Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

I'm not inherently opposed to f2p models, as I think they can be done well (never played it, but TF2 seems to adopt the model in as fully ethical a manner as one could hope for). But I'm always suspicious of them, as I'll always wonder how content is being utilized against the player to pressure them into coughing up money. And even ones that do it well, that don't sleazily attempt to aggravate the player into spending money they don't want to spend, typically gate off features and make the fully free version of the game feel sparer than it would if it was a full-price release.

NOTHING turns me off a game faster than discovering it's "free." No game is free unless it's being given away free as a promotion or something (like EGS has been doing to try and steal market share from Steam). These companies are getting their money somewhere, and, 99% of the time, if they're not doing it upfront, they're scheming behind the scenes.

Also worth mentioning is that games that tend to be f2p are often either multiplayer-focused, or else designed in a way that doesn't appeal to me as a person who almost exclusively interested interested in single-player "story" modes. Genshin Impact is the only one, to date, that has managed to pierce my defenses. That game is particularly interesting, since, at least in the 25 hours or so I played, it feels like a fairly complete gameplay experience, but it's easy to see how the endgame grind is designed to milk the most dedicated players of their money.

Botw2 no matter how good it is will be known as a disappointment by most.

@blindsquarel That's not an unpopular opinion, that's an unpopular fact.

amended for accuracy

I agree in the sense that I think BotW2 won't be as highly regarded as its predecessor, despite probably being a roundly better game overall. A big reason BotW won so much much acclaim was because of how fresh it was as a 3D Zelda game, and also its approach to open world game design overall.

@blindsquarel I mean, for one, we have absolutely no idea what BotW 2 is, even with the e3 trailer we got. However, I'm sure that those who have extremely high expectations, and high hopes will get disappointed by the game no matter what it does, since they're expecting a massive leap like how the first BotW was.

It might end up as one of those "Then why did you ask for it" moments, because of course it might not be the perfect little boy you thought it was 4 years ago.

This is a bit of a half-hearted opinion but may as well say it anyways:
Shovelware is a necessary evil in video games since it makes the good stuff even better.

@Fizza Shhh, don't mention the S word in these forums.. you'll summon him..

@VoidofLight

Ah, the Twilight Princess problem.

@VoidofLight I think it might already be to late.

@kkslider5552000 Eh, I'm also in that camp of people that think it's the worst 3D Zelda game to date (with the possible exception of Skyward Sword, which I still haven't played). Not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, but I totally get why it's not quite as celebrated as other entries in the series these days. The fact that I played the first four hours or so in one session, sat it down, and didn't pick it back up for three years says everything, really.

I played some Shovelware games such as Imagine series on NDS and 3DS, My Universe series on PS4, Animal Boxing on NDS, Cooking Mama games, Motionsports Adrenaline PS3, Hannah Montana games on PS3 + PSP + NDS, Power Punch Wii, Barbie games on PS2 & Wii, Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival Wii U, Dual Pen Sports 3DS, etc. They are not really bad games after all as they are my alternative choices since I don't have interest with mainstream games such as Zelda games, Metroid games, Xenoblade games, Just Dance games, Smash Bros games, etc.

Wow, the Anti-Matter summoning spell really works!

@Anti-Matter And that's completely fine.

I love seeing people find joy in things I usually write off without giving them a chance and honestly, it makes talking about games far more interesting when, like you said, it's not just mainstream games hogging all the limelight. Besides, I have a few games that I would consider 'shovelware' that I've greatly enjoyed in the past (some 3DS Lego games, a Thomas the Tank Engine game on DS that I really enjoyed, and a Phineas and Ferb DS game that is unironically one of my favourite platformers ever, just to name a few).

@Ralizah Why of course it worked. Its a totally legit spell that you can use to summon him, Hint, one of the key words is I don't like shovelware

@VoidofLight
That’s exactly what I’m saying. People have such high hopes for this game they will see it as a disappointment no matter how good it is.

@Snatcher
That and boxing/ kickboxing.

I like Donkey Kong Country Returns over Diddy's Kong Quest.