Hot takes

[MasterEn]

That's what I was thinking, LMAO. But to be fair, everyone seems to forget SF1 existed.

i only know about that game existing because of it's unofficial sequel, human killing machine.

 

[AkiraSO4]

Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter had a similarity: only first 2 games are good. The rest are pretty much garbage except the crossover ones.

Screw it, add Tekken to that list. Let's make this super outlandish.

 

[rocking3]

In a world where art is valued only if it generates profit for the IP holder and is cast aside if it does not, piracy is, in fact, morally justified.

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Also, Zelda's story kinda sucks.

 

[ThatOneLum]

Super Mario World is less fun that Super Mario Land 2.

 

[miguk]

Screw it, add Tekken to that list. Let's make this super outlandish.

Also Eternal Champions and Primal Rage.

 

[MasterEn]

the only good fighting game is dissidia final fantasy/012.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

I generally dislike people who only play FPS. The second they ask what genres you play, they always put down your favorite genres. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I've met is like this. "Oh that's STUPID..." "OK, well, UP YOURS and your Halo then."
I HATE SVC Chaos. "It's so broken it's fun!" HARD NO. Shitty music, bad controls, bad game system.
Mortal Kombat is only popular and relevant cause of the gore. Nothing else. Covering up the women was another stupid ass decision. "Women would go out and fight like that.." Shut Up.

If it was only bc of the gore all of its clones wouldve found success
Mk also has cool characters, a fun setting and story and atmosphere and an engaging combat system

 

[CG4R12I4N]

I like SNK vs Capcom SVC Chaos, it's an absolute jank that still remains fun if you ignore competitive balance.

But here's the hottest take ever: I LOVE SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy and wish they'd make a sequel for it.

 

[Elwiwi]

I like SNK vs Capcom SVC Chaos, it's an absolute jank that still remains fun if you ignore competitive balance.

But here's the hottest take ever: I LOVE SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy and wish they'd make a sequel for it.

 

[AkiraSO4]

You know what?
Screw it.

I don't think 3rd Strike is all that.
It's a fine game, good even. But it's absolutely nowhere near the deep, crowning masterpiece of fighting games everyone makes it out to be.
And honestly, it would be pretty forgotten if not for that Daigo thing at EVO. Not to mention Gill's boss fight absolutely sucks.

Now excuse me while the FGC raids my house with flaming pitchforks or something.

(That goes for Garou too)

 

[Ravl]

In a world where art is valued only if it generates profit for the IP holder and is cast aside if it does not, piracy is, in fact, morally justified.

Not opening my wallet is always morally justified, I'm not going to pay unless I'm forced to by shit like Denuvo.

 

[abu2411]

It's not something I can articulate very well, but playing DMC 3 gives me a bad taste sometimes and its got nothing to do with its difficulty, which I find to be a good fit for a beginner like me. I'm on my first playthrough and on Mission 18, and I just zoned out after the chessboard battle at the beginning. Having to fight the bosses again also didn't help. The whole time I just want to get back to playing DMC 1, which I find way more fun. Why I find DMC 1 more fun I can't describe, and I'd probably like DMC 3 if I got better at it, but I'd rather spend time trying get better at DMC 1 instead because its so fun. It's a shame because DMC 3 is obviously very well made, and has a strong community even after 20 years, but I guess it isn't for me.

For what its worth, the type of action games that I like are God Hand, Urban Reign, God of War, Ninja Gaiden 2 and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge. These play pretty differently from DMC, though.

Also, I do not like Ninja Gaiden 1 as much as its sequels. I guess my lizard brain doesn't like the adventure elements? Even though I like games like Warrior Within and Tomb Raider Legend.

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Even at their most ambitious, most stories in gaming are at the very best sporadically average by the standards of just about any other storytelling medium.

I find games that are trying to tell a story are about average when compared to other art forms. Though the first games I think of when it comes to ambitious stories in video games are Shin Megami Tensei 2, Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Umineko When They Cry and the Legacy of Kain games. Umineko in particular is probably my favourite story ever, up there with The Mysterious Stranger.

 

[Neopolitan]

I miss the Resi Evil elements from later DMC games that DMC1 had.

Mass Effect (the whole series) is overrated.

Bioshock 2 is the best Bioshock game.

Syndicate was the last halfway decent Ass Creed game.

 

[Prism_Red]

I like SNK vs Capcom SVC Chaos, it's an absolute jank that still remains fun if you ignore competitive balance.

But here's the hottest take ever: I LOVE SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy and wish they'd make a sequel for it.

Arguably the only title besides Onimusha where you can play as Zero in a fighting game so I'll give it a pass.

 

[ThirteeTooBeets]

I like my fair share of them but most original Gameboy games look boring and ugly as hell

 

[Gorse]

YA KNOW WHAT I HATE??? In Ace Attorney, I really don't like all the spiritual mysticism BS that was added in Justice for All and stayed with the series for a very long time. It takes away from the atmosphere – what does a murder case matter in a world where ghosts exist and can be communicated with? What does investigation matter in a world where you can use a magical orb to see peoples' innermost secrets? That stuff always really bugged me, and, especially in the third game's last case, made me feel that a lot of what the characters were accomplishing was moot. Those games really needed to focus more on the hard science, not paranormal nonsense.

It's why the first game is my favourite, because it has precisely none of that "communicating with the afterworld" stuff, and why I actually prefer the Investigations series over the mainline one. (Though I've only played the first three main games, nothing after that.) I'm willing to stretch my suspension of disbelief to advanced technology or scientific research in a game about law – some of those things may not be "realistic", but at least they're believable. It's when you bring in mystical magical mumbo-jumbo that my eyes kind of glaze over. Trials and Tribulations is a great game, but I really do feel like that element of the last case dragged a lot of the experience down.

And while we're on the subject, paranormality is also what tanked the Ace Attorney/Professor Layton crossover right from the start for me. That game had an unbelievable amount of potential, and they threw it all away for some idiotic isekai plot about witches in fairyland. HOW DISAPPOINTING.

 

[PrinceOfBrains]

Mega Man 5 is one of the worst Mega Man games to ever exist and Mega Man 6 is better than it in every single way.

Here, I said it.

Mega Man 5 was the second video game I ever played in my life and I absolutely adore it for that reason, but while I do think it has some upsides and fun stuff, I don't know if I would play it as much as I do without the fond memories I've attached to it.

MY hot take is that I just don't enjoy Metroidvanias. Like, they're not BAD, it's just a "not for me" thing, where I don't really enjoy exploration in the context of a side-scrolling action game. I've been trying to get into them since my dad brought me home the yellow-box release of Metroid back in the day, but they've just never clicked. (Hypocritically, I will say this only applies to side-scrollers and I LOVE when it's an FPS, but I'll leave that for the experts to figure out.)

 

[fake-kun]

Even with the Zero Project patch applied, Mega Man X3 is a painfully mediocre game that doesn't deserve to be compared to X1 and X2.

 

[Gorse]

Even with the Zero Project patch applied, Mega Man X3 is a painfully mediocre game that doesn't deserve to be compared to X1 and X2.

I think X3 just generally gets lumped in with the goodwill people feel for the first two games, because hooooooo boy is it a lot of tedious running around. X3, X5, and X6 are all just variations on the same issues with the X series (i m h o) – a vague sense of direction, too many minibosses, unfun weaponry, bland enemies, incomprehensible plot, and bland music.

Actually, here's a hot take for ya: I prefer X2 to X1 by a considerable margin. I don't really like the X series at all, though, so take my opinion with a fat grain of salted wheat.

 

[fake-kun]

Actually, here's a hot take for ya: I prefer X2 to X1 by a considerable margin. I don't really like the X series at all, though, so take my opinion with a fat grain of salted wheat.

Literally me.

 

[chxshire22]

Here’s a hot take for you: the Pokemon franchise in its entirety has sucked horribly since it went 3D with X/Y, even without a certain sausage-sucker making music for them.

i found bw2 incredibly boring and tedious but x & y amazing and really had a sense of adventure. different strokes for different folks fr. the pokemon series after xy were absolutely forgettable so i wont comment

my hot take is that all mario games are pretty boring. big snoozefest. i did like mario wonder but ehhhh still gets dry very fast

 

[PrinceOfBrains]

I don't really like the X series at all, though, so take my opinion with a fat grain of salted wheat.

Honestly same! Well, I shouldn't say I DISLIKE them exactly, but I've played most of them exactly once and moved on, whereas I revisit older Mega Mans all the time.

also, another hot take: Violet is my favorite Pokemon game since Blue, and Legends Arceus is probably my favorite Pokemon game ever, in any series

 

[moonbits]

People need to stop giving modern Pokémon any attention, there I said it. Will it happen though, probably not. But this is how I've felt for the past 5 or so ish years. :/

grown ups should stop giving modern pokemon any attention, it's a kids game :)

 

[MasterEn]

grown ups should stop giving modern pokemon any attention, it's a kids game :)

most of the adults that pay attention to pokemon are the ones who grew up playing it. kind of hard to ignore something from your childhood helps get people into gaming, which means more people sharing an interest in your hobby/way of life.

 

[Gorse]

grown ups should stop giving modern pokemon any attention, it's a kids game :)

Gen 5 had a pretty mature plot. It was like a YA Pokemon game.