Games you liked you were embarrassed about

What games did you like that, if someone had found out you played them, you would have been embarrassed? Or something else about the game made you feel embarrassed. Not because the game was a "bad" game nobody else liked, but for some other reason. Of course you probably don't care now, but it embarrassed you at the time. Let's keep it PG-13, I guess. I'll start...

Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse (PC) - I was genuinely scared of the pre-teen content, so much so, I would only play with my college roommate. I think he figured it out, but bless him for never letting on. It was one of those point-and-click Myst-style games.

Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn) - The reason for embarrassment: Sailor Moon type content. I found this "action RPG" on super closeout clearance. It was the first anime Saturn game I had ever seen. I got home and checked the GameSpot review: "This is the way the Saturn ends, not with a bang but a whimper." Well, I thought, why not play it 5 minutes just for the anime experience. (Heard about anime, but never watched it.) Five days later, I had finished the game. Always made sure I locked my room while playing, and always swapped the disc with Street Fighter when going out. This game taught me to give games a chance, even if the reviews are bad.

 

I was really embarrassed when I first bought Space Channel 5 for the Dreamcast. Looking back I'm not sure why, but at the time I was 19 or 20 and the people I worked with would not appreciate a game like Space Channel 5 and I guess I was looking for their approval in life (lol). (I worked at CompUSA where we sold videogames)

I really enjoyed the game and I'm glad I persevered and purchased it even though I was ridiculed.

Just thinking about going in to a store and purchasing Dreamcast games has made me all misty eyed....

 

I played and finnished Yoshi's Island only 6 years ago and I was a tad embarassed about it. My dad would always have a smartass comment about it because of how it's aimed at little kids. My friends also thought it was lame, saying how I should start playing LoL or CoD. But man did I enjoy that game. It's super well made. One of my all time favourites, actually. Along with Doom and HL2

 

Conker's Bad Fur Day. When my parents (and my sister) watched me play it and heard some of the humor, they told me not to say any of that stuff at school (this was back in my elementary school days).

 

Probably the Sword Art Online games for me. People know I play it and I have talked about it a lot but there are some scenes in them that, if seen by others, might make them frown upon me. I play the games with headphones on for a reason...

 

Can't think of a particular game but I'm a bit embarrassed about my video gaming in general. Not because I play games but because of my obsession with old consoles and always cramming my closet with new retro stuff. Few people understand my obsession. I have a very understanding girlfriend though.

 

Persona Q, for sure. Then I overheard a few friends talking about it in school and felt pretty good about playing it. I already finished both stories and want more. Lol

 

There nothing wrong with that game. Finished the Japanese version twice by the time the US one was released. Thought I'd give the US version a try but after 1 hours worth of play the annoying working designs crappy sense of humour and street talk along with the awful voice acting put me off it forever.

My own personal embarrassing game would have been Dream Para Para on the Dreamcast. It's a Chinese version of the Konami arcade and PS2 game Para Para Paradise but for the Dreamcast. It was extremely well done and had its own controller.

 

This you lol?

 

I really enjoyed the US version but then I never played the Japanese version. I really need to learn Japanese so I can enjoy the vast treasure of games...

 

Mines would be generally any Japanese games i own on my PS3 & PS4 mostly, though thank goodness at least a couple of my friends are pretty big into those type of games considering the kinda of neighborhood i live at where the majority of kids and guys i met are much more in the call of duty / NBA 2K series mentality so it's super hard to convince or chat with them about Japan Only games.

 

Any of the Project Diva/Project Mirai games. Anyone who loves Japanese games and lives in an area like @DSwizzy145 will understand.

 

The only time a game has made me embarrassed was Shenmue. I was playing it on the big TV in our house at the time (like 2003), so all the family peeked in, because it was what was on TV. Now, I was just freaking amazed that A) the game looked so good, and B) EVERY character was fully voiced.

They, on the other hand, found things like "do you know where any sailors hang out?" hilarious.

 

Probably Animal Crossing or Persona 4, but I'm not really embarrassed about liking either of those games.

 

-Playing pokemon on an emulator in middle school around the time red/blue were still new. Practically no one of my age at the time admitted to liking pokemon and anyone who did was pretty much bullied.

-My dad poked fun of Jumping Flash on the PS1 saying it was a kiddie game and I was too old for it because of the box art (at the time, I was probably 11 or 12). This is the art in question, I remember him pointing to Robbit's tiny little arms as evidence that it was kiddie.


-Loved Monkey Ball on the gamecube when I was in highschool. I had a group of friends that did too, but cue people always making jokes about loving monkey's balls.

This as well. I am a fully grown adult, been out of college for years and in the workforce. None of my friends play games unless it is something casual like sports games or COD on xbox one or PS4. While I think it is neat/quirky and a sign of good taste to have a retro system hooked up to a TV, I feel like doing something like having 6 retro systems hooked up, wires and controllers everywhere, and a bookshelf stuffed full of retro video games makes me look like a bit of a maniac or an otaku in the Japanese sense of the word. As a result, I feel a little bit of shame if I have too much stuff hooked up in my living room. I tend to just have one or two systems hooked up at a time, and keep other cool stuff hidden away in drawers in another room, periodically switching stuff out. This clears up that issue. I also periodically try to trim my collection, thinking critically about what games I actually enjoy and which ones I just have sitting on the shelf with no particular attachment to. I then sell some of these games on ebay before buying new ones, rather than becoming a completionist or librarian style collector.

 

I don't ever remember being embarrassed playing any game. Nintendo was the shit in school growing up, in Middle school when Pokemon came out, like everyone was into it so I was just part of the group. Hell, Even playing Mario Galaxy when I was older was fine, because it's still Mario and fuck you if you disagree. I thought I'd have to be embarrassed about Bit Trip Runner, but nope, everyone I showed loved it too. I guess I've just been lucky and not had anyone pick on me. Then again I'm in Canada so maybe everyone is just trying to be freakin nice =P

 

I really don't think I've ever felt embarassed for liking any game, and I've liked some pretty bad ones. I usually have reasoning behind why exactly I like what I like. Then again, if I played games like Hunie Pop I probably wouldn't be too willing to broadcast my enjoyment.

 

Pokemon Emerald...... but the funny thing is I still play it today.. but with a certain randomizer... I just tell people to try different things before criticising..

Also some people thought I was weird for playing games in the Final Fantasy series because I didn't comply with their tony hawks or their guitar heros.... Though I will admit I am embarassed today for playing FInal Fantasy X-2

 

I guess it comes down to what you're accustomed to. Other than morning/afternoon cartoons, I didn't watch any TV programs growing up; I mostly played video games. (House rules.) A hedgehog collecting coins, normal. A comedy program where the studio audience is telling you what's supposed to be funny, very odd.

 

10 years ago when I was in my early teens, I used to think my enjoyment of Hitman: Blood Money was way higher than it had a right being. Game Informer gave it a 7.75. As a kid I didn't really have many outlets to attain my gaming news from, pretty much Game Informer was the gold standard. I felt for sure Game Informer was going to give it an 8.5 AT LEAST...maybe even a 9.0/10. So when I saw that 7.75 score, it made me really question my ability to judge things accurately lol. Of course today I know better.