Unpopular Opinions about Video Games

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Escort missions...wait for it.....with QTE events.

Escort missions can be done well, and QTEs don't bother me if not difficult. Trial & error just inherently sucks.

 

[XL xQgg?QcQCaTYDMjqoDnYpG]

Escort missions can be done well

Escorting Myers at the beginning of the Phantom Liberty DLC in Cyberpunk 2077, as a case in point

 

[Psyduck]

Fire Emblem Engage is superior to Fire Emblem Three Houses (ignore the irony of my avatar). Monster Hunter Rise is superior to Monster Hunter World.

Monster Hunter Rise is my first and so far my only MH game, i fucking love it so far and i havent even touched the expansion yet. One time i went online to read up on where to gather certain mats i needed and apparently the game has a generally negative reception, something about how it "doesn't even get good" until you reach Sunbreak. Hell, i kept reading about how i shouldn't get used to Rise because the other games are so much more different or something as well

Stuff like that makes me not wanna try the rest of the games tbh

 

[AndSothisIsChristmas]

Monster Hunter Rise is my first and so far my only MH game, i fucking love it so far and i havent even touched the expansion yet. One time i went online to read up on where to gather certain mats i needed and apparently the game has a generally negative reception, something about how it "doesn't even get good" until you reach Sunbreak. Hell, i kept reading about how i shouldn't get used to Rise because the other games are so much more different or something as well

Stuff like that makes me not wanna try the rest of the games tbh

Rise is very much a more “arcadey” style of game than most of the others. World is intended as a big cinematic AAA game with a focus on exploring the environment, and most of the pre-world games have basically negative QoL and are designed to be punishing. Can’t comment on where Wilds falls because I haven’t played it yet. Rise is very much a “go in, hit the monster, feel cool doing it” sort of game, very punchy and fast-paced.

If you like Rise I would recommend Generations Ultimate on Switch. Monster Hunter has two main development teams, the “main” team which made World, Wilds, and all the numbered entries from previous gens, and the “portable” team which made Rise. (Don’t take the names too seriously, 4U was made by the “main” team and is exclusive to the 3DS.) GU was made by the “portable” team and has a number of seeds being planted for the flashier super moves that Rise had, and has about 90% of the monsters that had been introduced in the series up until that point. It’ll be a good gameplay into the quirks and anti-QoL features of fourth gen and older.

 

[GeorgeFloydFentanylStash]

Escorting Myers at the beginning of the Phantom Liberty DLC in Cyberpunk 2077, as a case in point

Might be the best escort mission I’ve played. And this is coming from someone who loathes escort missions.

 

[Jace on ice]

Might be the best escort mission I’ve played. And this is coming from someone who loathes escort missions.

That's because Myers is both essential and actually pretty combat capable as npcs go.

None of that bullshit, mission failed because npc died.

 

[Eadred]

Playing a god like character that lifts mountains and jumps large distances, and suddenly you get stopped by a small wooden gate because you haven't found the key yet. So infuriating.

 

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Playing a god like character that lifts mountains and jumps large distances, and suddenly you get stopped by a small wooden gate because you haven't found the key yet. So infuriating.

And open world game players will know this one too

 

[Prophetic Spirit]

Might be the best escort mission I’ve played. And this is coming from someone who loathes escort missions.

Ah, reminds me of some GTA TBoGT missions with Gay Tony.
He can die, and sometimes you need to escort him but he's pretty capable to using a pistol and help you with some enemies.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

I pirate games because they're not worth the asking price. Those that are I will pay for and their sequels too.
The other reason is because there are no fucking demos anymore. There are cool looking games that turn out shit and shit looking games that turn out to be cool. I want to find the hidden gems, but I'm not paying 60 quid a throw to do so.

 

[The Ugly One]

Buying the latest FIFA(TM) or Pro Evolution Soccer(TM) or Football Manager(TM) for the Playstation(R) on release is a clear telltale of a nigger to me
Or the latest Call of Duty(TM) or Battlefield(TM)

Two nogs don't make a white. Stealing a nigger game just makes you a coal-black gorilla nigger.

 

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Two nogs don't make a white. Stealing a nigger game just makes you a coal-black gorilla nigger.

I don't think anybody here is advocating for shoplifting

 

[The Ugly One]

I don't think anybody here is advocating for shoplifting

"Ackshually, it's not stealing because according to Chapter 7 of Murray Rothbards' Man, Economy, and State..."

My apologies.

Pirating a nigger game just makes you a coal-black gorilla nigger.

 

[XL xQgg?QcQCaTYDMjqoDnYpG]

"Ackshually, it's not stealing because according to Chapter 7 of Murray Rothbards' Man, Economy, and State..."

Nah, Rothbard actually believed in trademarks, that's one of the few things he was inconsistent on
There's many works by Kinsella that are much more in line with proper ethics in that regard, such as Against Intellectual Property or You Can't Own Ideas: Essays on Intellectual Property

 

[capitalBBustard]

Niggers are too stupid to pirate games and spend gibs on Playstations instead of food. Moralizing about muh piracy being theft is what corpo cum guzzling troon modders do.

Post-op vantablack porchmonkey is projecting quite aggressively.

 

[Safir]

Trial & error is good game design.

I can't think of worse game design.

Trial and error is the greatest game design. Wondering what happens next is the human experience, it's what makes the software a game for thinking humans. Twitch games are for kids and Koreans, and optimization problems are for computers.

 

[The Ugly One]

Nah, Rothbard actually believed in trademarks, that's one of the few things he was inconsistent on
There's many works by Kinsella that are much more in line with proper ethics in that regard, such as Against Intellectual Property or You Can't Own Ideas: Essays on Intellectual Property

"Well, ackshually, you got the wrong irrelevant intellectual, it's Kinsella," is a response worthy of the finest fedora tip I can muster!

 

[pyrinyx]

You can totally write a nice lengthy review of a game with less than 2 hours of playtime. If you've played video games enough for years or even a few months, it is easy to get a good feel of everything the next video game has to offer you based on previous experiences of another. People like to really throw down this "you can't judge a book by its cover" argument against you. I say that's a trap of an argument because that is again someone wanting you to waste your time and money to enjoy something you may not like and fail their expectations.

I've written game reviews on games I've played about 10 minutes at least and 30 minutes to an hour at most before jotting my experiences on it. A game's job is to entertain you or immerse you into its world for enjoyment while making sure the amount you've spent was worth it. If it fails in one or more of those departments, then you let it be known what it failed in, regardless of degree. Writing video game reviews is honestly a dying art because people are too busy trying to be the next AVGN or the next Yahtzee in game reviewing.

As long as it is anything beyond "it sucks" or "it rules" then it is good. You do not always need to play hours and hours of a game before that moment of "this is when it starts getting good" or "this is when it starts getting bad" hits. If a game is doing nothing for you at all AAA, AA or Indie, write a review on it and move on.

 

[The Last Stand]

Love me some Viva Piñata. It's absurd they never put it in modern consoles. It'd be cool if it was put on other consoles now that Xbox is putting games on stuff now.

It’s backward compatibility with modern Xboxes. Does that count?

I pirate games because they're not worth the asking price. Those that are I will pay for and their sequels too.
The other reason is because there are no fucking demos anymore. There are cool looking games that turn out shit and shit looking games that turn out to be cool. I want to find the hidden gems, but I'm not paying 60 quid a throw to do so.

That’s where I’m at for emulation. I don’t care your reasons for emulation. There’s a purpose from it of preservation.

 

[The Secret Sauce]

I don't like the "I'm pirating for muh games preservation" argument (or any hand wringing about le ebil capitalism corporations justify it)

This and when they get into autistic semantics games. Like "ermmm actually it's not stealing, because nothing has actually been taken, only copied!"
Okay pal, you would be freaking the fuck out if someone made a "copy" of your bank account info or any nude pictures you have of yourself or a significant other and spread them around the Internet. Like you said, these people need to just say "I'm gonna steal it lol" and move on. I think stealing from modern game devs is rather based, anyway.