Hot takes

[Newk]

Dunno if it counts as controversial opinion but everyone who praises Mega Drive ear rape soundtracks like Street of Rage 3 one and everyone who defends Mega Drive's sound must have serious problem with their ears.

you prolly just dislike the sound of FM Synthesis in general. (which i do like) ...but i can understand just not liking the sound of it.

 

[Tonberry]

Jenny Death is ass I'm so sorry I always see people calling it Death Grips's best project but dude I cannot stand like half the track list. Like yeah On GP and Centuries of Damn are absolutely incredible, but the voice effect on Why A Bitch Gotta Lie is ear grating, Pss Pss is so methodical and dull, and The Powers That B is just audio sludge, it sounds like the music is throwing up after drinking way too much. And like Disc 1 of the project is so much better, the Bjork samples make it such a cool listen, the very glitchy production is something I wish they explored more. (but they just broke up so whoops guess we're never getting that) Like Billy Not Really is just a straight up banger and the vocal sample barrage at the end of Big Dipper is so good. But everyone always tosses Disc 1 aside and only ever talk about Jenny Death. I hate that album so much.

You should post this in the newfangled shiny 'Musical Hot Takes' thread :D

 

[NatalieZaki]

You should post this in the newfangled shiny 'Musical Hot Takes' thread :D

aight im just gonna copy paste cause im not typing all that again

 

[NatalieZaki]

Jenny Death is ass I'm so sorry I always see people calling it Death Grips's best project but dude I cannot stand like half the track list. Like yeah On GP and Centuries of Damn are absolutely incredible, but the voice effect on Why A Bitch Gotta Lie is ear grating, Pss Pss is so methodical and dull, and The Powers That B is just audio sludge, it sounds like the music is throwing up after drinking way too much. And like Disc 1 of the project is so much better, the Bjork samples make it such a cool listen, the very glitchy production is something I wish they explored more. (but they just broke up so whoops guess we're never getting that) Like Billy Not Really is just a straight up banger and the vocal sample barrage at the end of Big Dipper is so good. But everyone always tosses Disc 1 aside and only ever talk about Jenny Death. I hate that album so much.

 

[PrismRed]

You’ll find a guy/girl one day bro trust me, I'm a 3/10 on a good day, and I found someone for a while so it can happen ?

I'd say I'm 3/10 on a good day too but girls don't normally approach me.
Actually I once asked the boys to anonymously ask girls why they don't hit me, apparently I'm too weird and it's extremely hard to talk about any normal topic with me, also there are better looking guys out there.
Y'know I kinda agree, but hey I'm not gonna change myself for the sake of others either, this is just me, if they can't accept it they are free to look elsewhere.

 

[moonbits]

What about boss rush games?

My favorite series is Monster Hunter so that answers your question.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

My favorite series is Monster Hunter so that answers your question.

Okay... And one of my favourite boss rush related game is... just look at my profile pic.

 

[moonbits]

Okay... And one of my favourite boss rush related game is... just look at my profile pic.

space chicken gunstar heroes

 

[Vetusomaru]

you prolly just dislike the sound of FM Synthesis in general. (which i do like) ...but i can understand just not liking the sound of it.

I'm not good with music genre terms (especially since there are countless of them), so I can't say if I hate said genre or not. But the FM Sythesis music chip for Mega Drive is trash, that's for sure. And only a few games managed making good/great music with it. Mostly from Treasure and Konami. And a few Sega ones.

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Not "controversial opinion" of mine but one of the stupidest takes I've ever heard from many normies is this one: "Why you listen you Japanese music? Do you even know Japanese?". Bitch, you also listen to music from languages you don't even know like French, Italian and Spanish!

Another stupid normie take is when they make fun of Vocaloid music because "she's not real". Bitch, you listen to virtual bands like Gorillaz! And to many crappy "singers" (mostly trap singers) that mostly use voice changer (or whatever they call it) when they sing.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

You can't hate something just bc of its fandom

 

[moonbits]

You can't hate something just bc of its fandom

you can hate whatever you want for whatever reason

 

[PrismRed]

you can hate whatever you want for whatever reason

So does the inverse, you can like whatever you want for whatever reason. Just don't judge people for it.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Miraheze >>>>>>>>>>> Fandom

 

[Tonberry]

Miraheze >>>>>>>>>>> Fandom

The Cold War >>>>>>>>>>>> Fandom

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Haha I agree with you @Xdqwerty I mean that literally everything is better than Fandom

 

[Jeanfranc]

Oh, and since you're a fighting game fan, I'd like to point out that there was a huge outrage from the fighting game community over Capcom's "characters are just functions" argument to justify Marvel vs Capcom Infinite's garbage roster. Even fighting game fans, who don't get too invested in story, still care about it more than you'd think.

That has nothing to do with "story" though, that's just Infinite having less characters than the prior games and they Capcom poorly justifing it . Also, as bad and basic as it actually is, it has a lot more story than MVC2 (because it actually has a story mode with dialogues)

An actual good example of a fighter that could be criticized for having less story is Guilty Gear Strive: there are no (real) arcade cutscenes and less story content than both Sign, Revelator.
Not only it's a shitty mechanically dumb-downed game that's as shallow as puddle, they even cheaped out on the Story.

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Games with great story and bad gameplay are in the vast minority. (You didn't even give a real example of one.)

My favorite series is Monster Hunter so that answers your question.

What's your favorite? I really like FU and DOS

 

[Deleted member 884]

Then you realized you are ugly so no chick ever approach you anyway despite all the effort.

Source: me

The problem is self-esteem, you can be ugly and able to find a girl anyway. What matters is your character (if it's the right word), self confident.
Maybe ironic told by me, with zero self-esteem, shy, introvert and ugly af.??

 

[Newk]

I'm not good with music genre terms (especially since there are countless of them), so I can't say if I hate said genre or not. But the FM Sythesis music chip for Mega Drive is trash, that's for sure. And only a few games managed making good/great music with it. Mostly from Treasure and Konami. And a few Sega ones.

Gotta agree that FM Synthesis is really hard to pull off with good results.. especially before the end of the 90s.. so MANY ear-crushing soundtracks where done with it just because they wanted to push out a game and didn't want to hire pros to "just do the sounds and music"

 

[Kamako]

Hot take: If you have MH issues and use non-prescription drugs, you aren't self-medicating, you're self-harming.

 

[PrismRed]

Hot take: If you have MH issues and use non-prescription drugs, you aren't self-medicating, you're self-harming.

It can be hard when you on the field and forgot to take the drugs from the chest, collecting herbs in the wild could make a difference between life and death. Also don't forget to stock up on well-done meat and traps.

 

[miguk miguk]

That has nothing to do with "story" though, that's just Infinite having less characters than the prior games and they Capcom poorly justifing it . Also, as bad and basic as it actually is, it has a lot more story than MVC2 (because it actually has a story mode with dialogues)

An actual good example of a fighter that could be criticized for having less story is Guilty Gear Strive: there are no (real) arcade cutscenes and less story content than both Sign, Revelator.
Not only it's a shitty mechanically dumb-downed game that's as shallow as puddle, they even cheaped out on the Story.

The story mode for MvCI was awful. Not even mediocre as to be expected from a fighting game, nor even blurst enough to laugh at. Just amateur-level writing from people who don't even get that having every character from one world introduce one character from the other world to everyone else every single time someone appears makes no sense whatsoever. Half the dialogue was just introductions for people who are acknowledging at that moment that they've met already.

And yes, the "functions" thing had everything to do with the story. Disney didn't want the X-Men and FF in the game so they could hurt 20th Century Fox by not giving them promotion. (They did the same when they canceled the comics just prior.) They were literally cutting out story for cynical reasons.

And GG Strive is an example of bad story, bad game. Doesn't do anything to disprove my point.

 

[Tonberry]

It can be hard when you on the field and forgot to take the drugs from the chest, collecting herbs in the wild could make a difference between life and death. Also don't forget to stock up on well-done meat and traps.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

We got a heated battle here damn lock and load people cuz we are diving into game design , what matters more gameplay or story , and if boss fights are best part of the game or not on today episode of retrogametalk im your host panda and lets get straight into this.

 

[Jeanfranc]

And GG Strive is an example of bad story, bad game. Doesn't do anything to disprove my point.

Wasn't really trying to disprove anything there pal, I just wanted to shit on Strive

 

[Kamako]

Nickelback and Five Finger Death Punch are both unironically good, and the majority of people who "hate" them are just parroting opinions they read on the internet, like total mongs.

(I think you definitely can dislike both of those bands btw, it's just most haters are just following the fads)

Also, anyone who thinks that it's lame to like nu-metal now, but enjoyed it in the past, I kind of just pity.

 

[Tonberry]

Also, anyone who thinks that it's lame to like nu-metal now, but enjoyed it in the past, I kind of just pity.

For me, it's the only musical genre I've ever felt ashamed of listening to as a kid because I can only relate it to misguided teenage angst/anger, so I sort of can't separate it from something that I consider juvenile regardless of the actual music.
Might also be that I never really liked it and only deluded myself to like it because I was supposed to, but who knows.