Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

@kkslider5552000: I still think Shantae would fit well into the cartoon aesthetic of Smash. Her special attacks could encorporate quick animal transformations, which would be interesting. She's extremely relevant to Nintendo, given almost all of her games were released on Nintendo handhelds.

'Generic' my God how I love these buzzwords used by people who have no idea what they are taking about and just use them to suit their agenda!

Except for Metroid Prime 3, because Bolt likes that game .

@Bolt_Strike: Smash's mechanics are totally different than any other fighting game series out there. It's literally the least generic fighter in existence.

You're awfully amused by things that aren't entertaining.

Was wondering why there were another few pages of posts here since I last checked. Nice to see Bolt dropped the latest chapter in his "all of these games I've never played are generic" fanfic. It's been so long since an update.

I have to give it a 5/10 though. Too much recycled content from previous chapters.

The Doom community is by far the best in gaming. The fact that fans can keep a game relevant after over 20 years is not only a testament to how well designed the game is, but to what fans can create when given the opportunity.

The open-world and third-person action / survival trends in games now is pretty bad. It seems like just about every game has to have an open-world with hundreds of pointless filler or a third-person shooter with "survival" and watered down RPG elements.

@Bolt_Strike: So just because you don't like something it is generic and not entertaining? What a narrow minded way of thinking.

Nintendo is the only one that people rant about most of the time because they don't do what gamers want them to do and when they do what gamers want, they still rant because they are forced to buy their systems to get their games........

@GamecubeMan: when I play games that I didn't like overall, atleast I won't say they are generic and less entertaining....its just that it doesn't interest me to say the least.

I'm right now playing Tomb Raider Anniversary and I already don't like it but I can see why others would and that's important for game designers like me.

I think the writing in Xenoblade Chronicles is terrible, and the story doesn't really make any sense. (Note: I still really like the game, and will probably get X, but man the writing is so bad)
I hate essentially all video game voice acting
1-on-1 fighting games have been almost universally terrible since the creation of 3D engines.
I don't really like any main series Kirby game because they are too easy.
Sakurai's versions of Pit and Palutena are irritating (there's that voice acting again).
I didn't like The World Ends With You. The main character was way too emo for me to relate to him.
I hate voice chat in online games.
A lot of the Nindie games are more or less the same: Side-scrolling platformer/Metroidvania+clever art-style+1 unique mechanic.

@GamecubeMan Not just because I don't like them. Because they're formulaic and repetitive. Many of Nintendo's games this gen, especially from their biggest IPs, have become really stale this gen and play similarly to their predecessors.

@Bolt_Strike: Almost any game can be called 'repetitive' whether it is Super Mario Bros, The Witcher 3 or COD, no game changes its formula halfway through or deviates from what the basics are that are established in the opening two to ten hours depending on the game. That 'r' word is just one of many that has been crushed to the ground and lost all meaning in gaming by people using it wrong because they don't know what they're talking about, like 'emotional', 'innovative' and 'iconic'. 99.9% of the time those words, among others, are used in this industry they're being used wrong to pull the wool over the eyes of easily manipulated people on the Internet. David Cage, your games aren't emotional, they're just poor, boring and terribly written. There's an example for you.

Oh and about your second point, game sequels playing similarly to their predecessors? Quelle horreur! Quelle surprise! I never thought about it before. Just after playing Assassin's Creed Syndiacte, Call of Duty Black Ops III, Halo 5, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Forza 6, God of War III remastered and Batman Arkham Knight it occurred to me thanks to your expert insight and analysis that Nintendo are of course the plague of the industry as far as innovation are concerned, and are the only company that do this.

See my point? Perhaps you are the one with the problem, making rules for one whilst blissfully ignoring the mess that the AAA industry is in. When are Sony going to change the videogame world with a brand new game IP? What is their next big game coming out? Uncharted 4? And is that a cover shooter like the first 3? Egad!!!!!!!!! Nintendo are at it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel like this thread is really "Bolt_Strike and Haru17: The Thread". Seriously, both of you have quite possibly the most unpopular opinions on this site.

Unpopular Opinion:
Kojima ain't all that.

Isn't this true of most sequels and games in general?

Famicom detective might be the single moste intriguing Nintendo franchise.

@LztheQuack: well with other games on other consoles you get the oh-so-brilliant caveats of forced microtransactions, $40 Season Passes, broken launches, paying a subscription to play online, removed features from previous games (lookin' at you Battlefront) and endless amounts of DLC. But hey, at least they're not stale, repetitive rehashes like the cesspit that is Nintendo, eh?

First of all, I never said the rest of the industry wasn't guilty of it either. This is an industry wide problem for sure. Second, while games do tend to (and in a sense, need) a sense of consistency, Nintendo's gotten worse with repetition in recent years. Look at some of the older 3D Mario games vs. the newer ones. For the older ones we had Super Mario 64, which created an entirely new formula for Mario games that involved collecting Power Stars and greatly expanded Mario's moveset with all manner of new platforming moves. Then there was Sunshine which introduced a brand new setting and a completely new game mechanic to go along with it (FLUDD). Then Galaxy took a similar approach to Sunshine, another new setting with new mechanics designed around it. Now look at the more recent ones. 3D Land took a more NSMB approach with a generic Mushroom Kingdom setting and simplified mechanics (some hybrid that was). 3D World kept what 3D Land did and set the game in a Mushroom Kingdom expy (not really the Mushroom Kingdom but it may as well have been, since there's very little that distinguishes the former from the Sprixie Kingdom) and a couple of gimmicks sprinkled in for good measure. You see the same thing with other major IPs, the games are heavily simplified, nostalgia pandering experiences that fail to push their respective series in new directions as past generations have (N64, GC, and early Wii most notably). Whatever you thought of those games you can't deny that Nintendo's development habits have gotten worse in terms of creativity.

I fail to see why. Nothing I've said is truly that unreasonable.

Not really. There's a certain level of similarity between most sequels but modern Nintendo sequels have reached an extreme. Most sequels come up with some meaningful way to develop the formula further, introduce some new gameplay element, or at the very least change the plot or setting.

I really, REALLY don't like Peach. I prefer all the other princess's before her. (not counting their baby versions)
I've only played through some of Sticker Star, but I think it's better than what people give it credit for.
I'm not a big fan of Charizard... Charmander ftw!
I think the drift hopping in MK8 is unfair, and should be patched... even though it'll probably never happen. XD I find the game so much more fun without anyone drift hopping.
I'm not a big fan of the underwater segments in MK7 and MK8; love the gliding though!
I'm completely fine with King K. Rool not being in Smash... but I do feel sorry for anyone who wanted him.

Splatoon.

Okay. Explain how Smash Bros is a generic fighting game (seriously, WHAT!?).

Let's see...you seem to dislike 3D World, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Kirby and Smash. They all have had games that are sequels this gen, and every one of them has managed to have at least one of those things you've listed.