Complaints that Confuse you

[bojackx]

This is more of a complaint to what people say about a game rather than the game itself but:
"It's a game, it doesn't have to be realistic."
It can work sometimes, but not very often. If on Black Ops you could jump over buildings and kill people by licking them, it'd be a piece of crap, and there would be many complaints.

 

[Saltyk]

"Bad Graphics"

Look, the weakest of current generation graphics are masterworks compared to the previous generation and the one before that and so on. They were still fun. Asking for better and better Graphics makes game development even more of a money sink and takes away even more from the Fun and Innovation budgets.

"It's too colourful and kiddy so it's Teh Gay"

God forbid a game where characters express emotion besides macho-ness or force you to go for more than a minute without covering yourself another being's entrails. Yahtzee mocks this disturbingly warped mindset really well on occasion, as does Arby n' the Chief.

I agree. Amazing graphics are nice, but unnecessary. Some of my favorite games had less than stellar graphics. Gameplay, story, and characters are more important that looking pretty. Though, I may be a bit of a hypocrite here, because I do like good graphics and they do impress me. I just realize that there has to be more...

I also like to play a lot of RPGs because they tend to be more than testosterone driven kill-fests. Generally, characters have their own motives and story. And most villains are actually sympathetic. Even the most evil S.O.B. I ever saw in a RPG, Prince Luca Blight in Suikoden 2, was merely a product of his environment.

Complaints against Bioshock 2 for its "lack of originality."

In a world where Super Mario Galaxy 2 gets nominated for GOTY, lack of originality is no longer allowed to be a factor. Lack of originality does not exsist in a world where Nintendo has been making the same Zelda game since 1991.

OK, you copied that from Yahtzee. Of course, it IS true, so I'll let that slide. This time.

I'm just joking, but you and Yahtzee are right about Nintendo making the same basic games over and over again. There are the occasional breaks from the same grind, but that seems rare. Really most Mario games do end up being: "Save the Princess from Bowser. In Space this time." It gets kind of old. Yes, they are great games, but why can't they change the story some? Why can't Nintendo take more chances or create new IPs? Final Fantasy games might all be about saving the world, but at least they change the characters, worlds, and story between each game.

Kind of odd to make that complaint in a thread about complaints you don't get, I'll admit, but... I really don't have a defense for that...

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

I'm confused when people complain about a game like Fallout 3 or New Vegas ending. All of the other Fallouts ended! Why so butt hurt?

yes, but Fallout 2 let you keep playing after beating the game and even unlocked some extra goodies. it was awesome. but your point is still valid since 99.999999% of other rpgs do have actual endings.

but... on the subject of the Fallout games "FONV is a ripoff of FO3" whaaaaaaaaaat?! how does "sequel" equate to "ripoff"? especially when there were so many huge improvements in so many areas, AND when the developers of the game were the people who started the series in the first place?

 

[ActivatorX]

I'm confused when some TF2 players complain about body shots with the Sydney Sleeper.
I really don't see a problem with it.

 

[FalloutJack]

Actually, yes. There is one that confuses me. Sort of a good reason for why Yahtzee shouldn't color your shopping list: Ghostbusters.

Go into Zero Punctuation and look into his review of Ghostbusters. Now, come back here and let me tell you that I have this game and next to all of his gameplay problems did not repeat on my copy of the game. I had a damn good time except for like two or three bits in THE WHOLE GAME. Two or three spots where the developers made it REALLY difficult on purpose, and that's all. The rest? Not complaining.

So, in conclusion, either something was wrong with Yahtzee's copy of the game or something is wrong with Yahtzee. I like his videos. They are hilarious, but not always true, and I'm sure he knows that and expects other people to know that too.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

When people complain about the Matrix 2 and 3 having no sensible story. It made sense to me.....

 

[TerranReaper]

Complaints against other people's interests in other games. Sure, you can hate the game for whatever that you have against it, but why do you have to personally bash the people that are enjoying that game? Is the concept of other people having fun with games that you don't have just that much of a problem for you? At the same note, do you feel the need to treat these people as if they were "lesser" than you because they enjoy playing the "yearly garbage FPS"?

 

[ferv0r]

It's been a long, long time since I played Kingdom Hearts and I don't remember it much.

The one thing I do remember is that the camera gave me horrible headaches. So yes, I had legitimate complaints about the camera in that game.

 

[gigastar]

Well i heard much the same with sucessive PSP Monster Hunter games. While the absense of the ricgt analog stick is annoying in general the games camera pinting isnt that bad, D-pad for where you want to look and left shoulder for where your characters looking.

Really i got around it by turning my left index finger into something more resembling a talon than a finger, worth it though.

 

[Cooperblack]

About RPG's : "too much talking".

 

[demoman_chaos]

"Its unrealistic."

Doom 2 is far funner than Call of Duty yet is horribly unrealistic and has bad graphics compared to CoD.

 

[dogenzakaminion]

I get confused when people complain about a game that they haven't played yet. Like recently, with Black Ops, everyone (well not everyone since it sold like a bajillion copies) said "It's gonna suck its not made by Infinity Ward they nerfed/gimped all the mp modes"...Just wait and play it for yourself godamnit! How do you know before you have?! The same thing with New Vegas, I know it has some issues (damn save corrupt!) but people were refusing to play it just because it was made by Obsidian. Maybe It's the eternal optimist in me speaking, but give the games a chance first at least.