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What Are Your Unpopular Gaming Opinions? (Ver. 2)
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Wario Wario Wario
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I may be biased here since I grew up on them, but Atari 2600 games hold up a lot better than people say they do.
Rizen
Smash Legend
I'm still playing Tears of the Kingdom but so far agree about the story. Nintendo has high up executives who are against good stories in their games (most notably in Paper Mario series). Arlo made a video on it.
how does a knock off Cookie Monster know what goes on in the head of a Nintendo high up?
Rizen
Smash Legend
Through interviews and articles.
so no
Rizen
Smash Legend
Yeah SFA Dinosaur Planet was a good game.
Oracle Link
Smash Master
Zelda is far more lighthearted than people think it is! Yes most zelda games have serious plots but zelda is still incredibly vibrant, funny, cute and about the thrill of adventure 90% of the Time!
The video game adaptation curse still exists when it comes to movies but not for TV shows
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As a whole, gamers are way too harsh in game criticism. I don't have anything against criticism. The industry needs it to grow.
But too many gamers are more than willing to purposely ignore a game's strengths, overplay its weaknesses and treat serviceable games as irredeemable trash. A mediocre game isn't the end of the word, and its not trash. It's mediocre and that's not bad. A lot of the most beloved games of all time are mediocre. I don't want a 7 hour video explaining every single flaw of a game while giving the game's strengths a fraction of the time. Gamers just want to nerd rage and its exhausting.
But too many gamers are more than willing to purposely ignore a game's strengths, overplay its weaknesses and treat serviceable games as irredeemable trash. A mediocre game isn't the end of the word, and its not trash. It's mediocre and that's not bad. A lot of the most beloved games of all time are mediocre. I don't want a 7 hour video explaining every single flaw of a game while giving the game's strengths a fraction of the time. Gamers just want to nerd rage and its exhausting.
I actually don’t mind Paper Mario putting more emphasis on the paper aspect. I just wish the emphasis didn’t start in a game like Sticker Star.
In my opinion it can be fun to be maybe a little overly harsh on a game in some situations. For smaller games like Lord of the Rings Gollum, that wasn’t made by a AAA studio so it’s not as fun to dunk on. For larger games like Tears of the Kingdom for example (just using that because it’s a game I feel like I have a lot more flaws with than others) sometimes it can be a little fun to see people maybe be a little too harsh while dunking on it, considering the enormous amount of hype and how Nintendo is the biggest game company that was for a time basically the default game company.
I don’t think it all comes down to gamer rage too. I see a lot of people who are way too harsh on games like Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation, who is one of my favorite content creators, but is extremely harsh and critical to most modern games. Despite this he can still come across as constructive and fair. Sometimes it’s necessary to put bigger expectations of quality on AAA studios to get an experience that’s better, why just allow games to be mediocre when we can offer criticism and shift the discourse on the game in a way that game studios will pay attention to?
Back to the example of TotK, a lot of its improvements over BotW wouldn’t have happened if so many people hadn’t offered their criticisms over an otherwise masterpiece and the idea of just letting mediocrity be mediocre seems very unconstructive to me
yahtzee is harsh but hilarious, but he’s definitely right about a lot of things. his impression of an ace attorney game was spot on
Preach. A game can't just be average or okay anymore, every game that comes out is either the best or worst game ever based on what the masses decide the moment it's out. Nobody seems to know you can enjoy a game in spite of its flaws anymore.
Rizen
Smash Legend
Tinykin>Pikmin. I never was a big fan of Pikmin in the first place. I like Tinykin's faster pace and more vertical levels.
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Anyone play Mario Kart? It bugs me that Wiggler has 4 body segments plus a head in the Mario games but in Mario Kart it only has 3 segments plus a head. I get why they did it but it still bugs me.
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Anyone play Mario Kart? It bugs me that Wiggler has 4 body segments plus a head in the Mario games but in Mario Kart it only has 3 segments plus a head. I get why they did it but it still bugs me.
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This is probably an ice cold take but FE Fates should’ve gone all in on the Japanese-inspired setting and (for a potentially hotter take) has Azura as the protagonist.
As for other games,I would’ve also liked to see the FE1 remake on GBA as a Zero Mission-esque remake (one that tells the same story with added depth and a new set of 5 chapters after the defeat of Medeus) and Sacred Stones as a brand new Fire Emblem game on the DS.
As for other games,I would’ve also liked to see the FE1 remake on GBA as a Zero Mission-esque remake (one that tells the same story with added depth and a new set of 5 chapters after the defeat of Medeus) and Sacred Stones as a brand new Fire Emblem game on the DS.
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Oracle Link
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Nintendo isnt "Evil" at all yes they do some things that are disheartening as a fan but see it from the rights perspective Every Fangame poses a danger to their franchise Rights Yes the danger is small but Nintendos biggest possesion is their Franchises also saying NINTENDO as a whole hates its fans is dumb when like 80% Of Nintendo Employees work their asses of to deliver great games!
In Short Nintendo doesnt hate You or any other fan but it Still wants to make money!
In Short Nintendo doesnt hate You or any other fan but it Still wants to make money!
I prefer seeing characters get added as crossover picks in a traditional fighting games rather than platfighters. It just seems more interesting to see how they adapt their moveset and personality into a game with a bit more restrictions on how you need to design a character but with less restrictions on how crazy their moves can get. If you asked me if I wanted a character in Marvel Vs. Capcom or Smash, I’d say MvC anytime.
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Oracle Link
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I dont know if thats unpopular but i want the next few smash games to be spinoffs that focus on specific series like Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Pokemon and sorta kirby! And than some of these spinoff characters should be brought into regular smash!
Wario Wario Wario
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The idea that "good" games are inherently more worth remembering or celebrating than "bad" games is really stupid. Quality isn't objective for one thing, for another a lot of bad games have elements (usually music) that can be widely agreed upon as good, and it's also outright disrespectful to let "good" games get the credit for creating things other, "worse" games did first or at the same time. (Looking at you, Super Mario 64.)
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I really wish the rights to certain IP’s for licensed games weren’t locked to a single company. Obviously there are some companies who handle certain IP’s best, but at the same time, I think other companies should be allowed to take a crack at that IP.
dezeray112
Smash Hero
Well having been a long time fan of the Final Fantasy series, I still prefer Final Fantasies VII to X in contrast to XV and XVI (which I can't seem to get in to for some reason.)
is that an unpopular opinion?
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Come to think of it, the wide variance in stuff like movement speeds, attack speeds, combo ability, and (as of late) mechanics in Smash is dumb honestly. It's like if a DMC or Bayonetta game had a weapon/character that plays like a Dark Souls Ultra Greatsword or if a game like MvC had a character that can't air combo but instead can kill an opponent in a few hits like in Samurai Shodown.
I'm not so sure that (knockback-based) platform fighters have "less restrictions" on character design per se, it's just that Smash has a big monopoly on the genre, and its own range of characters makes its excessive variety seem normalized.
Oracle Link
Smash Master
2D zelda is INCREDIBLY Underated!
Resident Evil VII’s subtitle should’ve been “Home Sweet Home” as a homage to that 1989 Sweet Home Famicom game they developed.
Tankman from Newgrounds
Smash Hero
A random unpopular opinion just came up to my head...
Geist and Eternal Darkness are really good games and they should inspire Nintendo to make more mature games.
Geist and Eternal Darkness are really good games and they should inspire Nintendo to make more mature games.
don’t you mean publish mature games by 3rd party devs?
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That isn't un popular. Eternal Darkness has people asking for its return all the time
Geist is also not very good
DragonRobotKing26
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Zelda's timeline is a biggest mess,i wonder how all links are different since they have the same clothes and the same hair,princess zelda on the games is easy to know that is not the same zelda by the hair,the dresses and personalities,it don't make sense of ganondorf is the same character of all zelda games,because the games have a lot of art-style change and ganon form is very different on each games,i wonder why Breath of The Wild and Tears of The Kingdom are not part of the timeline or why Hyrule Warriors is not canon on the timeline
If Zelda's timeline was a little bit similar to Castlevania's timeline,it will be a timeline better
If Zelda's timeline was a little bit similar to Castlevania's timeline,it will be a timeline better
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darkvortex
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Kingdom Hearts story, while flawed, is not as confusing as people say and isn't that crazy for a JPEG story. The Disney elements of KH just means it gets exposed to people who aren't as used to it.
I think why people get confused is cause they don’t play all the games
Dunno if this is specificallly gaming-related, but I think Ash's teams in the anime should've been:
(* denotes Pokemon Ash released or otherwise at some point)
- Pikachu
- Pidgey -> Pidgeotto -> Pidgeot*
- Ivysaur
- Charmander -> Charmeleon -> Charizard
- Squirtle*
- Caterpie -> Metapod -> Butterfree*
- Haunter
- Primeape*
- 30 Tauros
- Snorlax
- Lapras*
- Dratini -> Dragonoir -> Dragonite
- Any of the Legendary birds
- Returning
- Pikachu
- Charizard
- Squirtle*
- Ivysaur
- Haunter -> Gengar
- Dragonite
- Ash's Legendary bird
- New
- Cyndaquil -> Quilava -> Typhlosion
- Heracross
- Noctowl
- Phanpy -> Donphan
- Ho-Oh
- Larvitar -> Pupitar -> Tyranitar
- Aipom
- Gligar
- Returning
- Pikachu
- Gengar
- Dragonite
- Snorlax
- Typhlosion
- Heracross
- Donphan
- Tyranitar
- New
- Treecko -> Grovyle -> Sceptile
- Tailow -> Swellow
- Torkoal
- Snorunt -> Glailie
- Corpish
- Latias
- Returning
- Pikachu
- Gengar
- Snorlax
- Aipom -> Ambipom*
- Gligar -> Gliscor
- Heracross
- Glailie
- Latias
- New
- Chimchar -> Monferno -> Infernape
- Starly -> Staravia -> Staraptor
- Riolu -> Lucario
- Shinx -> Luxio -> Luxray
- Buizel
- Gible -> Gabite -> Garchomp
- Rotom
- Azelf
- Returning
- Pikachu
- Snorlax
- Dragonite
- Tyranitar
- Torkoal
- Latias
- Lucario
- Luxray
- Rotom
- Staraptor
- New
- Snivy -> Servine -> Seprerior
- Tepig -> Pignite
- Oshawott
- Scraggy -> Scrafty
- Roggenrola -> Boldore -> Gigalith
- Sandile -> Krokorok -> Krookodile
- Chandelure
- Volcarona
- Deino -> Zweilous -> Hydreigon
- Zekrom
- Meloetta
- Returning
- Pikachu
- Charizard <-> Mega Charizard Y
- Gengar <-> Mega Gengar
- Ash's Legendary bird
- Heracross <-> Mega Heracross
- Tyranitar <-> Mega Tyranitar
- Sceptile <-> Mega Sceptile
- Glailie <-> Mega Glailie
- Latias <-> Mega Latias
- Lucario <-> Mega Lucario
- Garchomp <-> Mega Garchomp
- New
- Froakie -> Frogadier -> Greninja* <-> Ash-Greninja
- Fletchling -> Fletchinder -> Talonflame
- Hawlucha
- Noibat -> Noivern
- Goomy -> Sliggooo -> Goodra*
- Xerneas
- Returning
- Pikachu
- Snorlax
- Rotom
- Oshawott
- Krookodile
- Hawlucha
- New
- Litten -> Torracat -> Incineroar
- Rowlet
- Rockruff -> Lycanroc
- Meltan -> Melmetal
- Poipole -> Naganadel
- Cosmog -> Cosmoem -> Solgaleo
- Returning
- Pikachu
- Charizard
- Gengar
- Snorlax
- Ash's Legendary bird
- Typhlosion
- Heracross
- Tyranitar
- Ho-Oh
- Sceptile
- Torkoal
- Latias
- Infernape
- Staraptor
- Lucario
- Garchomp
- Rotom
- Azelf
- Oshawott
- Scrafty
- Gigalith
- Krookodile
- Chandelure
- Volcorona
- Hydreigon
- Zekrom
- Meloetta
- Hawlucha
- Noivern
- Xerneas
- Incineroar
- Rowlet
- Lycanroc
- Melmetal
- New
- Scorbunny -> Raboot -> Cinderace
- Galarian Farfetch'd -> Sirfetch'd
- Toxel -> Toxtricity
- Dracovish
- Zacian
Oracle Link
Smash Master
Warning Issued
Okay Statement retracted!
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I want you to think about this part specifically because this is just offensive, man. A character becoming trans is not “throwing their older fans under the bus” and anyone who thinks less of a character (or by god a person) because they’re trans is being harmful. Plus Bridget was only in older Guilty Gear games so I don’t get why you think there’s such a strong dichotomy between older and newer fans. I’m not trying to accuse you of transphobia nevessarily, just that this part could be really hurtful to some people and you should not continue to post stuff like this in the future.
Schnee117
Too Majestic for Gender
Your post should end here. You know nothing about Guilty Gear outside of a wiki dive and whatever nonsense you read from a bunch of weirdo tourists.
They threw no one under the bus by progressing Bridget's story. It's just tourists throwing themselves under because they're mad the underage boy they were jacking off to is actually an adult woman now. Curious how these people don't get assmad about Testament being non-binary but then that'd require actually playing Guilty Gear and knowing who they are.
ProtoAdaptor
Smash Rookie
i'm actually a big fan of the newer mega man games! 10 and 11 have been some of my favorite romps, they're a lot more polished than say 2 or 3 (hell even 4 maybe).
also
also
holy **** YOU KILLED THEM im your biggest fan now schnee