I CALL BULLSHIT! Better than the iPad? Seriously?! Had you said iOS, I may have agreed but iPhone is a terrible game device. It's not till the iPad were virtual analog sticks and buttons perfected. It was a terrible experience on the iPhone which covered up most of your game action... I'm not even sure the dead zone on the iPhone analog sticks were that good either.
Nintendo going third party would create a big crater in the industry that would take years to fill and would severely undercut hardware competitiveness and innovation. Having Nintendo games on other platforms wouldn't strengthen the industry in any significant fashion.Nintendo going third party? Not that unpopular an opinion. Many just seem hesitant to voice it aloud. Most of gaming media seems to jack it furiously to this concept whenever a hint of the idea comes-up.
They catch themselves and stop just short of moaning audibly, "Zelda on xBox.. Zelda on xBox.. ohhh... yeeaaahh.. dun-dun-dun-DUNNNN! Thank you, Bill Gates!"
9 out of 10 times this is utter truth.The worst part of gaming is other people who play games.
Umm lets see...
-I dont like Portal games. In defense though I dont think they're bad, just not for me. At all. I also think, portal 2, the dialogue was not very witty or clever at all. After I finished Portal 2 I vowed to never buy a Portal game again. And I was mad because it was a choice between P2 and MK9 which to buy, and I really wished I had chose MK9 instead.
-I dont like Half Life 2 all that much. Very cliched and repetitive.
-I think pirates are thieves and ruined PC gaming, I am certain piracy stopped developers from targeting the PC with great triple A exclusives (pretty sure this qualifies as a controversial opinion on GAF and most of the internet).
-I think PC gamers on the internet are just about the loudest, most obnoxious, whiny, probably one of the worst gaming factions out there, for multiple reasons.
-I think Microsoft are the best technical hardware engineers in console gaming, better than Nintendo and Sony (I mean technical engineering, not mechanical, IE RROD=mechanical).
-I think the Gamecube was a poor technical effort by Nintendo, ditto the N64, and even the SNES (the key on all these is you must take timeframe into account, IE SNES was great and arguably better than Genesis, BUT I felt for it's time (1.5 years after mega drive) it could/should have been closer to Neo Geo power). I think Nintendo has consistently been mediocre at engineering hardware, while the public perception is probably the reverse.
-I hate the media bias towards casual/bite sized/iOS/indie gaming. I think Facebook, iOS gaming is almost 100% crap that I have no interest in. Zero. I think hardcore, $60, on a disc, console gaming is by far the best yet the group most shit on or perceived falsely as a dying breed by the media, and basically looked at with scorn by the media (looking at you John Davison of 1up yours LOL).
-I dont give a flip about 60 FPS (though I recognize it's allegedly superior for certain genres).
-I think graphics are more important than gameplay, and pretty much the most important factor in gaming, and incredibly unappreciated as to the impact and power they have.
there's probably more but thats good for now i guess...
The worst part of gaming is other people who play games.
The worst part of gaming is other people who play games
Yeah, I loved my PS1 and PS2 (still do), and love my PS3 too despite its shortcomings (my PSP can go fuck itself though, terrible piece of shit). But I wouldn't deny reality regarding Sony's massive fuckup with the PS3 and sort-of halfway fuckups with the PSP and PSVita. Still, I'll be there for the PS4 to get my fill of Sony first-party goodness.
The worst part of gaming is other people who play games. I am not even talking about just multiplayer.
All console exclusives would be better on PC.
Yeah, as I mentioned I'm not even referring to GAF at large so much as a few individual people I talk to who seem to lap it up. It's not something I would have even brought up if I didn't see that other guy mention it. Those few individuals fanaticism over it just sorta rubs me the wrong way.With few exceptions, people love GiantBomb for the personalities. Especially if we are talking more game criticism than game journalism. The fanbase on NeoGAF is constantly debasing their opinions, more so if the individual poster has a low opinion of game journos in general.
That's another one. Bayonetta and Vanquish. And gaf is probably the only place where this opinion is "controversial"
They were both decent/good games with really great gameplay but imo gaf takes it way, wayyy to0 far with its lavish, hyperbolic, semi-religious praise of these two games.
-I dont like Half Life 2 all that much. Very cliched and repetitive.
"What's your controversial gaming opinion?"
"Well, apparently I've always been hiding that I'm a huge fanboy and kind of an asshole when given the opportunity! I will express my opinions forcefully, insult others who do not share them, and maybe a troll a little for fun."
"....oh."
"YEAH, THIS THREAD IS GREAT."
Back when I got started, which sounds like ancient history, back then the demographics of people who were into computer games, was totally different, in my opinion, then they are today. Back then, computers were more expensive, which made them more exclusive to people who were maybe at a certain income level, or education level. So the people that played computer games 15 years ago were that type of person. They probably didn't watch television as much, and the instant gratification era hadn't quite grown the way it has lately. I think in the last 5 or 6 years, the demographics have really changed, now this is my opinion, because computers are less expensive so more people can afford them. More "average" people now feel they should own one.
Right on.
Nintendo and Sega were definitely my first loves in the gaming industry. Nintendo in particular. My older bro had a Colecovision with Donkey Kong. Me pretty damn young got addicted to it. Been to a degree attached to their games since.
I have ups and downs with Sony. I cursed them when the disc drive on my PS2 stopped spinning. Right around a month before Silent Hill 3. When they told me it was out of warranty and I'd have to pay the price of a PS2 to get it fixed I pretty much swore off of Sony consoles.
Got a lot of good gaming out of it before hand though. After three 360's though, Sony stupidity doesn't seem all that bad.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean..The worst part of gaming is other people who play games. I am not even talking about just multiplayer.
Be better is questionable.
Look better is fact.
Gaming would be better if there was no multiplayer whatsoever. True we would lose some great games but the overall benefit would be great.
Gaming would be better if there was no multiplayer whatsoever. True we would lose some great games but the overall benefit would be great.
I don't like Japanese games.
I think anyone over the age of 14 that religiously plays pokemon is either a pedophile or has some serious maturity/mental deficiencies.
FPS are boring.
I hate Mario.
ME2 was a huge let down.
Platformers are all samie samie.
Profanity in most games feels forced and out of place.
There isn't enough severing of limbs in games.
Mass Effect 1 >>>>>>>>>>>> 2
kz2 is the best online fps experience this gen/
Uh oh. Suddenly I've got a pretty good idea how the next few pages might play out.
I very much agree with you
[Clark Gable];34360142 said:I don't like or play pokemon, but this is absurd.
Gaming would be better if there was no multiplayer whatsoever. True we would lose some great games but the overall benefit would be great.
I thought GAF generally agreed that ME1 was better than the sequel?
I dunno, I never played either of them.
I think anyone over the age of 14 that religiously plays pokemon is either a pedophile or has some serious maturity/mental deficiencies.
Versus XIII will never be released