Unpopular Opinions about Video Games

[MembersSchoolPizza]

No. It can still do a lot of things a console can't.

So basically the defining feature of a console is that it's been deliberately gimped?

The Saturn, as a piece of hardware, was a massive piece of shit designed by crazy people. The N64 had a couple design flaws, mostly around the memory subsystem and its original ucodes, but the Saturn is ground-up bad design that should have never left the initial bull session. The two dumbest things they did were dual CPUs and building 3D objects out of transformed sprites. A major reason they never had good development tools is the design was so bad, while N64 and PS1 were out of the gate with reasonably capable dev tools in C.

I find it interesting that both the Saturn and the N64 shared one design element: They deliberately sold a console with less ram than they knew it would ultimately need, with an easy way to upgrade the ram later. For a price.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

So basically the defining feature of a console is that it's been deliberately gimped?

For lack of a better term, YES. It plays games and little else. Some double as DVD players, but the main focus should be games. The more they tried to pull consoles away from that, it became less unique/feasible when computers can do the whole "multimedia" shit better.

A major reason they never had good development tools is the design was so bad, while N64 and PS1 were out of the gate with reasonably capable dev tools in C.

The PS1 won that competition, if I recall. N64 had great exclusives, but PS1 had better hardware due to being disc-based.

 

[MembersSchoolPizza]

For lack of a better term, YES. It plays games and little else. Some double as DVD players, but the main focus should be games. The more they tried to pull consoles away from that, it became less unique/feasible when computers can do the whole "multimedia" shit better.

I don't understand the apparent magic here.

You know, it was one thing when a good gaming computer could cost 1500-2000 bucks back in 2000 dollars and a gaming console was 200-300 dollars. Then consoles had "affordable" going for them. But you can get a computer today that can do anything a console can do today and more for not much more than the console itself... Because, as you say, they're basically the same thing, in slicker packaging.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

I don't understand the apparent magic here.

You know, it was one thing when a good gaming computer could cost 1500-2000 bucks back in 2000 dollars and a gaming console was 200-300 dollars. Then consoles had "affordable" going for them. But you can get a computer today that can do anything a console can do today and more for not much more than the console itself... Because, as you say, they're basically the same thing, in slicker packaging.

The difference between a gaming console and a computer is that the former is something you plug into the TV with exclusive games that the PC and the other consoles do not have. Some games can be played on both console and PC, but a console attracts players with games that only it has. Hence why Nintendo is winning the modern console "war". They still know what a console is for.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

we are in an unpopular opinion thread

Unpopular opinion thread, not unpopular opinion hugbox. But my opinion there is unpopular too, most people will say Tenkaichi games were the best, or if they're particularly nostalgia blinded, Legacy of Goku.

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You're such a bad poster that you got a perfect royal flush of negative stickers. I don't think I"ve ever seen that before.

He's missing the dislike, someone needs to give it to him to complete the bad opinion Voltron.

N64 had great exclusives, but PS1 had better hardware due to being disc-based.

They both had great exclusives, PS1 in greater quantity too (I prefer N64, but just saying).

 

[God of Nothing]

Unpopular opinion thread, not unpopular opinion hugbox. But my opinion there is unpopular too, most people will say Tenkaichi games were the best, or if they're particularly nostalgia blinded, Legacy of Goku.

none of the straight up fighting games were particularly fun, as is often the case for fighting games
and legacy of goku is pure fucking jank

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

none of the straight up fighting games were particularly fun, as is often the case for fighting games
and legacy of goku is pure fucking jank

I think the Budokai games (non-Tenkaichi types) and Hyper Dimension were pretty fun, and I'm sure I would like DBFZ more if I wasn't utter dogshit at it.

You're right about Legacy of Goku, but the sequels actually turned out pretty decent. Good at the time, but have aged about as well as you'd expect.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

none of the straight up fighting games were particularly fun, as is often the case for fighting games

The Budokai and Budokai Tenkaichi series were fun, as was Fighter Z and Xenoverse.

and legacy of goku is pure fucking jank

It was jank that becomes fun once you break it with Solar Flare.

 

[God of Nothing]

I think the Budokai games (non-Tenkaichi types) and Hyper Dimension were pretty fun, and I'm sure I would like DBFZ more if I wasn't utter dogshit at it.

The Budokai and Budokai Tenkaichi series were fun, as was Fighter Z and Xenoverse.

the problem with all fighting games is you will get bored of it after a certain point
there's only so much variety in static characters
xenoverse averts that by having a lot of customization and a lot of things to do, even horrible multiplayer shit if you're the type of weirdo who has friends

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

the problem with all fighting games is you will get bored of it after a certain point
there's only so much variety in static characters

I suppose so. But Budokai Tenkaichi managed to get the closest to how the DBZ characters fight before Xenoverse came along.

xenoverse averts that by having a lot of customization and a lot of things to do, even horrible multiplayer shit if you're the type of weirdo who has friends

Most folks who play fighting games have friends who come over and play together in person. It's mostly the FPS gamers who game online so they can have a full screen to themselves while blasting the enemy.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

the problem with all fighting games is you will get bored of it after a certain point
there's only so much variety in static characters
xenoverse averts that by having a lot of customization and a lot of things to do, even horrible multiplayer shit if you're the type of weirdo who has friends

Depends on how into fighting games you are. There's a decent amount of depth in even the more shallow entries such as Budokai. It's definitely the kind of genre you need multiplayer for though.

Speaking of DBZ fighting games, Super Dragon Ball Z is pretty cool, and one of the most overlooked games in the series that received a western release.

It's pretty technical, made by at least some of the key figures behind Street Fighter, iirc.

 

[The Last Stand]

Is it me or do the Rainbow Six Siege female operators look older than their biographies?

Example:



This is Twitch. Her bio says 28, but to me, she looks at least 50.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

For the people complaining that The Crew will be inaccessible in a couple months, they're complaining too little too late. Ubisoft outright said that the game would be online only, yet people still decided to buy it regardless of that expectation. Ubisoft should not had made it online only in the first place. People should've said something beforehand.

I've heard some people say that there should be a class action against Ubisoft and I'm just shaking my head like there wasn't clearly a TOS that they agreed to by using the software.

I'm surprised The Crew still had so many players tbqh. I could have sworn it died and was shut down when the sequel came out.

 

[The Last Stand]

I'm surprised The Crew still had so many players tbqh. I could have sworn it died and was shut down when the sequel came out.

I don't know. I didn't even download it when it was free. Why have a leveling system in a racing game akin to an RPG? Why make a racing game always online? Why add TOWERS to a racing game?

 

[The Foxtrot]

Is it me or do the Rainbow Six Siege female operators look older than their biographies?

Example:

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This is Twitch. Her bio says 28, but to me, she looks at least 50.

I hate the whole concept of an "operator", especially when they look like cringevenger bullshit instead of even pretending to be "realistic" soldiers.

 

[el bandito loco]

Super Dragon Ball Z hands down gameplay wise is the best Dragon Ball game outside of FighterZ and I've been saying that for damn near 20 years. Best overall dragon ball game is budokai 3 and anyone jerking off over tenkaichi makes sense but I disagree with and anyone into xenoverse is either 15 or mentally retarded. both xenoverse games have the simplest and worst gameplay system I've ever encountered in a fighting game outside of DBZ kakarot. Aka pretty fun arpg with even more handholdimg xenoverse battles that hold it back. let alone the fact xenoverse and heroes have the worst storylines in anything dragon ball

 

[The Last Stand]

I hate the whole concept of an "operator", especially when they look like cringevenger bullshit instead of even pretending to be "realistic" soldiers.

My headcanon is that R6: Siege is trying to be science fiction with their high tech gadgets. Is there even a plot to it?

 

[The Foxtrot]

My headcanon is that R6: Siege is trying to be science fiction with their high tech gadgets. Is there even a plot to it?

It's not even a real Rainbow Six game, in my eyes. The original Rainbow Six games aimed to be as realistic and authentic as possible.

 

[The Last Stand]

It's not even a real Rainbow Six game, in my eyes. The original Rainbow Six games aimed to be as realistic and authentic as possible.

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 would like a word with you. That takes place in the near future.

Rainbow Six as a SWAT centric game isn't a bad concept. I'm sure a SWAT lite experience would be appreciated for consoles. Siege is "tactical" through slow movement and inconsistent hit detection.

 

[Thiletonomics]

Is it me or do the Rainbow Six Siege female operators look older than their biographies?

Example:

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This is Twitch. Her bio says 28, but to me, she looks at least 50.

Ubisoft has also been trying to "deepen" the lore with the said Operators, and it's to the point that it makes Battlefield 2042's Specialists seem more likeable (to an extent, because the Black French Nonbinary anarchist is a thing, but R6 having troon operators offsets it), because their lore is simpler, despite the lore of the game being an absolute trainwreck.



Angel is one example, since he at least looks his age. (37)