Early 32-bit and 64-bit console games had the fugliest graphics since the 70s. With exceptions, of course. Much rather play something with good pixel art than those massive polygons, I don't care how many bits it has.

Mass Effect was just alright. It's not bad, but it's hardly the masterpiece that so many seem to think it is. I'll never understand how is managed to spawn such a ridiculous amount of hysterical and insufferable fancunts.

Quest for Glory 1 and 2's text parser interface is so, so much better than the point and click interfaces of 3, 4 and 5.

Fable and Fable 2 and two of the best RPGs of all time.

I wish games that claim to let you be evil would actually let you do some truly heinous shit (rape, bigotry, child murder, sex trafficking, all that good stuff).

The best thing Nintendo could possibly do is stop gating their games behind shitty gimmick consoles. The day I can play Mario and Zelda on a normal controller or mouse and keyboard, I will be a very happy panda.

On a similar note, "innovation" isn't an inherently good thing. It can be good, but changing things purely for the sake of being different almost always leads to shitty games/consoles.

The amount of Myst remakes that exist is just embarrassing.

I was just talking about this: I firmly belive that, starting from 4, Resident Evil mechanics are terrible. The aiming is absolutely abysmal and makes the games completely unplayable for me.
Even a guy who never held a gun before could make a better work than "pros" there. Stop, aim like you are blind drunk, shoot and pray you hit something.

Final Fantasy VII is boring.

Goldeneye is better than Quake Tournament

Diablo II doesn't hold up to the test of time, and you shouldn't recommend that people play it. Titan Quest is a better choice.

We are currently in the actual Golden Age of Gaming - At least 16 of the top 20 games of all time have come out in the past 5 years.

The underwater level where all the annoying fish people yells "goggalor" all the time is the place where I gave up. I couldn't stand it. If the game really takes off from there I will probably give it another chance at some point.
if you dislike the topic, feel free not to participate. I enjoy seeing games I like or dislike in a new light since people tend to appreciate and/or dislike aspects I might never notice otherwise.

FYI I love it, and I think it's healthy for the forum.
It's a thread that allows us to say things that are likely to piss other people off, but without fear of being trolled, shit on, or downrepped to hell.

Also I find it really fascinating. I love how something that draws me to came can repulse someone else, and vice versa.

I didn't say that I dislike the topic. I just said that many of "unpopular opinions" are actually not that unpopular. Thus the name of the topic is not entirely accurate.

Btw, I've beaten Psychonauts (but haven't collected all the stuff). It's a good niche game. I enjoyed both gameplay and art. Though obviously not everyone will be able to do that, since that require to forgive game's controls and camera that at a few points are simply terrible.

I think it's also OK to cheat to get past parts of the game you simply don't like, parts of the game that are inaccessible due to disabilities, or to get around flaws in the game's design (like if a certain boss is far harder than it should be).
As I said, I din't find that game to be that great; I would consider it the worst of the first 4 Zelda games.

(Also, related to another thing I said in the thread, I wish Nintendo hadn't fixed the screen wrap glitch, which was fun to play around with (though you could softlock yourself if you're not careful).)

I could really argue that those games would not fit my definition of RPG (whereas Fallout 1 and 2 probably would).

It's a shame Bethesda decided to make the games the way they were, because I would like to see an actual turn-based party-based RPG with a TES-style spellmaking system (but actually try to balance it, please).

My opinion is the opposite; death should not make you lose EXP in that sort of game. Punishing players for playing poorly just discourages beginners from trying the game and learning to get better.

Maybe a "lose EXP on death" mechanic might work in games with short stages where you start each stage at level 1 and death takes you back to the start of the stage anyway, but such a mechanic would be rather unusual to see in a game. (I think developers should experiment with the idea of levels being temporary rather than permanent.)

(Note that, in that previous paragraph, I originally used "level" instead of "stage", but changed it because it could be too confusing.)

I still think Daggerfall is the best Elder Scrolls game to date. Better than Skyrim, better than ESO, better than the beloved Morrowind.

I don't care for Undertale at all. It is boring in the story department and the combat is cute, but not fun.

I *hate* the term "savescum", as it implies that saving is somehow bad.

If a game has a rating based on saves, I think there should be an option to disable such ratings entirely. I am also of the opinion that time played timers should be optional; I don't like the game telling me I've been playing for a long time.

Don't be fooled by the reviews, it really is not that great of a game, especially not on PC, due to the awful interface and controls. If you want to give it another try, go ahead, but don't feel bad if you don't like it.

You really think this will be longer than the "what did just update?" thread (currently at 21,596 posts)? Or one particularly contentious thread (name was something like "the #[redacted] news thread" (though with "[redacted]" replaced with something else)) that had 8,423 posts before it was closed by the (then) community manager? Or "Word Association Game", which has 85,325 posts in it?



Another one:

I don't like keyboard+mouse controls. I prefer to be able to stick to a single input device and play with just one rather than having to use two different devices at once.

Also, I've had more troubles with mice (the ball/lens getting dirty is a big one) than with keyboards, so given the choice, I prefer to play with keyboard only (unless the game is well suited to being played with a gamepad).

Even with the ":P" I honestly can't tell whether or not you're being sarcastic.

Hmmm...trying to think of some...

- The Baldur's Gate/Infinity Engine games are entertaining despite their real time w/pause gameplay, not because of it. Turn-based gameplay would have made them perfect. RTwP is not a good system.

- Sierra's parser-driven adventure games are superior to their point-and-click games, and parsers deserve to make a comeback. Also, there's absolutely nothing wrong with death in adventure games, no matter what Ron Gilbert's overrated little manifesto claims.

- As a storytelling experience, To the Moon is almost as good as a middling Touched by an Angel episode.

- For series that began in 2D and transitioned to 3D, the best installments are always the 2D games; e.g., the early 2D Zelda games are all superior to Ocarina of Time and its ilk.

- The Atari 800 is a superior gaming computer to the Commodore 64.

- Broken Age is a perfectly okay game. It's got its problems, but it's not significantly worse than Tim Schafer's 1990s games.

That's all I got for now :)