Raise the flame shield: Your "controversial" gaming opinion.
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schwabdizzle
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He seems like a nice guy. I listed to his podcast every week, but I do not own a 360.
schwabdizzle
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I would drink her under the table.
I'm starting to hate lore in games more and more, to the point where it's actively putting me off games, and especially if it's needed to fully appreciate the story. I mean books, audio logs, etc., not the fact that they construct backstories.
If movies are about show, don't tell, games should be about do, don't show. To have to read text in a game therefore feels like two full steps back.
If movies are about show, don't tell, games should be about do, don't show. To have to read text in a game therefore feels like two full steps back.
peanutbutterlatte
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I think everyone admits it. They just wish it wasn't the case, and given the business practices and overall actions of Microsoft I really wish it wouldn't be.
I dunno. At this point they would be profitable not because of their initial plan but because they retracted and 180ed everything that people hated. So good on them at this point. Obviously, they are taking their lumps (as they should).
FunkyLounge
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I can not for the love of god stand Bioshock games. All of them. I don't get the appeal, they bore me incredibly with their mechanics, insult with million plothole storyline and borderline disgust me with the hype and love around them.
The artstyle looks great, but...
The artstyle looks great, but...
Nostremitus
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They livestream while playing...
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
The hell? What is this? Oh, okay, so according to the poster above me it's tipping players because they're streaming a playthrough live? The hell? That's ridiculous. Might as well "tip" people to make game wikias, etc.
MaximoffZero
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I thoroughly enjoyed Star Fox Adventures and I wish they would make sequels.
I love the classic Sonic games, both the 8 and 16 bit ones. However, Sonic CD is vastly overrated and clearly worse than all Mega Drive and most Master System Sonic games (safe for spinoffs like 3D Blast and Spinball).
Super Mario Kart is extremely overrated as well. Sure, back then it was a fun novelty but as soon as MK64 was released, SMK's many many flaws became just too obvious. No way anyone can consider it one of the best in the series, it is clearly the worst by far.
While Mario Kart (post-SNES) is a great series and I had countless hours of fun with it, it doesn't come close to the awesomeness that is Sonic Racing Transformed. Probably not that controversial since Transformed seems to be pretty popular.
I'd name Half-Life 2 as another highly overrated game, but apparently that opinion ain't that controversial after all. Didn't have much to offer besides its graphics.
If you have a decent gaming PC, there has not been a console worthwhile to have during the last two generations except for the Wii. Not sure about WiiU yet.
MoHAA was the last interesting WW2 shooter. Or realistic war-based shooter in general.
Gothic 3 does not deserve the shit it gets. Well, it took the community to patch it, but that made it the best in the series. Gothic 1 aged incredibly bad and is pretty much unplayable nowadays. G2 is still great, though.
Sharing/giving away Origin keys from the current Humble Bundle is piracy if you used the Steam key yourself (or vice versa).
Super Mario Kart is extremely overrated as well. Sure, back then it was a fun novelty but as soon as MK64 was released, SMK's many many flaws became just too obvious. No way anyone can consider it one of the best in the series, it is clearly the worst by far.
While Mario Kart (post-SNES) is a great series and I had countless hours of fun with it, it doesn't come close to the awesomeness that is Sonic Racing Transformed. Probably not that controversial since Transformed seems to be pretty popular.
I'd name Half-Life 2 as another highly overrated game, but apparently that opinion ain't that controversial after all. Didn't have much to offer besides its graphics.
If you have a decent gaming PC, there has not been a console worthwhile to have during the last two generations except for the Wii. Not sure about WiiU yet.
MoHAA was the last interesting WW2 shooter. Or realistic war-based shooter in general.
Gothic 3 does not deserve the shit it gets. Well, it took the community to patch it, but that made it the best in the series. Gothic 1 aged incredibly bad and is pretty much unplayable nowadays. G2 is still great, though.
Sharing/giving away Origin keys from the current Humble Bundle is piracy if you used the Steam key yourself (or vice versa).
ME1 was god's creation and ME2/3 are shit x10000000
i'm including gameplay in that
might not be controversial to others but everyone i've talked to about the game thinks it's the opposite and that me1 sucked balls
also i think that having lots of male main characters is a problem, as i doubt that many people give a fuck
i'm including gameplay in that
might not be controversial to others but everyone i've talked to about the game thinks it's the opposite and that me1 sucked balls
also i think that having lots of male main characters is a problem, as i doubt that many people give a fuck
I did what I had to.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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That "buying American" one made me feel like I lost a few braincells.
Astral/H3X
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I agree wholeheartedly. If a game was truly super great, then, like most SNES games, when I finally discovered them at the ripe old age of 16, well into the 360/PS3 era, I should have found it amazing. Super Metroid floored me. F Zero is fucking awesome. Link to the Past and SMW are pinnacles of achievement.
But Super Mario Kart feels like a tech demo.
Honestly, I don't like MK64 either, but that's more because I'm used to DD+ MarioKart, not that the game is actually bad.
you all need to follow @neogafshitposts on twitter.
Do it already. Lots of Derrick in the past few days lol
Halo 4 is as far from proper Halo as CoD is from BF.
Thanks It would be good to get something back on this huge investment on the this hobby over the years I just need the proper equipment is the barrier of entry high I don't even know where to start. I have pro tools but need my pc repaired. I'd have to learn a video editing software as well I'd guess.
I actually loved the story arc from the Modern Warfare trilogy. I really enjoyed the single player on every one of them.
I really like Zelda Wind Waker, but I think it had some serious problems. The inverted-only camera and the boring fetch quest by the end(it's a fetch quest inside a fetch quest!!). On the other hand, it had amazing soundtrack and a great boss battle at the end.
I really like Zelda Wind Waker, but I think it had some serious problems. The inverted-only camera and the boring fetch quest by the end(it's a fetch quest inside a fetch quest!!). On the other hand, it had amazing soundtrack and a great boss battle at the end.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Even as a trollpost it was stupid
I also tend to think that any online multiplayer game (or part of the game) is just useless time sink. Mostly the shooters, I can't comprehend why people would want to play the same map over and over and over again with stupid people without any story or added benefit.
I understand it's fun, but it's not enough for me.
I occasionally try one or two though, lastly payday 2, and while I had fun for a few days, it's clear to me I just wasted my time, like if I watched a Michael Bay movie for 18 hours or something.
Nothing worth remembering.
Same thing for Dota 2, with the shitty community as a bonus.
I understand it's fun, but it's not enough for me.
I occasionally try one or two though, lastly payday 2, and while I had fun for a few days, it's clear to me I just wasted my time, like if I watched a Michael Bay movie for 18 hours or something.
Nothing worth remembering.
Same thing for Dota 2, with the shitty community as a bonus.
You've just answered your own question!
SolidChamp
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Killzone 2 is, in my opinion, more fun to play than any game in the Halo series. This is primarily due to the visceral edge that it has; a more weighted and tactile feel to the shooting mechanics. When I'm shooting a gun in a game I want it to have a real-world feel to it, with bullets...because I don't like strange alien laser guns.
Also, Batman Arkham Asylum is superior to Batman Arkham City.
Also, Batman Arkham Asylum is superior to Batman Arkham City.
Gintoki313
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I've played a few hours of Witcher 2 and the game is very bad to me. I still got a while left but it's really uninteresting, the fighting is boring, the alchemy isn't fun, there's too many confusing controls, and the camera makes it very hard to control. The camera is so close to his back that I can barely see anything, and the environments are so cramped I feel like I'm in a wall maze.
Not enjoying it so far, and I don't get the "one of the best games of this generation" hype about it. I'll try my hardest to finish it but I'm thoroughly not enjoying it at all.
Not enjoying it so far, and I don't get the "one of the best games of this generation" hype about it. I'll try my hardest to finish it but I'm thoroughly not enjoying it at all.
LEGEND0F117
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This. I fully believe and stand by this sentiment.
boredandlazy
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A lot of the games shown a couple of days ago completely go against said sentiment.
LEGEND0F117
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lordchompy
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Some folks would use the same words to describe Dark Souls.
I hate halo. Not because its a bad game (I do think many elements suffer from poor design) but because I always see it as what it could have been.
The story is grand and excitIng, the mythos of an alien alliance believing in activating alien rings to fulfill a prophecy, where it will actually destroy everything in existence, leads to some fascinating questions of religion, and when the brute coup happens, political alignment and who to follow. The music is fantastic, echoing a grand and poetic atmosphere, and hell, even cortana manages to be beautifully poetic, the words "I am your shield I am your sword" still ring in my head. The art style is beautiful at times, maybe a tad cartoony but the rings themselves and the arc are beautiful nonetheless.
Unfortunately its all marred by several things. The worst main protagonist in video game history (expressionless, emotionless, bad one liners), those fucking aliens that scream whiny English phrases and run away (and so help me when my brother turns on the confetti mod), the stupid idea of putting 500 years in the future and not explaining how technology is more or less the same, why we still have guns that fire bullets, the overly cartoony graphics at times, the glanced over religious and political issues, and I could go on.
When it comes down to it, I just wish it wasn't so dumb fratboyish. It had so much potential to be great even for those who like the artsy stuff, but alas it is not.
Also fuck the two weapon system. Hate that so much.
The story is grand and excitIng, the mythos of an alien alliance believing in activating alien rings to fulfill a prophecy, where it will actually destroy everything in existence, leads to some fascinating questions of religion, and when the brute coup happens, political alignment and who to follow. The music is fantastic, echoing a grand and poetic atmosphere, and hell, even cortana manages to be beautifully poetic, the words "I am your shield I am your sword" still ring in my head. The art style is beautiful at times, maybe a tad cartoony but the rings themselves and the arc are beautiful nonetheless.
Unfortunately its all marred by several things. The worst main protagonist in video game history (expressionless, emotionless, bad one liners), those fucking aliens that scream whiny English phrases and run away (and so help me when my brother turns on the confetti mod), the stupid idea of putting 500 years in the future and not explaining how technology is more or less the same, why we still have guns that fire bullets, the overly cartoony graphics at times, the glanced over religious and political issues, and I could go on.
When it comes down to it, I just wish it wasn't so dumb fratboyish. It had so much potential to be great even for those who like the artsy stuff, but alas it is not.
Also fuck the two weapon system. Hate that so much.
boredandlazy
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I noticed your post was made on the 2nd of August before I posted so you're excused.
I was more referring to the individual who quoted your post.
unholyrevenger72
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Xbone's original policies, the game library, was a system ripe for abuse, but MS knows that and had no intention keeping said policies and were going to take them away the moment they felt they had you by the friendslist.
rosaceadude2112
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arkham asylum is about as much of a metroidvania as my taint.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Personally, I feel The Elder Scrolls Online subscription fee is being overblown and might actually be a good thing. The inclusion of a vanity shop at launch is also overreaction, although I feel it would have been in Zenimax Online's best interest to wait a week or two before the game's launch to announce it. People still are forgetting, however, that the vanity shop was also announced about 6 months ago. TESO has the potential to be a very good MMO. However, I'm still be realistic in that I do believe the game will go f2p within a year. The only real problem I have with it currently is the $60 retail price, which is a bit steep, I feel, for a subscription based MMO.
