Games or developers you hate on principle

[ShadowKatt]

There are so very, very many developers now that I have nothing but disdain for it's making it rather difficult to game at all without sticking strictly to flash games on the internet.

Square Enix.

I hate all of the characters they create.

The last game I played from them I actually liked was Supreme Commander 2. I hated FF XII with a passion. I had such high hopes for FF XIII and it turned out to be even worse. At least XII I finished, XIII I don't care enough about to try. I have no reason to look forward to vs. XIII either. I might be able to look forward to Kingdom Hearts III, if they ever stopped dicking around with the pointless handheld titles in their attempt to force people to own multiple consoles. Why should I have to own a Playstation, a PSP, and a Gameboy just to play one game? Because if I don't play all of them, it would be like watching Return of the Jedi after skipping The Empire Strikes Back. Luke has a robot hand? and canuse the force? What's up with that? So just fuck you, Squeenix. And Final Fantasy XIV comes out soon, the newest MMO by them. Because Final Fantasy XI did just so well.

I think Zynga is the only developer I actually hate.

I would hate them on principle if I thought they actually had any. No, wait, that's exactly why I hate them. They've been caught stealing on multiple occasions, their CEO has been caught on tape telling his people TO steal, and the company has a whole handles the whole thing like Seto Kaiba, "Screw the Rules, I have Money!". And unfortunately, in the US, money wins.

I feel the same wa about Activision. I haven't had a problem with their games, but I do have a problem with their ethics, and reglardless of whether you think that should or shouldn't matter, it does to me.

Then there's Nintendo as a whole, which I honestly am too tired to do. I could go on for pages and pages about how they've spent their entire career on the backside of Mario and Zelda, riding them into the ground and then tossing him a 1up mushroom just to keep the franchise going for one more generation. Or maybe how their consoles have consistantly lagged one generation behind their entire existance. Nintendo had the gameboy, Sega had the game gear with the color, backlit screen. Nintendo made an add-on that was basicly a flashlight, but that isn't the same, now is it? When the Playstation and Dreamcast made the scene, Nintendo was still trying to use cartiges, seeing how much they could fit on a chip instead of going with an already tried and true medium. Overall, not a great track record.

I'm going to leave it at this though. I could go on what with the affront of DRM also, but I think that's enough.

 

[repeating integers]

You hate Half-Life 2 on principle because people really like it? Makes sense...

OT: I'll hate something because it's shit. I hate Bobby Kotick because he's a prick, I don't suddenly dislike all of Activision's games because of that - although I refrain from buying them.

I don't hate it because people like it. I hate it because its most vocal fans (on this site at least) are incredibly irritating. And I know it's not rational, but there's not much I can do about that except play the game (which atm I can't do, for reasons I described).

 

[repeating integers]

DOUBLE POST SORRY

 

[MGlBlaze]

I may have contributed to the Valva fanboyism, so I should apologise for that. Like you said, their games are good but it shouldn't need to be parroted endlessley.

Anyway;
Ubisoft for their DRM, but that might change if they really do fix it.
Infinity Ward for MW2... but then, they aren't really around any more. Har har.
Zynga as well, considering what surfaced about the development and management.

Then there's Nintendo as a whole, which I honestly am too tired to do. I could go on for pages and pages about how they've spent their entire career on the backside of Mario and Zelda, riding them into the ground and then tossing him a 1up mushroom just to keep the franchise going for one more generation. Or maybe how their consoles have consistantly lagged one generation behind their entire existance. Nintendo had the gameboy, Sega had the game gear with the color, backlit screen. Nintendo made an add-on that was basicly a flashlight, but that isn't the same, now is it? When the Playstation and Dreamcast made the scene, Nintendo was still trying to use cartiges, seeing how much they could fit on a chip instead of going with an already tried and true medium. Overall, not a great track record.

I won't say you don't have a point about Nintendo, but I think the Gamecube was actually one of the more powerful systems in that generation. It was certainly more powerful than the PS2; not sure about the Xbox. Even if that isn't the case, I find you hating Nintendo for their consoles not being as powerful to be rather petty, but to each their own I suppose.

To their credit, they did take risks with their francises (Super Mario Sunshine, which I actually enjoyed but a lot of people complained about. Other M which I enjoyed but a lot of people complained about. Wind Waker, which a lot of people complained about... then people complained when it was switched back to more realistic graphics in Twilight Princess... come to think of it, Nintendo is in a pretty impossible position.) but they could use a new IP or two.

 

[Woodsey]

You hate Half-Life 2 on principle because people really like it? Makes sense...

OT: I'll hate something because it's shit. I hate Bobby Kotick because he's a prick, I don't suddenly dislike all of Activision's games because of that - although I refrain from buying them.

I don't hate it because people like it. I hate it because its most vocal fans (on this site at least) are incredibly irritating. And I know it's not rational, but there's not much I can do about that except play the game (which atm I can't do, for reasons I described).

How come?

It should run on any PC from the last 5 years, no problem.

Valve thanks to Steam, no need to elaborate.

Yeah; I'm totally sick of all the 70% off sales, the constant updates they feed to you automatically and the huge community.

[small]You really do need to elaborate.[/small]

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

Square, sort of. on the SNES and before that, all their games a charm to them that redeemed the whole thing. they have never written a decent plot, but I never really cared do to my love of turn based combat in games and the lovable atmosphere.
then FF7 came out and theyve released 3 good games since( not counting dragon quest, as I haven't played any of those):
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
FFIV DS (gotta love that art style, plus the second best of the entire FF series is the on being shown here.)

The World Ends With You was amazing, and Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep is out now too and that's really awesome.
Not to mention Dissidia being of excellent quality.

 

[repeating integers]

You hate Half-Life 2 on principle because people really like it? Makes sense...

OT: I'll hate something because it's shit. I hate Bobby Kotick because he's a prick, I don't suddenly dislike all of Activision's games because of that - although I refrain from buying them.

I don't hate it because people like it. I hate it because its most vocal fans (on this site at least) are incredibly irritating. And I know it's not rational, but there's not much I can do about that except play the game (which atm I can't do, for reasons I described).

How come?

It should run on any PC from the last 5 years, no problem.

Key words are "for the reasons I described".

(As an aside, my copy of Half Life 2 - which I received as a present - doesn't like the way I plug my Xbox 360 into a computer monitor instead of a TV to play, so it doesn't work. I have this problem with a lot of original Xbox games, it's irritating as I can't find out for myself whether the game is any good or not.)

As for PC, a) As a console FPS gamer I would probably find it hard to get used to PC FPS gaming, b) I already have the game so it seems pointless to get it again for PC, and most importantly, c) My computer is an ex-server and throws tantrums and haemorrhages whenever I try to fit any kind of graphics card whatsoever to it bar the very basic one it has as default. It can barely run the 11-year-old game Homeworld, I highly doubt it could run HL2.

In fact that last reason largely restricts me to console gaming, not that I have any particular problem with this.

 

[ManaAdvent]

Sega, just Sega. They've milked the Sonic for a long time producing some failures for a couple of years, and hardly ever do anything with their other franchises. Yes, Sonic Colors and Sonic 4 are looking good, but I've grown out and lost interest of Sonic because of those failures and haven't bought a Sonic game since Sonic Advance 2, I believe.

 

[linwolf]

Activision, my hate is so great that I will not get Starcraft 2 and one of my favorite games is Starcraft.

 

[Daymo]

Psychonauts, it's not so bad now but it used to be thrown up at every oppotunity, most underrated game, most deserving of a sequal, best game ever. It really annoys me, and now it has been replaced by Ico, another game I am almost hating on priciple.

 

[No_Remainders]

Bethesda. I said it.

I hate them because of what they did to Fallout 3, and more importantly, the fact that they're greedy pricks who took legal action against Interplay over NOTHING!

 

[imnot]

COD I just hate how people think its the only good game, never dhutting up about it and the shitty unbalanced mess it is.

 

[Epailes]

Activision for what they done to Infinity Ward >.> I always get activision stuff preowned now, they're not getting any of my money.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

Activision. Because theyre just massive pricks. I try not to buy their games but.....theyre really big and have developers i like nw. (I guess there a publisher but....)

As for Half-Life, Ive played it many tims but stopped randomly. Dnt think i ever gt halfway.
Portal was awesome though, so was Counterstrike, so I might give it a chance....later

I dislike Infinity Ward for having abandoned the fanbase that made it great to begin with, namely the PC gamers. Yes, I hate the "console" war (though the PC's can't be counted as a console, so it should never be considered in the equation; It's a whole different device, easy as that) but I dislike the 'Consolitis' that their later games suffer from.

Im pretty sure Activision made Infinity Ward explode. They fired the two heads and most of the team quit with them. They made a new company called Respawn. Seems
cool

Square, sort of. on the SNES and before that, all their games a charm to them that redeemed the whole thing. they have never written a decent plot, but I never really cared do to my love of turn based combat in games and the lovable atmosphere.
then FF7 came out and theyve released 3 good games since( not counting dragon quest, as I haven't played any of those):
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
FFIV DS (gotta love that art style, plus the second best of the entire FF series is the on being shown here.)

but... god. with out that charm to them, their games are the equivolent some douchebag acting like an idiot why pretending to be a genius. and its annoying. as FUCK.

Theyve made plenty of good games since FFVII. FFVIII was better IMO. However, they have been gng dwn a slope since FFXIII. Im playing FFXIV and its nt very good. Very buggy. Birth By Sleep is good, but I cant get into it.

Still, you like FFIV, and thats awesome

 

[Z(ombie)fan]

Square, sort of. on the SNES and before that, all their games a charm to them that redeemed the whole thing. they have never written a decent plot, but I never really cared do to my love of turn based combat in games and the lovable atmosphere.
then FF7 came out and theyve released 3 good games since( not counting dragon quest, as I haven't played any of those):
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
FFIV DS (gotta love that art style, plus the second best of the entire FF series is the on being shown here.)

The World Ends With You was amazing, and Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep is out now too and that's really awesome.
Not to mention Dissidia being of excellent quality.

those games... eh... to each their own I guess...

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

I hate PC gaming, because the people that do it are always so condescending and elitist. They just anger me.

 

[mParadox]

I hate PC gaming, because the people that do it are always so condescending and elitist. They just anger me.

For a reason mind you. FPSs are the thing to play these days as shown by Halo and MW. FPSs is the only genre PC gamers are REALLY good at.

OT:Ubisoft for that DRM.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

This is not going to end well. At all.

Inbefore that, Zynga. They steal concepts and are fiercely unloyal to their customers.

 

[RowdyRodimus]

Psychonauts, it's not so bad now but it used to be thrown up at every oppotunity, most underrated game, most deserving of a sequal, best game ever. It really annoys me, and now it has been replaced by Ico, another game I am almost hating on priciple.

I hate Ico because it's boring, same with their other game Shadow of the Collosus.

I don't hate any developer as such, but my least favorite is Valve because I just can't get into any of their games.