Hot takes

[Soupmancer]

big agree on that for accessibility, ive had to have friends read stuff for me in some of the games we are playing together because the text is way too small for me

I genuinely can't play a whole lot of modern games because the text is too small It's such a small thing but it makes a world of difference!

 

[Ikagura]

That said at least in Undertale at least you really have to go your way being a dick for the game to recriminate you, but still you are right in regards of Undertale being clumsy with its pacifism themes

Subversion of expectations from an indie game can be fine.

But when subversion becomes the norm it ceases to be one.

 

[Ikagura]

Gaming, like any hobbies, has always been a luxury.

I know that it may sound weird to say but this is not mandatory to stay alive therefore it's not mandatory in life either.

I've mentally accepted that if (and that's a big "if") video games went to disappear (whether because of another crash or from being too expensive for the average people) then so be it. Yes, it'd be sad in a cultural sense (like losing books or painting in a fire) yet I'd prioritise survival over amusement.

Perhaps in the later half of the century we'll have to learn with a minimalistic life style because of the limited ressources and funds we may have but I'm no economist so take this with a grain of salt.

 

[Pickle surprise]

Yooka-Laylee wasn't that bad it's just that people don't know what the hell they want.

The controls worked fine, the levels were gorgeous, the weird burbling noises were a thing in the Banjo series that people wanted YL to emulate in the first place, and while the powerups weren't flashy they weren't bad either. The only thing I can really agree on with commentary about the game is that exiting worlds to expand them is slightly annoying as you can't 100% a world first run but the game was fine people just thought they wanted a new collect-a-thon platformer but when they got one they crashed out.

I remembered when I first played Yooka-Laylee, I deliberately avoided any reviews or media discussing it as I did not ant my opinion to be influenced by anyone and to avoid any spoilers. After I finished it, I was taken aback by the amount of complaining about it. While I still preferred the N64 Banjo titles over it, I overall found it mostly enjoyable. Some of the complaints reviewers had were just baffling. "Why the stupid gibberish! Should be voice acted!" You know what series this is mean to be a spiritual successor to, right? The gibberish is a big part of the Banjo series identity and I found it charming. "Camera is so bad!" I swear modern game reviewers are hopeless when it comes to 3D platformers, controlling the camera as you are wandering these spaces just comes a second nature when you play as many of these games as I do. There are games both old and new that have way bigger camera issues than YL does. The most baffling was one reviewer saying that using a hub area to access the game's worlds was outdated. What a bizarre statement, reminds me of reviewers during the 5th gen declaring that 2D gaming is dead and marking games down deliberately if they were not 3D. How are hub worlds outdated? Not all 3D games need to be open world for god's sake.

The nice thing is that the biggest complaints I did have about Yooka-Laylee seem to be getting adressed in the remake so I hope this game gets a second chance. Just going through levels and saying to myself "just one more Pagie before I finish" really did capture the feeling of getting lost in the world that the 3D platformers of my youth were so good at doing. The way some people talked about it, you swear they were playing Bubsy 3D, just absolutely overblown reaction.

 

[Dyne]

I remembered when I first played Yooka-Laylee, I deliberately avoided any reviews or media discussing it as I did not ant my opinion to be influenced by anyone and to avoid any spoilers. After I finished it, I was taken aback by the amount of complaining about it. While I still preferred the N64 Banjo titles over it, I overall found it mostly enjoyable. Some of the complaints reviewers had were just baffling. "Why the stupid gibberish! Should be voice acted!" You know what series this is mean to be a spiritual successor to, right? The gibberish is a big part of the Banjo series identity and I found it charming. "Camera is so bad!" I swear modern game reviewers are hopeless when it comes to 3D platformers, controlling the camera as you are wandering these spaces just comes a second nature when you play as many of these games as I do. There are games both old and new that have way bigger camera issues than YL does. The most baffling was one reviewer saying that using a hub area to access the game's worlds was outdated. What a bizarre statement, reminds me of reviewers during the 5th gen declaring that 2D gaming is dead and marking games down deliberately if they were not 3D. How are hub worlds outdated? Not all 3D games need to be open world for god's sake.

The nice thing is that the biggest complaints I did have about Yooka-Laylee seem to be getting adressed in the remake so I hope this game gets a second chance. Just going through levels and saying to myself "just one more Pagie before I finish" really did capture the feeling of getting lost in the world that the 3D platformers of my youth were so good at doing. The way some people talked about it, you swear they were playing Bubsy 3D, just absolutely overblown reaction.

This is kind of how I felt about Mighty No.9
I avoided reviews and I genuinely enjoyed it. Its not a masterpiece or anything but it was a solid fun MegaMan-style game, I thought.
I was shocked at how much negativity it received.

People on the internet LOVE to hate things.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

This is kind of how I felt about Mighty No.9
I avoided reviews and I genuinely enjoyed it. Its not a masterpiece or anything but it was a solid fun MegaMan-style game, I thought.
I was shocked at how much negativity it received.

People on the internet LOVE to hate things.

I don’t think either of those games deserve the hate, and I never found them to be trash fire, but I found them a bit bland on first impressions and didn’t feel compelled to see the journey till the end, despite decently enjoying their source of inspiration. I am however pretty happy you got something out of it, I think there’s value to that so more power to you for sure (a phrase I’m somewhat cautious with using due to its patronizing connotations but uhhh I pinky promise that’s not the intent here)

 

[Adrastia]

Gaming, like any hobbies, has always been a luxury.

There are a few, like bird watching, which are essentially free. Although even that can go away if the bird population dwindles. And in some places it has.

 

[bjork]

If your job is to do door-to-door soliciting, you should be required to have something that proves you're with the company you claim to be with. A uniform would be ideal, but maybe a business card or... anything? Also, if your job is to do door-to-door soliciting and the person goes, "I'm not interested, thanks" and you continue your sales pitch by trying to reposition it another way and the person goes, "I'm not interested, thanks," take the hint. I don't want to be rude to a guy that is legit out trying to do his job, but pick up on cues and tone and facial expressions, maybe? I always end up cutting someone off, which I hate doing, and going, "look. I said already. I'm not interested. Have a good rest of your day" and they just stare in disbelief.

So basically what I'm saying is: if I don't post after tonight, that means the guy wasn't with anyone, was casing my place, and came back to murder me.

 

[vulonkaaz's iconvulonkaaz]

I don't believe that video games should take a long time to make

nowadays every game takes 10+ years of development, and gamers think it is normal, even tell the devs to take their time

GTA San Andreas was made in 3 years and I don't think any game should require more time, devs nowadays just spend too much time on stuff that make the games WORSE like graphical fidelity

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

The Sonic fandom is overhated just bc of Chris chan, rule 34, and several bizarre fanfics

 

[bjork]

GTA San Andreas was made in 3 years

That was over 20 years ago. ET was made in 5 weeks, time isn't an indicator of how long it should take

 

[Bakuma1997]

The Sonic fandom is overhated just bc of Chris chan, rule 34, and several bizarre fanfics

In fact some fans IMHO has kept the series afloat, like their ports of Android beign infinitely better than the Sega made ones, and i don't need to talk about Mania

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

and i don't need to talk about Mania

"Sonic Mania was made by fans" is just a myth (or atleast an oversimplification), bc the creators work at Sega years before the project even started

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

"If you dont know, then dont pretend that you know"

 

[Ikagura]

The Sonic fandom is overhated just bc of Chris chan, rule 34, and several bizarre fanfics

- I used to feel bad about Christine for being an Internet punching bag until... "incidents" that I won't disclose there happened, this person is nefarious and her autism should not be a valid excuse (plenty don't do what she has done). I think it went beyond Sonic as a whole but that's another can of worm I will never touch within a mile.

- No exceptions, you can literally say that for everything possible so it's not exclusive to that franchise (although Sega are still responsible for giving one of their characters a sultry voice).

- Fan fics can be fine but yeah, many can be bizarre or just plain bad like anywhere (Mary Sue came from Star Trek after all).

I'd still say that the Internet mocking the fanbase for the OCs like Coldsteel or recolors was just a trend like any others.

On the other hand some (really vocal) fans are just being tedious such as people insisting that "Sonic 2006 is a misunderstood masterpiece" or that "Sonic Mania was actually not that good" because the fanbase can never agree about something and change opinions like underwears. I still appreciate Sonic Colours for what it is but people suddenly saying it's bad because it didn't try to be grand nor epic is just being silly...

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Yoshi's island DS wasnt that bad

 

[Ikagura]

I don't know if it's a hot take to say that but...

I don't see the issue about the "tumblr sexy man" character archetype. Of course if the character is boring it's an issue but nothing to do with their appearance.

 

[Tbest25]

The movies that get award-nominated nowadays are rigged. They need to check specific boxes in order to always win, and i'm not talking about technical things like actors performance and writing, but about the message the movie is trying to pass on. In other words, unless you make the movie the critics want to see, your movie won't get nominated.

 

[Ikagura]

The movies that get award-nominated nowadays are rigged. They need to check specific boxes in order to always win, and i'm not talking about technical things like actors performance and writing, but about the message the movie is trying to pass on. In other words, unless you make the movie the critics want to see, your movie won't get nominated.

I used to see a joke about when a movie had a sad scene being called an "oscar nomination moment".

 

[Tbest25]

I used to see a joke about when a movie had a sad scene being called an "oscar nomination moment".

Exactly, only that it's not a joke anymore

 

[bjork]

The movies that get award-nominated nowadays are rigged. They need to check specific boxes in order to always win, and i'm not talking about technical things like actors performance and writing, but about the message the movie is trying to pass on. In other words, unless you make the movie the critics want to see, your movie won't get nominated.

Out of curiosity: when did nowadays start?

 

[Tbest25]

Out of curiosity: when did nowadays start?

Since 2020 to this day. It's been happening gradually over time, but now movies need to check certain boxes to be awarded. Just look at Emília Perez, a movie that won 2 oscars, loved by the critics but hated by the general public because of their awful and a lot of times disrespectful representation of Mexican culture.

 

[bjork]

Since 2020 to this day. It's been happening gradually over time, but now movies need to check certain boxes to be awarded. Just look at Emília Perez, a movie that won 2 oscars, loved by the critics but hated by the general public because of their awful and a lot of times disrespectful representation of Mexican culture.

I see. But "oscar bait" has been a term for like 80 years, so...?

 

[Tbest25]

I see. But "oscar bait" has been a term for like 80 years, so...?

It's a hot take cause many people today still believes that the judgement for this awards are fair and equal, the exception nowadays being Emilia Perez

 

[MasterEn]

Since 2020 to this day. It's been happening gradually over time, but now movies need to check certain boxes to be awarded. Just look at Emília Perez, a movie that won 2 oscars, loved by the critics but hated by the general public because of their awful and a lot of times disrespectful representation of Mexican culture.

i remember hearing about the stage play doing something really baffling once. a bunch of people paid money for the tickets, only to learn that the play was doing the entire thing outside of the theater for free to anyone who was passing by on the street.