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[LakeOf9]

In the last one year we’ve had not one, not two, not three, but four separate games that were apparently God’s gift to mankind and that fans would not stop talking about to overwhelmingly annoying levels.

All these games are good! But their fans were so obnoxious with how and the extent to which they talked them up any discussion around them became invariably toxic

Which of these “greatest game ever” candidates had the most annoying fans/hype cycle?

 

[RoboFu]

Literally none of the games listed.

 

[Punished Miku]

Elden Ring, no contest.

 

[LakeOf9]

Gonna go with Elden Ring. From fans take the extreme hyperbole of every other fanbase combined, through in some Nintendo level “From invented everything” nonsense, add on some good old fashioned toxicity on top, and then also insist every other game that isn’t exactly like a From game is bad (while mocking and criticizing any other game like From games not made by Miyazaki).

Amazing game. Awful fans.

 

[Sanepar]

Anything related to xbox easily. Because their fanbase try to transform anything on the mega blast hype. All other let their products and games do the talk. Xbox does the talk first.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Starfield, feels artificially forced

Don’t recall any of those other games getting so much spam threads

 

[Soodanim]

I voted Tears of the Kingdom, but what I actually mean is just GigaBowser

It may well be Elden Ring, but the fanbase seemed a bit better than Souls used to be and I was too busy playing it to see the peak hype

 

[NeverYouMind]

All of them have obnoxious fans... The games should not be looked down upon because some people lack a better purpose in life.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Why do you guys hate fun?

 

[LakeOf9]

All of them have obnoxious fans... The games should not be looked down upon because some people lack a better purpose in life.

Why do you guys hate fun?

For sure, the games are all amazing but the fans are just so sad lol

 

[tmlDan]

Recency bias but Starfield is getting out of hand, nobodies played it and we have a new thread every 30 minutes

 

[Sleepwalker]

Starfield already getting called goat level without being out is kinda crazy ngl

 

[Raven117]

Breath of the Wild. The way they claimed "this is simply the best game ever made" was cringey as fuck. And the arrogance in which they said it.

TotK actually seems a bit better (and its a better game).

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Nintendo could release the actual GOAT and things still wouldn’t get as annoying as with Elden Ring.

 

[Kilau]

Snootjob high fans.

 

[itsjustJEFF]

Starfield already getting called goat level without being out is kinda crazy ngl

Hopes and dreams have been hung on that game. GOTY & GOTG before any gameplay footage... just Todd Howard quotes. I think it's going to be a pretty damn good game, but I don't think it'll get that fair of shake because of some of the fans and how defensive they get when anything other than shining praise is spoken about it.

I've taken a sit back and wait approach, I find I've enjoy video games more that way.

 

[Drizzlehell]

For sure, the games are all amazing but the fans are just so sad lol

No, we're just excited about a game coming out. You're the one who must be really sad if you feel the need to attack us for being mad hyped.

 

[Gaiff]

None of those. The Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption are far more annoying, especially since the latter plays like shit.

 

[LakeOf9]

No, we're just excited about a game coming out. You're the one who must be really sad if you feel the need to attack us for being mad hyped.

Who’s the “we” you’re talking about?

All four of those games I named are in my top 10 games ever made (or everything except starfield which isn’t actually out yet). I’m extremely excited and happy for all of them. I find the fans obnoxious because they shove these games down everyone’s throat more than a Jehovah’s Witness missionary with a daily quota to meet.

 

[LukeAJN]

The circle jerk on the BG3 subreddit is a beast in of itself

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

Breath of the Wild... my god that game was mid as fuck

 

[RagnarokIV]

Elden Ring for sure.

 

[Pedro Motta]

Starfield for sure. Lots of fake hype and forced interest. Still going to play it tho, hope it's really good and not another fake good like Halo Infinite.

 

[Mozzarella]

Weird thread tbh.
But if you want a loud fanbase that shout in your ear all the time, then..

Bloodborne, no contest.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Who’s the “we” you’re talking about?

All four of those games I named are in my top 10 games ever made (or everything except starfield which isn’t actually out yet). I’m extremely excited and happy for all of them. I find the fans obnoxious because they shove these games down everyone’s throat more than a Jehovah’s Witness missionary with a daily quota to meet.

 

[Plantoid]

TLOU
ZELDA

 

[dottme]

Starfield, feels artificially forced

Don’t recall any of those other games getting so much spam threads

I feel I’m going to never want to play Starfield just because of the fanbase.

Edit: and it’s not a neogaf issue. On X i start to block them because it’s unbearable the number of stupid tweet they can output.

 

[Gaiff]

All these games at least (well, dunno about Starfield) have fantastic gameplay and are some of the best in their categories. RDR2 and TLOU though? People will talk your ear off about the characters, the writing, the emotions they felt, and a bunch of shit and gloss over how well these games play. When you actually get to playing them, you fall asleep before even getting to the good parts.

TLOU at least has a really solid multiplayer mode which shows that the gameplay is competent but held back by the excessive storytelling and walking sections. RDR2 is just a turd. Phenomenal tech though.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Weird thread tbh.
But if you want a loud fanbase that shout in your ear all the time, then..

Bloodborne, no contest.

For sure bloodborne.