Stupidest reason to shoot down a game

[Theninja'skatana]

Graphics, the main character looks weird, and its on *insert system here*.

I try not to get mad anymore, to me it their loss.

Hell yeah! that and I'm not into (insert genre here).

 

[LitleWaffle]

Anyhoo, the stupidest reason I've heard from someone is that a game isn't good if its on the PC, he disappointed me into a week long coma.

Platform supremacy just ain't cool kids.

Although in retrospect, my stupid reasons to shoot down games usually involve the game being on the Wii/DS. But I don't differentiate between the whole PC/360/PS3 shebang.

Awwwww, but I like games on the Wii and DS. I like all of the systems. As long as the game is good I can get used to what system it is on. Though I admit, some games on the Wii, normally gun games I can stand with the controller for it.

OT: The stupidest reason I have heard is "It got a bad score on ign." Why must people be so judgemental? =(

 

[onewheeled]

IGN knock down games for the most retarded reason ever.

"It doesn't have online co-op."

I don't know that many people that play online co-op.
They knocked down Scott Pilgrim vs. The World because of that reason. Four people shouting down a mic. doesn't seem like a good idea to me IGN. ¬_¬

Well, honestly, I agree with IGN for once. It's just a standard for games to, if they have multiplayer at all, include online play. And for a 4-player beat-em-up, it's just a no brainer. But I guess they were just going for the old-school arcade feel, which it absolutely maintains.

 

[Avelestar]

I'm gonna go with the graphics thing as well. Remember when the zelda game Wind Waker came out? Eww it's cell shaded, it looks bad, it's gonna be shit etc. etc. I didn't care, bought it and absolutely loved the game, the art style was awesome and the story was just...wow. There's a moment when you go I UNDERSTAND NOW!!! and it makes the whole game x100 better.

Also: goldeneye is gonna rock, if only for nostalgia purposes :3

 

[masseyguy911]

The dumbest reasons have to be
1. The graphics suck. Seriously, the WHOLE reason you're not going to play is because it doesn't have cutting edge graphics?
2. Its on *insert system name here*. I can understand if you don't own the console, but still just because its on that system its automatically bad? What kind of deranged logic is that?
3. The main character looks "gay". Yes, I have heard that a lot from some idiots at my high school. Basically, if the guy doesn't have giant muscles, hes "gay".
And now for my favorite one of all
4. Its not realistic enough. Well ITS A GAME! You want realism, go out and join the army and hope you get shipped out. The funniest part is that they consider games like Call of Duty to be "realistic".

 

[Stryc9]

This guy I used to hang out with would shoot down any game that didn't have a multiplayer mode. Also, he was never interested in co-op, only once ever did I get him to play co-op multiplayer Quake II, which was actually fun and we got about half way through the game in only a few hours but he never wanted to go back to it after that.

 

[Moontouched-Moogle]

Because it's 2D, early-and-blocky 3D, or because it's just plain old.

Graphics aren't a very big deal. Graphics don't make the game.
However, I'll admit that they help at least somewhat. The FF Crystal Chronicles games on the DS felt a little weak to me, due to the locales lacking the beauty of the original, and some of the models looking rather blocky or unpolished. I appreciate the cutesy-ish style, but they could have thrown in a few more polygons, couldn't they? I mean, the Selkies didn't even have BREASTS anymore!


.......Oh come on, you were thinking it too.

 

[Mordreich]

"The cover art is lame"

 

[lacktheknack]

"It's not on the Dreamcast."

I really, really wish I was kidding.

Also, "Because it's got no guns" (Mirror's Edge, he clearly paid attention...)

 

[lacktheknack]

Because it's 2D, early-and-blocky 3D, or because it's just plain old.

Graphics aren't a very big deal. Graphics don't make the game.

Well, I couldn't bring myself to like Daggerfall (I wanted to, so badly!), because the graphics were pure shite...

 

[Moontouched-Moogle]

Because it's 2D, early-and-blocky 3D, or because it's just plain old.

Graphics aren't a very big deal. Graphics don't make the game.

Well, I couldn't bring myself to like Daggerfall (I wanted to, so badly!), because the graphics were pure shite...

Well, to each his own.

Although, if the graphics truly are irredeemable shit, I can understand how that would ruin a game.

 

[SimuLord]

I'm guilty of stereotyping games because they were made in Japan. Almost missed out on Fire Emblem because of that---I'm generally pretty ill-disposed toward Japanese games.

 

[Ashsaver]

Whatever Blizzard's reasons to shoot down Starcraft:Ghost

 

[FoxyStig]

Probably because its a genre you don't like, if people dared stray out their precious comfort zone they'd be a lot better off

*cough-cough*yahtzee and starcraft*cough-cough*

 

[AMMO Kid]

Dumbest reason? Because you are just pissed and are looking for a reason to be mad at something.

 

[individual11]

"It's made by Russians." STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl. There were better reasons to shoot it down. I love the game, personally.

 

[EatPieYes]

My favourite: "it's old", which means it isn't the latest Call of Duty or Halo or whatever popular game at the moment.

 

[Arachon]

"It's made by Russians." STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl. There were better reasons to shoot it down. I love the game, personally.

And hell, even in their ignorance they were wrong, GSC is Ukrainian, not Russian.

 

[captaincabbage]

Graphics, the main character looks weird, and its on *insert system here*.

I try not to get mad anymore, to me it their loss.

I know what you mean. Screw 'em if they can't get past graphics.

One I heard from a friend was when I showed him Black on PS2:
"Yeah, it's cool and all, but it's just not shooter-y enough." What the hell does that even mean!?? If you cut out the actual movement and occasional looking for more ammo to shoot, the game would be nothing BUT shooting!