games that are loved that you think are bad?

[danasider]

It seems like a lot of people are answering the questions "games that are loved that you think are overrated?" or "games that are loved that you don't like?" Of course all of the answers are opinion, because the question is what we THINK is bad, but to me even if I don't like a game, I still can understand why it's considered good to so many people.

Games belonging to the Elder Scrolls series, Mass Effect series, and even the first Bioshock didn't interest me enough to finish them, but that doesn't mean that I think they are bad perse. Just not my taste. People are targeting some very big names here which if compared to other games totally blow them out of the water in their genre in terms of design and production value (Super Mario 64, GTA), but since the games didn't do what the player wanted, they considered by them to be bad. To me a bad game isn't one which does something or has a mechanic that I don't like. It isn't a game that doesn't live up to hype either. Come to think of it, it's actually difficult for me to come up with a definition for bad game, but many games listed above don't fit into the category.

If I had to pick one, I'd go with something like Farmville. Even if video game enthusiasts disagree that it is loved, its success speaks volumes against that sentiment. Still, I'd consider it bad because the gameplay is shallow, not immersive and nothing but a series of repeatable clicks which keep the player going by rewarding said clicks with a sense of achievement for doing very little. But then again, that's something people might look for in a game when they aren't into the immersion or complexity aspects of the design in the games they play so who am I to say its bad?