Unpopular Opinions: Video Game Edition Redux

[Forsaken Lover]

1. Blood Omen 2 was still interesting, even if it was the weakest game in the series.
2. The scariest thing about Classic Resident Evil was the camera. Camera Angles killed more players than zombies or bioweapons.
3. Dirge of Cerberus was indeed a pretty cool game overall.
4. Final Fantasy II was a lot of fun and isn't the worst game in the series.
5. Silent Hill 4 was a good game with an awesome, awesome character in Walter Sullivan.
6. SNK is better than Capcom. Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, King of Fighters - they all >>>> Street Fighter.

[Ayen]

2. The scariest thing about Classic Resident Evil was the camera. Camera Angles killed more players than zombies or bioweapons.

LMAO! I can't help but agree with this, though.

[Shoeberto]

Video games are for children, end of discussion.

[Slothy]

> I fail to see the point of why the N64 is so praised minus the Zelda games, when the PlayStation was a zillion better console, and yet on most gaming lists the N64 is rated so high and the PlayStation is below it.
Butt-hurt Nintendo fanboy made the list ?

Revisionist history. Even on the games front, a lot of those PS1 masterpieces are sliding lower and lower on Top Games of All Time lists while the legacies of a lot of N64 games are surging. The same thing happened in Hip Hop a few years back where Jay-Z's back catalog started getting a lot more recognition than it ever had (or rightly deserved), just because he had made a lot of money in recent years.

Completely untrue.

First off, the N64 had better 3D controls until the dual shock came out, but even then, Mario 64 was a better 3D platformer than any platformer I ever played on the PSX. Not to mention it had a ton of other great 3D games as well. Majora's Mask, Mario Kart, Star Fox, Rogue Squadron, Pilotwings, F-Zero, Turok, not to mention that GoldenEye and Perfect Dark set the standard for FPS games on console.

The N64 was a console with some of the best, and most legitimately revolutionary 3D games of that era. Now I wouldn't argue that the PSX wasn't the better console. It absolutely was as it had the larger library, better developer support, and a lot more variety in the types of games available. But what the N64 did, it did extremely well. When it came to making 3D games, Nintendo had it figured out from the get go. It wasn't until the end of that generation and the beginning of the next that other companies really started to figure out true 3D games to the same degree Nintendo had back in 1996. They laid out the groundwork that is the basis for almost every 3D game out there right now on one level or another. Certainly the controls in pretty much every third person 3D game can be traced directly to Mario 64. The PSX may have been more popular and it may have had the better overall library, but Nintendo set the standard for 3D games, not the PlayStation. And that's not revisionist history. Anyone who played both consoles at the time would tell you that 3D games on the PSX didn't come close to controlling as well as Mario 64 for a long time.

As for unpopular opinions:
-FFX is mediocre
-FFXIII is one of the worst big budget games ever made
-FFVII is mediocre as well
-RE4 is an awful game
-The movement controls in RE4 are the same tank like garbage people complained about in the earlier games. Except they're actually more cumbersome in 4.

[Bolivar]

The PSX may have been more popular and it may have had the better overall library, but Nintendo set the standard for 3D games, not the PlayStation. And that's not revisionist history.

Ummm....

Kinda confused here. It looks like you're reiterating the point I was trying to make and responding to one I never did.

[Madame Adequate]

Nobody except me knows trout about videogames.

Dark Souls is a very good game, but not the revolutionary masterpiece it's been roundly hailed as.

[Shorty]

I think Silent Hill 2 has the best story in a video game of all time. While this may not be exactly unpopular, let me just stress that I think it is hands-down the best story ever. Nothing can beat it. Nothing.

Interesting! I like this game very much, but I don't know if I'd be so bold as to call it the best video game story of all time. Can you elaborate?

• Tomb Raider sold out

Agreed.

I prefer Dead Island to Left 4 Dead.

[Pumpkin]

Why do you guys think Tomb Raider sold out?

I'm not saying I agree or disagree, I know very little about the series so this is more of a curiosity question to understand what you're talking about.

[maybee]

> I love Final Fantasy VII, most likely favorite Final Fantasy game

This is an unpopular opinion now? Oh internet, how you've changed.
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trout

I meant Final Fantasy VIII

no internet hasn't changed, VIII is still hated sadly ;c


> I hate Tactics, least favorite Final Fantasy game ever, even prefer XII, at least XII had Larsa.

[Shiny]

Silent Hill 2 is pretty high on my list of good stories and maybe I would consider it close to Red Dead Redemption in terms of damn good story.

My unpopular opinion is that Resident Evil, the whole series is horrible trout. Why this is not the popular opinion, I will never know. Wait, I kinda do know: character eye candy and zombies. With that said, I will keep playing them bitterly because zombies and co-op.

[Old Manus]

Why do you guys think Tomb Raider sold out?

A lot of people like it, but in my opinion:

• Iconic dual pistols replaced with am ~edgy~ bow and arrow. It's like switching out James Bond's handgun with a club.
• The original games were smurfing hard, man. I mean, properly difficult. You could spend ages padding about trying to open a door. This one smurfing LIGHTS UP EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO if you spend more than a paltry amount of time trying to figure it out. Why do games these days always have to hold your hand every step of the way for fear you might get bored and switch off if a puzzle requires anything approaching player agency?
• The originals had some truly amazing level design. I was playing TR2 the other week and was wowed by how a game made in 1997 still actually looks better and well put together than so many games I've seen since. (Exhibit A Exhibit B Exhibit C). Now it's just 'lol enjoy ur grimdark jungle'. The jungle level in TR3 (nb. Level 1) was more aesthetically pleasing than the whole game.
• It used to be a more cerebral game with vast levels focused on problem solving, platforming and puzzling, with combat added in to make things interesting. Now it's a cut & paste third person over-the-shoulder shooter. I've played this game hundreds of times before.
• The character of Lara changed from a no-bulltrout-80s-style-action-hero to your typical vulnerable introspective ~why do i fight~ emotional wuss. Sure, you can say the character is 'deeper' or whatever, but I preferred the action hero.
• Her accent. Oh my God.

Note: One may get the impression from this post that I actually really care that much. I don't. I just prefer the originals.

[Sephex]

Why do you guys think Tomb Raider sold out?

A lot of people like it, but in my opinion:

• Iconic dual pistols replaced with am ~edgy~ bow and arrow. It's like switching out James Bond's handgun with a club.
• The original games were smurfing hard, man. I mean, properly difficult. You could spend ages padding about trying to open a door. This one smurfing LIGHTS UP EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO if you spend more than a paltry amount of time trying to figure it out. Why do games these days always have to hold your hand every step of the way for fear you might get bored and switch off if a puzzle requires anything approaching player agency?
• The originals had some truly amazing level design. I was playing TR2 the other week and was wowed by how a game made in 1997 still actually looks better and well put together than so many games I've seen since. (Exhibit A Exhibit B Exhibit C). Now it's just 'lol enjoy ur grimdark jungle'. The jungle level in TR3 (nb. Level 1) was more aesthetically pleasing than the whole game.
• It used to be a more cerebral game with vast levels focused on problem solving, platforming and puzzling, with combat added in to make things interesting. Now it's a cut & paste third person over-the-shoulder shooter. I've played this game hundreds of times before.
• The character of Lara changed from a no-bulltrout-80s-style-action-hero to your typical vulnerable introspective ~why do i fight~ emotional wuss. Sure, you can say the character is 'deeper' or whatever, but I preferred the action hero.
• Her accent. Oh my God.

Note: One may get the impression from this post that I actually really care that much. I don't. I just prefer the originals.

Also, triangle boobs are more attractive.

[Ayen]

> I love Final Fantasy VII, most likely favorite Final Fantasy game

This is an unpopular opinion now? Oh internet, how you've changed.
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trout

I meant Final Fantasy VIII

Don't feel too bad. I made the same typo when I reviewed Final Fantasy VIII back in January.

no internet hasn't changed, VIII is still hated sadly ;c

People say this, but whenever I venture outside of EoFF all I see for VIII is love and admiration and a desire to see it remade along with VII and IX so I'm not convinced.

You guys have got me wanting to play Silent Hill 2 now. I've been meaning to look into that series.

[maybee]

The N64's games honestly aged better. A lot of the PSX's games suffer from problems. When it came to early 3D, compare both the art and controls of Super Mario 64 with those of Tenchu. I loved Tenchu when it was originally out. I now find it almost unplayable. The realistic 3D of most of Sony's games also didn't age as well as the stylized 3D of Nintendo's titles.

I had some great experiences on the PSX, and it may have done a lot to revolutionize the market, but it doesn't stand the test of time as well as the N64.

I disagree, I mean Super Mario 64 looks like a blocky mess, and Tenchu is still fantastic, it's aged, but it still has the enjoyment of stealth and murder, as ninja's do.

The PlayStation still has Crash, Spyro the Dragon, old Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid, castlevania symphony of the night and more which are still solid today.

[The Man]

I dunno, seems fine to me for a game released in 1996:



Granted, this is under emulation but still.

And Vivi is correct about the controls; even to this day nearly every 3D platformer that comes out owes a huge debt to SM64. It set a standard for gameplay that honestly hasn't been topped.