Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

I never will get all the Other M hate. The story had some strange parts, but the gameplay I think was great.

@Tubalcain: Like I said earlier. Some are angered at the new Sakura Wars.

http://segabits.com/blog/2013/07/27/sega-announces-new-sakura...

Then fans made a petition that SEGA needed to make a great Sonic game otherwise they will boycott their products and as a result, we have Sonic Colors.

No.

@Artwark: Can you prove that this petition influenced Sonic Colours? I highly doubt that it had any influence over any of the Sonic games.

Also, off topic, but wasn't there a petition to change Sonic's arms back after they got changed to blue in Sonic Boom?

@Darth_Vader: @GrizzlyArctos: I read it somewhere that the fans demanded a good sonic game that made sonic colors happen but I can't find it anywhere. So my bad I guess.

But still, regardless of how wrong I am about SEGA, I still will say that I am fine with SEGA as a publisher but I despise them as a developer.

that's that I guess

Called it.

I don't get the high praise Final Fantasy Tactics gets. Seriously, I can't even beat the third level because of how unfair the game is. The version I have is on Android and maybe its just me, but this game is very stingy in how you place your units and that only you can recruit upto five.

And this CP thing this game has is another problem because magic can only be done when the CP reaches fully. When it does, only then the attack starts to take effect. The AI is dumb also. Your friendly units aren't the ones in control and they have stuff that you don't get access to at points and they move around where you don't want them to. How the hell can I use Phoenix Down without the ability? Seriously, you need that and the items ability before you can bother with the others and I didn't know the design flaw had existed earlier.

Lastly, the interface.......oh boy. Its is garbage. The game is in isometric view and while I don't mind the perspective, some of the assets block your access to titles that you can/cannot step on which is irritating.

@Latte: Just beated level three. Took long enough but I managed to save all my units. But still, this game isn't anywhere as charming as Fire Emblem atleast in the first part. I'm not a fan of the game's narration so far.

Jobs are like classes except the way its done here is so picky and complex. Why is it that you can't use your basic items instead of using your abilities? Its just cumbersome. The fact that only five or less can only be recruited just makes it less strategic.

Still I'll try it till the end but I can say that the level 3 is just as frustrating as the level in Valkyria Chronicles in chapter 3 or so I think where you had to assualt the base at night only that its so time consuming compared to this. But atleast the latter has mid save whereas this one doesn't.

The CT system is problematic and a huge design flaw. It takes time to do the move and you can get killed or kill the enemy before the magic spell is used. And if the enemy goes outside range if you use magic, then the move becomes pointless.

I think Spirit Tracks is a wonderful game and it fixes an absurd number of issues that Phantom Hourglass had. Trains are cool.

@EOTW: Oh I'm the opposite. I think I love phantom hourglass far better than Spirit Tracks as Spirit Tracks was just plain easy. And I love the sailing of adventure more than the scripted adventure if you get what I mean.

But hey, its still a fine game for what it is though.

Agreed. I've always had a soft spot for trains, and while I get where people are coming from when mentioning that the exploration in PH was less restrictive, there were plenty of optional tracks to unlock. I feel that the Tower of Spirits fixed a lot of what was wrong with the Temple of the Ocean King, and loved the Zelda/Phantom mechanic; her fear of mice even when in the form of a phantom always made me chuckle. I also prefer the music from Spirit Tracks, particularly the main theme:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r0NKH-Tj2vk

Though admittedly PH had my favorite temple out of the two. (Ghost Ship) Also, it had Linebeck and his theme.

I'm sure this isn't an unpopular opinions around here, but I really don't get the point of game trailers that only feature cutscenes. I can understand showing some cutscene action to show off pretty graphics, but come on! Why would I ever buy the new Assassin's Creed game when it doesn't show me any gameplay! Same goes for most game trailers I see.

I generally don't like games that aren't made by Nintendo. To be fair, I should give them a shot, but I don't see why I should bother. All the games I've enjoyed in my life are made by Nintendo, with one exception being the original Need for Speed Most Wanted. Yesterday I looked at top 25 games for the PS4 and Xbox One by IGN, and all I could think was "why should I bother?"

I think at this point people know what to expect from Assassin's Creed so a gameplay trailer isn't needed when they can just do the hype-lookhowbadassitis stuff.

@arronishere: Yeah, I get that, but in my experience cutscene footage has been standard in most game trailers recently. Assassin's Creed was just my most recent experience with such a trailer.

@AlliMeadow: you just don't follow those kind of games closely enough. usually the reveal is made with cutscenes or cgi footages (some add a little gameplay) but the subsequent trailers and other released developmental videos usually focuses on gameplay footages. you just have a preconceived bias against those kind of games. just like your example, just google assassins creed syndicate(as its the latest) gameplay trailer and you will find tons of released gameplay trailers by the developer itself.

for comparison, its basically the same with Zelda U, it was revealed thru a cinematic video and not gameplay. do you mean that you no longer can be bothered because no gameplay was initially revealed in the trailer?

I can be bothered with Zelda U because I've played other Zelda games and enjoyed some of them, but the cinematic video didn't do anything for me. And yes, I am very biased towards Nintendo. I really enjoy most of the games I've played by them, and I am not in a financial position to even buy all the Nintendo games I want, so why should I bother with games that aren't nintendo? If I were a rich man I'd definitely own all three consoles and buy almost any game I could get my hands on. But with my current economy and schedule I would neither have the money or time to prioritize other games.

@AlliMeadow: then you just answered your own post, you said you dont get trailers that only featured cutscenes yet you get the trailer of Zelda being merely a cutscene. So just like you, gamers who are fans of games such as assassin's creed will "bother" with those games despite the trailer merely being a cutscene because they have played the prior iterations and/or fans of those kind of games.

also as I have said earlier, those games on PS4 and XBoxOne do release gameplay trailers, you're just not a fan of those games to bother looking for them.

If the next-generation systems aren't going to have backwards compatibility for at least digital games, then they shouldn't be offering digital games on current-generation systems.

I have a strong dislike for abbreviations, and the reason I bring it up is that it is tedious having to look up what they mean when reading forums. Abbreviations like SMB, SMW, TLOZ, etc. are more appropriate on a Nintendo forum than MGSV or MKX. I do get the need for abbreviations when playing and typing at the same time, but they have no place in a debate or discussion where clarity is crucial.