Nostremitus
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Wonderful 101 is a better game than Bayonetta 2. So much so that Bayonetta is a chore to play by comparison.
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Unless Valve find a way to turn Half-Life 3 into either the deepest immersive sim ever made or an incredible, fully playable VR shooter it's going to be a massive disappointment, and their time is better spent on Dota 2, CS: GO and TF2. I'd be more excited for L4D and DOD introduced as games-as-service than I would be for Half-Life 3 as a linear FPS.
Bloodborne is better than Dark Souls in that it's absolutely flawless.
MGSV makes other MGS titles obsolete. A masterpiece of emergent gameplay.
Heroes of the Storm is hot garbage, mind numbing and the worst game Blizzard has released.
Valve's libertopian method(s) of data-driven, community-driven decision making is wrongheaded. No, your customers aren't smarter than you. Your customers want to fill Steam with Cow Clickers, poorly made survival sims and Minecraft clones. If it was up to your customers TF2 would look like a Garry's Mod fever dream and you'd be selling StatTrak meme key binds in CS: GO. You need to take the reins back. Please.
Bloodborne is better than Dark Souls in that it's absolutely flawless.
MGSV makes other MGS titles obsolete. A masterpiece of emergent gameplay.
Heroes of the Storm is hot garbage, mind numbing and the worst game Blizzard has released.
Valve's libertopian method(s) of data-driven, community-driven decision making is wrongheaded. No, your customers aren't smarter than you. Your customers want to fill Steam with Cow Clickers, poorly made survival sims and Minecraft clones. If it was up to your customers TF2 would look like a Garry's Mod fever dream and you'd be selling StatTrak meme key binds in CS: GO. You need to take the reins back. Please.
Jack Videogames
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This thread
What's controversial about that spoiler it's the truth.
Amentallica
Unconfirmed Member
Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas are both awful to play. I've tried both titles several times for several hours and I really can't stand how they play. Hopefully Fallout 4 is improved in this regard.
Grand Theft Auto V was not very fun and its open world got dull very fast.
Open world games are generally boring and seldom do they appeal to me; however, I think the more open RPGs are, the better, with the exception of a few.
Far Cry 4 sucks.
Grand Theft Auto V was not very fun and its open world got dull very fast.
Open world games are generally boring and seldom do they appeal to me; however, I think the more open RPGs are, the better, with the exception of a few.
Far Cry 4 sucks.
TheKastorian
Member
My broskie
Divinity Origin Sin isn't a good game, it's an okay game.
I feel like it was only popular because.
- It was babby's first computer RPG
- People liked the concept of having a computer RPG, and since it wasn't a broken mess people made it seem like it was amazing
Not sure what this is even supposed to mean?
Witcher 2 is a better Witcher game than Witcher 3. It's more faithful to the source material regarding combat & potions, more challenging, and more focused (which I like).
Witcher 3 is still a damn good game, but Witcher 2 edges it out. Witcher 1 is shite because of the combat alone.
Witcher 3 is still a damn good game, but Witcher 2 edges it out. Witcher 1 is shite because of the combat alone.
Someone's first CRPG
It really bugs me that four years after Skyrim i get to play Skyrim: With guns. Yet it still feels like nearly all other AAA titles are just shit compared to it, despite it's obvious flaws. I was contemplating if the issue is me or the games, but given that titles like Dark Souls still manage to grab me, im going towards the path where mainstream AAA tropes are just soulless crap. Despite that fact that the mainstream popularity of consoles exploded during last gen, it's far more shitty in everything but graphics. Just looking at this generations games being basically copy of last gen yet with 10xprocessing power makes me annoyed to no end.
bobawesome
Member
I've put 40+ hours into Fallout 4 over the past week and I'm quickly reaching my breaking point with this game. It's EASILY the worst of the modern Fallout games. In the "short" amount of time I've spent with the game I've had the most glitches I've ever seen in a Bethesda game (elevators loading into incomplete areas or not working at all, NPCs skipping their dialogue, sound cutting out, images on the PipBoy not appearing, characters walking away as you're talking to them, allies randomly attacking you).
If the underlying game behind all of this was great I could look past it, but the thing is, it really isn't. It feels like only an okay game. The story was good up until a point and then it fizzles out as
As for the graphics... There's no excuse for a game coming out in 2015 to look as absolutely awful as Fallout 4 does in spots. I've found that they're pretty inconsistent throughout the game. Some areas look like they were just sorta slapped together. On the PS4, there is horrible banding when you're traveling in the Vertibird,when there's a radiation storm, and when you're underwater.
Performance...oh god, how did the game release in this state (on the PS4, anyway)? I rarely, if ever, have a steady 30 frames in a firefight. When you classify a game as being 30 frames per second, this should be the target throughout the entire game. Getting into a firefight with a handful of raiders in a closed space is enough to make the game sometimes chug along.
At this point I don't really have faith in Bethesda to fix these issues in a future patch. Fallout 4 was easily one of my most anticipated games in several years but at the end of the day it's just another okay game. I honestly wish I had saved my $60.
edit: Ha...this was meant to be a post about how awesome Metal Gear Solid V is...
If the underlying game behind all of this was great I could look past it, but the thing is, it really isn't. It feels like only an okay game. The story was good up until a point and then it fizzles out as
Bethesda shoehorns you into choosing a group to ally with. Fallout: New Vegas this is not. None of my decisions really felt natural as up until the last mission for a group, you can play the field. This means killing Railroad members for the Institute even if you're on their side, or mowing down a group of Brotherhood soldiers if you're playing the part as a member of the Railroad. It comes across as shallow without any sort of morality system in place. Also, in typical Bethesda fashion, the story just sort of ends with a whimper. I read a "spoiler" for the ending four or five days before the game was officially released and I was FURIOUS. This was because story spoilers really were floating around at the time and it seemed likely this was the real deal. Not to mention...the spoiler itself was actually pretty cool. After the anger was gone, my mind raced with the possible implications and I waited the entire game for this big reveal only to find out afterwards that the guy was just screwing around. I guess my point is that Bethesda had some good subject matter to work with and their writers just ended up playing it safe and not doing anything terribly exciting.
As for the graphics... There's no excuse for a game coming out in 2015 to look as absolutely awful as Fallout 4 does in spots. I've found that they're pretty inconsistent throughout the game. Some areas look like they were just sorta slapped together. On the PS4, there is horrible banding when you're traveling in the Vertibird,when there's a radiation storm, and when you're underwater.
Performance...oh god, how did the game release in this state (on the PS4, anyway)? I rarely, if ever, have a steady 30 frames in a firefight. When you classify a game as being 30 frames per second, this should be the target throughout the entire game. Getting into a firefight with a handful of raiders in a closed space is enough to make the game sometimes chug along.
At this point I don't really have faith in Bethesda to fix these issues in a future patch. Fallout 4 was easily one of my most anticipated games in several years but at the end of the day it's just another okay game. I honestly wish I had saved my $60.
edit: Ha...this was meant to be a post about how awesome Metal Gear Solid V is...
The Victorian
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I absolutely hated The Witcher series, for three reasons:
I Hate Geralt: He feels like this awful relic from some mid-nineties comic book - the brooding, cynical loner who speaks in a gravelly monotone and whose sole facial expression is a po-faced grimace. This simply isn't an archetype I'm interested in playing as for three whole games.
I Hate the World Geralt Inhabits: It seems like every NPC in the world of The Witcher is some combination of irritating, annoying, boring, loathsome, or completely monstrous. The main draw of the series, according to people I've spoken with, is that the choices in the game are more morally complex than "good" or "evil." What they didn't tell me was that this usually came down to was "Which group if unlikeable knobheads do you want to support at the expense of the other?" And that's not the sort of choice I can really invest myself in.
I Hate the Tone of the Games: I'm of the opinion that games ought to be fun. Not in the sense that story must be all sunshine and rainbows, but in the sense that a game offers entertaining gameplay, a world that is compelling, or simply that it makes you feel good in general. But I found the gameplay in The Witcher games is mediocre at best (QTEs? In an RPG? You must be bloody joking!), and the world wasn't compelling at all because the whole attitude and tone of it was one of unrelenting cynicism, negativity, and pent-up misanthropy. And the game insists on beating you over the head with its hyper-macho, super-grimdark posturing, with poor Geralt unable to swing a sword without hitting some NPC cursing a blue streak that would shame a sailor or going on about how he raped this or that woman.
If I could sum up my attitude towards this series, it would be the Eight Deadly Words: I don't care what happens to these people.
I Hate Geralt: He feels like this awful relic from some mid-nineties comic book - the brooding, cynical loner who speaks in a gravelly monotone and whose sole facial expression is a po-faced grimace. This simply isn't an archetype I'm interested in playing as for three whole games.
I Hate the World Geralt Inhabits: It seems like every NPC in the world of The Witcher is some combination of irritating, annoying, boring, loathsome, or completely monstrous. The main draw of the series, according to people I've spoken with, is that the choices in the game are more morally complex than "good" or "evil." What they didn't tell me was that this usually came down to was "Which group if unlikeable knobheads do you want to support at the expense of the other?" And that's not the sort of choice I can really invest myself in.
I Hate the Tone of the Games: I'm of the opinion that games ought to be fun. Not in the sense that story must be all sunshine and rainbows, but in the sense that a game offers entertaining gameplay, a world that is compelling, or simply that it makes you feel good in general. But I found the gameplay in The Witcher games is mediocre at best (QTEs? In an RPG? You must be bloody joking!), and the world wasn't compelling at all because the whole attitude and tone of it was one of unrelenting cynicism, negativity, and pent-up misanthropy. And the game insists on beating you over the head with its hyper-macho, super-grimdark posturing, with poor Geralt unable to swing a sword without hitting some NPC cursing a blue streak that would shame a sailor or going on about how he raped this or that woman.
If I could sum up my attitude towards this series, it would be the Eight Deadly Words: I don't care what happens to these people.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Hahahahahahaha! This isn't controversial, this is plain stupidity.
Chromium.Wings
Member
Nothing about the Xbox One impresses me at all. As a matter of fact, the only reason I've got the console is because I have so many friends on it. Don't get me wrong, I think I'll have fun with the console, but the fact that I can only find one or two exclusive games that interest me at all doesn't bode well. I dislike the controller, I dislike the UI, and I don't have a lot of games that interest me.
I know that a ton of people love the controller, love the UI, and love the games, but that's just not me.
Also, some parts of Dark Souls/Demons Souls has some serious bullshit factors to them. I don't give a shit about the whole "Git gud" mentality people have when someone criticizes the gameplay, because that just serves to excuse shitty parts of gameplay.
I know that a ton of people love the controller, love the UI, and love the games, but that's just not me.
Also, some parts of Dark Souls/Demons Souls has some serious bullshit factors to them. I don't give a shit about the whole "Git gud" mentality people have when someone criticizes the gameplay, because that just serves to excuse shitty parts of gameplay.
2blackcats
Member
Ooh, controversial.
Don't they have the same soundtrack though?
OT :The vita is the best console ever released.
hmm... nope
wtf does this even mean?
Mostly agree on both accounts.
Also: LOZ II was better overall than the LOZ
This is not even controversial.
You're not alone. I find Uncharted currently the most overrated franchise out.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Bethesda keeps getting better.
LowlySmokeGuy
Banned
Minesweeper is the GOAT.
Glad to hear your incredibly detailed rebuttal against an opinion
The fact is the hit boxes in bloodborne are the worst I've seen in the series, the available builds to you are downright limited compared to past games etc, the only thing I feel it did better was the soundtrack and arguably the aesthetic.
Glad to hear your incredibly detailed rebuttal against an opinion
The fact is the hit boxes in bloodborne are the worst I've seen in the series, the available builds to you are downright limited compared to past games etc, the only thing I feel it did better was the soundtrack and arguably the aesthetic.
I agree that the builds are limited and the soundtrack and aesthetic are better making it clearly not the weakest link. The mechanics were changed, not for the worse, just different. I enjoyed the faster pace of combat, really forced me to modify my conservative play style. As much as I enjoy the game, DS II is less strong when it comes to a cohesive narrative, has several bosses that are quite easy. It is also not much different from DSI, possibly easier. It is quite strong in terms of build variety, and is an overall great game.
Like I said arguably aesthetic as I know people that hate that particular style, and as you mentioned gameplay being different is the reason I don't like it, I wasn't a fan of any of the changes.
Doesn't make it a bad game, hell all the games in the series are 9-10/10 games for me
It's very much a preference thing which resulted me placing it as the weakest.
But I'm glad you enjoy the game!
It's a good enough game imo, but nothing grabbed me as particularly special, the writing and story were... meh? At best? Character development was decent, some good interactions and I really disliked the pacing too. Shooting was good and online multiplayer was really addicting.
Also I feel Final Fantasy 7 is pretty darn overrated. That being said, I can see why the announcement of it being remade was so well received.
Correctomundo
Member
I don't know which GAF you visit, but the one I'm on hates it. Not that I agree with them - I thought it was fantastic, and I've been a Tomb Raider fan since the beginning. But still, all I ever see are people harping on about non-issues.
You should give me a link to this cool parallel universe GAF where they love it. I hate feeling like I'm the only one who enjoyed the hell out of it.
VLR's story becomes an utter mess once the True Ending kicks in. Suspension of disbelief for the twists is thrown away, the pacing goes to hell, and the mental gymnastics lead to nothing of quality. The game peaks with Luna's ending, which is incredible, and until recently it seemed as if important portions of plot were withheld for a third game which wasn't going to happen.
999's True Ending elevated that game, VLR's True Ending is a pretentious snore.
999's True Ending elevated that game, VLR's True Ending is a pretentious snore.
2blackcats
Member
This.
I was just reading through multiple threads on the new TR and any time the older one is mentioned it's with distain.
I loved it too.
Placed in the top ten for GAF's 2013 GOTY, so nah. TR2013 is great. And no, I don't feel a need to compare it to older Tomb Raiders or Uncharted or whatever. I played it with an open mind and found it to be a ton of fun. Best bow in any game.
I respectfully disagree, although I will say upfront I suppose it's nice that a lot of handheld shovel ware has migrated to mobile as their audience moved there as well. The kind of titles available on the Vita and much more so on the 3DS just don't have a place on mobile phones or tablets. Looking at my 3DS card case right now I see many games that would not be possible on mobile either due to price versus content/fidelity/scope or due to the lack of satisfactory way to control them including RE: Revelations, DOA Dimensions, RE: Mercenaries, SSF4, Mario 3D Land, Smash Brothers, Monster Hunter Ultimate 4, OOC 3D, and Majora 3D. The fact is there are still many who want more traditional console and PC games on the go and mobile does not offer these kinds of titles. The day no one wants those any more then they can be a relic.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
I know I'm walking on eggshells with this but here goes.
I don't like Anita Sarkeesian.(that much) This is not because i'm some gamergater or whatever, and don't get me wrong I'm glad that someone is saying something about how women are portrayed in games. But I just wish it was someone else because she's comes off as disingenuous to me. I don't know how much, but yeah.
I don't think she deserves all the harassment though.
I don't like Anita Sarkeesian.(that much) This is not because i'm some gamergater or whatever, and don't get me wrong I'm glad that someone is saying something about how women are portrayed in games. But I just wish it was someone else because she's comes off as disingenuous to me. I don't know how much, but yeah.
I don't think she deserves all the harassment though.
Lumpy Onion
Member
The need to rank Final Fantasy games in just about every FF thread is dumb.
Call Me A Hero
Member
I really liked Infinite Undiscovery and it is one of my favourite jrpgs last generation.
I sort of agree. I don't think gameplay was a step back, in fact, it probably felt much more responsive and solid than Souls games, but I just didn't agree with a lot of the design choices they went with. Thankfully DkS3 is coming out soon.
I see a lot of praise for the game's combat here. I just didn't think it was that special.
gigantor21
Member
While I wouldn't go THAT far, it was the last one I really got into. The series started to lose me bit by bit from 5 onwards due to how stagnant it felt.
Dr. Buni
Member
I do agree that you need an extreme level of suspension of disbelief to accept the true ending, but I don't think the story is necessarily an utter mess. They would never make an ending as good as 999's anyways, so what we got in VLR wasn't that bad. Also, the hook for Zero Escape 3... Is not interesting at all. Luna's ending was truly the best and the peak of the game. Luna is also the best character (I am a huge fan of
Akane
Do you think Cloud have any business in Smash 4?
It has aged horribly. Janky, weirdly paced, at times dull.
However, at the time of release, Half-Life was super-innovative and a pinnacle of design. It was a front-runner in terms of games with seamless end-to-end 3D adventures (up there with Zelda: OoT and Metal Gear Solid). However, unlike those games (and every other at the time), the levels/spaces weren't designed around loading screens between places, but partway through them. It was designed like this big seamless facility you could look at as a whole - open world except for the pauses to load every so often. Very realistic and immersive. Plus it had very unique AI interaction - getting scientists/guards to follow you and using them in puzzles.
Still, so dated by today's standards.
Half-life 2 is still good, though, holds up much better today than HL1. Did you play that?
Unfriendly TimeTraveler
Member
obsidian should of never been allowed to touch knights of the old republic 2. I never understood why people say their squeals to amazing games are better for just a little bit better writing. they always seem to take steps back. New Vegas is a constant reminder of that and had a bunch of dumb things that made me quit that game constantly once I start getting into the main story.
As someone who hasn't played either KOTOR2 or F:NV properly - this is a surprising and interesting opinion.
Utter mess is an exaggeration on my part, but it does reflect my frustration as I was going through the True Ending. And by plot points withheld I was more speaking of
Phi
Demoskinos
Member
I'm not even sure this is that controversial these days but I think Bethesda's games have gotten more and more shit over the years. Streamlining and taking options and systems out of games in favor of making it more mainstream.
Which as a business move I get but man....I could not quit being bummed out when Skyrim was just but a shadow of morrowind.
Which as a business move I get but man....I could not quit being bummed out when Skyrim was just but a shadow of morrowind.