Poll: Are you a fanboy?
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I enjoy individual games for what they are, but don't allow any sequels or remakes cloud my judgement of knowing their quality. Would I count?
Indeed, it made sense if you payed attention for 2 goddamn seconds.ProfessorLayton said:
And my favourite was 4. Had the best blend of great gameplay and it had the best story as it wrapped everything up.
2 comes in as a close second though.
I have, in recent months, become both a Mass Effect fanboy, and a Christopher Nolan fanboy. In my experience, the latter is six for six (that's how many of his movies I've seen) and the former is the BEST GAME FRANCHISE EVARR! The first game might start slow, but when it gets going, nothing can stop the awesome. The second game? Five words: You. Can. Sleep. With. Tali.
I'm not a fanboy, in the sense that if somebody says something I like is a piece of shit I won't be offended, but if somebody says something blatantly false out of a lack of experience with something I will try to correct them.
For example:
If someone just said "Halo is shit", I would politely disagree with them, realizing that its just an opinion.
However, if someone says "Halo is shit because its plot is just 'aliens are bad, go MARINES'" then I would kindly correct them.
So, I'm not a major fanboy, but there are some things I'll explain. If, after me saying that, someone said "that plot is fucking stupid", I wouldn't care. As long as they weren't judging it based off of not really knowing what it was.
For example:
If someone just said "Halo is shit", I would politely disagree with them, realizing that its just an opinion.
However, if someone says "Halo is shit because its plot is just 'aliens are bad, go MARINES'" then I would kindly correct them.
The plot of Halo has two species fighting for survival (humanity, the flood) and two factions of the same species fighting for ideology (Covenant, Heretics).
The Covenant practice a religion with a certain doomsday scenario having to do with the giant rings that have been floating around since their existence as a species, not an unlikely thing to include in a religion, and they fight to try to carry out their doomsday prophecy. That is why they attacked humanity, as part of their plan to carry out their religious prophecies. Its not just an alien invasion, but more of a Crusade. However, there is a minority of atheist aliens known as the Heretics who don't believe in the Covenant religion, and are fighting against the Covenant.
Humanity is trying to stop the Covenant from activating the ring, because not being raised with the same religion as the Covenant aliens and having instead approached the question scientifically, the humans realize the rings are just super weapons. The Covenant are stronger, and by the second game Earth is fighting a highly defensive war.
The Flood is a parasitic race, who is fought by every other race/faction due to that fact. In the third game, they are revealed to have a certain collectivist intelligence that rarely manifests itself as they are able to cooperate you long enough to help you stop the Covenant from activating the Halo rings (which would destroy all sentient life, therefore destroying all food sources for the flood), before then betraying you out of hunger.
The Covenant practice a religion with a certain doomsday scenario having to do with the giant rings that have been floating around since their existence as a species, not an unlikely thing to include in a religion, and they fight to try to carry out their doomsday prophecy. That is why they attacked humanity, as part of their plan to carry out their religious prophecies. Its not just an alien invasion, but more of a Crusade. However, there is a minority of atheist aliens known as the Heretics who don't believe in the Covenant religion, and are fighting against the Covenant.
Humanity is trying to stop the Covenant from activating the ring, because not being raised with the same religion as the Covenant aliens and having instead approached the question scientifically, the humans realize the rings are just super weapons. The Covenant are stronger, and by the second game Earth is fighting a highly defensive war.
The Flood is a parasitic race, who is fought by every other race/faction due to that fact. In the third game, they are revealed to have a certain collectivist intelligence that rarely manifests itself as they are able to cooperate you long enough to help you stop the Covenant from activating the Halo rings (which would destroy all sentient life, therefore destroying all food sources for the flood), before then betraying you out of hunger.
So, I'm not a major fanboy, but there are some things I'll explain. If, after me saying that, someone said "that plot is fucking stupid", I wouldn't care. As long as they weren't judging it based off of not really knowing what it was.
I would call myself a Halo fanboy if it didn't mean I was a rabid 8 year old yelling about how everything else sucks and how he is going to pwn everyone. Instead, I will call myself a Bungie fanboy.
EDIT: Or you could just read the post above me and everything would be said.
EDIT: Or you could just read the post above me and everything would be said.
While I use the term fangirl, yes I am. Of The Elder Scrolls, Duke Nukem, Mystical Ninja, Koei Warriors (Dynasty/Samurai/Orochi e.t.c.((and the actual history of their basis))) and some other stuff. Everyonne is a huge fan of something. It annoys me that those terms are used negatively. Its like saying all feminists have hairy arms, hate men, and think women should rule the world. Those are just the extremists who lost their way.
No. Well, probably not. I like a lot of games, game series and game developers, but I don't believe I'm a fanboy because I won't mindlessly defend them against all comers. I have nothing against people who don't share my view. I'm pretty sure a fanboy does.
