Huge games I don't care about? I have a few.
Entry 1: Grand Theft Auto
Why do I dislike it? It tries way too hard to be 'realistic.' This is purely a me thing, but when I play a game, it's to escape the mundane, extremely dull real world, have fun, and do the impossible, not to have an alternate life. This is why GTA V is my least favorite main game in the whole franchise, it goes way, way, WAY too far with the realism and thus bores me to tears. Although I'm the guy that finds bad games that are broken/unfinished worse than boring ones, GTA V might be an exception. In retrospect, though, part of my spirit finds GTA Online worse. I hate GTA Online because of small-peepee Oppressor Mk. II griefers running amok and killing me, then turning tail and running when I try getting vengeance, awful payouts, the economy, and some of the slowest grinding in the whole of gaming period. Okay, not THE slowest, but it's up there.
Entry 2: Super Mario
Before I go on, let me clarify: Post-Galaxy 2 Mario. Why don't I like it? It's the same. Exact. Damn. Game. Every. Year. With maybe a whooping 1 or 2 new mechanics and/or power-ups. I'm sick of Mario now. Despite being the same exact damn game with very minor tweaks to the formula and a new gimmick every year, each game gets a 90% or above. It's either that, a remake that somehow ends up being worse than the original, or both. Pre-Galaxy 2 Mario is good, though.
Entry 3: Any EA Sports Title
Why do I dislike them? It's the same reason as why I don't like Mario games past Galaxy 2, they're the same damn thing with extremely minor revisions or additions to the standard formula, sold at full price, and yet gets a high score from reviewers most of the time. However, it's worse for EA Sports titles because they have my most hated enemy in the whole of gaming, far more wretched and nasty than Slicers from Sonic 2, Bubsy, and the Geo Hypostasis combined: Microtransactions. Electronic Arts, or Electronic Ass, if you want to call them that, always manages to surprise me in the worst ways. I hope the rotten company crashes, burns, and goes bankrupt in the future.
Entry 4: Most Mobile Games
It's incredibly easy to see why. Mobile games are designed to suck every penny of your money and leave you hungry at night, and Asphalt 8 is one of the best examples of this. Vivendi's takeover of Gameloft began the death of Asphalt 8 as it basically threw away the P2W and made it P2P. Not in a literal way, but may as well be. Pre-Vivendi, the cars were rather expensive, costing... I believe 364,000 credits to level up a Class A car, and 400,000 something to upgrade a Class S car all the way. My memory is iffy, but then again, I haven't touched this game since 2017, so of course it'd be. The game is grind-centric,and only worsened as time went on. Then, you have the token premium currency, which is required for literally everything, and then the Special Events (R&D, Enduro Double Down, Championship, World Tour). Worst of all, there is a VIP System in the game lifted straight from Asphalt Nitro, but bigger and much worse than ever. It still has the same premise of rewarding players for spending their real money on microtransactions in the game. Adding insult to injury, the February-March 2019 batch of Asphalt Moments events is inaccessible to anyone who is VIP Level 0 (e.g. did not spend real money on the game at all)! The 2015 GTA Spano is the reward car for reaching VIP Level 5, which requires up to US$4,000 (minimum US$3,892.84) in real money to be spent on the game. Needless to say, this GTA Spano is absolutely worthless in every way possible, and shouldn't be attempted to be obtained by anyone. It's a complete waste of time.
After playing countless mobile games throughout the years, Asphalt 8 has to be one of the worst I've ever played. I'd rather play something like Genshin Impact because while that game has its own problems to deal with, I can at least play through the whole game without having to spend so much as a single penny. Hell, even Honkai allows me to do the same exact thing, so why do other mobile games have to be such money-magnets? Genshin and Honkai also have waifus on their side, so that may have something to do with it, as well. I never want to play a game that is as desperate for your money as Asphalt 8 is ever again, whether it be on console or mobile. This is why I only use my phone for Dreamcast and PSP emulation.
That's only the tip of the iceberg for bad qualities about this game. If you want more bad qualities, go after the Crappy Games Wiki on it.
There is nothing that matches it for pure human drama with no game-mechanics intervening whatsoever.
