Hot takes

[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.

 

[Deleted member 288390]

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.

 

[PrismRed]

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.

 

[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

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

I don't think you should leave any website/community (atleast if you are liked there)

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Hasbro could've handled Thomas and Friends better than both hit entertainment and mattel

 

[TropicalFreeze3499]

Oreos taste best when chilled in the fridge.

 

[NatalieZaki]

Le Foret being ignored when talking about Xiu Xiu's best projects is criminal in my opinion. Their early era is the only era that people generally like and then they ignore one of their best. Like dog, that album has Bog People. Bog People is like a top 5 Xiu Xiu track. What are you on about? Like y'all love A Promise and Knife Play, but then they always fucking skip Le Foret and go straight to The Air Force. C'mon man...........

 

[Tr4sh_Kun]

Probably my hottest take but

I seriously don't get people that gets all bitchy and whiny about questionable stuff in fiction (I'm talking about showing dark themes like cannibalism or problematic relationships, I know the thread is about non-gaming hot takes but take the funni incest game as an example since it's the most recent thing I can think of), stuff like that has existed since ever but only recently I've seen people trying to censor and do genuine harm to people that have no ill intents and just try to share their (although questionable) creations.

I'm of the belief that fiction can't really have a hard impact on reality and censoring stuff that deviates from what is "morally correct" will drive us to a point where stuff depicting stuff like same sex attraction is going to be censored since this kind of thinking opens the door to people with actual ill intents that want and will take control over the censoring bodies to erase what they see as "morally incorrect"

At the end of the day, you can just simply choose to block and ignore people that shares that kind of content and keep going with your life

 

[zupalevzna]

I have a lot of negative feelings towards cosplay community nowadays. Dont get me wrong 10 years ago it was my dream to become a good cosplayer but it was... just more fun. People did their cosplays, it was in bad taste to buy it. And it was about having fun, making something, living as your fav character for a day. Now i feel like its mostly made for gaining followers and just online fame. Without love for a time that you had to put into your costume. I know there are still people who make it a real craft but just... i dont like how people started just buying more costumes instead taking some time and making one yourself.

 

[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.

 

[moonbits]

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

sorry I only played until Ruby, when I was 8.

 

[MasterEn]

sorry I only played until Ruby, when I was 8.

kind of hilarious that you stopped with gen 3, which started the trend of dark plotlines in pokemon with ruby and sapphire using political commentary from the 80's about a very interesting topic that was up for debate in the japanese government for it's plot.

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

I like all of Naruto. Not just the OG, not just pre-war, all of it. Naruto is one of my all time favorite tales in fiction.

I gotta agree. Not necessarily that it's my favourite, but I think most of the show is really enjoyable. I do skip filler though.

Neither Digimon Adventure and Tamers are in my top three. My top three are Savers, Evolution X and Ghost Game.

Thank you! I watched most seasons of Digimon and then when they announce Adventure Tri every MFer i know was going "theyre bringing Digimon back!" And it was the most infuriating thing ever.

My hot take is that Dubs are fine and people need to chill the fuck out about it. (Sorry if someone's hot take is that Dubs suck).

 

[Gorse]

I don't like English muffins at all, and don't really understand why anyone else does. What is the appeal of those things!?

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

I have a lot of negative feelings towards cosplay community nowadays. Dont get me wrong 10 years ago it was my dream to become a good cosplayer but it was... just more fun. People did their cosplays, it was in bad taste to buy it. And it was about having fun, making something, living as your fav character for a day. Now i feel like its mostly made for gaining followers and just online fame. Without love for a time that you had to put into your costume. I know there are still people who make it a real craft but just... i dont like how people started just buying more costumes instead taking some time and making one yourself.

I feel like this applies to a lot of once niche online hobbies and communities to be fair.

 

[GuyZero32k4]

I hate. I mean, HATE bass heads. You know the ones, people playing a type of music with the bass turned up so loud they're shaking the car and everything around them. Typically seen here with rap, though once I even saw Tejano music being used. I'm talking so loud, you feel the vibrations in the sidewalk or even damn house as they drive by.

 

[Adrastia]

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child should have been the last film in the series. They waited way too long for Freddy vs Jason. By 2003 did anyone even care? It was rumored since the 80s and would have been way better than the tons of mediocre Friday the 13th sequels that got farted out in the interim.

 

[PrismRed]

Remember kids, if it's fun, regardless of it's intended market, play it.
Look at me, already got hair in my balls and I still watch grown men in spandex kung fu fighting rubber monsters every week.

 

[Michael Frank]

Remember kids, if it's fun, regardless of it's intended market, play it.
Look at me, already got hair in my balls and I still watch grown men in spandex kung fu fighting rubber monsters every week.

Basically, and also if the game is not serious, don't take things on it too seriously, what i mean it's have fun, people these days wants to get philosophical with games that don't need that kind of take, like people taking too seriously final fantasy lore, i mean yeah some serious stuff happens, but at the end of the day enjoy it, as Mei Ling said: "Be glad you have the time to play video games"