Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

Star Fox on the SNES is a terrible game that just streched the snes to a limit it just couldn't properly handle. Same as Stunt Racer and to a extent Street Fighter Alpha 2

Pokemon X and Y was disappointing(in term of story, mythology & background stuff)

-Pokemon Black and White sucked and almost turned me off the series entirely
-I'm not crazy about top down Zelda
-I think Xbox sounds like a porn site or something
-I don't like Xbox, but I just can't think of a reason why I feel that way
-I hate online multiplayer and split screen is superior
-Open worlds are not necessary
-There's nothing wrong with having a linear game every now and again
-I don't mind quick time events as long as they're justified
-I hate the New Super Mario Bros. games and I think they're a waste of resources
-Grand Theft Auto isn't for me
-PS4/XB1 aren't special and I'm incredibly apathetic towards them
-Prequels shouldn't even be a thing

Bioshock Infinite sucked.

Edit: Also Metroid: Other M was great. If you want good story and character development, read a book. These are games. Meant to be played.

FE Shadow Dragon is one of the best of the localized FEs.

This. This, this, this.

I also disliked:

Everything made by Naughty Dog
Batman Arkham City
Ratchet and Clank
Rayman Origins
Red Dead Redemption
Grand Theft Auto (any that is all)
Killzone series
Sonic

_{In other words, I dislike most games.}

I will say that I enjoyed a first playthrough of Twilight princess more than any other 3D Zelda first playthrough. So while it didn't remain on the top of my list beyond that, it's still a treasured honor to bestow on the game.

• Chrono Cross was just as good as Chrono Trigger.
• Tetsuya Nomura is a bad director, a terrible character designer, and an awful writer.
• The Wii is better than the Gamecube in every way.
• Super Mario 64 was rather boring.
• The World Is Not Enough for N64 was better than Goldeneye.

I don't think open world games are necessarily better than linear games. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed my fair share of open world games, but they aren't better than linear games by default. For some reason, it just gets somewhat on my nerves when a series with previously linear game design is made to be open world, and it's automatically assumed (by the gaming media) that it's a huge step forward. How do you know going open world won't result in an inferior experience?

• I think Resident Evil 4 is one of the best games in the series
• I like Nintendo's stance of video games that inspires the Wii and Wii U
• I hope OUYA can compete with the big 3 (though it's a long shot)

Megaman is mediocre more often than not.

Twilight Princess is the best Zelda game.
Final Fantasy 13 is a good game.
I cannot, for the life of me, enjoy the Uncharted series. I just don't care about the characters at all, which is a problem in a game full of cinematic storytelling. It's also why I was able to like the Last of Us, since I did like the characters there.
I like Michael Pachter.

Over the last couple of years, i've been convinced and now i believe that DRM ultimately harms the legit customer more than the "you know whos" Sim City, Spore, etc

You know what? Left 4 Dead is overrated, too. Once again, it isn't Valve's fault at all, but the community for hyping this game up soooo much. In fact, I think it's a good game, but everyone made this game out to be the next Half-Life or something. Remember. I love Valve as a company.
I think the first Mega Man was horrible.
I thought Super Mario 3D Land was overrated, too.
I can't get into Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and constantly wonder how people can get so far into the game.

@DiscoDriver43 True. I know for a fact that DRM sucks.

Damo's 9/10 for Mighty Switch Force really annoyed me. It convinced me to buy it and it took me about an hour to finish the whole thing.

I'm not sure if this is an unpopular belief but since we are mentioning NL review ratings.....Other M got a 9/10 here.

To say I despise that game would be like saying the maiden voyage of the Titanic didn't quite go according to plan. D:<

You mean you like laughing at his terrible predictions, right?

That's not an unpopular gaming opinion. That kind of DRM protects the publisher, not the consumer. And even there, it does a pretty darn crappy job of protecting the publisher, because the ne'er do well versions of Sim City and Spore were more stable than the legitimate versions.

Wayfoward is overrated. There's always someone that has to mention their name and think they can turn everything into gold.

I consider Metroid Other M better than the entire Metroid Prime Trilogy and at times, even Super Metroid. It's one of the freshest takes on what experience a Metroid game can provide, and I had a blast playing through the game. While I won't sit through the cutscenes every time I play Other M, at 35+ completions by the way, I do like the story they presented and definitely loved the overall polish and detail of the scenes. It has the best looking combat of the series in my opinion, and finally brought Samus back to being Samus, in terms of being a ferocious, agile bounty hunter. At the same time, it added more layers to how she is beyond her suit of armor and overpowering arsenal, and I appreciate Other M a lot for showing those sides to her.

Metroid Prime is my least favorite Metroid game, the game I'm most disappointed with and the most overrated Metroid game. I don't play much of the Metroid Prime Trilogy games throughout a year, as I feel all of them are really slow compared to Metroid standard, but Prime actually is in that standard in terms of my actual playtime for a completion but I just lack motivation for it. I've started two runs this year, neither have been completed. The run I started on my Wii U was put aside before I even got to Thardus. The experience feels a bit empty to me. What really gets me into the atmospheres of the Metroid games is the stories that either are or that could be, and Metroid Prime's story just doesn't feel connected. I always found it pretty stupid honestly that the most intelligent take on the Space Pirates in the series has designed their bases around abilities that they don't have and that Samus does have. I don't care if it's for gameplay purposes, because it should've made sense regardless. What has really bothered me though is the Chozo, I feel they're a lot more uninteresting in Metroid Prime, where they are actually provided backstory details via lore, than they are in the 2D games where they're featured/hinted at: Metroid, Metroid Zero Mission, Metroid II and Super Metroid. I also don't feel they really tried to fight Phazon, rather I was given more the impression that they were sitting back waiting for Samus Aran to break through their shoddy Artifact Temple seal and take care of their problem. It just made the motive to avenge the race and save their world from Phazon seem really pathetic.

I think Metroid Prime Hunters is the best Metroid game easily. What has made me so engrossed into this game's experience has been 1) the high level of polish and connectivity between backstory, visual designs, enemy placement and music and 2) the replay value the game has in being able to choose most visits in the single player and playing as the other bounty hunters through various modes and arenas. Considering the connectivity between various elements such as story, music and location design, I believe Metroid Prime Hunters has the most in depth atmosphere of any Metroid game both on a regional level and on an individual location basis. Most of the time, if not all the time, the atmosphere of a location can be interpreted on multiple levels. For instance, hearing the first theme playing on Arcterra while seeing the icy surfaces and swirling thin clouds, a player would think of the physical atmosphere of the setting being extremely cold and very windy. Go down further and the player will come across two Alimbic Crests, celebrating accomplishments, but with the theme these accomplishments feel hollow now and it makes sense considering just how much the Alimbics lost in the Alimbic War. Speaking of the Alimbics, I think they're by far the most interesting race in the series despite only appearing once. They train their warriors in the Combat Hall and remember the fallen with emblems, they've created plenty of technology throughout their cluster, they had interest in harmony and meditation with their panels and charms, they pursued trade and interdimensional travel considering their trade maps and portals...It just keeps going with the Alimbics really. A lot of this game has been overlooked, and I think it's a shame.

SR388 is the only world in the Metroid Series that feels entirely natural, and I felt that built a stronger case for the Chozo's nature loving side than Tallon IV ever could. Most of Metroid II's design of SR388 does not feature doors separating each and every part of the world's caverns and tunnels, instead the screen simply transitions to the next part of the tunnel or cavern. In comparison, the scattered doors of the rest of the series gave an artificial feel. I also appreciate this design choice in that it has made the world's ecosystem feel more believable as opposed to feeling like species have been put into controlled space with doors. This is the kind of world design I would like to see and explore again in a future Metroid game, as it's been nice to experience things as they are as opposed to how a race wants things to be.