Stupidest reason to shoot down a game

[Twilight_guy]

First off, even the Wii's graphics are an upgrade from an N64 so the graphics are thus improved. Second, your friend need to slapped upside the head about a thousand times.
Third, people who don't even consider games on the Wii as maybe being good becuse there on the Wii. (Casual prejudiced is whack, yo).

 

[Breaker deGodot]

Any reason that isn't immediately preceded by "I played the game and..."

Fucking ninja.

 

[Enigmers]

My brother doesn't like Okami because:
-It's on the PS2 (I should be playing on my XBox 360, because it's newer. Apparently this voids the quality of older games for some reason.
-It doesn't have voice-acting, an you have to read the speech bubbles.

 

[KrazyShrink]

"Oh no thanks, I'm not interested in mindless violence and shooting people in the face over and over again."

THATS NOT THE GOD DAMN APPEAL OF SHOOTERS.

 

[Terminate421]

"Because it all comes down to a generic first person shooter"

Wow.....thats just stupid.

 

[Orwellian37]

It's mainstream, and therefore will be a rehash of its predecessors.

 

[RicoADF]

So yesterday, I was at a friends, and he brought up E3.
Friend: So what was your favorite part of it?
Me: Seeing Goldeneye, I'll finally get to play it on the wii!
Friend: It's gonna suck.
Me: Why?
Friend: The graphics suck, and it's on the wii.
Me: So?
Friend: To me, graphics are the most important part of a game, and the Wii probably couldn't even run Halo 3!

Your stupid reasons?

Thats pretty much it, graphics are the worse excuse, esp now that graphics have basically gone as far as they can.

 

[xXAsherahXx]

Graphics, the number one stupidest reason of all time would be graphics. Who honestly gives a shit. If the game is bad, then it is the story, or mechanics, or it isn't your genre, but it should never be graphics. They don't affect a game at all, not even a little bit. A game's story or mechanics won't be skewed just because the graphics are terrible or something.

.../rant

I love when people who don't know what "graphics" are complain about how graphics mean nothing.
let me try to explain something to you people, nes games had good graphics sometimes. Graphics are just images, a game with good graphics is a game with fun or entertaining images. Not "realistic" or "high tech" but just fun to look at. Do you think Super mario would be as famous as it is today if it wasn't for the way everything in the world seemed alive in it's own fantasy universe?
Seriously people like you are the ones blindly jumping on the bandwagon. Graphics are just as important, if not more important than story because a game with great graphics, ok game play but horrible story can be great while a game with great story but horrible graphics and ok game play will usually be forgotten.
Saints row had great graphics, the world came to live with vibrant colors and comicy setting.
Seriously, i get it. You think graphics are "how real it looks" but it's not, and if you think graphics don't matter at all, go play a text based game and tell me how you enjoyed it. Seriously, that is a game with no graphics, please go tell me how much fun you had with words.

Oh, I'm sorry, I should have gone with the version of the term that no one uses. That would have made my point absolutely clear. Thank you, sir.

Also, I like text based games. Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Final Fantasy I, and II for example.

And you still don't get it.
Those are not text based games, all of the games you listed have graphics and arguably good graphics.
Your preference just differs. You seem to think graphics means "high tech visuals" but it doesn't. I say again, would you enjoy a game with no graphics? If your idea of a "text based game" is a colorful creature filled game like pokemon, I doubt you would.

"There is a dragon in front of you. It is 12 feet high and staring down at you."
"Turn left"
"You turn left and the dragon is blinded by the mirror shield on your right shoulder."
"Hit dragon with axe"
"You hit the dragon with your axe and it screams in pain. It quickly decides to end it's life because of the crushing shame of defeat."

I can't continue this argument, you refuse to listen. Therefore, to end this pointless thing, you win sir, (insert derogatory comment).

 

[Ninjaghostdog]

Asked my friend why he doesn't like Halo, he replied cause its not real enough. This dude tried to tell me that Prototype was a good game.

 

[Digitaldreamer7]

This guy
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.228239-Diablo-III

is a pretty good example of knowing almost nothing of the storyline for a game that's not even close to release, yet he bashes it saying it's not dark and gritty.

 

[XSA37]

After watching Yahtzee's review of Shadow of the Colossus, my friend stated that Starcraft was for cowards and proceeded to state that he would never play it.

I wouldn't mind if he would have stated some more valid reasons, but calling it a cowards game and then simply ignoring it seemed a little bit ridiculous.

 

[Digitaldreamer7]

First off, even the Wii's graphics are an upgrade from an N64 so the graphics are thus improved. Second, your friend need to slapped upside the head about a thousand times.
Third, people who don't even consider games on the Wii as maybe being good becuse there on the Wii. (Casual prejudiced is whack, yo).

I'd say I won't play a game on the wii. not because of the graphics or whatever, but, because I hate the motion controls. I dont like the nunchuck or the wiimote. I owned a wii and sold it about 3 months later because I just didn't like the control scheme.

 

[LeighAlura]

Stupidest reason for shooting down a game?

Oh, how about this one:

"I don't like it, so it sucks."

Somebody literally said this to me when I said that I enjoyed Team Fortress 2.

That, and when I said I owned a wii, somebody came up behind me and coughed out a poorly-hidden "gayfaggot", thinking I wouldn't catch on.

 

[LeighAlura]

After watching Yahtzee's review of Shadow of the Colossus, my friend stated that Starcraft was for cowards and proceeded to state that he would never play it.

I wouldn't mind if he would have stated some more valid reasons, but calling it a cowards game and then simply ignoring it seemed a little bit ridiculous.

A coward's game is when it's modded so that you can't possibly win.

Starcraft is just RTS.

I don't see how it could be a coward's game, unless by "coward" you mean "people who play non-competitively, or don't typically play first-person shooters as much as they do other game genres".

And even that's a bullshit claim.

 

[LeighAlura]

accidental double post, my bad.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

"You can't relate to the characters" really? who really gives a fuck about that? There is no game where you can really relate to a character....unless it's the sims

 

[XSA37]

After watching Yahtzee's review of Shadow of the Colossus, my friend stated that Starcraft was for cowards and proceeded to state that he would never play it.

I wouldn't mind if he would have stated some more valid reasons, but calling it a cowards game and then simply ignoring it seemed a little bit ridiculous.

A coward's game is when it's modded so that you can't possibly win.

Starcraft is just RTS.

I don't see how it could be a coward's game, unless by "coward" you mean "people who play non-competitively, or don't typically play first-person shooters as much as they do other game genres".

And even that's a bullshit claim.

No, if you watched Yahtzee's review, he called it a coward game because you simply looked down from above as you ordered thousands of units to their death without having to experience the battle firsthand. He basically implied that you would rather watch a fight and think you have some input than actually fight the fight and try to win.