Video Game Confessions

[PrimoThePro]

Nerd rage? Anime and JRPGs are the worst creation in the world and need to be purged. It's a plague on creative media as a whole.

EDIT: I'm not trolling. I really do think that.

If you don't mind me asking, what is your opinion on it? True, some animes crumble near the end of the story, but I find for a lot of them, Trigun for example, are a work of art, and thus better then many other things. Take One Piece, I would choose watching that over playing a video game. But that is my opinion, and being a fan of understanding people, I want to know where you're coming from.
EDIT: I think I can safely say, nevermind sir, I have read your opinion. I agree that it can be repetitive, but for a few animes, there are some quite good ones.

 

[rsvp42]

The people and the culture it's created (In america at least) are the worst. As an artist I find it absolutely infuriating when someone says "OH MUH GAWSH IM AN ARTIST TO ^^ , I draw anime and things mostly I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANNA DRAW MY OWN ANIME SERIES :3 HAVE YOU SEEN THIS ANIME SERIES IT'S MY FAVORITE ITS LIEK REALLY SUPER SUPER COOL ITS GOT THIS GUY AND HE DOES STUFF AND OH MAN YOU NEED TO SEE IT LOOK AT THIS YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT SERIOUSLY GO PAY 300 DOLLARS FOR THE IMPORTED COLLECTORS SET HAND CRAFTED BY GOD HIMSELF! "

Yeah, I'm an animator and that's always bugged me. Luckily most people like that are actually crappy artists and get weeded out early. However I actually do like anime. The secret is not to overexpose yourself to it. Remember Sturgeon's Law, that 90% of everything is crap? Yeah, that applies to anime as well. See, that's my secret with FPS and other shooters, too. If you just stick to the good ones and forget the rest, you'll never again think the genre is stagnant.

Oh and the reason they say to watch the original Japanese is because usually the actors are better and you don't have cheesy American actors trying to squeeze in a bunch of extra lines in an attempt to make the dub look normal. An example is that Naruto sounds better in Japanese. A counter-example is Dragon Ball Z. Dragon Ball Z was MUCH better in English. It just depends on the show. But I can see how that along with everything else would be annoying for you.

 

[Nouw]

I play an online FPS regularly, even more than Portal and Starcraft 2!

 

[aether-x3]

Raiden is my favorite MGS character
I didn't like Oblivion, but did like F03 and FO:NV
Never played any Half-life game and probably never will.

All I can really think of.

 

[PROcrastinator]

I dont like FPS as a genre. sorry just not that into it.

 

[postalworker147]

Nerd rage? Anime and JRPGs are the worst creation in the world and need to be purged. It's a plague on creative media as a whole.

EDIT: I'm not trolling. I really do think that.

actually i agree. except for ffVII and FFX and FFXII

 

[Biosophilogical]

I cant be the bad guy in a video game, no matter how hard i try i cant be evil.

I don't like counter strike at all.

I was about to defend counter-strike (I do love me some zombie-horde mods), but then I saw your avatar and ... and I just ... I can't.

Okay I lied (see I can't even lie properly), I really just wanted to point out how adorable your avatar is.

OT: I don't enjoy CoD that much. I dislike online Halo. I'm culturally depraved (I love games, but all those classics like Neverwinter Nights, or Ocarina of Time. Yeah, those ones, I've never played them). I don't even seem to buy games that are more modern (yet still loved as a general rule of culture) like Bioshock, or Fallout, or Oblivion, or I dunno, what games do kids my age play nowadays?

 

[OneOfTheMichael's]

I don't care for Oblivion. I thought it was boring as hell and the level up system was very strange. Plus all characters have that Bethesda quality, with the ugly fat faces and the ramrod stiff dialogue.

I totally agree with you on this.
The only reason i bought it is because half of my friends urged me to buy everyday, so i did played up to the end of the sewers and i shut the damn game off.

 

[KP Shadow]

I hate zelda games, HATE THEM, I think they are absolute shit on a crumbling roll, They have got to be the laziest games ever created as far as story goes and they have BARELY changed since the original.

the Four Swords trilogy (Four Swords, Four Swords Adventures, and the Minish Cap) says "hi"

OT: I preferred Minish cap over the original LoZ. And I admit that EA sports did make one good game... before EA Sports BIG went under (Freekstyle)

 

[smearyllama]

I bought Toy Story 3. In my defense, it's pretty damn fun.

 

[Koroviev]

I played Oblivion for 10 minutes before leaving it. Haven't picked it up since.
CoD is meh.
Half-Life is Meh.
Have never played any MGS game.
Never finished a pokedex and have only played 1 pokemon game.

I've only put about ten minutes into Oblivion, and I've had it for a few months. The combat feels clunky and the graphics look muddy for a 2006 game. The only thing I might check out for is the guild aspect, which sounds kind of neat.

Hmmm... it sounds like you need to play Morrowind...

I have heard nice things about it. As a matter of fact, there is an "evaluation essay" (critical review) written on it in my college English textbook! XD

Seriously though, it sounds just right for you. The combat is simplistic (OK, it's terrible, but at least it's easy), and the sidequests/guilds are much more detailed.

Alas, I am but a console peasant -__-;

 

[General BrEeZy]

I...
I.......
.............
I don't know...I don't HATE anything, I respect something from everything...
and thus nothings worth bashing to me.

D'oh well.

Well I got scared of sheegoths in Metroid Prime not too many years ago, like SCARED so i couldnt fight them.
And I threw a hissy-fit at the end of Lost Planet when Isenberg killed the everloving shizno out of me for HOURS!!!
and every level of Halo 2 on legendary made me one infuriated Son-of-a-*****!!!!!!!!!!!

but thats about all I got...

 

[rsvp42]

I honestly DESPISE PC gaming, I try to be accepting of it, and could care less if someone enjoyed it, more power to them... But It is so ANNOYING for me, "Woops, can't play that game, I should buy a new graphics card! Woops, my computer can't handle that card! I should go out and spend hundreds of dollars on more hardware! Alright, now I have all my hardware, now how the hell do I use this? Better spend a ton of time looking it up on the internet!"

Yeah, I agree. That can be a total pain in the ass. I'm having something of a honeymoon with my new PC now, so I feel like I can just play all the best games forever, but I have no clue what the lifespan of a given build is these days. Then again, if it lasts me 5 years, then it's money well-spent. Also upgrading a PC isn't too bad compared to having to buy a whole new one.

 

[Uzbekistan]

I could never beat the Elite Four without help.
I never played any of the Mega Man games.
I never played any of the Metroid games.
My main 'gaming experience' comes from Youtube.
I HATE THE PLATFORM MARIO SERIES.
I love JRPGs, rage against them all you want.
I hate the Metal Gear Solid series.
Otacon= <3

 

[Netface]

I borrowed RE4 from a friend, and couldn't get past the first town before I was completely frustrated with the controls.

Gave it back and borrowed PoP: Warrior Within instead, and I loved it so much I played through it twice.

 

[Uzbekistan]

I bought Toy Story 3. In my defense, it's pretty damn fun.

I love TS3. I remember growing up with them. I like how they started when I was a kid and how they came out with it when I'm in college. Hmmmm....

 

[OceanSapphire]

My favorite Final Fantasy is X.
I liked Final Fantasy: Spirits Within.
If a game gets too difficult, I chicken out. I'm a wimp. Difficult being it takes me over thirty tries, then twenty to forty after checking out the guidebook.
I've never beaten a game without a guidebook.

 

[TheMann]

It's already been stated, but Perfect Dark truly was a better game than Goldeneye 007 in almost every way. I can't speak for the Goldeneye remake though, or Perfect Dark Zero.

I really enjoyed the Sega Saturn.

I absolutely hate role playing games. To me RPG only stands for one thing: rocket propelled grenade.

And now the big one:

I game on a Mac. I've already heard all the jokes so preemptively, fuck you. Please no hipster jokes I hate those people too.