There are many good reasons to play a game – and very many silly reasons not to. Here are a few of those.
Gamers can sometimes be a peculiar bunch. Even though they can see ratings from friends and other gamers all around the world, they continuously find reasons not to touch a really good game. A phenomenon that seems to be quite widespread.
In the gaming subreddit, the user “DarkLlama64” therefore called on others to reveal the most absurd and illogical reasons for not picking up a certain game – even though it promises fun. The responses are sure to make some people smirk and maybe some can see themselves in them.
DarkLlama64 jumps right in and explains:
I will never play Dave the Diver because it was nominated for “Best Indie Game” at the Game Awards, even though it received massive funding. I know it’s a good game, but it would frustrate me every second I played it, and I just knew I wouldn’t have fun.
With these absurd reasons, he apparently speaks to many people’s souls. Because more than 6,300 upvotes and over 5,000 comments support this “confession.” Many share their own irrational reasons for missing out on good games.
Fallout New Vegas.
tzgaming1020
The first time I started it on my laptop, the charger exploded.
The second time, there was an earthquake of magnitude 6.4, and I had to run outside.
I’m not taking any risks here.
Others refrain from engaging with an actually interesting genre because they were traumatized – or humiliated – by games of that type in their youth:
I really won’t play stealth games anymore because I just couldn’t get to the elevator in the first room of the “Metal Gear Solid” demo from the late ’90s.
bideodames
Another reason is the German translation in games, especially when it is riddled with errors, like in this example:
I have heard nothing but praise for Okami. I am a big Zelda fan and I love the creative art style, so it should be just my game.
Many years ago, I wanted to try it out. But the German translation was so full of spelling mistakes, really at a lower level, that I put the game down after half an hour and never tried it again since.
Rylonian
It’s clear that people wish for certain features. But condemning an entire genre because of a tiny feature seems rather extreme:
Any open-world game where you can’t jump – that immediately ruins the whole game for me. It simply makes my character feel so heavy and chained to the ground.
SheepWolves
A certain aversion to the most popular “emergency snack,” which most would probably know as Paimon, is somewhat understandable:
Genshin Impact, solely because of the voice of that little flying thing that follows you. So annoying.
ScarecrowJohnny
A fate that many partners of WoW fans have probably endured is also reported. We are sure that some of you can relate to “Filip”:
WoW. My first childhood love left me when a new DLC came out because he had to level up and had no time for me anymore.
mayneffs
Fuck you, Filip.
But Final Fantasy also takes some hits. Here it’s not the gameplay, the story, or the high number of cat girls that is the problem. But:
Final Fantasy. It’s the hairstyles. I just can’t deal with it.
SaltyGushers
The entire post is filled with more ridiculous reasons that are all worth a look.
Do you also have a specific reason why you will never touch certain games?
