Your Gaming Capital Sins

[Xixikal]

I worship Nintendogs...
I have an inexplicable obsession with looking after tiny, virtual dogs as if they were my own children...

damn you, Nintendo...

 

[Atmos Duality]

While 2D gameplay is not automatically worse than 3D, I'd say that an AAA studio will always make a prettier game with 3D rendering than with sprites. Tekken is not automatically better than Street Fighter, but SF4 looks better than SSF2T HD Remix.

Not all gameplay translates into being better in 3D. A game can have 3D graphics, but function in a 2D environment.

A 3D model will take longer to make than a sprite, but once made, it is fairly simple to animate it. Animating a sprite involves drawing it again lots of times, at which point the initial productivity advantage is flushed down the toilet, along with a great deal of space on the game disk. The same applies to viewing from different angles.

I've done spriting and 3d modeling. No need to preach. ;p

Much of the artwork in later 2D games was made by rendering 3D models for this reason. And the animations were generally about 10 frames per second while the original 3D animations would have been 60fps or however fast your refresh rate is.

Super Mario RPG was done by rendering 3D models into 2d frame-perspectives. There's also Roto-scoping.
Of course, there's also cell-shading, which allows for 3D models to be projected into a 2D environment via Vector-mapping and shading.

The point is: The end presentation is not always strictly better in 3D.

 

[Shakomaru]

I like Megaman Starforce. And a lot of sonic games.

 

[BigOrteil]

I never liked any Final Fantasy. I gave it a lot of try but never liked it. I can tell it isn't because of the stories but its mostly because of the ''manga'' style and the gameplay.

I don't know why I don't like the asian style in a game... I read manga and watch animes all the time but in a game ? Can't bear with it.

 

[RandomNumber]

I.
Love.
Viva Pinata.

So.
Do.
I.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I bought both Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. I've barely put forth two hours into Mass Effect, I stopped playing around the part you had to go to the snow base to find the Matriarch (really early in, right after you're a Spectre). It didn't hold my attention at all, and I haven't gone back.

 

[jbp238]

Alright, here's a doozy: I liked Bioshock 2 more than Bioshock 1. In a way.

I dunno, I can acknowledge that 1 was generally the stronger game. But the gameplay in 2 just feels so much more polished and satisfying in ways that make it hard to go back, and I found many of the characters pretty endearing. You can all be upset with me now, I regret nothing!

 

[Laser Priest]

I really, really hate Uncharted. But I don't see it as a sin. I see it as an opinion and a right one at that. Though of course others will disagree. Opinions, funny old things aren't they?

A right opinion? As though opinions can be distinguished between right and wrong?

Anywho, I have never liked the Final Fantasy series. Just not my tastes, I suppose.

 

[Eveonline100]

Well, I think Fable 2 was a far better game than the original Fable and that Fable 3 was a decent game (not good, but decent). The trick is to never listen to anything Peter Molyneux ever says, ever.

Also, I think CoD Black Ops is a better game than CoD Modern Warfare 2. Thought both were still pretty bad, like the vast majority of FPS games.

And finally, I think that the story is more important than the gameplay. If the subject matter of the game doesn't grab me, then I'd really rather play something else.

honsetly i agree with you on point 3 don't know about 1 and since i never played any of the games you mentioned so heres is few of my "sins"
I camp hard and far away fro the objective in battlefield
i hate quickscoping(yes i know alot of people here would agree with me but the on the COD forums however...)
i care for the story much more than the gameplay.
i really hate "no russian"
also i don't role play in role playing games instead i project my self into the character.
Lasty Adam Jesen's voice sound alot like christan bales voice at times.

 

[Padwolf]

I loved Dragon Age 2, and Final Fantasy 12. I also loved Silent Hill 4: The Room, it's one of my favorite Silent Hill games.

I hated Super Mario Galaxy. I hated it so much.

Wind Waker is one of my favorite Zelda games.

I got the horse riding game on Steam, Secret of the Magic Crystal, and I enjoyed playing it.

Although I own Bioshock and Oblivion, I am only at the beginning of the games and have not touched them for a couple of months.

 

[archaicmalevolence]

I find I can't play many indie games, with a few exceptions, and normally steer clear of them. Then again I don't like many mainstream AAA titles.

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

Oof, I'm probably due for a bollocking for admitting that, indeed:

I've never completed, or even liked a Zelda game.

I respect them oh so much, I know what they've done for gaming as a whole, I get why the games are objectively good, but not one has been able to hold my attention past the first few hours.

If it helps, I like playing as Link in Super Smash Brothers Melee

So I'm not the only one!? Oh and Link was the best character in SSBM.

I'm reminded frequently that I'm a horrible person for not enjoying Oblivion. After all of the trouble Oblivion fans I know have given me and the fact that people are declaring it the greatest game ever without even playing it I kind of hope Skyrim ends up sucking because it would be hilarious.
see THIS is the reason I'm a horrible person not because I dislike Oblivion.
To sum up play Oblivion as much as you like just stop ramming my face in it.
(I apologize to any fans of Oblivion who don't bother others about it, I understand that many don't care if I play it and are rational people but I just get tired of being told that I MUST enjoy it and hear about people going on about how good Skyrim is as a game when it isn't even out yet)

Oh yeah and I do not own and haven't finished Half-Life 2

I guess that's my list

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

In my opinion, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a genuinely good piece of storytelling.

I agree. I was a bit mad at the ending until I played through for a second time though

 

[Saladfork]

Oh, lessee....

I liked Dragon age II

I liked every generation of pokemon games

I have detested every final fantasy game I've ever tried

I play WoW

And in non-gaming-yet-somewhat-relevant examples:

I liked the star wars prequels (though I will definitely admit that they are inferior to the original trilogy)

I liked Indiana Jones 4

Statistically, every person in the world should hate me now. Mwahahahahahaha.

 

[Tselis]

I tend to like really crappy, campy games. I don't know why, but I do.

 

[Varanfan9]

I think the Wii is the most innovative of the consoles out there and not gimmicky as people claim.

 

[natster43]

Can't think of what is worse. Here is a list.
I felt Wind Waker and Twilight Princess were better than Ocarina of Time.
I like Modern Warfare 2's campaign.
I don't like the old 2D Sonic games. I only liked Sonic Adventure 1 and 2.
I don't think the first Gen of Pokemon was the best.

 

[LaughingJester]

I have to put my hand up and say every final fantasy game...
All my friends raved about it...I really tried but it looked like Pokemon to me and I did that to death in early highschool

 

[TheAceTheOne]

I really liked Too human and hope they make a sequel.

I liked it too. The only thing that marked it down in my book is the healing mechanic.

 

[Fayathon]

*snip*

I removed myself from the hivemind, I prefer have my own opinions on things.

Oh, and the Dreamcast is the best console ever, thinking that isn't a gaming sin.