Are there any games you're ashamed of liking and/or disliking?

[_Axl]

Or rather, do you feel like you don't like the fact that you like something?
(...or being ashamed of liking something.)

In my case, I would say that I don't like being such a fan of MegaMan.
I don't like the fact that is basically my favorite thing ever, because of past experiences with people who shared the same type of excitement that I do with the franchise.

It's not a "guilty pleasure" situation perse, but something similar, idk how to explain it.
...I guess that's what some Sonic fans feel as well (me included).

I guess the same could be said for things you're ashamed of disliking, like not enjoying something that everyone does.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Not really — I like my games just fine.

But there was a time when I was bullied for liking Pokemon (on a gaming forum!), which made me kept a secret for a really long time afterwards. I now see that that was a mistake.

Other than that, my inability to like Castlevania in any way, shape or form stings.

 

[Tsukishima]

I'm ashamed to be a fan of Pokemon these days. I feel slapped in the face with these new entries and yet I'm still considering of buying a Switch 2 these days and 'playing the latest ones' like an idiot.

I'm far too addicted and gripped to that formula of catching monsters, training them and etc. Never was a competitive person, but I love the mainline games for what they are, but the spinoffs where it puts more of a focus on something else is even better. Things like Pokemon Channel, Mystery Dungeon. Heck, even Pokopia looks great.

... But it fills me with that regret still, to want to hold hope. Even though the people who hold that IP by the strings are tired old people who can't be bothered to try and make a great game anymore.

 

[Viviana Santos]

Megami Tensei/Persona: I consider myself a fan of the Megaten series, but the community is by far one of the worst I’ve ever interacted with. My experiences with Megaten fans have been almost miserable, especially given all the lame discourse and infighting that goes on in that community. Persona is even worse; the discourse surrounding Persona 4 in particular was one of the reasons I ended up developing a dislike for that game.

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Another example (which isn't necessarily a series per se, but rather just a single game) is Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It's a really fun game, but it pisses me off how it ended up attracting the most Reddit-esque community imaginable, to the point where, if you tell a normal/hardcore Metal Gear fan that you like Rising, you end up getting lumped with “those” guys.

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These are the only examples, really. I’m pretty confident about what I like and dislike, and I don’t really care if a series I like has a toxic community. However, Megaten is the rare exception, since I really, really hate that community, and I feel a bit ashamed of being a Megaten and Atlus fan in general.

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Also, Rising fans are unfunny as fuck

 

[DinoRexMax DinoRexMax]

None, my opinions are infallible, and I am always correct. Why do you ask?

 

[CrunchXCrunch]

I have a complicated relationship with Shin Megami Tensei. I only like the spin off games, the main games are too masochistic for me.
Though I do want to love them. They are so cool! I love the aesthetic and lore. I just don’t have fun playing them.

 

[BrawlMan]

No. The closest was maybe Senran Kagura on 3DS, but I got over it within an half an hour.

 

[lordcyrus]

Not really, but I also do feel like the SMT/Persona fanbase.... I didn't care to fight over the divide and detached myself from that for a bit and it isn't as big of a deal since SMTV:V came out and is more well liked. It's slightly more Persona with a lot more heart (heh). I haven't finished SMTV:V because I am too lazy and dumb to fix my nahobino this late and stuff w/e.

I think the Rumble Roses for the PS2 was a good time. Candy Cane is a great wrestler. Eh it is an Smackdown adacjent wrestling engine game. I guess that's my shame? Hey I enjoyed pro wrestling and it was definitely a fan service game, the creators were so earnest about it just being the best they could do and push the polygons. I just joined and mentioned pro wrestling even though I don't follow it as much. Darn.

 

[Tenshishi]

I continue to think that Clayfighter 63/Sculptor's Cut is a fun game. I know it's not exactly the tightest fighter and it has some VERY problematic character designs (99% of the shame comes from them and yeah, the bad ones are bad), but I truly enjoy its aesthetic and I think the clunk that exists is a big part of its charm too. There's so many tight incredible fighters on the Saturn that I'm just glad the N64 at least has SOMETHING in the genre going for it.

I stand by my general dislike of Skyrim and The Last of Us, but my stated reasons why are sometimes a short but thoughtful tirade about the games' shortcomings and their superior equivalents, and sometimes as simple as "they're just not my cup of tea", depending on the person. Some people you just don't make the case to.

Since I started playing a little Magic the Gathering as of this time last year, I've had very conflicted feelings about it... As a kid I always dismissed it as a weird game for "fantasy people" and prioritized what I saw as a more unique and cool Yu-Gi-Oh. But despite my problems with the price structure, when I discovered the EDH format allowed proxies, I couldn't help but give the game a try, and I did end up finding it fun. But despite wearing most of my hobbies on my sleeve - like it or not, I do like video games, board games, drawing, writing, and reading - I'm very careful who I admit I play Magic to, because I feel like it paints a target on my back. The last thing I need while between jobs is to stack Magic Player on top and get judged as a stereotype.

 

[Marco_STFX]

I never feel any shame on the games I play and like. One day I could be playing a gory game with adult content and the next day I could be playing something with an ESRB/Pegi rate for children. Like you say, This also happens frequently to Sonic Fans feeling guilt for liking the series; Simply because of the misinformation and certain people on Youtube always prioritizing showing the worse cases like ChrisChan, When cases like these are in the minority and worsens the image of the community. Which in my case I don't care at all since I've played several times both Lost World and Colors on my 2DS in public spaces.

I also just play whatever I feel like in public, As long as there is no explicit adult content or too much blood. However, There is one case I feel something similar to shame, But due to me disliking the game; Umineko No Naku Koro Ni - One of the main visual novels from the 7th Expansion series (Higurashi/Umineko/Ciconia). Back then a person I met on Discord would really want me to play that, And I tried, But I never liked the thing, And I ended up developing some hatred to the repercussion it gets online, Whenever people recommend the game; Which is an OK thing to do, What bothers me is that people heavily imply the game is very underrated and that it deserves more players, When it really isn't and it's one of the most successful visual novels, Not at a level like Danganronpa or Ace Attorney but more like Steins;Gate or Key Visual Novels like Clannad and Air, Fate, etc.
This game (Umineko) isn't something I would downright consider bad, I may play the game someday in its original form (The version with ugly sprites) But still, The game isn't something I would want to be passionate about and simply play to properly discuss about, It makes have thought towards people who like the game in a negative way, On a first glance; Like how people here mentioned how they feel about SMT communities, Which I think its wrong to make a prejudice based on that.

There's many, many, many other games I played that have gruesome content or explicit themes or simply have a poorly written story, Terrible gameplay, But I would never feel shame for playing or liking the games, Instead, I acknowledge the issues of the game and change my perspective towards the game.

 

[Burzuru Burzuru]

a few newgrounds flash games.
you know the ones.

 

[lordcyrus]

I'd rather post in a topic, about not shame. My newgrounds experiences were about watching short videos about Mega Man that were actually funny. Or the ExciteBike rider going off into his demise!? I rarely went there much, but they were a fuel for a long time. Newgrounds was a riff haven. I think some some earnest stuff too. It was riff central for Retsupurae.

Pull out the Stabbing Westward card, I did mine already.

 

[AkiraSO4]

Another example (which isn't necessarily a series per se, but rather just a single game) is Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It's a really fun game, but it pisses me off how it ended up attracting the most Reddit-esque community imaginable, to the point where, if you tell a normal/hardcore Metal Gear fan that you like Rising, you end up getting lumped with “those” guys.

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Also, Rising fans are unfunny as fuck

That, but with Devil May Cry is my case. I avoided DMCV for YEARS because of how frustrating it was to see the community. (MGR too, I think it's fine, but people treat it like second coming of videogames or something.)

 

[Tsukishima]

I have a complicated relationship with Shin Megami Tensei. I only like the spin off games, the main games are too masochistic for me.
Though I do want to love them. They are so cool! I love the aesthetic and lore. I just don’t have fun playing them.

I think Shin Megami Tensei IV has one of the greatest soundtracks of all time but like you I'm just not not enjoying that extreme over the top difficulty spike on practically every corner

 

[Diadu]

I get what you mean OP, but I can't really say that I feel any shame for the games I like. I will say that there are games out there, where it's better to remain quiet about your passion - I mean, you won't see me telling a new colleague about how much I liked Violated Heroine.

 

[Sheepy765]

I’m a little ashamed of playing Hello Kitty Island Adventure. I know I’m part of the target demographic but something about it makes me feel like I must alt-tab out if someone walks in on me playing it.
There’s also some others but I’m taking their names to my grave.

 

[Tsukishima]

I’m a little ashamed of playing Hello Kitty Island Adventure. I know I’m part of the target demographic but something about it makes me feel like I must alt-tab out if someone walks in on me playing it.
There’s also some others but I’m taking their names to my grave.

I'm probably the farthest from the target audience of that game but i've always been so curious about it., I remember proudly boasting to my friend "look at this cool game i found!! it's so cute and has a great atmosphere for buds like us!"

Then they shifted their heads, I resigned a :/ and moved on with a forlorn feeling.

 

[Fietto!]

I'm ashamed to be a fan of Pokemon these days. I feel slapped in the face with these new entries and yet I'm still considering of buying a Switch 2 these days and 'playing the latest ones' like an idiot.

I'm far too addicted and gripped to that formula of catching monsters, training them and etc. Never was a competitive person, but I love the mainline games for what they are, but the spinoffs where it puts more of a focus on something else is even better. Things like Pokemon Channel, Mystery Dungeon. Heck, even Pokopia looks great.

... But it fills me with that regret still, to want to hold hope. Even though the people who hold that IP by the strings are tired old people who can't be bothered to try and make a great game anymore.

Thoughts on hacks & fangames?

 

[Isegrim]

Killing Floor 3. It seems to be on a lot of people's ire list, especially if they were fans of the previous game. Not that I blame them since it did suffer from some serious problems especially optimization but there have been considerable improvements since launch. And there doesn't seem to be as many problems on PS5 where I play.

In any case, I'd mostly talk about it on the company forums. It usually generates a snarky response if mentioned in an unregulated space.

 

[TheLastDeadman]

Not really, though this may be cause I don't interact with communities or fandoms. There are good people in them but I don't think there is anything fun about getting judged for what I like and don't like and god help you if you find a group with an ego maniac at top. Because of that I feel no shame or embarrassment even some of the absolute trash I own. Its mine, not theirs, so who cares.

 

[Tsukishima]

Thoughts on hacks & fangames?

Was playing the Moemon's recently. Love them.

My favourite Moemon i was using in Star Emerald got randomly turned into a bad egg though, all i used was 2x fast speed and save states so i was sad to see my Sally (Axew) die like that, really bummed me out from playing more.

 

[Fietto!]

Was playing the Moemon's recently. Love them.

My favourite Moemon i was using in Star Emerald got randomly turned into a bad egg though, all i used was 2x fast speed and save states so i was sad to see my Sally (Axew) die like that, really bummed me out from playing more.

It ain't your fault, I had the same problem with Mega Moemon FireRed.
So I suppose both hacks are faulty when it comes to mon data post gen 3 to the game's base code.
A mouthful right there but you get what I mean. I wished that was looked upon, because we already got plenty of hacks that don't have that problem.

 

[JiruleanSkies]

This forum really needs a hug emote, darnit.

As I read over some of the comments in here, it helps me to be fairly grateful that I live under like sixteen rocks and don’t socialize with people all that often.

In my case, I would say that I don't like being such a fan of MegaMan.

Have you run into lots of not nice people or something?


Seeing that like half the posts here are literally SMT and Persona related, I'd like to tell all of you to go talk to my niece, she’s an SSS class SMT Persona nerd without the yuck attached. She’s just autistic and awkward. (I’m more or less joking, that’d be hella weird, “here’s some weirdos I don’t know who like Persona and SMT, maybe you kids’ll get along”, but, you know. THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE. just...they're not always findable on Discord or talk all that much on Reddit).


As for me, I got over "shame" a long time ago. It's not like I don't embarass easily, because I sure as hell do, but I love what I love and I am who I am.
...But I'm still far too fluffy and light for one group and far too extreme for another group, so it's sort of lonely most of the time, yeah. This quote that made me choke on my coffee sort of sums up my feelings on the matter. I'm too fluffy for that.

I mean, you won't see me telling a new colleague about how much I liked Violated Heroine.

NOW AS FOR STUFF I CAN'T GET INTO? PVP. I'm not upset that I can't, but it seems to be in so many games and it's a straight up dealbreaker for me. So then I don't play any game that has PVP as a mandatory part of it, and so that sort of locks me out of a lot of "fandoms". (I've just sort of had my fill of trash talk and stuff). I also guess that sort of excludes the pokemon franchises by default outside of Mystery Dungeon (YAY Mystery Dungeon!), so, yeah

 

[_Axl]

...I knew it wasn't something that weird, but I'm still slightly surprised that I'm not the only one who feels that specific way about things.

I never feel any shame on the games I play and like. One day I could be playing a gory game with adult content and the next day I could be playing something with an ESRB/Pegi rate for children. Like you say, This also happens frequently to Sonic Fans feeling guilt for liking the series; Simply because of the misinformation and certain people on Youtube always prioritizing showing the worse cases like ChrisChan, When cases like these are in the minority and worsens the image of the community. Which in my case I don't care at all since I've played several times both Lost World and Colors on my 2DS in public spaces.

I also just play whatever I feel like in public, As long as there is no explicit adult content or too much blood. However, There is one case I feel something similar to shame, But due to me disliking the game; Umineko No Naku Koro Ni - One of the main visual novels from the 7th Expansion series (Higurashi/Umineko/Ciconia). Back then a person I met on Discord would really want me to play that, And I tried, But I never liked the thing, And I ended up developing some hatred to the repercussion it gets online, Whenever people recommend the game; Which is an OK thing to do, What bothers me is that people heavily imply the game is very underrated and that it deserves more players, When it really isn't and it's one of the most successful visual novels, Not at a level like Danganronpa or Ace Attorney but more like Steins;Gate or Key Visual Novels like Clannad and Air, Fate, etc.
This game (Umineko) isn't something I would downright consider bad, I may play the game someday in its original form (The version with ugly sprites) But still, The game isn't something I would want to be passionate about and simply play to properly discuss about, It makes have thought towards people who like the game in a negative way, On a first glance; Like how people here mentioned how they feel about SMT communities, Which I think its wrong to make a prejudice based on that.

There's many, many, many other games I played that have gruesome content or explicit themes or simply have a poorly written story, Terrible gameplay, But I would never feel shame for playing or liking the games, Instead, I acknowledge the issues of the game and change my perspective towards the game.

I guess my... problem comes from comparing myself to other people (mostly not good people) who also shares my likings.
After all, they also like something I like, so what's telling me that I won't become a bad person like them?

I get what you mean OP, but I can't really say that I feel any shame for the games I like. I will say that there are games out there, where it's better to remain quiet about your passion - I mean, you won't see me telling a new colleague about how much I liked Violated Heroine.

Not really, though this may be cause I don't interact with communities or fandoms. There are good people in them but I don't think there is anything fun about getting judged for what I like and don't like and god help you if you find a group with an ego maniac at top. Because of that I feel no shame or embarrassment even some of the absolute trash I own. Its mine, not theirs, so who cares.

I wish I was as strong to just don't mind what others think as well, but I guess I'm not.
guess I've been so long on the internet that I'm afraid of just sharing what I like to others.

Have you run into lots of not nice people or something?

...you could say so, yeah. But mostly just seen how some not nice people that like Megaman (and other stuff I like) act, and can't help but feel ashamed of... well, being like them in one way.

As for me, I got over "shame" a long time ago. It's not like I don't embarass easily, because I sure as hell do, but I love what I love and I am who I am.
...But I'm still far too fluffy and light for one group and far too extreme for another group, so it's sort of lonely most of the time, yeah. This quote that made me choke on my coffee sort of sums up my feelings on the matter. I'm too fluffy for that.

Again, guess I'm afraid of that loneliness if I feel like sharing my likings is bad.

 

[ribbg]

Liking Visual Novels. I often get jabs from people about liking what amounts to a book most of the time, and the judging eyes grow stronger when adult content is thrown into the mix. I genuinely just enjoy the story and characters and Visual Novels present them in a way that a lot of games simply don't (Largely because they don't have to worry about gameplay or padding out a runtime, it's just a story from start to finish, sometimes with branching paths.), though the adult content if it exists typically just tells me that the writers and artists were free from restrictions and did what they felt they wanted to, which is always refreshing to me because I hate hearing that restrictions were placed on writers and artists to create a "safer" product.