Are there any games you're ashamed of liking and/or disliking?

[Fietto!]

You get judged for reading VNs?
That's ridiculous.

 

[ribbg]

You get judged for reading VNs?
That's ridiculous.

There are many people who think all VN's are gooner material and judge solely on that. Others dislike the anime artstyle that the vast majority have. People will come up with just about any reason.

 

[Ikagura]

I used to be like that for Panel de Pon because of the fairies.

 

[Fietto!]

There are many people who think all VN's are gooner material and judge solely on that. Others dislike the anime artstyle that the vast majority have. People will come up with just about any reason.

Can't really blame em on that front.
But I wouldn't expect you'd hear folks like that out in public.
So it's a damn shame, but don't be discouraged by it anyway.

You appreciate the fact that you can read. & let's be frank, that amounts to everything. So what value does these opinions have to you. Pretty much nothing.

 

[Tsukishima]

It ain't your fault, I had the same problem with Mega Moemon FireRed.
So I suppose both hacks are faulty when it comes to mon data post gen 3 to the game's base code.
A mouthful right there but you get what I mean. I wished that was looked upon, because we already got plenty of hacks that don't have that problem.

Would love to hear what hacks dont have that problem actually. I was thinking of playing the Platinum Moemon hack but like you said the code issue began with 3 and didn't exactly stop either past that point.

 

[KamakoKamako's icon]

I wish I liked FIFA more. I'd have been able to play them with a few of my closest friends who were just casually interested in gaming, and I might've convinced them to play more games if I had.

 

[beefbowl]

Behind the Dune. One of the best adaptations of Dune's first trilogy but I can't talk about it anywhere because of the game itself. If you know, you know.

 

[Fietto!]

Would love to hear what hacks dont have that problem actually. I was thinking of playing the Platinum Moemon hack but like you said the code issue began with 3 and didn't exactly stop either past that point.

For what you wanna hear, is it moemon specifically? You could give platinum a go since there aren’t any reports online about the bad egg being a glitch there. Up to ya if you wanna give it one more go.

 

[Tsukishima]

For what you wanna hear, is it moemon specifically? You could give platinum a go since there aren’t any reports online about the bad egg being a glitch there. Up to ya if you wanna give it one more go.

It's 'Renegade Platinum' in particular, i should have pointed that out, whoops

But yeah i'd love to hear of romhacks of Pokemon so I don't have to consult my bank for a tremendous loan just to play more of the new Pokemon games.

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Liking Visual Novels. I often get jabs from people about liking what amounts to a book most of the time, and the judging eyes grow stronger when adult content is thrown into the mix. I genuinely just enjoy the story and characters and Visual Novels present them in a way that a lot of games simply don't (Largely because they don't have to worry about gameplay or padding out a runtime, it's just a story from start to finish, sometimes with branching paths.), though the adult content if it exists typically just tells me that the writers and artists were free from restrictions and did what they felt they wanted to, which is always refreshing to me because I hate hearing that restrictions were placed on writers and artists to create a "safer" product.

It's genuinely their loss. I don't think about it that much but i've noticed that so many of my favourite videogames are visual novels even if i've never been the type to search them out.

The emotions that the Milk inside/outside duology have given me, the existence of games like Song of Saya, Va-11 Hall-A. and games like The NoexistanceN of You AND Me where I have gained so much knowledge and awareness from, to say nothing of just enjoying their vibes.

Visual novels are just such a beautiful medium and it's so easy to forget this for some reason ...

 

[Fietto!]

It's 'Renegade Platinum' in particular, i should have pointed that out, whoops

But yeah i'd love to hear of romhacks of Pokemon so I don't have to consult my bank for a tremendous loan just to play more of the new Pokemon games.

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It's genuinely their loss. I don't think about it that much but i've noticed that so many of my favourite videogames are visual novels even if i've never been the type to search them out.

The emotions that the Milk inside/outside duology have given me, the existence of games like Song of Saya, Va-11 Hall-A. and games like The NoexistanceN of You AND Me where I have gained so much knowledge and awareness from, to say nothing of just enjoying their vibes.

Visual novels are just such a beautiful medium and it's so easy to forget this for some reason ...

If it’s that, then knock yourself out.

Hacks also worth checking out would be Christmas Version, Pokemon Odyssey, & PokeEmblem.

By the way, GB emulation is decent in mgba but I’m sure there’s plenty of hacks that aren’t super compatible. So I would use a standalone GB emu, such as bgb. It makes hacks like Crystal Clear actually run without problems.

 

[ct9983]

now that I'm married I feel weird about games with anime girl fan service in them...
which sucks, because the games are still fun, but how to explain why I'm playing a fighting game starring 12 anime girls in stereotypical costumes and, yeah....
better to just not play them now

 

[HarmonieGirl]

I'm ashamed of the extent to which I enjoy The Sims 4 despite knowing that it's not a good game in relation to past The Sims games.

 

[PrismRed]

It's genuinely their loss. I don't think about it that much but i've noticed that so many of my favourite videogames are visual novels even if i've never been the type to search them out.

The emotions that the Milk inside/outside duology have given me, the existence of games like Song of Saya, Va-11 Hall-A. and games like The NoexistanceN of You AND Me where I have gained so much knowledge and awareness from, to say nothing of just enjoying their vibes.

Visual novels are just such a beautiful medium and it's so easy to forget this for some reason ...

This, although I don't interact with any community in the first place, I often put extra effort giving an impression that I'm not into VN because I do not want to attract attention to those kind of people into VN community. Ima gatekeep the hell outta them if need be.

 

[JPchicre]

IDK, sims 3, some people think it is girlie.. Not that it should matter, I Am a adult, and I Will enjoy any girlie game I want. From Hamtaro GBA Rpgs, to cozy Starsand Island, But it does bug-me the way some people talk about these games. As if, because woman like them, they are somehow worse for it.

 

[Sheepy765]

Seeing that like half the posts here are literally SMT and Persona related, I'd like to tell all of you to go talk to my niece, she’s an SSS class SMT Persona nerd without the yuck attached. She’s just autistic and awkward.

Your niece sounds like the coolest person ever.

 

[iamthemilkman]

It's not the best LSL, it's absolute degeneracy, but I've always had a soft spot for it.

 

[TheLastDeadman]

I wish I was as strong to just don't mind what others think as well, but I guess I'm not.
guess I've been so long on the internet that I'm afraid of just sharing what I like to others.

I'm 36 currently and have gone through some way worse public things (involving a parent being arrested for Pedo shit" in a small town where everyone knows your name) So I learned early on to not really care what people, especially those online that I've never met, will likely never meet, and have no effect on my life, have to say. Its often just tiring "I can't be wrong, so you must be wrong" BS.

 

[zombie100379]

i probably should be ashamed but i ain't - the "deep space waifu" series is a ton of fun

 

[BrawlMan]

now that I'm married I feel weird about games with anime girl fan service in them...
which sucks, because the games are still fun, but how to explain why I'm playing a fighting game starring 12 anime girls in stereotypical costumes and, yeah....
better to just not play them now

I am no marriage expert, but you can try being honest about it. Maybe slowly explain it, but I don't know if you and your wife share the same interests or games. Hiding them would not do you much good, but it's your choice. You don't have to do anything, but try to have some even ground.

It's not the best LSL, it's absolute degeneracy, but I've always had a soft spot for it.
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Believe it or not, that was the first time I knew about this guy.

 

[Kovlak]

Not really, no. Everyone has their own likes.

 

[lordcyrus]

I want to read some more visual novels. I just don't want them to turn into just horny stories or purely dating and the p word. I want a mystery or a reason why these people are getting together in the forest. Which I never read that one but I think it turns into a orgy lol. Just to shoot one out there. Check out "Buried Stars" on a sale. That game does not do cloud saves, but hah I found that one awhile ago and I wish more visual novels were like that besides the obvious Sciadv stuff or w/e I do find.

Buried Stars is a mystery around a popular music presentation show and then the stage crashes and everything goes wrong.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Everyone hates GTA V but I love it

 

[JiruleanSkies]

I want to read some more visual novels. I just don't want them to turn into just horny stories or purely dating and the p word. I want a mystery or a reason why these people are getting together in the forest. Which I never read that one but I think it turns into a orgy lol. Just to shoot one out there. Check out "Buried Stars" on a sale. That game does not do cloud saves, but hah I found that one awhile ago and I wish more visual novels were like that besides the obvious Sciadv stuff or w/e I do find.

Buried Stars is a mystery around a popular music presentation show and then the stage crashes and everything goes wrong.

This one's funny to me. Since the barrier to creating a VN is lower than other media, it does let a lot of people write stories in a graphical game-ish format who otherwise wouldn't be able to. As with anything else that has a wider potential author base, then logically you're gonna run into a lot more of the cookie cutter stuff.

While it's a pain in my hind end, I've only found a very small handful of stories that have been nice to experience, so I sort of feel your pain.

 

[Ikagura]

Everyone hates GTA V but I love it

Wait... How is "everyone" hating one of the most sold and highest rated game?

To sound like a cool kid that doesn't follow the trend like a sheep?

 

[SaveSeraph]

I'm kinda sad to admit that I didn't like Tales of Arise, at first I wasn't sure what I could bring to this topic because I had honestly forgotten about it, but I really was sad that I couldn't get into it since it seemed like such a beloved game. I've tried to play through it like 2 times now and I just keep bouncing off of it. The combat isn't very fun, the characters honestly feel bland and the voice acting (for English, that is) feels lacking in emotion. And as much as I wanted to, I also couldn't get into Black Desert for many of the same reasons, which I find funny because I remember some dude with like 500K on yt calling Black Desert "the gold standard" for modern MMOs