Unpopular Gaming Opinions

[ecoho]

I don't think that highly of Valve (I really like Steam, but I'm not like "OMG, this game is awesome because Valve made it!"), I love all the Mass Effect games, still don't think Bioware's ever made a bad game (DA2 was an average game), and don't think EA is any worse than most gaming companies.

everything said here plus;
falout 3 was a bad game.
too human was worth the $60 i paid for it.
mass effect 1 was probibly the worst of the triligy(still a 5 star game though)
PCs are not the best gameing system period.
day one dlc isnt a rip off
preorder bonuses are good
paid dlc is not milking money from fans.
I liked WotLK.

 

[Callate]

System Shock 2: vastly over-rated.

 

[Mouse One]

In general, I don't get the knickers twisting over DRM. I can think of two times it kept me from playing a game-- once, because it was "internet always on" (Rise of Flight, even in single player), which is as bad as DRM gets imho (c'mon, how many people pirate flight sims, anyway?). Second time, it Origins (excuse me, Origins Beta) crashing. Took me a day with EA.

Yeah, irritating. But over the course of all the time I've spent gaming? I honestly find it hard to care as much as so many seem to.

 

[ScrabbitRabbit]

I miss the days when not every game needed a story. I love a good plot but I hate that every game now needs a storyline shoehorned in even if it's bullshit. More shooters, especially, should be like Contra, where any context is relegated to the manual and the only important thing is making your enemies die.

The average film story is not better than the average game story. The best films have better stories than games but the average is equally as poor.

Side-scrolling run'n'gun games like Metal Slug and scrolling shmups like MUSHA are the best kinds of shooters. Fuck your fancy 3rd dimension!

I found most of the games people said were "good at the time" like the early Tomb Raiders to be just as shit back then. Clunky controls are clunky controls.

To go with the previous point, I do not and have never liked Goldeneye. I find it unplayable.

Uncharted has a great visual and audio aesthetic, is extremely polished and refined, mechanically, and has absolutely nothing else going for it. It feels like it resents the fact that it's a game and not a film.

In general, I don't get the knickers twisting over DLC. I can think of two times it kept me from playing a game-- once, because it was "internet always on" (Rise of Flight, even in single player), which is as bad as DLC gets imho (c'mon, how many people pirate flight sims, anyway?). Second time, it Origins (excuse me, Origins Beta) crashing. Took me a day with EA.

I think you mean "DRM"

I kind of agree. Always on DRM is frustrating because my connection isn't always perfect but most other DRM tends not to get in the way too much (except when GFWL deletes my saves).

I think the worst thing about it is it's pointlessness. It does nothing to deter pirates and only punishes the unfortunate paying customers who it fucks up for.

 

[Mr.Philip]

Skyward Sword is the worst Zelda title available.

Really? Even worse than the CD-I ones?

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

Well.

- I love all of Mass Effect 3 to death. Including the endings.
- I think Dragon Age 2 was a great game. (Woo! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Dragon-Age-2-was-a-good-game])
- That BioWare in general still knows how to make good games.
- That Crysis 2 was also not shit, pretty awesome game.

So...yeah. Nothing too severe.

...There's a group? Huh. Well. I have a new group to join.

And I agree with all the above stated opinions, save the one about Crysis 2, since I've yet to play it.

And now some unpopular opinions of my own:

- Day One DLC is perfectly fine.
- I like JRPGs.
- RPGs > FPSs.
- I don't believe that EA is the devil, or even that bad of a company.
- The Wii is quite a fun lil' console.
- MGS2 is good. Not the best game, but quite good nonetheless.
- No, having uber-buff male main characters isn't the same as having female characters run around in a thong and a battle bra. (Also, insert other "gaming/pro-feminism" arguments here.)

Er... yeah. That's all I can think of at the moment.

 

[Mouse One]

Thanks, ScrabbitRabbit. Yeah, DRM. I just finished driving 6 hours through the Arizona desert in a car without A/C. Frankly, I'm amazed I can even find the keyboard.

Yeah, agree on the pointlessness and lack of anti-Johnny Depp effectiveness. But honestly, I consider it an annoyance on par with running out of milk in the morning and having to eat my cereal dry. I'd rather it not happen, but it doesn't happen so often as to put me off Lucky Charms.

 

[Terminate421]

I like all the pokemon. Generations 2 and 4 are tied as my favorite.

Fallout 3 and New Vegas were better than Fallout 1 and 2.

Every Halo game brings something new to the table that sets it apart from the others

Crysis 2 had a great story

Half-life 2 sucks

 

[Lord Beautiful]

-Raiden's a decent character (I attribute most of his whiny behavior to Rose being a bothersome whiner first).

-Dragon Age 2 was more fun than Origins.

-Half Life 2 was decent at best.

-DmC is a goddamn insult.

-God of War was never better than "good."

-Most Mario titles are gut-wrenchingly boring.

-Refusing to buy a game when there's something about it or its publisher's business practices I don't like doesn't make me entitled, it makes me a consumer with standards.

-Miranda's ass is lovely. Solid Snake's ass is lovelier.

 

[moostar]

Flame shield goes up >.>

FPS are only fun when camping for kills
The bioshock series is overrated
The GTA series never really gotten my interest
Mass effect 3 and its ending isn't as bad as all could think.
E.A is money hungry.

 

[scorptatious]

-I thought FFXIII was a decent game. (Although it's certainly no Xenoblade Chronicles when it comes to modern JRPG's)
-I like the Wii
-While I don't really care for COD, I feel that it's kind of stupid for people to hate on people who play and enjoy those games.
-Casual gamers are not destroying the industry.
-I actually liked characters like Cait Sith and Quina from FFVII and FFIX respectively. I guess I can understand the hate for the former due to um... story related reasons I won't spoil, but never Quina. I found s/he to be one of my favorite characters and party members in the game.

... That's all I can think of right now. :/

- Duke Nukem Forever wasn?t the opposite of Batman

Huh?

I will agree with you on Majora's Mask and Halo 2's ending though.

 

[WanderingFool]

-The early "Resident Evil" games had problems too. 4 and 5, you can at least control properly.

I do actually like the controls in 4 and 5. I want them to release RE2 with those controls (and other upgrades).

Also:
-Gamepads are just as good as KB/M, now STFU[footnote]Thats in general to everyone who keeps saying KB/M is superior. I. DONT. FUCKING. CARE! With a gamepad I have all my controls right in my hand.[/footnote].
-Doom was just as linear as COD, COD is just honest about it.
-I think Resonance of Fate was one of the best "JRPGs" released in the past few years.
-I think Valve is over-rated[footnote]I think this has less to do with Valve, and is more a response to the annoying, load Valve fans.[/footnote].
-If the Dreamcast was so great, why didnt it "win"?
-COD is a rather boring game now, but DAMMIT(!), Im very interested in Blops 2.

First, I agree with you wholeheartedly with Majora's Mask, its definitely one of my favs.

Second, as much as I love Borderlands... I really cant point out what it is I like about it. It just works. So... yeah...

*Edit*

Flame shield goes up >.>

FPS are only fun when camping for kills
The bioshock series is overrated
The GTA series never really gotten my interest
Mass effect 3 and its ending isn't as bad as all could think.
E.A is money hungry.

Wait... isnt the one about EA undisputed truth?

 

[keiskay]

- skyrim was the most repetitive and dumbed down ES game yet.
- duke nukem forever was a fun game that i dont regret buying
-bullet storm was a funny game with a decent plot and amazingly fun and new gameplay
- amnesia wasnt that scary
- duke nukem 3d was shit
- uncharted has shit graphics
- diablo 2 is okay

 

[moostar]

Yes, cause online passes are total bs. Xbox users already have the felling of being ripoff from M$, and their idea of charging access for online gaming.

 

[Cat Cloud]

-I dislike Mario and anything that spawns from him. Nintendo needs to let him die.

-The Final Fantasy series is boring

-I think JRPG's otherwise are okay

-The new Pokemon generation is okay

-Handhelds are awesome

-I dislike most FPS's

-I dislike MMO's

-The Wii has some fantastic games

-The older/original games are (always) not better

-Minecraft = WoW in that they are both a waste of time

-I don't mind games with a cartoon or anime art style. I almost prefer it to realistic graphics (uncanny valley and so on).

-The weirder games are the better games

-War is a boring setting for games story-wise.

 

[ulzugot]

-Mass Effect 2 was "average"
-If you played one or two Bioware games, every another one is predictable due to recycled story lines and/or characters
-SW:KoTOR is predictable (there are so many hints, dammit!)
-EA is not the worst company. Activion-Blizzard, Nintendo, and Ubisoft tie on the 1st place.
-Rockstar is as bad as EA
-GTA IV was a bad game
-GoW games were average
-Anything that Valve has made is superior to the Half Life franchise
-Yahtzee neither funny or clever, and his brand of humor is just low and juvenile
-Alpha Protocol was a good and innovative game
-Bullet Storm was a decent game
-Majority of Final Fantasy games are bad (especially the newer ones)

 

[MarlonBlazed]

I used to think that everyone hated Majora's Mask due to the fact that everyone used to tell me they hated that game but I guess I was wrong.

Oh alright, I got some.

- I like Wakka, I think he was a very good character.

- I dislike 80% of FF7.

- Navi is the least annoying thing in OoT, the most annoying thing is a tie between Link yawning a billion times and the joke that Navi is annoying.

- I don't like the Half-Life series.

I have a few more but I'll just go off on a rant if I include them.

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

-No problem with DLC or preorder bonuses
-Little problem with sequels or reboots
-Valve is a mediocre developer and would be a better game developer if they'd set deadlines
-There's nothing wrong with CoD or military shooters
-Jenova Chen is a pretentious douche
-Nothing wrong with Westerners taking over Eastern IP's
-The last couple of Silent Hills have been perfectly fine
-There's such a thing as "too much" story
-Gamers who only play RPG's are no different from gamers who only play FPS's
-PC gamers are overly-entitled and whiny
-Bioware's gay characters are all horribly written and they need to stop
-"Tacked on" multiplayer doesn't ruin games
-The reason most developers don't listen to their fans is because fans have horrible ideas

 

[DementedSheep]

I don?t have a problem with dlc, even day one dlc so long as it?s not leaving an obvious hole in the game and they don?t make it out like it?s in the main game.

I don't think games are getting worse.

Playing COD dose not make you stupid.

I don?t mind some games being linear and think it can give a better experiance.

I would say bulletstorm is actually a decent game but considering how often it?s been mentioned already I guess that?s not as much of unpopular opinion as I thought.

 

[Maeshone]

Hmm...

1. Dragon Age 2 was way better than Dragon Age: Origins. I honestly got bored with DA:O after one playthrough, while I'm still playing the sequel.

2. Mass Effect 3 fucking rocked, all the way through, and Mass Effect 1 was really let down by the poor combat which has made me reluctant to play through that game again.

3. I like EA. I like Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Brütal Legend and a lot of other games that would never have gotten made without EA's backing.