Unpopular Opinions about Video Games

[shutupman]

I hate Zelda and pretty much any games with elves because they fag everything up.

 

[c-no]

Even though it was a mistranslation and not something that is going to happen to an upcoming game, I honestly do not care if Dark Souls 2 would get an easy mode. Sure, players would believe it's appealing to casual gamers, but I kinda thought it would be a good way to let newbies prepare themselves for tougher challenges when they decide to not play easy mode and instead go back to the real difficulty.

 

[Hyperion]

I hate Zelda and pretty much any games with elves because they fag everything up.

This. Fuck elves.

 

[spaps]

I hate Zelda and pretty much any games with elves because they fag everything up.

Link isn't an elf, though. Hell, no one in the games are elves. They all just have pointy ears.

 

[c-no]

I hate Zelda and pretty much any games with elves because they fag everything up.

Link isn't an elf, though. Hell, no one in the games are elves. They all just have pointy ears.

Yeah, the Hylians are human, the humans are just humans with pointy ears because it let's them hear the voices of their godesses I believe. Though I do remember encountering a Zelda Manga that mentions elves.

http://www.glitterberri.com/the-legend-of-zelda/mishouzaki-manga/part-1/
Can't remember which page it's on, but they do menton elves.

 

[YouDorks]

As shitty as Simcity's always online DRM is, it is completely justified given that people pirated the shit out of other AAA PC games like Crysis 2 to the point of nigh-unprofitablity when you think in terms of sales projections, revenue goals and so on. The fact that the company doesn't acknowledge it as DRM when it so plainly fucking is, on the other hand...

 

[Plissken]

I have a few unpopular opinions about video games; I only liked the first mass effect game, the rest can eat my , I liked kotor 2 and fallout 3, I hated dragon age 2, I HATED swtor, I thought skyrim paled in comparison to the rest of the elder scrolls games (oblivion most especially), I hated halo 4, I dont mind the newest call of duty games (while the story campaign may suck, the gameplay is still solid for the most part), I detest the gears of war franchise, the list could go on forever. I think I'm also one of the few gamers who hated final fantasy 7 and every FF after that.

 

[haina]

Both Half Life 2 and the episodes have terrible replay value. On the third playthrough, you know the scripted events that are going to happen and where the soldiers and enemies are going to attack from. In many ways, it's more like a rollercoaster or interactive movie than a game.

No modern stealth game (Assassin's Creed or Hitman, although I love the latter) can hold a candle to Thief or Thief 2.

Goldeneye 007 has aged incredibly badly and is pretty horrible to play. In contrast, other n64 games like Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask are still fantastic to play after more than a decade and I've played many games from the same era which are still enjoyable.

I have yet to see a Star Wars game as fun as the Jedi Knight series.

It's not that unpopular an opinion, but I still believe that Morrowind is the absolute pinnacle of Elder Scrolls games, mainly because of the incredible atmosphere, range of environments, and detail. I do think it's a flawed game but thankfully, there are mods to correct almost anything you have a problem with (MADD Leveler is awesome). I reinstall it every year for these reasons, and spend around a day modding it. It feels like coming home. I have tried Oblivion and it simply doesn't compare. There's nothing like the Redoran, Hlaalu and Telvanni houses. Oh and I think the new Morrowind Overhaul kind of ruins it.

 

[Surtur]

Dead Space is like, not fun and only good for a few jump scares.

 

[spaps]

Goldeneye 007 has aged incredibly badly and is pretty horrible to play. In contrast, other n64 games like Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask are still fantastic to play after more than a decade and I've played many games from the same era which are still enjoyable.

Hey, it's still better than the remake.

Though admittedly, the offline multiplayer is pretty damn fun, and more enjoyable than CoD's, even though they're almost the same.
EDIT: Y'know what? I'm gonna go on about this game. The campaign sucks. It's nothing but a CoD clone. I've never liked the CoD style of gameplay, with the regenerating health and two-weapons bullshit. You can play the game with the classic Goldeneye 007 health (non-regenerating health and body armor), but only on the highest difficulty, and I suck at Hard. There's also a stealth aspect, which is fucked beyond belief. The enemies always seem to notice you, no matter what you do. The only way to kill an enemy silently is to get close and perform a silent takedown, or try to hit them in the head with a silenced P99, which is a pain, because if you hit them anywhere but their head, they'll alert everyone, and then re-enforcements will arrive. Also, the story was fine the way it was. Why did you have to reboot it in the Daniel Craig continuity?
The multiplayer is okay for the most part. The online is nothing special, with a typical CoD deathmatch and team deathmatch mode, but there's also other modes specific to the game, but no one ever seems to be on anything but the two deathmatches, so I'm limited as to what I can play. Weapons are also locked until you can reach a certain level, like in most FPS' multiplayers, so that's a turn-off. Offline is fun, though. You can choose from all the weapons in the game (including a Klobb, Moonraker Laser, and more), and you can also choose your character, some of which have special abilities (like Scaramanga's Golden Gun as his secondary, or Oddjob's hat replacing his grenades. I usually play as Oddjob and piss people off with them). There's also a few modifiers, like a tiny mode, and classic health, so that helps. But if you want to play Goldeneye 007, go buy an N64 and the N64 version of Goldeneye. That's what I did after playing this.
Also,

Most new FPS games have terrible replay value. On the third playthrough, you know the scripted events that are going to happen and where the soldiers and enemies are going to attack from. In many ways, it's more like a rollercoaster or interactive movie than a game.

FTFY

 

[Springblossom]

Dead Space is like, not fun and only good for a few jump scares.

Ain't it the truth? The mechanics are solid, but it's not scary beyond launching mangled bodies out of vents.

Also Borderlands is a fucking grind of a game. A halfway decent shooter bolted onto a quest system yanked straight out of a bad MMORPG and too many fucking guns. Don't make a system that shits out three billion guns and then stick me at the mercy of random drops. And those stupid Claptrap things are like a cross between Navi as the internet sees her and a dentist's drill: so annoying it's physically painful.

Also also Final Fantasy 7 has aged horribly and is not worth playing ever.

 

[Saney]

I have what might be the most unpopular opinion of all...

Spoiler

I don't hate Navi.

 

[DStecks]

Catherine is a shitty game with a shitty story about shitty people. It basically consists of watching an anime for about 20 minutes about some fuck who cheats on his girlfriend, then solving a box puzzle.

Do yourself a favour and instead of playing Catherine, watch Fullmetal Alchemist; and every 20 minutes play a level of Tetris. The anime will be better, the gameplay will be better, and the story and gameplay will have more to do with each other than in Catherine.

 

[c-no]

I have what might be the most unpopular opinion of all...

Spoiler

I don't hate Navi.

Same here. I've played Ocarina of Time and despite what some say, the fairy does not annoy. There are worser things in the game than a little blue ball of light.

 

[Springblossom]

I have what might be the most unpopular opinion of all...

Spoiler

I don't hate Navi.

Same here. I've played Ocarina of Time and despite what some say, the fairy does not annoy. There are worser things in the game than a little blue ball of light.

I was surprised at how non-annoying she is. Yeah, she goes 'HEY!' every now and then, but it's nowhere near as bad as everyone says. That stupid owl, on the other hand...

You know, comparing Claptrap to Navi is an insult to Navi. Who at Gearbox thought it was a good idea to have an unkillable robot nag you with the same three lines about sidequests that became obsolete ten levels ago? Sidequests which you can't delete or reject, might I add? How did this crap get popular enough to spawn a sequel? Fuck Borderlands.

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[c-no]

One thing I'd also like to say is this, I never really found the Claptrap to be annoying, mainly because I'm too busy shooting people and animals to really care about some robot on a wheel telling me what's available. I would like to play the Claptrap Revolution though, just to blow them away.

 

[Dunsparce]

If I slogged through a game for many hours and finally beat it, only to get something like this instead of an actual ending sequence:

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I would not rage, I'd laugh really hard

 

[Springblossom]

Red Dead Redemption wasn't a bad game, but it was seriously lacking in incentive. It's hard to explain, but I feel like Far Cry 3 succeeded in many areas RDR failed in. Also, the ending to RDR was awful.

Spoiler

If you give me a well-written character with an interesting character arc, and then kill them off in a retarded twist, I'm not going to applaud your 'artistic merit', I'm going to want to punch someone.

Also, the original ending of Mass Effect 3 wasn't such a big issue compared to the nonexistent sidequests (no, I don't count the eavesdropping bits or multiplayer map skirmishes as sidequests) and the excruciating linearity.

 

[José Mourinho]

I actually enjoyed Mario Kart Wii. I actually took the time to unlock all the characters and getting at least one star rank for every cup.

(Prepares to get flamed)

 

[c-no]

When I heard of an Elder Scrolls MMO, I honestly did not care if it would screw up the series whether it was screwing the company, it's being made by another group within the company. Also don't care about it messing up the lore. Only thing I would care about is it's gameplay.