Do You Have Any Unpopular Gaming Opinions?

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Let's be real here, most JRPGS are not like the 7th Saga, they're pretty easy. They're really no more mindless than hack and slashes like GoW. More so turn based, but strategy rpgs are pretty easy too for the most part, unless the computer is just cheesing. (I find customization to be the primary form of entertainment for Tactic RPGs rather than actual...tactics).
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3DSStrider wrote:Okay, okay, I'll stop.
Seriously though, I meant what I said. In my opinion, video games are not an art form. They are just fun toys. That's all.
Why can't toys be art?
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Violent By Design wrote:Let's be real here, most JRPGS are not like the 7th Saga, they're pretty easy. They're really no more mindless than hack and slashes like GoW. More so turn based, but strategy rpgs are pretty easy too for the most part, unless the computer is just cheesing. (I find customization to be the primary form of entertainment for Tactic RPGs rather than actual...tactics).
Go beat Tactics Ogre. SNES version.

Report back to me about Easy JRPG's.

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Xeogred wrote:
Violent By Design wrote:Let's be real here, most JRPGS are not like the 7th Saga, they're pretty easy. They're really no more mindless than hack and slashes like GoW. More so turn based, but strategy rpgs are pretty easy too for the most part, unless the computer is just cheesing. (I find customization to be the primary form of entertainment for Tactic RPGs rather than actual...tactics).
Go beat Tactics Ogre. SNES version.

Report back to me about Easy JRPG's.

:mrgreen:
Admittedly though something like Final Fantasy Tactics is pretty easy to cheese once you understand the base concepts and push toward some of the nastier class combinations. Try fielding an army of female monks with the Squire's battle skill(for accumulate), the Ninja's two hands, and the Dancer's +3 move. Such a unit requires little equipment, is highly mobile, has a high attack power, attacks twice, can build up its power, can attack at range, and can heal, revive, and remove status effects. The game becomes blitheringly easy.

But, as has been stated, blanket approaches and statements to genres do not work. Yes, many JRPGs have awful stories and simple mechanics. And then there is 7th Saga, which has a relatively limited story but continuously presents a difficult challenge in its brutal random encounters. And while strategy/tactics RPGs may often have ways to cheese them, games like Fire Emblem and Ogre Battle/Tactics Ogre show that there is still a lot of factors which can make them difficult, almost brutally so at times. And even though you can cheese Ogre Battle, it's still just as easy to screw it all up.

That said, I also like mindless gameplay and enjoy Dynasty Warriors.

Yes, I said it. I like Dynasty Warriors.

Dynasty Warriors

Also, the Sonic story is God awful crap, and anybody who likes that series is into furry porn.
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Is that your excuse for only owning one sonic game, Ack? :P
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dunpeal2064 wrote:Is that your excuse for only owning one sonic game, Ack? :P
Hahaha, yes.
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I own Sonic games just because I think I should own them, but I dislike playing them. Never have been able to enjoy Sonic.
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There will be a bigger pool of people who will actually play through an entire Dynasty Warriors by default because they're waiting for a good Wii U game.
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Jmustang1968 wrote:I own Sonic games just because I think I should own them, but I dislike playing them. Never have been able to enjoy Sonic.

Huh. Different strokes. To me Sonic is the equivalent of pizza. I thought everyone loved it.

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