Unpopular Opinions about Video Games

[demicolon]

I liked Two Worlds.

People made fun of the horse riding in the game but it was the most fun thing in it. Ride into the sunset, circle around enemies in an 8 pattern like you're iceskating, smite 'em down from horseback and feel like a hero. Ride around the map to find points of interest and forget about the main quest. Take a trip into the Harsh Northlands (because every RPG has to have Harsh Northlands) then in the same day ride down to tropical faux-Asian bamboo forest.

I also liked the Roman aesthetic of the imperial cities. I can't say I've seen Ancient Romans in medieval Europe before. And there's a friggin' samurai city right next to them, that was cool.

The Skelden/Karga names I swear were lifted from some obscure fantasy book series, or maybe a SF short story, but for the life of me can't remember which.

Something like 90% of the special skills you could spend your levelups on, like polearm speciality letting you unmount enemies (in a game with exactly 0 enemies on horseback) were absolutely useless and I think meant for multiplayer which nobody played lol. Any kind of build outside of sword&board, like magic or archery, was so worthless you wonder if there was any playtesting at all.

It's slavjank Oblivion but I had more fun playing it than Oblivion.

 

[Scarthew]

Maybe you are bad at the games.
Completed 0 & Kiwami on Legend and isn't difficult if you know to dodge/parry/counter.
Yakuza 3 Remastered is maybe the worst of Kiryu's mainline. Game feels like a chore, even with the counters.

I never said anything about difficulty, I just said it's not a very good combat system. The game's quite easy but I look for more in a game. Its mechanically very shallow and doesn't seem to care much how you preform at it.

 

[Fig Kommandant]

Physical goods is one of those things that everybody says they want, but most do not really want.

I agree and I also don't get the obsession with digital vs physical. If a game got too controversial MS or Sony could just update your console to make that disc unbootable. Even on PC, physical media decays. I've always thought the true preservation of video games is in piracy and emulation.

 

[Enigmatic Gale]

there's no way to avoid damage

Tell that to the people who dedicate themselves to no damaging the series, Even Yakuza 7 and Infinite Wealth can be beaten without taking damage if you're autistic enough.

 

[Jace on ice]

I never thought I'd say this but I think I unironically miss the washed out grey grimdark visual style that defined early 2000s games.

Games are way way too bright and visually busy now. I boot up a game and I'm blasted with neon, the vivid purple, pink, and baby blue pastels permenantly burned into my retinas.

 

[Psyduck]

Bit late but i liked RE6 as well. And i mean i really liked it. Story felt like pure jumbled fan service and i loved it. Mercenaries is fucking awesome too.

Fuck these guys though

They're especially fucking annoying in Ada's scenario.

Games are way way too bright and visually busy now. I boot up a game and I'm blasted with neon, the vivid purple, pink, and baby blue pastels permenantly burned into my retinas.

This shit is the equivalent of zoomer editing in youtube videos. It's like people are afraid you'll turn the game off if something shiny isnt popping out at you every 5 seconds.

 

[The Last Stand]

I never thought I'd say this but I think I unironically miss the washed out grey grimdark visual style that defined early 2000s games.

Games are way way too bright and visually busy now. I boot up a game and I'm blasted with neon, the vivid purple, pink, and baby blue pastels permenantly burned into my retinas.

That's the issue I have with modern Gears of War titles (3 and 5) compared to the first two installments. The grainy, dull colors help sell the horror, dread atmosphere. All that color saturation takes away from the intended immersion.



Here's the original Gears of War.

Here's Gears 5.




Edit: same game as above, but this further proves my point.



Way too much color saturation and HDR.

 

[The Ugly One]

That's the issue I have with modern Gears of War titles (3 and 5) compared to the first two installments. The grainy, dull colors help sell the horror, dread atmosphere. All that color saturation takes away from the intended immersion.

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Here's the original Gears of War.

Here's Gears 5.

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Edit: same game as above, but this further proves my point.

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Way too much color saturation and HDR.

It really does look like every other game now:


Do they not realize that even on the 360, desaturation was a stylistic choice?

 

[ChampFantana]

I never thought I'd say this but I think I unironically miss the washed out grey grimdark visual style that defined early 2000s games.

Games are way way too bright and visually busy now. I boot up a game and I'm blasted with neon, the vivid purple, pink, and baby blue pastels permenantly burned into my retinas.

It works perfectly for Cyberpunk 2077, but for everything else it sucks ass.

 

[Jace on ice]

It works perfectly for Cyberpunk 2077, but for everything else it sucks ass.

Well yea Night City is supposed to look like a Neon Nightmare full of ads. Fallout 4 having the same color palate as cotton candy on the other hand makes absolutely zero fucking sense.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Games are way way too bright and visually busy now.

I'm convinced it's to appease the autistic gamers who game with their main screen while listening to podcasts and checking instagram on their phones.
The visual business is the gaming equivalent of jangling keys to a toddler.

 

[The Last Stand]

I'm convinced it's to appease the autistic gamers who game with their main screen while listening to podcasts and checking instagram on their phones.
The visual business is the gaming equivalent of jangling keys to a toddler.

That explains the microtransactions, loot boxes and celebrity "cameos."

I believe Call of Duty is indirectly competing with GTA Online since Online now is an open-world militarized MMO type of game. I know they're two different types of games and genres, but the appeal of them overlap between gamers.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

I believe Call of Duty is indirectly competing with GTA Online since Online now is an open-world militarized MMO type of game. I know they're two different types of games and genres, but the appeal of them overlap between gamers.

You're right and they're not different games. Genres are a by-gone idea of an industry that had talent.
It wasn't long ago that everything was labelled 'RPG', but this was only because it was easier to ram in MTX and 'buying levels' when the idea is to level up.
Who the fuck levels up in an FPS?

Online is pushed because it's the easiest place to play on FOMO. If other players have the best bling bling wahoo items, it forces FOMO to niggercattle who NEED to buy the shiny shiny MTX.
Even single player games are forced to be online.

 

[The bearer of arms]

Realistic graphics, 60fps and above, and 60 hour games don't impress me. I have a pretty good pc, cost well over 2000 dollars and I'm not impressed with all the graphics and performance at all. I'm more happy about my switch since I can play it whenever I want (I almost exclusively play it at work, cause we have a lot of down time and no I'm not getting the 2nd one.)

 

[The Ugly One]

I believe Call of Duty is indirectly competing with GTA Online since Online now is an open-world militarized MMO type of game. I know they're two different types of games and genres, but the appeal of them overlap between gamers.

All entertainment indirectly competes with all other entertainment. When I have free time, if I'd rather watch paint dry than play CoD, I'll do that.

Even single player games are forced to be online.

Diablo IV has no single-player mode and no actual high-difficulty modes because MUH BATTLE PASS.

 

[The Last Stand]

All entertainment indirectly competes with all other entertainment. When I have free time, if I'd rather watch paint dry than play CoD, I'll do that.

Sure. What I mean is that genres typically compete with each other (e.g. FPS genre; Call of Duty vs. Battlefield). That's why I gave that disclaimer. In this case, GTA VI will be a juggernaut for ALL upcoming video games around this fall. All this manufactured hype and fan anticipation, what video game would DARE release around GTA VI's launch?

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

Realistic graphics, 60fps and above, and 60 hour games don't impress me. I have a pretty good pc, cost well over 2000 dollars and I'm not impressed with all the graphics and performance at all. I'm more happy about my switch since I can play it whenever I want (I almost exclusively play it at work, cause we have a lot of down time and no I'm not getting the 2nd one.)

My last two game purchases were Dark Forces (Remastered) and Boltgun; both of which are sprite-based FPS games with 3D backgrounds. I had as much fun as I would playing a regular 3D game like Halo or Metal Gear Solid.

 

[Thiletonomics]

I never thought I'd say this but I think I unironically miss the washed out grey grimdark visual style that defined early 2000s games.

Games are way way too bright and visually busy now. I boot up a game and I'm blasted with neon, the vivid purple, pink, and baby blue pastels permenantly burned into my retinas.

The brightness and flashiness of today's games somehow makes Battlefield 3's blue filter visual style seem easier to look at in comparison. And some people REALLY hated that.

 

[POWER IN MISERY]

Look Outside is the 2025 indie RPG GOTY and makes the coinflip yaoi enthusiast and more simulator Fear & Hunger look fucking childishly grim and gay. If you're even a little bit interested you should check out Look Outside.

 

[WULULULULU]

The brightness and flashiness of today's games somehow makes Battlefield 3's blue filter visual style seem easier to look at in comparison. And some people REALLY hated that.

I honestly want to know which game was the Patient Zero to this. Even I'm starting to notice this too.