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I guess, in general, the PS1/PS2/Xbox generations had far superior games to the current gen (obviously with a few exceptions).
I just feel that they don't have heart anymore. I mainly buy second-hand or part-ex games now because there's hardly anything out there worth a full price.
I just feel that they don't have heart anymore. I mainly buy second-hand or part-ex games now because there's hardly anything out there worth a full price.
L4D2 was horrible, first one was actually kinda decent but I never bought it for myself.Bertylicious said:
Actually, that gives me an idea for another unpopular gaming opinion: I believe that there are shades of grey between "great" and "crap", and I respect a game if it's well-made, even if I didn't enjoy it.Zacharious-khan said:
For example, while I did not enjoy Dark Souls and cannot understand the completely glowing reviews it got, I am convinced that it is a well-made game that a certain niche of gamers can enjoy. In fact, I too would probably enjoy the game very much if the difficulty came from the awesome boss fights themselves, rather than the fact that you have to fight your way through the same groups of zombies on the way to the boss everytime you die.
Edit: And I will also admit when games I liked are flawed. For example, as an RPG gamer, I will freely admit that even though I enjoyed certain RPGs immensely, I do not believe they merit a perfect score because they are inexcusably buggy or imbalanced. Anybody played that Pirates of the Carribean game on the PC (the Russian one that was originally called Sea Dogs 2, but got rebranded)? Loved that one to death, but I can understand if somebody hated it because much of it was a bug-infested mess.
Mass Effect was a mediocre series and its ending was perfectly consistent with the quality of the rest of the series, making the critical reception to the third instalment a gigantic overreaction. The game was on rails from its inception, with color of those rails being the only choice the player ever had.
The Grand Theft Auto series isn't nearly as fun as it used to be. The tone of IV suffered for trying to split itself between serious and humorous, and its shooter component is incredibly shallow with very sloppy, sluggish controls. Meanwhile, its derivatives have continued to expand on its premise, introducing better stories, better gameplay, and novel mechanics to a stale formula.
A brief consideration of the illusion of the relationship between cause and effect that appears to dominate the macro world in which we exist would alleviate untold amounts of Gamer with a G angst and confusion. Example: the endings to many video games "suck" because statistics demonstrate that most customers don't reach the ends of games, leading developers to the conclusion that their limited resources are better spent on the areas that the most customers actually will see. Hooray for more money to make more games and buy food!
Gamers who refer to other gamers as entitled are self-entitled hypocrites who misuse the word entitled.
The Grand Theft Auto series isn't nearly as fun as it used to be. The tone of IV suffered for trying to split itself between serious and humorous, and its shooter component is incredibly shallow with very sloppy, sluggish controls. Meanwhile, its derivatives have continued to expand on its premise, introducing better stories, better gameplay, and novel mechanics to a stale formula.
A brief consideration of the illusion of the relationship between cause and effect that appears to dominate the macro world in which we exist would alleviate untold amounts of Gamer with a G angst and confusion. Example: the endings to many video games "suck" because statistics demonstrate that most customers don't reach the ends of games, leading developers to the conclusion that their limited resources are better spent on the areas that the most customers actually will see. Hooray for more money to make more games and buy food!
Gamers who refer to other gamers as entitled are self-entitled hypocrites who misuse the word entitled.
Although perhaps not "unpopular" these are all things I know plenty of people will disagree with:
Skyrim is the best ES game, Oblivion is the worst.
The handheld Kingdom Hearts games are part of the "main series" no matter how much you say otherwise.
Runescape was easily the best MMO of it's time (similarly to WoW).
The Wii is the only 7th gen console that's really worth having because most PS3/360 games are released to PC anyway.
LoZ:OoT was a good game, but it doesn't deserve half the praise it gets, I'm pretty sure a lot of people only say they love it to fit in.
And this goes last cos it's longer:
5th gen Pokemon do not suck, the Litwick and Vannilite lines are some of my favourites.
Anyone calling the 5th gen unoriginal while saying the 1st gen was original have their head shoved up their arse, a caterpillar that evolves into a butterfly is less original then a ghost that carries around a mask, which evolves into a coffin that eats people.
Skyrim is the best ES game, Oblivion is the worst.
The handheld Kingdom Hearts games are part of the "main series" no matter how much you say otherwise.
Runescape was easily the best MMO of it's time (similarly to WoW).
The Wii is the only 7th gen console that's really worth having because most PS3/360 games are released to PC anyway.
LoZ:OoT was a good game, but it doesn't deserve half the praise it gets, I'm pretty sure a lot of people only say they love it to fit in.
And this goes last cos it's longer:
5th gen Pokemon do not suck, the Litwick and Vannilite lines are some of my favourites.
Anyone calling the 5th gen unoriginal while saying the 1st gen was original have their head shoved up their arse, a caterpillar that evolves into a butterfly is less original then a ghost that carries around a mask, which evolves into a coffin that eats people.
The large functions put up to watch "pro" players play these games and the money the players win support an unrealistic portrayal of what a "gamer" is, and the games themselves are nothing more than point and click math problems. While Halo and CoD dumb down just one genre, these MOBA games dumb down an entire platform of the gaming industry, and they're praised for doing it.ejb626 said:
i liked halo 4.
judging from the general mood of the internet, i don't think i'm in the majority.
fable 3 was terrible, in fact i think all of the fable games were pretty average at best.
i may not like CoD, but it has its place in the market and i dont have a problem with that.
judging from the general mood of the internet, i don't think i'm in the majority.
fable 3 was terrible, in fact i think all of the fable games were pretty average at best.
i may not like CoD, but it has its place in the market and i dont have a problem with that.
I wasn't personally attacking anyone. I was taking issue with a statement that you made.Jazoni89 said:
A personal attack would be attacking a quality inherent to you over which you have no control, or a circumstance from your past that is unrelated to the topic at hand. My critique was very much related to your comment.
I just really dislike it when someone attempts to make themselves out to be some sort of gatekeeper for the secret club of "hardcore gamer" (rawwwwrrrr), because it's inherently judgmental and kinda dickish. I have no issue with your opinion on Ocarina. I like Ocarina. I liked it a lot better when it first came out, and the primitive polygons didn't hurt my brain, but I like it. I was taking issue with your decision to judge other people's habits and preferences, and the fact that you were declaring the right to decide which meaningless labels people apply to themselves.
Referring to oneself as a hardcore gamer, besides being pointless, is not something that should be considered to be inherently positive or negative. Playing a lot of video games is fine. I do it, but it's not something on which I pride myself, because I have actual real-life achievements for that. But if someone considers themselves "hardcore", who cares? Why does that one game... that ONE GAME have any bearing on their ability to do so? It's one game, and it's not even the best Zelda game (that would be Link to the Past). Besides, younger players likely have difficulty looking past the ugly polygons of the N64/PSONE era, because they were awkward and ugly, especially considering the elegant simplicity of the representation of the 8-bit era, the beautiful sprites of the 16-bit era, and the vastly superior, infinitely less buggy renderings of subsequent generations.
Ultimately, of course recognition of landmarks and significant achievements of the past is important, and I don't think anyone would argue that Ocarina is anything other than a masterful achievement of the past. But must someone claim that they actually enjoy those landmarks today? To use your analogy to film, in order to be a "film buff", do you have to claim that you still enjoy Metropolis, or can someone recognize its importance while still admitting it's a little hard to watch after being exposed to modern film-making techniques (and... you know... "talkies")? In film as in video games, there's a word for people who require that you profess a love for antiquated, awkward relics from previous eras in order to be a "true" connoisseur of the medium: snobs. Don't be a snob, dude. Alienation and exclusion are not good for the medium.
Duke Nukem Forever is not a step down... because Duke Nukem was NEVER good.
If it wasn't for the gore, Mortal Kombat would be dismissed as the mediocre fighter it was.
Games I'm tired of hearing about: Minecraft. Planescape: Torment. Skyrim. Team Fortress 2. League of Legends. Stalker.
If it wasn't for the gore, Mortal Kombat would be dismissed as the mediocre fighter it was.
Games I'm tired of hearing about: Minecraft. Planescape: Torment. Skyrim. Team Fortress 2. League of Legends. Stalker.
Loved the first one, but HL2? I agree so hard it hurts. Waaaaay too short, spent nearly all the game in that stupid buggy thing. Boring/extremely traditional weaponry. Silent (boring) protagonist. Bland environments.Newby_Newb said:
I find myself getting quite grumpy when I see HL2 in the top three slot of game magazines "top 100 awards".
Oh yeah, and I enjoyed FFX-2.
I have no qualms with quick time events save for the ones that surprise you in the middle of a cutscene. Games that train you to know when to expect a QTE do it right, and QTE boss fights aren't a big problem to me either.