Do You Have Any Unpopular Gaming Opinions?

[o.pwuaioc]

Ooh, I've got a good one: No Zelda game after Windwaker has any reason to exist. The series should either totally reinvent itself, or be let out to die.

Just curious, what was your beef with Minish Cap and Twilight Princess?

HEY LINK!

LOOK OVER THERE!

UNDER THE THIRD ROCK TO THE RIGHT!

YOU MISSED A KINSTONE!

DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN FUSE KINSTONES TOGETHER?

I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO MISS OUT ON A SECRET!

NO, DON'T LEAVE THIS SCREEN!

THERE'S A KINSTONE UNDER THE THIRD ROCK TO THE RIGHT!

Is that in both or only one? Don't you get a lot of this even in Ocarina?

[AppleQueso]

Is that in both or only one? Don't you get a lot of this even in Ocarina?

Kinstones are only in Minish Cap, so I'm guessing that one.

Every Zelda since OOT has had a naggy buddy though. I've never really been particularly bothered by any of them personally (not even Navi or Fi), but eh.

[Menegrothx]

Fantasy games are boring (sci-fi all the way, yo!).

No way! I can't get enough of dragons, swords, sorcery, goblins, wizards, etc... I eat that shiz right up. I do like classic 80s/90s sci-fi games like Phantasy Star, modern day stuff like Mass Effect kinda bores me.

Hell yeah. LOTR/D&D/World of Warcraft-type of fantasy ftw. "Clean looking" scifi is almost always boring, that's why the original Star Wars movies were so great Of course there's a lot more to sci-fi than just space ships with endless corridors, but I'm assuming you're refering to Star Wars/Wing Commander/Mass Effect type of stuff with the term sci-fi here.

[BoneSnapDeez]

"Clean looking" scifi is almost always boring

Yeah that's how I feel.

I like futuristic sci-fi that looks dated. Is that some sort of contradiction?

[irixith]

Just curious, what was your beef with Minish Cap and Twilight Princess?

HEY LINK!

LOOK OVER THERE!

UNDER THE THIRD ROCK TO THE RIGHT!

YOU MISSED A KINSTONE!

DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN FUSE KINSTONES TOGETHER?

I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO MISS OUT ON A SECRET!

NO, DON'T LEAVE THIS SCREEN!

THERE'S A KINSTONE UNDER THE THIRD ROCK TO THE RIGHT!

Is that in both or only one? Don't you get a lot of this even in Ocarina?

Especially Minish Cap. It's like playing an interactive movie -- you never really get to think or decide for yourself. The sidekick buddy thing is aggravating in all of them, yes, but the hat takes the cake for flat-out ruining the game. In Wind Waker, Ocarina and Twilight, it's just an annoyance.

Twilight Princess is so linear that it doesn't really belong in the same series. Maybe it's not just the linearity, but it doesn't feel like a Zelda title at all.

I have nightmares about that hat. HEY LILY! YOU'RE GOING TO DREAM ABOUT ME! (Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!)

[Retrodude]

I like futuristic sci-fi that looks dated. Is that some sort of contradiction?

Not really. As awesome as Star Trek TNG is, I prefer Deep Space Nine because it's not all shiny and squeaky clean. The universe looks lived in in that show and that asthetic appeals to me more as a viewer because it seems closer to what the reality is likely to be if space travel ever becomes the norm. I think the 2009 film strikes a nice balance between the two styles.

[BurningDoom]

Fantasy games are boring (sci-fi all the way, yo!).

Why can't there be room for both? I love both genres!

[ZeroAX]

All this sci fi and fantasy talk got me yearning for a star wars/LoTR cross over

[jfrost]

I absolutely hate voice acting in video games. I think it just barely works in games like Metal Gear Solid or Fable, but overall, voice acting is just unbearable.

I basically agree. At best I find it bearable. I don't think I've ever played a game where the voice acting was an asset or felt necessary.

[o.pwuaioc]

Yeah, Portal and Portal 2 were already mentioned. They're definitely for me the rare exception.