Your gaming guilty pleasure/unpopular opinion

[josemlopes]

Guilty Pleasure - I dont know, maybe Doritos Crash Course? I found the game fun to play, and it was free so...

Unpopular Opinion - I really like the multiplayer of Gears Of War 3 (I liked the others too but this one seems more refined), it feels really balanced and teamwork and strategy is more important in it then in most games (Battlefield included). Everyone stills sees it as a "bro" game though.

 

[malestrithe]

Guilty Pleasure: the Harvest Moon franchise does more for me than wading through acre feet of "strawberry jam." I can sit down and play the game for weeks at a time. I also love playing the Harvest Moon variants like Innocent Life, Rune Factory and even Shepard's Crossing, which is a mediocre clone.

Unpopular opinion: If it was not the only game your parent's bought you that month, you would not have played Fallout beyond the first screen. It is a poorly coded, barely working game that you were forced to play because your parents could not afford more than one game except on Christmas and your birthday. You also make the mistake of thinking that this because game is hard, so other games of the era were hard also.

 

[Starik20X6]

Guilty pleasure: I don't really know. I tend to be pretty open about what I play and what I like. That said, I do get a couple of odd looks when everyone else in the checkout line has a copy of 'Shooting Foreigners 3' and I'm clutching a copy of something like de Blob or Little King's Story... But I don't care.

Unpopular opinion: It seems pretty cool to hate on Nintendo right now, so I'd say my unpopular opinion is that I think Nintendo is amazing. Mario, Zelda, Pokémon, these things were some of the foundations of my childhood and are largely responsible for who I am today. And no matter what happens, that bond will always be there.

 

[lenlen]

Guilty Pleasure: the Harvest Moon franchise does more for me than wading through acre feet of "strawberry jam." I can sit down and play the game for weeks at a time.

I am so glad someone else is in the same boat as I am. Harvest Moon just gets... Ridiculously addictive!

As for an unpopular opinion, I never really liked Pokemon or Final Fantasy. They were just too tediously "grind-y" for me... I have tried to stick to it, but I found myself wanting to get through the games so I could hurry up and be done with them rather than because I enjoyed playing them. Needless to say, once I was done I picked up the closest copy of Harvest Moon... Without telling anyone of course!
(Okay, lame joke, I apologise in advance)

 

[Ldude893]

Despite my dislike of Activision's CEO, I love Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer.
Say what you will about the lack of dedicated servers and the crap that the company does, but I really can't get enough of it.

 

[MysticToast]

I wouldn't really say I have a gaming guilty pleasure because I'm not ashamed of any of the games I play.

As for unpopular opinions, well I have a ton, but I guess my most unpopular one would be that Halo is pretty awful.

 

[OrpheusTelos]

Unpopular opinion? I like JRPGs. Does that count?

 

[AceTrilby]

I didn't think that Duke Nukem Forever or the Kane & Lynch games were affronts to humanity.

They were pretty bad, sure, but I don't think they were ET bad.

Oh yeah, and my opinion that Halo 3 is worse than ODST and Reach. And that neither of them are that great either.

 

[Iwata]

Too many to count. But I'll try:

- Alone in the Dark: Inferno. This is the game as it should have been released, but this improved version was released later as a PS3 exclusive, and by then, most had dismissed the game as broken.

- Aliens VS Predator (2010). The Alien campaign on Nightmare difficulty is one of the most entertaining things I've ever done in gaming.

- Dead to Rights: Retribution. It's pretty much Charles Bronson: The Game.

- Naughty Bear. I see it as a Friday the 13th simulator, but with teddy bears.

- Turning Point: Fall of Liberty/Legendary. Spark Unlimited's games were short, fun romps with a great choice of setting.

- Captain America: Super Soldier. It rips off the Arkham games completely, but it does so well. And I actually prefer the combat in this game.

I also like Call of Duty's campaigns.

 

[Erttheking]

guilty pleasure: Red Faction Guerilla was actually pretty fun

unpopular opinion: Half Life was very bland

 

[templar1138a]

Guilty pleasure - When I'm having a really bad day, I put in Prototype, go to Times Square, and go berserk.

Unpopular opinion - Dragon Age 2 was one of the best WRPGs I've played. The tone icons were very useful additions to the dialogue wheel that I wish would be used more often, it had a well-crafted story considering that it was non-linear piecemeal, it was the only WRPG I can think of that created a real family dynamic for the protagonist, and it left me horrified by some of the events I witnessed and some of the actions I had to take. It left me morally conflicted and I loved it. I won't list specifics because, even though the game's been out for a while, I don't want to spoil it for anyone who still has yet to play it.

Take a hint, all you people complain about Mass Effect 3's ending. My Xbox is still getting fixed, but I already know too many specifics. Tali.

And speaking of, an unpopular opinion I'm pretty sure I'm going to have: Eh, Mass Effect 3's ending could have been better, but it's not the worst thing I've ever seen.

 

[somonels]

The first Two Worlds is a pretty fun, enjoyable game. That's a fairly rare opinion, to my knowledge.

While I haven't player the first one I found the second version very enjoyable. While I would not consider it better, in certain ways I regard it superior to Skyrim since my mind wanders back to it more frequently than the latter title.

MOBA games: when I feel like I'm beginning to like some humans and want to punish myself for it.
Pokemon: At least once a year I feel very dirty and very stupid.
I thought Warcraft was shit, still do, I'd rather play my copy of Seven Kingdoms even if I have no idea how the economy works.
Just Cause is the best sandbox since Mercenaries 2, but **** Dx9 <
I'd give up on PC gaming if I had three to five friends who would actually sit down at a table and use pens and paper... if you have people like that then PM me for a trade.
Big budgets and 3D have screwed the industry, I'm waiting for the next video game crash
Gaming is shit

 

[templar1138a]

guilty pleasure: Red Faction Guerilla was actually pretty fun

unpopular opinion: Half Life was very bland

I wouldn't say it was bland, but it was pretty annoying at times. I'm thinking of the three-headed snake thing that attacked anything it heard.

 

[templar1138a]

Unpopular opinion? I like JRPGs. Does that count?

Depends. Do you use them to back up your points in discussions regarding WRPGs? Because that's a matter of apples and oranges.

 

[Nami nom noms]

My unpopular opinion? I really, really think the storyline accross all the Resident Evil games is amazingly great.

My guilty pleasure: Dead or Alive Beach volleyball... I'm a girl.

[sub][sub](I like it for the music and 'summery feel', it helps me unwind. Also combining the items to make cool outfits ) [/sub][/sub]

 

[natster43]

Well apparently the internet is full of scorn for Lost Planet 2. So that, I fucking love Lost Planet 2 it is such a fun game.
Also Dead Island, that game I also like a lot, enough to own it twice now, mostly so I could have it on the PS3 since my friend has it on the PS3 and I want to play it with friends.

 

[Noobxs]

Guilty pleasure: I have racked up over 40 hours on legendary for the 360, and im not ashamed of myself.

Unpopular opinion: I refuse to play the witcher 2 because the game is just all round clunky.

now to my bomb shelter (its my bathroom with a "hazard" sign on the door).

 

[Something Amyss]

I enjoyed the hell out of Bulletstorm.

I'm not big on FPS, but it seemed HELLA fun.

Let's see. I love the Dynasty and Samurai Warriors games. Rather play them than most "AAA" titles.

That's gotta be unpopular.

 

[OrpheusTelos]

Unpopular opinion? I like JRPGs. Does that count?

Depends. Do you use them to back up your points in discussions regarding WRPGs? Because that's a matter of apples and oranges.

Not really, I just like them. xD They're mainly what I play. Not a big WRPG fan though, for some reason they never quite grabbed me.