Your Gaming Capital Sins

[Mestraal]

I thought that Majora's Mask was better than Ocarina of Time.

Very much this.

I also believed Bioshock 2 was a genuinely good game. Especially after reading 'Rapture' which added some context to it all.

 

[Plinglebob]

I really hate the "Games are Art" argument. While I think they should be defined as art in a legal sense, as they currently stand the vast majority (99%+) has the same artistic merit as Porn. Not that this is a bad thing (big fan of both), but hearing people trying to argue that games are conveying deeper messages instead of simply providing entertainment and simulation to allow us to act out our baser instincts (yunno, like porn) is painful.

 

[KissofKetchup]

I really hate the "Games are Art" argument. While I think they should be defined as art in a legal sense, as they currently stand the vast majority (99%+) has the same artistic merit as Porn. Not that this is a bad thing (big fan of both), but hearing people trying to argue that games are conveying deeper messages instead of simply providing entertainment and simulation to allow us to act out our baser instincts (yunno, like porn) is painful.

But the thing is, not all games have to play to our base instincts, just like not all movies have explosions, bare breasts, and car jumps. And even if a movie has explosions, bare breasts, and car jumps, that doesn't preclude it from having a deeper meaning. The same applies to video games and all other mediums of art. But yes, most games are just playing to base instincts.

 

[SamuelT]

I never completed FF7 and liked FF9 better.

Same here mate. Never even played FF7. Looked up an LP of it though.

Apart from that, I guess really loving Invisible War is concidered a sin, seeing as it's wished away every time the original Deus Ex comes up.

 

[Kotaro]

Ico. For all that I love that game to death and gush about it uncontrollably, I've never actually finished it.
I also liked Final Fantasy VI, IX, and even V far more than VII.

 

[AlthorEnchantor]

I like Legend of Mana much better than Secret of Mana. I also hate Final Fantasy IX with a fiery burning passion. Yeah, nine. The one no one feels THAT strongly about.

 

[Lev The Red]

i could never play Oblivion or any Mass Effect game. i don't really know why. i LOVE games like Fallout and Borderlands, and pretty much every other game that's one big fetchquest (go to point A, to be told that you have to go to point B to get object 1 so that you can flip switch #3 at point C). i'v always loved games like that, but i could never really enjoy Mass Effect or Oblivion. i'v tried a bunch of times, but i always get bored about 30 minutes into it and give up.

 

[Lev The Red]

oh, i also think Ocarina of Time is overrated, and that A Link To The Past is hands-down the best LoZ game. *braces for flamewar*

 

[Landis963]

In Mass Effect, even though I played a guy, I kept Kaidan alive. I really don't get the hate he gets, esp. since the alternative is Ashley, who strikes me as slightly annoying in the same way that Kaidan is slightly bland. Besides, I always send Kaidan to deal with the bomb, and there's really no reason for any Shepard not to ensure that the bomb goes off.

 

[Valdus]

I don't like Mass Effect despite liking RPG's...