Unpopular Video Game Opinions

[Takuto Maruki]

The portable version of Persona 3 is the definitive version of Persona 3 full stop. The only reason why there's any debate to whether or not the console versions of P3 are better is because some people can't get over the fact that you need an explorable overworld to be any sort of fun.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Yeah but if you are anything like me, when I play against the computer I can set up my base and start to build an army. When I play against another human I start build my first farm and then I get attacked by a guy with a completely leveled up base LOL I always got smashed playing OG star-craft or Warcraft 3 online

sounds like you should attack the other guy before he attacks you

I play a lot, and I mean a lot, of WC3. If you're struggling, I recommend you practice getting a hero and 3-4 units out as quickly as you can to creep and defend against a rush. Look up tutorials on base building to make it as difficult as possible for an enemy to attack (if you play human, it's easy to totally wall off your workers by putting farms between each bigger building until they touch the trees).

 

[aleshemsky83]

sounds like you should attack the other guy before he attacks you

I play a lot, and I mean a lot, of WC3. If you're struggling, I recommend you practice getting a hero and 3-4 units out as quickly as you can to creep and defend against a rush. Look up tutorials on base building to make it as difficult as possible for an enemy to attack (if you play human, it's easy to totally wall off your workers by putting farms between each bigger building until they touch the trees).

I think the point, at least what I can relate to, is that when the difficulty curve is to the point where the other online players basically speak a different language than you ( not literally, i.e. know the names of all the strategies, know the meta terms, knows unit and what gives the best returns) its kind of discouraging to even want to start. If I have to study a bunch of youtube videos and wikis to even last 5 minutes in a online game the barrier is too great.

 

[tmurfin]

Not sure if this is unpopular or not, but the PSVita is the best handheld of all time. Seriously underrated and under appreciated.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

sounds like you should attack the other guy before he attacks you

I play a lot, and I mean a lot, of WC3. If you're struggling, I recommend you practice getting a hero and 3-4 units out as quickly as you can to creep and defend against a rush. Look up tutorials on base building to make it as difficult as possible for an enemy to attack (if you play human, it's easy to totally wall off your workers by putting farms between each bigger building until they touch the trees).

I consider the amount that you have to focus on every single little strategy to be a game-breaker when it comes to RTS multiplayer.

I have watched AOE 2 multiplayer videos. The difficulty curve is way too steep for anyone wanting to play multiplayer in a casual way.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

I think the point, at least what I can relate to, is that when the difficulty curve is to the point where the other online players basically speak a different language than you ( not literally, i.e. know the names of all the strategies, know the meta terms, knows unit and what gives the best returns) its kind of discouraging to even want to start. If I have to study a bunch of youtube videos and wikis to even last 5 minutes in a online game the barrier is too great.

The barrier to entry is significant, and it's not something that appeals to me whatsoever.

Not sure if this is unpopular or not, but the PSVita is the best handheld of all time. Seriously underrated and under appreciated.

Damn straight. Gotta give some love to the the Neo Geo Pocket Color too...such a brief time on the shelves, but the average quality of the games for that machine were absurd. It was a bit of a handheld Dreamcast that couldn't even last half as long as the DC.

Sadly that was another thing lost to the basement flooding right after I left for college. Faselei remains one of my favorite handheld games ever.

 

[Takuto Maruki]

PS Vita is a good handheld, but what you get out of it is dependent on what you like.

RPG's and niche Japanese games? Well hot diggity damn, you found a match in heaven.

Anything else? It's a good system, but how much you get out of it will vary greatly.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Most definitely.

There can never be enough Danganronpa in my life...and the fact that series has half as big of a fan base as it does (outside of Japan) astounds me. Without the Vita that kind of game never makes it over...once the Vita dies I wonder where those kinds of games will go.

 

[Takuto Maruki]

Most definitely.

There can never be enough Danganronpa in my life...and the fact that series has half as big of a fan base as it does (outside of Japan) astounds me.

FWIW, I played the original Danganronpa on Vita and I enjoyed it.

I didn't play the second one, I don't know why because I liked the first one, but after I saw Ultra Despair Girls and that it was essentially 'laugh at child rape simulator 2K15' I noped out of the series completely.

And from preliminary glances at the DR3 anime, it doesn't exactly bode well for the series as a whole. I dunno, I think both Danganronpa and the Zero Time series have the same core problem: eventually, the sort of mystery that is overarching beyond the first game, and into the other ones, eventually gets either too big and bloated, or too pants on head stupid to really bother. It seems as though both games, at least in terms of critical reception, really start to lose steam after the second game, with both developers trying to figure out how to top the last game in terms of twists.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I consider the amount that you have to focus on every single little strategy to be a game-breaker when it comes to RTS multiplayer.

I have watched AOE 2 multiplayer videos. The difficulty curve is way too steep for anyone wanting to play multiplayer in a casual way.

not that I disagree with you, but what other genre has as high a learning curve for beginners than most strategy games?

 

[Big McLargehuge]

True, but they'll generally teach you the basics and roll out systems gradually. I beat Red Alert 2 without even knowing what an RTS was before I first got that game.

When I look at an online RTS you may as well be dropping me off at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro without so much as wishing me luck.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Yeah, metagaming kills casual players. Something not nearly as apparent in other genres.

 

[RandV]

not that I disagree with you, but what other genre has as high a learning curve for beginners than most strategy games?

Well TBS strategy games like Civ are far more complex, and grand strategy games like Europa Universalis even more so, but as complex as they are they only move as fast as you want them to so you have time to think. In some instances with RTS as well like Age of Empires, in single player mode you're able to pause the game and issue commands at any time. In RTS' that don't have a pause button, you can at least just the difficulty level.

When you're playing an online match in an RTS though, it's not so much that it's complex as it is you have to be really robotic. You need to keep up with a very specific macro game or your opponent is going to quickly crush you.

 

[The Head Crusher]

Civ 4 is the Pinnacle of the Civilization series. Way better then 5 or 6.

 

[SniperHF]

Since it seems to be a hot topic lately:
Bioware's writing was really never all that good. Above average in some cases to be sure but hardly the gold standard they were made out to be.

Civ 4 is the Pinnacle of the Civilization series. Way better then 5 or 6.

This is not unpopular with me anyway.

I'd also add 2 to the pile, admittedly I never played 3 or the first one.

 

[The Head Crusher]

Since it seems to be a hot topic lately:
Bioware's writing was really never all that good. Above average in some cases to be sure but hardly the gold standard they were made out to be.



This is not unpopular with me anyway.

I'd also add 2 to the pile, admittedly I never played 3 or the first one.

The only 1 I didn't play was 3.

 

[McPuritania]

Since it seems to be a hot topic lately:
Bioware's writing was really never all that good. Above average in some cases to be sure but hardly the gold standard they were made out to be.



This is not unpopular with me anyway.

I'd also add 2 to the pile, admittedly I never played 3 or the first one.

I can't remember, did Bioware do Baldur's Gate? Those games had some of the best writing I've encountered. The dialogue options always had me in stitches.

 

[RandV]

I can't remember, did Bioware do Baldur's Gate? Those games had some of the best writing I've encountered. The dialogue options always had me in stitches.

Yes both BG1&2 are Bioware. Their RPG series in order of chronological appearance are:

Balders Gate
Neverwinter Nights*
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic*
Jade Empire
Mass Effect
Dragon Age
*sequels made by Obsidian

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Witcher 3 is highly overrated. I can't get into it, because everytime I start the game, I have to deal with 50 cutscenes within the first hour. Also, Gwent is terrible. Give me Triple Triad if you put a card game inside an RPG.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Witcher 3 is highly overrated. I can't get into it, because everytime I start the game, I have to deal with 50 cutscenes within the first hour. Also, Gwent is terrible. Give me Triple Triad if you put a card game inside an RPG.

Gwent is good you just have to get used to it.

The thing about witcher 3 to me is that it is about the cutscenes, and if you're not ready for that you shouldn't play it.

Quite honestly the gameplay to me is borderline broken, I don't like it one bit. I turn it down to easy and even then I can die a decent amount.

The game is more about the roleplaying aspect and interactions with npcs I've found.

But to get to you're point. Its overrated, theres no question. Theres people that say Witcher 3 has "ruined" every other game for them. I honestly can't help but laugh at that. The controls are some of the most sluggish unresponsive crap I've ever seen. It honestly feels like theres something wrong with my tv because theres like 200 ms of input lag but I've tried it with other tvs, its just the game. The combat is also tedius and theres really not a lot of useful strategies outside of jumping around like a maniac.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

I think I know the solution to your issues with The Witcher 3.


Get gud.

 

[McPuritania]

I think I know the solution to your issues with The Witcher 3.


Get gud.

Lmao, this.

Great game. I have it at the hardest difficulty, and it's fine. Gwent is amazing, and the cutscenes are bloody gold.

 

[aleshemsky83]

I think I know the solution to your issues with The Witcher 3.


Get gud.

Theres no point in getting good at witcher 3, since a enemy 3 levels higher than you is essentially invincible.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Lmao, this.

Great game. I have it at the hardest difficulty, and it's fine. Gwent is amazing, and the cutscenes are bloody gold.

I play RPGs to play a game, not watch a movie. IIRC, in the first hour, there were bar patrons, some wolves and a Griffin. Before and after each of those fights (and seemingly every 5 minutes), there was a cutscene.

And a lot of the time, the cutscene was unnecessary.

Cutscene - "Oh, there's the Griffin."
Griffin fight
Cutscene - "You defeated the Griffin! Let's go to the next location."

 

[Plub]

Overwatch really isn't all that great. Its longevity is completely dependent on people playing in groups. Where as in CSGO and BF1 you can drop in as a solo player and enjoy the game and competition. In OW, playing solo is just **** and shows the gameplay is meh.