Unpopular Opinions about Video Games

[Lone Wandering Courier]

Maybe, but it's very convenient that when any element of religion is held to scrutiny, even allegedly constructively, it's always Christianity.

To be fair, the people always criticizing christianity tend to live in countries where that was the majority religion. If some other religion like buddism was the majority religion, then people would be mostly critical of that instead.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

To be fair, the people always criticizing christianity tend to live in countries where that was the majority religion. If some other religion like buddism was the majority religion, then people would be mostly critical of that instead.

That's because Christianity doesn't actually strike back outside of some cranky pastors yelling about demons or something. If they insulted Islam, you'd be finding the game devs' heads in a trash can. Same thing in Buddhist-majority countries where the people there are much more violent about defending their faith. Even the Christian religious right in the 80s weren't as militant as defending their faith when compared to other religions.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

To be fair, the people always criticizing christianity tend to live in countries where that was the majority religion. If some other religion like buddism was the majority religion, then people would be mostly critical of that instead.

That's the common excuse you'll hear, and while not untrue it still rings hollow, especially as "diverse" as the west is becoming. You'd think these games were made in the 50's.

That's because Christianity doesn't actually strike back outside of some cranky pastors yelling about demons or something. If they insulted Islam, you'd be finding the game devs' heads in a trash can. Same thing in Buddhist-majority countries where the people there are much more violent about defending their faith. Even the Christian religious right in the 80s weren't as militant as defending their faith when compared to other religions.

Yep, Christians are a safe target. Even if I was an Atheist I'd roll my eyes at this stuff because it's so transparent, the big nosed elephant on one side of the room and the bomb-vest elephant on the other.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

That's the common excuse you'll hear, and while not untrue it still rings hollow, especially as "diverse" as the west is becoming. You'd think these games were made in the 50's.

It's as hollow as people saying how women only had a voice in gaming now, when women have been in gaming for decades. I've seen girls play Mario Kart 64 back in the fucking 90s.

Yep, Christians are a safe target. Even if I was an Atheist I'd roll my eyes at this stuff because it's so transparent, the big nosed elephant on one side of the room and the bomb-vest elephant on the other.

Notice how most religious bad guys in gaming almost always is some kind of derivative of Christianity. Halo had the balls to make the Covenant resemble radical Islam, what with the Arbiter originally being called the Dervish, the bad guys are called Prophets, and some enemy troops commit suicide bombings, and Fallout New Vegas had the balls to make religious groups like the Mormons into good guys, but modern game devs will never have that kind of balls ever again. TLOU2 having the bad guys be Seraphites is a more recent example.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

It's as hollow as people saying how women only had a voice in gaming now, when women have been in gaming for decades. I've seen girls play Mario Kart 64 back in the fucking 90s.

It's true that it was generally advertised to--and most games were developed for--a male audience, but yeah, girls have always been welcome to play games and have even had them made specifically for them (which they also complain about because you can't win with feminists). But it's just that it was traditionally, and largely still is, a male dominated hobby, and they don't like, so their screeching "voice" must be made heard over everything, including the games themselves.

I knew lots of girls who played games. My sisters.played video games with me a lot. Also, one girl I knew had PlayStation at time I had N64, and we had fun playing with each other's systems. The manufactured gender strife is really pointless.

Halo had the balls to make the Covenant resemble radical Islam, what with the Arbiter originally being called the Dervish, the bad guys are called Prophets, and some enemy troops commit suicide bombings

Based but I wish a game would just go all out for once. I assume some realistic military games showed Muslims as enemies, but I bet even that stopped entirely more recently.

 

[BallsOfaKiwi]

There's probably no reason to play much Vidya past the age of 30. It's an arena to explore and play pretend so you know what to do in real life. If you go past that you're either in it professionally or lack something in life. Doesn't mean the occassional game for nostalgia sake or trying out a new hobby virtually is bad but playing games as a hobby probably is.

Kinda struggling with this myself a bit. I know it fills a bit of a void even though I don't want to admit it. One could say it's the same with any hobby. But if you're interested in racing you might as well go for a real car at this point, if you're interested in guns get a real gun, if you're wanting to explore something then explore it. RPG fan? Go RPG trying to get a deal or get a girl or get in somewhere.


Games make everything so much easier and accessible but what they offer is less than the real thing. But I think so about other things too, like people who play chess. Chess was used as an abstraction to teach and expand strategic thinking and prepare people for literal or figurative war. If you take chess seriously it's like taking the abstraction seriously. Instead of applying it to reality you apply it to itself. Its a waste.

 

[ComStar]

I really liked Heroes of Might And Magic IV, despite it being a broken mess of janky combat, odd art and generally subpar execution. I still play it every now and then, but with the Equilibris mod. It's definitely an acquired taste

Now that i think about it, most of the things i play nowadays are basically mod delivery systems...

 

[Prophetic Spirit]

There's probably no reason to play much Vidya past the age of 30. It's an arena to explore and play pretend so you know what to do in real life. If you go past that you're either in it professionally or lack something in life. Doesn't mean the occassional game for nostalgia sake or trying out a new hobby virtually is bad but playing games as a hobby probably is.

Kinda struggling with this myself a bit. I know it fills a bit of a void even though I don't want to admit it. One could say it's the same with any hobby. But if you're interested in racing you might as well go for a real car at this point, if you're interested in guns get a real gun, if you're wanting to explore something then explore it. RPG fan? Go RPG trying to get a deal or get a girl or get in somewhere.


Games make everything so much easier and accessible but what they offer is less than the real thing. But I think so about other things too, like people who play chess. Chess was used as an abstraction to teach and expand strategic thinking and prepare people for literal or figurative war. If you take chess seriously it's like taking the abstraction seriously. Instead of applying it to reality you apply it to itself. Its a waste.

Yeah, say that to people who have 0% interested in social interactions.

Thread Tax: i don't know, i find Skyrim pretty chill.

 

[The Ugly One]

There's probably no reason to play much Vidya past the age of 30. It's an arena to explore and play pretend so you know what to do in real life. If you go past that you're either in it professionally or lack something in life.

I lack the ability to fulfill the biological imperative of slaughtering hordes of my foes with a chainsaw. Thus video games.

It's true that it was generally advertised to--and most games were developed for--a male audience, but yeah, girls have always been welcome to play games and have even had them made specifically for them (which they also complain about because you can't win with feminists). But it's just that it was traditionally, and largely still is, a male dominated hobby, and they don't like, so their screeching "voice" must be made heard over everything, including the games themselves.

It's not that gaming is male-dominated, it's that the games women like are so alien to men that men call them "non-games." Women love games, play tons of them, and drive piles of gaming revenue, they're just games that men find stupid and boring. But on the flip side, the games men like are by and large yucky and gross to women. Driving cars super fast? Bursting zombie skulls? Conquering the world? Ew!!! Why are the things men like so gross!!!!

 

[BallsOfaKiwi]

Yeah, say that to people who have 0% interested in social interactions.

Thread Tax: i don't know, i find Skyrim pretty chill.

Is this unpopular opnions about Vidya or popular opinions about Vidya?
There's probably something wrong with you if you have 0 % interest in social interactions . If you can fix that, then great. If it's something you're stuck with then fine, my opinion doesn't apply to you.

 

[Prophetic Spirit]

Is this unpopular opnions about Vidya or popular opinions about Vidya?
There's probably something wrong with you if you have 0 % interest in social interactions . If you can fix that, then great. If it's something you're stuck with then fine, my opinion doesn't apply to you.

I think people normally find Skyrim as a bloody mess.
Wrong? Man, i have autism; if that's wrong but snorting cocaine, having sex without protection with everybody or vaping is right...
Nah, and i'm not gonna derail the thread more. Better start a topic in Inner Thoughts.

 

[BallsOfaKiwi]

I think people normally find Skyrim as a bloody mess.
Wrong? Man, i have autism; if that's wrong but snorting cocaine, having sex without protection with everybody or vaping is right...
Nah, and i'm not gonna derail the thread more. Better start a topic in Inner Thoughts.

Porque no los dos?
You have things as an introvert/autist who is unable to function well socially that you need to work on to become a better person while highly extrovert people who fuck around do indeed find out and they have their issues to deal with.

I'm sure you find friends and people to communicate with online, maybe through gaming. So it's helping you in a way still and that's fine I guess. It's a generalization, might be exceptions. At least for me I see gaming past my 25th year as mostly a waste, wheras up to that point it taught me about life and expanded my social circle and improved my reaction times, etc. It still kinda keeps my brin fresh and pretty fast though.

 

[Gondolindrim]

GRRM's name is on Elden Ring for publicity reasons only, the man obviously contributed nothing to the game's story.

ER has the same tropes from all the other Souls games: dragons, undead, giants at war with humans, a decadent world, giant trees, and all the berserk references. meanwhile, it has nothing to do with GoT, maybe the infighting incestuous relationship with the demigods, but all this shit is so anime-like weeb garbage that I have my doubts.

Besides, that fatfuck can't finish his own story, let alone someone else's lmao.

Look dude, I get that you don't like GRRM but Elden Ring's storytelling vs any of the Souls games is night and day. It's very obvious that they had him write out the backstory of The Shattering at least. Everything else though? Probably purely Fromsoft since there are so many contradictions once you go further back in time.

 

[Asian tech support]

There's probably no reason to play much Vidya past the age of 30. It's an arena to explore and play pretend so you know what to do in real life. If you go past that you're either in it professionally or lack something in life. Doesn't mean the occassional game for nostalgia sake or trying out a new hobby virtually is bad but playing games as a hobby probably is.

Kinda struggling with this myself a bit. I know it fills a bit of a void even though I don't want to admit it. One could say it's the same with any hobby. But if you're interested in racing you might as well go for a real car at this point, if you're interested in guns get a real gun, if you're wanting to explore something then explore it. RPG fan? Go RPG trying to get a deal or get a girl or get in somewhere.


Games make everything so much easier and accessible but what they offer is less than the real thing. But I think so about other things too, like people who play chess. Chess was used as an abstraction to teach and expand strategic thinking and prepare people for literal or figurative war. If you take chess seriously it's like taking the abstraction seriously. Instead of applying it to reality you apply it to itself. Its a waste.

Is this unpopular opnions about Vidya or popular opinions about Vidya?

>posts some opinion that isn't really about video games at all
>berates someone for their opinion about video games
The absolute state.

 

[Raging Capybara]

Look dude, I get that you don't like GRRM but Elden Ring's storytelling vs any of the Souls games is night and day. It's very obvious that they had him write out the backstory of The Shattering at least. Everything else though? Probably purely Fromsoft since there are so many contradictions once you go further back in time.

Yeah, bro. We all know an American fatfuck in his 70s absolutely wrote about a cute waifu doll who marries you.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

There's probably no reason to play much Vidya past the age of 30. It's an arena to explore and play pretend so you know what to do in real life. If you go past that you're either in it professionally or lack something in life.

Dude, I was introduced to gaming by a doctor who was playing games at the age of forty. And the man had a high-paying job and was a productive member of society.

It's true that it was generally advertised to--and most games were developed for--a male audience, but yeah, girls have always been welcome to play games and have even had them made specifically for them (which they also complain about because you can't win with feminists).

Games on the Ipad and smartphone were made for women, mostly. I see my mom and many other moms playing Candy Crush and other, similar games. You also had games like Metroid which featured female protagonists, as well as games like Jedi Academy, Halo Reach, Mass Effect, KOTOR, SWTOR, Elder Scrolls, World of Warcraft, and Fallout which had protagonists that you could make female. But I suppose since female PCs were usually sexy, that would still offend feminists.

But it's just that it was traditionally, and largely still is, a male dominated hobby, and they don't like, so their screeching "voice" must be made heard over everything, including the games themselves.

Feminism hated video games because they made men happy, and anything that fulfills the male fantasy is evil in their eyes.

I knew lots of girls who played games. My sisters.played video games with me a lot. Also, one girl I knew had PlayStation at time I had N64, and we had fun playing with each other's systems. The manufactured gender strife is really pointless.

Same here. I had the N64/Gamecube, she had the PS1/Xbox, a friend had the PS2, and we shared our consoles together.

Based but I wish a game would just go all out for once. I assume some realistic military games showed Muslims as enemies, but I bet even that stopped entirely more recently.

That stopped after the late 2000s when you were no longer allowed to see Muslims as enemies.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

That stopped after the late 2000s when you were no longer allowed to see Muslims as enemies.

Quite possibly the biggest mistake Jews ever made by empowering the Muslim Left. Had they kept the propaganda up, more people would be okay with fucking Hamas to death.

 

[whogoesthere]

I actually appreciate that there are non-updated ports of games like Team Fortress 2 and CoD Wii titles. It preserves the developer's original vision.

Couple of years ago me and my mate loaded up tf2 as a little blast from the past. Its shite now, but we found an OG server, standard weapons and no hats. Its amazing to remember how clean and well presented the game used to be, all that other shit they added makes it a mess.

Something about older games having less shit in them to clutter up what you see, it made it easier to figure shit out on your own.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Yep, Christians are a safe target. Even if I was an Atheist I'd roll my eyes at this stuff because it's so transparent,

As an atheist, I can confirm.

It's not as if Christianity doesn't deserve it. They have major problems. Just look at something like Theremin Trees or any of the Christian episodes of Cinema Snob. Where it becomes a problem is when it's spineless fedora tipping.

RPG fan? Go RPG trying to get a deal or get a girl or get in somewhere.

Someone hasn't seen the state of modern dating.

Boomers might be baffled that a popular Gen Z and Millennial fantasy is living a simple life on a farm in the middle of nowhere, but there's a reason it's become popular.

if you're interested in racing you might as well go for a real car at this point

I only think that when I see people spending £10,000 plus on a racing sim rig. Just go to a track day at that point.

 

[BallsOfaKiwi]

>posts some opinion that isn't really about video games at all
>berates someone for their opinion about video games
The absolute state.

The opinion is about video games and who do I berate? Myself? I m stating that Im literally struggling with the dilemma that I'm describing.
Please quote me where I'm berating someone for stating their opinion. Im berating the hobby of video gaming, that's my opinion. But anyone is of course entitled to theirs. I think I also acknowledge the positive effects it might have on someone who has autism and struggles to socialize otherwise, don't I?
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Someone hasn't seen the state of modern dating.

Boomers might be baffled that a popular Gen Z and Millennial fantasy is living a simple life on a farm in the middle of nowhere, but there's a reason it's become popular.

So you'd rather be dating a one dimensional character in a video game or what? Why not try hardmode that is iRL? Heck a lot of girls might be starting to feel the same way but you'll never know about each other. Unless you're both playing some MMORPG or something I guess

And yes, that's a fantasy among especiall the young urban tech professionals and economists. That's why there's almost a flight to the countryside from the urban cities for the first time in centuries. Even Marie Antoniette had a farm to fuck off from the pressures of the royal court.

Maybe the solution is to go farming, instead of living that life in a game while having your soul drained in an office?
I realize it's not easy, I've gone in some similar thoughts of abandoning my life and opening a little pub/In somewhere in the countryside for example.

But as long as we can live through these fantasies in a game, there's less of a chance we will actually embark on them in real life - cause we get our fix - and that's a sad, depressing thing.


WIth VR and AI its gonna get even worse. We should stop this while we still can.