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

I'm going to echo some people who said that Zelda is stale, and add to it that there hasn't been an interesting Zelda game since Zelda 2, with the possible exception Majora's Mask.

I'm also hopelessly drawn to other original games that most people dislike when compared to newer versions. For example the original Metroid and Final Fantasy hold up better for me than any of the 16-bit versions (obviously I love those versions as well, just not as much).

I think I have fairly average Mario tastes though, with Mario 3 and Galaxy topping my list of favorites (and 2 close behind)
 
Darkmakaimura said:
Not from me. Nintendo is behind the times and the WiiU is going to be practically irrelevant when PS4/720 comes out. How are they going to compete regarding 3rd party games? Then again, Nintendo has been pretty much irrelevant post SNES.
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I wouldn't quite go that far. The N64 is one of the greatest consoles ever.
 
The DS was not spectacular and was outdone by the 3DS and Vita in their first years for me.
The Gamecube was the best console of it's generation.
Metal Gear Solid 2 is the worst in the series.
Kid Icarus Uprising's controls weren't broken at all. In fact they were some of the best controls of recent memory.
Twilight Princess is the worst 3D zelda by a long way.
The original Legend of Zelda has aged like a 1986 bottle of milk in a desert.
Mario Sunshine is the best 3D Mario
I've only played FF4, 7 and 13 but I can't say any of those games have convinced me the final fantasy series is worth my time.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a bad game. Yoshi's story isn't great, but is the superior Yoshi platformer.
(All IMO, flameshield)
 
I would be happy if they stopped making resident evil, silent hill, final fantasy, metal gear and metroid games.

Reason: the latest games of these franchises makes the franchise feel very dirty (silent hill downpour, book of memories, homecoming, resident evil operation raccoon city, 6, final fantasy xiii and xiii-2, metal gear solid 4, peace walker and metroid other m)
 
legacyzero said:
You really think so?? I thought it was passable. Obviously not as good as the N64 version.
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The D-pad made it unplayable and touch control configuration wasn't that good. Plus, shitty sound (mostly due to the console, but they could have change it). Yoshi was directly unplayable in every way and the automatic cam was horrible
 
Dorrin said:
Far Cry 3 wasn't good, it was boring and repetitive. The fact that it made it on so many Game of the Year lists of the press boggles my mind.
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I just got Far Cry 3 the other day (was a Valentines gift actually). I was excited to play it because I knew it received many awards, was highly rated, but otherwise I knew little about it.

Overall, I don't think it's a great game by any means. Definitely not a game I would rate in the 9's. Maybe a 7.5, especially on PS3 where the tearing and frame rates are pretty annoying sometimes. It's an interesting game, with gameplay that becomes addictive if you get into it, but overall a B+ title IMO. Why the story gets props I don't know... some random party boy gets captured by pirates and turns into Rambo by hunting animals and picking plants? Uhhhh... yeah... no.

I enjoy it, and I will play it more, but maybe never finish it.
 
  1. I can't believe that anybody expected anything more from Mass Effect 3's ending, given what they've been treated to since 2007.
  2. I enjoyed the original Assassin's Creed game more than any of the other subsequent entries I played.
  3. I haven't played one home console-based (I'm not including handhelds with this) JRPG in this generation that wasn't a throw-in-the-trunk-and-never-look-at-again kind of experience. Xenoblade Chronicles is the mascot for the genre's failure this past six years.
  4. TES IV: Oblivion is a terrible slog.
  5. Uncharted is fun, but it is far from a masterpiece. Same goes for Halo.
  6. Wind Waker HD is the dumbest thing I've seen Nintendo fans get excited for this year seeing as its original art style made it the Zelda most equipped to not need an HD remake.
  7. As much as I love the series, I really hate hearing about any new Metal Gear game that's coming out. Kojima needs to move the f*#k on. That said, Rising isn't some narrative interloper meant to destroy canon. It almost scratches the itch I've had since playing Naked Snake's dream in Metal Gear Solid 3.
  8. The two Western made Silent Hill games are fine and people need to stop with the pedestalizing of the prior entries.
  9. I hope something terrible happens with the new consoles causing a major shift in the industry. I don't care what it is. I just want it to happen.
  10. Resident Evil 4 ruined EVERYTHING.
  11. Hitman: Absolution was was a better game than all but two of the prior Hitman games.
  12. People who get overly excited over the concept of open-world mechanics in their games make me depressed.
  13. Okami is the best Zelda now. Skyward Sword wasn't just terrible, it was an outright offense to the very concepts its series helped pioneer, and is the cockpit in the rapidly descending plane of the Zelda franchise.
  14. DmC is great. It was a completely unnecessary and an utterly abysmal outsourcing/audience-gaining/audience-pandering experiment, but it was great.
  15. I generally like it when PC gamers suffer.
  16. Far Cry 3 is a joke.
  17. The Last Guardian & FFXIII:V offer no purpose for me now other than to satiate a sick amusement. I don't care if they come out and are the second coming of Jesus at this point, I'm over them.
  18. NieR needs a sequel or some kind of spiritual successor. I'd trade the entire Kingdom Hearts franchise for another entry in the Drakengard/NieR universe.
  19. Nintendefenders are far worse than Sonic fans.
  20. Too Human was---okay. More relevant here is that Denis Dyack isn't Satan.
  21. Excitement for the next console generation is an abomination in thought processes.
  22. Lords of Shadow & Heavenly Sword are both better experiences than any God of War game.
  23. Dishonored was disappointing and was at best only fluff in its contribution and worth to the stealth genre.
  24. I've yet to play a game where I significantly valued the keyboard & mouse over the controller. Nope, not even an RTS.
  25. Devil May Cry 2 isn't the absolute travesty most fans would have you believe. It's just boring and bland compared to the other entries.
  26. BioShock 2 was a better experience than BioShock. Both games have no value in the face of System Shock 2, which they're 10 and 7 years older than respectively, which is just plain sad.
  27. Chrono Trigger can suck it. I hold no love or nostalgia for that game.
  28. Solid Snake is a more interesting and admirable character than Naked Snake. The latter isn't tragic or misunderstood, he's just a selfish punk.
  29. Both online Final Fantasies are easily the best entries in that entire series.
  30. Resident Evil: Outbreak was enjoyable.
  31. People who personally identify with any game, console, or development house to the extent where they are just an extended marketing party are sad and I would like to give them all a hug.
  32. Beyond Good & Evil gets way too much attention for things it didn't really do THAT damn well.
  33. I'd have been perfectly fine if we never saw another Pokemon handheld game again after generation IV.
  34. Sonic CD is a tacky f#$king mess and I don't understand any of the praise for it.
  35. It seems that I'm not as behind or 'for' the indie movement as most people are these days. I can name very few that excite me because of something 'fresh' or innovative they're bringing to the table. That AAA gaming has gone down the toilet shouldn't really count as a mark in favor for them, but apparently that's the way it went.
  36. Exaltation/prioritization of video content around video games is a sad reminder of how lazy and unfocused the gaming community really is.
  37. I actually enjoy my Wii U.
  38. Metal Gear ain't got S#%t on Kingdom Hearts in having a convoluted mess of story and lore as the main draw for playing it.
  39. The only worthwhile gaming community I've come across in over twenty years is the Earthbound/Mother community. The rest can go rot in a hole somewhere.
  40. BioShock Infinite is a large step backwards for the the game clique it's supposedly a part of.
  41. Platinum Games doesn't crap gold like most people seem to think.
  42. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey kind of stunk.
  43. Grand Theft Auto games aren't remotely as subversive as people try to peg them as.
  44. I don't get much entertainment from MOBAs, be it watching or playing them.
  45. Most of the Sonic games after 2000 didn't set as low of a bar as people love to harp on.
  46. Anybody on any video game forum ever that has used the phrase 'objective' should usually just be shoved off a seaside cliff.
  47. On that same note, the drive/call for most 'discussion' around video games rarely has any lasting value. There's no actual discourse happening these days, even by people who actually know what they're talking about. Just people with fragile egos trying to one-up one another and feel better about their day. Knowledge is further being militarized rather than imparted.
  48. I really detest Antichamber.
  49. I've rarely enjoyed any title developed by Bethesda or Bioware in the long term.
  50. The Last of Us only addressed one or two (out of a dozen) problems I've had with the big cinematic Naughty Dog games...and they didn't even particularly address them well.
  51. Players that only care about 'fun' and 'gameplay' are a big part of this industry's many, many----many problems.
  52. I like 2012's Tomb Raider more than any of its predecessors, period.
  53. The majority of mods I see people championing in games are really lame.
  54. As much as I hated the path the X-Box One was on, I preferred it to the 180 that it turned. I trust Microsoft even less than I did before, which is kind of surprising even to me.
  55. Silent protagonists are almost never the answer...to anything.
  56. Majora's Mask is an odd duck and does a lot of things that would benefit the Legend of Zelda franchise at large, but people have romanticized it to the point of lunacy now.
  57. The term 'true gamer' should be illegal.
  58. People that still want a mature and dark Legend of Zelda game are part a big part of Legend of Zelda's problem.
  59. Discussions around the academic knowledge-base and sociological value dynamics for games carry more weight with me than another weekly hyperbolic conversation about how "why X is holding my attention this week" ad nauseum.
  60. 'Fans' for anything are just plain bad news. The gaming audience is good example for why.
  61. Collectively, most of the industry needs to GTFO its Japan fetish.
  62. As genre/market dynamic currently stands, give me a subscription-based MMO over a F2P one any day of the damn week. Latter has way too much work to do before I can earnestly invest any sort of time, interest, or money into it.
  63. I'm perversely into the effect the world 'entitlement' has on some of you people, and will wield it like a child with cap gun.
  64. Immersion in the manner some of you idolize is an absolute crock.
  65. Anybody taking consumer morality to the absolute extreme (which is quite common these days) should be promptly ignored or disregarded.
  66. Participating in sentiments like hype awareness and then turning around to brandish the world 'casual'---the irony is not lost on me. I enjoy seeing those ignorant to it.
  67. As genre/market dynamic currently stands, give me a subscription-based MMO over a F2P one any day of the damn week.
  68. I've rarely ever cared about framerate.
  69. I've rarely ever cared about resolution.
  70. The obsession with the business side of the industry is laughable at best and dangerous at worst.
  71. While I've enjoyed both Witcher games to some extent, I've never gotten to the point where either clicked for me in the manner that would justify the commonly held high regard people seem to have for it.
  72. I can't play Skyrim for more than ten hours without needing to take a year off from it each time I do. Mods only save the game so far as cheats save a Grand Theft Auto title.
  73. While I agree with the statement that the Souls games 'aren't for everybody' I've yet to see many coherent explanations that explain why a person may not like it and not simply a thinly veiled attempt to mask their own shortcomings (e.g. "I'm an impatient snot, I don't like this game---yadda yadda roundabout rationalizations").
  74. I don't care if Half Life 3 ever comes out.
  75. Sausage-fests do make entire medium worse for it, be it general discourse or development.
  76. Nostalgia is dangerous.
  77. I'd sacrifice every single Final Fantasy game if it meant any of the Xenogames (excluding Xenoblade) could have been developed to their fullest extent.
  78. Very few cyberpunk games exist at all (if any, which I'm only reserving because I've obviously not played everything). And before you say it, none of the Deus Ex games count either.
  79. While Nintendo probably saved the entire industry way back when by re-branding video games as a cousin of toys, every single video-game-related thing after that point suffered a slow and agonizing decay because of it.
  80. Animal Crossing on consoles is an absolute trainwreck.
  81. Every Sonic game, even in this day in age is more interesting than any Mario game. Certainly not as well designed, but always more interesting.
  82. As conservative and dogmatically traditional as some Eastern design tenants are, I still much prefer them collectively to their Western counterparts---which are increasingly becoming more obnoxious and grating to me.
  83. Play the "different strokes"/"to each his own" card all you want, I'll never understand mentality of people that obsessively min-max in games.
  84. People that get hypersensitive about others criticizing certain games for being 'big dumb fun' deserve all the pain they're caused.
  85. Collectors, I just don't get it.
  86. Prince of Persia 2008 was lovely.
  87. Link to the Past was okay and just okay.
  88. Amnesia isn't scary so much as it is a annoyingly hamstringing Achluophobia simulator.
  89. I find Miiverse more entertaining than anything I've experienced on X-Box Live or Playstation Network.
  90. Send me online in a first person shooter (no matter how well designed) and I'll probably only play it for a night. Give me an even moderately designed third person shooter and I'll probably play it online for years.
  91. On that note, Metal Gear Online is probably the best online third person shooter we've had in the past seven years, totally hidden by terrible network infrastructure and an abysmal registration process. As much as I loved Gears of War, I'd trade it all in a second were the former competently implemented.
  92. If you're going out of your way to avoid "difficult" discussions when it comes to games, I'm avoiding you.
  93. That people follow Let's Plays and other video content for the personalities is a double-edged sword, and I'm not 100% on that choo choo train either.
  94. Making a celebrity out of any developer, critic, or youtuber is indicative of how superficial all of us are.
  95. Turning that around, our will to demonize the same bunch of people is just as troubling.
  96. I loved the Dreamcast, I even partially share the cult-sentiment it's gained now, but I'm glad it died and I'm even more joyful that Sega dug their own grave to end up where they are now.
  97. X-Box Live is truly the greatest offense done to us by Microsoft.
  98. I have no truly fond memories of the SNES.
  99. Super Mario Bros. 2 is a seriously terrifying game.
  100. Games are an art that deserve to have every aspect of their merit in that regard questioned and ridiculed.

Mmm, that felt good.

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SnakeLinkSonic:
I absolutely agree with your points 4, 6, 7, 12, 18, 21, 23, and 33.
The other points I don't agree with or can't judge (due to not having played the games related to it).
 
A game is a set of rules that a person works within for entertainment/recreational purposes in order to complete a set of challenging goals. The key word here is 'challenging'. Software that fails to challenge the player or doesn't have that as its primary goal aren't games. They may fall into a broader category such as electronic entertainment, but not games.

A large portion (I won't say most...yet) of self described gamers don't really want to play games. They don't want to be challenged. They interact with the software primarily for other reasons (see all the content, witness systems get pushed graphically, etc). Consequently, I don't view them as gamers. I'm not putting them down or anything. Life is short. Whatever floats their boat. I'm just calling it as I see it. They've mislabeled themselves.
 
DmC is a pretty solid game, miles above tons of crap that gets released, and its immensely negative reception is almost entirely down to PR and comparisons to its predecessors.
 
1: I found Xenoblade really boring, The Last Story is the superior JRPG
2: Spyro The Dragon is still my favorite platformer series (well the PS1 games)
3: Final Fantasy VIII > Final Fantasy VII
4: Tales of Vesperia is my favorite JRPG the generation and I think everyone should play it over the new shitty FF games
5: Ico and SotC are overrated
6: Dragon's Dogma is the only good game DEVELOPED by Capcom this generation
7: THPS1 - THAW > Skate series
 
Guess Who said:
DmC is a pretty solid game, miles above tons of crap that gets released, and its immensely negative reception is almost entirely down to PR and comparisons to its predecessors.
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Negative reception? Metacritic says no.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dmc-devil-may-cry

The reason the user score is so low is that it's cooler just to type 0 and vomit over this game. the positive gradings are mostly very nuanced and realistic. Overall it gets more positive reviews.
 
Cheddahz said:
1: I found Xenoblade really boring, The Last Story is the superior JRPG
4: Tales of Vesperia is my favorite JRPG the generation and I think everyone should play it over the new shitty FF games
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Hell yes.

Tales of Vesperia is fantastic, and has the absolute best JRPG main character I've seen. So much dumb shit avoided when the protagonist just does shit instead of contemplating and complaining all the time.

I should try TLS someday though.
 
Just because a game was good 10 years ago and you still enjoy it doesn't mean that it's still a great game that everyone should play and enjoy. Most older titles don't hold up well and you are far more willing to put up with a game's bad qualities if you played it when it was released. These "back in my day" posts are infuriating. You can say that you like certain elements of an older game, but I think that trying to say that some extremely difficult niche RPG from 1993 is better than something like Skyrim instantly discredits your opinion and is done merely for the sake of earning some "hardcore gaming cred."

For example: Every time I hear someone talk about how System Shock 2 is better than Bioshock I want to rage. After playing Bioshock, Dead Space, Ravenholm in Half-Life 2, etc. how is a 13 year old game in which atmosphere is so important game going to invoke any sense of fear or anxiety in me? How is the dated combat supposed to be fun? I went into the game with these high expectations and felt completely underwhelmed.
 
Jamix012 said:
The DS was not spectacular and was outdone by the 3DS and Vita in their first years for me.
The Gamecube was the best console of it's generation.
Metal Gear Solid 2 is the worst in the series.
Kid Icarus Uprising's controls weren't broken at all. In fact they were some of the best controls of recent memory.
Twilight Princess is the worst 3D zelda by a long way.
The original Legend of Zelda has aged like a 1986 bottle of milk in a desert.
Mario Sunshine is the best 3D Mario
I've only played FF4, 7 and 13 but I can't say any of those games have convinced me the final fantasy series is worth my time.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is a bad game. Yoshi's story isn't great, but is the superior Yoshi platformer.
(All IMO, flameshield)
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-You're being blind.
-I think everyone with taste agrees, but PS2 definitely had a hold.
-yup
-ehhh
-Yup
-well, yeah, just like Contra
-NOOOOPE
-FF5 is the best, fuck everyone else
-Dear Lord, God save your soul. Fucking watch a speedrun of YI and try and still hold that same opinion.

To Post Mine:

The best FPS/TPS multiplayer games this gen:
Turok
Aliens VS Predator
Bionic Commando
Red Faction Guerrilla


Scribblenauts fails to capitalize on the brilliance that was the first game. Every iteration since has progressively been worse puzzle and level wise.
 
Lysander91 said:
Just because a game was good 10 years ago and you still enjoy it doesn't mean that it's still a great game that everyone should play and enjoy. Most older titles don't hold up well and you are far more willing to put up with a game's bad qualities if you played it when it was released. These "back in my day" posts are infuriating. You can say that you like certain elements of an older game, but I think that trying to say that some extremely difficult niche RPG from 1993 is better than something like Skyrim instantly discredits your opinion and is done merely for the sake of earning some "hardcore gaming cred."

For example: Every time I hear someone talk about how System Shock 2 is better than Bioshock I want to rage. After playing Bioshock, Dead Space, Ravenholm in Half-Life 2, etc. how is a 13 year old game in which atmosphere is so important game going to invoke any sense of fear or anxiety in me? How is the dated combat supposed to be fun? I went into the game with these high expectations and felt completely underwhelmed.
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On the flip side just because a game is old doesn't make it bad. I only recently played Chrono Trigger and Link to the Past and think they're both better than a lot of games released today. Also Skyrim bores me.
 
The Minecraft community is awful, the Portal community is awful.

And they are both overrated games.

Metal Gear Solid 2 is the best in the series.
 
Dvide said:
Negative reception? Metacritic says no.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dmc-devil-may-cry

The reason the user score is so low is that it's cooler just to type 0 and vomit over this game. the positive gradings are mostly very nuanced and realistic. Overall it gets more positive reviews.
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Talking about reception in the forum of public opinion, rather than Metacritic. Mass Effect 3's ending got a lot of defense from major critics but you would hardly say that it was, generally speaking, well-received.
 
Beermeister said:
Nintendo should give up on the console market and become a third party developer for Sony and Microsoft.
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I've thought the same thing, but you are much braver than I am.

SuperJay said:
I liked the motion controls in Twilight Princess more than in Skyward Sword.
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I played Twilight Princess on Gamecube and thought it was great. It's actually the only Zelda game I've ever finished. I'm playing Skyward Sword right now and while the one-to-one motion adds an extra layer of complexity that excites me with its possibilities, I find myself fighting the controls too much to find the game the least bit enjoyable, especially when combined with the constant tutorials and slow, unskippable text.

Oh yeah, my "controversial" opinion. Red Dead Redemption is incredibly boring.
 
  • Sonic 3&K destroys Sonic 2. Even Sonic 1 is better than 2.
  • Re5 is better "new RE" than Re4. People complain about Sheva, but at least she can fire a gun, not like that useless blonde called Ashley.
  • The Wii success was a fad.
  • Bayonetta is a good action game, but not the second coming of christ (and the character is fucking horrible).
 
Final Fantasy VII goes downhill after the Nibelheim incident part.
Resistance is a much better franchise than Killzone, sadly people supported killzone more because of the hype.
The story in Dead Space 3 is so bad I quit playing the game a few minutes ago.
 
How to make a better alternative to the current controller crapfest.

Hold out your hand palms down.
Flex it for 10 seconds.
Relax and notice the shape.
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See where the buttons are? !
Rotate your palm inward and note what happens to your hand.
This is the exact shape of a proper controller half.
This is exactly where the buttons, sticks and assorted input sources should be.

Current controllers suck. Leaked images included.
 
  • I don't care about the new home consoles (including Wii U), other than the entertainment value they provide on internet forums. The gains we will see are cancelled out by the anti-consumer crap that will be introduced, as well as the advertising and non-gaming bullshit.
  • I'm still buying one or two of them eventually, just saying I'm not excited about it. ;)
  • Either Microsoft or Sony will come out of the next-gen battle badly wounded, if not done with consoles entirely. I don't think two expensive, proprietary consoles can both be truly successful, particularly when they offer similar experiences. One or two features, or one or two games, likely will make the difference. It must be an incredibly stressful time for those planning the new consoles.
  • Nintendo won't turn the Wii U around, and will pull the plug in 3 years or less. However, they will be ok in the long run focusing on handhelds that can stream/dock to a television. A single Nintendo platform future will be successful.
  • Nintendo's hardware design and philosophy has hurt them a LOT more than their software development. Wii U and 3DS are terrible reads on what the "blue ocean" consumers wanted, and in pursuing them they alienated the hardcore and even some of their loyal fans. Mario fatigue is an invention of bitter, spoiled nerds on videogame forums.
  • PC and handheld gaming is where most of the fun is found. Funny thing is, that idea is becoming less and less controversial.
  • Vita should have followed in the footsteps of the GO. PSP Go failed because it was a DD-only redesign late in the lifetime of a system that had been thoroughly hacked. People did not want to lose access to the games they had, whether legitimately purchased or otherwise. However, it was the right direction to take a new system in, and Sony's failure to be brave in the face of Go's failure doomed the Vita.
 
Giant Bombcast needs an efficient editor.

Most of their podcasts are filled with bloated, boring rants that have nothing to do with gaming.

Hell, even a chapter selection that let you know where they will actually discuss games would be nice.
 
VARIA said:
Giant Bombcast needs an efficient editor.

Most of their podcasts are filled with bloated, boring rants that have nothing to do with gaming.

Hell, even a chapter selection that let you know where they will actually discuss games would be nice.
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Oh no you didn't!
 
I dislike the Halo series. I like the aesthetics, but both the single player and multi player are so boring and repetitive. I fell asleep while playing Reach once.
 
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is the best entry in the series so far.

Online Passes are totally fine and make perfect sense. Every game with a online component should have them.

Edit: Almost forgot: Skyrim is one of the most boring games I have ever played.
 
Come to think of it I don't really think I have a controversial gaming opinion. The most controversial would have to be (if it even is one) my dissatisfaction with the Sega Saturn. I just do not enjoy the console, its games, or its controller. Loved the Dreamcast though and all that it had to offer.
 
SnakeLinkSonic said:
I've yet to play a game where I significantly valued the keyboard & mouse over the controller.
Both online Final Fantasies are easily the best entries in that entire series.
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Surprised to see these two in the same post...

Anyway, as for me.

  1. Nintendo first party titles are generally bland and have been since the N64.
  2. The "Tales of" is the most underrated JRPG series in existence and are some of the very few that emphasize gameplay and exploration/discovery over plot to good effect(which I love).
  3. Sexism arguments regarding video games are fruitless.
 
- MGS4 sucks. Kojima spent practically the whole game trying to solve of all the bs from the other metal gears that this game doesn't really stand on its own two feet. (MGS3, however, is one of the best games i've ever played)
- Bungie and Valve are overrated (great game developers, but still overrated)
- I hate Half Life. The first one has aged terribly and I never finished the second one because every level dragged on, the story (or lack therof) was presented awefully, and Gordon Freeman.
- DA:O has terrible gameplay, piss poor graphics and art style, and a horrible story. I liked my teammates and I actually like the game despite all of that.
- COD is fun (but overrated and diluted with yearly releases)

I'll prolly think of more later on, but I think that's a good start.
 
The rise in video game prices - direct and indirect- is justified both by the rise in the cost of AAA development and by inflation.
 
Persona 4 doesn't have a good story or good characters.

New Super Mario Bros is a pretty soulless cash-in.

Max Payne 3 is probably the best in the series.

Final Fantasy hasn't been good since IX.

Ocarina of Time is pretty dull.

Gearbox have never really made a "good" game, but the Half-Life expansions were pretty cool.

The first BioShock was incredibly boring.
 
Red Dead Redemption was a snore fest. The only good thing in it was the setting and the time period, but that also went to shit the moment I heard the VA's pathetic attempts at Spanish when they got to Mexico. It destroyed the inmersion and any desire I had to finish the game. I still played it to the end, and I liked the ending. Still incredibly overrated.
 
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