-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
The Unpopular Opinions Thread: GAMING EDITION
- Thread starter samus i am
- Start date
Kintaro said:
So it would make sense that we would choose the most widely popular this generation and call it the One Console. Yay Wii!
I know this is the unpopular thread but the one console is the worst idea ever. Could you imagine being at the mercy of one console? All of them have problems. Thank god for choice when it comes to consoles.
Kintaro said:
Then don't game. I think there are tons of great ones now. So many I don't have time for them and that is a good thing. SNES was a great system but it kind of sucked for us who grew up with it because there was a long wait for really great games. Now I have a queue that is 30 deep.
Again, thank god for all the consoles and handhelds because while they have flaws I still have a lot of choice.
Parley said:
One console format. A developer forum would work with hardware developers for a format spec. Then hardware would be made by companies. DVD and Blu Ray have done it. I don't see the problem here.
The idea is no worse than the current situation. Of course, if you like seeing developers drop like flies, more power to you.
Parley said:
If sucked for you because you were a kid who had no money to buy games. I rented games all the time and played as many great games then as I do now. Now you're older and free to overspend money on games to the point you can not play them all. You're going to sit there and tell me you have a backlog of 30 truly great games? How do you know they're great when they will most likely sit there in some sort of backlog that you will never have time for?
Never put two and two together there?
Kintaro said:
No one needs to know the logistics of implementing it. No matter what was developed it would have many problems.
Here is another unpopular opinion. I don't mind when studios close. While it is unfortunate when it happens and it sucks for the families involved many studios aren't generating the revenue to stay open.
Bizzare is a good example of a studio that got the shaft despite good talent. I am sure many of them will resurface elsewhere in the industry having learned from the experience and we will all benefit from it.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
They don't, in fact this time is the best in history to be a gamer; it appears to me that you have been looking for games for you in the wrong place.Kintaro said:
Kintaro said:
I had plenty of money. That wasn't the issue.
How about this since you missed the point. I read reviews, forums and listen to podcasts. Based on that I put games on a list that I think I might like. Based on past experience I say I like most of them and I think half of them are great. While some end up sucking my success rate is pretty good.
So let me repeat, since you want to be a literalist who intentionally misses the point of an argument just to say something. I have played many great games this generation and based on research and past experience I have a very high likelihood of playing more.
Barberetti
Member
Half-Life 2 is just as good as Half-Life.
Both of them are mediocre.
Both of them are mediocre.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
- Motion controls > traditional controls in pretty much all 3D genres.
I've played them in order of release. DMC -> DMC3: SE -> DMC4 (PC Edition).
Seriously the hate with this game is unbelievable. DMC3 REALLY wasn't that good. I find the fact that people complain about the backtracking in DMC4 to be pretty ridiculous also, because DMC3 had plenty of backtracking as well (though admittedly not as much).
I can confidently say that a majority of complaints on GAF, the complainers haven't either given akin time or even tried whatever they are complaining about.
Beil said:
I've played them in order of release. DMC -> DMC3: SE -> DMC4 (PC Edition).
Seriously the hate with this game is unbelievable. DMC3 REALLY wasn't that good. I find the fact that people complain about the backtracking in DMC4 to be pretty ridiculous also, because DMC3 had plenty of backtracking as well (though admittedly not as much).
Beil said:
I can confidently say that a majority of complaints on GAF, the complainers haven't either given akin time or even tried whatever they are complaining about.
gutter_trash
Banned
I never like the Gran Turismo series; I did play some of them because of peer pressure and popularity but I never ever enjoyed them...too much arcade blood in my veins
pizzapizza64
Member
Not sure if it's been posted yet, but Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is absolutely the best Mario Kart game.
Fimbulvetr
Member
As opposed to the relatively strong stories of the other games, right?faridmon said:
Fimbulvetr
Member
faridmon said:
Completely stupid maybe.
iconoclast
Member
Syril said:
I don't think even the biggest fans of Demon's Souls would argue against this. I love the game - I think it's hands down the best game this generation, however there's some parts of it that could use improvement. For starters, the soul payout from enemies is extremely unbalanced. Why does everyone in world 4 give an extraordinary amount of souls compared to everywhere else? The death penalty is meaningless since you can easily farm TONS of souls from 4-1.
Enemy AI is easy to exploit as well. Cast poison cloud (or any DoT) on someone before they aggro (or cast it on them and run away until they de-aggro) and you just killed a difficult boss for free. There's a bunch of tiny little problems like that.
manueldelalas said:
Not at all. I play many great games as well. However, that doesn't mean the amount of sucky games released hasn't gone down any this generation compared to any other. The only thing that has changed is the fact that releasing a merely "good" game can be the death of a company. Great sign of industry health.
Parley said:
The SNES was a poor system to pick to attempt to make your point because the SNES was in a console war from the word go. So, attempting to say that the SNES wasn't full of great game was silly. Even using the NES (like someone else) was silly.
How would this, in any way, change with a one console format? It wouldn't. Great games would still be released. You would still play them. Except for the fact one wouldn't need three consoles and two hand-helds cluttering up your space (thus saving you a thousand bucks to put towards...more games).
As I get older, its just silly. Somehow people put up with three consoles and two handhelds, a PC and iOS stuff to play all these games, but they would get up in arms when two competing home video formats go head to head? Silliness.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
IMO Uncharted 2 is not the best game of the generation, in fact, I've played A LOT of games that are more compelling to me than Uncharted 2.faridmon said:
This generation we've seen most genres shine, and the best part of it, is that we can play games from all of the other generations, and that's awesome.
Ok, this is stupid, what has the number of sucky games have to do with anything? YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY SUCKY GAMES!.Kintaro said:
The other part of your argument is also bad. I've seen a lot of companies this generation surge making little original games; and I have seen some companies fail because of making mediocre games in oversaturated genres. I don't see the bad part about it.
iconoclast
Member
jufonuk said:
This isn't an unpopular opinion at all. It's a fact.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
monocromo said:
Ewww.
samus i am
Member
B3il said:
:lol
I like this one.
The Half-Life series barely has a story let alone a good one, 30+ hours of play can be summed up in a couple of sentences. Dog and Alyx are both annoying and just serve to hold up gameplay.
Bioshock while promising is full of stupid design decisions that make it a chore to play (shallow pockets which can't hold enough ammo to take down a big daddy, vitachambers)
The above two franchises should study STALKER and Deus Ex for future installments.
MGS 1-4 should each be considered among the top 10 games of all time
Empire: Total War is slow and monotonous
Resistance 1 is the best game to come out of Insomniac since Spyro 1
Bioshock while promising is full of stupid design decisions that make it a chore to play (shallow pockets which can't hold enough ammo to take down a big daddy, vitachambers)
The above two franchises should study STALKER and Deus Ex for future installments.
MGS 1-4 should each be considered among the top 10 games of all time
Empire: Total War is slow and monotonous
Resistance 1 is the best game to come out of Insomniac since Spyro 1
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
B3il said:
It's exactly like I said before. 3D game design today is far inferior to how it was ten years ago or more.
Deus Ex, Half-Life, and Banjo-Kazooie all have far more complex level design then pretty much any 3D game released this generation.
Embarrassing.
Here's one I always wanted to say:
All the people who claim to suffer motion sickness from gaming. It's in your head. You read articles on how Japanese gamers suffer from it and now you've internalised it. Get over it and stop ruining my shakey-cam and headbob effects.
Also Valve games are seriously over-hyped. Except for Portal.
All the people who claim to suffer motion sickness from gaming. It's in your head. You read articles on how Japanese gamers suffer from it and now you've internalised it. Get over it and stop ruining my shakey-cam and headbob effects.
Also Valve games are seriously over-hyped. Except for Portal.
The Librarian
Banned
B3il said:
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Dax01 said:
No, no, no it's pretty accurate.
The Librarian
Banned
Well, seeing as how I just got finished with part of Minerva's Den last night, and Tip of the Spear in Halo Reach, no it is not accurate in the slightest. :lolFlying_Phoenix said:
LOL at developers who think video games = ART. Most of them are insufferable blowhards who think that imitating films will automatically make a game better. Hint: they're called video GAMES for a reason.
:lol :lol :lol
B3il said:Also, this = unquestionable truth
:lol :lol :lol
PseudoPrime1979
Neo Member
I played alot of games in elementary school and middle school, but I never owned a SNES. I stopped playing because I got busy with stuff in high school. Then in college, one of my roomates introduced me to LoZ: ALttP and I got hooked. He then showed me FFIV, FFVI, and Super Mario RPG and I was hooked. I have spent thousands of dollars on new games, consoles, and ancillary devices to support my gaming (new TVs, controllers, and nerdy gaming SWAG).
All of those four games were pirated emulations. If not for piracy, I would not be a gamer right now, and I would not have purchased all that gaming stuff.
And in spite of that. I hate piracy and those who do not pay for games.
All of those four games were pirated emulations. If not for piracy, I would not be a gamer right now, and I would not have purchased all that gaming stuff.
And in spite of that. I hate piracy and those who do not pay for games.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
Sonic games always had intrinsically shit gameplay
GitarooMan
Member
:lol This is great, lot of truth here.B3il said:
Duane Cunningham
Member
I always regret buying the GT and Forza games even though I bite every time. I like the graphics and presentation of those games, but an hour in and I kind of wish I was playing something like Ridge Racer (when it was good) or Motorstorm instead.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Dax01 said:
There are exceptions here and their but you cannot design that FPS level design (and 3D level design in general) has become insanely simplistic compared to its toddler years.
As for Reach =, well I can't really comment on something I haven't played.
mescalineeyes
Banned
Exploration or navigating the levels themselves is no longer an obstacle in first person shooters, it's all about combat now. Love it or hate it I guess.