Unpopular Gaming Opinions

[sabitsuki]

5 hours ago, Zello said:

How the mob works actually fits a game more and wouldn't be boring imo though it depends on which era of the mob. Problem is the Mafia series hasn't really focused on that part of their games much.

Yeah but it wouldn't be that fun in an open world setting, honestly.

 

The closest game where you get to run a Mafia organization from the top down is Omerta, which plays a bit like Tropico.

[Zello]

7 hours ago, DownInThePMs said:

Yeah but it wouldn't be that fun in an open world setting, honestly.

Nah man that climb from associate to made man definitely works in an open world game going from rags to riches. Starting off as an errand boy and moving up there's a progression and reward factor that makes sense. With the highest rank you can achieve is Capo since Mob bosses don't get their hands dirty and it'd be pretty unrealistic.

 

The Mafia is also involved in a bunch of rackets and businesses that open up a lot of side activities. The problem is no game has done it properly.

 

It would have to be a period piece though 70s-80s I would say 90s but that was when the Mafia started getting arrested and people snitching on each other and their influence started falling rapidly. Since the Mafia these days aren't involved in much.

Edited June 24, 2021 by Zello

[sabitsuki]

On 6/25/2021 at 6:15 AM, Zello said:

Nah man that climb from associate to made man definitely works in an open world game going from rags to riches. Starting off as an errand boy and moving up there's a progression and reward factor that makes sense. With the highest rank you can achieve is Capo since Mob bosses don't get their hands dirty and it'd be pretty unrealistic.

 

The Mafia is also involved in a bunch of rackets and businesses that open up a lot of side activities. The problem is no game has done it properly.

Sounds like the godfather but with a rank progression system and yakuza's real estate minigame

 

In that case i want to see the protagonist do this sh*t

 

 

Edited June 26, 2021 by DownInThePMs

[KingAJ032304]

On 4/16/2021 at 10:28 AM, Guest said:

I prefer Sonic over Mario these days.

 

No Mario game has quite reached the greatness that is Sonic Adventure. At least for me. The music is top notch, as well.

Mario Galaxy 1/2?

On 3/26/2021 at 4:38 AM, Western Gunslinger said:

games stop being fun when devs start trying too hard to make the game realistic or cinematic

I disagree (which I know goes against the point of the topic, sorry), I think games stop being fun when they don't know how to make realistic stuff FEEL fun and also when devs don't have imagination.

[KingAJ032304]

I think RDR1 and GTA VC are rockstar's two most overrated games and aren't really anything special besides executing the atmosphere and time period admittedly amazingly. Outside that the games are just baselines to use imo.

On 4/17/2021 at 4:45 AM, VercettiGuy said:

Ubisoft games always have a weird feel to them.

I can't tell you what it is, but it's never positive.

 

Also, most of them are just copy & paste. (Division and Ghost Recon)

They feel INCREDIBLY artificial, railroaded, and unfluid/natatrual imo.

[Algonquin Assassin]

I'm not sure how unpopular of an opinion this is, but the distinction between PS4 and PS5 game covers is so much more user friendly than the XB1 and Series X IMO. With the PS4 and PS5 game covers the blue and white labelling is so much to notice from affair.

 

On the XB1/Series X front the way the covers are designed is confusing at first glance. Just as an example.

 

 

With the games that are made for Series X only I can imagine how many people might pick up a Series X game thinking it can also be played on XB1 since they're pretty much identical. Another example.

 

 

 

I've never been a big fan of Microsoft's naming conventions, but atleast pre-Series X you tell Xbox, 360 and XB1 games apart pretty easily without thinking about it too much. Sony's way is more logical and less confusing to those that may not be big gamers like us (aka families or those grandparents looking to buy their grandkids a new game/console).

Edited June 27, 2021 by MiamiViceCity1986

[sabitsuki]

Yakuza 0 had better dialogue than RDR 2 and TLOU. It was also more of an emotional rollercoaster than both games.

 

I think Kiryu losing a pocket racing game against a bunch of kids was much sadder than Arthur finding out he had TB from that doctor.

Edited June 28, 2021 by DownInThePMs

[el carlitos]

I hate the PS5 design. I really want to get a PS5 soon, at the same time I´m annoyed by the color, size and design of the PS5. The more I look at it (pictures and videos) the more I hate it. I will switch to a Slim version asap even if it keeps it futuristic design as long as it gets little smaller.

[Mindshower]

 

I was so let down playing Shenmue for the first time last year. I enjoy the Yakuza series, so I thought it would go over with me a lot better than it did. I'm not surprised that the 3rd game didn't sell all that well. It wasn't projected to break records or anything, but it came and went alright.

[sabitsuki]

On 6/30/2021 at 2:14 AM, RenegadeAngel said:

Yakuza 0 features one of the greatest stories in recent AAA gaming, I dare say all time even. It's easily on par with RDR 2 and stronger that any Mafia or GTA(including the beloved IV)

A must-play for all those who enjoy crime stories. 

I like how this statement can be taken from both ironic and unironic perspectives.

 

But really, I think where the games really shine are the extra substories. Not only do they act as great character development for the protagonists, but they feel really fulfulling, not just from a gameplay/reward standpoint, but an emotional one as well. There's usually some kind of moral attached to each of the stories which I find add to the charm of the games.

 

The random strangers in GTA felt more like an afterthought really. They're either really uninteresting, or weird for the sake of being weird, save for a few characters like Brian, Pathos and Marnie.

 

They've improved on them in RDR2 (like that one stranger mission where Arthur helps out Charlotte), but they still don't really give me the same impact as the Yakuza games, mostly because it feels like Arthur and John (and by extent the other Rockstar protagonists) are more like observers to the strangers' plights rather than instigators of change, not to mention not a lot of the stranger quests get resolved in a meaningful way.

Edited June 30, 2021 by DownInThePMs

[GhettoJesus]

On 6/29/2021 at 4:35 PM, Mindshower said:

I enjoy the Yakuza series, so I thought it would go over with me a lot better than it did.

A lot of players fall for this trap unfortunately. I think Shenmue is somewhat a one of a kind experience and you can't really compare it to anything. The PC ports came out in 2018 and they fell flat. They expected that porting a (at the time) 19 year old Dreamcast game (18 for Shenmue II) will be good enough for the PC audience. I think they are good games (haven't had the chance to play III yet) but they definitely have their flaws.

 

On 6/28/2021 at 3:58 PM, DownInThePMs said:

I think Kiryu losing a pocket racing game against a bunch of kids was much sadder than Arthur finding out he had TB from that doctor.

For real, I could pick any Yakuza game and I can guarantee you that it has more emotional scenes than RDR 2.

[WXSTER]

I never got into gta VC its such a tiring game that never feels right 

 

CS is not fun with people they are rude and never friendly 

 

Cyberpunk was pretty fun

[KingAJ032304]

On 6/23/2021 at 9:21 AM, MiamiViceCity1986 said:

It depends how you look at it. The games are quite realistic when it comes gameplay mechanics aka refuelling, traffic violations and other features even R* wouldn’t dare touch, but the “gamey” sections have to come at the expense of disbelief because well it’s still a video game.

Imagine how boring it would be if they were more true to life simulators to how the mob really worked? When people say they’re realistic they pretty much mean those features I listed above rather than every single facet being “realistic”.

 

I always thought the idea of having like an 8 enemy cap on the most intense missions but with REALLY advance ai would be cool. And also maybe the player only has like 2-3x the health of an npc would make it so small time gun shootouts were really intense!

[KingAJ032304]

On 6/24/2021 at 6:15 PM, Zello said:

Nah man that climb from associate to made man definitely works in an open world game going from rags to riches. Starting off as an errand boy and moving up there's a progression and reward factor that makes sense. With the highest rank you can achieve is Capo since Mob bosses don't get their hands dirty and it'd be pretty unrealistic.

 

The Mafia is also involved in a bunch of rackets and businesses that open up a lot of side activities. The problem is no game has done it properly.

 

It would have to be a period piece though 70s-80s I would say 90s but that was when the Mafia started getting arrested and people snitching on each other and their influence started falling rapidly. Since the Mafia these days aren't involved in much.

imagine a world where game devs actually were able to execute the integrate the crime concepts that differentiate the game from GTA in the GAMEPLAY as much as the story parts of the game (Mafia having mafia in the free roam, more police stuff in la noire/sleeping dogs, etc.)

[Mindshower]

In retrospect the brown & bloom era of video games where everyone was going for gritty realism didn't deserve the meme status it's been regulated to. At least it was distinctive when compared to the aesthetically void and confused triple A market today. I'm not calling the screenshots below peak art design or anything, but at least you can identify them with an era.

 

[Arnox]

Unless it's an MMO, microtransactions are unacceptable. And even then, they have to be implemented with careful consideration.

 

If you're not Steam or GOG, I'm not buying anything from your f*cking launcher or even using it. Competition is fine, but they're not even trying to compete. They're holding games hostage behind their sh*tty platform.

 

People may say that these aren't unpopular opinions, but you'd be surprised. >_>

[Darth Absentis]

I never got why people went ps4 over pc unless being on a strict budget, having console exclusives and i even understand it less now with the ps5. same with the latest xbox consoles

 

Main reason is not me wanting to start a console war or because PC is so perfect(it is not), but because the subscription on the internet service and those consoles actually lately(actually already since ps3) experiencing more and more of the same problems PC's got.

Updates, more updates, games actually being released as an incomplete unpolished mess, knowing your settings being important, googling fault codes to figure out what i going wrong, connecting devices to the main console....

[KingAJ032304]

This generation hardly feels like an improvement over the last generation so far. Even the space provided isn't even doubled.

[Darth Absentis]

On 1/2/2022 at 8:03 PM, KingAJ032304 said:

This generation hardly feels like an improvement over the last generation so far. Even the space provided isn't even doubled.

Pretty sure game developers admit as much themselves. most data seems to get wasted on better graphics and bigger spaces if not mistaken

[-l-]

Dark Souls difficulty is completely overrated.

Edited January 26 by -l-

[sabitsuki]

On 11/11/2021 at 10:53 PM, Mindshower said:

In retrospect the brown & bloom era of video games where everyone was going for gritty realism didn't deserve the meme status it's been regulated to. At least it was distinctive when compared to the aesthetically void and confused triple A market today. I'm not calling the screenshots below peak art design or anything, but at least you can identify them with an era.

 

I have a soft spot for this poop look tbh

[-l-]

All Borderlands are boring.

Edited January 26 by -l-