it was Xbox exclusive at a time) and I was blown away by it. ME2 is absolutely in my top 5 gaming experiences ever.

[NateDog]

I remember when ME2 got a demo for the PS3 (it was Xbox exclusive at a time) and I was blown away by it. ME2 is absolutely in my top 5 gaming experiences ever.

Similarly/not similarly, Mass Effect 1 is one of my favourite games of all time and at one point was one of very few games that came close to challenging MGS1 for that for me. My last playthrough of it was my 6th and even at that stage I was still finding new things in the game including quite a long conversation on the Citadel that I had no idea existed.