Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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[QUOTE=kebab52;42024834]Did I say they were any better?[/QUOTE]
No, but you said only Nintendo gets "a pass" when the reality of it is they just make games for running franchises, which the majority of game developers do. If anything it's the opposite situation as Nintendo (and Activision) draw the most flak for this when in reality almost no major developer does it much differently.
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;42020387]Wouldn't a militarily experienced president be more inclined to utilise the military in certain circumstances instead of diplomacy?[/QUOTE]
Actually, it would probably be the opposite since he/she understands better what it means to go to war.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42018415]The presidents also going to managing alot of money, so he should be rich right?[/QUOTE]
Congress writes the budgets
It'll be a long time till the US elects a woman president.
Politics is Dumb and we should stop talking about it.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;42024795]Except Valve, and to most of the world IW, and DICE, and pretty much every other dev who's ever made a franchise.[/QUOTE]
DICE and IW get shit for it all the time and valve actually can't seem to keep a franchise beyond 2-3 games
[QUOTE=Juniez;42028101]DICE and IW get shit for it all the time and valve actually can't seem to keep a franchise beyond 2-3 games[/QUOTE]
DICE only gets occasional flak for it, and from considerably smaller groups of people than Nintendo. IW as well has a pretty large following. Also Valve has made about 4 releases of the same Counter-Strike game (1.5/1.6, CZ, Source, GO), plus releasing Half-Life (HL and HL:S) and Left 4 Dead twice. And even then, what people use as evidence of Nintendo repeating the same games could be equally applied to just about any series, by comparison Nintendo's series are actually far more distinctive between games than either the CS or L4D franchises.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;42028172]IW and DICE both only get occasional flak for it, and from considerably smaller groups of people than Nintendo.[/QUOTE]
dude thats not even an understatement anymore
its a straight up lie
[QUOTE=Juniez;42028187]dude thats just straight up untrue[/QUOTE]
It applies mostly for DICE I'll admit, IW does get pretty widespread hate, but they do still have a pretty dedicated following. But to avoid further confusion I've amended my post to more accurately reflect this.
[QUOTE=kebab52;42024776]Nintendo are fucking shit.
Why do they get a pass for bringing out the exact same fucking things year upon year but no-one else does.[/QUOTE]
god damn am i sick of this thought process.
they don't bring out the exact same thing year upon year, most of the games in their long running franchises are really unique from each other, new super mario bros is kind of an exception to that but thats a very recent thing. and not only that but they DO create new IPs every so often and also resurrect old franchises and expand upon their potential.
and why is it always nintendo that people pick on for this? what about microsoft and sony advertising their long-running series' like halo and final fantasy? why don't they count?
I don't believe in gay marriage.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42018415]The presidents also going to managing alot of money, so he should be rich right?[/QUOTE]
The president [i]is[/i] rich. :v:
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[QUOTE=Kljunas;42018682]I don't think you can expect a single person to have experience in the military, economics, sociology, etc.[/QUOTE]
Military career, major in sociology, minor in economics. Becoming president isn't a walk in the park, neither should be preparing for a career in politics.
[QUOTE=Captain Chalky;42028691]That's so much bullshit! Just because me and three other people have posted it as an unpopular opinion in this thread, doesn't mean that "people always pick on nintendo".
When we move to a greater scale, Nintendo practically never gets any kind of criticism for this, only ever from individuals. Unlike, lets say, Infinity Ward and CoD that gets shit poured on them by entire gaming communities.
Every installation of Pokemon gets a shit ton of praise while Call of Duty Black Ops makes people above the age of 13 throw up on their monitor.[/QUOTE]
i'm not huge on pokemon or NSMB myself, but it doesn't hinder nintendo from releasing other really good games.
you have a good point though, i don't know if nintendo receives most of the criticism for this on a greater scale, i just happen to see it a lot. how are you so sure that COD receives more criticism, though?
I thought The Hobbit was an amazingly dull movie.
All advertisements are awful.
For the millions of ads that I've seen and watched, I may have only bought no more than 10 things after seeing their ad for it.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;42028172]DICE only gets occasional flak for it, and from considerably smaller groups of people than Nintendo. IW as well has a pretty large following. Also Valve has made about 4 releases of the same Counter-Strike game (1.5/1.6, CZ, Source, GO), plus releasing Half-Life (HL and HL:S) and Left 4 Dead twice. And even then, what people use as evidence of Nintendo repeating the same games could be equally applied to just about any series, by comparison Nintendo's series are actually far more distinctive between games than either the CS or L4D franchises.[/QUOTE]
Did you seriously just say all the CS games were the same?
[QUOTE=kill3r;42030217]Did you seriously just say all the CS games were the same?[/QUOTE]
perhaps they're not EXACTLY the same but they're all definitely very similar
[QUOTE=zombojoe;42026822]It'll be a long time till the US elects a woman president.[/QUOTE]
If you think this is some kind of terrible thing, i should slap you.
You should vote for people entirely for what they could do. Being a different race or gender has absolutely no impact on ability. It would be fucking ridiculous to put someone in charge over a superior opponent because the lesser character isn't a white middle aged man.
[QUOTE=zombojoe;42029900]All advertisements are awful.
For the millions of ads that I've seen and watched, I may have only bought no more than 10 things after seeing their ad for it.[/QUOTE]
No advertisement has ever made want to buy a product. If I want to get something I usually know what I'm getting already, or I do some research to figure out which product is the best of its kind. A biased ad only makes me want their specific product less.
The only time I wanted something from a commerical was years ago when I saw a toy on Cartoon Network or something.
[QUOTE=Y'all.;42028348]god damn am i sick of this thought process.
they don't bring out the exact same thing year upon year, most of the games in their long running franchises are really unique from each other, new super mario bros is kind of an exception to that but thats a very recent thing. and not only that but they DO create new IPs every so often and also resurrect old franchises and expand upon their potential.
[B]and why is it always nintendo that people pick on for this? what about microsoft and sony advertising their long-running series' like halo and final fantasy? why don't they count?[/B][/QUOTE]
I do agree with this. It is a pretty ridiculous double standard.
I do feel like Nintendo deserves the flak but so do other devs. The problem is that Nintendo is more noticeable. I think I discussed it with you before that it wasn't the fact that they use old IPs, it was the frequency at which games are released for them. Even if they make changes, the are too small and too spread out to often be noticeable or matter, such as Pokemon. Sure, it is different from how it was in the 80s but you wouldn't know because they come out with a new game every year that makes very small, gradual changes.
It also has to do with the amount. There are more Mario games in existence than any other franchise [B]ever[/B] that I know of, while I can still count all the Halo games on 2 hands. Even CoD, which releases the same thing every year, has so far had the decency to make 9 consecutive games not counting spin-offs or ports, while about 9 Mario games will probably be released [B]this year.[/B] There just doesn't need to be that many, even if the gameplay is different. The least they could do is give it a new IP or even spin-off IP (which admittedly is like giving a car a new paintjob; it may be refreshing but it is still the same beast).
Honestly, it doesn't have so much to do with Nintendo not having change in gameplay terms, because they do for many of their series'. However, they have a problem of reusing IPs for something that just as easily could be original content. They could have made "Super Mario Galaxy" anything because of how different it was, but they slapped in that fucking greasy plumber again.
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;42035500]Even if they make changes, the are too small and too spread out to often be noticeable or matter, such as Pokemon. Sure, it is different from how it was in the 80s but you wouldn't know because they come out with a new game every year that makes very small, gradual changes.
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mario games coming out so frequently is a recent thing. the gap between super mario 64, super mario sunshine and super mario galaxy was pretty large, and it's unfair to count spinoff titles like mario party and mario kart because they're completely different genres of games.
i agree with you on pokemon, but they have 1 team dedicated to developing pokemon games so it really doesn't hinder the development of their other good games.
theres also still a pretty large gap between zelda games. skyward sword came out in 2011 and the new 3DS zelda is coming out later this year, and the new wii u zelda game that nobody knows anything about will probably come out in at least late 2014, probably 2015.
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;42035500]It also has to do with the amount. There are more Mario games in existence than any other franchise ever that I know of, while I can still count all the Halo games on 2 hands. Even CoD, which releases the same thing every year, has so far had the decency to make 9 consecutive games not counting spin-offs or ports, while about 9 Mario games will probably be released this year. [/quote]
thats kind of an exaggeration, only 1 mario game that falls under the category of "new game with gradual changes" is coming out this year, super mario 3D world. there's also the new mario party and mario and luigi dream team, but they are completely fucking different, there's no way you can act like they're anywhere near similar just because they all have mario
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;42035500]Honestly, it doesn't have so much to do with Nintendo not having change in gameplay terms, because they do for many of their series'. However, they have a problem of reusing IPs for something that just as easily could be original content. They could have made "Super Mario Galaxy" anything because of how different it was, but they slapped in that fucking greasy plumber again.[/quote]
super mario galaxy happens to be one of my favourite games of all time. i love everything about it. the fact that you play as mario doesn't take away from the experience at all. there's so many things unique and creative about it, the setting, the level design, the creatures, the amount of new powerups, its the best linear 3D platformer i've ever played, and you act like just because they used mario in it it's suddenly lazy and you just dismiss it. it's a platforming game, whats there go-to IP for platforming games? fucking mario, mario just fits perfectly with the concept of the game. if it didn't, they'd use a different IP, or make a new one. look at pikmin, that was originally going to be a mario game but they realized that wouldn't work, so they made an entirely new IP to fit with the concept. they don't recycle IPs because they're lazy, they just use what will work and try to make it as varied and creative as possible.
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;42035500]while about 9 Mario games will probably be released [B]this year.[/B][/QUOTE]
To be fair there, they are going to be mostly different styles of games. Many of which could easily have been different IPs, just Nintendo didn't see a reason to make a new IP for them. Mario Kart, Mario Party, Smash Bros. (if you count that as Mario), the RPG Marios, the 2d Marios, the 3d Marios, Mario Tennis, that's 7 different games I can think of off the top of my head that would, for the most part, only be similar in setting and characters. And that's not as bad an idea as some people think anyways since a lot of people would be far more likely to try those games since they would already be familiar with Mario.
I do think that they should go back to one game in each of those settings every few years though. SMB->SMB2US->SMB3->SMW was 2-3 years between releases if I recall correctly. And the changes between each of those was very significant. NSMB->NSMB Wii->NSMB2->NSMBU was too quick and there's few enough major changes that it more or less does feel like just level packs. There are some changes like different power ups and usable items and even level designs that are unique to any one of those. But they all have the same basic graphics and the majority of the game is more or less more of the same.
I can't speak for the differences between Galaxy and Galaxy 2 since I haven't played either (well, like 10 minutes of the first one but that doesn't really count) but they otherwise seem to change things a lot more in the 3d Marios. Mario 64 to Mario Sunshine was a rather huge change and Sunshine to Galaxy was an even bigger change. They just need to rebalance the Mario market and maybe limit themselves to one or two new Mario games per year and not going back to another genre of them before they've made a new one for each existing Mario genre.
I liked Final Fantasy Tactics Advance more than Tactics despite only playing Tactics via the PSP port., but i love TA over A2 just because of the overpoweredness of some classes and actual gameplay speed.
I personally think that Fire Emblem Awakening is essentially the Persona or Rune Factory of the FE series; a game or spinoff that outshines the other previous titles or has some form of emphasis on Waifus.
I consider Sheik to be visibly androgynous, but is actually female with male organs...probably sets off fights as to wherever [sp]it is a disguise or not, a genderchange/bend or a hermaphrodite[/sp].
I prefer May over Misty in the Anime, just because contest episodes had an actual reason for existing as character development, the characters didn't overshadow May whereas they did overshadow Dawn, even the Bard guy and Zoey was more interesting than Dawn....probably have to give an edge to Iris just for being visually better than Dawn, Misty seems more down to earth however. [sp]It might have helped that May was packing like 4 Fully Evolved Pokemon in her team in that Wallace Cup Episode, even Ash himself doesn't evolve his pokemon that often except for the sporadic copy-plot diversion, Torterra anyone?[/sp]
• To illustrate, May had a few evolved Pokemon, 3 of them being starters, sure she lost to Dawn...but Dawn lost against Iris in a direct battle in Unova, had Musicals have more focus perhaps Dawn could've beaten Iris, then again she ended up losing against Ash...but since Ash never wins any leagues, he just loses to a "rival" of sorta, but Dawn is only around at the time to attract the old crowd with Ash's Charizard whilst attracting Cynthia fans to boot...presumably to fuel the Shipping crowd.
• Misty's only goal was to be a Water Pokemon Trainer, but her starting Pokemon was basically clones of eachover (Staryu/Starmie) or useless (Goldeen) it didn't really get that much better with Psyduck as he's only there as a Deus Ex Machina with his spontaneous Headaches who's mantle eventually went to Togepi, and then there's Horsea....who barely did anything after the Tentacruel Episode...think she got a Corsola and a Poliwag (now a Politoed) somewhere....and also a Gyarados and Luvdisc, but those were in side-episdes...doubt she'd actually use Gyara in actual episodes.
All in all, Misty's Pokemon couldn't develop as characters reasonably, even Onix probably got more airtime in earlier episodes, if only to act as a flight of stairs in the SS Anne, later to barely appear, due to his size, still more time than Mankey/Primeape..and he only lasted 2 episodes, constantly angry.
I think that the Dynasty and Samurai Warriors series is great, especially the Empires edition.
People who think EA's support of LGBT rights is some corporate conspiracy are fucking morons.
[QUOTE=Skyward;42045198]People who think EA's support of LGBT rights is some corporate conspiracy are fucking morons.[/QUOTE]
People think everything EA does is a conspiracy because they're convinced that EA are worse than Hitler and could never do anything right.
And those people are fucking morons.
A lot of people generally are fucking morons.
[QUOTE=Plucky;42038378]
I consider Sheik to be visibly androgynous, but is actually female with male organs...probably sets off fights as to wherever [sp]it is a disguise or not, a genderchange/bend or a hermaphrodite[/sp].[/QUOTE]
I read that as "Shrek" and was very confused.
[QUOTE=Skyward;42045198]People who think EA's support of LGBT rights is some corporate conspiracy are fucking morons.[/QUOTE]
the fact that they accused those who voted them to be worst company as anti-lgbt pretty much voids any credibility they had on the matter
[QUOTE=Unisath;42046413]the fact that they accused those who voted them to be worst company as anti-lgbt pretty much voids any credibility they had on the matter[/QUOTE]
[I]THEY DIDN'T[/I]. The fact that people on Facepunch are completely incapable of actually reading, doing research, and not being assumptive shits is really fucking irritating. Look at this.
[quote]This year’s contest started in March with EA outpolling a company which organizers contend is conspiring to corner the world market on mid-priced beer, and (gulp) allegedly waters down its product. That debate takes place in bars – our audience lives on the Internet. So no surprise that we drew more votes there.
Let me cut to the chase: it appears EA is going to “win.” Like the Yankees, Lakers and Manchester United, EA is one of those organizations that is defined by both a legacy of success, and a legion of critics (especially me regarding all three of those teams).
Are we really the “Worst Company in America?” I’ll be the first to admit that we’ve made plenty of mistakes. These include server shut downs too early, games that didn’t meet expectations, missteps on new pricing models and most recently, severely fumbling the launch of SimCity. We owe gamers better performance than this.
Some of these complaints are 100 percent legitimate – like all large companies we are not perfect. But others just don’t hold water:
Many continue to claim the Always-On function in SimCity is a DRM scheme. It’s not. People still want to argue about it. We can’t be any clearer – it’s not. Period.
Some claim there’s no room for Origin as a competitor to Steam. 45 million registered users are proving that wrong.
Some people think that free-to-play games and micro-transactions are a pox on gaming. Tens of millions more are playing and loving those games.
We’ve seen mailing lists that direct people to vote for EA because they disagree with the choice of the cover athlete on Madden NFL. Yes, really…
In the past year, we have received thousands of emails and postcards protesting against EA for allowing players to create LGBT characters in our games. This week, we’re seeing posts on conservative web sites urging people to protest our LGBT policy by voting EA the Worst Company in America.
That last one is particularly telling. If that’s what makes us the worst company, bring it on. Because we're not caving on that.[/quote]
[url]http://www.ea.com/news/we-can-do-better[/url]
The CEO is saying how a lot of criticism against EA is legitimate, but brought up a few reasons that just don't hold water, which includes conservative newsletters and shit bashing EA for having LGBT rights. Not ONCE did he do a hand wave and dismiss all criticism as homophobia. If you can find me a quote when somebody in EA [I][b]LITERALLY[/b][/I] said that "everybody who criticises us is a homophobe," then show me.
[editline]1st September 2013[/editline]
second to last line is what i'm talking about. fp isn't letting me edit my post.
[QUOTE=Unisath;42046413]the fact that they accused those who voted them to be worst company as anti-lgbt pretty much voids any credibility they had on the matter[/QUOTE]
Congratulations, you're one of those fucking morons.
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