Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

@TheFrenchiestFry I do not think this is an unpopular opinion. I've seen lots of people on the Internet compare him to George Lucas.

@Lindhardt In my experience his circlejerkers far outweigh the critics of his games honestly so I thought I was in the minority on that one.

Eh, I've never been a particular fan of him.... Certainly not interested in his courier simulator

Maybe a "git gud" opinion, but I believe Sunshine is the hardest 3D Mario.
I had such a hard time with some missions, specially the special level ones. And the thing is, since there are levels you have to beat, unless you want to 100% or are a completionist there's no point getting the extra shines (which I found mostly easier than the "mandatory" ones).

I'd say Galaxy 2 is the second hardest one (btw, this is all from a non-completionist point of view so I have no idea about post game levels). I died a lot on some levels, more than the first one. Though there are easy 1-up mushrooms close to the most frustrating sections so it balances it out.

@Vinny Sunshine is easily the worst Mario game to 100% by far

and you get jack ***** for it too which makes it feel even more strenuous and unfulfilling

Twisted Metal 2012 is the best game in the series. While it did lose some personality cutting most of the characters, no other entry can touch it's gameplay.

This is a comparison from people who only knows 5 interesting people who make movies and games. I mean, yeah the general point of going too far in questionable creative directions without people saying no to them is true enough, but George Lucas comes across as a guy lucky to have worked with people who know how to make stories human beings can relate to. Whereas Hideo Kojima is more some type of insane capital-a Artist, trying to push gaming forward in the weirdest directions no one else is really trying to. (well, no one with a huge budget anyway)

i mean, i dunno about death stranding, and don't even think i'd be into it, but people hated MGS2 back in the day, and those takes were all pretty obviously wrong in hindsight, so im hesitant to judge it

Though both nowadays are probably less appreciated for making good art in the past and more for distressingly predicting a lot of what would happen in the future.

Unpopular Opinion: Geno doesn't need to be in Smash.
I feel like Geno being in Smash would be a bad rep for the Mario RPG series. He was an one-off character in a game released 24 years ago that hasn't really appeared in any game since.

@Lindhardt It could help resurrect the Mario RPG series though.

@Lindhardt paper Mario would make more sense for them to add. I would love Geno and I think he may get in due to popularity, but paper Mario seems a better choice for smash.

Geno would not only suck as a Square rep due to the fact that he literally has no prominence within the company's works compared to no brainers like Cloud, Hero, Chrono or even Sora, but also a Mario RPG rep given the series went in two drastically different directions after SMRPG. Paper Mario deserves to rep the RPG games way more than Geno does.

@Apportal Mario RPG doesn't need to be resurrected. Paper Mario is a Mario RPG series. The RPG games just went in a drastically different direction after one game.

@kkslider5552000 MGS2 was only divisive because Kojima and his team actually tried to hide the fact that Snake wasn't the main playable character in every trailer leading up to launch

Retroactively many people consider MGS2 one of the best installments in Solid entries once they take into account how important Raiden is to the plot and the contrast he presents when paired up with Snake Plissken

@TheFrenchiestFry And Paper Mario has shown no reason to go back to its RPG merits. I think it's a great idea, to be honest with you. I would much rather have Paper Mario in smash even so.

He has many liabilities (third-party, one-hit wonder, irrelevant for over 20 years) but none of those are insurmountable and he has many redeeming qualities as well (strong moveset potential, active fanbase, Sakurai supposedly likes him, etc).

Why do so many people want Geno in Smash? Nothing against him but I don't understand why he's one of the most common fighter requests.

Because they've scraped the bottom of the barrel so far that they have slivers in their fingernails (see also: the fact Waluigi is #1).

@Dogorilla nostalgia!

Geno was a bit like Shadow the Hedgehog. The first vaguely edgy, gun-wielding, tragic character of many 90's kids.

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@Euler I’m not sure about that as Waluigi has a weird cult following. I don’t understand the following myself but it’s more than being one of the last remaining notable names left out of Smash.

thankfully i'm sure no other playstation-centric game with 2 in the title would have a similar problem

@TheFrenchiestFry never played mario RPG but honestly geno doesnt seem to have too much going on for him does he? idk he just seems like an OK character with a mildly interesting move pool. Seems like he would be a megaman with more generic melee moves