The Big Question: What Game Have You Tried And Failed To Get Into?

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This week's big question is about the games you've really, really tried to get into, but you just can't for whatever reason. You know the deal. Everyone you know is playing a game, singing its praises, and sharing tales about how great it is. Then you play it and it leaves you could. You don't understand what all the fuss is about. It happens to us all.

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I've lost count of how many times I've tried to get into the Total War series. I've watched hours of videos on YouTube about how to master both the real-time battles and the grand strategy layer, but I always get overwhelmed by the sheer complexity and depth of everything when I play them. I've tried every single Total War, but none of them click, even if I'm really into the setting. The presentation, atmosphere, and everything else are superb, but when it comes to actually moving soldiers around on the battlefield, I end up just playing it like Command & Conquer—drag-selecting my entire army and ordering them to attack the enemy, hoping they emerge victorious.

Of all the games we write about at TheGamer, the two topics our readers love reading about the most are Skyrim and Pokemon. I’ve played every mainline Pokemon game, most of them multiple times, and several of the spin-offs - but I cannot play Skyrim. The game feels like a magnet, constantly pulling people back year after year, with everyone diving into new 80 hour playthroughs just because the game added fishing. I think Skyrim and I must share the same charge, because whatever the magical thing is that pulls everyone else in, it seems to push me away. Four times I have played Skyrim, four times I have been finally awake, and four times I’ve