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Single-player misses

I have tried these games (I try to give them each 30 minutes of gameplay) that I cannot see myself spending any more time on. I'd be willing to watch longplays or speedruns for some of these. There are many fish in the sea.

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

1. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

I have to say that I was pretty hooked for the first two cases, but then I realized that all I actually enjoyed about this game was pointing out contradictions while in the courtroom. Half of this game (maybe more) is a watered down adventure game on rails. Cool and creative concept. However, I did appreciate the humor and characters in this game, and I will probably try out the sequels.

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars

2. Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars

Probably the most boring platform game I have ever played. I'm not sure why I trudged through this at all, besides it being on my list of games to play. The ending for my efforts? "The End". That's it. I got trolled by Sega so hard

Eliminate Down

3. Eliminate Down

This game is ball bustlingly difficult and really intense at times, but it is par for horizontal shmups. As much as I enjoyed it, I didn't enjoy it enough to want to replay it again compared to, say, Gradius V.

Terranigma

4. Terranigma

Make no mistake, this is a great game. It has great music and great gameplay, but I just didn't see myself playing it again after beating it once. The third segment is overly long and I found myself in the end just begging for the end to come. Still, it's probably a top 10 RPG on the SNES, and that's saying a lot.

Ontamarama

5. Ontamarama

Hah, this game is so unique and creative gameplay wise for a rhythm game, but I just couldn't stand the music, which pretty much breaks it as a rhythm game for me.

Tempest 2000

6. Tempest 2000

A lot of shmup fans really love this game, but after 30 minutes I just got bored. I wonder if it boils down to nostalgia for them? I'll take a cave shooter over this any day of the week. There are two better updates of this game available for PC. They are: Tempest 2001 and Torus Trooper.

Final Fantasy X

7. Final Fantasy X

Blitzball and the story are pretty good. I thought the gameplay was in the way of the story.

Donkey Kong 64

8. Donkey Kong 64

Too much shit to collect. The multiplayer was fun at the time.

Trip World

9. Trip World

Another boring platformer.

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

10. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

I hadn't realized that this was just a puyo puyo clone. There are superior versions of the game available, though this might be the best 16-bit version available

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