Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

@BruceCM
Of course Hollow Knight isn't a JRPG.

Wow I’m getting sad inside hearing all the Undertale criticism. EarthBound is better (even Mother 3 is) but it’s still really cool.
It’s serious and funny at points, which is something a lot of games don’t seem to understand anymore. The battle system is unique and always changing. The multiple endings keep it fresh and allow for some fun discussion with friends. If we’re gonna talk about Undertale I might as well say: Deltarune lost a lot of what made Undertale special. It starts of fine but loses a lot of the excitement and mystery that the first game had throughout.

@NEStalgia the only thing that really stuck with me from Octopath was the soundtrack. Which is why I bought the OST and sold the game lol.

@Blooper987 I don't mean to suggest Undertale is bad. It's pretty amazing that it was created almost entirely by one person. I think the writing is kind of sophmoric. It's snarky and obnoxious, but still wants to deliver a "deep" message.

Contrast that to Earthbound, where you literally defeat a shapeless embodiment of existential horror with prayer. In 1995. On your SNES. And the game doesn't linger on the moment - it happens, everybody goes home, and it's up to you to interpret the meaning.

Earthbound is like if Charlie Brown and the Cthulu Mythos had a JRPG.

@Wargoose I think it needs 2 out of 3. Bravely has the characters but it's still flat and repetitive

@BruceCM Octopath? Bravely? and hollow Knight is a semi rpg. By it's basically 2d souls with a cockroach infestation.

@Losermagnet "Earthbound is like if Charlie Brown and the Cthulhu Mythos had a JRPG" I really like this description.

Seriously, this!

It helps that Mothers story is designed and written by a professional writer, not a garage game designer... That certainly plays a big part in the difference.

Let's not forget how involved Iwata was in earthbound development. Itoi was the writer, true, but those two were a tag team.

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2 is in Coming Soon page of eshop.

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/nickelodeon-kart-racers...

@jump @NEStalgia. To be fair, I think Yahtzee has referred to the game that way (or something very close to it). It's true though.

Itoi and Iwata are definately video game tag team champs. Itoi was the idea man, and Iwata made it work. That's how I see it at least. I also see them putting the Doomsday Device on Hironobu Sakaguchi.

Hmm, you seemed to be talking more generally, though, @NEStalgia ....? I'm not a fan of Hollow Knight to defend that one! While I haven't played any Bravely games yet to compare those. Generally, with rpgs, I don't feel like most of the regular battles are interesting, so I like suitable boss fights!

@Reynoblade the hype around Undertale was 99% from the memes I still haven’t played it though. I’ve seen a couple playthrough though.

Here's an unpopular opinion aimed at @ralizah. I don't like cuphead. It's not that i think it isn't well made, it's just that what it is is apparently a thing I don't like. I love the art style and sound design and world which makes me that much more sad that i just really dislike the gameplay. I've tried it periodically on two platforms, and never got to more than the first run end gun and the slot machine and carrots bosses... Bash my head against the wall over and over, not really enjoying it, and then give up.

I wish they'd make a different kind if game in the same world and style. I love the feel... Just the game.

@NEStalgia Yeah, if you don't like run'n'gun/action platformer games, you won't like Cuphead. It's an amazing game, but also very solidly situated within that niche.

You could always watch that terrible looking cartoon version of Cuphead that's set to premiere on Netflix.

@Ralizah I loved super contra and some others back in the day, but, yeah, the genre has apparently drifted away from me. Shame, i adore the design. Gimme an rpg, plain platformer, etc in that world and I'm there day 1. I do wish i could experience more than 3 levels of this one!

Oh geeze.... Any time a Netflix series based on a video game is announced, an angel gets it's wings ripped off.

@NEStalgia Yeah Cupheads a tough one. It's all about memorizing patterns. It's very much like Furi, or some of hollow knights bosses.

The start the whole stage again thing is annoying, because I tend to get all the way to the end with max health and then die on the last section of the level. It's difficult though, because if it had checkpoints, I think if would be really easy.

@NEStalgia Games like Cuphead and Contra 4 are almost like rhythm games insofar as they rely on recognizing and anticipating the flow of complex enemy reinforcement patterns and harmonizing with an underlying level design structure that allows you to eventually speed run levels without breaking a sweat. It's about attaining a state of zen after going through hell.

The boss stages in Cuphead follow the same basic underlying philosophy, except with boss attack patterns and grasping how the flow of battle changes during different parts of the battle.

After playing both back to back I agree that F-Zero X is better than GX.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/03/soapbox_its_time_to...

Unpopular Gaming Opinion: The Hashino-directed Persona games peaked at P3, and despite loving the hell out of P5's battle system and dungeon design as well as the presentation, the story and social links/confidants were probably the weakest of the main entries

@TheFrenchiestFry never played a persona game. Any good?

@Apportal The first game, including its remake on PSP hasn't aged especially well but P2 Innocent Sin onwards are really well crafted JRPGs.

I also think the series is probably the best way to ease new players into Megami Tensei, and that the social sim elements in these games are far more organically tied to the main gameplay than other games that have attempted a similar fusion like FE Three Houses

@TheFrenchiestFry hey mate, thanks for the reply. I didn't know it was an RPG? Always looked to me like a life-sim. Glad to know it has a little bit of that in it. All the hype surrounding Megami Tensei made me want to check it out but I never did, so that's cool.

I'm honestly kind of scared to try new RPG's. I know that sounds "babyish", but it's all kind of new territory to me. I'm trying to ease myself into the genre first, then play there complicated ones next.