Raise the flame shield: Your "controversial" gaming opinion.
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ReBurn
Gold Member
It went "free" a day early on Games with Gold and I just started downloading it, so let's see if you're right.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I would hope this isn't a controversial opinion. Anything like this (said seriously and not in jest) e.g., "Naughty Gods" makes me die inside.
Absolutely
I mean, the first and last two are kind of weird opinions but they're not totally absurd. The comment about TNO is stupid though because there's no way to quantify that claim. I mean if you don't like it, fine, I guess that can be a controversial opinion here on GAF. But to claim people are being contrarian is just moronic.
The robot/cyborg anime girl who just looks like a human with random geometric metal bits slapped on is one of of the worst character designs ever and is painfully overused in science-fiction. If you're going to make someone a robot or cyborg, put some more effort into it. Something like this just looks fucking awful.
I think The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds was a wholly unnecessary game that should have either been much more different game than what we got or just a straight remaster of a Link to the Past. It relies way too heavily on the nostalgia of a Link to the Past and outside of the wall power everything else that is new is just bad.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Batman Arkham Origins has a beautiful disaster of a multiplayer, that of fleshed out and shined, I'd drop $40.
Cameron122
Member
I don't think Nintendo is necessarily better than the other big ones. Backwards, in some cases.
This is aimed at Mario Kart 8 but it applies to other games as well.
I personally don't like Mario Kart 8 even though it's regaled by many as GOTY.
The reason i can't stand it is because playing it as a single player experience, the game teeters between frustrating and/or boring.
The AI is extremely aggressive, in and of itself that's fine but combine that with being in first place and how you constantly get shit items that offer you little to no defensive or offensive capabilities (green shell, coin, banana) makes the game frustrating and boring to be in first which is where you want to be in a racing game. Being in first doesn't feel like a reward as much as it does making you feel like you're a sitting duck. But i digress as that's not the main reason for making this post...
The bigger issue is that when i address this to friends/ppl both online and IRL, i'm constantly faced with the "it's better/meant to be played with friends/other ppl" If the only way i can enjoy a game that has a singleplayer/offline component is by relying on it's multiplayer aspect then there's something wrong with your game.
Ppl do this virtually every year with COD. The SP will typically suck but ppl write it off by saying that Multi is the main attraction. Whether it is or isn't doesn't change the fact that there is a SP component. Telling people that "they're doing it wrong" by wanting a worthwhile SP for a game that includes it but rest it's laurels on it's Multi is just being dismissive just for the sake of being dismissive.
It's similiar to the DS4 thumbsticks wearing out and ppl saying you can buy rubber nubs for 5 bucks to fix the issue but people are of the mind that they shouldn't have to find their own solutions to make the product enjoyable in the state it's in.
I personally don't like Mario Kart 8 even though it's regaled by many as GOTY.
The reason i can't stand it is because playing it as a single player experience, the game teeters between frustrating and/or boring.
The AI is extremely aggressive, in and of itself that's fine but combine that with being in first place and how you constantly get shit items that offer you little to no defensive or offensive capabilities (green shell, coin, banana) makes the game frustrating and boring to be in first which is where you want to be in a racing game. Being in first doesn't feel like a reward as much as it does making you feel like you're a sitting duck. But i digress as that's not the main reason for making this post...
The bigger issue is that when i address this to friends/ppl both online and IRL, i'm constantly faced with the "it's better/meant to be played with friends/other ppl" If the only way i can enjoy a game that has a singleplayer/offline component is by relying on it's multiplayer aspect then there's something wrong with your game.
Ppl do this virtually every year with COD. The SP will typically suck but ppl write it off by saying that Multi is the main attraction. Whether it is or isn't doesn't change the fact that there is a SP component. Telling people that "they're doing it wrong" by wanting a worthwhile SP for a game that includes it but rest it's laurels on it's Multi is just being dismissive just for the sake of being dismissive.
It's similiar to the DS4 thumbsticks wearing out and ppl saying you can buy rubber nubs for 5 bucks to fix the issue but people are of the mind that they shouldn't have to find their own solutions to make the product enjoyable in the state it's in.
GeordieMark
Member
Every single game in the Infamous series is complete shit.
Those games are the definition of a polished turd.
Also, the DS4 is the biggest piece of shit controller ever devised. The build quality is pathetic and the battery life is a joke. Compared to older PlayStation controllers, its an improvement of sorts, but they were shit too so it isn't saying much.
Those games are the definition of a polished turd.
Also, the DS4 is the biggest piece of shit controller ever devised. The build quality is pathetic and the battery life is a joke. Compared to older PlayStation controllers, its an improvement of sorts, but they were shit too so it isn't saying much.
Gosh I've got a billion...but top of my head.
ico is boring as hell, shadow of the colussus also sucks shit. I expect people to fall over themselves about the last guardian. I already hate the dumb bird thing and expect it to be shit.
xbox one where do i start, your os is slow, you controller sucks. i bought the thing for killer instinct and thats about the only thing worth playing on it. i also have to yell at the kinect half or more of the time.
twitch is largely stupid. hey if i wanted stupid commentary about games id shop at gamestop, guess where i don't shop.
ico is boring as hell, shadow of the colussus also sucks shit. I expect people to fall over themselves about the last guardian. I already hate the dumb bird thing and expect it to be shit.
xbox one where do i start, your os is slow, you controller sucks. i bought the thing for killer instinct and thats about the only thing worth playing on it. i also have to yell at the kinect half or more of the time.
twitch is largely stupid. hey if i wanted stupid commentary about games id shop at gamestop, guess where i don't shop.
Gnome Scat
Member
Halo 4 was decent.
ShinRPGamer
Member
The robot/cyborg anime girl who just looks like a human with random geometric metal bits slapped on is one of of the worst character designs ever and is painfully overused in science-fiction. If you're going to make someone a robot or cyborg, put some more effort into it. Something like this just looks fucking awful.
To be fair, that game has some horrible armour designs, it's not just exclusive to this one.
Also it's not even her default armour. Mecha Fiora's default appearance looks so much better.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Super Metroid is mediocre at best.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
You probably just spoiled this for a whole bunch of people who are gonna be picking this up when it's re-released soon, haha.
PelekotansDream
Banned
Mass Effect 3 Directors Cut ending was left me feeling satisfied.
FFXII had a great storyline.
FFXII had a great storyline.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I couldn't disagree more. My DS4 has been perfectly fine since launch despite being used religiously. The touch pad is an awesome inclusion that I wish was in other controllers, and the headphone jack is a nice touch.
I feel that Nintendo have become the classic rock radio station of games in that they trade in nostalgia instead of innovating or at the very least keeping current with the industry they are in. Obviously Nintendo's contribution to the early days of console gaming is huge and I'm not trying to detract from that but the company in it's modern form feels stagnant and worn out.
This is frustrating to me because Nintendo have a huge amount of money and a vast stable of I.Ps they are in a position where they could do some really exciting things but instead they seem almost fanatically opposed to doing anything interesting.
This is frustrating to me because Nintendo have a huge amount of money and a vast stable of I.Ps they are in a position where they could do some really exciting things but instead they seem almost fanatically opposed to doing anything interesting.
Unaha-Closp
Member
I don't care about Nintendo games. I don't play them, I have never played them, I am never going to play them. Zelda, Metroid, Mario - I do not care. I continue to not care.
(backstory - my first gaming was done on a ZX Spectrum, then a Commodore 16, then a 386 processor PC and then a huge nothingness until I got a Playstation second hand one day. No Nintendo consoles of any kind were around me growing up. They were not a thing. I have zero nostalgia for them. After growing up and learning people lose their minds in nostalgia for these games I bought a Wii - tried the Zelda's and the Metroids and the Mario's. I felt nothing.)
(backstory - my first gaming was done on a ZX Spectrum, then a Commodore 16, then a 386 processor PC and then a huge nothingness until I got a Playstation second hand one day. No Nintendo consoles of any kind were around me growing up. They were not a thing. I have zero nostalgia for them. After growing up and learning people lose their minds in nostalgia for these games I bought a Wii - tried the Zelda's and the Metroids and the Mario's. I felt nothing.)
Agreed with this, but I would also go so far as to say that there is no tightly designed open world game. Unless you count games like Zelda which aren't really that open world.
Nintendo routinely innovate, but they do it through gameplay. Despite what most would say, people don't actually care about gameplay. They care about broad ideas.
That's why No Man's Sky is so anticipated in spite of the gameplay looking trash.
BulletBees
Member
I like Halo 4, Assassin's Creed series sucks, and I can't get into any of the Skate games.
Shuggananas
Banned
Dual shock has always been a horrible design
Those two sticks down there is horrible placement, especially the left one, it's just unusable. You lose comfort and precision for what ? Symmetry ? Woah.
Not to mention the handles. Horrible triangular things that don't fit in your hands.
Fuck dual shocks for fucking my thumbs up
I'm with this one on PC at least. Access to the game (maybe with the community fixing it if its particularly bad) is better then no access at all.
On that note for this thread, Dark Souls PC is not a bad port as its equal or better to the console versions in all areas. Its not a buggy piece of crap like some recent Ubisoft PC games, its works fine and is very playable without DSfix. It just committed the sin of having a fixed resolution and fixed 30fps which also doesn't dip as much as the console versions by a long shot.
I agree at this point. Cross-gen ports are essentially the result of no backwards compatibility on the PS4 and XBox 1, and it's dragging this generation down. Sure, the PS4 looks better than the PS3, but why pay an extra $400 to play a game that I can already play on a system that I already have?
My symmetrical hands like a symmetrical controller.
Right?
Funyarinpa
Member
Open-world games are boring and repetitive.
I agree for the most part. There's been a couple of games I've had a decent bit of fun with on it.
This is true 90% of the time.
tearsintherain
Member
Nintendo games are boring.
I agree with you. Frankly the only game that seems to make me get a next-gen console is No Man's Sky, because the rest is just the same games we were playing with better graphics, and graphics will never make me buy a console.
joshmitchell
Neo Member
A lot of games being made now seem like "cookie cutters" from concepts of other more successful games.
NingenJanai
Member
Binding of Isaac is just a bad flash game.
joshmitchell
Neo Member
Every new mario game seems to increase the pitch of Mario's voice. Compare Mario 64 to Mario 3D world.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Pretty much every opinion i have. The largest one would definitely be about Valve. The latest would be that Final Fantasy XIII is really good (im not finished with it yet so it could completely fall apart in the last few chapters but so far its great).
The Open World circle jerk is getting ridiculous. "Linear" and "Cinematic" are becoming dirty words and it bothers me a lot.
I can't believe publishers have the gall to take turds like repetitive fetch quests and doll them up as "content." Only thing worse are the people who lap this shit up and ask for more.
I can't believe publishers have the gall to take turds like repetitive fetch quests and doll them up as "content." Only thing worse are the people who lap this shit up and ask for more.