Stupidest reason to shoot down a game

[Spellmaster]

Graphics aren't like the box art, etc, or expecting more then a game actually gives you

Too many ppl, are conditioned to games like MW2 and forget for them to have their shiny new war simulator fps, which manages to teach kids that you can apparantly fire 2 smgs at once without dislocating your shoulders, older more interesting games came before it.

Or just general, new gamers or kids raving on about the shiny game of the season and making inane comparisions - theres a reason why Counter-Strike has been constantly played since the beta release with HL 1 after all -so many games will be 6 month successes and fade away completely

 

[the lapalminator]

hating on cod cus you suck at it

 

[DementedSheep]

"The review on Zero punctuation said it sucks"
Really? You're going to not play a game because one person said it sucks?

A person I know won't play mirrors edge because "the main chick is too fugly"
It's in 1st person! There are many valid reasons to hate mirrors edge (even tho I still love it) but that is not one of them.

"the controls don't work properly/ are unresponsive" Occasionally this might be true and is a good reason to dislike a game(tho the only problem like that I can remember having was low mouse sensitivity and it could be changed anyway) but almost every time someone says this its actually because they just suck arse and are trying to pretend that it's the games fault not that they are doing it wrong. You can dislike like a game for being too hard, just admit that rather than making BS excuses.

Then there is also "It's unrealistic" and my personal all time favourite "the installation screen was boring"... I wish I was kidding but I have actually heard someone say that. Who watches a game install anyway? Sometimes games might have concept art come up while it installs and then I might watch but it's hardly a main feature.

 

[Blame]

I hate Kingdom hearts, for a variety of reasons, the most pedantic being that I dont like Sora's shoes. I think they look retarded.

 

[Aphex Demon]

With respect, how the hell can you like Metal Slug more than Half Life? Metal Slug is awesome, but a mere puppy in comparison with the big dog that is Half Life.

 

[Aphex Demon]

Ugh, people who "protest" a game's DRM scheme, a la Starcraft 2 or any Steam-based game. It's like the fact that the developers are trying to protect themselves from pirates somehow makes the game inferior. The strange thing is that most of the games that they "protest" against are some of the greatest games that one can play... their loss.

Yeah, it might be a useless gesture, but just because the neighborhood vandals could just break a window to get into your house doesn't mean that you're going to leave them unlocked.

I miss the good old days...

"Sweet game"

"Il make you a copy"

Fuck the system man.

 

[ShakerSilver]

"Ever heard of Legend of Zelda?" "It doesn't have any guns, that means it's for babies."
"What about Half-Life?" "It's not like GTA, so it's boring."
"...Team Fortress 2?" "It's just copying Counter-Strike."

I hear things like that here a lot and it fills me with animosity. ANIMOSITY!!!

 

[Miumaru]

Morrowind: The movement speed is too slow.

...what? You get faster as you go along!

If you really want to go quickly, jump everywhere. That's what all the cool people do

Huzzah, I'm cool!

My brother hates Morrowind because 'Oblivion looks better and it has a better game world'.
The second point is raw bullshit.

Well...its the same game world, and two...Koguti and Ogrim...or goblins and deer?

 

[blankedboy]

Morrowind: The movement speed is too slow.

...what? You get faster as you go along!

If you really want to go quickly, jump everywhere. That's what all the cool people do

Huzzah, I'm cool!

My brother hates Morrowind because 'Oblivion looks better and it has a better game world'.
The second point is raw bullshit.

Well...its the same game world, and two...Koguti and Ogrim...or goblins and deer?

Oblivion is set in Cyrodiil, which is basically just 16 square kilometres of grass, trees, deer and wolves. Morrowind is set in Morrowin (wowie), which is a MUCH more varied and interesting place. It's got marshes, ashlands, a huge-ass volcano, plains, the weird mushroom-plant-thingies that are everywhere in the Telvanni areas... basically, a hell of alot more stuff.

Yeah, they're pretty damn different xD

EDIT: Whoa, my next post is 3000! What should I do to celebrate?

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

I can't stand people who automatically shun a game because it's mainstream or popular.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

Morrowind: The movement speed is too slow.

...what? You get faster as you go along!

If you really want to go quickly, jump everywhere. That's what all the cool people do

Huzzah, I'm cool!

My brother hates Morrowind because 'Oblivion looks better and it has a better game world'.
The second point is raw bullshit.

Well...its the same game world, and two...Koguti and Ogrim...or goblins and deer?

Oblivion is set in Cyrodiil, which is basically just 16 square kilometres of grass, trees, deer and wolves. Morrowind is set in Morrowin (wowie), which is a MUCH more varied and interesting place. It's got marshes, ashlands, a huge-ass volcano, plains, the weird mushroom-plant-thingies that are everywhere in the Telvanni areas... basically, a hell of alot more stuff.

Yeah, they're pretty damn different xD

EDIT: Whoa, my next post is 3000! What should I do to celebrate?

The person with a Morrowind avatar probably know better... But wasn't Morrowind set in Vvardenfell?

 

[hyperhammy]

Me and my best friend:
Me: "You should really try deux ex, it's awesome!"
Bf: "I don't play fps because all you do is shoot people to get more weapons to shoot people."
Me: "Don't you love racing games?"
Bf: "Yeah, what's your point?"
Me: "You race to earn money and new cars!"
Bf: "You are gay

 

[Theo Rob]

naruto ninja strom 2: the lars DLC thing
rejecting the game for that alone

 

[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

I think you are confusing being related (family) to relate (have empathy for, find common ground in a struggle)

There are plenty of games where you can relate to (empathize) with the characters.

Not many you can feel related to.

Oh no, I mean relate, I mean, you can't feel anything for someone in a apocalyptic wasteland because you've never been in one, same thing with all games

 

[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

I think you are confusing being related (family) to relate (have empathy for, find common ground in a struggle)

There are plenty of games where you can relate to (empathize) with the characters.

Not many you can feel related to.

Oh no, I mean relate, I mean, you can't feel anything for someone in a apocalyptic wasteland because you've never been in one, same thing with all games

 

[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

I think you are confusing being related (family) to relate (have empathy for, find common ground in a struggle)

There are plenty of games where you can relate to (empathize) with the characters.

Not many you can feel related to.

Oh no, I mean relate, I mean, you can't feel anything for someone in a apocalyptic wasteland because you've never been in one, same thing with all games

 

[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

I think you are confusing being related (family) to relate (have empathy for, find common ground in a struggle)

There are plenty of games where you can relate to (empathize) with the characters.

Not many you can feel related to.

Oh no, I mean relate, I mean, you can't feel anything for someone in a apocalyptic wasteland because you've never been in one, same thing with all games

 

[archf13nd]

Me and my best friend:
Me: "You should really try deux ex, it's awesome!"
Bf: "I don't play fps because all you do is shoot people to get more weapons to shoot people."
Me: "Don't you love racing games?"
Bf: "Yeah, what's your point?"
Me: "You race to earn money and new cars!"
Bf: "You are gay

This is depressing considering Deus Ex is quite possibly the greatest game of all time.

 

[Digitaldreamer7]

"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

I think you are confusing being related (family) to relate (have empathy for, find common ground in a struggle)

There are plenty of games where you can relate to (empathize) with the characters.

Not many you can feel related to.

Oh no, I mean relate, I mean, you can't feel anything for someone in a apocalyptic wasteland because you've never been in one, same thing with all games

You are right, but, when someone dies in a game you can relate to the character if you have had someone close to you die etc... Such as in mass effect 1 or 2.

If I were emo I could say "yes I can relate, my life is a teenage apocalyptic wasteland man, im gonna go cut myself and listen to bands you have never heard of"

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I guess graphics and the console it's on are dumb reasons... but the worst is this conversation I had with a friend:

"Left 4 Dead is great. You should play it."
"No, it's just mindlessly killing zombies."
"Well, isn't Modern Warfare 2 mindlessly killing people?"
"But the pistols on Left 4 Dead have infinite ammo... like that's realistic."

We're talking about a zombie game and he's complaining about realism while he plays Modern Warfare 2 with the dual shotguns...