Unpopular Opinions V5: "I still don't like Half Life 2." - General

[QUOTE=RichyZ;49104038] it's uninformative as hellr[/QUOTE] This especially. From what I've seen, it gives you a 3-4 word option, but you end up saying a couple sentences that might sound totally different than what you meant

[QUOTE=RichyZ;49104038]what i still dont understand is people defending the wheel it is straight up worse than the list it performs worse (clicking that shit sometimes doesn't work and it's easy to slip and click another option) it's uninformative as hell and generally it wont have more than 4 options, and if it ever does, it's just a pain to go back and forth between them [editline]12th November 2015[/editline] pros to the wheel its more aesthetically pleasing works on controllers better[/QUOTE] once again it is literally all thanks to shit writing ME's wheel worked perfectly. dialogue in that series was smooth, because the options given to the player were concise and perfectly described their intent.

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49104061] ME's wheel worked perfectly. dialogue in that series was smooth, because the options given to the player were concise and perfectly described their intent.[/QUOTE] This is extremely important. New Vegas did it right, LA Noire was crippled by it.

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49104061]once again it is literally all thanks to shit writing ME's wheel worked perfectly. dialogue in that series was smooth, because the options given to the player were concise and perfectly described their intent.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=RichyZ;49104070]me's wheel works because the game is hub based, the character is predefined, and there aren't a lot of quests[/QUOTE]not to mention the dialogue wheel in ME was made specifically for that series, the whole game is pretty much built around it. F4 looks like Bethesda saw ME's wheel and went "that looks cool lets just shove that in our game even though it won't be implemented as well." if they wanted a voiced protagonist they could still do that but why not keep the old dialogue system that 1, 2, 3, and NV had, those worked perfectly and I don't understand why they had to go and muck it up like that.

Like really why doesn't Bethedsa just hire a new writer for everything? Are sales literally the only figure they look at? It's almost universally agreed that New Vegas was written better than 3 but then they go and make the same narrative mistakes of their past games and add even bigger new ones (Especially stuff involving the protagonist) 3 you were set down a predifined path but had a little leeway in the character you wanted to make New Vegas gave you so many options for your main quest and all of them were viable depending on the character you wanted to play 4 you're military veteran with a family to take care of at all costs and you're forced to love that family even if they give you no reason to other than "They're your family" That and I'm willing to bet the whole "Synth vs human" narrative doesn't even explore the complexity of the moral questions we have about AI and boils down to "Racism = bad"

imo bethesda should just drop the narrative approach entirely TES 6 or whatever should just be a collection of dramatic vignettes (such as Skyrim's lighthouse quest) inside a sprawling open world

Bethedsa Develops the world, outsource everything that involves people talking to Obsidian

I've never understood the story hate Beth gets. I never played Fallout 3 to completion, so let's assume that game's story is terrible for arguments sake. They're generally simple, fun stories that aren't academy award winning but are generally interesting and fun enough to play towards the end. Morrowind had an interesting story with a pretty nice backstory to get into through NPCs, books, etc. Oblivion had a nice story with a cool twist in that you aren't the hero of the lands or really the main protagonist at all, and Skyrim's again was good enough to play to the end, and it was cool seeing lore characters and the like in the flesh. Beth's plots aren't god-tier but they've more than good enough for open world games imo.

[QUOTE=Linkuya;49104637] Beth's plots aren't god-tier but they've more than good enough for open world games imo.[/QUOTE] Skyrim had a good story. Fallout 3 had a terrible one.

[QUOTE=Linkuya;49104637]I've never understood the story hate Beth gets. I never played Fallout 3 to completion, so let's assume that game's story is terrible for arguments sake. They're generally simple, fun stories that aren't academy award winning but are generally interesting and fun enough to play towards the end. Morrowind had an interesting story with a pretty nice backstory to get into through NPCs, books, etc. Oblivion had a nice story with a cool twist in that you aren't the hero of the lands or really the main protagonist at all, and Skyrim's again was good enough to play to the end, and it was cool seeing lore characters and the like in the flesh. Beth's plots aren't god-tier but they've more than good enough for open world games imo.[/QUOTE] The problem with the Fallout 3 plot is that the fundamental premise of it is entirely broken. The whole story is built around how this water purifier is so desperately needed to give the people of the wasteland clean and safe drinking water. There are poor people who lie outside of the towns who beg for water with their dying breath. The moment you step into Megaton some dude just comes up to you and goes "lol we have a robot that makes water for free you can have it if you want".

I thought Gurren Lagann was shite.

Private schools should be banned. All children should be required to go through the public education system. This would ensure that rich people can't just throw their kids into private schools and let the public system rot. To make it even better have the schools be randomly assigned within a region/county.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49104992]Private schools should be banned. All children should be required to go through the public education system. This would ensure that rich people can't just throw their kids into private schools and let the public system rot. To make it even better have the schools be randomly assigned within a region.[/QUOTE] that might be the most profoundly terrible idea I've heard all year

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49104650]Skyrim had a good story. Fallout 3 had a terrible one.[/QUOTE] skyrim had an awful main story not at one point during it did i care at all about the outcome. all i wanted to do was have a badass fight with Alduin and all i got was a 2 minute long whackfest with 2 random ghosts the only good part of skyrim was some longer sidequests

Smash Bros' newest guest character is by far the dumbest thing I have ever seen

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49104992]Private schools should be banned. All children should be required to go through the public education system. This would ensure that rich people can't just throw their kids into private schools and let the public system rot. To make it even better have the schools be randomly assigned within a region/county.[/QUOTE] ... They still pay the local taxes that fund the public system you know. also wouldnt that make transport a pain, and would make it so you can't be with people you know/like

[QUOTE=flashn00b;49105630]Smash Bros' newest guest character is by far the dumbest thing I have ever seen[/QUOTE] After looking it up I have to agree if what I saw was true. Final Fantasy 7 is overrated garbage and Cloud is one of the most annoying characters I've ever had the displeasure of seeing.

Online communication is just as much "human" as verbal communication is.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;49105641]... They still pay the local taxes that fund the public system you know.[/QUOTE] "I don't use the system, I'll just vote to defund it", etc. Parents don't want their child to go to a shitty poorly funded school and so have an incentive to make sure all schools are of a high quality. Also: [url]http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/more-40-low-income-schools-dont-get-fair-share-state-and-local-funds-department-education-research-finds[/url] Putting children in an environment where they'll work alongside children from different cultural and economic backgrounds will help combat racism and elitism.

[QUOTE=Alice3173;49105697]After looking it up I have to agree if what I saw was true. Final Fantasy 7 is overrated garbage and Cloud is one of the most annoying characters I've ever had the displeasure of seeing.[/QUOTE] I don't like the source material but I think he seems like someone who'd be fun to play as. Maybe.

[QUOTE=Blazedol;49105736]I don't like the source material but I think he seems like someone who'd be fun to play as. Maybe.[/QUOTE] It's possible he could turn out fun to play at least but I definitely think there are tons of characters who would be a better choice. (I have no idea what characters were actually considered though since I wasn't following the news at all.)

[QUOTE=Alice3173;49105697]After looking it up I have to agree if what I saw was true. Final Fantasy 7 is overrated garbage and Cloud is one of the most annoying characters I've ever had the displeasure of seeing.[/QUOTE] Way I see it, Nintendo will just let any game character appear in Smash as if they don't give a fuck about it anymore.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49104992] This would ensure that rich people can't just throw their kids into private schools and let the public system rot. [/QUOTE] l o l They collect taxes from [I]everyone[/I] to fund the schools. The public school system is rotting because it has piss-poor administration and a lack of effort from teachers/faculty, and the modern idea that school isn't worth it. It's a vicious cycle of lack of interest from administration which causes a lack of interest amongst students, and thus lack of interest for administration to keep trying. Private schools are A-Okay [editline]12th November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE]To make it even better have the schools be randomly assigned within a region/county.[/QUOTE] The fuck kind of idea is that?

[QUOTE=MintyMginty;49101381]If everyone were taught music theory, they'd realize that their favourite super cool hipster song and some mainstream chart thing they loathe are almost harmonically and structurally the same thing and the only differences are superficial.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't say sound design is superficial.

[QUOTE=MintyMginty;49101381]If everyone were taught music theory, they'd realize that their favourite super cool hipster song and some mainstream chart thing they loathe are almost harmonically and structurally the same thing and the only differences are superficial.[/QUOTE] ?????????????? there is more to music than harmonics and structure and you're the one who needs to study music theory if you don't understand that plus my hipster music is exclusively math rock and weird shit

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49105906] They collect taxes from [I]everyone[/I] to fund the schools. The public school system is rotting because it has piss-poor administration and a lack of effort from teachers/faculty, and the modern idea that school isn't worth it.[/QUOTE] No. They get little funding meaning shit supplies, shit salaries and large class sizes. Yes, they collect taxes from everybody but the taxes are lower than what they should be thanks to people that don't give a shit about public schools thanks to private schooling.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49106119]No. They get little funding meaning shit supplies, shit salaries and large class sizes. Yes, they collect taxes from everybody but the taxes are lower than what they should be thanks to people that don't give a shit about public schools thanks to private schooling.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Rangergxi;49105726]Putting children in an environment where they'll work alongside children from different cultural and economic backgrounds will help combat racism and elitism.[/QUOTE] forcing everyone to attend public school would accelerate the homogenization of culture, strip everybody of civil liberties, and put absolute power in the hands of the people designing the curriculum. fighting racism and elitism isn't important. Nurturing a public culture that gives people the mental independence to challenge social issues on their own is what you're really looking for, and forcing everybody to institutionalize their children into legally safe developmental tombs with padded walls and bathroom passes is exactly the wrong way to do that. if you think the purpose of the law is to provide the ruling class with tools to change a country's culture, you are [u]fucked[/u] [u]up[/u]

[QUOTE=Skyward;49102823]The quiet Undertale fans will all agree that the Undertale "fandom" is filled with loud obnoxious fanatics that constantly barrage you with in-jokes. The key is learning how to like something without becoming part of the "fandom" v:v:v I really like the game, a lot, but man some people... Its a shame because it is a genuinely great game, but its the people that give it a bad image. That said, the outrage against it being brought up "everywhere" here (specifically on FP) seems a little overblown to me. I don't talk about it much- if at all- outside the thread, and the only time I see it now is in people's avatars (which is inoffensive) or [I]occasionally [/I]someone posts an inside joke in LMAO Pics or something (which doesn't play well there so I get why people don't like it). I may be wrong, but the way I see it is it got a lot of attention and talk going the week or so it came out, but the hyping has died down and now the Undertale talk is replaced with a lot of people angry that it happened. :v: But it's probably worse if you browse Tumblr or something. I don't so I can't say.[/QUOTE] Fandoms for any game can range from perfectly fine to absolute cancer. A good example of this in my experience is the Touhou community. In general, the average person can be interested in certain components of the series (be it the characters, the music, or the art) and completely ignore the fandom and everything else. In my case, I stay fairly in touch with the music and the large volume of arranges and re-imaginings of different songs. Often times, followings will develop around specific bands (traditionally called Circles) that crank out entire albums in specific genres or with a specific vocal style. Most of these circles initially start up making arranges of Touhou music and they either: eventually fizzle and die out OR they start arranging music from another series (specifically going from Touhou to Kancolle). I have absolutely no problem with them arranging whatever they please, after all, I can imagine doing the same song over and over again (some of these circles arrange the same song more than 15 times) can start to kill ones creative drive. [i]Some[/i] people, on the other hand, are lunatics and have sent messages to some of these musicians, calling them 'traitors for abandoning Touhou.' It's funny but sad and concerning at the same time.

[QUOTE=MintyMginty;49101381]If everyone were taught music theory, they'd realize that their favourite super cool hipster song and some mainstream chart thing they loathe are almost harmonically and structurally the same thing and the only differences are superficial.[/QUOTE] i read this as if it's from the mouth of someone who actually hasn't explored contemporary music to a citable degree. you are making this statement as if it is some sort of enlightening conclusion for people on pop songs.

motion controls are great when not tacked on.