Your Unpopular(?) Gaming Opinions thread

[daniel5043]

Bioware games are mostly made for female nerds

 

[ksdixon]

if a game can't stand the test of time and gets sunset, why don't more games do the thing where they turn off the developer servers, but enable the player-to-player matchmaker thing?

 

[Systemshock2023]

1 Folks try to rationalize their thought process, provide financials, sales numbers, slides from investor meetings but at the end of the day it's all about the playground and the good ol list wars. Even for grown ass adults. List wars is a key aspect of the console gaming experience. Ingrained in all of us since the 80s. It's not just about having good games to play, it's about finding joy in knowing that other folks cannot play them to validate your purchase. Because deep down inside you know that HW has poor value.

2 PC gaming 2010 onward is the ultimate platform despite not being perfect. The Galactus of gaming. Resistance is futile.

3 PS1 PS2 and early PS3 era PS trumps all over post uncharted 2 PS.

4 Nintendo is incredibly protected and biased by games media,specially from north America that seem to have massive hard on on the big N.

North American genX/milennial you tubers have re written the history of the medium putting a big enphasis on "Nintendo saving gaming" in the 80s and the N 64 and GameCube being amazing consoles. This is far from being echoed on the rest of the planet but remains the dominant narrative.

5 Nintendo target demographic is japanese salary man that game 20 to 30 min while on the train. Plus 35 YO+ nostalgic western folk.

6 Console gaming was amazing through the 6th gen. 7th onwards not so much.

7 golden age PC gaming (mid 90s through early 00s) is overrated. Lots of great games and tech advancements but also lots of hassle. This is an era where most of the age old myths of PC gaming from console gamers originated that still tarnish PC gaming to this day.

8 online gaming killed creativity in the industry. Why would you craft a great game when you can throw folks in a map and let them have "emerging gameplay and narratives"

 

[riesgoyfortuna]

Nintendo have charte blanche for doing anything with minimun effort and costs (minus some exceptions)and their can fanboys will eat it up cheering

 

[anonpuffs]

This is my unpopular gaming opinion

 

[ksdixon]

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wrong way round, Starfield should be the horse's ass

 

[riesgoyfortuna]

Nintendo fanboys are as stupid and annoying as xbots, the difference its their system and games are selling so they are less prominent on forums, but they are Still unsuferable. With that mix of elitism and lack a of any criticism for the company
They talk shit about iteration on franchises from sony, ubi or xbox and Still get crazy about the Next Pikmin, 2d Mario

 

[Old Gamer]

Nintendo fanboys are as stupid and annoying as xbots, the difference its their system and games are selling so they are less prominent on forums, but they are Still unsuferable. With that mix of elitism and lack a of any criticism for the company
They talk shit about iteration on franchises from sony, ubi or xbox and Still get crazy about the Next Pikmin, 2d Mario

Also, unlike MS, Nintendo actually delivers good games. At least Nintendo fans have logical reasons to do so.

 

[ksdixon]

if a game can't stand the test of time and gets sunset, why don't more games do the thing where they turn off the developer servers, but enable the player-to-player matchmaker thing?

Could they revive older games MP modes, give them a bit of eSports/PS Tournaments marketing, by flipping over onto player-to-player matchmaking; or make server rentals a PS+ Extra perk? I don't really understand why MP modes have to die, if games can be rejigged to do player vs player match making?

 

[ksdixon]

The "pcmr" you're referring to are xbots who bought pcs because they couldn't keep pretending xbox was good.

 

[ksdixon]

People who ask for backwards compatability with old generations hate old games

wait... what?

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

North American genX/milennial you tubers have re written the history of the medium putting a big enphasis on "Nintendo saving gaming" in the 80s and the N 64 and GameCube being amazing consoles. This is far from being echoed on the rest of the planet but remains the dominant narrative.

Yes, so much this.

Nintendo has had some important contributions to gaming (no need to name them here). But they are not the only innovators, nor are their products always compelling or even that good.

Heck, even the game and watch is put on a pedestal in some circles. These things were never good, even back in the days.

 

[Kokoloko]

• Xbox used to be good and can still turn every around
• Sony need more RPG's, RTS' and Point and Click adventures, as they've become very stale in that department
• Nintendo are the Apple of the games industry. Their games are aimed at kids and played by pedophiles
• The new generation of PC gamers are like the unpopular fat kid on the playground who's rich parents buy them all the toys so they can pretend to have friends
• PC has become so stale that they even beg for console ports as the platform has been completely abandoned by all but shysters
• The community is infested with parasitic gamers who only game because it's the in thing and the industry is infected with fake journalists and devs who see gaming as a 9-5 job, not an artform to be proud of.
• Digital distribution has been a blight on innovation..
• Openly allowing anyone to play online games has destroyed online gaming
• Pandering to CoD kiddies and fortnite has put the final nail in the 'games should be challenging' coffin
• Elden Ring is over-hyped, repetitive and the game only exists as a [Redacted] simulator
• One day a virtual rain will come and wash the scum off of the streets industry.

I was nodding away agreeing and then read the last bit of the Nintendo line lol