The Return of.. Terribly Unpopular Opinions.

MillionX · July 22, 2018

Sheeeeeit, I always enjoyed these kinds of topics...

I enjoyed Simon's Quest; it surprises me how often I notice other Castlevania fans hated that one.
Dreamcast was a much more appealing system than Ps2 in the beginning of that era.
Overwatch vs. Battleborn --- Battleborn was and still is the much more interesting game for me. It had way more going on in there, but sadly Overwatch would go on to completely destroy it in the popularity contest.
The lootbox "controversy" was blown WAY out of proportion, imo. There has been no game I've played where they were an absolute necessity to spend real money on. Usually you could earn the boxes or whatever was in them by just playing the damn game.

-I have PC and Console versions of Diablo 3---console version (at least XB1 and PS4) is the superior version of the game. PC fans will bring up how it's hacked to hell but I honestly don't care...that has no effect on my game... it's called "don't play with randoms", bruh. (*and even if you choose to play with random folks-- so far I haven't heard of any truly malicious stuff going on, like in the Phantasy Star Online days where people could player-kill or change your character into an NPC, corrupt your save, etc.)
-Tetris was only ever "ok" status for me. It's strange to see the amount of praise it got over the years. I don't hate it but it's definitely not something that would be in my "Top 20 of All Time" sort of list...it's just so-so. It's like the light appetizer or snack you get when you perhaps don't have time to enjoy a real, more substantial full-course meal.
There is nothing Telltale can produce that will ever interest me even slightly...same goes for those David Cage "games".
I don't get the appeal of "battle royale" games. PUBG looks terrible in every possible way. There is literally nothing about it that looks fun or interesting to me.

Turn-based RPGs. Yes I still hate them. I always have, and I always will. When I find out that's how a game is, there is nothing else that can save it. Heh, I used to laugh about this with a certain friend back in the day...how we'd see a game that looks cool in the preview section of EGM... then you read something like "this turn-based RPG puts players into.." and IMMEDIATELY that page is getting turned, bruh.

Edited July 22, 2018 by MillionX

Darc_Requiem · July 22, 2018

Okay I'll join in.

Final Fantasy VII is the most overrated game of all time. It's an average JRPG with a poor story that just happened to be the first JRPG to get a major ad push in the West. The game is style over substance. Sephiroth is the JRPG version of Broly. "He looks so cool" and his background is so dumb. Cloud is a woman beating identity thief. Tifa is a woman who risked the lives of her friends at Avalanche for the geeky kid she paid no mind to growing up. Yuffie managed to do the impossible by being a ninja in Final Fantasy game that sucks. I could go on.

Mass Effect 3 is not a good game. People say it was 95% good until the ending. Maybe if it's your first Mass Effect game. The story is by in large was bad. Characters were OOC. All the Mass Effect 2 characters, except Legion and Mordin, were sidelined. None of them were squad mates. Player agency was stripped away so that Bioware could force their version of Shepard onto the player. A pure Renegade Shepard would not have had PTSD over a random child. Why is the Quest Log that worked in the first two games suddenly trash? WTF happened to the Dialog options? What is with the lack of neutral option conversation options. Why do I make one conversation choice and Shepard rambles on with out my input for several minutes. I could right a damned booked about this....but I'll stop for now.

DangerousJ · July 22, 2018

-I like SF Alpha 3. Yes A2 is better competitively but I like the goofy juggle properties, and stuff like world tour mode, the announcer. It had the best endings in a SF game. It was one of the few post SF2 games to have basically an all new soundtrack instead of just using the SF2 themes

Those Funko Pop dolls made of various superhero characters look lame.

I like jam, cream cheese on pancakes.

DanZan · July 22, 2018

Final fantasy V, VIII, and XV are the best FF games.

MillionX · July 22, 2018

Oh yeah--- I can't stand the Funko Pops... the only ones that look ok are the Cuphead characters, and that's because the art style is similar enough that it fits with the simplistic style you see in those.

"Arcade style" racing games will always be superior to the horribly boring, slow-ass "sim style" racers... but I tend to prefer kart-racing games anyway since that brings the extra element of attacking and defense options... which leads right into another thing-- Modnation will forever be the king of that category, imo. There will never be a Mario Kart that can hang with what Modnation Racers brought to the table, unless they just straight up copy what Modnation did and let us have an insane level of customization on everything.

Despite the fact I enjoyed Thor Ragnarok--- I normally don't like when superhero movies go too far into the territory of being a damn comedy show. It just comes off as lame and takes away from things too much if it's just a series of one-liners and sight gags, witty remarks, etc. A little of it is fine but don't go overboard with that shit.

One of the most underrated fighters was Eternal Champions. I absolutely loved that game... it's a shame that this IP is owned by That Company™.

Monday Night Combat - This was one of the best co-op/multiplayer experience ever made during the 360/PS3 era. It's sad that today most people probably forgot it ever existed. Like most Live Arcade games, it came out and was kinda hot for a while but forgotten in a tragically short period of time...it seems like console gamers in particular are quick to move on to whatever is the next big thing asap....even if the previous thing was a lot of fun. I really loved that game though--- I was usually playing the "Support" guy...such good times; I had 2 friends that played it regularly with me for a while.

I've tried to like Fallout a few times now, but that game's world, characters and general story just never grabbed me. It all looks so damn stale, and the gameplay looks boring too. Yeah, I say this despite being a big fan of Skyrim despite its flaws... at least with Elder Scrolls, I prefer that world and the general lore in it. Sometimes I think it's just the post-apocalyptic setting that turns me off... because it's kinda like that with movies and shows---if I see that something is "post apocalyptic.." then I'm already starting to zone out because we've seen that shit 10000 times now for the past few decades in all mediums of entertainment.

Darc_Requiem · July 22, 2018

1 hour ago, DanZan said:

Final fantasy V, VIII, and XV are the best FF games.

I like 2 out of 3 those three games. I think FFV is one of the most underrated games in the franchise....but that's another topic.

misterBee · July 22, 2018

- Funko pops suck.

- FF8 is the best FF. FIGHT ME

- Call of Duty/Assassin's Creed games are fun and ppl who bash them have a stick up their ass.

Abbachio · July 22, 2018

I adore FF8 so it's nice to see more 8 love

The Last of Us is more overrated than FF7

Daft Punk are also vastly overrated

Darc_Requiem · July 22, 2018

On 7/22/2018 at 4:51 PM, Abbachio said:

I adore FF8 so it's nice to see more 8 love

The Last of Us is more overrated than FF7

Daft Punk are also vastly overrated

If people are still espousing it's praises after 21 years. I'll agree with you.

Edited July 24, 2018 by Darc_Requiem