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

I rather kojima made a ZOE3 than mgsv. I was done with them after snake eater. I enjoyed mgs4 only to see the fate of solid snake.
 
sjay1994 said:
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".
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I'm pretty much the same way. I've tried a lot of different ones, but they just don't wow me. In fact, my enjoyment of them seems to only happen when I get them for free through GwG or some PC promotion. If I paid for it? Nope. Always feel ripped off.
 
Hahs said:
compared to now - it was a clunk fest, but back in '95 most games were.
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Agreed. I never owned it or had a close friend with it, so I had very few limited experiences playing it in its heyday. When I did I thought it felt intuitive and not fun. I probably played 3 or so hours in all back then.
 
BigDes said:
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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Agreed. That kind of thinking is a plague.

In fact, it's not even limited to stuff like platformers or 2D roguelikes or whatever, what with No Man's Sky--a game with a literal GALAXY worth of content and absolutely gorgeous visuals and design--getting shit for being $60. -_-
 
What's up with most Japanese games having horrible serif fonts in their western versions (even Super high budget productions like mgsv)?

I mean the text is not meant for the Japanese anyways so why don't they choose something that is more liked/modern/simple for their western audience?

Can anyone explain?
 
sjay1994 said:
-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.

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Shovel Knight is the GOAT indie game. Play it if you can.
 
Chronospherics said:
There may not be a 'serious competitive community for Mario Kart' but there are still tournaments and competitive scenes for it. Heck, I've even spectated MK8 tournaments before. MK8 actually had a decent scene, with many players that took the game seriously (see MKboards). They even had clan wars and such, you can see many of these featured on youtube if you're in equal disbelief.

Melee is fine, I spoke generally. Melee released how many years ago? Smash 4 is the most popular right now (more registrants at evo, and even at my locals, people play Smash 4 over melee, typically).

Additionally, just because characters in Smash 4 are 'getting patches to balance their characters' doesn't mean that the game is very well designed for tournament play, it just means that some consideration has been thrown in that direction. If these patches are so beneficial, then tell me why a character like Palutena is considered to have an unfavorable matchup against three quarters of the cast? Look at tournament standings, a consistent set of characters are winning ever major. It's simply not like games like Tekken, or Street Fighter where it feels like the tier list is continually adapting, and anyone can suddenly take the crown (e.g. gamerbee rising to the top with Adon, Luffy rising with Rose).

As for Pokemon, yes I still play it, but there are so many things that also work, against competitive play. IVs, EVs, make competitive play and designing teams less accessible, more focused on preparation than actual battling and strategy. Pokemon Showdown is a lot of fun because you can create your Pokemon with any stats, so there is emphasis on strategy rather than prep work, but official Nintendo organised tournaments do not allow that, so it's a tedious process. In regards to the actual gameplay? It's still a glorified game of rock paper scissors that features a significant number of guess work (reads) and random elements (misses). It's not consistently determined by a players individual ability significantly enough. The only reason games like this even work at a competitive level is because of the supplementary systems (tiering, ban lists) that the community have created surrounding the game. I simply feel that if you have to modify the ruleset so extensively to craft a competitive platform then it would have perhaps been easier to accept that the game simply was not designed with that purpose in mind from the outset, and move forward.

Why play a games like that at a competitive level which requires extensive community moderation to retain sustain as a playable competitive platform, and doesn't get enough support from its developer to sustain as a career esport? That's my opinion on these games.

Ironically I actually run a Smash 4 scene in my city. I run it because I like the people that play it and the tournament atmosphere, even if I don't like the game all that much (we also feature SFV, which I do enjoy). I do enjoy Smash from time to time, but I do not feel confident that the game is designed for competitive play so I feel that to take the game seriously is very restrictive (in respect to character selection) and tedious. In a competitive game I like to feel confident that whatever character I pick, I could theoretically still become the best. I don't feel that way on Smash as I feel against an equally skilled opponent, the better character will win. There are simply too many unfavourable matchups and that stems from the fact that the game isn't very well designed for competitive play. Don't get me wrong this isn't exclusive to Nintendo's games. It happened with Marvel 2 also, and I even feel that MK is a sort of lowest-common denominator fighter.

As for your snide remark at the start of your post, nothing I posted was objectively wrong, merely my opinion. You did not need to be rude, yet you chose to be. If you wanted to debate you could have done so politely and I'd have been more receptive. While we're exchanging 'protips', perhaps check the thread your posting in before getting all sensitive. I will not waste my time reading or responding again if you chose to take that route. The thoughts I posted here were posted here because they are controversial, I am aware of that, yet I am open minded and happy to consider your counter arguments if you present them respectfully.
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Well sorry for thinking that way, it's obvious you have more knowledge than I thought. However, your OP read as a typical ignorant comment I see all the time on the internet looking down upon people who plays the games competitively mostly from fans of "real" competitive games like MOBAs, and all those "real fighters". I'm sick of those 'holier than thou' people, hence my harsh reply.

I will agree with you about IVs in Pokemon being Satan reborn, not much more. You seem to treat the fact that you can't play the games in tournaments without restrictions as a negative. Me and many others view that as a positive that it can actually work around it. Over half the moves in Pokemon has 100% accuracy. You can only use those moves if you want, however there is a risk/reward system which people love. Should also all card games be considered stupid for being played in tournaments? Those are even worse on hax than any Pokemon game is.

Some other user have already commented on most of your Smash arguments, but i'll add; You think the fact that many characters are nonviable for winning major tournament is an argument against it's merit as a competitive game. I see you also bring up Street Fighter as an example of the opposite. I'm not the biggest expert on that series, but even I know about Dan Hibiki...
 
sjay1994 said:
-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
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Bastion is a beautiful game in every way.

And man, if you can't enjoy Guacamelee or Rocket League...
 
Ni no Kuni wasn't a very fun game. It was kinda slow and boring like a lot of L5 games... At least the art, graphics, and music were nice!
 
Forget if I posted this here before, so forgive me if I did, please :p :

Wii was a better successor to PS2/XBOX/GCN generation than PS360. Well, really 360 was a fine successor to Xbox and PS3 was an awful successor to PS2. The Xbox's strengths for me was introducing me to computer genres other than strategy and getting me deeper into PC gaming :P. So it was a short-lived console model for me. That PS went the HD twin route and helped end mainstream Japanese console development saddens me to no end. I wish development had targeted the Wii instead of dying "in the breach" at the beginning of HD development. Iwata was right and I wish Wii'd gotten PS2 quality support. I think the Japanese industry would be in a much better place if it had, including domestically.

I mean PS3 basically had to find a new identity and only did so after a couple years. Just so happens I liked the PS2 identity a lot more and both missed its absence and was not relieved by what PS has since become. That said, it's hard to imagine a PS Wii spec' competing with a Wii so despite the growing pains it's probably better for Sony they went the route they did, even if it is worse for console gaming.
 
MadClacker said:
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.
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I actually really agree with this. When I played RE4, I found it to be mostly boring and tedious. To be fair, I was going through a really bad time in my life when I played it, so maybe that colored my opinion of the game. Whatever it is, I just don't enjoy it much (I liked RE5 a lot more, but I played it pretty much exclusively co-op).

Sheriff_Battlesnake said:
Golden Eye was never very fun. It was influential and helped to validate the idea of console FPS shooters, but the clunkiness made for a bad experience.
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Uh, weren't you like 6 when that game came out? I have no idea why I remember this, but I remember you talking like you were 7 when Parasite Eve came out (I have no idea why this stuck with me. It sort of creeps me out that I remember that honestly. Memorable avatar I guess).
 
Many Monster Hunter fans seem to react badly to the news that Monster Hunter Generations (X in Japan) is a much easier game than Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (4G in Japan).

I really don't give a shit. If you want one-hit kills, take off your armor. If you want monsters that take 25+ minutes to kill, use a weaker weapon. If you don't want super good evasion, don't use Bushido/Adept Style just like you (Presumably) did not use Evasion+2 or Evasion+3 in previous games. This is a game series primarily made for 10-year old Japanese children, not North American adults with too much free time who grind Level 140 Teostras solo with their eyes closed.
 
ULTROS! said:
Ni no Kuni wasn't a very fun game. It was kinda slow and boring like a lot of L5 games... At least the art, graphics, and music were nice!
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It was terrible. I wanted to love it so much cause I liked the idea of a lot of the gameplay systems and I love Ghibli, but it was just crap.
 
Dark Souls 3 looks like garbage.

Like what the hell is going on in that engine? Why are the textures muddy at Max? Why do the lighting of some plants don't blend with the environment? Why is there so much awful bloom?
 
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike is a great game and I don't mind the on foot sections.

Mega Man X7 is actually kinda decent and far from completely terrible.
 
Steeped in a Sea of Games said:
Uh, weren't you like 6 when that game came out? I have no idea why I remember this, but I remember you talking like you were 7 when Parasite Eve came out (I have no idea why this stuck with me. It sort of creeps me out that I remember that honestly. Memorable avatar I guess).
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Hot damn, you have a good memory on you! I was like 6. That might actually put it in a context I hadn't considered. I probably played it most after the standard changed and was too young to appreciate it when it first released.

But thank you, I like my avatar.
 
I like the souls games but i think that other souls / bloodborne gamer are insufferable annoying and condecending. All of them. I can't stand them.



Yes.



Im serious.
 
I like Freedom Planet more than any Sonic game.

The Werehog sections in Sonic Unleashed were a lot of fun.

Wind Waker is my least favorite 3D Zelda because of all the sailing and the triforce fetch quest. The HD version might cause me to reconsider, if I ever decide to get it.

I loved Skyward Sword's controls.
 
Witcher 3 does choices pretty terribly past the 1st act.


Is that unpopular, I don't even know.



Dark Souls 2 is far and away the hardest Souls game and I played it after DS1 and BB.
 
The new Doom's multiplayer is a piece of shit.

I don't understand the vast appeal of the Half-Life franchise. I found the games extremely boring. Couldn't care less about Half-Life 3 if it ever happens.

I'm a graphics whore and can't play any other racing game at the moment because Driveclub.
 
PsychoWARD23 said:
Dark Souls 2 is far and away the hardest Souls game and I played it after DS1 and BB.
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I agree. I played them all in order and I still consider 2 the hardest. But I think it's 'cause it's cheap. It has dumb bosses like Smelter Demon, Sentiels and Ancient Dragon which only allure is to exist as difficult bosses. Not even interesting ones. It just got too obsessed with what its predecessor was and completely misunderstood it.

Rasko said:
The new Doom's multiplayer is a piece of shit.
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I don't know if I would call it a piece of shit seeing as it's functioning and I like the customisation but I agree with the sentiment. I played 2 matches and thought it was completely dull, unsatisfying to play (weapons, movement sucks) and the demon thing was just dumb.
 
After replaying Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the past few months on an original 3DS, I can safely say the original 3DS is the worst hardware made by Nintendo since the Virtual Boy. So much is wrong with it.

  • My control stick is now broken. When I press right and down, it will continue that input, often for a couple seconds longer than I pressed the stick. I have had control sticks physically break in the past, but never something like this. It's bizarre.
  • The right and left shoulder buttons have finally become occasionally unresponsive, a problem I had with my first original 3DS only days after I got it. The left button especially is starting to get annoying when I try to switch items by holding it and it fails several times in a row.
  • When starting up, the home screen will sometimes load up without the actual image appearing; imagine the home screen sounds on a black background. Strangely, this does not extend to the actual game I am playing, which shows up fine even when I go to it from the black home screen.
  • The upper screen is extremely difficult to see when playing with any sunlight, much moreso than other handheld systems. I literally cannot play games on the train without deliberately choosing a seat that is completely shaded.
  • Not helping at all is the glare caused by the glossy surface around the screen; it's so bad there are literally third party accessories to deal with this shit.
  • The battery life is terrible. Nothing new here.
  • The hinge is constantly shifting when the system is closed and I'm not sure if that's normal but it sure as hell scares me.
  • The entire system is an incredible eye sore because its gloss surface is constantly marred by finger prints. I'm not sure whose idea it was to give a gloss paint job to a system gamers have to constantly hold in their hands.
  • 3D is a neat idea, but I'm never gonna enjoy it because with the dark screen and the glare it will make me blind in a matter of days. Not to mention it slows down certain games.

I just hate this thing. I hate that I bought it, I hate that it's constantly adding little annoyances to my gaming experience, and I hate the thought of buying another Nintendo handheld to replace it just so I can play some good games. I hate that my GBA from 2001, fifteen years ago, functions better than this. Did Nintendo just rush it to the market with no decent quality control?
 
Ps4k is not a spit in the face to early adopters.

It's a blessing.

Early adopters are the ones who want the newest tech, newest upgrades, and will pay the premium for. Day one usually without hesitation.

Without the ps4k, us early adoptors would be waiting until 2018-2019 for a new Playstation. But this stopgap ps4k makes the wait for something fresh easier.

For current ps4 owners, It doesnt make ps4 obsolete. Its not a need. Ps4 games still work. Uncharted and god of war will still look amazing And for anyone who hasnt bought a ps4 yet, they will most likely get a price cut for the ps4.
 
Toxi said:
After replaying Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the past few months on an original 3DS, I can safely say the original 3DS is the worst hardware made by Nintendo since the Virtual Boy. So much is wrong with it.

  • My control stick is now broken. When I press right and down, it will continue that input, often for a couple seconds longer than I pressed the stick. I have had control sticks physically break in the past, but never something like this. It's bizarre.
  • The right and left shoulder buttons have finally become occasionally unresponsive, a problem I had with my first original 3DS only days after I got it. The left button especially is starting to get annoying when I try to switch items by holding it and it fails several times in a row.
  • When starting up, the home screen will sometimes load up without the actual image appearing; imagine the home screen sounds on a black background. Strangely, this does not extend to the actual game I am playing, which shows up fine even when I go to it from the black home screen.
  • The upper screen is extremely difficult to see when playing with any sunlight, much moreso than other handheld systems. I literally cannot play games on the train without deliberately choosing a seat that is completely shaded.
  • Not helping at all is the glare caused by the glossy surface around the screen; it's so bad there are literally third party accessories to deal with this shit.
  • The battery life is terrible. Nothing new here.
  • The hinge is constantly shifting when the system is closed and I'm not sure if that's normal but it sure as hell scares me.
  • The entire system is an incredible eye sore because its gloss surface is constantly marred by finger prints. I'm not sure whose idea it was to give a gloss paint job to a system gamers have to constantly hold in their hands.
  • 3D is a neat idea, but I'm never gonna enjoy it because with the dark screen and the glare it will make me blind in a matter of days. Not to mention it slows down certain games.

I just hate this thing. I hate that I bought it, I hate that it's constantly adding little annoyances to my gaming experience, and I hate the thought of buying another Nintendo handheld to replace it just so I can play some good games. I hate that my GBA from 2001, fifteen years ago, functions better than this. Did Nintendo just rush it to the market with no decent quality control?
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Fucking hell, literally less than an hour after this post my left shoulder button completely crapped out in the middle of hunting a G-rank Zinogre. No auto-target function, so I had to entirely rely on the shitty ass touch-screen D-pad for the camera. No switching items, so no sharpening my weapon or using nullberries. Predictably, I failed the quest.

So my 3DS is finally, for all intents and purposes, dead.

Fuck the Nintendo 3DS. This is the worst experience with a piece of Nintendo hardware I've ever had.
 
Toxi said:
After replaying Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the past few months on an original 3DS, I can safely say the original 3DS is the worst hardware made by Nintendo since the Virtual Boy. So much is wrong with it.

  • My control stick is now broken. When I press right and down, it will continue that input, often for a couple seconds longer than I pressed the stick. I have had control sticks physically break in the past, but never something like this. It's bizarre.
  • The right and left shoulder buttons have finally become occasionally unresponsive, a problem I had with my first original 3DS only days after I got it. The left button especially is starting to get annoying when I try to switch items by holding it and it fails several times in a row.
  • When starting up, the home screen will sometimes load up without the actual image appearing; imagine the home screen sounds on a black background. Strangely, this does not extend to the actual game I am playing, which shows up fine even when I go to it from the black home screen.
  • The upper screen is extremely difficult to see when playing with any sunlight, much moreso than other handheld systems. I literally cannot play games on the train without deliberately choosing a seat that is completely shaded.
  • Not helping at all is the glare caused by the glossy surface around the screen; it's so bad there are literally third party accessories to deal with this shit.
  • The battery life is terrible. Nothing new here.
  • The hinge is constantly shifting when the system is closed and I'm not sure if that's normal but it sure as hell scares me.
  • The entire system is an incredible eye sore because its gloss surface is constantly marred by finger prints. I'm not sure whose idea it was to give a gloss paint job to a system gamers have to constantly hold in their hands.
  • 3D is a neat idea, but I'm never gonna enjoy it because with the dark screen and the glare it will make me blind in a matter of days. Not to mention it slows down certain games.

I just hate this thing. I hate that I bought it, I hate that it's constantly adding little annoyances to my gaming experience, and I hate the thought of buying another Nintendo handheld to replace it just so I can play some good games. I hate that my GBA from 2001, fifteen years ago, functions better than this. Did Nintendo just rush it to the market with no decent quality control?
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Have you thought about waiting for a revision with Nintendo's next handheld? The XL and "New," versions of the 3DS function a lot better.
 
Toxi said:
Fucking hell, literally less than an hour after this post my left shoulder button completely crapped out in the middle of hunting a G-rank Zinogre. No auto-target function, so I had to entirely rely on the shitty ass touch-screen D-pad for the camera. No switching items, so no sharpening my weapon or using nullberries. Predictably, I failed the quest.

So my 3DS is finally, for all intents and purposes, dead.

Fuck the Nintendo 3DS. This is the worst experience with a piece of Nintendo hardware I've ever had.
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Yeah, the OG 3DS absolutely sucks. It looks ugly and hurts to play for extended periods of time. Luckily, revisions (New 3DS XL, at least) are an improvement in both aspects.
 
GamerJM said:
Have you thought about waiting for a revision with Nintendo's next handheld? The XL and "New," versions of the 3DS function a lot better.
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bobawesome said:
Yeah, the OG 3DS absolutely sucks. It looks ugly and hurts to play for extended periods of time. Luckily, revisions (New 3DS XL, at least) are an improvement in both aspects.
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You're completely right; I've tried out the 3DS XL, and it's so much better. The New 3DS is also apparently completely better. Hell, I played the 2DS and that was an improvement. I have no idea why I bought an OG 3DS when it's so crappy compared to the revisions. I feel like an idiot.

I might just wait for Monster Hunter Generations so I can get a N3DS bundle with the game.
 
The Last of Us was an utterly boring video game.

It's a spectacle and a great bit of story telling; but it's just plain dull in terms of gameplay.
 
Microtransactions should be illegal.

Even for cosmetic.

I feel this way because of Mobile free2play games that fuck and take advantage of the young and those with addictions to gambling.
 
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