Hot takes

[fake-kun]

Yoshiyuki Tomino hasn't made anything good since 1979.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Yoshiyuki Tomino hasn't made anything good since 1979.

Char's Counterattack and F91?

 

[fake-kun]

Char's Counterattack and F91?

I never saw F91, and I thought Char's Counterattack was bad, though I enjoyed it on a visceral level.

 

[PrismRed]

Yoshiyuki Tomino hasn't made anything good since 1979.

Turn A?

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Yoshiyuki Tomino hasn't made anything good since 1979.

 

[WokiBakoki]

3D Sonic games, at least all the main entries. None of them have bad controls, and especially none of them have a bad camera. My whole life I've heard nothing but shit about Sonic games and there cameras but NONE of them are bad at all. In fact I'd argue they're all quite good. I think the general public see it's a game for kids and turn there brains off because they shouldn't have to try or something. Then get mad when they fumble about and lose and blame anything but themselves. If you give an ounce of real effort to any of these games, the controls and camera work fine and the difficulty is very lax.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling them all good. I hate Heroes, Colours and Riders just to name a few. But the Adventure games, Shadow, and Unleashed (the proper version of course) are all bangers and I won't hear a bad word said against them... Ok I'll give you some leeway on Shadow but most of the missions are good. Turning your brain off may work for any game younger than Generations, but they were cooking in the 2000s man. People just suck at a game they've never played and would rather talk shit and write it off than get the hang of it.

 

[Tonberry]

3D Sonic games, at least all the main entries. None of them have bad controls, and especially none of them have a bad camera. My whole life I've heard nothing but shit about Sonic games and there cameras but NONE of them are bad at all. In fact I'd argue they're all quite good. I think the general public see it's a game for kids and turn there brains off because they shouldn't have to try or something. Then get mad when they fumble about and lose and blame anything but themselves. If you give an ounce of real effort to any of these games, the controls and camera work fine and the difficulty is very lax.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling them all good. I hate Heroes, Colours and Riders just to name a few. But the Adventure games, Shadow, and Unleashed (the proper version of course) are all bangers and I won't hear a bad word said against them... Ok I'll give you some leeway on Shadow but most of the missions are good. Turning your brain off may work for any game younger than Generations, but they were cooking in the 2000s man. People just suck at a game they've never played and would rather talk shit and write it off than get the hang of it.

I dunno, I played both Adventure 1 and 2 last year, and while I had a really good time with A1, A2 was probably one of the worst games I’ve played in many years. It felt worse in just about every way to me.

 

[Leo-Dash]

Kingdom Hearts is absolutely mid, and maybe that's being a bit generous even.

As someone who used to be a huge KH fan and still LOVES KH2:FM as the BEST combat KH,lemme tell you some Hot Takes associated with the series

Kingdom Hearts 3 is extremely badly designed game on both Story, narrative and Combat and it WASN'T WORTH the 13 years wait!

Osaka Team can't design combat properly! They are all STYLE over Substance! KH3 leaves you with Floaty Combat, terrible designed bosses, badly design MOBs and mob spam that is more like Dynasty Warrior!
Lvl 1 Critical KH3 showcased how badly designed it is!

Nomura is NOT a good writer! With Birth by Sleep and Dream Drop Distance showed it, DDD adding time traveling to the plot was horrible decision!
The Disney worlds in KH3 are 100% Filler and have no impact to the plot like KH1 and KH2 do!

KH3 and KHUX (the mobile game, Rest in PISS) killed my love for the future of the series and left me a very grumpy man!

 

[Alex1111]

The pancakes are hot!!!!!

 

[bjork]

My (not) hot take: most superpowers that sound cool to have would probably make the CIA kidnap you or kill you. Like there's no way they'd let you just fly freely or shapeshift or whatever. They'd 100% get you.

What if you shapeshifted into a dumpster or something until they went away. Then you shapeshifted into the president and took his place, the secret service would have to protect you since you're the president now (i know, but please let me have this)

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I'm sorry but the whole thing about the three letters organisations aren't a bit over-exaggerated by conspiracies?

Paranoia is a real condition.

 

[UnDubious]

I'm sorry but the whole thing about the three letters organisations aren't a bit over-exaggerated by conspiracies?

Paranoia is a real condition.

There are lots of official reports that have been declassified decades after the fact following congressional hearings, requests for information etc. These are public and can be accessed by anybody, and they're plenty enough to shatter whatever delusions you have about what Governments and secret services wouldn't do, as are the various leaks from whistleblowers that have been confirmed through the years. There are also tons of books and documentaries and newspaper reports about these topics by legitimate researchers that only rely on serious sources. Of course there are also people making things up on the Internet, but that's a separate matter. We are going to see some crazy things with AI improving too.

 

[popckorn]

Imagine not knowing Mossad-CIA and their exploits, like MK-Ultra, Sleeper Agents, CP Rackets (Epstein-Barr, et al.)

I would say more about current events, but I truly want to respect the rules, and stay friends with fellow retro gamers. Politics spoil the fun.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

MK-Ultra, Sleeper Agents.

MK-Ultra was kinda a hoax to make the Soviets believe that the USA had new forms of weapons.

Remember that the Cold War was also an Information War.


I think that The Matrix (and The Terminator to a lower extent) really made people a bit too crazy about conspiracies around (and missed the point of these movies).

 

[popckorn]

Who nose, man.
I really do not care to discuss that here.

 

[Tonberry]

Salmon is the only consistently tasty fish.

 

[popckorn]

Salmon is the only consistently tasty fish.

100% accurate.

The range of Tuna is unbelievable, from salty/smelly not so good canned tuna you must mix with Mayo to delicious Sashimi Tuna that tastes like gentle butter with nothing more...

I have only tasted good SwordFish (Marlin), but I have only had it about 5 times, and always in beaches or good restaurants in the midlands, so I wonder whether it is culled more.. but never had bad Marlin.

 

[Tonberry]

100% accurate.

The range of Tuna is unbelievable, from canned tuna you must mix with Mayo to Sashimi Tuna that tastes like gentle butter...

I have only tasted good SwordFish (Marlin), but I have only had it about 5 times, and always in beaches or good restaurants in the midlands, so I wonder whether it is culled more.. but never had bad Marlin.

I'm just not much of a fish (or any seafood really) person, in general haha, but salmon always works wonders for me.
I do like some tuna though.

 

[Bakuma1997]

I hate to say it considering both of them are my favorite Nintendo Consoles


Both the Wii and NDS had way too much shovelware, and all the games that are reccomended by everyone and their moms are the only ones that are made with a semblance of love and care

 

[Elwiwi]

I don't like playing Majora's mask. Don't get me wrong I think is a good game , but I find it tedious

 

[NotGodlike]

Persona is a castrated SMT, and I don't understand its fanbase a lot

 

[Natsuyasumi]

There hasn't been a good Legend of Zelda game in 20 years and the last good one wasn't even made by Nintendo.

Which one you referring to? the Capcom Ages games? or the Phillips CD-i games?

 

[MasterEn]

Which one you referring to? the Capcom Ages games? or the Phillips CD-i games?

probably hyrule warriors.

 

[Natsuyasumi]

Enix's only good franchise was dragon quest while squaresoft had way more good games (if not franchises)

What other franchises besides DQ did Enix have before the merger?

Post automatically merged: Apr 19, 2025

Speaking of fighting games, I have no idea how this is viewed in the FGC, but I really don't like how they're ALL crossing over with each other nowadays. Ryu's in Smash Brothers, Mai Shiranui's in Street Fighter, Punchbrain McGillicuddy's in Goonblasters 112. It really makes each IP less distinct – now there's not so much a variety of different fighting games as there is this big amorphous blob of fighting game culture that all the characters and worlds co-exist in. (At least in mainstream big-name fighting games.)

Do people like this? What if you only want to play Street Fighter characters in Street Fighter? It all seems a little goofy to me. The fighting game genre just seems to be getting more and more incestuous as time goes on. I like fighting games, but I can't imagine for a second getting into the modern AAA ones.

My Hot Take:
Punchbrain McGillicuddy is a ripoff of E. Honda and Goonblasters 112 is the worst in the series.

 

[MasterEn]

What other franchises besides DQ did Enix have before the merger?

Post automatically merged: Apr 19, 2025

My Hot Take:
Punchbrain McGillicuddy is a ripoff of E. Honda and Goonblasters 112 is the worst in the series.

they made both console and computer games. here's some wikipedia links

List of Enix games - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

List of Enix home computer games - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org