-The Nintendo 64 is terribly overrated. Its controller is an abomination despite the ground-breaking analog stick.
My man. I have fun with the controller but that's just nostalgia, it is pretty terribly designed.
-Final Fantasy VIII is better than VII.
My MAN. Final Fantasy VIII is my all-time favourite game. It's been my baby since I was 4. I get full-on emotional about it. It's the embodiment of my love of games.
Anyhow, the opinions that will get me banned from all gaming communities:
- The vast majority of Nintendo games are nowhere near as good as they're made out to be and are praised purely because they're Nintendo games. They're still good, mostly, but normally nothing special. Normally. There are a number of Nintendo games though that I can agree are awesome.
- On the topic of Nintendo, the DS line of consoles are awful. Having to divert your attention between two screens makes it far too difficult to get immersed in what you're playing, stylus controls are terrible 99% of the time, and the 3DS is too damn quiet.
- Not counting the Switch, the Vita was the best handheld of all time. It's got the best screen and best sound, it was insanely powerful for a handheld, and if you're into niche Japanese games it's a gold mine. I just wish you could change the home screen music, it's gloomy.
- The PSP though was absolutely awful, it was heavy and clunky and made my wrists ache (I know there's a thinner one but that's just one of the complaints), the thumb nub was straight up painful to use, it's too slow and there's nothing to go back to in the games library.
- The original Sonic games were badly designed too.
- Nothing good has come from the Final Fantasy name since X and the series needs to die. They at least need to leave Final Fantasy VII alone while it still has any of its dignity left.
(Edit: Ok I liked Dirge of Cerberus, but everything else, no. That's a pretty unpopular opinion in itself though.)
- You can easily play fighting games for the story if the story is good enough. BlazBlue, bro. I initially only played that series for its story and getting good at it was what got me interested in 2D fighting games, I found them boring before.
- Games like Kingdom Hearts, Nier, Final Fantasy XV, etc are not JRPGs. They're Action RPGs. JRPG is a genre. Final Fantasy 1 - 10 & 13, Shin Megami Tensei, Chrono Trigger, Shadow Hearts, Mother, etc are JRPGs. A non-Japanese game can be a JRPG. Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is a JRPG. By calling any RPG from Japan a JRPG you're putting Dark Souls and Final Fantasy in the same box which obviously isn't correct.
- The Fallout game worlds (at least 3's, 4's and NV's, haven't played the originals) are dull and repetitive. I don't understand why people call them beautiful.
- Stylistically, Oblivion was an incredibly ugly game, even for its time. The characters all look like caricatures and their voices are annoying. The whole game feels uncanny valley as hell and I can't enjoy playing it.
- Silent Hill 4 is fantastic and easily the scariest game in the series. Not as good a game as 2, sure, but it doesn't deserve the flak it gets in the slightest. It's the only one that rendered me too scared to carry on playing. Once the hauntings start in the room... you can't do that, man. I had ONE safe place.
- If you weren't there for the hype train, Fable 1 was really good. I really liked it. It's only 2 and 3 that suck.
Be gentle.
