Unpopular Gaming Opinions

[Hollycat]

GTA IV - Unengaging and uninteresting.

I think from now on (or the next five minutes at least) I'll give you a pass on your terrible FF opinions you listed just because of this.

GTAIV is easily the worst GTA I've played. Probably the worst sandbox game I've played in years actually.

Agreed. Which brings up the next point:

I couldn't care less about GTAV.

All these things.

[DMKA]

-Earthbound is a terrible game.
-Final Fantasy XIII is a great game.
-This gaming generation is better than all but the last one.

[nik0tine]

FF7 has been appraised accurately but FF6 is overrated.

[Formalhaut]

Given all the pure hatred towards GTA IV, I think my opinion that I actually really enjoy and like GTA IV is probably an unpopular opinion!

[Hollycat]

GTA is only fun with cheats. The best sandbox game is freelancer.

[Laddy]

The best sandbox game is freelancer.

Did you suddenly become significantly attractive?

[Bolivar]

Vivi, my friend: whether people can recognize if audio is compressed or not is irrelevant; games are getting bigger, particularly the games coming from the Sony studios I mentioned. I understand most games in your library top out at 5-6GB, but I still filled up about 300GB in four short months. I'm sure the gamers now coming onto PC and Steam are encountering similar issues. The older games I've downloaded are agreeably small, but almost all the games I've downloaded which have been released in the last five years range from 9-18GBs. And they're getting bigger.Don't count on competition helping you out. Having 4-5 large firms in a market is the standard, and they seem pretty happy with their download caps and non-neutrality. Lastly, your 10-year comparison is misleading. The first 5 years of that period grew impressively, but the last five years do not approach the dictionary definition of exponential.

Also, most of what I studied for my History degree was the history of science & technology and I know a lot of professors who specialize in it. You would be surprised what history actually has to say about technology always getting easier and faster

I haven't played the PSP Tactics Ogre, so I wasn't sure if it was a new game or the old one rereleased.

The fact that 2 of your 5 games are PS1 titles kind of prove's Wolf's point, in my opinion. Sure, some of those, heck, a lot of those are enhanced. But they're still remakes.

SKYBLADE YOU CAME AT MY DENYING PSP > ALL ELSE B/C CHRONO TRIGGER IS ON DS DON'T ACT LIKE WOLF OPINION = YOUR OPINION!!!!

I'm sorry, but new, port, or remake, an awesome game is an awesome game. None of your intellectual counterpositions you posit on an internet forum can change that.

As I said earlier, I was actually in the same boat as Wolf, if not worse, since I didn't own the system and thought it was trash, not a paper weight. But I can't imagine how the PSP being a "paper weight" is a tenable argument any longer. Tell me what games you like and I'll tell you a list of awesome titles you can buy physically or digitally for relatively cheap.

18. psp was the best handheld ever

You see? Two out of two of the only sane EoFF members agree: PSP > ALL!!!!

[maybee]

-Earthbound is a terrible game.

This. Tried it last year and it was so damn dull and the battle system was so stupid.

[Wolf Kanno]

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I haven't played the PSP Tactics Ogre, so I wasn't sure if it was a new game or the old one rereleased.

The fact that 2 of your 5 games are PS1 titles kind of prove's Wolf's point, in my opinion. Sure, some of those, heck, a lot of those are enhanced. But they're still remakes.

SKYBLADE YOU CAME AT MY DENYING PSP > ALL ELSE B/C CHRONO TRIGGER IS ON DS DON'T ACT LIKE WOLF OPINION = YOUR OPINION!!!!

I'm sorry, but new, port, or remake, an awesome game is an awesome game. None of your intellectual counterpositions you posit on an internet forum can change that.

As I said earlier, I was actually in the same boat as Wolf, if not worse, since I didn't own the system and thought it was trash, not a paper weight. But I can't imagine how the PSP being a "paper weight" is a tenable argument any longer. Tell me what games you like and I'll tell you a list of awesome titles you can buy physically or digitally for relatively cheap.

Ports and remakes don't mean much when you already own the game. Especially when some of the ports are not as good (PS1 versions of the FFV, VI and CT) so whether the game is good is pretty pointless for an old timer who already owns your wares.

[Skyblade]

I haven't played the PSP Tactics Ogre, so I wasn't sure if it was a new game or the old one rereleased.

The fact that 2 of your 5 games are PS1 titles kind of prove's Wolf's point, in my opinion. Sure, some of those, heck, a lot of those are enhanced. But they're still remakes.

SKYBLADE YOU CAME AT MY DENYING PSP > ALL ELSE B/C CHRONO TRIGGER IS ON DS DON'T ACT LIKE WOLF OPINION = YOUR OPINION!!!!

I wasn't intending to. I was arguing Wolf's point because it was fun to argue, and true.

I only mentioned Chrono Trigger for two reasons. The first is that it's a remake that's better than any of the remakes on your list. The second is that the other argument I was considering, going down the list game by game and giving an example of a game superior to each FF for the DS is something I felt would get me lynched here.

[Bolivar]

Ports and remakes don't mean much when you already own the game. Especially when some of the ports are not as good (PS1 versions of the FFV, VI and CT) so whether the game is good is pretty pointless for an old timer who already owns your wares.

They don't have to mean much. All they mean is that the system has a game that another doesn't, hence why the PSP trumps all other handhelds.

I only mentioned Chrono Trigger for two reasons. The first is that it's a remake that's better than any of the remakes on your list.

I would love to have the discussion where you explain to me how the Chrono Trigger "remake" is better than Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together on the PSP. I'm sure a lot of people are also interested in your War of the Lions comparison as well.

But comparing remakes of different games is far less relevant than the fact that the PSP has both Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross and the Nintendo DS doesn't.

[Slothy]

Ports and remakes don't mean much when you already own the game. Especially when some of the ports are not as good (PS1 versions of the FFV, VI and CT) so whether the game is good is pretty pointless for an old timer who already owns your wares.

They don't have to mean much. All they mean is that the system has a game that another doesn't, hence why the PSP trumps all other handhelds.

So a handheld having ports and remakes from another system mean that the system has games another doesn't? I think you may want to reword that because it's the literal definition of wrong as it stands.

Pretty sure you meant that the PSP has ports and remakes which the DS didn't. But this still begs the question for me of why someone should get pumped for a handheld who's best titles were ports and remakes of 5-10 year old games? It's not even like many of the ones you seem to care so much about weren't readily available used on the PSX, on the PSN for PS3, or god forbid, through emulation. And some are really just ports of bad PSX ports of games which are almost 20 years old and easily emulated or have superior versions on other handhelds which are still readily available, creates even less of a reason to get excited.

Now look, I like my PSP, I enjoyed War of the Lions, and I won't say that ports and remakes are bad because there are always people who never played them. But I didn't buy a PSP to play ports of PSX games and bad ports of SNES games. Whatever happened to selling a console or handheld on what it brings to the future of gaming, not what it brings from gaming history? Being able to go back and play old classics is great, but it's not something for any console to try and hang it's hat on alone.

It's like arguing the biggest selling point for the PS2 was backwards compatibility. If that were true, it'd be a pretty sorry state of affairs for the console.

[Bolivar]

Pretty sure you meant that the PSP has ports and remakes which the DS didn't.

No. My unpopular opinion is that the PSP is better than any other handheld released.

But this still begs the question for me of why someone should get pumped for a handheld who's best titles were ports and remakes of 5-10 year old games?

Valkyria Chronicles 2 is not a port or remake.

It's not even like many of the ones you seem to care so much about weren't readily available used on the PSX, on the PSN for PS3, or god forbid, through emulation.

Emulating iso images has persistently defied the phrase "readily available."

And some are really just ports of bad PSX ports of games which are almost 20 years old and easily emulated or have superior versions on other handhelds which are still readily available, creates even less of a reason to get excited.

You should quote another post if you want to argue about "getting excited."

But I didn't buy a PSP to play ports of PSX games and bad ports of SNES games.

Neither did I. I bought it for cutting-edge handheld titles Nintendo was no longer interested in making, not to mention some of the greatest games of all time, looking better than they do on a TV.

Whatever happened to selling a console or handheld on what it brings to the future of gaming, not what it brings from gaming history?

Which days were those?

When the 3DS's most promising title was the Ocarina of Time remake? Or before that? When the DS Lite launched with a remix of Mario levels called New Super Mario Bros.? Or before that? When the Nintendo DS launched with a stickless Mario 64?

Or before that? When the Game Boy Advanced hoped you would buy it for the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2?

Or before that? When the Game Boy Color shipped with a portable Super Mario Bros. 1 and a remake of A Link to the Past?

Vivi, can you please elucidate what age of handhelds you're talking about? Because all I can think of are Peace Walker and Valkyria Chronicles 2's innovative multiplayer, and, yes, those are PSP games!

Being able to go back and play old classics is great, but it's not something for any console to try and hang it's hat on alone.

Not even sure why you're saying "hang it it's hat on alone" at this point.

It's like arguing the biggest selling point for the PS2 was backwards compatibility. If that were true, it'd be a pretty sorry state of affairs for the console.

I'm confused again.

[Jiro]

Resident Evil since it turned FPS - Rubbish.

um? They aren't FPS?

[Aulayna]

Pretty sure you meant that the PSP has ports and remakes which the DS didn't.

No. My unpopular opinion is that the PSP is better than any other handheld released.

But this still begs the question for me of why someone should get pumped for a handheld who's best titles were ports and remakes of 5-10 year old games?

Valkyria Chronicles 2 is not a port or remake.

It's not even like many of the ones you seem to care so much about weren't readily available used on the PSX, on the PSN for PS3, or god forbid, through emulation.

Emulating iso images has persistently defied the phrase "readily available."

And some are really just ports of bad PSX ports of games which are almost 20 years old and easily emulated or have superior versions on other handhelds which are still readily available, creates even less of a reason to get excited.

You should quote another post if you want to argue about "getting excited."

But I didn't buy a PSP to play ports of PSX games and bad ports of SNES games.

Neither did I. I bought it for cutting-edge handheld titles Nintendo was no longer interested in making, not to mention some of the greatest games of all time, looking better than they do on a TV.

Whatever happened to selling a console or handheld on what it brings to the future of gaming, not what it brings from gaming history?

Which days were those?

When the 3DS's most promising title was the Ocarina of Time remake? Or before that? When the DS Lite launched with a remix of Mario levels called New Super Mario Bros.? Or before that? When the Nintendo DS launched with a stickless Mario 64?

Or before that? When the Game Boy Advanced hoped you would buy it for the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2?

Or before that? When the Game Boy Color shipped with a portable Super Mario Bros. 1 and a remake of A Link to the Past?

Vivi, can you please elucidate what age of handhelds you're talking about? Because all I can think of are Peace Walker and Valkyria Chronicles 2's innovative multiplayer, and, yes, those are PSP games!

They were also 3rd Party titles. Your entire argument seems to be based on slating Nintendo's 1st Party offerings when some the GBA/DS/3DS best games have come from 3rd Party developers too.

Neither of those titles you mentioned were PSP launch titles either.

Context is marvelous thing when you contort it.