Worst Fandoms for a game?

[Badseed Badseed]

Nintendo fanboys

 

[kuroninneko]

Makes me miss the pre internet days when I had fun playing all my video games even the ones that were bad. No stupid elitist groups gatekeeping the series or activist group trying to censor a game like Stellar Blade. The thing about today is fandoms and streamers are having too much influence on game developers.

 

[Moreno909]

Every online game

 

[Soupmancer]

Persona, specifically 5, sure does have some people in there who have only played one game and refuse any criticism of their one game.
Any given Blizzard game.

 

[kuroninneko]

One fan group that is awesome are the Shenmue fans. They are cool

 

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

DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON MODERN SH FANS

I swear on all thar is holy, the majoriry just know it from pretentious video essays about 2. Hell, blooper even Hired a video essayist for the shitty remake of 2

IF modern fans played the games, they only played 2. Or they played it first and then the others

It might as well be the only game in the series, 3 gets Some love but no one gives a fuck about 1 and 4

I contemplated making a thread about Silent Hill misconsceptions because of how wifespread they are (like the nurses in the second game meaning repressed sexuality, when thats actually the mannequinn). So many people take some dude's personal interpretation as fact when the series Has a Lorebook, its been available online for free and it explains everything

While the series uses symbolism and a lot of surreal stuff, the actually story and the world is not abstract or up to interpretation at all. Theres only Some stuff thats left to your imagination


I have a bone to pick with yt essayists in general:; they're all just a bunch of midwits, who think playing a lot of videogames and going to film school makes you smarter than the dumb commoners

And a lot of time their opinion can be summed up as "This thing is good and correct, because it agrees with Me"

Idk if you've seen recently; but Masahiro Ito (The creature designer and art director of Team Silent) has been going off on all these video essayer types and all their dumbass fans that parrot what they say about SH2 on twitter. It's genuinely been so refreshing to see a Japanese creative really push back against shit like this, especially since a lot of Japanese creatives adhere to a very non-confrontational, more passive approach to things like this. I was already a fan of his, but I love the guy even more now lol.

 

[Neb Lleb]

Idk if you've seen recently; but Masahiro Ito (The creature designer and art director of Team Silent) has been going off on all these video essayer types and all their dumbass fans that parrot what they say about SH2 on twitter. It's genuinely been so refreshing to see a Japanese creative really push back against shit like this, especially since a lot of Japanese creatives adhere to a very non-confrontational, more passive approach to things like this. I was already a fan of his, but I love the guy even more now lol.

Masahiro Ito even designed the monsters in the "shitty remake of 2", lol

And yea, to be honest, the backlash the later games get from SH Elitists, be they Homecoming and Downpour or Bloober Team remakes and F, are a prime example of proof that they haven't actually played any of the games, OG 2 included.
Look, I love the original Silent Hill 2, but the Bloober Team remake was honestly the most addictive horror game of its respective year. It's okay to be a fan of Silent Hill and love both the Team Silent tetralogy, and the current Revival era, because to treat the former on a pedestal and the latter as the antichrist is not very flattering and proof that you don't know what you're talking about and haven't played any of the games. It's like the Fallout fandom but for the horror artform.

 

[Mal]

Genshin and their love for lolis and their Yaoi and Yuri shipping so fucking sick of it. "they are all sickos"

i still remember giving genshin a chance and finding some videos about "why X unit doesnt work mechanicaly" and because i was diging the game went to check it out.

No joke the first thing i hear is the man saying "this is not a personal attack towards the character, im only discussing gameplay mechanics, if you love that character.." yada, yada, yada
and i thought "oh wow there must have been some deepshit going on with this character huh."

NOPE, every! single! video! about this started with that because otherwise the genshin fanbase, that clearly dont have the capacity of basic understanding, would just harrass you to no end.

unbelivable......

 

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

Masahiro Ito even co-directed the "shitty remake of 2", lol

And yea, to be honest, the backlash the later games get from SH Elitists, be they Homecoming and Downpour or Bloober Team remakes and F, are a prime example of proof that they haven't actually played any of the games, OG 2 included.

He only assisted with the creature designs in the remake.

 

[Neb Lleb]

He only assisted with the creature designs in the remake.

Point still stands. He was involved, the remake has his blessing, Silent Hill fandom equals Fallout fandom.

EDIT: I also edited my comment to reflect this.

 

[Bakuma1997]

I second every Undertale mention, and i add the case of a fan gave a fanarttist a needled cookie over a FUCHING SHIP

Dark Souls, not as bad, but they are too proud on their games being seen as The Hard Ones that any legit complaint is responded with a Bible of how you must Git Gud

League Of Legends, oh don't get me started, when an all-female group was formed, some playe5rs went on their way to /8*-be as mysoginistc as posible, i played the game once and the amount of slurs over simple mistakes could be writen in walls filling a entire home block

Pokemon Fans, their cult.like devotion to recieving increasingly worse games are the reason Mainline games are gettign staller than a opened soda left behind for a day

Smash Bros will decimate you if you as much as claim Melee isn't that good and demand Sakurai to overwork himself with their delusional requests

 

[qw90700]

Makes me miss the pre internet days when I had fun playing all my video games even the ones that were bad. No stupid elitist groups gatekeeping the series or activist group trying to censor a game like Stellar Blade. The thing about today is fandoms and streamers are having too much influence on game developers.

What? We were making fun of Nintendo gamers so hard the little N gamers there are was lying they play Sega Genesis instead lol.

For example the world's first and oldest activist group called "parents" is the reason why age rating existed. Even the situation of Mortal Kombat ban shook my country, people were like trying to preserve Mortal Kombat arcade machines and console games!!! Shit was serious yo and they could have ban such games for good but I'm surprised they found a middle ground lol.

As for censors, Japanese games are always censored due to parent complaints. It wasn't too different from now TBH, sprites of female characters were would be change to hide pixel sense of they have breasts and one pixel that means "panty" here and there. Also in my country parent complaint was very powerful enough to shut down some arcade places, then they found a way to seperate "kid friendly" places with "teen friendly" and "here there are only gore games yo" SMH.

 

[kuroninneko]

Thats all true but I'll take the parents over the social media influencers any day. I do remember having a sega genesis and telling all my snes friends how stupid their games were. I was terrible. But we did have the blood code and they didnt

 

[UnDubious]

Masahiro Ito even designed the monsters in the "shitty remake of 2", lol

And yea, to be honest, the backlash the later games get from SH Elitists, be they Homecoming and Downpour or Bloober Team remakes and F, are a prime example of proof that they haven't actually played any of the games, OG 2 included.
Look, I love the original Silent Hill 2, but the Bloober Team remake was honestly the most addictive horror game of its respective year. It's okay to be a fan of Silent Hill and love both the Team Silent tetralogy, and the current Revival era, because to treat the former on a pedestal and the latter as the antichrist is not very flattering and proof that you don't know what you're talking about and haven't played any of the games. It's like the Fallout fandom but for the horror artform.

I beat Origins and Shattered Memories and they were both just okay at best. There's no denying there was huge drop in quality after the original quadralogy, and generally speaking I don't want to play a new game labeled Silent Hill developed by yet another random Western team.

 

[Neb Lleb]

BTW, as of this writing, I'm actually in the midst of interacting with a Church of Jake Wesker member, who roams these forums, shall go unnamed, and is actively misrepresenting the RE series as a whole and validating my hatred of their kin and why I inducted them in this thread.
EDIT: You'd better believe I chose to ignore them.

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I beat Origins and Shattered Memories and they were both just okay at best. There's no denying there was huge drop in quality after the original quadralogy, and generally speaking I don't want to play a new game labeled Silent Hill developed by yet another random Western team.

Yeah, I like Homecoming and Downpour, and I'll happily play the revival era, but there's no denying Silent Hill lost its oomph after 4: The Room ended Team Silent's tetralogy.

 

[DaeZun]

Lately I've hated the cult of personality that has been created around ATLUS games. I mean, it's generally incomprehensible to them that people enjoy other RPGs even if they don't have the “deep” mechanics of games like... Shin Megami Tensei 3. A game adored by many genre elitists but which in reality is just as repetitive as the other titles they complain so much about.

Aside from the fact that for some reason many seem to have an irrational hatred for square enix or pokemon games just because they stand out in the mainstream, even if they've never taken the time to try them beyond a superficial playthrough.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Masahiro Ito even designed the monsters in the "shitty remake of 2", lol

I know they hired him to do the monsters for the remake, which is why they look good (unlike the characters)

It's still utter dogshit

Team silent was more than ito and yamaoka; I don't care that it has his and tsuboyama's blessing; it's My opinion, not theirs

If you like it, more power to you

And yea, to be honest, the backlash the later games get from SH Elitists, be they Homecoming and Downpour or Bloober Team remakes and F, are a prime example of proof that they haven't actually played any of the games, OG 2 included.

Look, I love the original Silent Hill 2, but the Bloober Team remake was honestly the most addictive horror game of its respective year. It's okay to be a fan of Silent Hill and love both the Team Silent tetralogy, and the current Revival era, because to treat the former on a pedestal and the latter as the antichrist is not very flattering and proof that you don't know what you're talking about and haven't played any of the games. It's like the Fallout fandom but for the horror artform.

Being this condescending about people who hate the remakes is just as obnoxious as talking down to people who like it

"It's ok to like them"

What am I a child?

"The backlash is a prima example you havent actually played em"

I can show you my save files bro

"because to treat the former on a pedestal and the latter as the antichrist is not very flattering and proof that you don't know what you're talking about "

I dont know what I'm talking about do I?
I can give you an exhausting explanation as to why I hate it mr know it all

It's not even hard to figure out why someone migh hate it; it has a different artstyle, gameplay, cutscene and voice direction and cinematography, its bloated to make it longer while still having only 4ish enemy types ; which was already 2's biggest shortcoming, but now its over the course of a way longer game so it's worth 70 dollars (but they couldnt by arsed to do Born from a Dream)

If you love all of those aspects of 2 and didnt wanna see em changed, of course you hate em

But I can to way more into detail

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Idk if you've seen recently; but Masahiro Ito (The creature designer and art director of Team Silent) has been going off on all these video essayer types and all their dumbass fans that parrot what they say about SH2 on twitter. It's genuinely been so refreshing to see a Japanese creative really push back against shit like this, especially since a lot of Japanese creatives adhere to a very non-confrontational, more passive approach to things like this. I was already a fan of his, but I love the guy even more now lol.

If you have screenshots Id like to see them, I remember he already tried clearing up misconceptions like the nurses and "red pyramid thing" being its actual name

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I beat Origins and Shattered Memories and they were both just okay at best. There's no denying there was huge drop in quality after the original quadralogy, and generally speaking I don't want to play a new game labeled Silent Hill developed by yet another random Western team.

One thing I hate about the western games, is that they're all just 2 again

You have the town using the main chara's own fear against him, origins straight up rips off two monsters from 2, then downpour and iirc origins has their equivalent of pyramid head, and then theres the Big Twist at the end

One of my fav things about the series is how different every game is from one another; even 1 and 3, despite being closely connected to each other, have a very different feel, pacing, level structure and music

 

[Neb Lleb]

I know they hired him to do the monsters for the remake, which is why they look good (unlike the characters)

It's still utter dogshit

Team silent was more than ito and yamaoka; I don't care that it has his and tsuboyama's blessing; it's My opinion, not theirs

If you like it, more power to you



Being this condescending about people who hate the remakes is just as obnoxious as talking down to people who like it

"It's ok to like them"

What am I a child?

"The backlash is a prima example you havent actually played em"

I can show you my save files bro

"because to treat the former on a pedestal and the latter as the antichrist is not very flattering and proof that you don't know what you're talking about "

I dont know what I'm talking about do I?
I can give you an exhausting explanation as to why I hate it mr know it all

It's not even hard to figure out why someone migh hate it; it has a different artstyle, gameplay, cutscene and voice direction and cinematography, its bloated to make it longer while still having only 4ish enemy types ; which was already 2's biggest shortcoming, but now its over the course of a way longer game so it's worth 70 dollars (but they couldnt by arsed to do Born from a Dream)

If you love all of those aspects of 2 and didnt wanna see em changed, of course you hate em

But I can to way more into detail

Apologies for coming off as condescending, pal.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Apologies for coming off as condescending, pal.

No problem

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

The Kid Icarus fandom. What a bunch of psychopaths

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

-Soulsbourne fans, for sure. These people act like these games are God's gift to mankind and any critique of the gameplay/mechanics is met with 'THEN GO PLAY A DIFFERENT GAME GIT GUD'

-MOBA fans/players. I quit Smite because the players are just the most unwashed, cheeto-dusted, racist, homophobic assholes.

-I'm gonna get shit for this but Date Everything. I bought and played this game and I truly don't understand the appeal. People are RABID for this game.

 

[petran79]

I don't care about fandom currently but I remember few years ago guys like Phil Fish, Neil Druckman, Iron Galaxy were the holy cows of the mainstream gaming press and no one was allowed to criticise them.
Resetera was their bastion and Jason Schreier was promoted by them too.

Also the amount of online hordes brainwashed by Anita and Zoé Quin will be beyond repair for decades to come. Not even an ounce of criticism is acceptable
Currently they spread on Reddit gaming channels too.
The worst fandoms are the ones that have officiallmainstream power instead of being lone wolves or out of the picture

 

[Neb Lleb]

No problem

Thing is, franchises are a lot like food: What you gel with and what you despise are a matter of taste.

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I don't care about fandom currently but I remember few years ago guys like Phil Fish, Neil Druckman, Iron Galaxy were the holy cows of the mainstream gaming press and no one was allowed to criticise them.
Resetera was their bastion and Jason Schreier was promoted by them too.

Also the amount of online hordes brainwashed by Anita and Zoé Quin will be beyond repair for decades to come. Not even an ounce of criticism is acceptable
Currently they spread on Reddit gaming channels too.
The worst fandoms are the ones that have officiallmainstream power instead of being lone wolves or out of the picture

Oh, yea. JActivists and Sleepwalkers have got to be the lowest of the low. But we're talking about specific games and franchises here.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

I don't care about fandom currently but I remember few years ago guys like Phil Fish, Neil Druckman, Iron Galaxy were the holy cows of the mainstream gaming press and no one was allowed to criticise them.
Resetera was their bastion and Jason Schreier was promoted by them too.

Also the amount of online hordes brainwashed by Anita and Zoé Quin will be beyond repair for decades to come. Not even an ounce of criticism is acceptable
Currently they spread on Reddit gaming channels too.
The worst fandoms are the ones that have officiallmainstream power instead of being lone wolves or out of the picture

I didn't know druckman was popular at some point, since I dont know much about modern games

I only know him as the MY GAMES AREN'T FUN guy who really wanted to be the western Kojima

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i would say nintendo but i never had any nintendo console other than the gameboys

ff14 holds a special seat for me, maybe just cos it's exactly the obtuse fanbase full of gaylords everywhere being absolute jellyfish: toxic af, and so easily breakable
christ, it's a wonder how people like them even stay alive on the internet, cos back in my day
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things nowadays have just been totally pussified, that one video on youtube knew exactly what's going on
everyone's got each other at cutthroat (quite literally) distance cos everyone's so scared of saying anything nowadays quite sick of it honestly BUT what can we do
live in memories i guess

Couldnt have said it better, on todays internet I feel like I constantly have to talk to babies, with how much you gotta watch your wording and what you can and cant say
Like how are these guys adults? What, do you curl up and suck your thumb if a random guy in real life calls you a mean word?



If you never read the steam description of silent hill f, its gotta be seen to be believed, it talks to you like you're 6

"This game contains depictions of gender discrimination, child abuse, bullying, drug-induced hallucinations, torture, and graphic violence.

This game is set in Japan in the 1960s and contains depictions based on the customs and culture of that time. These depictions do not reflect the opinions or values of the developers or any individuals involved.

If you feel uncomfortable at any point while playing, please take a break from playing or speak to someone you trust."

Holy shit, whoever this is intended for, don't watch A Clockwork Orange!

 

[Neb Lleb]

Couldnt have said it better, on todays internet I feel like I constantly have to talk to babies, with how much you gotta watch your wording and what you can and cant say
Like how are these guys adults? What, do you curl up and suck your thumb if a random guy in real life calls you a mean word?



If you never read the steam description of silent hill f, its gotta be seen to be believed, it talks to you like you're 6

And so does the steam page for the Dead Space Remake. And other AA/AAA budgeted horror games. Thing is, although most people are fine with this sort of thing, a lot of social media brained people are often easily provoked, so horror games like these often have overlong disclaimers on the Steam page and before you start playing.

It's dumb, and it caters to the lowest common denominator, but it is what it is: A dumb practice/trend that will probably die out overtime. Not unlike the Modern Military Shooter trend.
EDIT: And I say this as someone who actually likes the franchises that defined the MMS genre, Medal of Honor (MOH1, Allied Assault, Frontline, Rising Sun and 2010, Airborne is also good from what I've played), Battlefield (Battlefield 1 and 2042) and Call of Duty (1, 2, 4, World at War, Black Ops 1, Modern Warfare, Cold War and Black Ops 6). ESPECIALLY Medal of Honor. Those games kick ass.