Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Agreed 100%

What happened lol?

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Amogus? AMOGUS!

@Euler Somehow the thread disappeared. I guess someone found the link and shared it.

sus

you've been a bit sus lately

Playing it recently, Modern Combat Blackout is not a bad Call of Duty alternative. Been having fun with it lately and I bought this back in 2019 when it was on sale.

Which leads me to this second unpopular opinion, I'm guessing, the Switch version is way better than the PC version, Modern Combat 5. Yeah, PC has better performance and free online (Switch version requires NSO), however, there's a lack of microtransactions on Switch and everything is unlocked by just playing. The coins for the "lootboxes" (in quotes because you don't buy them with real money) are earned by playing and leveling up.

Still like the PC version for when I'm on my PC, but these are reasons why I feel the Switch version is better, minus requiring NSO and being at 30FPS.

We don't need any more Pokemon remakes. These were a good idea for the first couple of gens, but I think with gens 4-5 we've got to a point where remaking the games (outside of a complete reimagining) wouldn't do too much to improve them. I think Game Freak / TCPi realise this and it's partly why BDSP got sidelined in favour of the more ambitious Legends Arceus.

Personally I'd much rather see enhanced ports of these games and, if we're to revisit the regions in new titles, games that reimagine the region in a similar way to Legends Arceus.

This is a nice way to say that BDSP was a lame remake that was far less aesthetically pleasing then a DS game.

I mean, I maybe agree with the concept that it didn't need a remake (at least by the time you get to Platinum) but that'd be more worth discussing if the remake was on par with previous remakes.

@kkslider5552000 I'm not here to defend BDSP (personally I'd rather play Platinum any day of the week), but I do imagine even a "good" remake of DPPt wouldn't have done much to improve on Platinum.

In gen 3 it made total sense to remake RBY by virtue of these being the first titles in the series on very limited hardware. The limitations of these games were very apparent only 3 gens into the series. Plus gen 3 had introduced many innovations to the gameplay experience such as natures, abilities, improved Pokemon storage, etc. Similar could be said when GSC were remade in the gen 4 engine.

I think when it came to remaking RSE we were already seeing diminishing returns. Sure, it was nice to see the games in 3D, and the new Pokemon, megas, fairy type and inclusion of the physical/special split were a nice way to mix up the Hoenn experience. But would I consider these the definitive version of these games? Eh, maybe? Emerald was already solid to begin with, only suffering from a few battle issues like the lack of physical/special split and poor movepools on some Pokemon.

When we get to DPPt I just don't really see how they could have improved much. This is still considered one of the best Pokemon generations to this day (well, ignoring Diamond and Pearl). I guess we could have benefited from inclusion of new Pokemon (which were annoyingly just ignored this time round) and fairy type? Doesn't seem that exciting to me.

@kkslider5552000 @Buizel IMO, the primary function of these remakes is exposing a new audience to them. New fans constantly cycle into the Pokemon fandom, and as time wears on, fewer of them will have had the opportunity to play these games when they were new.

That's not to say these remakes shouldn't be better than they are, but I do think remakes are justifiable, even if they don't end up improving much.

@Ralizah Yeah I'll openly admit I'm probably incredibly biased as a Pokemon fan who's been playing since gen 1, with particular fondness for gens 3 and 4. I agree that remakes probably do more for new fans of the series than those who had played the original games, so I probably haven't been their target demographic for 20 years.

It's not that I don't want Game Freak / TCPi to revisit these games. It's just that personally, I'd rather see enhanced ports with a few tweaks and/or complete reimagining of regions rather than them attempt to make underwhelming remakes in a "modern" engine every few years.

I thought Nexomon have some better things than Pokemon after I played for the first time.
In Pokemon games, you have to forget other skills to keep the 4 skills only, but in Nexomon you can keep all the learnt skill and you can set up to 4 different skills without forgetting them.
Gamefreaks, learn from this Nexomon feature.

Given Nintendo's preservation of their history is so ass a lot of the time, I kinda appreciate remakes like BDSP. No, the game isn't a masterpiece or whatever, but unless you have the old console they came out on or are willing to pirate your games, this is the only way Nintendo give you access to this stuff. It sucks it has to come at them nickle and diming you a full price rerelease, but I'd rather they do this than not have it at all.

May's Theme in Guilty Gear Strive is an absolute BANGER.

@Fizza Funny you posted about this just as I was about to listen to some music from Strive, honestly in my opinion all the tracks kind of grow on you the more you listen to them even if you liked them to begin with. Personally, I like Necessary Discrepancy but as you said pretty much every track is excellent. Now, if only they'd port it to Switch (my computer sucks and I don't have a PS4/5.)

BDSP is superior to the OG Diamond and Pearl. Platinum is Superior to all of the Gen 4 games. I hate it when people act like BDSP is worse than the OG DP, since they don't get that the OG gen 4 is quite literally unplayable. The games are super slow and are extremely grindy. BDSP basically speeds up the grind and speeds up battles in general, making the games actually playable. The only thing I really think is fair criticism about the game is probably the art style stuff and the fact the game is missing Platinum's content, but other than that I think it's a really decent way of playing the OG Gen 4 games.

If Sticker Star never happened Color Splash would be looked at as a solid game in the paper Mario series.

@blindsquarel Eh, I never liked Color Splash that much, despite not playing Sticker Star. The battle system is a hassle to deal with, given the cards and how thing cards are needed to even deal damage to the bosses. Music is good though.