DuhThe gaming world would be a better place right now if Nintendo had gone third party and Sega had continued making hardware.
DuhThe gaming world would be a better place right now if Nintendo had gone third party and Sega had continued making hardware.
Minecraft sucks.
All JRPGs suck (from random combat to girly boys).
Nintendo make no interesting games (at least very few to me).
Nintendo lagging with technology is a joke.
Good graphics are pretty freakin important.
Tank controls ruined DR2 and RE5. Capcom sucks from not learning.
Fighting/sports/racing/dungeon crawler games are boring as hell.
Most of my top games are PS3 exclusives (not really controversial but many probably aren't the same)
Minecraft sucks.
All JRPGs suck (from random combat to girly boys).
Nintendo make no interesting games (at least very few to me).
Nintendo lagging with technology is a joke.
Good graphics are pretty freakin important.
Tank controls ruined DR2 and RE5. Capcom sucks from not learning.
Fighting/sports/racing/dungeon crawler games are boring as hell.
Most of my top games are PS3 exclusives (not really controversial but many probably aren't the same)
Something is not exclusive if it is on the PC. Mass Effect 1 is not a 360 exclusive.
Ok so since we're talking consoles only does Dead Rising count as 360 exclusive when it's on the Wii?
Mario 64 isn't even a particularly good Mario game as far as I'm concerned, let alone the best 3D Mario.
Ah heres one I forgot to say earlier:
Minecraft is terrible and extremely overrated. I've played it on PC as well as the mobile version, and I never understood the appeal. No fun. Looks atrocious. Boring. I always looked at Minecraft as the game people flock to for "street cred" in the gaming world.
Ah heres one I forgot to say earlier:
Minecraft is terrible and extremely overrated. I've played it on PC as well as the mobile version, and I never understood the appeal. No fun. Looks atrocious. Boring. I always looked at Minecraft as the game people flock to for "street cred" in the gaming world.
The gaming world would be a better place right now if Nintendo had gone third party and Sega had continued making hardware.
I fucking hate, nay, despise Nintendo for dragging in the casual gaming scum and making it acceptable to launch shit underpowered hardware..(is that the next Xbox i hear crawling out from its Kinnect infested,6670 powered, hole of mediocrity).
Fuck you Nintendo.
The Call of Duty franchise is ruining gaming.
It is mind blowing how much these games sell year after year. Don't get me wrong I don't hate them but to me it's a rental, a decent game, nothing special. Most shooters now a days feel the need to copy CoD style with perks, ranking, and a 5 hour singleplayer. Not trying to offend anyone, but I just really don't understand the undying love for this game.
Ok so since we're talking consoles only does Dead Rising count as 360 exclusive when it's on the Wii?
Again, there is a vocal group who claim that cheevos have ruined gaming. But I do think online cheevos need to go away. Like the ones in Halo 3 that counted on a certain amount of luck to get. I don't mind the "Play X Amount of X Gametype" online cheevos. Those just require some dedication.
Mario 64 isn't even a particularly good Mario game as far as I'm concerned, let alone the best 3D Mario.
Indie games fucking suck.
:lol
It's not ignoring the PC, at all actually. It's a debate between 2 consoles. No need to bring the PC into the discussion. Doesn't matter if a certain game(s) can be played on PC if it cannot be played on the competing console.
That's eloquent. Really though, you probably have only even played a few if you feel that way.
@ Sony being the worst thing to happen to the gaming industry: MS and Sony entering the console manufacturing scene is in my opinion the worst thing to happen to this industry. I noticed some people were inquiring why that guy said that a few pages back, I've said it earlier in the thread too, but I agree with his position.
That is very rarely the discussion, the more common discussion is exclusives. Games like Mass Effect, or the first Gears of War, or Alan Wake, cannot be counted as exclusives. I think this is basically what the others are attempting to get at.
The Last Guardian would be the best game in history of videogames
:haters gonna hate:
Which other games let me explore procedurally generated 3D worlds? I'd love to play them.
What exactly is the advantage procedurally generated worlds have over hand-crafted ones? Because "level design" is kind of a big deal in videogames with levels. Here is my controversial opinion: "Random" world design is inferior, if not outright bad in most cases, and developers who have to resort to it (unsurprisingly this will be "indie" devs) should be criticized for it.
Anyway, Minecraft is indeed a piece of shit, but being able to build your dream clubhouse with friends over the internet is an undeniably awesome concept. It just needs to be used in something that isn't a garbage abortive game. Points for being a sub-culture phenomenon though (that makes it artz, right?)... god bless people making money on YouTube with bandwagoning.
Right. It comes down to can I play it on just that 1 console or not? And with quite a few 360 games the answer is no. You can't say that about any of Sony's games, they're only on their console.
I was one of the two who inquired, but we didn't get a response. I honestly don't know why would someone consider Sony entering the gaming industry, as one of the worst things to ever happen to it.
I can understand someone disliking their focus, agenda or games, but to see people saying something that strong when they have been offering so many games from so many genres, and when they are basically the only company right now still trying to release as much games as possible, it kinda bums me out.
Not to mention, if it wasn't for Sony or MS, the gaming industry wouldn't have grown to such a monumental size as it has and helped make it such a huge part of our culture. I mean, me not liking someone with the way they took a company in the wrong direction is one thing, but saying MS and Sony are the worst things to happen to the industry is just plain ludicrous.
Criticized for offering infinite replayability in that no experience is the same twice. Hmm, that's a new one...
I don't care about that growth, that growth has largely brought me games I don't care about like COD, Madden, or GTA. I also don't care that gaming has entered the mainstream, I was never offended that people considered it childish or nerdy. Sometimes even I think it's childish, I just don't give a sh!t.
Well, with all due respect, no one said you had to play those games. There are plenty of companies out there looking to innovate and create remarkably unique experiences, such as Double Fine and thatgamecompany, and those companies came about because of that growth in the industry. Sure, I don't like it when companies make games that appeal directly and blatantly to the mainstream, but there are options...
Criticized for offering infinite replayability in that no experience is the same twice. Hmm, that's a new one...
You really can't see potential issues in leaving the entire layout of a 3D action game up to algorithms?
holy shit
there are now TWO lakes near where I start
holy shit
You really can't see potential issues in leaving the entire layout of a 3D action game up to algorithms?
I'd like to know the games that were any decent that actually had this problem you speak of. I think it's great depending on the genre. It does wonders for roguelike games like Dungeons of Dredmor, as well as titles like Diablo II and Torchlight. I don't think they have to "resort" to something when it significantly enhances the experience. The only time it would be an issue is if you either had to backtrack or something. Other than that, I find it exhilarating, and find it hard to believe anyone would find it inferior.
Minecraft sucks.
All JRPGs suck (from random combat to girly boys).
Nintendo make no interesting games (at least very few to me).
Nintendo lagging with technology is a joke.
Good graphics are pretty freakin important.
Tank controls ruined DR2 and RE5. Capcom sucks from not learning.
Fighting/sports/racing/dungeon crawler games are boring as hell.
Most of my top games are PS3 exclusives (not really controversial but many probably aren't the same)
Hate to break it to you, but the 3DS is basically just a "console on the go" portable experience as well. There is basically no game on the 3DS I wouldn't rather play on my TV.I never liked the PSP and I don't think I'm going to end up liking the Vita. I never, ever will understand the mentality of playing a console on the go portable experience.
Sony has the worst first party business strategy out of the big three. It doesn't have any major franchises on the scale of Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Smash Bros, Halo and Gears of War (hell, or even Fable) despite huge investment in new IP this generation.
Hate to break it to you, but the 3DS is basically just a "console on the go" portable experience as well. There is basically no game on the 3DS I wouldn't rather play on my TV.
Yeah I agree, not a fan of the moving away from a primarily 2D library thing with this gen of handhelds. The focus on 2D differentiated them from consoles.
Petrichor said:Sony has the worst first party business strategy out of the big three. It doesn't have any major franchises on the scale of Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Smash Bros, Halo and Gears of War (hell, or even Fable) despite huge investment in new IP this generation.
Currently, out of the big three, I agree. I think MS seems like they don't care, Nintendo usually comes across as lazy to me in terms of how much content they are bringing, and Sony does seem to try. Still, I think Sony/MS entering is the worst thing to ever happen in the home console industry, it kicked off the "Let's sell consoles at a loss" strategy, which they could only do because they had other revenue streams, things like that made it more difficult for SEGA and Nintendo to compete. In Microsoft's case they charge for online, their build quality is less than reliable to put it politely (some may argue that Sony's included in this too), and Xbox has taken their attention (and the attention of many western developer's) away from Windows which is a superior gaming format for the types of games they are creating. I also believe that one of the many reasons developers are struggling with development costs is Microsoft and Sony have propelled console gaming too quickly from a tech standpoint to a point that most 3rd party developers weren't ready for, killing a massive amount of developers.
On a moral side I also hate how everything, not just in the gaming industry, is being concentrated more and more into bigger and bigger conglomerates, like Google buying out Motorola, or AT&T and T-Mobile (even though it didn't go through), or Comcast and NBC. I don't like it. I like smaller companies that focus on specific industries. That's purely a moral reason for why I dislike Sony and MS in gaming, I've been a Nintendo fanboy in my early years, a Sony fanboy in my later, but going forward I would never purchase a non-Nintendo system. Excluding PCs.
I don't know what you didn't understand about that discussion. It was about two publishers, not platforms. It's completely irrelevant. Mass Effect could be on PS3 and that wouldn't have made any difference to it being published by MS.Right. It comes down to can I play it on just that 1 console or not? And with quite a few 360 games the answer is no. You can't say that about any of Sony's games, they're only on their console.
Gran Turismo is one of the highest selling video game franchises ever. Also the most recent figure I saw on Gears of War was the entire series has sold 16-17 million so far, vs. Uncharted's 13 million. That's a difference but stating that Uncharted isn't a mega-ton in the same league is incorrect imho.
Yeah I agree, not a fan of the moving away from a primarily 2D library thing with this gen of handhelds. The focus on 2D differentiated them from consoles.
Which other games let me explore procedurally generated 3D worlds? I'd love to play them.
Criticized for offering infinite replayability in that no experience is the same twice. Hmm, that's a new one...