what are your "unpopular" opinions on gaming?

[ChupathingyX]

I think with "less open" the person you quoted refers to the invisible walls put in place by Obsidian to prevent you from advancing in a quest through a different way than that Obsidian wants you to do.

Fallout 3 had that too, there were sections that couldn't be accessed until certain parts of the relevant quest were activated.

I really don't have a problem with that, the devs don't want you to discover something important or screw anything up, nothing really wrong with that. If you really want to screw stuff upt hen get to the point where you can.

 

[Daveman]

Halo Reach was the first Halo game I actually enjoyed enough to replay. Halo 3 was the worst one.

MW2 was the best CoD game.

Morrowind is boring and Oblivion did nothing but improve on it.

Fallout: New Vegas is the best game ever in almost every respect.

Don't mistake this for trolling, I don't want an argument, this is just the way the world appears through my eyes.

 

[moose49408]

Mine would have to be: story and character interaction are THE most important aspect of a game, more important than gameplay, presentation, graphics, or whatever else you'd like to throw on that list.

 

[Raika]

1. Final Fantasy X-2 is my favorite game of all time. I can't think of a single aspect of it that I don't adore to pieces.

2. Heavy Rain is the worst game of this console generation. It has little to no redeeming value.

3. Call of Duty and Halo are pretty good.

4. The golden age of the versus fighting genre ran from 1996 to 2002. The renaissance that began with Street Fighter IV has produced very little of worth, as most new fighting games are dumbed-down, oversimplified garbage for the Xbox LIVE kiddies. The best fighting game that debuted after Street Fighter IV is, in fact, the latest Mortal Kombat, but the pinnacle of the entire genre is and always will be the peerless Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

5. World of Warcraft is fucking excellent.

 

[___________________]

here at the escapist OR anywhere else

1. I dont give a damn about regenerating health

2. I like dark and gritty

3. cutscenes are not the devil (that is unless they are 5 hours long)

4. generally I think voicless is only ok if you can customize your charachter (yes there are exceptions)

5. the Wii has absolutly nothing to offer ASIDE from the obvious nintendo franchises (metroid prime 3 was amazing)

6. Red faction Gurrela is a good game

7. people who scoff at "dark gritty COD fanboys" in favour of more "colurful" titles can be JUST as obnoxious and annoying using eaquality stupid arguments

letting the tearing apart of people favorites begin

You are correct my good man. I don't care about number 4. It's either way to me as long as the game's fun.

um...she's a girl by the way.

My opinions

1. I don't consider the I-phone as a legitimate gaming platform.
2. Minecraft is just a glorified Lego builder, nothing more.
3. The Dreamcast is the Greatest console ever made.

Their are more, but i just can't think of them at the moment.

I don't really care.

 

[Velocity Eleven]

I enjoy random battles, and turn-based ones

 

[LiquidGrape]

Simply put, the customer isn't always right. This subculture has some serious self-entitlement issues.

 

[Daveman]

...I think a lot of people use gaming as a method of escape from having to live in the real world. I think these people are rendered incapable of actually handling reality and I think in the long run their retreat into fantasy is harmful to them and others around them. I also think they're very juvenile and that since their entertainment caters to that immaturity it basically stunts their personal development.

Hence "The Escapist".

I don't know how harmful it is to have a bit of fantasy.

I've been thinking about what it is that makes me so into TV, films and just general entertainment but not sports or any especially real and useful things. Then it all got summed up pretty neatly in the new Sky advert in a damn beautiful way.


Yeah I'm pretty juvenile, but it all seems fairly nice and not especially harmful. Also I'm not sure which way round the causation is. It might just be that the immature and emotionally stunted juveniles like me are just drawn to it rather than it causing it.

tbh I think my favourite book, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, has done more to shape me and contribute to my personal development than all my schooling combined.

 

[Theo Rob]

I think that anti-videogame advocates do have a point when saying that a lot of games are overly violent these days and are just appealing to gore junkies.

You heard me. Bring on the flame.

i will semi agree with you.
for a example the biggest complaint about ninja gaiden 3's gameplay is that there's no more dismemberment. this from the most bloodiest game at e3.!

gore is ok but i will never cry for more violence when a game shows me more blood than some horror games.

 

[Vault101]

The gaming lifestyle and nerdy lifestyles in general (lifestyle, not hobbies) mass produce repressed, incapable and very frustrated people that, make no mistake, would be a lot more violent and dangerous than they currently are if they thought they could win.

Long story short I don't think being a 'real' nerd is actually healthy and I think a lot of people use gaming as a method of escape from having to live in the real world. I think these people are rendered incapable of actually handling reality and I think in the long run their retreat into fantasy is harmful to them and others around them. I also think they're very juvenile and that since their entertainment caters to that immaturity it basically stunts their personal development.

Oh, and I think Japan is mostly spent as a driving force in gaming.

interesting...very instersing

while I belive that living through an avatar is definetly no way to live, and liking yourself/ having a sense of self worth is very important,

as for games catering to imaturity...thats true..but not ALL games (particually the really good ones) and this medium is evolving it will change

as for me...

gaming right now is my primary hobby, Its somthing I do instead of watching TV..I think thats pretty acceptible

I have a full time job ,I often find that I dont have much leasure time (I think thats an adjustment from my previous lifestyle) so as I said..I come back from a day at work and I game....and do other stuff.. rinse repeat, its lack of time that I havnt been doing other things (like reading or art)

I think the one thing where I havnt got it together is a social life, or lack thereof though I was just never a social person....regardless of gaming, right now I just feel 100% fine with it even though I know I should work on it..and mabye if/when I get things together I might, perhaps gaming takes away some motivation to do so

I've got posters plasteres all over my walls, I love figurines and nerdy things, I display it without hesitation

I fit the description...but I think mentally I'm fine and ME as in myself will always come before an avatar, I like myself too much, I dont ever want to be "that" person

 

[universaltraveller]

This thread is evil!

That said;

The Halo series is just one game trying to be Unreal Tournament.

And, Zelda: A Link To The Past is the best Zelda game ever made.

Oh, also nearly all COD games are very bad, But COD4 is a good game.

 

[Jazoni89]

here at the escapist OR anywhere else

1. I dont give a damn about regenerating health

2. I like dark and gritty

3. cutscenes are not the devil (that is unless they are 5 hours long)

4. generally I think voicless is only ok if you can customize your charachter (yes there are exceptions)

5. the Wii has absolutly nothing to offer ASIDE from the obvious nintendo franchises (metroid prime 3 was amazing)

6. Red faction Gurrela is a good game

7. people who scoff at "dark gritty COD fanboys" in favour of more "colurful" titles can be JUST as obnoxious and annoying using eaquality stupid arguments

letting the tearing apart of people favorites begin

You are correct my good man. I don't care about number 4. It's either way to me as long as the game's fun.

um...she's a girl by the way.

My opinions

1. I don't consider the I-phone as a legitimate gaming platform.
2. Minecraft is just a glorified Lego builder, nothing more.
3. The Dreamcast is the Greatest console ever made.

Their are more, but i just can't think of them at the moment.

I don't really care.

Well... you did describe her as a man, that is all.

 

[LewisLongshanks]

I didn't like Elder Scrolls IV.

 

[radioactive lemur]

here at the escapist OR anywhere else

1. I dont give a damn about regenerating health

2. I like dark and gritty

3. cutscenes are not the devil (that is unless they are 5 hours long)

4. generally I think voicless is only ok if you can customize your charachter (yes there are exceptions)

5. the Wii has absolutly nothing to offer ASIDE from the obvious nintendo franchises (metroid prime 3 was amazing)

6. Red faction Gurrela is a good game

7. people who scoff at "dark gritty COD fanboys" in favour of more "colurful" titles can be JUST as obnoxious and annoying using eaquality stupid arguments

letting the tearing apart of people favorites begin

I wholeheartedly agree with every one of those statements.

Here are mine:

1. I fail to see what's so awesome about Portal or any Final Fantasy game

2. I actually believe health regeneration is more realistic than health bars. One can take a bullet and be shocked by impact to one's vest or whatnot for a few seconds then recover, but it's a lot harder to justify taking a continuous stream of bullets to the face and recover by eating apples or something.

3. Mass Effect 3 doesn't need to have any RPG elements to be a good game

4. Despite the title, the character of Cole McGrath makes more sense as a hero than an infamous anti-hero

5. The cutscenes were one of the very best parts of MGS4

 

[Blind Sight]

On gaming in general?

1. Gamers themselves (this is obviously a broad reflection on the gaming culture as a whole, as opposed to a specific argument that EVERY gamer is like this) are an odd mix of incredibly self-entitled and complete doormats to publishers often. I don't know many other groups that would have people who would argue that a developer monopoly on products without a used market is a good thing. The notion of being self-entitled I think mostly comes from our consumer culture and the use of advertisements in order to convey an identity around a product. Speaking of which:
2. Moronic stereotyping over who plays what games on what console is nonsense. Examples: the idea that you're somehow less intelligent if you play Call of Duty, that all PC users are elitists, that JRPG fans are perverts, etc. I mean, yes there are situations where these do apply, but largely it's bullshit.
3. Gaming is a hobby, not a lifestyle.
4. 'Realism' should only be used as a way to develop interesting gameplay, i.e. something like what STALKER did. Realism for the sake of realism, and the notion that the more realistic a game attempts to be the better it is are both illogical concepts that ignore the element of fantasy in gaming.
5. If you honestly thought Duke Nukem Forever was going to be a well-polished, well put together game after the long development hell, you're either amazingly naive or Gearbox slipped mind-control drugs in your drink (yes, what is 'good' is subjective, but even if you like the game you have to admit that the overall product was pieced together rather poorly).

 

[mikev7.0]

My most unpopular opinions right now are as follows:

1. Duke Nuke Em' Forever did not deserve a 2.
2. Catherine did not deserve an almost perfect score.
3. The new Captain America game is on a par with some of the best titles.
4. That XBL isn't solely populated by screaming racists and twelve year olds.
5. That Bioware is just not at all the same company since the takeover.
6. That words like "objectivity" have no place in a conversation about video games because it's all just opinion and everyone's is valid.
7. That Whacked! is one of the greatest multiplayer experiences in the history of Evah!! (see item #6....)