Unpopular Opinions V5: "I still don't like Half Life 2."
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[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49193726]Because there is nothing comparable.
I play games like CS:GO, COH2 and CkII that have metric shit tons of skins that add flavor to the game. I have never payed for skins in any of these games and my experience has still been great.
What we should be more concerned about is stuff like Commander packs in Coh2 that actually affect the game by locking units behind paywalls, etc.[/QUOTE]
I used to defend Paradox and their DLC, but holy shit it's very apparaent to me that they don't care. Those dumbass skins and most music packs should be rolled into the fucking expansion, by holding them hostage outside of it they create the feeling of "oooh more stuff my game won't be complete without it" all in the name of fucking money.
all of it, cs:go, paradox, company of heroes, total war, most of it is absolute shit that I can not believe that people actively defend anymore.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49193667]Its strange how progressive feminists and religious conservatives hold the exact views for different reasons.
Both are opposed to skimpy clothing in games. The conservatives have some modesty/purity bs and the progressives have some patriarchy/degradesWomen bs.[/QUOTE]
or like how mras mock sjws for getting offended too easily then throw tantrums about a "war on men"
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;49193854]or like how mras mock sjws for getting offended too easily then throw tantrums about a "war on men"[/QUOTE]
They're usually just as bad the fems they criticize.
[url]http://equalitycanada.com/[/url]
Organization that claims to fight for both genders but 99% of the content only focuses on one of them. Lets not forget mgtow, etc.
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all of it, cs:go, paradox, company of heroes, total war, most of it is absolute shit that I can not believe that people actively defend anymore.[/QUOTE]
All of these companies have horrible DLC practices but the cosmetic stuff that doesn't affect the gameplay is harmless. These companies late into the games lifecycle are selling their titles for less than 10 dollars, hell CSGO at times sells for 5 bucks. Giving people opportunities to spend money on harmless cosmetics allows the company to make more money without harming the game by locking content behind paywalls.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49193887]
All of these companies have horrible DLC practices [B]but the cosmetic stuff that doesn't affect the gameplay is harmless.[/B][/quote]
Bull fucking shit it's harmless. It tells them that they can milk us dry for anything, just so they can make a little extra dosh. It starts of with skins, moves onto "sidegrades" and then you start getting the game in pieces instead. Rather than treating us like people, we get insulted with shit.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49193887]These companies late into the games lifecycle are selling their titles for less than 10 dollars, hell CSGO at times sells for 5 bucks. [/quote]
If they're so god damn late into the game's lifecycle then start work on a new fucking game or expansion that's actually worth money instead of trying to milk consumers dry on worthless pieces of garbage.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49193887]Giving people opportunities to spend money on harmless cosmetics allows the company to make more money without harming the game by locking content behind paywalls.[/QUOTE]
Again, it's harmful to the consumer and to the culture around games. It gives publishers and developers the A OK to keep fucking us with pointless bullshit, and it's excuses like yours of why it keeps happening and only gets worse. If people stopped buying into the shit for five minutes, they'd realize what they bought stinks.
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Why do you even think a company thought it was OK to put Microtransactions in a fucking EARLY ACCESS game in the first place?
Because people kept buying into the shit and telling that it was good.
Orgies are gross. The fact that more than 2 people are gonna get together and fuck like snakes, it's disgusting. It's too much of a risk and so unrealistic because you can't keep tabs on everyone. Not to mention the high chance of STDs it's scary.
and Paradox is a great fucking example of what not to do. All those "portrait packs" and "song packs" and "sprite packs" should be rolled into the expansions they release at the same time, but they see $$$$$$ instead.
It really bothers me when people say that microtransactions are optional and you don't need it. It's not that it's not true, but it's deflecting the point. So what if I DO want it, it's not unreasonable to want things in a game, but these things are often priced so ridiculously that it makes you feel like a fucking idiot for actually buying in to it at all.
The real issue is that things are split up as much as possible and priced so that the combined price is completely absurd.
Also games with fucking item economies are just insane to me. The gambling elements and fake rarity just blows my mind how anybody allows them self to actually get invested in this. Also I think the whole whale thing is just disgusting, these systems are deliberately set up to exploit certain people and what they're getting out of it is not actually worth it. There's a pretty insane amount of greed involved in this kind of thing.
It's not that there can't still be a good game underneath all this shit, it's just that it destroys any soul that the game has.
Likely unpopular opinion but im curious to see the response.
I feel like letting individual privately run websites become so overpoweringly important compared to the rest of the internet is some sort of huge misstep. See that attempt to create the zuckernet, its extremely unnerving to see a single website trying to forcibly become the only internet in poor regions of the world.
Sites past a certain critical mass can't really go down due to bad politics, corruption, excessive monetization, they just get so big that no matter what they do to their users they'll just keep coming back and new people replace the ones who do leave in multiples due to name recognition. Its one thing for a tiny si te like facepunch to be a dictatorship ruled by community mods but twitter, facebook, reddit, sites that big quickly become unstoppable, at least for a decade once they reach a critical mass. Back when myspace fell the population of the internet was tiny compared to today, i dont think the same kind of thing is nearly as easy due to the inertia sites have in addition to the much broader userbases who just don't care.
The main thing im concerned about with this happening is the politics of it. People see these websites then they try to use them to their advantage, they are corrupted really easily. Thesedays its easier to get banned on twitter for criticizing srhbutts than it is for recruiting for isis, because of her "friend on the twitter mod team". On reddit, most of the default subreddits have become controlled by a single major group of mods who use vague rules to push their politics, then the admins back it up. Mods for some subs take bribes from devs to censor criticism of their games. Recently they changed their privacy policy and misled users about what they changed, a complete 180 on their "selling user data" position. Facebook's content you see is straight up controlled by how much $$$ people paid to show it to you.
Information is extremely important and the internet controls it, sites like twitter and reddit become extremely valuable tools, we're letting them be very obviously manipulated by certain agendas and theyve become such huge forces that a migration away from them isnt possible, and even if it was, the next site would just be corrupted once it hits the mass where a migration away from it would be too difficult. My opinion here doesn't really include a solution, just that most people dont see it as an issue. Is there any solution to this kind of thing?
edit: also see wikipedia
Payday 2 should be a lesson in why micro transactions for game content will fuck you over.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49193489]Anecdotal I guess but I could never have kids, I just don't trust myself with the responsibility.[/QUOTE]
This is basically my view too. I don't hate kids at all personally and I'm actually pretty good with them. I just don't feel like I'd do anything resembling a good job raising kids of my own (I have a difficult enough time dealing with my own problems, lol) and would rather not force them to deal with a parent like that. Being responsible for another person's entire life is kinda a freakishly huge responsibility.
I want kids in the future. I used to think I'd be a bad dad, but nobody's a perfect parent at any point. I want a family, I want children, I want to pass on my genes and have a happy family. Most importantly, I want a happy family.
i have literally 0 reproductive urges. i dont ever think about children, or a family. i dont feel the need to do any of that. i genuinely do not understand the goals and feelings that the two of you are discussing
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49195206]This. More than anything in the world.
It's basically my biggest goal. I won't care if I'm amazingly successful in the future as long as I can raise a happy family who isn't starving.[/QUOTE]
Same, I'd even give up my career to be a stay at home dad if that's what is needed.
[QUOTE=Anti Christ;49195307]i have literally 0 reproductive urges. i dont ever think about children, or a family. i dont feel the need to do any of that. i genuinely do not understand the goals and feelings that the two of you are discussing[/QUOTE]
That's fine, I'm with you on that. Kids are a financial and emotional strain, not worth the effort in my opinion.
[QUOTE=TAU!;49194944]I want kids in the future. I used to think I'd be a bad dad, but nobody's a perfect parent at any point. I want a family, I want children, I want to pass on my genes and have a happy family. Most importantly, I want a happy family.[/QUOTE]
this might be the most popular opinion in history
[QUOTE=Mattk50;49194114]See that attempt to create the zuckernet[/QUOTE]
don't know what that is but call it the zukrinet and i'm all in
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49196012]this might be the most popular opinion in history[/QUOTE]
It's usually uncommon in countries which are in decline.
The morbidly obese should be treated as addicts like alcoholics and junkies.
[QUOTE=Virtanen;49196825]The morbidly obese should be treated as addicts like alcoholics and junkies.[/QUOTE]
No. They really shouldn't. Morbidly obese can be to do with a NUMBER of things.
Laziness.
Health issues that involves weight gaining and severe swelling.
Mental issues like depression.
The list goes on, and a lot of morbidly obese people really don't help themselves by the way they choose to live.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;49187195]I agree that it was completely uninteresting in previous games, but I believe they've actually nailed it with Fallout 4, feels like proper power armor now instead of just a regular suit of armor with higher stats.[/QUOTE]
Except in F1 and F2 it actually had the proper feeling. Unless by previous games you only mean F3 and NV.
[QUOTE=draugur;49196880]Except in F1 and F2 it actually had the proper feeling. Unless by previous games you only mean F3 and NV.[/QUOTE]
You sure? I'm pretty sure F1 & F2 didn't make you take off your power armor to do anything. Even fuck that one chick and her daughter.
[QUOTE=greeley;49196868]
Laziness. [/QUOTE]
aka. lack of willpower, similiarly to other addicts. I will however concede that giving up hard drugs is way harder than fast food.
[QUOTE=greeley;49196868]Health issues that involves weight gaining and severe swelling.[/QUOTE]
Name a common medical condition that makes you 300+lbs on it's own.
[QUOTE=greeley;49196868]Mental issues like depression.[/QUOTE]
I fail to see the distinction you're trying to make here, a lot of people turn to drugs or alcohol from mental issues like depression or trauma.
[QUOTE=greeley;49196868]The list goes on,[/QUOTE]
Do go on then?
[QUOTE=greeley;49196868]and a lot of morbidly obese people really don't help themselves by the way they choose to live.[/QUOTE]
Agreed
I despise the 3D pokemon games. The 2D ones were always better
I think the new/latest emotes (the ones that replaced the SA ones, others are fine) are pretty lame and I'd of rather they kept the old ones or at least given the option to use them still.
Pokémon is boring as shit and has a load of completely wasted potential because they refuse to innovate.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;49192137]Facepunch's hatred of children is becoming disturbing, we've got people now saying they'd like to be [B]sterilized[/B].. and they're talking about full on sterilization not something reversible.
I mean sure, I can understand not wanting to have kids, but some people here are starting to take it to ludicrous extremes, and quite a few of their arguments are just idiotic and short-sighted.[/QUOTE]
Do you think I would make a good parent? Honest question.
I sure as hell don't.
While my parents were good to me, they had their problems. That led to me having major problems which affected in a negative manner my entire life.
I'm not passing those issues unto the next generation. Plus with climate change, oceanic acidification, an mass extinction event predicted to soon come to pass, a possible world war, a society (in America at least) where rights are no longer taken seriously, a piss poor economy, along with the elimination of financial mobility and a possible dark age on the horizon, I think I would be one mean person to bring another person into this world.
The only reason to have children is to have someone to take care of you when you grow older. Thats selfish in it self too.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;49197693]Literally no one thinks they're going to be a good parent before they have kids, all you can do is your best and hope you become a good one through experience.[/QUOTE]
I also listed as to why I don't think it would be a good idea. The future to me looks hellish.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;49197307]Even in F1 and F2 it still felt like just another standard suit of armor just with higher stats, although it had a special feeling because of how rare it was. F3 & NV (to lesser extents), and F4 seem to have a thousand suits lying all over the wasteland just waiting to be found by [I]you[/I] the player and no one else, I mean if F4 didn't nail the feel of using power armor so well I'd say it was the worst representation of power armor yet simply because of how common it is, it's literally easier to find multiple suits of X-01 power armor than it is to find a heavy combat armor chest piece in F4, that's just crazy.[/QUOTE]
I haven't found a single piece of X-01 armor yet. In fact, it took me 32 levels to finally find some T-51 armor. Where do I look?
[QUOTE=Virtanen;49196825]The morbidly obese should be treated as addicts like alcoholics and junkies.[/QUOTE]
I'm disagreeing with you because you're not saying it right. If we're going to treat it like an addiction, that's great! It totally is. But are we going to treat them like "junkies"? I don't even call drug-addicts "junkies" - you're setting it up as hate and I'm not gonna be part of that.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;49198201]I'm disagreeing with you because you're not saying it right. If we're going to treat it like an addiction, that's great! It totally is. But are we going to treat them like "junkies"? I don't even call drug-addicts "junkies" - you're setting it up as hate and I'm not gonna be part of that.[/QUOTE]
yeah this is perfectly valid. I just wasn't sure if it was confusing or not to write "addicts like alcoholics and addicts"
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