Unpopular gaming opinions

[McMarbles]

There should be a special place in hell reserved for people who endlessly repeat Valve memes.

Nintendo is NOT the Antichrist.

WRPGs are not inherently superior to JRPGs. Nor ar PCs inherently superior as gaming devices to anything else.

 

[belpud]

i liked halo 4.
judging from the general mood of the internet, i don't think i'm in the majority.

fable 3 was terrible, in fact i think all of the fable games were pretty average at best.

i may not like CoD, but it has its place in the market and i dont have a problem with that.

 

[PhiMed]

Here's some very unpopular opinions.

- Atari Jaguar, and the 3DO for that matter I feel are truly underrated systems that don't derserve the flak they get.
- I'm not too fussed about a story in a game as long as the gameplay is good.
- Even though i don't do it, I feel Emulation has done a whole world of good for the gaming community in general.
- I feel Metroid Other M is a decent game overall, perhaps even better than the Prime sequels in some cases.
- The only Bioware games i have enjoyed are the first two Mass Effects, and Jade Empire.
- I feel videogames can be enjoyed just like any other media by anyone regardless of age, and sex.
- Final Fantasy VIII was the best in the series in my opinion. It had more interesting things going on in it.
- If you consider Ocarina of Time as a bad game, I don't consider you a hardcore gamer in my humble opinion.

If you wear the term "hardcore gamer" as some sort of badge of honor, and view yourself as someone who gets to decide to is allowed in the club, then you deserve every bit of social ostracism, rejection, and failure that you reap. You earned it.

On topic:
-The reason the first Halo became popular is because it was the first console FPS that wasn't a broken mess.
-Fallout 3 sucked.
-Quantity of content does not equal quality. Some really long games are shit. Some really short games are awesome. I have no problem paying full price for a short, good game.
-We are paying less, when adjusted for inflation, for our games than we ever have. Especially when you consider how much they cost to produce.
-User-generated content, with very few exceptions, sucks.
-I have no desire for "realism" when I'm playing a shooter or a sports game. None.
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Sorry man, but that's kinda harsh.

It's just my view, Ocarina of Time is a seminal masterpiece, and people hating on it just feels wrong to me.

If it's not your cup of tea, I'm fine with that, it's just calling it a bad game, and extremely flawed on a gameplay standpoint seems like that gamer is voided of any respect for gaming. Maybe causing the whole Casual vs Hardcore debate is silly over just one game, but I don't know what else to associate it with.

It's like if someone hated Star Wars and the Godfather, as a film buff you should at least respect them even though they are not your thing. As they did so much for the media in general.

I know my views are controversial, but at least you know a little bit of reason behind my madness. Whenever or not you think that's a legitimate reason it's up to you, but please don't personally attack me for my opinions thank you.

I wasn't personally attacking anyone. I was taking issue with a statement that you made.

A personal attack would be attacking a quality inherent to you over which you have no control, or a circumstance from your past that is unrelated to the topic at hand. My critique was very much related to your comment.

I just really dislike it when someone attempts to make themselves out to be some sort of gatekeeper for the secret club of "hardcore gamer" (rawwwwrrrr), because it's inherently judgmental and kinda dickish. I have no issue with your opinion on Ocarina. I like Ocarina. I liked it a lot better when it first came out, and the primitive polygons didn't hurt my brain, but I like it. I was taking issue with your decision to judge other people's habits and preferences, and the fact that you were declaring the right to decide which meaningless labels people apply to themselves.

Referring to oneself as a hardcore gamer, besides being pointless, is not something that should be considered to be inherently positive or negative. Playing a lot of video games is fine. I do it, but it's not something on which I pride myself, because I have actual real-life achievements for that. But if someone considers themselves "hardcore", who cares? Why does that one game... that ONE GAME have any bearing on their ability to do so? It's one game, and it's not even the best Zelda game (that would be Link to the Past). Besides, younger players likely have difficulty looking past the ugly polygons of the N64/PSONE era, because they were awkward and ugly, especially considering the elegant simplicity of the representation of the 8-bit era, the beautiful sprites of the 16-bit era, and the vastly superior, infinitely less buggy renderings of subsequent generations.

Ultimately, of course recognition of landmarks and significant achievements of the past is important, and I don't think anyone would argue that Ocarina is anything other than a masterful achievement of the past. But must someone claim that they actually enjoy those landmarks today? To use your analogy to film, in order to be a "film buff", do you have to claim that you still enjoy Metropolis, or can someone recognize its importance while still admitting it's a little hard to watch after being exposed to modern film-making techniques (and... you know... "talkies")? In film as in video games, there's a word for people who require that you profess a love for antiquated, awkward relics from previous eras in order to be a "true" connoisseur of the medium: snobs. Don't be a snob, dude. Alienation and exclusion are not good for the medium.

 

[Rai^3]

Deus Ex: Invisible War was a very good game. Contrariwise, the original Deus Ex is not nearly as good as everyone seems to think.

There has not been a single good Red Faction game.

Bethesda did not ruin Fallout.

I'll think of more later.

 

[McMarbles]

Duke Nukem Forever is not a step down... because Duke Nukem was NEVER good.

If it wasn't for the gore, Mortal Kombat would be dismissed as the mediocre fighter it was.

Games I'm tired of hearing about: Minecraft. Planescape: Torment. Skyrim. Team Fortress 2. League of Legends. Stalker.

 

[Tiamattt]

FFX2 I found to be a decent, fun game but apparently it should be burned with fire and never should've existed.

I'm sure there's more but nothing comes to mind atm.

 

[Iwata]

I liked "Amy".

Seriously.

 

[Kushan101]

The Half-Life Series is overrated.

Loved the first one, but HL2? I agree so hard it hurts. Waaaaay too short, spent nearly all the game in that stupid buggy thing. Boring/extremely traditional weaponry. Silent (boring) protagonist. Bland environments.

I find myself getting quite grumpy when I see HL2 in the top three slot of game magazines "top 100 awards".

Oh yeah, and I enjoyed FFX-2.

 

[Kurt Cristal]

I have no qualms with quick time events save for the ones that surprise you in the middle of a cutscene. Games that train you to know when to expect a QTE do it right, and QTE boss fights aren't a big problem to me either.

 

[Saviordd1]

(all except you, Iorveth, we're cool.).

Bu...but...Vernon...
You monster


OT: Oh jesus here I go

-Fuck Borderlands, no, seriously, fuck Borderlands. That game is what is wrong with the gaming industry in my opinion and its fanboys are some of the worst in the industry right next to Biodrones and dudebros.

-Starcraft is overrated, its chess without the fun social experience and some asshole calling me names for not being able to summon 5000 thors out of my ass.

-On the idea of Starcraft, I liked the seconds cliched but fun story, I found the first games story to be to try hard.

-Warhammer 40K, I hate it. But I think half this forum knows that, and hates me for it, by now.

-New Vegas was...okay, just, okay. Had some fun stuff but wasn't nearly as good as FO3.

-I liked DA2, it wasn't as good as DAO obviously but IMO it had way better characters. (Except Leliana <3)

-Skyrim was a good game, but not as good as Oblivion. Why? It was soulless, even with its faults you could tell that Bethesda REALLY cared about Oblivion, it was unapologeticly high fantasy and didn't need to be morally gray to enjoy itself; and it was fucking awesome for it. (And I haven't even mentioned how awesome mods can make it)

In contrast Skyrim can be summed up with "DRAGONS, THE HANGOVER JOKE, ARROWS IN KNEES, FUCKING DRAGUR".

-Finally, Civ 5 wasn't that bad.

OH GOD DON'T HURT ME.

 

[BonfireAg03]

Completely agree about New Vegas just being okay. Oh, I still love it, but I'll always play Fallout 3 over New Vegas any day of the week. At least, I think so. Now I'm going to have to go play both of those and verify this, darn it.

Also...

-I...I liked the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial game

 

[lechat]

mass effect 3. i tried to play it but all i seemed to do was pop out of cover shot a few guys and pop back down and having just come from playing mafia 2 it seemed really sub par
on the same note torchlight 2 again having just played dungeon siege 2 i can't understand how it didn't copy some of its features like auto loot

 

[m19]

As much as I loved Far Cry 3... I would prefer it would have been 3 times smaller but more saturated with varied content and not just storming endless nearly identical camps, etc.

Oh, and playing "generic military shooters" online is one of my favourite things to do. Those are both popular and not popular among "sophisticated" gamers.

 

[Ironbat92]

Lets See(inhale breath):
I hate Borderlands for being unfunny, boring, and annoyingly difficult
I like and prefer the Modern Warfare and Black Ops Call of Duty Games more than the old ones
I find Spec Ops: The Line a bit Pretentious as it focus's so much of it's story(which just kept saying "LOOK AT YOU, YOUR A MONSTER! LOOK AT THE HORRIBLE THINGS YOU DID! YOU'RE AN EVIL PERSON!!!"), while it's the gameplay is average, nearly above mediocre, and the multiplayer is ass
I find every recent Mario game boring
I didn't think Mass Effect 3's original ending was so bad, it didn't need a new ending
The Mouse and Key board is a horrible supplement to a controller
I honestly don't think E.A is the most evil corporation on earth or the market, nor do I feel the same about Ubisoft and Activision
I think Medal of Honor and Battlefield are doing more harm to the medium than justice
I really find Bethesda games like Skyrim and Fallout 3 boring.
Bioshock had a great story, but it's gameplay was confusing and filled with too much sidetracking
I thought Bioshock 2 was a better game, in all areas
I like Criterion Games Need for Speed games
My favorite Final Fantasy game is Final Fantasy XIII, and I could care less about JRPG's
Speaking of which, I really don't like the Persona games. They could be better if they got ride of the whole "High School Dating Sym" element of it all.
I could go on and on

 

[Baron_Rouge]

Well, I'm not sure if this is a minority, but I think Playstation All-Stars is actually awesome, as is Skylanders. Here are the bits where I know I'm in a minority; I think All-Stars is better than Smash Bros (but they're both ridiculously awesome), I don't like Steam, I love the Playstation Move, and...I thought Resident Evil 5 was better than Resident Evil 4.

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to mention, I thought Civ 5 was awesome, I find Zelda Games boring, and Vanilluxe is one of the coolest (no pun intended ) Pokemon out there. And I've been playing since blue version.

 

[ejb626]

My words

What you and some other guy asked

The large functions put up to watch "pro" players play these games and the money the players win support an unrealistic portrayal of what a "gamer" is, and the games themselves are nothing more than point and click math problems. While Halo and CoD dumb down just one genre, these MOBA games dumb down an entire platform of the gaming industry, and they're praised for doing it.

Generally no one gives a shit about the huge ass LoL and Starcraft tournaments except for people already in the fandom. It's not going to sway the opinions of gamers in general. Also Halo and CoD have huge tournaments that are even more publicized because at this point FPSes are more mainstream than MOBAs ever will be. I mean MOBAs are a brand new genre compared to other ones, only dating back to DoTA which was in what? 2004? I don't see how they're damaging to the industry. They don't seem to be having as much of an influence on the gaming industry as a whole as the FPS.




In regards to SC2, do you just dislike RTSes or do you hate SC2 for marginalizing other RTS games?

 

[Oro44]

-Still have some faith in Bioware.

-Didn't like New Vegas.

-CoD, MoH and Halo are overrated.

-ZombieU is one of the most tedious games I've ever played.

-The gameplay of the first Mass Effect was the worst.

-Oblivion was better than Skyrim. Never played Morrowind (a crime, I know).

 

[Rasor]

Persona 4: Arena and Soul Calibur 3 are the best fighter games I've played.
Skyrim, once you play enough is just that same shit over and over, a giant sandbox where only a few things can happen. Why it is popular or people still buy the expansions today is beyond me.
Dragon age 2 is great.
Bioware is a good dev.
Borderlands 1&2 are great.
Kirby Air Ride is the best racing game ever made.
The Devil May Cry series are too repetitive to be fun to me.

 

[BleedingPride]

Yeah, I honestly think half-life is nothing special.
Oblivion was boring and complicated in terms of leveling for me.
KoTOR 2 made no sense.
EA isn't THAT bad.
Console gaming's community is better than the PC gaming community.
Reboots are NOT the worst thing ever just because Dante's hair isn't white.
Also Mass Effect 3 was the best game in the series, and the Extended Cut ending was perfectly fine for me.

 

[Rasor]

Oh I forgot my huge one.
Kingdom Hearts sucks.
The mechanics are shit and the story is a shit, SHIT knock together fantasy novel for 13 year old girls.
And seriously, that combat is just plain bad. I also hate QTEs but why would you even bother putting them in when they are always Triangle.
I've heard a lot of people say that the Sephiroth fight at the end of one of them is one of the hardest bosses in gaming. That statement is designed to make me spew bile.

Captcha: heat up. Yeah, getting a little bit heated up about this.