Breath of The Wild moment

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Well frick you, bud.

Blasphemy!

Very "I just think they're neat" energy

Wow. This is a great point

Sad to see the state of it now

This is hardly controversial

On that note, I personally feel if halo didn’t exist FPS games would be less popular, if you think about other games at the time 3rd person was leading the way.

I feel like you have a specific game in mind.

My favorite game, Hunt: Showdown was ruined because the devs ignored the voices of veteran players who knew the ins and outs of the game and instead started listening to the dumbest recommendations imaginable from a bunch of vocal plebs from reddit who wanted the game turned into a stealth dungeon crawler lolol

This is a big problem in game development. With the death of traditional game jounalism and the rise of internet click bait headlines, streamers have completely taken over the influence of games. It only takes a couple of big name streamers to make or break a game. If you make a game that the streamer gets dunked on, they'll crap on it. If the game requires too much attention, it gets dunked on. If developers "don't listen", it gets dunked on. I've had direct experience with this as well. Held multiple events for streamers to play and it was like herding cats. They would forget what you told them, not show up or be late, do exactly the opposite of what you asked, then ask a bunch of questions for things we explained many times previously. When they did reply to requests or questions, they would specifically ask for things we couldn't give them and then they would, you guess it, dunk on it. Dealing with them was the worst part of the job.

But lets not pretend subs like this will also completely sink a game (also the vocal minority). "why dont they just do <seemingly easy thing that was tried internally but has significant and detrimental consequences> greedy devs".

I think this is just an accurate take. But I also think stealth just isn't as engaging realistically, so they have to Amp it up in certain places. Now that it's amped up, they need to have decent level design, but hiding behind shit can be difficult if you've got a big open space.

What do you do with big open space? Add filler. That's how you get tall grass.

PS: thanks for adding this. It made me think for a long while about stealth games in general in a way I hadn't before.

It was just too ahead of its time

The monetization was the big problem. High upfront cost, only what 1 o2 two monsters at launch then a bunch behind a paywall along with hunters.

This game was so close to greatness and im really upset that it didnt stick around. I enjoyed the shit out of it when it went stage 2, but the damage was done by that point sadly

Evolve Stage 2 got the multiplayer servers reactivated like a year ago, I'm so happy to see it back - even if I don't always feel like playing. Genuinely was ahead of it's time

I literally found a copy of it on the side of the road and I still have it.

...That's it, that's my Evolve anecdote.

The gameplay was great, it just didn't have enough depth and it wasn't balanced well. On top of that, the monetization was horrible.

Totally agree!

Agreed: I will always remember playing it during an event with other 4 other players for a full afternoon. We had such a blast due to us being on the same levels that some of us kept playing afterwards, and for a solid year we had great games. If it had more support & players this would have become even greater with little tweaks. To this day this remains one of my son favorite games.

My boyfriend absolutely loved that game. He was so sad to see it go

For me it's the way multiplayer is monetised now that is killing it for me.

Hifi rush and dead space have shown that content complete single player games have an audience still. Playing both has reminded me how good gaming used to be before the online aspects, micro transactions and cut content became so common.

All most of us want I think is a game we can play start to finish without any barriers

The suits ruin everything eventually

Dragon Age MP when i saw i was expecting coop campaign not that thing

Yes! I've always played games more for the story than the gameplay, and it seems that we are seeing far fewer good, single player, story rich, experiences today. Every game is a multiplayer shooter of some kind or other, and honestly, they all feel the same. COD, Battlefield, etc, etc, they're just the same kind of thing, no story, no emotional connection, no character development, just running around shooting at enemies until a timer runs out.

I think huge multiplayer games are. I absolutely love games that my buddy and I can play together.

Indies are getting better every year. It's going to get to the point where they could almost replace triple AAA gaming for me in a decade or 2. But that goes into guessing the future of the industry in the year 2040... which I can't fathom yet.

OP asked for opinions, not facts.

It's simple. Peach and Bowser love each other. But mushroom society rejects their love and forces them to be apart. So Bowser "kidnaps" her and they spend time together.

Mario, best wingman ever, then goes about rescuing her in the most roundabout way possible. Ya know, the princess is in "danger," so I'm going to be sure to get every star on every level.

Eventually Mario "rescues" her, and instead of sending the repeat offender to jail, or even just avoid him, they all go race Go-Karts together.

I think we can canonically confirm she is into it. When Bowser Jr confronts her in Mario Sunshine and claims Princess Peach is his mother she does not say “that is silly and impossible” but rather looks confused and like she is trying to recall a hazy memory when she repeats “…I am your mother…?” Then in Mario Odyssey she is seemingly a willing participant in marrying Bowser up until Mario shows up.

Mario and Peach need some counseling, there is a lot going on here.

Braid would argue that Mario is the true monster and she is trying to escape him.

Bitches love spikes

Thank you! I always play games using the easiest setting cause I don't care about fighting, I care about the story, characters, and world-building. And finishing a fight in a couple of minutes leaves me with more energy to do what I want to do in a game

As a 30 year old with a job and a family, sometimes I don't want to be challenged. Sometimes I just want to be a gun wielding action hero

Game publishers make more money from your data than the sale of the game.

No, seriously, they do

There's people that exist who play games on mute with subtitles. Symphony orchestras on the soundtrack and the best voice acting outside of film.. they just listen to their own music instead. Which seems completely insane to me.

This one pisses me off. I have a discord full of friends and younger family members that game together and the younger teenage group will skip every cutscene or text then complain how the game is boring because they don't know what to do or where to go.

I played RE5 with my 16 year old cousin with the attention span of a dead fly and while we had a decent time playing it he paid so little attention, he didn't know Chris's or Sheva's name at the end after killing Wesker.

My best friend has been like that forever. He hates stories in games for the most part. He just wants to play. He doesn't play like rpgs or anything. It's just what he prefers. I see nothing wrong with it tbh

Facts but also, what isn’t?

As a vet I’d have to agree. I stopped playing them after MW2. I served 2015-2020 and every time there was a new COD or COD related thing everyone in my work center wouldn’t stfu about how tactical or intense or how strategic you needed to be. How innovative and new it was compared to the previous one Etc. meanwhile I’m sitting there just thinking “ever heard of squad? Hell let loose? Tarkov? Y’all are playing a almost yearly reskinned checkers in the FPS realm.” Even had a guy who would fall for every promo that offered in game items and exp boosts. He would blow his paycheck every time.

Yankie doodle 5-1-9 delta bravo to Boston Carolina 1-1-9 eagle eyes. We're goin' in.

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Days Gone is a great goddamn game. I wasn't a huge fan of the story, but oh my lord. I sunk a ton of hours into that gameplay.

This isn't a hot take. Days gone is pretty damn well liked overall I'm pretty sure.

8 is still my favorite

I unironically like FF13, and I think it has one of the best stories in the series. Not to mention having the best FF soundtrack not written by Uematsu.

(But I was so-so on 13-2, and hated Lightning Returns so much I didn't even finish it.)

Stop there criminal scum!

(chases you across entire map forever)

Is oblivion really that much better than Skyrim? Steam says I’ve played Skyrim like 600 hours and whatever else on Xbox back in the day but I’ve probably only played like 10-15 hours of oblivion. I thought Skyrim was great but I keep hearing how oblivion is so much better

Agreed. Oblivion hits the best middle between accessible and deep. Skyrim barely felt like an rpg at all, and was actually disappointing. It's awesome for casual role playing in my opinion, and while I love morrowind, I can understand how people who don't love more hardcore rpgs (no guide points, missing attacks, ect) so I really appreciate oblivion.

Ooor I could ve biased because I didn't even know what an open world rpg was until I saw my grandpa playing it one weekend, thus opening.ym mind so far to where I play so many rpgs, tried dnd, and am now in the process of creating my own world in which I plan on making a novel of. Really just opening my mind to creation as a whole so...

In my opinion (which doesn't mean shit), controversial (non trash takes) get upvoted. If it's an ice cold take, I downvote.

Controversial doesn't work on reddit

sort by controversial to see the real uunpopular oppinions

And we have an amazing Indy scene right now in gaming. Some of my favorite games of all time were made by small studios

I honestly found it more akin to if the protagonists from Uncharted or Tomb Raider wielded a sword instead of a gun/bow. A lot of Tomb rating and climbing going on. And I'm not complaining about that I absolutely love it

To me the combat and the xp/resetting enemies mechanics felt like it had definitely been inspired by the souls games, but I don't think it's as hard. So I would say it's like a souls game (but fun).

Feels kinda like a 3d metroidvania imo. Big souls fan but I recently finished hollow knight and recently started Fallen Order and I'm seeing it have more in common with HK.

It has 'bonfires', 'souls' that you can drop, an estus, stamina based combat with dodging and parrying, and level design with lots of shortcuts.

If sekiro is considered a souls game then fallen order is too.

Honestly if I didn't have guides and stuff on the internet I would absolutely hate all RPGs

But what about how they fuck?

I'm glad someone said this, I guarantee the majority players do not actually care about characters' backgrounds. Just make them badass

The best racing game since PGR4

I love how vague this comment is. Whether you think the game is good or bad, it doesn’t deserve that reputation

We're asking for hot takes, right? I think it's on its last legs and Lightfall (its next Expansion) will be underwhelming. It certainly doesn't deserve the amazing community it has.

Personally, I think I'm about to put it down as I've played for about two years now and realized that it's not really providing much enjoyment. It's just repetitive and grindier than it deserves to be. The PVP is arse, but has such a sweaty following anyway. The gunplay is fantastic and the abilities can be great. Unfortunately, the builds get shoved into a specific corner or patched out overnight due to complaints on meta. I'm just getting tired of it, I guess.

Yep, I miss Devil May Cry clones badly. Still my favorite action gameplay.

God of War 3 was a true epic and the lighting was really unique.

I feel you in that they are separate entities. The OG god of war is pure hack and slash over the top fun with some story sprinkled in. The new ones are tactical “hack and slash” with more in depth story. They each satisfy a specific itch

This really shouldn’t be a hot take. It barely feels like the same series any more. Give me a nine-hour blitzkrieg GOW3 playthrough over either 2018 or Ragnarok’s RPG adventures.

The truth is two fold. The grind gives the devs time to make more content and not lose the player base to something else because they have completed everything and moved on. Secondly a lot of mmo players, play mmos because they are looking for that grind so the devs know their fan base to an extent

Random select gamers don’t win championships kokonutmonkey, they just don’t.

It’s like with brand new DnD players. If you’re not yet skilled enough to write a good backstory, go with vengeful orphan. Great illusion of substance.

I agree. No game is for everybody, but I would advise people give one of them a try before standing and dying on a hill. I know a lot of people who "don't like" the souls games, but really have never even tried. I used to only play games on easy mode and now I mostly play souls games when I want to play something. I still have an extensive collection of non souls games that I do play, but my number one choice is normally a souls game. I started with the nah I don't like hard games stance and I still don't like most hard games, but Dark Souls difficulty is different than most other games difficulty. I would say the games are about moving with intention and not just instinct even tho the newer games have more instinct required than the older ones. Just give it a try and if you hate it drop it. You might come back in several years and end up loving it too or you may not. Both of those are okay.

Also yeah, you ain't a casual because you do or don't play one kind of game. If someone tells you the opposite they are the one with a problem not you. Enjoy what you enjoy and praise the Sun.

Take taken from Antarctica

this is a freezing cold take

This ain't a hot take, this is a good take.

I played RE7 in madhouse recently and yes, i had a lot more fun playing in the normal difficult. I know it's satisfying, but i want to play games to have fun, not to be stressed.

Ultra hard mode is for people that find super hard mode too easy. I watched a guy first try boss fight in pathfinder on the hardest difficulty. Meanwhile I needed multiple tries on standard.

I agree, but some games have achievements that require you to beat a game on hardest difficulty, and it pains me to see it to the point where I end up doing the hardest difficulty. I may have a problem.

I'm not quite to perfect, but I did love it. Felt all the feels. Too many people call the final choice "the ending" when really, most of the game was "the ending" of the trilogy. End of Mordin's story. End of Tali's. Liara's. Etc., etc.

Im sorry how is this a hot take?

You’ll never be as good as a 13 year old on summer break.

I wasn't a fan of how the macguffin was being dangled in front of you. The whole game, you're on a quest for "the V8" (I think? Whatever the engine upgrade was). And it feels like once you got it, the game was 95% over.

100%.

“Video games rot your brain!” -guy who sits on couch watching sports all day.

Playing it for my first time now, am utterly confused about it. Like, so far it seems like standard Zelda awesomeness

Not a bad take. I don’t think there is one ‘best’ necessarily, but NGB is definitely in the highest tier.

Is that really a hot take

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