Why does everyone love *Blank*? I don't understand *Blank*!

[Ace of Spades]

It doesn't bother me that you don't like Gordon Freeman, it bothers me that you think your dislike is enough to warrant a thread. Congratulations, you don't like Gordon Freeman, which is a slight variation of the classic 'edgy' thread of "I didn't like Half Life 2" *cue audience gasps* I don't like a lot of video game characters, but that really doesn't have much discussion value. There are legions of people who think that disliking something popular makes them unique, when in fact it doesn't. Half Life 2 was a great game, and a lot of players loved it, and if you didn't, then that's your prerogative, but kindly stop broadcasting it, because we've seen endless amounts of threads with an identical sentiment.

 

[TriggerOnly]

Bioware =p.

Boy, gona get a lot of hate for this, I'm sure... Well maybe not, now that I said it...

Ever one is entitled to there opinion. Except you sir!

Yer that's right I'm going to be "that guy" the "fan boy". I want, no! I demand to know why this is ? Dragon age origins ? any one ? best game ever ? humm..

They make amazing games, what is wrong with them ? (ignoring the fact they spat on Dragon age sires and only on the second game *praying they make it good again*)

I want ANSWERS!!!

 

[icame]

Cowboy Bebop (?)
Red dead redemption
The Jak and daxter trilogy
The godfather ( It had some good scenes and memorable lines but... why the hell does it show up on every best film list?)

 

[Brutal Peanut]

I can't stand people who consider themselves better because they don't like blank while the herds of so-called sheep enjoy blank.

You don't like it, big whoop. The people who enjoy blank are a lot happier playing blank than you will ever be feeling self-important for not liking blank, so get over yourself.

Ugh, I love this post so much. SO MUCH. This almost exactly what I was thinking.
I'd blank your blank with a blank ,..because of this post....................blank blank blank.

 

[GunstarHero]

It doesn't bother me that you don't like Gordon Freeman, it bothers me that you think your dislike is enough to warrant a thread. Congratulations, you don't like Gordon Freeman, which is a slight variation of the classic 'edgy' thread of "I didn't like Half Life 2" *cue audience gasps* I don't like a lot of video game characters, but that really doesn't have much discussion value. There are legions of people who think that disliking something popular makes them unique, when in fact it doesn't. Half Life 2 was a great game, and a lot of players loved it, and if you didn't, then that's your prerogative, but kindly stop broadcasting it, because we've seen endless amounts of threads with an identical sentiment.

And yet it's attracted 3 pages of discussion..

Anyway, since so many people are striking me from the 'would piss on if burning' list, I've reworded.

For the record, I know I'm not unique for disliking something, and neither are you for making a stuffy and pompous response intended to address me like a child. If my words bother you, read other topics. I'll try not to poison your internet in future, though.

 

[Ace of Spades]

It doesn't bother me that you don't like Gordon Freeman, it bothers me that you think your dislike is enough to warrant a thread. Congratulations, you don't like Gordon Freeman, which is a slight variation of the classic 'edgy' thread of "I didn't like Half Life 2" *cue audience gasps* I don't like a lot of video game characters, but that really doesn't have much discussion value. There are legions of people who think that disliking something popular makes them unique, when in fact it doesn't. Half Life 2 was a great game, and a lot of players loved it, and if you didn't, then that's your prerogative, but kindly stop broadcasting it, because we've seen endless amounts of threads with an identical sentiment.

And yet it's attracted 3 pages of discussion..

Anyway, since so many people are striking me from the 'would piss on if burning' list, I've reworded.

For the record, I know I'm not unique for disliking something, and neither are you for making a stuffy and pompous response intended to address me like a child. If my words bother you, read other topics. I'll try not to poison your internet in future, though.

I'd appreciate it if you tried to poison my internet in the future, because you've proven yourself as eloquent enough to be a good candidate for an online passive-aggressive argument.

 

[Sehnsucht Engel]

Death Note. I haven't watched the whole show, but based on the episodes I saw, I didn't really like it or thought it was good.

 

[GunstarHero]

I'd appreciate it if you tried to poison my internet in the future, because you've proven yourself as eloquent enough to be a good candidate for an online passive-aggressive argument.

If you're sincere, I appreciate that. If not, then.. Um.. Nyah?

 

[Eldarion]

Bioware =p.

Boy, gona get a lot of hate for this, I'm sure... Well maybe not, now that I said it...

Gonna back you up then. Bioware does not make the best RPGs, they make action games with really good writing.

 

[D_987]

OT: Final Fantasy 7. I don't hate it, necessarily, but I also don't get why it's regarded as the holy grail of JRPGS.

Because it was the first big, mainstream JRPG - the game that popularized the genre in the West and one of the first to use 3D graphics in such a cinimatic manner. It also introduced a slew of never before seen concepts in games; killing of key characters wasn't very common during that era for example.

It's not difficult to see why the game is revered as being the "holy grail" of the genre in the same way Super Mario 64 is the "holy grail" of the 3D platformer - the game practically defined the genre.

The godfather ( It had some good scenes and memorable lines but... why the hell does it show up on every best film list?)

Because it was revolutionary.

I don't see you giving any explanation why you like these things.

It's much easier to spew hatred than to analyze a piece of media and explain why you find it appealing...

OT: Is this literally a "I dislike X" thread? Oh joy, people moaning about how they don't understand why everyone in the world doesn't have the same tastes as them...

 

[Nuuu]

I don't like CoD multiplayer, i can't see what people like about it so much. It might be because im a fan of Valve mutliplayers, but i don't see whta is so popular about CoD. I played the black-ops multiplayer, it wasn't very good... it also said it was going to kick me from a ranked match because i was running... really? Sure i'm a newbie, but your kicking me for doing the first instinct in games?

Also Counter Strike Source, like my friend said once, it's too base on headshots... eaither you played 3 years and are really good at it, or you havent and you die because a body shot is all you can muster.

 

[Spencer Petersen]

Bioware =p.

Boy, gona get a lot of hate for this, I'm sure... Well maybe not, now that I said it...

I second this. The way Bioware tells its stories is the most verbose and forced storytelling method in gaming. They have yet to realize that there is a way to make the player understand a plot point/detail/conflict without having an NPC drone into your ear for 15 minutes as you stand ramrod stiff in one place, occasionally stopping to click on colorful text.

I know the topic of "Is ME2 an RPG?" has been done to death, but I still have to ask, Is there a single choice in the game that actually effects how you behave in combat? You never have to choose between upgrades, never trade stats for other stats, never change your accuracy, never see how much damage you are really doing, never shoot for anywhere besides the head, never use stealth, you never make a choice in how you tackle combat. Its all go behind cover and shoot people. The levels are so linear you cannot escape this, and the way in which you interact with NPCs is so restricted you cannot make critical decisions when you need to. Why cant I shoot this guy in dialogue before he runs off and becomes an enemy later? Oh right, because the shoot option didn't come up. After playing Alpha Protocol, I guess I'm spoiled by a game where there is more than one option to combat than just cover based shooting and where the dialogue actually affects your abilities in combat.

As far as DA2 goes, the combat was fun, but the tedious pace and respawning enemies made it a chore to play and I never bothered to play past the deep roads mission. My tone in dialogue didn't make any difference with my allies, and the party system made it so I only seemed to interact with 3 of my companions for the entire time. DA:O wasn't a very good game either and suffered from the same problems of tedious pace and linear story with verbose and overemphasized exposition ramming (protip: the addition of a codex does not help your game, it just makes it more for the player to read).

I guess the main problem is Bioware trying to have its cake and eat it too in regards to its relationship with EA. In the end, EA owns all of the Bioware franchises and is in total control over hiring and publishing. Bioware tries to play it off like they are in charge of thier property but its not the case. They need to either get out from under EA or admit that they are at the whim of EA and their marketing department.

 

[ImSkeletor]

Everybody loves Christopher Nolan. I hate Christopher Nolan.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

You talking to me? I'm pretty sure you arent, because if you were talking to SomeBoredGuy, you quoted the wrong guy.

Both of you, him for attacking and you for agreeing.

I wouldn't say he was attacking, he was annoyed and was complaining about people in general who declare themselves unique because they hate X game.

It was a general complaint to a group of people, not singling anyone out and hoping for a fight.

Oh, and there's multiple people who agree with BoredGuy's original post.

 

[crudus]

I don't like regenerating health. The only difference between difficulty at that point is how much I need to use cover. It also takes away from people who like to explore levels.

I really never got that complaint about regenerating health, it isn't like the game forces you to not explore the area and stay behind cover. Hell now that you have regenerating health it means you can explore a lot more without the chance of getting shot to death when you have one HP from a lone grunt that you missed.

Well the game really can't reward you for exploring other than using guns (which it can't repeatedly do unless it takes your guns away at the begging of the level). Sure it can reward you with power-ups but most of the time it is just more shields or invisibility. Neither of which you actually need in any recent FPS.

I don't like regenerating health. The only difference between difficulty at that point is how much I need to use cover. It also takes away from people who like to explore levels.

This my friend.
I hate regenerative health which pushes designers to simply have you duck and cover instead of fighting.

I want to rush in!
I want to be Rambo!
Nope, not in Gears of War you can't. - It takes all the fun away from being a BAD ASS Space Marine.

Alternatively you get all the fun of a normal space marine, but those jackasses don't get names so they aren't important enough to have a game centered around them. In games like Halo you can rush in if you set the difficulty low enough or some other bullshit.

Well I'll see you regenerating health and raise you a save-scumming. Regenerating health gets tiresome, but I'd rather have that than breaking flow after every encounter to make a new savegame, just in case at any point I cross the unwinnability event horizon, or having to metagame my way through a tough fight because of low health. Health packs didn't promote exploration so much as they promoted obsessive-compulsive behavior.

That isn't a flaw in the design or anything like that. That is just player behavior(also why the quicksave button was made). I also never had a problem with something like that unless I threw the difficulty to the masochistic level which is kind of what you have to do in any game no matter the health system. Just replace every quicksave button press with a chest high wall.

 

[mechanixis]

Well I'll see you regenerating health and raise you a save-scumming. Regenerating health gets tiresome, but I'd rather have that than breaking flow after every encounter to make a new savegame, just in case at any point I cross the unwinnability event horizon, or having to metagame my way through a tough fight because of low health. Health packs didn't promote exploration so much as they promoted obsessive-compulsive behavior.

That isn't a flaw in the design or anything like that. That is just player behavior(also why the quicksave button was made). I also never had a problem with something like that unless I threw the difficulty to the masochistic level which is kind of what you have to do in any game no matter the health system. Just replace every quicksave button press with a chest high wall.

Chest high walls aren't really analogous to health bars though. You can have a cover system with a health bar system, it's just never done because cover became popular around the same time health regen did. I don't really have anything against cover if its done right, but the overly prevalent Gears of War model is a complete pain.