Valkryie Profile is one of the worst RPGs I've ever played. It took me three or four attempts to finally beat the game. It's so boring. The character intro scenes were so long and boring that the game puts me to sleep almost every time I played it. I finally forced myself to play all the way through it. It got a bit interesting while going for the best ending, but it was too little, too late.
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The Unpopular Opinions Thread: GAMING EDITION
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Urban Scholar
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cosmicblizzard said:
You're worried about alienating yourself here? As long as you voice your opinion & stand behind there's nothing to worry about. This thread was made for that reason in mind.
Crash Station
Member
I like how some of the people in here are attacking the fans of games rather than the games themselves :lol
That was basically my way of saying I forgot the rest :lol. 1/10 might've been an exaggeration, but there's definitely A LOT more.
Urban Scholar said:
That was basically my way of saying I forgot the rest :lol. 1/10 might've been an exaggeration, but there's definitely A LOT more.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Mikami is more talented than Cliffy B.
Digital Enhancement
Neo Member
Metal Gear Solid is the most overrated series in gaming. I haven't had one enjoyable experience with those games.
Kaako said:RTS games are boring as fuck besides SCII and Age of Empire series (rip).
This (almost).
For me I'd add the Settlers series into the mix, although SC and AoE are both superior.
I think it's the base building and resource gathering that I enjoy most with RTS games, sadly it feels like many games either move away from that or try new ways which are boring just for the sake of trying to do something different.
Jipan said:
YES!
Didn't think I'd find someone else on this
While some things could be made better, I really enjoyed it. I like the whole thing with the main character you play representing you with being the only sane person in the game, well at least in some situations.
Gameplay was really good.
And the music was great, and really helped build a good atmosphere in the various locations.
Jipan said:
And because of the last quote I think I should check this game out
Jipan said:
Agreed.
Most of my gaming time now is with friends on location. I think it's much more enjoyable that way.
The Librarian
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Agreed!StuBurns said:
StuBurns, you haven't updated the TV show thread with recent West Wing impressions in awhile. Would like to read more.
revolverjgw
Member
Killzone 1 was the best console FPS of last gen
iconoclast
Member
Ashkeloth said:
I'll preface this by saying that I disagree with the notion that BBCS is better than SSF4, but have you seen tournament level play in SSF4? The cast who make it to the top is usually pretty damn varied. Sure, there are tons of Ryu and Rufus players, but any game will have people who flock to the top tier. I mean, I think it's unlikely that Justin Wong doesn't know the Rufus vs. Adon matchup at this point, but Gamerbee still beats him regularly with his supposedly low-tier character.
Hakan players are SOL though.
As for the bottom two points, BlazBlue's combos may be easier to execute from move to move, but there are plenty of long and complicated strings that require multiple instances of strict timing, so I'd hardly call BB's combos easy mode. On top of that, most characters have a wide variety of viable combos, which are usually pretty long strings that you have to memorize to begin with. On the other hand, sure, SSF4 has a lot of bread-and-butter 1-frame links, but plinking essentially gives you 2 frames, so it's not impossible to hit them consistently. And most characters have short and simple combos (I'd say they contain four or five moves on average), so memorizing them isn't a task in itself. So what I'm basically getting at is BlazBlue is harder to play than SSF4.
And BBCS has an awesome English dub wtf.
GitarooMan
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I actually enjoyed KZ1 quite a bit, but this still made me say "wow" out loud.revolverjgw said:
The PS2 was the worst console from last gen.
Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are mediocre games at best
99% of games developed in Japan that try to tell a story have horrible stories.
Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are mediocre games at best
Admittedly, my enjoyment of the latter was severely hampered by its performance and I'm planning to give the HD remake another chance
99% of games developed in Japan that try to tell a story have horrible stories.
cartman414
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Rahxephon91 said:
Lordy help you if you never played or didn't like the Baldur's Gates. Whatever you think of Bioware, Baldur's Gate II is quite possibly the best WRPG in existence. Not to mention that Dragon Age owes a debt to it.
Not liking Dragon Quest is not unpopular. It's one of the most underappreciated series.
Gram Negative Cocci
Member
Video games and narrative should not go together. I bought your game to interact with it, not listen to your shitty story.
cartman414
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User33 said:
Paper Mario I can understand, but Pokemon? Owes a fair bit of its mechanics to Dragon Quest, and aside from multiplayer, involves a whole lot of grinding.
Equus Bellator Apex
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why?george_us said:
2 Minutes Turkish
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vermadas said:
Agreed
SalsaShark said:
Aside from the Dreamcast (which ALMOST doesn't count), it was the weakest console on the market, only allowed for 2 player gaming out of the box, had an average game library considering it's size (subjective), unreliable, pox online.
Yeah, it's a shame not many people realize that Pokemon is a pretty generic JRPG in terms of gameplay mechanics and fun-factor. Of course these same people usually don't play JRPGs normally and just say they hate them.cartman414 said:
Here's some unpopular opinions, console (library) comparisons...
Nintendo:
SNES > DS > NES > Wii > GBA > GBC > GC > N64 > VB
Sega:
Saturn > Genesis > Dreamcast > Master System > Game Gear
Sony:
PS1 > PS2 > PS3 > PSP
Microsoft:
Xbox > 360
TacticalFox88
Banned
Have you even played Killzone 2 Dax? Or do you even OWN a PS3 for fuck's sake?Dax01 said:
TacticalFox88
Banned
That comment killed any credibility you had. Dude have you thought about having LASIK surgery?LosDaddie said:
ShockingAlberto said:
I don't think anyone here can argue that.
Resident Evil 1 and 4, as well as Devil May Cry, were hugely influential games. Gears of War did the cover system pretty well (ignoring Kill.Switch) and has great graphics....but they don't hold a candle to the RE series and their impact.
out0v0rder
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works for call of dutyShig said:
cartman414
Member
LosDaddie said:
Mouse and keyboard is superior for other genres like FPS, for instance.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Picross DS is better than both, Picross 3D and Tetris. Also it is the best toilet game of all time.SalsaShark said:
snoopeasystreet
Member
Gaming (as a whole) is becoming worse rather than better.
Improved technology is only making them feel more like interactive films rather than a means of play. Story should be derived from player actions and decisions rather than a cut-scene. The fact that we have to rely on other mediums to tell a story is ridiculous. Thereby multiplayer games tell the best stories using the videogame medium.
Game's don't have to be fun but have to be technically sound.
RockBand, Guitar Hero and DJ Hero are the best role playing games. J-RPGs are the worst.
Videogames should be reviewed as either products or experience. Not both.
Improved technology is only making them feel more like interactive films rather than a means of play. Story should be derived from player actions and decisions rather than a cut-scene. The fact that we have to rely on other mediums to tell a story is ridiculous. Thereby multiplayer games tell the best stories using the videogame medium.
Game's don't have to be fun but have to be technically sound.
RockBand, Guitar Hero and DJ Hero are the best role playing games. J-RPGs are the worst.
Videogames should be reviewed as either products or experience. Not both.
2 Minutes Turkish
Banned
Mouse and Keyboard controls suck.
- Keyboard is not analog (movement)
- The claw
- Using a mouse to aim just feels so unnatural. I dont give a fuck if it's supposedly more accurate, if I'm not comfortable, then what's the point?
- Keyboard is not analog (movement)
- The claw
- Using a mouse to aim just feels so unnatural. I dont give a fuck if it's supposedly more accurate, if I'm not comfortable, then what's the point?
James Woods
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Big One said:
Nintendo: Not controversial
Sega: Bit controversial.
Sony: Above
Microsoft: wat
iconoclast said:
I'll agree with you on the point that SSF4 is better for tournament play. When everyone knows what they're doing, in Blazblue only a few of the cast is viable, whilst in Street Fighter, pretty much anyone above C tier has a chance (although still most people go for an A). For your Gamerbee point... well, remember how surprised everyone was when he beat J. Wong? That's because he's an extremely rare type of player. One that picks a character that suited his style and practiced until he got really good with him.
At the average skill level that most people (including myself, obviously) experience the games at, though, it's a different story in my opinion.
Maybe it's because of what playerbase Street Fighter draws from, but an insane amount of the online population plays just Ryu or Ken over and over again. They all do the same shit too. Blazblue definately has a lot of Ragnas and Jins, but it's still more spread out than Street Fighter, and there are more varied tactics than the same old jump sweep combo and crossup medium kicks. On top of that, Blazblue currently sits at a cast of 16 members, whilst Street Fighter has some 40 or so fighters.
Blazblues combo system may be significantly harder to use at higher levels of play when strict timing stuff does come into play, but at lower levels it's much easier. It's just simple "practice until your muscles memorize" it stuff.
As for the dub, I guess it's just the fact they made bang sound like he was 13 instead of the mid thirties he looks that put me off it, and also the fact that Street Fighter's dub is actually pretty damned good compared to what I was expecting.
Generally, my point is that although Street Fighter is better at a high level of play, at the level of play most people will reach with these games, Blazblue is more accessible and fun, whilst still remaining moderately skill-based which is what I try to play games for, personally.
Also, Fun side note: In the time it took me to type up this message between matches of Street Fighter, I have fought literally nothing but Ryu players and 2 Kens.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Castlevania SOTN wouldn't be half as good if not for the bad translation and the funny engrish.
Castlevania OOE is the definite Castlevania game and it is way better than all of it's predecessors, including the metroidvanias and the othervanias.
Contra 4 is the best Contra game.
Mother 3 is overrated and inferior in every way to Earthbound, and no, I didn't feel the need to cry in any part of the game (it's still a good game).
Wario Land 2 is the only great Wario Land game, 1, 3 and 4 were all disappointments.
Advance Wars is a puzzle game.
Castlevania OOE is the definite Castlevania game and it is way better than all of it's predecessors, including the metroidvanias and the othervanias.
Contra 4 is the best Contra game.
Mother 3 is overrated and inferior in every way to Earthbound, and no, I didn't feel the need to cry in any part of the game (it's still a good game).
Wario Land 2 is the only great Wario Land game, 1, 3 and 4 were all disappointments.
Advance Wars is a puzzle game.
cartman414
Member
manueldelalas said:
Picross 2 for GB is the best in the series. It's too bad it's the one that never legitimately made it outside of Japan.
Here are mine:
I prefer Zelda 2 not only to the first, but also most other entries in the series. Heck, better that than often so-called series bests like Super Mario World or Final Fantasy VII, which are really lesser followups to far superior games. If Donkey Kong Country can get a reboot, then Zelda 2 deserves one as well. It's go time, Nintendo.
2d Zelda > 3d Zelda. Less bloat.
Super Mario Bros. 2 also gets too much hate. Lack of Mario jump mechanics aside, it's first-rate.
Not much of an unpopular opinion on NeoGAF, but 2d action based Castlevania needs a revival.
Symphony of the Night, while still great, isn't even the best Metroidvania of the series.
Final Fantasy V is one of the best games in the series. More people need to look past the storytelling aspect, and appreciate the gameplay systems as well. V not only delivered the goods, but set the stage for Tactics' even better job system. Now bring on the enhanced 3DS remake, SE!
Popcap is mostly hyped for being the first on the casual gaming scene. I can think of many puzzlers I would take over Bejeweled.
While I appreciate that Panel de Pon has the most depth out of arguably any puzzler, I have a little more fun with Puyo Puyo.
Quest for Glory is the best Sierra franchise.
I prefer streamlined game design and fun systems to emphasis on size and scope. (Though if an epic game can remain elegant, then that's no problem.)
_Alkaline_
Member
Banjo-Tooie is better than Banjo-Kazooie, Final Fantasy VIII is better than Final Fantasy VII, and Metroid Prime 2 is the best Prime game.
Oh, and GAF has more Sony fanboys than any other type.
Oh, and GAF has more Sony fanboys than any other type.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
Eurogamer and vg247 have the fucking worst videogame communities that ever existed. Worse than Gamefaqs. Worse than Ps3forums. Worse than my three-days rotting shit
RTCW is the best online FPS ever
Battlefield 2 is the second best online FPS ever
RTCW is the best online FPS ever
Battlefield 2 is the second best online FPS ever
Blast Corps is the best game on N64, and the best game of that generation.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! is a far better game than Super Punch-Out!!
Final Fantasy VII is a horrible game.
Ridge Racer V is the best Ridge Racer game.
Kratos is a terrible protagonist and completely keeps from from gaining any enjoyment out of the God of War series.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! is a far better game than Super Punch-Out!!
Final Fantasy VII is a horrible game.
Ridge Racer V is the best Ridge Racer game.
Kratos is a terrible protagonist and completely keeps from from gaining any enjoyment out of the God of War series.
GREAT thread. Glad to see I'm not alone in Yoshi's Island DS, that game blows. Its great in a lot of ways but the level design around the baby switching warrants a complete do-over or at least extensive testing beforehand. :\
And ditto for Little Big Planet. The going was awesome at first til you get to serious platforming aspects and you just get pissed off at the floaty controls more than anything. :\
Andddd finally my own contribution to this thread. Skies of Arcadia. YES. I know. Popular rpg and all that. I have to keep reminding myself this is a DECADE old jrpg. So take this rant with a grain of salt.
Magic and Fina are useless since they cost SP while items DON'T. Ship battles take forever (understandably, not really a bad point). Encounter rate is atrocious especially LAMBDA BURST killing enemies often. Enemies are more or less just a weak deterrent to your progress into the game! Their hp is often a third of your own HP for instance, why else would that Lambda Burst be killing them flat. Delta and Justice Shield pretty much can break any battle into a battle of simple attrition. In other words, the battle system is just broken into some mad serious tedium. :\
And the plot is lame, I just came from Yafutoma and they literally just served me to point B by saying along the lines "Oh yeah, we have that blue crystal underneath the Mt. Kazai, we'd be grateful if you can get it for us!" And you're done with that town. What the hell. But yeah there's a bunch of places that you blow through pretty quickly and the only thing that was keeping me interested in this game was awesome script and the idea of exploring the skies and finding discoveries/moonfish/bounties/chams/whathaveyou. I absolutely adore these main characters too, they're more fleshed out than most I had seen in a rpg at least from THAT decade.
But yeah there's holes in plot
Stuff like that annoys me to no end.
And then I started wondering, what am I playing here? Some Dreamcast rpg hype or have I gotten spoiled or too old to look past the flaws here or what. I like rpgs like Popolocrois and Dragon Quest series so much I can look past some of their flaws but SoA's has a larger slew of them than I had anticipated. Its probably my fault for not going in with at least some marginal expectations and I do recall I did play this years ago but I put it down after 5 hours. I just didn't play it long enough to remember whether if I liked it then or not. I did remember going in excited but suddenly overwhelmed to play Pinta's minigame on the vmu while trying to tackle discoveries at the same time lmao.
But yeah, after a good 30 hours or so, I hit GameFAQs and saw a huge following on this game giving a bunch of 9s and 8s in their reviews and one in particular has a 7 really hit home on a lot of points I had mentioned. Its a great game, but its not a good rpg if I could put that way better.
And ditto for Little Big Planet. The going was awesome at first til you get to serious platforming aspects and you just get pissed off at the floaty controls more than anything. :\
Andddd finally my own contribution to this thread. Skies of Arcadia. YES. I know. Popular rpg and all that. I have to keep reminding myself this is a DECADE old jrpg. So take this rant with a grain of salt.
Magic and Fina are useless since they cost SP while items DON'T. Ship battles take forever (understandably, not really a bad point). Encounter rate is atrocious especially LAMBDA BURST killing enemies often. Enemies are more or less just a weak deterrent to your progress into the game! Their hp is often a third of your own HP for instance, why else would that Lambda Burst be killing them flat. Delta and Justice Shield pretty much can break any battle into a battle of simple attrition. In other words, the battle system is just broken into some mad serious tedium. :\
And the plot is lame, I just came from Yafutoma and they literally just served me to point B by saying along the lines "Oh yeah, we have that blue crystal underneath the Mt. Kazai, we'd be grateful if you can get it for us!" And you're done with that town. What the hell. But yeah there's a bunch of places that you blow through pretty quickly and the only thing that was keeping me interested in this game was awesome script and the idea of exploring the skies and finding discoveries/moonfish/bounties/chams/whathaveyou. I absolutely adore these main characters too, they're more fleshed out than most I had seen in a rpg at least from THAT decade.
But yeah there's holes in plot
like if Valua knew where your hideout (where your dad and his crew were taken) was, why didn't they destroy/infiltrate it the second time when you made the SECOND infiltration of Grand Fortress and escape WITH THEIR PRINCE/SHIP?
And then I started wondering, what am I playing here? Some Dreamcast rpg hype or have I gotten spoiled or too old to look past the flaws here or what. I like rpgs like Popolocrois and Dragon Quest series so much I can look past some of their flaws but SoA's has a larger slew of them than I had anticipated. Its probably my fault for not going in with at least some marginal expectations and I do recall I did play this years ago but I put it down after 5 hours. I just didn't play it long enough to remember whether if I liked it then or not. I did remember going in excited but suddenly overwhelmed to play Pinta's minigame on the vmu while trying to tackle discoveries at the same time lmao.
But yeah, after a good 30 hours or so, I hit GameFAQs and saw a huge following on this game giving a bunch of 9s and 8s in their reviews and one in particular has a 7 really hit home on a lot of points I had mentioned. Its a great game, but its not a good rpg if I could put that way better.
VivaciousSoul
Member
Wow this thread is scary. If I hadn't played a lot of these games I could be mislead pretty easily. It's kind of fun separating the plausible from the hilarious.
Edit: Yay for Blast Corps
Edit: Yay for Blast Corps