MilkyJoe
Member
Yep my brain cannot work them out, in all aspects of life, it's so annoying.
Raise the flame shield: Your "controversial" gaming opinion.
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Yep my brain cannot work them out, in all aspects of life, it's so annoying.
Player Unknown Battle Grounds (if you're still wondering)
And yeah, I tend to agree. Especially if it's an acronym that has nothing to do with a game-specific thread.
I remember some stuff about the combat in Final Fantasy XV and reading someone's comment saying something like "At least it's better than RECOM"
And it took me forever to realize that they were talking about Kingdom Hearts RE: Chain of Memories. Kept thinking they were referencing XCOM.
If I'm in a Kingdom Hearts thread, and someone says something like BBS...I'm okay with stuff like that because you can (probably) piece together that it's a KH game since you know it's part of the thread.
Herp Derpington
Member
I'm more upset at MS that they didn't have all the details fully fleshed out before launch. I agree though I liked the idea. Very pc-like and a way forward. They screwed up their message though with muddied details and arrogant execs. I think people could have actually forgiven them for most of it had Kinect not been forced on us and instead we had a system on par or superior to the PS4. Instead it was just an all around shit show and we were held back because of the village voice. Ah well I'm sure we'll get it eventually. We're sorta on our way.
Strangelove77
Member
GoW and GOW will ALWAYS be God Of War.
Melchiah
Member
Related to this (Disclaimer: I enjoyed BotW from the start)
If I have to play a game for more than X amount of hours before it gets good, I just won't play it. Don't have that much time to spend trying to like a game when I can go and play a game I DO like.
Edit and slightly unrelated:
Also sick of the use of the acronym "GOAT" in discussions both on Gaming and Off-Topic. Everyone throws it around at everything and it's starting to get to me.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Some of the melodrama in Yoko Taro's games is embarrassingly edgy. I guess it's been their schtick since Drakengard but I find it to be kinda obnoxious at times. Disembodied voices yelling drama etc. Intersting themes though so I can't complain too much.
Xenosaga 3 is the best of any Xeno game (actually it's better than most RPG's) and Xenoblade X is a better game than Xenoblade. While the story is arguably not as good, Xenoblade X is at the very least is fun to play which is more than Xenoblade can claim.
Final Fantasy XIII is a much better game than it gets credit for and the hate for it is entirely overblown and I'd rather play it than be forced through Xenoblade 1.
There is virtually no game that I wouldn't rather play on Switch, even if that means lower graphical fidelity.
Indie games are more relevant than most of the triple A output.
The Witcher is not fun and gets way too much praise.
GTA is inferior to Saint's Row.
Oh and "gamers" need to get the fuck over themselves when it comes to mobile games. Many of them are more fun than triple A games that come out.
Final Fantasy XIII is a much better game than it gets credit for and the hate for it is entirely overblown and I'd rather play it than be forced through Xenoblade 1.
There is virtually no game that I wouldn't rather play on Switch, even if that means lower graphical fidelity.
Indie games are more relevant than most of the triple A output.
The Witcher is not fun and gets way too much praise.
GTA is inferior to Saint's Row.
Oh and "gamers" need to get the fuck over themselves when it comes to mobile games. Many of them are more fun than triple A games that come out.
Please don't disrespect the Prophet, pbuh
Truth.
I've always said it's not a genre for people who play videogames for the purposes of having fun.
Weltall Zero
Member
Violent games can desensitize people to violence, especially realistic games that have you kill humans. This is easily my most controversial opinion at least on GAF, I don't think I've ever seen anyone agree.
If that is a controversial opinion, then sign me up for this one as well. If your game drops three weapons in five minutes and all of them are a downgrade from what I have, I will probably rather play something that respects my time. Bonus points if I have to stop, go to the menu, look at stats and calculate for each one because you didn't feel like including basic stuff like DPS.
If that is a controversial opinion, then sign me up for this one as well. If your game drops three weapons in five minutes and all of them are a downgrade from what I have, I will probably rather play something that respects my time. Bonus points if I have to stop, go to the menu, look at stats and calculate for each one because you didn't feel like including basic stuff like DPS.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Horizon Zero Dawn is the only great Western game released so far...
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
I couldn't believe how bad the PR was and how when people started spreading false information like how it couldn't play used games, Microsoft didn't go into overdrive to fix the messaging. I would pay a stupid amount of money to read a book about how and why all of that went the way it did.
Joey Jo-Jo Jr
Member
Most AAA games are boring.
Levelling systems offer dumbed down gameplay and a crutch for developers who can't design games around player skill.
The early Castlevania games are better than Symphony of The Night.
I recently replayed Sonic Adventure and Mario 64. I had more fun playing Sonic.
The Burnout series peaked at Burnout 2 and then EA destroyed it from 3 onwards.
Open worlds and exciting gameplay can rarely coexist.
Naughty Dog games have boring gameplay.
I am more interested in Sonic Forces than Sonic Mania.
The N64 has almost no games that are still worth playing in 2017. The Playstation and Saturn have tons.
The vast majority of 2d indie games are just low quality imitations of old classics (there are exceptions).
Many game reviewers are just looking for things that make them feel better about how they spend their life as they are on some level ashamed of being adults who play games. Walking sims, art games, anything about a currently trendy social issue.
It's easier to write articles about these things the way you learned to write about the themes of a book in school than it is to write something worthwhile about a gameplay focused game.
The majority of games with a social message are about as deep and insightful as an episode of Dawson's Creek.
Levelling systems offer dumbed down gameplay and a crutch for developers who can't design games around player skill.
The early Castlevania games are better than Symphony of The Night.
I recently replayed Sonic Adventure and Mario 64. I had more fun playing Sonic.
The Burnout series peaked at Burnout 2 and then EA destroyed it from 3 onwards.
Open worlds and exciting gameplay can rarely coexist.
Naughty Dog games have boring gameplay.
I am more interested in Sonic Forces than Sonic Mania.
The N64 has almost no games that are still worth playing in 2017. The Playstation and Saturn have tons.
The vast majority of 2d indie games are just low quality imitations of old classics (there are exceptions).
Many game reviewers are just looking for things that make them feel better about how they spend their life as they are on some level ashamed of being adults who play games. Walking sims, art games, anything about a currently trendy social issue.
It's easier to write articles about these things the way you learned to write about the themes of a book in school than it is to write something worthwhile about a gameplay focused game.
The majority of games with a social message are about as deep and insightful as an episode of Dawson's Creek.
SnakeLordJelly
Neo Member
Is that really controversial? Pretty sure most people that have played it would agree.
LordRaptor
Member
I find the opposite for anything except 2D games because digital controls of 3D characters in ostensibly analogue space just feels off
Regginator
Member
Tell me more...
I've always been strangely interested in the Gothic games (especially 2 since it's considered to be the best of the series), but the supposed "jankiness" of them always turns me off at the last moment...
Diddy and Sheik were probably more broken than they really got credit for at the time, the meta just hadn't developed yet. Brawl at launch initially had more character variety than it did down the line due to characters like Meta Knight, Snake, Ice Climbers, etc. not being known as being as broken as they actually were yet.
What I really love about its open world: Perfect Size of the World in relation to its content. Gothic 2 is filled with NPCs, Quests, small Villages, Dungeons etc. in a way that you never feel bored of any of these things because it isn't overly used. In consequence it IS pretty small in todays standards but I don't mind at all as I prefer this world...it has purpose.
Even highly praised games like TW3 use their open world in order to (essentially) kill time. Everywhere is some kind of loot, in most cases you find some poorly written letter but in the end you do the same fucking thing again and again and again and as a player you have to deal with it because these enlarge the map inevitably in a big way without any benefit to your experience of the game.
I need to spend more time on the road, for what exactly?
It's like playing a linear story-driven game with inhumanly long loading times in between.
Oh btw: TW3 is the most overrated game of this generation. Don't get me wrong, it's a well made game, but it has way too many issues to be considered game of the generation and what else.
Freeman76
Member
Haha I came here to say the polar opposite, most overrated game this generation for me.
Your opinion isnt that controversial though i would imagine many agree with you.
Night Hunter
Banned
That's not controversial. That's just fact.
But wait, we talking base game or including Night of the Raven?
There are a lot of great western games, the opinion is most definitely controversial. Just think of all the classic western computer RPGs, strategy games, and shooters. Or think of console classics like Rareware games or Retro's games. There are a lot of western games, for which people'd go to bat.
I'd imagine even if you supplied both "this generation" and "on home consoles," the opinion would be highly controversial. Many people really like, say, Naughty Dog's games. Or the indie scene.
Dr. Carroll
Banned
I'd say it's controversial because the game is a transparent remix of the infamous "Ubisoft Formula". One would have to dive deep to elaborate on what qualities allow HZD to surpass the games it apes. Not to say this is impossible, but rather than on the surface, it's a fairly controversy-attracting statement.
I thought most people didn't care for it? Usually when people talk, positively, about the game they are generally referring to the DLC.
Half life 1 has not aged well. Currently playing through it for the first time and god damn are there moments where I just wanna smash my keyboard.
Why is platforming such a huge thing in a game where the character feels so fucking floaty?
Also the difficulty doesn't seem to come from anything substantial, rather how fast your reflexes are when you are suddenly ambushed by 6 guys out of nowhere or a rocket flies at your face from around a corner
Why is platforming such a huge thing in a game where the character feels so fucking floaty?
Also the difficulty doesn't seem to come from anything substantial, rather how fast your reflexes are when you are suddenly ambushed by 6 guys out of nowhere or a rocket flies at your face from around a corner
Santerestil
Banned
And SMB forever be Super Mario Bros.
ScientificPizza
Banned
The level design in Dark Souls 1 is not nearly as good as everyone says it is, they just interpret the interconnectedness of it as making it better than it is. The level design relies far too heavily on narrow paths where you can easily die by falling while throwing enemies at you which makes it a bad experience for people who play without shields. The level design in II and especially III is far superior to the design in the first game.
ShemhazaiX
Member
Kingdom Hearts is a fantastic game IN SPITE of its Disney Worlds.
Been playing through the final mix games, which is the first time I've played since KH2 was released. Just finished KH2 last night and it hit me, the Disney world's are absolute trash. The stories are always self contained and rushed and some times competely break immersion (Halloween Town being one of my biggest gripe, I don't expect people in a fantasy game to know what Christmas is). The weird thing is, the Disney characters in the main story are just fine, it's just that the actual worlds are just shoehorned in and I personally believe that they're actually one of the reasons that the KH story is so confusing (probably going to make a thread going into that later tonight after work).
Its a shame since I thoroughly enjoy most of the main story arc. Org XIII and nobodies were a really cool concept that just needed a bit more fleshing out, which they couldn't do because they had to retell Mulan / Lion King / Nightmare Before Christmas / Aladdin 2 etc.
Been playing through the final mix games, which is the first time I've played since KH2 was released. Just finished KH2 last night and it hit me, the Disney world's are absolute trash. The stories are always self contained and rushed and some times competely break immersion (Halloween Town being one of my biggest gripe, I don't expect people in a fantasy game to know what Christmas is). The weird thing is, the Disney characters in the main story are just fine, it's just that the actual worlds are just shoehorned in and I personally believe that they're actually one of the reasons that the KH story is so confusing (probably going to make a thread going into that later tonight after work).
Its a shame since I thoroughly enjoy most of the main story arc. Org XIII and nobodies were a really cool concept that just needed a bit more fleshing out, which they couldn't do because they had to retell Mulan / Lion King / Nightmare Before Christmas / Aladdin 2 etc.
It's been 9 years and people are STILL moaning about the review scores for GTA4.
Psychoward
Banned
This goes beyond being controversial and transcends in to straight up ignorance... there are so many different Western or Japanese games that whenever someone writes them all off entirely I can't help but roll my eyes.
uncelestial
Member
None of these opinions are controversial.
Sorta Maximus
Member
Final Fantasy III / VI sucks as it has no battle animations like Chrono Trigger...
... yea, I said it.
... yea, I said it.
Great (with a capital G) could be argued. Like, in the sense that any Orson Welles movie can be considered Great. But great as-in "good" - its everyday usage - I totally agree. It's just silly to write-off an entire culture's games, especially when it reaches so far back in history, and across so many genres.
paragonpro
Banned
I played horizon, enjoyed it and got the platinum, but im not sure how much i actually liked it. People praise the plot and characters all the time, the plot was ok but ive seen better written and acted side characters in games like the witcher 3. Strictly bow combat got boring for me after a bit, even with the addition of traps. Also im playing splatoon 2 now, never played the first but im not sure how much i actually like it. I cant get used to the gyro and i feel like im always at a severe disadvantage because im not using it.
lightchris
Member
If you absolutely can't tolerate said "jankiness", it is probably not for you.
But, if you're willing to look over some minor issues and are willing to adapt to a control style that is different from current genre standards, you could be in for a lot fun. The game can be seriously addicting once it "clicks" with you. I think one of the major factors is the sense of accomplishment as you progress through the game.
If 10$ is still too much for you, look out for sales on GOG or Steam.
As for my controversial opinion.. I could list many, such as:
- Kratos is a great character for the GoW series.
- I'm not a big fan of either Baldur's Gate 2 or Planescape Torment, despite finishing both of them
- FFXIII is more fun than FFXII
GreySquirrel
Member
Resident Evil 4 is overrated and turned a great survival horror series into a shooter. Thankfully currently playing through 7 in VR and its bringing back the vibes of the original
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I share the same annoyance. It drives me crazy that people assume everyone knows what they're talking about, when they put up an acronym in the thread title.
Airola
Member
And WoW will forever be Wizard of Wor.