Hot takes

[Nickakyoin]

Videogames are fun.

There. I hope it's not too controversial.

 

[moonbits]

Hot takes

Welp, It's all in the title ya see. Share some downright horrid takes and opinions. I'll start...Errm...Uhhhh... Marvel VS Capcom 2 is one of the most overrated Capcom fighting games; let alone for the genre. While the mechanics can be enjoyable, I personally just don't enjoy the flashy, over...

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[Turbo Kid]

Retro Studios ruined Donkey Kong Country and God Hand sucks

 

[Nickakyoin]

Jokes aside: I never found any appeal to the Grand Theft Auto series. I love Vice City visuals and GTA V's gameplay, but everything around it always turned it off to me. I always found San Andreas very boring to look at.

 

[Turbo Kid]

Jokes aside: I never found any appeal to the Grand Theft Auto series. I love Vice City visuals and GTA V's gameplay, but everything around it always turned it off to me. I always found San Andreas very boring to look at.

GTA III really grabbed me for being so different at the time. Vice City was like the same game but more polished and with added 80s charm. After that I lost interest in the series.

 

[Sorion]

The n64 may have some of the best games of all time but it's overall library is not that great, the console is severely lacking on fighting games and RPGs, and you can't name 100 Nintendo 64 classics without including some average games on the list.

 

[χKai]

Every game you like is bad and I will scient8fically break down each of the reasons logically and sequentially so that you know why your taste sucks.

 

[Jangiku]

I’m not sure how many would agree with me on this, but I think The Last of Us, God of War (2018), and other so-called “cinema games” are a big part of why modern gaming lost its soul. I’m really not a fan of how dominant they’ve become in the current console generation.


I’m not discrediting the craft that goes into these games or calling them bad by default. But since the PS3 era — with Uncharted being the likely catalyst — a large share of AAA releases now feel more like Oscar bait than actual games. Titles like Metal Gear Solid had cinematic ambition long before this trend, yet they still kept the essence of gameplay first. In contrast, modern “cinema games” often boil down to walking sims padded with light RPG mechanics, repetitive actions, and shallow interactivity between long cutscenes (like with puzzles to pad out game time).


Maybe that’s a matter of taste, but to me, gameplay has clearly taken the back seat to story and production value. And if that’s the focus, I’d rather watch a film than pay $70 for a movie pretending to be a game.

 

[Nickakyoin]

Every game you like is bad and I will scient8fically break down each of the reasons logically and sequentially so that you know why your taste sucks.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Jokes aside: I never found any appeal to the Grand Theft Auto series. I love Vice City visuals and GTA V's gameplay, but everything around it always turned it off to me. I always found San Andreas very boring to look at.

I liked 3, VC and IV the most. But yeah, the actual combat was never great. The closest Rockstar came to great combat was Max Payne 3 even though I didn't think it was a great Max Payne game. Not sure why they didn't bother bringing it to their open world games.

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Every game you like is bad and I will scient8fically break down each of the reasons logically and sequentially so that you know why your taste sucks.

I do think that Alan Wake II is a pretty bad video game. Nice graphics and environments, though.

 

[χKai]

I do think that Alan Wake II is a pretty bad video game. Nice graphics and environments, though.

At least you can find something nice to say about it, despite feeling that it's bad overall.

 

[Turbo Kid]

The n64 may have some of the best games of all time but it's overall library is not that great, the console is severely lacking on fighting games and RPGs, and you can't name 100 Nintendo 64 classics without including some average games on the list.

That's not a controversial take. It's facts. I actually would love to see new releases for it like we've seen for other old systems with games like Demons of Asteborg and Goodboy Galaxy

 

[χKai]

I think Mother and Earthbound suck and the only reason they get any attention is because they try so hard to be bizarre and peculiar that they eventually do something weird enough to have someone finally notice.

Like a coworker being so obnoxious that someone inevitably says something to them about it.

It's like a jazz or classical song trying way too hard to be the genre it's attempting to portray. Maybe blues.

 

[Deleted member 856878]

I liked the first part but yes the second part is bad and very confusing. The only thing that has changed in the second part is the graphics the story is more of a toilet paper.

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

The entire 'Halo' series is completely OVERRATED!!!

There... I said it... FIGHT ME...

Furthermore, if Halo never existed, Xbox would have went the way of the Atari Jaguar..

I've had one friend literally lose the best job he's ever had AND a smoking-hot wife over his addiction to Halo 2..
Like... Dude... It's a decent game, but come on...

 

[TruxtonTatsujin TruxtonTatsujin]

I've only played the Max Payne games. The only thing I know about Alan Wake II is Max Payne shows up in it, and that automatically makes it good. Also RIP James McCaffrey , this would have been his last performance of the character.
As for a hot take.... idk. I've never liked the two Norse God of Wars either. It's not the setting or story that bothers me, it's the gameplay. I much prefer the more arcade-y feel the previous games had. Also the over the shoulder camera that's way overused in modern games is a terrible choice for a game like this. They obviously knew this was a problem so they put little reticles pointing to off screen enemies. Zooming the camera out like the old games would have been a much better option, or just do what the Arkham games do and just zoom it out when you reach a combat encounter.
One more hot take, I don't like FPS games, like, any of them. There's a few I think are kind of neat but it's never for the gameplay.

 

[GoodGods]

Xenoblade 3's Ending Sucks. What sucks even more is I love Xenoblade 3 outside of that.

Also, I love the world of Xenoblade X. Exploring Mira is awesome.

 

[Frickinfrik]

Sonic hasn’t been good since 2005.
There I said it. Feel free to unleash your fury onto me.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

I'll second not being able to get into the GTA series very much. I didn't grow up with the PS2 games, and by the time I got to them I was hit with a case of "Seinfeld is unfunny" due to having played games that were inspired or derived from them first, like Saints Row. I'd probably appreciate the series more if I had nostalgia for it, but without it it's just another open world TPS in a sea of open world TPS's.

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

Sonic hasn’t been good since 2005.
There I said it. Feel free to unleash your fury onto me.

Why only 2005? I would say since last century!

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

90% of indie games are actual garbage and are often just pale imitations of the games they clearly wear on their sleeves as inspirations. I also second everyone saying those AAA movie/prestige type games (Whatever you wanna call them) are not good.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Almost every single game out there is simply a refinement of an already-existing formula, whether it's RTSs copying Dune II or FPSs making a prettier version of Wolfenstein 3D.

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

90% of indie games are actual garbage and are often just pale imitations of the games they clearly wear on their sleeves as inspirations. I also second everyone saying those AAA movie/prestige type games (Whatever you wanna call them) are not good.

The Pareto distribution at work..

 

[Sunnyside]

Realism should not be the primary selling point of the medium. We have a form of entertainment with endless possibilities for all sorts of fantastical worlds, and the market fixates on the most bland settings possible.

Then there's the whole graphical arms race that should have died a long time ago. Any visual improvements are so minor that it just doesn't matter at this point. Yet people spend luxury prices on GPUs that waste tons of energy, all for a slight visual upgrade. Worse than that is companies saw this and decided all the games they develop will be graphically demanding.

Basically, screw AAA and AAAA games. We should be regressing to AA.

 

[Kamako]

People who disconnect when they're invaded in a Soulslike game are clearly not ready for online gaming and should have every surface in their house covered in foam and bubble-wrap.