Biggest discrepancy in gaming - your opinion Vs everyone

[dumpster]

What's the biggest discrepancy between your opinion and popular opinion when it comes to games?

 

For me, I'd say that Deadly Premonition is one of the best games of all time.  It should be as highly regarded as Shenmue. The storytelling is so much better than anything I've ever seen in a game.  Shenmue, Heavy Rain, Alan Wake, all compete and are much more famous and highly regarded.  Not only do I believe that Deadly Premonition beats them all by a mile, I think it has a charm in its overall style, almost as if the terrible graphics, animation and voice recording were a deliberate director choice.  Of course we know that's not true, but the end product gives that vibe and it's glorious.

 

At the opposite end of the scale, I'd have to say the Zelda series.  I've tried, god knows I've tried.  I just don't get it.  I played Ocarina on N64 and again on 3DS and gave up about three quarters of the way through when it felt like a chore.  I've played half-arsed at others in the series just to give it a go and barely got anywhere.  Then, when the Switch came out I thought, here we go, I want a Switch, so this is my chance to really learn Zelda.  I played through the opening level, determined to avoid walkthroughs and googling, and could not understand why i kept freezing to death on the way to the shrine.  Eventually I found that there's a book in a hut in one area of this massive map and that tells you how to cook, and explains you can cook chillis. Now this makes sense, but what are the odds of me finding that hut?  I was prepared to carry on and when the game opened up after what turned out to be little more than a tutorial I just couldn't face the investment of time.  It's an amazing piece of software, and a hell of an achievement to make it on a handheld, but every game I play of it makes me think it's a massive chore and I'm playing in an attempt to get my money's worth, not because I want to.

 

[Eighthours]

16 minutes ago, dumpster said:

I played through the opening level, determined to avoid walkthroughs and googling, and could not understand why i kept freezing to death on the way to the shrine.  Eventually I found that there's a book in a hut in one area of this massive map and that tells you how to cook, and explains you can cook chillis. Now this makes sense, but what are the odds of me finding that hut? 

 

I never found that hut/book. I survived by figuring the chillis thing out on my own using the convenient cooking pot near the entrance to the frozen bit, but you can also carry a torch for warmth and I'm sure there are other solutions. 

[womblingfree]

I just don't get the praise heaped on Breath of the Wild. In my opinion it's not even the best Zelda game, let alone the best game ever.

 

In a genre where you have open worlds packed with life and adventure, Witcher and GTA5 spring to mind, I just find the relatively sparse world of Zelda and its puzzle-box approach to be a bit snooze-worthy.

[MattyP]

GTA series... never really enjoyed them. Appreciate the worlds created, detail is phenomenal and as a technical exercise they are amazing. As a game for me though they just leave me cold.. the missions in particular get tedious when you fail them as it feels very old school at times. Just wish R*  would build something less violent with the amazing tech they create. Anyway....

[El Spatula]

Mine would clearly be Nintendo and their various franchises. I genuinely can't understand the praise heaped upon almost every game they release. Never have been able to. 

 

I used to see all these games getting 9s and 10s, I'd buy them and usually be utterly ambivalent about the supposedly amazing game. I've bought every Nintendo console up until the WiiU and failed to find any of this "joy".

 

I don't think their games are terrible  by any means, just massively overrated. 

The exceptions being SNES stuff and Metroid Prime.

[BadgerFarmer]

I think it's been diminishing returns with Nintendo for a good while, although I haven't had one of their machines since the Wii and DS.

 

They made far and away the best stuff in the SNES and N64 generations, and there's some great stuff on the GBA, but I can't think of one major game they've made from Gamecube onwards that I really love.

 

(Having said that, I'd still like to try BotW some time. And at least I know about the chillis now...)

 

21 minutes ago, MattyP said:

GTA series... never really enjoyed them. Appreciate the worlds created, detail is phenomenal and as a technical exercise they are amazing. As a game for me though they just leave me bit cold.. the missions in particular get tedious when you fail them as it feels very old school at times. Just wish R*  would build something less violent with the amazing tech they create. Anyway....

I've tried a few GTAs now and think they're pretty much awful. I mean, the city on GTAV is amazing and the online mode was entertaining for a while, but the story and missions were incredibly poor. I found the characters and dialogue exruciating, and so much of it is forced on you, even multiple times if you fail a section and have to repeat. And then the missions involve a lot of drive here, follow that car and equally mundane stuff. Even the heists were just a checklist of chores once you'd chosen what to do.

[JoeK]

Online gaming. Anything that has me joining up with other people leaves me utterly cold. I'm a full on hermit when it comes to my gaming pursuits.

[El Spatula]

That as well. I enjoy the odd bit of online shooting mans and the odd bit of MMOing, but I see the likes of PUBG and Fortnite being incredibly popular and I have no idea why.

 

My brief flirts with PUBG and Fortnite largely consisted of boredom, frustration and wondering why I was bothering.

[Gotters]

I can't understand how people like the PS4 dual shock joypad - I think its horrendous, loose imprecise sticks, horrible shoulder buttons and feels too wide, oh and its time between recharges is crap too.

[PeteBrant]

15 minutes ago, womblingfree said:

I just don't get the praise heaped on Breath of the Wild. In my opinion it's not even the best Zelda game, let alone the best game ever.

 

In a genre where you have open worlds packed with life and adventure, Witcher and GTA5 spring to mind, I just find the relatively sparse world of Zelda and its puzzle-box approach to a bit snooze-worthy.

I concur.

 

BotW is an exploration and discovery game. Different from a open world game. Open world games generally have defined objectives within an open world environment. BotW was somewhat aimless and sparse as you say, outside of the 4 main objectives.

 

I need some direction and purpose.

[grindmouse]

Rainbow Six Siege is better than...

 

COD, BF, PUBG, OW, Destiny... any multiplayer fps you are playing, you should stop now and learn how to play Siege instead. It’s a stone-cold classic.

The tension at the end of a Battle Royale match? It has that every 3 minutes. It’s a sandbox shooter with no two matches turning out the same and the most advanced destruction model in gaming. Each operator has unique abilities which combined create endless tactical possibilities.

 

It has received incredibly post-launch support with new maps and operators, meta changes every 3 months.

 

It should be the biggest game in the world right now. Yet plenty of “gamers” oddly sneer at it and the thread here is dead.

[peeveen]

My opinion: a sports-based videogame absolutely does not need to feature expensive licensed facsimiles or representations of real-life players/teams/venues/tournaments. I mean, most of the time you are controlling a small unrecognisable sprite on an anonymous green background. And the skill level of your "player" should be reflected by your own skill at the game.

 

Everyone else: wah, I want to play as Federer, his stats are better than yours / wah, those are last year's strip colours for Rotherham United, this game sux / etc etc

[BadgerFarmer]

7 minutes ago, PeteBrant said:

I concur.

 

BotW is an exploration and discovery game. Different from a open world game. Open world games generally have defined objectives within an open world environment. BotW was somewhat aimless and sparse as you say, outside of the 4 main objectives.

 

I need some direction and purpose.

That actually sounds really appealing to me. When I've enjoyed open world games it's been because the exploration/discovery aspect is worthwhile. I spent most of my time in Horizon just wandering the map and dealing with whatever appealed. Aimlessly traversing the countryside was also my favourite aspect of Witcher 3.

 

I really should play BotW.

[PeteBrant]

Just now, BadgerFarmer said:

That actually sounds really appealing to me. When I've enjoyed open world games it's been because the exploration/discovery aspect is worthwhile. I spent most of my time in Horizon just wandering the map and dealing with whatever appealed. Aimlessly traversing the countryside was also my favourite aspect of Witcher 3.

 

I really should play BotW.

If that sort of theing appeals to you, then BoTW will be your game of forever.

[PeteBrant]

10 minutes ago, grindmouse said:

Rainbow Six Siege is better than...

 

COD, BF, PUBG, OW, Destiny... any multiplayer fps you are playing, you should stop now and learn how to play Siege instead. It’s a stone-cold classic.

The tension at the end of a Battle Royale match? It has that every 3 minutes. It’s a sandbox shooter with no two matches turning out the same and the most advanced destruction model in gaming. Each operator has unique abilities which combined create endless tactical possibilities.

 

It has received incredibly post-launch support with new maps and operators, meta changes every 3 months.

 

It should be the biggest game in the world right now. Yet plenty of “gamers” oddly sneer at it and the thread here is dead.

Bought, played it, hated it.

[Timmo]

I think Red Faction: Armageddon is much better than Guerrilla and comfortably one of the best shooters of last generation.

[Kevvy Metal]

I had to properly push my way through The Witcher 3, all the way to the end of the game with around 70 hours on the clock in the vain attempt that it would click with me. I found it to be generally very boring, with a bland open world and bland combat... I still want to click with it, as I like these kind of games and I don't quite get why I wasn't feeling it. I maybe pushed through the main quest too fast. 

 

On the other hand, I love Resident Evil 6. It's a dumb and pulpy comic-book brought to life in a game with some of the best TPS mechanics implemented in any game. 

[Droo]

Have always thought Bayonetta was a bore-fest.  Somehow it’s the darling of the gaming press. 

[grindmouse]

9 minutes ago, PeteBrant said:

Bought, played it, hated it.

 

Why?

[ZOK]

17 minutes ago, PeteBrant said:

If that sort of theing appeals to you, then BoTW will be your game of forever.

 

That’s exactly the sort of thing that appeals to me, and I think it probably is my game of forever:

 

 

[bear]

Madworld is the worst game I've ever played. 

 

 

I have played games that are worse on a technical or mechanical level but Madworld is the only thing where I've felt shame about playing a game.  Whenever the Black Baron showed up I got nervous that someone would see me playing the game and I'd have to try and explain that character. Maybe I was being overly sensitive about it for some reason but I couldn't hack watching those cutscenes. 

[David Kenny]

13 minutes ago, Kevvy Metal said:

I had to properly push my way through The Witcher 3, all the way to the end of the game with around 70 hours on the clock in the vain attempt that it would click with me. I found it to be generally very boring, with a bland open world and bland combat... I still want to click with it, as I like these kind of games and I don't quite get why I wasn't feeling it. I maybe pushed through the main quest too fast. 

 

On the other hand, I love Resident Evil 6. It's a dumb and pulpy comic-book brought to life in a game with some of the best TPS mechanics implemented in any game. 

I felt exactly the same about Witcher 3, played through to the end but much of it was a slog. That slog was punctuated by brilliant moments but not enough of them to leave a positive impression. The whole thing just felt really average. (I will say though that the weather effects were really nice.)

 

Yet strangely I'm still quite excited about Cyberpunk.

[McCoy]

1 hour ago, Eighthours said:

 

I never found that hut/book. I survived by figuring the chillis thing out on my own using the convenient cooking pot near the entrance to the frozen bit, but you can also carry a torch for warmth and I'm sure there are other solutions. 

 

Yeah, this was on of those moments which acts like it would in real life.  I too never found the hut, never thought to do anything with chillies (because in real life Chillies wouldn't actually keep you warm, I assume) but thought I'd try whether a burning torch would keep me warm, which it did.  Video game logic can always be a bit hit and miss but that bit used real world logic to great effect. 

[ScouserInExile]

I don't get the Nintendo / Mario / Zelda hype / obsession. I look at Mario and Zelda games and just don't get what the fuss is about. Consequently, no post-SNES hardware interests me, not least because it is, in my opinion, inferior to the Sony and Microsoft offering each generation. I actually own everything up to Wii, but I have literally never switched on my N64 or GameCube - they're just there for decoration - and I don't like the controllers.

 

I also prefer the modern Mortal Kombat and Injustice games over Street Fighter and Tekken. I think they're fantastic, in fact.

[Nick R]

I like using control pads to control FPSs more than keyboard and mouse.

 

I acknowledge they're less precise, but they're much more fun to use. This may be largely due to my own desk/K+M setup, but I find holding a pad an inherently more pleasurable sensation then gripping a mouse.

 

Edit: Well judging by the rep this post has been getting, turns out in this case it's not my opinion vs everyone!

[Jolly]

It doesn't matter if the Y axis is inverted or not.

[mdn2]

I struggle with most of Sony's AAA offerings. Tried God of War, The Last of Us, Horizon, Detroit and all of them leave me uninterested. The only games I play on my PS4 is Bloodborne and Rez. 

 

I think I'm just bored of AAA in general. 

 

[RubberJohnny]

Me: Nostalgia fucking sucks, it's endless, overdone, literally the easier, lowest effort money spinner there is, and you're not going to recapture your youth. Grow up.

 

Everyone else: Squee! They're bringing back something I recognise! More please daddy!

[GamesGamesGames]

Sensible Soccer.

 

Load of nonsense. Amateur hour through and through.

 

Kick Off 2 4 lyfe.

[Mawdlin]

Call of Duty just generally. Narrow. Mechanical. Hollow.