Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

@rallydefault A big part of the draw of Arceus is the ways it differs from 'traditional' pokemon so it depends on how much you enjoy Pokemon games. I admit I spent a ton of time repetitively crouching in the grass chucking pokeballs at pokemon who were walking past just because it felt neat that you could do that. As for the actual storyline... they had the opportunity to easily make it really good and just sort of decided not to, although the overall premise is still interesting. My personal favorite pokemon game but definitely not without flaws.

@FishyS
Yea, the deviation from the traditional formula is what intrigues me. It seems to be on sale for a good 20 dollars below what it launched at, too, so I'll probably give it a try. Thanks!

Here’s one unpopular opinion I can think of: I actually really enjoy playing fighting games on my own, and sometimes even prefer it to multiplayer. You can change a bot’s difficulty to your skill level while skill based matchmaking isn’t always perfect at doing that, you generally have a couple solo-only modes like arcade/classic mode, and sometimes you get an FG with a good story mode which is definitely a solo thing. Then you don’t need to worry about having a stable internet connection either, what’s the issue with Switch Online for example if I just play Smash Ultimate offline? After long enough I can understand going online and I do have fun playing fighting games online on occasion, mainly with friends, but the only game where I could see myself playing online more than once in a blue moon is Guilty Gear Strive because it actually has pretty good netcode.
Then again maybe this just says more about how much of a loner I can be sometimes 😅

@Slim_in_Blue You're not alone. I usually play them by myself. Couch play with someone else is preferred beyond that. I enjoy fighting games, but I'm not particularly good at them and repeatedly getting my ass handed to me online gets real old, real quick.
So, I just have fun playing story modes and single player matches.

I mentioned this over in the Xenoblade Chat thread because I just beat Xenoblade 2, but I think I like 2 better than the original. The original just dragged on forever and got more and more ridiculous, whereas while I don't think everything about 2's story made complete sense, it at least was more streamlined and followable. The things most people complain about, like the gacha mechanics for Blades and the Field Skills, are fair and I agree with, I didn't think they really got in the way of completing the game; just 100%ing it which I would not have any intention of doing anyway. And I liked the characters and their interactions better in this game, especially fleshing out the rare Blades through their own special quests (I loved Wulfric!). I only hate that the gacha mechanics kept me from getting a lot of them so I probably missed out on a lot of good story and character interactions that would have made me like it even more. The side quests as a whole I also found better in this game and less annoying, although annoying fetch and kill quests were obviously still present. Overall, I simply found the sequel more entertaining than the original, and I haven't even gotten to the DLC yet which everyone does seem to love.

2 is my least favorite XC game. 1 used to be my favorite, but 3 is the one I like most (thanks to Future Redeemed). 2 gets good from chapter 7 onwards, and I like chapter 10, but the tone of the story kept being dragged down by stupid anime humor and boobs. One scene in XC2 was ruined because of the boss that came before it, despite them expecting you to take said scene seriously. @Xyphon22

I haven’t finished one yet, but I agree with you, I like two much more, especially the cast of characters, they are all level ten and I love it! And the DLC, oh my goodness if you loved the story and characters, the dlc just adds a whole knew layer, haven’t finished that either. Haven’t played three but I think I know how I will ranked them is going to end up being three, two, and then one last.

@VoidofLight Yeah, I'm pretty sure most people think 2 is the worst, which is why I thought I'd put my thoughts on the game here. I honestly thought the childish anime humor was not nearly as bad as I was expecting based on what I'd heard, nor nearly as bad as it could have been based on, you know, the character models. Other than the hot spring scene, there wasn't much. I think I might know what scene you are talking about, and I thought that was really odd and kind of uncomfortable (if they were real people), but not over-the-top.

@Snatcher I agree about the characters. It's hard for me to pick a favorite from the main cast (Wulfric was my favorite, though). I wasn't crazy about what they did with Nia or that practically everybody and their mothers turned out to actually be Blades , but other than that everyone was fun. I haven't played three yet either, and I need to do the Torna DLC first, but I think I need a little break from Xenoblade before I do that.

@Xyphon22 the scene I was talking about was the scene where the king of Mor Ardain nearly got murdered by a Nopon in a Chibi Robot maid mech. It's meant to be seen as extremely serious, but I don't know how they expected people to take it seriously when the boss was literally a robo maid.

@VoidofLight Oh, right. I forgot about that one. That was odd. The one I keep going to was after you fight all the Phantom Addams/Ganons/whatevers and Nia reveals herself to be a Blade (which she had already kind of given away to the player in your scene), of course by wearing a much more revealing outfit, and gets her power by confessing her love for Rex. And Rex is just like, "Aw, that's nice. I love you, too! Just like I love everyone else!" It was just awkward and unnecessary.

@Xyphon22 actually I kinda liked that scene, because Rex wasn’t really lying, yeah he just gave the biggest friend zone ever, but he also wasn’t lying, he really does love everybody, and I think it was his way of telling her that he loved somebody else, but also that he still love her, idk I might be looking into it too much but I can see how it’s hard to watch. also man I feel like we had this conversation before, really strong feeling lol but we haven’t. However I do agree somewhat with the Robot maid, I mean it was hard to take seriously but at the same time the person who built it literally built himself a wifue, I forget the name of the merchant napon but he didn’t really care how it looked, he just wanted a strong robot, so he didn’t seem to take how the design looked into account, but I don’t blame anyone for not liking the scene. And to be fair they were blade eaters (I’m pretty sure) so they were humans at a point, but there were a lot.

Again I might be looking into it too much, but I feel like that might be some of the intent with the scenes, the Nia one at least because the robot maid is a little but of a stretch and I agree it’s pretty goofy lol……wow I think these opinions really are unpopular.

But you will be happy to know if the outfits make you uncomfortable that three tones it down a ton, and again the dlc supports the story a lot.

@Xyphon22 That scene you mentioned is the funniest thing if you play the entire series.

XC1 was consistently mediocre. XC2 was a rollercoaster of amazing and terrible elements. Ultimately, I tend to judge games by their strengths. Also, the highs were higher than the lows were low for me.

@VoidofLight Oh come on, Giga Rosa at least had one of the better boss themes in the series

I lost it when the 70s sentai music started.

@Xyphon22 XC3 really forces you to re-contextualize that scene between Nia and Rex lol.

@Ralizah It's a good song, but story-wise that moment just kind of destroys the game for me in a way. That and just the combat not really being my thing. I know people hate 1's combat, but I like how it's better explained and feels more simple in comparison (plus you don't need to stand still while using arts, or have to use pouch items to increase movement speed).

This is the truest statement ever said on this game. From a gameplay, visual aesthetics, music, world design perspective, one of the best games ever made. In terms of many aspects of quest design and how they are all paced, combined with the issues and inherent size of being a Xenoblade game, slowly but inevitably the most infuriating game I've ever played.

I'd think that the combat system in XC1 does the job for the main story. It just gets a bit dull once you're into the post game and practically every enemy can either be topple locked or cheesed from behind a rock with Riki's damage-over-time attacks.

XC2 might have a steeper initial learning curve, but gives you a lot more variables to play with and you can't just rinse all the superbosses with exactly the same strategy.

I just prefer 3's combat because it's fast moving like 1's, but more complex. It's also actually explained well as well, where as 2's is just throwing you to the wolves.

While XC3 has my favorite combat in the series. I actually do love XC1s combat and I miss XC1s chain attacks to some degree. I don't miss the RNG part of it but I do miss how quick they were to do. Chain attacks in XC2 and XC3 are a lot of fun and they have more depth, but as a result, they tend to be a little long. If you're in a situation when your party isn't built well, there may be times when you have to do chain attacks multiple times on a boss. With the lengthier chain attacks, it can get tedious.

Granted, this hasn't really been a problem for me in a while but I do remember fighting the final boss of XC3 and being slightly annoyed by it lol.

Yeah, I think XC3 has the best of both its predecessors when it comes to the combat. I liked the way I could take some of what I learned from them forward, but there were still subtleties to be picked up.

Hopefully it wasn't too bewildering for newcomers to the series. That seems to have been the main problem with XC2.

@Matt_Barber XC2 was bewildering for even people who played 1, since it barely built upon 1's foundations unlike X, and the tutorials were just horrible.