I feel kind of silly defending the guy I was arguing with (sorta), but...AshPox said:Ok then, Name one game that is popular that nobody likes.ZippyDSMlee said:Yes they do.....they very very very very much do....... its an epidemic with modern media no matter how bad it is people still buy it because its the brand,gene,ect they want.AshPox said:Dude stop.ZippyDSMlee said:Why? because its a good analogy? I might see it as twilight, how about the new star wars ep 1 it did well despite the ragging on it....SonicKoala said:Well, apart from raping the english language, your rant feels incredibly disjointed and vague.... and I disagree with everything you said. How is the game "incomplete"? And a "travesty"? Really?
And secondly, stop with your stupid "Oh, well Twilight is popular, that means everything else that is popular is shit" thing. It makes no sense at all, and it's a horrible argument which is unable to stand up to any sort of scrutiny. Sometimes things are popular because they're GOOD.
Crap movies are popular a lot but video games just don't work like that.
Its just how things work.... poplar whims drive the need for everything and now that games are popular they must be dumbed down to maintain the profit numbers the ever growing cost of game design requires to make crappy flashy games and crap for the public.....
And no not everything sucks.....but most things are more like Transformers/Street fighter and less like star wars/LOTRs......
Popularity =/= Quality
Popularity is not really a good measure for quality.
Cooking Mama is one of the best selling franchises Nintendo has ever made. Good quality?
GTA is one of the most popular franchises in today's market? Good quality? (not in my opinion)
Crysis is highly acclaimed. Good quality?
Sonic games sell really well. Good quality? (This one injures me as I still have that damned Dreacast shirt)
Halo is popular...
I could keep going,b ut the point he brought up and the point you refute is that quality is not told by the popularity it recieves. Quality is also, to a degree, a matter of perspective. Some say FF7 was the best FF ever. Some say it was the worst. I still play my copy. I know people who outright refused to play it after the first try. Whatever.