Which games Fanboys piss you off?
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GSG Flash said:
The topic is boring. Where there are fanboys of individual games, there are a) not enough of them, b) they are not rabid enough, or c) their fanboyism is a symptom of a console fetish.
People who just like a game generally just like the game. There are notable exceptions, but they were run through in the first page of the thread.
I think fanboys zeal for the industry is healthy. It's really awesome actually; I know I'm not ashamed to call myself a Nintendo fanboy. I love the company and I love its games. I prefer GameCube to any console this generation and I think Nintendo is the best developer of all time. Having these preferences is not bad and it's merely preference.
But we also have a responsibilty to criticize our company's of choice. I don't spend much time criticizing Sony and Microsoft, but I will, I just think my criticism of Nintendo is more relevant to me because I like the company more.
Of course, I would never hope that Sony and Microsoft do poorly. And I guess I dislike people that do. Blind support, blind faith, and blind praise are tolerable and fine. But this mindless criticism and hope for the demise of other companies is bad for the industry. The minute one of the three big players leaves, our industry becomes more like a monopoly and that's never good.
But we also have a responsibilty to criticize our company's of choice. I don't spend much time criticizing Sony and Microsoft, but I will, I just think my criticism of Nintendo is more relevant to me because I like the company more.
Of course, I would never hope that Sony and Microsoft do poorly. And I guess I dislike people that do. Blind support, blind faith, and blind praise are tolerable and fine. But this mindless criticism and hope for the demise of other companies is bad for the industry. The minute one of the three big players leaves, our industry becomes more like a monopoly and that's never good.
captainbiotch
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Halo and GTA fanboys. While decent games, they have far too many faults to be lavished with blind praise.
Comfort_Eagle
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Probably the crazy xbox guys. But the nintendo kids are right behind them.
APerfectCircle
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There are more people trolling a system than being "fanboys" on here. Go into most Nintendo threads, see if theres not a bunch of people just posting negetive stuff.
Onto one game. GTA, i've seen so many people just stare in disbelief when i said GTA3/VC got boring after a few hours. A few actually told me there was something wrong with me cause "everyone with a ps2 likes GTA"
Onto one game. GTA, i've seen so many people just stare in disbelief when i said GTA3/VC got boring after a few hours. A few actually told me there was something wrong with me cause "everyone with a ps2 likes GTA"
Doom_Bringer
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Prine said:
do elaborate
captainbiotch
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Gek54 said:
I haven't played a Nintendo title this generation that deserves mass popularity, unlike last gen. Maybe Smash Bros. Melee. But GTA and Halo aren't that great either.
By far, the Xbox fanboys that I come across in real life get on my god damn nerves. They just don't seem content playing the system they like, and insist on pointing out to everyone, even people who don't give a damn, about how the system is so great because it has a hard drive and Halo. Fuck you, I don't care, why are you talking to me when I wasn't even bothering you?
The best thing about these topics is people are often always brought in for a battle royale. Of course when you have had your moments of pure joy over a singular game or company and someone else throws stones at it, you primitively pick up the sticks and fight back. That is the defining fact that I don't understand towards the term fanboyism and the constant need to thrash poison at something you don't like or other people enjoy much more than yourself. If someone drags Secret of Mana or Terranigma (some of my favourite games ever) through the ground, I really couldn't care less. The simple fact that I had enjoyed playing these titles alone and that they emotionally pleased me is all I will ever care about. Not sales or opinions of other people, literally they can go get stuffed :lol
As for myself, I personally resented the entire Final Fantasy VII hype boom years ago. No disrespect to the game at all, it is a masterpiece that I had looked forward to for months and quite frustrated when it was delayed in Japan. It was just the pure fact of all these people that saw the infamous trailers and jumped on the bandwagon, thus making RPGs way more popular than they are these days - for better or worse. I disliked the game due to the simple minded approach that everyone was flooding a genre I had loved since the age of 8, over a decade ago, and their statements proclaiming FFVII the best RPG ever when of course they had not bothered to play the past games or any other past RPG. Ignorance and arrogance are terrible things when joined together people!
As for myself, I personally resented the entire Final Fantasy VII hype boom years ago. No disrespect to the game at all, it is a masterpiece that I had looked forward to for months and quite frustrated when it was delayed in Japan. It was just the pure fact of all these people that saw the infamous trailers and jumped on the bandwagon, thus making RPGs way more popular than they are these days - for better or worse. I disliked the game due to the simple minded approach that everyone was flooding a genre I had loved since the age of 8, over a decade ago, and their statements proclaiming FFVII the best RPG ever when of course they had not bothered to play the past games or any other past RPG. Ignorance and arrogance are terrible things when joined together people!
Do The Mario
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Hahaha if you are getting defensive in this thread you are a fanboy ROFL!
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OG_Original Gamer
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Only that gets at me, is when someone uses the word hate toward a company. I didn't said company hade a obligation to please only you. Or how about the one's that judge a game on sales. The gamers that really get my blood boiling are the guys that say a game suck because it doesn't play like the popular title.
Mike Works
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Comfort_Eagle said:
lordmrw said:
captainbiotch
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Gek54 said:
Halo 1/2 and GTA 3/VC are above average/good games that are simply the best the industry has put out in their respective genres. What I'm saying is they lack a lot of qualities that would make them great. I was a Nintendo/PC gamer last generation, and these titles are not at the same level of excellence that Mario 64, Starcraft, Red Alert, Counter-Strike, Zelda OoT and MM, Pokemon, and Conker were in game design and gameplay. I'm not trying to dictate what titles deserve to sell what, I'm saying the industry isn't putting out many titles with great gameplay anymore. The Halos and GTAs are certainly allowed praise for pushing many new creative aspects, but people who don't see a lot of faults in them are braindead, in other word s, fanboys.
Hellraizah
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Mike Works, that picture is awesome :lol :lol :lol :lol
Anyways, it's hard to say that someone can be a "one game fanboy". The thing is that fanboyism is defined by how you like everything that comes with one said "entity". You can like everything that is made by company X or Y, and that, in my opinion, is fanboyism. It's really liking something without seeing its faults.
So, in that frame of mind, a "one game fanboy" would be someone who likes a very flawed game but he is blinded by his undying love of that game, and he fails to see what's not right with it just because of that undying love.
I think that by that standard, it's pretty hard to categorize someone in that one game fanboy frame. I would call someone a one game fanboy only if the game he oozes over is something that is clearly pathetic. But I don't see people here praising the shit out of Starsky And Hutch, or Minority Report, or McFarlane's Evil Prophecy, or Dr. Muto, or .....
Anyways, it's hard to say that someone can be a "one game fanboy". The thing is that fanboyism is defined by how you like everything that comes with one said "entity". You can like everything that is made by company X or Y, and that, in my opinion, is fanboyism. It's really liking something without seeing its faults.
So, in that frame of mind, a "one game fanboy" would be someone who likes a very flawed game but he is blinded by his undying love of that game, and he fails to see what's not right with it just because of that undying love.
I think that by that standard, it's pretty hard to categorize someone in that one game fanboy frame. I would call someone a one game fanboy only if the game he oozes over is something that is clearly pathetic. But I don't see people here praising the shit out of Starsky And Hutch, or Minority Report, or McFarlane's Evil Prophecy, or Dr. Muto, or .....
Spiritreaver
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So who does that leave on this forum? :lolbelgurdo said:
Pedigree Chum
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Final Fantasy fanboys. Acting like this series is the greatest thing on earth...no, no it's not. Not even close.
captainbiotch said:
IAWTP.
firex said:
Is it too much to ask that Blizzard show some SC love to the fans? Hell, we've gotten Diablo 2 and its expansion, as well as War3, TFT, and WoW without so much as mention of SC2. Diablo 3 is going to hit before SC2 ever does. Okay, SC:Ghost is a consolation prize, I guess, but even that looks like it's going to be a next gen title now.
I think the biggest problem with fanboys is when you try to make a valid comment about an issue you had with a game and you get your head bitten off about how you don't appreciate the vision or some crap like that.
Gee I didn't say I didn't like the game. I said I didn't like this one part. Don't attack me.
yeah those guys suck
Gee I didn't say I didn't like the game. I said I didn't like this one part. Don't attack me.
yeah those guys suck
snapty00 said:
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Anti-Nintendo xbots like this one. I swear there are at least 20 posts anti-Nintendo troll posts per day from xbots in GAF and noone does something (take for example the above troll). On the other hand the nbots have calmed down and still the xbots are getting annoyed. The most reasonable fans are the Sony ones.
Mike Works
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Che said:
I'm not going to say any names but there's a certain Metal Gear Solid/Hideo Kojima fanboy that annoys the shit out of me. I mean seriously, Kojima thinks himself as some kind of videogame god when pretty much the only great games he's made are in the MGS series, and the fanboys go mental for him. THIS POST WAS A HIDEO KOJIMA PRODUCTION.
Do The Mario
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ROFL :lol
I don't mind fanboys so much. Most gamers have a preference to a certain system, it's just the completely blind and ignorant annoy me. Halo fanboys, for example. Those are the blindy adamant fanboys that get winded up from any criticism while looking over faults of their product of choice.
I actually applauded the downfall of SEGA because it made reading message boards 20x easier.
I actually applauded the downfall of SEGA because it made reading message boards 20x easier.
Kai Dracon
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I have to echo the votes for anti-fan fanboys, i.e. Super Haters. One guy may wax orgasmic about say, Super GT tracks in Outrun 2 and write an essay on how every other company who's made a racing game and isn't sega should be burned to the ground. And then ANYBODY who says they think Sega makes awesome arcade racers - not even screaming OMG MY OPINION IS FACT - is beset by the anti-fanboys and ripped to shreds - oh noes, another fscking sega fanatic die die die.
Really, the hater mentality is absolutely the worst of anything, -period-. It silences discussion, ruins forums and entire communities, and keeps people from expressing their real feelings. It rewards jaded detachment and putting on airs of cynicism to get attention and try to top all the other haters (except of course, toward whatever the majority hater clique deems is the current OMG KICK ASS thing - they can be total mindless fanboys over that).
Really, the hater mentality is absolutely the worst of anything, -period-. It silences discussion, ruins forums and entire communities, and keeps people from expressing their real feelings. It rewards jaded detachment and putting on airs of cynicism to get attention and try to top all the other haters (except of course, toward whatever the majority hater clique deems is the current OMG KICK ASS thing - they can be total mindless fanboys over that).
yes it is, because the sc fanboys have bitched since the instant d2 was announced and haven't stopped since. "omfg! why isn't blizzard making sc2, I love zerglings and want to marry kerrigan, especially after she became a zerg!" jesus, you know it's going to come along, just have some patience. not to mention I swear the sc fanboys have never, ever, ever given any non-starcraft game (whether it's some other company's RTS or a new blizzard game) a fair chance, because there's no fucking protoss.Spike said:
Mermandala
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GoldenEye - it was just ok and it was forever ago. play Timesplitters, see? not so great.
Animal Crossing - is the worst "game" Nintendo ever made.
Halo 2 - is great and current at least. most amazing videogame ever? this year? no.
I'd classify my reaction as confusion with slight chagrin more than "pissed off" though.
Animal Crossing - is the worst "game" Nintendo ever made.
Halo 2 - is great and current at least. most amazing videogame ever? this year? no.
I'd classify my reaction as confusion with slight chagrin more than "pissed off" though.
Pimpbaa said:
For what it's worth, I'm a reformed Sega fanboy. I loved them absolutely right through the opening solvo of non-DC games like Panzer Dragoon Orta. Since then they have produces shit original titles and games that pissed all over their classic franchises like Sakura Taisen and Shinobi. Sports and arcade games aside, they are the Acclaim of this gen.
I bought an XBox just for one of their games (Panzer Dragoon) but they will play zero factor in my next decision.
That said, I am now a die-hard Bungie fan, and if you slander Halo or Halo 2 I will personally cram a glass thermometer down your penis and smash it up with a mallet.
*Eyes Che's new status*
I'm kidding!!!!
MightyHedgehog
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Timesplitters fanboys...how can anyone defend those steaming piles of shit (the games, I mean)?
Kabuki Waq
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mmorpg fanboys or more specifically FFXI fanboys.....how can you guys play a game that rewards you for The amount of TIME you spend online and charges you monthly ...DO YOU NOT SEE THE SCAM!!!!!
The Shadow
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Mermandala said:
Wow. That's probably the first one I can agree with. It seems like with a lot of games, it's more an advocacy of the system. But then again a lot of normal people are total whores for Goldeneye for no good reason. I *wish* could say system advocacy but it's not always the case.
Face it, FPS have advanced far beyond Goldeneye. It wasn't even a pioneer in the genre like a lot of people think it was. It's time to let it go kids, or let the nostalgia rest. If you think it's still the pinnacle of FPS games, you're either playing the shitty ones, or you haven't played an FPS since.
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