Last time I actually waited long enough to get through (I think it was for Tax Credits rather than just normal tax issues) I was on hold for about an hour. And that was just so I could tell them how to do their job (which I'm still not even sure they did right)

Thinking about it, a typical call is both longer and more interactive than some games I've played... but I think NWN probably beats it for blandness ;)

Neverwinter Nights, bland? The third highest selling game in all of GOG?

Well... the first couple of campaigns were bland. Hordes of the Underdark was great, and so were many player-created modules.

Ah, I can see how a lack of a Y axis could break the game for some people.

I'm not sure. Call of Duty Modern Warfare and Assassin's Creed are strong contenders, but I think The Old Republic might take the top spot. It is (or at least was when I played it) such a bland WoW clone, without any personality, just the most obvious, by the numbers MMO, only in Star Wars decorations.

Than again, the real most bland and forgetable games are probably the ones I can't remember now at all :D

Most, if not all MMOs are boring as hell. However, you just reminded me of Assassin's Creed. Yes, that's probably my second choice, right after Dragon Age 2.

TIP: ALWAYS start by inputting the cheat code known as the "time to pay" helpline, then suddenly realise you've misdialled and ask for the direct number of the dept you need to reach before getting them to put you through.

Average waiting time in the time to pay line: ~5 minutes.
Aeverage waiting time when put through from the time to pay line to any other: ~0 minutes (they want you to sort your shit out and pay!).

Well Doom didn't really have a Y axis but you had people up higher than others and platforms.

I'll totally agree about NWN.

Yeah. It's great for multiplayer, but as a single player game it's notoriously one of the most boring RPGs ever.

The expansions are a bit better than the OC, but not much. Deekin single-handedly saved SotU for me. Then I got bored in HotU again, and quit.

Daggerfall. A enormous world filled with exactly the same ten buildings, ten people, ten trees etc.
I still loved the game but man it was so bland that getting lost was a gameplay mechanic.

Well, the bland, safe, by the numbers stuff usually sells very well. Just look at Jurassic World and The Force Awakens.

While a good discussion on the thread (that I may or may not find great because my lov.. erm bias for "anything Yahtzee") I think that more context for why he added the Blandiest Blandy category would be good aswell.

Like the column that he put out today explaining that. ;D

Oh, thank goodness. I was afraid I was the only person who couldn't understand why the thing was so popular.

It it wasn't for the fact that the COD games tend to do something blatantly bad (No Russian mission and more), I think they'd be the blandy bland.
Daggerfall, I tried to get into that, but it turns out that playing an open world RPG nearly as old as I am requires some interesting control choices. I got killed by a rat. :V I'll probably try again soon.