Raise the flame shield: Your "controversial" gaming opinion.

I don't think anyone is calling it controversial to hate on that d-pad, thing was garbage.

For mine I think the PS4K if legit and if it is as rumored is a great idea. It's a way to provide more powerful hardware while allowing longer gens to exist without the market becoming stagnant like it did during the back-end of the PS3/360 years.
Also anyone who wants shorter gens back is insane games take much longer to develop compared to the pre-HD era, we need long gens just for studios to make one or two games now for the current hardware and its .5 counterpart.
d-pad hate fed into disliking the pad in general more than i would admit. Thank god fighters were more on other systems especially now. Xbone d-pad still feels weird.

PS4K.
Don't know how to feel about this since i don't upgrade.
 
Metroidvania games sucks.I hate those locked doors, ''come back here when you're ...'' stuff in video games.I think it's an excuse for developers to rehash the environments.
 
Maybe not the same as the series originated pre-Netflix, but I'm sure I've seen boxsets for all 4 seasons of Arrested Development on store shelves.
I think that'd be definitely different because the series aired partly not on Netflix (Seasons 1-3), and Season 4 also hit before the new, big wave of Netflix exclusive programming.

Like I said, something like Daredevil isn't watchable outside of Netflix, and I'd imagine that's the new standard for now.

And that's perfectly fine.
 
I'm excited for it but man dark souls 3 looks ugly as hell graphically and why does it look like they didn't even bother to update a lot of the animations?
 
I've never played a single indie game ever, nor plan to. I cant stand them. Even if they are praised and well received, unless a game is AAA and made by a big game company with a decent budget I won't touch it at all.
 
I've never played a single indie game ever, nor plan to. I cant stand them. Even if they are praised and well received, unless a game is AAA and made by a big game company with a decent budget I won't touch it at all.

Do you check every game if it's indie before you play it?
Kinda hard to know otherwise and what's indie-ter is getting blurry all the time from just looking
 
I've never played a single indie game ever, nor plan to. I cant stand them. Even if they are praised and well received, unless a game is AAA and made by a big game company with a decent budget I won't touch it at all.

How do you know you can't stand them if you've never played one? That doesn't seem like a "controversial opinion" to me... it's just irrational.
 
I've never played a single indie game ever, nor plan to. I cant stand them. Even if they are praised and well received, unless a game is AAA and made by a big game company with a decent budget I won't touch it at all.

This is just ignorant, honestly. I'm 100% sure you've played an indie game and probably weren't even aware of it.
 
The vast majority of PC gamers don't care about high-end graphics.

Which is why it's silly when people say PC gamers are elitist.

90% of PC gamers are either playing CS, LoL, Dota, Minecraft, some MMO, or Survival game #154738. None of these have very impressive graphics.
 
I've played all 3 Uncharted games and they were some of the most boring experiences I've had playing games. I can barely remember any of the characters names or why I should like them.
 
GTA5 has some of the worst missions in the series. Why am I towing trucks without getting paid? Why should I care about Yoga?

Why did we do that heist just to give the money back?
 
I've never played a single indie game ever, nor plan to. I cant stand them. Even if they are praised and well received, unless a game is AAA and made by a big game company with a decent budget I won't touch it at all.

What defines "indie" to you exactly? Do you consider anything "non AAA" to be indie or do you just look at anything with a smaller budget to not be worth your time? I honestly can't see you liking games very much at all if all you look at is the amount of money spent on it and think that directly correlates to it's quality. It's really kind of sad that anyone could think that AAA gaming is the only place to find a quality experience.
 
The motion controls are a vital part of Zelda: Skyward Sword and the game could never work without them.


I know that the most widespread current of thought was that the game would have been much better without motion control and a new version with standard controls should be made, but the way I see things now after nearly 20 hours of gameplay, is that what would come out would hardly be the same game.

Still, the game is flawed as fuck everywhere. Poorest Mainline Zelda with the most regrettable design choices ever made. Content recycling and backtracking, limited inventory, no overworld.... and Fi. Fick you, Fi.
 
Golden Sun is one of the most important games in the history of handheld gaming. It's also one of the least impressive outside of a technical perspective and feels like the demo to Lost Age, which was only slightly better because it felt like a complete game. Come to think of it, the entire Golden Sun series doesn't hold a candle to the JRPGs that came before and after it on the Game Boy/Advance/DS, etc. but I do have a level respect for what it did for JRPGs on handhelds.
 
Every Zelda game I have played bores me.

I think the world is boring, the combat in the 3D games is just wait till you can hit, while the 2D games is just move around then mash the attack button when you have an opening.

Moving around the world is not interesting. The worlds asides from Windwaker are just really boring generic fantasy things. I don't give a fuck about my motivations in these games.

Not to mention some of the boring shit you have to do to simply progress. Like, finding tears of light by running around a map doing this monotonous combat, to kill bugs, all so I have to memorize some stupid wolf song, then execute the wolf song so some snake aligator shows me some dumb vision of me with no pupils.

And I feel like some kinda Grinch when everyone splooges all over that screen shot of the field in Zelda WiiU, and I feel fucking nothing.
 
Games I want on PS4: Bloodborne
Games I want on Xbone: KI, Rare collection

This means I have to wait until I can justify either purchase. This is why I am glad they are starting to release iterative consoles; when I am ready I can jump in with the newest most powerful toy.
 
Games I want on PS4: Bloodborne
Games I want on Xbone: KI, Rare collection

This means I have to wait until I can justify either purchase. This is why I am glad they are starting to release iterative consoles; when I am ready I can jump in with the newest most powerful toy.


You could get hit by a bus tomorrow...
 
Games I want on PS4: Bloodborne
Games I want on Xbone: KI, Rare collection

This means I have to wait until I can justify either purchase. This is why I am glad they are starting to release iterative consoles; when I am ready I can jump in with the newest most powerful toy.

Exactly!
If the PS4k is indeed real and coming, I might get the FFVII special edition (they just have to make one!) because there should just be enough good games not available on xbone by then.
 
It would take too long to list all the games I've played and how none of them fell under the indie game banner. The abridged version would be think of big name companies like Nintendo, Square Enix, Konami, Capcom, EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, and then from there break down the games into already established legacy franchises.

Ex. Konami = MGS and Castlevania franchise.

Basically from there any company listed might fall under. Of course there are tons I left out, but the general idea is games on PC and consoles made under a certain price range, not an established franchise or big name title, not a legacy title pretty 90s (ex. Mega man, Mario, Final Fantasy.. etc.) Don't make the cut. And I know I read a few saying surely I've tried some and don't realize it, it's possible but looking at the wall of games and the older generation consoles it is very improbable. As for irrational, I guess I'd post this in that thread if it was there but settled on controversial instead lol.

Edit: Also, one more thing regarding the quality comment of AAA games. That's not to say that AAA games are all good either, that's not the case at all. I've played plenty of average to awful AAA games that fall under my criteria and remail unchanged. Unsurprisingly, I tend to play strictly legacy titles consistently (Legend of Dragoon, Warcraft 3, MGS3, Resident Evil 2, Super Mario RPG, Chrono Cross.. etc) while looking forward to big 2016 budget games more sparsely (FF15, Zelda U).
 
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I don't think I have ever truly enjoyed an indie game.

My emotions upon completion or while playing them ranges from "fuck this" to "yeah, this is ok I guess".
 
I dislike dualshock 4 despite being mainly PlayStation fan. I wish I could use Xbox one controller for ps4 instead.

I don't get zelda, half-life and ff series, I see how they can appeal, but still dislike them myself.

"walking simulators" suck balls as a form of videogame and just don't deserve praise they get.

Lego games suck, all of them!
 
I am absolutely fine with a game having turret sections. I like them if they are done well and I think they are a nice change of pace. There is a lot of badly made ones, but people seem to just hate them to hate them.
 
Indie games aren't bad, as I said before some are highly praised, reviewed, and well received. I just have no interest in them. I think that the biggest disconnect with my stance for some is that it would be more controversial for me to say all indie games are bad and I've no interest in ever playing them. That would be irrational and I'd agree with most. I just don't want to play them which is controversial sure, but not damning.
 
I think there are a lot of good indie games, but most of the ones that have received a lot of praise aren't very good. I used to have a more negative opinion of indie games that I think was partially influenced by some subpar XBLA games. But anyways, Limbo, Braid, and Journey are all pretty boring games IMO. Geometry Wars, To the Moon, Her Story, and Divekick are all great. Like other kinds of games you just need to find the stuff that you like and the stuff that you don't like.
 
eyyy what indie games have you played

this thread needs deets

-Transistor Ok
-Bastion Ok
-Hotline Miami Ok
-Hotline Miami 2 Fuck this
-Firewatch meh
-Everybody's gone to the rapture Fuck this
-Rocket League Ok
-The Witness Fuck this
-Velocity 2x Fuck this
-Guacamelee meh
-Mercenary Kings meh

Maybe if I was a PC gamer, I might find something I might enjoy but what I've played on consoles hasn't impressed me.

Edit: Added my ratings
 
Battlefield Hardline is one of the best Battlefield games ever made.

I dislike dualshock 4 despite being mainly PlayStation fan. I wish I could use Xbox one controller for ps4 instead.
Can't you? Might be wrong but I'm pretty sure there are (pricey) converters.
 
Resident Evil 4 is a very overrated game that gets way more praise than it probably deserves. It's not scary, it's locations are crap (besides the village) the FOV is horrible, story is dogshit, Leon isn't cool at all. It's just a chore to play. Dead Space was a far better Resident Evil 4 than RE4 ever was.

I couldn't give a shiny shite about Dark Souls III. It's just more Souls. Give me Ratchet & Clank already!

While I like it, Shadow of the Colossus is not really WOWing me like it's 'supposed' to. It's decent, but eh.
 
I've never played a single indie game ever, nor plan to. I cant stand them. Even if they are praised and well received, unless a game is AAA and made by a big game company with a decent budget I won't touch it at all.
I don't think I have ever truly enjoyed an indie game.

My emotions upon completion or while playing them ranges from "fuck this" to "yeah, this is ok I guess".
-Transistor Ok
-Bastion Ok
-Hotline Miami Ok
-Hotline Miami 2 Fuck this
-Firewatch meh
-Everybody's gone to the rapture Fuck this
-Rocket League Ok
-The Witness Fuck this
-Velocity 2x Fuck this
-Guacamelee meh
-Mercenary Kings meh

Maybe if I was a PC gamer, I might find something I might enjoy but what I've played on consoles hasn't impressed me.

Edit: Added my ratings

What about SOMA (and the rest of Frictional's games), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The Swapper, Helldivers, Outlast, Resogun, Journey, Flower, Dead Nation, and The Unfinished Swan? Portal also started as an independent game, and it could be said that Witcher series is one as CDPR published the games themselves. Then there's No Man's Sky, Elite: Dangerous, Star Citizen, Superhot, Voidrunner, Consortium: The Tower, and Alienation.

It sounds like a very narrow-minded point of view to say, that all indie games are somehow worse, and to put them all into a same box, no matter how different they are in style or scale from each other. Personally, I think they offer a breath of fresh air among all the big budget games, that follow the open world fad.

EDIT: Not to mention, that some of them put the AAA titles to shame visually. So, even if you're an eye candy man, it's not like they couldn't offer something for you.
 
I'm on the crowd that has a dislike for 99% of indies, but still... there are offers I value as of higher quality and more entertaining than a lot of AAA titles. You just need to look at Cave Story for a classic example.
 
It would take too long to list all the games I've played and how none of them fell under the indie game banner. The abridged version would be think of big name companies like Nintendo, Square Enix, Konami, Capcom, EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, and then from there break down the games into already established legacy franchises.

Ex. Konami = MGS and Castlevania franchise.

Basically from there any company listed might fall under. Of course there are tons I left out, but the general idea is games on PC and consoles made under a certain price range, not an established franchise or big name title, not a legacy title pretty 90s (ex. Mega man, Mario, Final Fantasy.. etc.) Don't make the cut. And I know I read a few saying surely I've tried some and don't realize it, it's possible but looking at the wall of games and the older generation consoles it is very improbable. As for irrational, I guess I'd post this in that thread if it was there but settled on controversial instead lol.

Edit: Also, one more thing regarding the quality comment of AAA games. That's not to say that AAA games are all good either, that's not the case at all. I've played plenty of average to awful AAA games that fall under my criteria and remail unchanged. Unsurprisingly, I tend to play strictly legacy titles consistently (Legend of Dragoon, Warcraft 3, MGS3, Resident Evil 2, Super Mario RPG, Chrono Cross.. etc) while looking forward to big 2016 budget games more sparsely (FF15, Zelda U).

I can understand not liking cheap or cheap-looking games. But do you play small Nintendo or Square titles that have smaller budgets than many indie games?
 
What about SOMA (and the rest of Frictional's games), The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The Swapper, Helldivers, Outlast, Resogun, Journey, Flower, Dead Nation, and The Unfinished Swan? Portal also started as an independent game, and it could be said that Witcher series is one as CDPR published the games themselves. Then there's No Man's Sky, Elite: Dangerous, Star Citizen, Superhot, Voidrunner, Consortium: The Tower, and Alienation.

It sounds like a very narrow-minded point of view to say, that all indie games are somehow worse, and to put them all into a same box, no matter how different they are in style or scale from each other. Personally, I think they offer a breath of fresh air among all the big budget games, that follow the open world fad.

EDIT: Not to mention, that some of them put the AAA titles to shame visually. So, even if you're an eye candy man, it's not like they couldn't offer something for you.

Don't forget Kerbal!
 
I don't think I have ever truly enjoyed an indie game.

My emotions upon completion or while playing them ranges from "fuck this" to "yeah, this is ok I guess".

Heh. I'm the opposite.

If all I had to pick from were one-note, homogeneous AAA games, I'd find another hobby.

Booooring.
 
Not so much an 'gaming' opinion as it is an opinion about gaming

but

People using 'indie games' as if it is its own genre is so fucking dumb

You probably don't dislike indie games, what you probably dislike are 2d pixel art metroidvanias

Indie games cover so many different genres and styles of games that lumping them all in under one banner because they haven't been focus tested to oblivion at EA or Ubisoft is a remarkable insulting and idiotic


Star Citizen
Rocket League
Age of Decadence
Axiom Verge

None of these games have any similarities to each other but they would all get shoved in and discarded because a multi national publisher isn't telling you they're worth playing? Bizarre.
 
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