Game letdowns

[Sephex]

My parody rant wasn't directed at you shion, nor anyone in particular. If I have a problem with something someone says I'll usually talk to them off to the side or whatever. The rest of this is more seriously elaborating on my parody post in a more expository manner and not addressing you at all.

My rant was poking fun at common opinions and the general misuse of threads like these. I feel that most people take a subject like this just to show how edgy or cool they are for liking or disliking something that most people like. I am sure there are people who genuinely dislike something popular, or whatever I mentioned in my previous post, but after awhile I get tired of the BS. I feel that another reason most people name popular games is just a way to make people feel better about themselves and/or to guilt trip people for enjoying something that they don't.

I don't want to mention a game that was already mentioned in this thread so no one feels singled out, so I'll name a popular title I don't like to get my next point across. I personally don't care for the Gears of War games all that much. I played and beat the first one, but never felt motivated to play the other ones. I have a friend that plays those games all the time. You know what I do or say when he plays them in front of me? This may seem like a radical idea. Brace yourselves:

Nothing.

I don't say a thing because he enjoys it. And so do other people. I may dislike the game (or in this thread's case I was letdown by the series), but honestly, it's not that big of deal at the end of the day. Carrying on about something I don't like on the internet or to my friend isn't going to do much good [insert hypocritical joke here]. Plus, there are far worse games out there than that series and every title listed in this thread.

Like, I would rather play Gears of War again than play Superman 64 or something. I'd also rather experience a popular game that let me down rather than garbage like that Ride to Retribution garbage (it's funny, but gets old fast).

Most of my problem stems from people not actually discussing something, as usual. These threads quickly become a contest on who disliked which popular thing the most.

EDIT: I should also probably clarify that the rant was me unloading on the gaming side of the internet in general, and not this forum exclusively.