Hot takes

[RetroLaw]

I only played the first Pokémon mistery dungeon game

Pretty good game

 

[Skeetos]

What about BB Entropy Effect ? Kokonoe is pretty damn strong in it.

Is that game hot or not? I love Blazblue and been meaning to pick that up on a sale but I'm not sure on it.

 

[maciintosh]

What about BB Entropy Effect ? Kokonoe is pretty damn strong in it.

I've never actually played Entropy Effect before, but I've been considering it.
...Mostly because Kokonoe is playable, admittedly. And because I love Dead Cells, and the gameplay seems relatively similar in some ways.

 

[RetroLaw]

Is that game hot or not? I love Blazblue and been meaning to pick that up on a sale but I'm not sure on it.

I love it but that's from a very inexperienced roguelite player who just love to do qol combos. Can't tell you if the game has depth or not.

(that's not me)

 

[Skeetos]

I love it but that's from a very inexperienced roguelite player who just love to do qol combos. Can't tell you if the game has depth or not.

(that's not me)

I've never actually played Entropy Effect before, but I've been considering it.
...Mostly because Kokonoe is playable, admittedly. And because I love Dead Cells, and the gameplay seems relatively similar in some ways.

Ragna AND Kokonoe? All we need now is Platinum and Taokaka to round it out.

 

[RetroLaw]

Ragna AND Kokonoe? All we need now is Platinum and Taokaka to round it out.

Taokaka is in there. No Platinum yet even though her RNG mechanic would fit.

From the top of the head there is

Ragna - Jin - Hibiki - Es - Noel - Mai - Tao - Rachel - Hakumen - Lambda 11 - Hazama (DLC)

 

[Skeetos]

Taokaka is in there. No Platinum yet even though her RNG mechanic would fit.

From the top of the head there is

Ragna - Jin - Hibiki - Es - Noel - Mai - Tao - Rachel - Hakumen - Lambda 11 - Hazama (DLC)

I gotta get it on the principle that Rachel is there. Thats the main right there.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Kirby and the amazing mirror and Kirby squeak squad are the worst Kirby games ever

And funnily enough there is, fundamentally, no bad Kirby game.

 

[Jeanfranc]

Taokaka is in there. No Platinum yet even though her RNG mechanic would fit.

From the top of the head there is

Ragna - Jin - Hibiki - Es - Noel - Mai - Tao - Rachel - Hakumen - Lambda 11 - Hazama (DLC)

no Platinum no buy

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there's also the fact that it's a roguelike, what where they thinking? It almost reminds me of all of those weird Guilty Gear spin off like Dust Strikers

 

[Parasite_Steve]

The Ninja Gaiden games are kinda bad overall and their difficulty is more annoying than challenging. When it comes to enemies, level design, concept art, music, worldbuilding etc they epitomize the word generic. I think in general Team Ninja games are usually mechanically sound but incredibly uninspired in literally every other aspect that makes up the game and whenever I see one of their products with a Japanese setting I’m kinda baffled they are in fact a Japanese developer, because they don’t look like they were made by someone who actually ever set foot in the country. And let’s not even talk about how they write and design female characters.

Having said that I kinda look forward to the two upcoming Ninja Gaiden games exactly because they have nothing to do with their development.

My other not so hot take: the high difficulty is kind of the least interesting aspect of Soulsbornes. I love the challenge they offer but their legendary (and often overstated) difficulty scares away many people who would probably get a lot out of them.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Garfield caught in the act sucks

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

My other not so hot take: the high difficulty is kind of the least interesting aspect of Soulsbornes. I love the challenge they offer but their legendary (and often overstated) difficulty scares away many people who would probably get a lot out of them.

Well, some could argue that it's because the game isn't made for everyone.


On the other hand it may not be a hot take but I'll always say that gameplay is still the most important aspect of any video game and I'll die on this hill until the end of gaming. Also graphics isn't what matters but having a good and memorable art direction (a game will always age visually but could stand the test of time with the style).


Also I consider that Ocarina of Time isn't the best game of all time solely because there are too many different genres in gaming to be able to determinate what is the best video game at all. It's like saying that there's objectively a best movie or best song.

 

[dropsmegamega]

On the other hand it may not be a hot take but I'll always say that gameplay is still the most important aspect of any video game and I'll die on this hill until the end of gaming. Also graphics isn't what matters but having a good and memorable art direction (a game will always age visually but could stand the test of time with the style).

I think the opposite would be the hot take. I don't care if a game has the most addictive gameplay ever, if it looks generic to me or aesthetically displeases me I won't even bother trying it. I'm not just looking for toys or some forgettable pastime, I want something that inspires me or that has some kind of cool style or at least something to say. This can come in different ways, from silly over the top comedy of ps2's 3d plats to more serious or esoteric games like Planescape Torment. Not to say gameplay isn't essential, but a game with super simple gameplay like Yume Nikki can easily be more interesting than whatever trending super addictive roguelite to me, as long as the simple gameplay does what it intends to do instead of getting in the way.

 

[Skeetos]

Well, some could argue that it's because the game isn't made for everyone.


On the other hand it may not be a hot take but I'll always say that gameplay is still the most important aspect of any video game and I'll die on this hill until the end of gaming. Also graphics isn't what matters but having a good and memorable art direction (a game will always age visually but could stand the test of time with the style).


Also I consider that Ocarina of Time isn't the best game of all time solely because there are too many different genres in gaming to be able to determinate what is the best video game at all. It's like saying that there's objectively a best movie or best song.

Yeah, obviously the best game of all time is actually Link's Crossbow Training!

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Animal crossing is boring

 

[Skeetos]

Animal crossing is boring

Especially when Sega decides that the one thing that the Yakuza fanbase wants to do is be forced to play like 20-40 minutes of it in Yakuza 8.

 

[Iracunda]

Girly games shouldn't be exclusively for children or be "wholesome". Not that these things are bad, but I feel like a lot of games that are targeted towards women are extremely narrow.

 

[Skeetos]

Girly games shouldn't be exclusively for children or be "wholesome". Not that these things are bad, but I feel like a lot of games that are targeted towards women are extremely narrow.

This is a good one. I remember Lollipop Chainsaw was really popular with women back when it came out. And that game definitely targets men.

 

[tropicalavera]

Girly games shouldn't be exclusively for children or be "wholesome". Not that these things are bad, but I feel like a lot of games that are targeted towards women are extremely narrow.

what are you talking about? - we have horror games!

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Ted Woolsey was never a good translator

 

[tropicalavera]

Ted Woolsey was never a good translator

What exactly don't you like about his work?

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

What exactly don't you like about his work?

Idk his work can have some weird wording

 

[tropicalavera]

Idk his work can have some weird wording

son of a submariner....ig you're right!

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

son of a submariner....ig you're right!

And also bc he tends to deviate from what the dialogue was originally intended to mean

 

[tropicalavera]

And also bc he tends to deviate from what the dialogue was originally intended to mean

I think for the most part the guy did a pretty good job considering the hand he was dealt. He was often battling as much with NA censorship as he was the technical constraints of the games themselves. I appreciate many people crave the AUTHENTIC nihongo experience (and yet do not play the games in Japanese, curious...) and I think it's really cool that fans have retranslated the scripts and modern tools exist to allow for easier text formatting and editing, but his translations are as much a part of squaresoft's success and history as anything else.