Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

For everyone complaining about the FFXV delay, since when did people go from "who cares about Final Fantasy XV?" to "I was so excited for Final Fantasy XV!" ? Either way, Square Enix did it. They made people actually give a crap about Final Fantasy XV.

@MrMario02 If they couldn't get people excited about a game that looks like that, then Square would have problems.

Uh, people have been excited about XV since the moment they announced it as XV...

I mean, I think you should automatically assume people were excited, considering people still get excited over Sonic games.

People need to realize that remaking copyrighted material and distributing it to other people is stealing. To download said copyrighted material is a passive participation in the theft. There is nothing worth discussing there, that's just how it is. Whether or not you think it's okay to steal is another question, but let's not pretend that's not what is happening.

I left my hipster sunglasses on my other forehead, but I was excited for FFXV when it was FF Versus XIII

@CanisWolfred Noice! I actually like a lot of the aesthetic from way back. The nighttime city sequence with Luna in particular looked very ambitious.

^Unless Episode Duscae was a complete and utter lie, you won't have to worry about that. If FF13 was a field trip through London, then FF15 should be like Backpacking through Europe in comparison.

Too ambitious, arccording to interviews. The things they tried to do there are supposedly one of the main reasons it was stalled for so long. Oh well.

Here's a list of things that gaming needs to get over:
1. Using feminist as an insult. It's a generally vague term that only means that a person believes in women's rights.
2. Freaking out over anything that sounds even close to tangentially related to an insult to games.
3. Looking at everything related to games through the rose-tinted goggles of nostalgia.
4. Accusing people who like different platforms of gaming than you of being "fanboys" and "blind followers" of whatever platform they use, even if it's not their preferred platform.
5. (this one's a Nintendo specific one) blame specific members of Nintendo's TreeHouse staff for decisions they never made.

Mechanical keyboards are inherently less responsive because of the throw on the keys. Insistence among gamers on the usage of them is some strange kind of collective hysteria...

...for similar reasons the gamecube controller with its eight-way gated thumb-stick is basically more responsive than any kind of arcade stick will probably ever be...it stands to reason...it's just dependant of the laws of physics.

On this topic...I have no idea why the 8-way analogue stick didn't stick. It makes playing 2D games, or anything where you need precise directional movement, so much easier.

@Buizel I think it's mainly because thumbsticks brought analog control along with them, but yeah...the only fighting games I have bar (.hack because it's 3D) and Ultimate Marvel V.s Capcom & BattleFantasia (for the art-style and design) are all on Wii, basically because of its eight-way gated stick. Until the gamecube adapter works with more than just Pokken and Smash Bros I'm going to be hanging on to my Wii...

...but totally: for example, Skate would be so so much better with an eight-way gated stick...don't give me a plastic skateboard, give me an eight-way gated stick as an optional skate game peripheral.

Yes, unfortunately that is an unpopular opinion. Many gamers need to chill and stop exploding into sexist vitriol whenever women are brought up in or around the medium. The stigma ascribed to feminism is a problem larger than gaming, unfortunately. But even in the industry there's a lot of sexist people who would tell you otherwise, and they need to be brought into the fold (the fold being equality and mutual respect).

And I say this as someone who has a bad relationship with my mother. Like, JFC, guys, get it together! This may still be the boy's treehouse, but there's no reason to throw a "no girls allowed" sign on it.

@Haru17 Exactly. Also, here's some additions for every gamer who's used "feminist" as an insult who's about to rage over this:
1. We know that you are talking about Anita Sarkeesian when you say that.
2. "I know a girl who doesn't think it's sexist to say that!" is not a legitimate excuse.
3. "WAAAH! POLITICALLY CORRECT!" is an even worse excuse.

Lol, true. People try to use tokenism in a backwards defense of bigotry all too often.

I liked Sonic Unleashed more than both Colors and Generations.

Completely disagree with Generations (I reckon it's the best Sonic game in 20 years!), but I definitely prefer Unleashed to Colors. In fact, I never really understood why Colors received so much praise... I just find it very bland and tedious whereas Unleashed and Generations have more moments of exhilaration.

@YoshiParty I know at least one Unleashed fan: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJL4mrS3z_nnvsJ-gkOQ5A/videos. Dude also doesn't like A Link to the Past, but loves Skyward Sword, so apply salt as necessary.

@Haru17 That's kinda ironic. Because I'm not really a huge fan of A Link to the Past either, lol.

Never played Skyward Sword, though.

I don't like to cause controversy but I think this is likely to be one that surprises some but may just hold off the pitchforks nor have me being accused as a troll.

I think Metroid Zero Mission was the greatest 2D Metroid game.

It's been a while since I've played it (something I hope to rectify soon) yet I found myself enjoying it a bit more than the lauded Super Metroid (which is a very close second best). Whilst there is some hand holding, I felt the cut scenes helped significantly in establishing a sense of character to Samus without using any words. The stealthy zero suit segments and additional skills also helped make great gameplay even better. Although I praise Super Metroid through its minimal story telling to tell its story purely through the game's backgrounds and in game events, Zero Mission left me just that little more satisfied.

Of course at the end of the day this is all moot as Metroid Prime is the greatest Metroid Game / GameCube Game / 6th Generation Game / 1st Person Game / Action Adventure Game created this far.

I actually like the original 2004 DS's design. Its got that tough, robust look to it.