Do You Have Any Unpopular Gaming Opinions?

[irixith]

I'm not invested in Link or Gordon Freeman. I am Link and Gordon Freeman.

Exactly. I'm not invested in the character, I'm invested in the story and what's happening to ME. It's part of the whole reason I play games to begin with!

[Fragems]

This makes me think of another opinion (not sure if it is unpopular or not): I wish there were no games with a silent protagonist. I wish Gordon Freeman talked.

Come over here so I can slap the taste out of your mouth.

You seriously want Gordon Freeman to remain silent? Is it one of those things where he does talk, but it isn't vocalized to the player? Otherwise why anyone would be invested in him as a character in that world? Is he signing to the other people and we just can't see? If this is an ad for ASL, I'm all for it.

[ZeroAX]

I'm not invested in Link or Gordon Freeman. I am Link and Gordon Freeman.

Exactly. I'm not invested in the character, I'm invested in the story and what's happening to ME. It's part of the whole reason I play games to begin with!

I'm sorry, but it would be happening to YOU if you could make meaningful choices about the story and if the characters around you reacted differently to you depending on your choices. That would be YOU.

With gordon freeman (and Link I guess), everyone already reacts to him in a very specific way, because for those characters there IS a "person" called Gordon freeman. No matter WHAT your actions are, the characters will still react the same way. This means that you are not the protagonist, he already exists. It's just that we can hear him.


But I will agree that now it's too late for Half Life. They could do it for Zelda though I think

[prfsnl_gmr]

I'm not invested in Link or Gordon Freeman. I am Link and Gordon Freeman.

Exactly. I'm not invested in the character, I'm invested in the story and what's happening to ME. It's part of the whole reason I play games to begin with!

You can put me in the silent protagonist camp. I much prefer a silent (and preferably unnamed) protagonist. I am sure that I am not the only one who remembers the old days when NPCs would address you by the name of your save file...

[fastbilly1]

I'm not invested in Link or Gordon Freeman. I am Link and Gordon Freeman.

Exactly. I'm not invested in the character, I'm invested in the story and what's happening to ME. It's part of the whole reason I play games to begin with!

You can put me in the silent protagonist camp. I much prefer a silent (and preferably unnamed) protagonist. I am sure that I am not the only one who remembers the old days when NPCs would address you by the name of your save file...

Nice to see you again prfsnl_gmr05082013.091234
Would you like a night in the inn?

[prfsnl_gmr]

"fastbilly1 held the Rainbow Drop toward the sky. But no rainbow appeared there."

"Now, fastbilly1, thou must help us recover the Ball of Light and restore
peace to our land."

[BoneSnapDeez]

I'm not invested in Link or Gordon Freeman. I am Link and Gordon Freeman.

Exactly. I'm not invested in the character, I'm invested in the story and what's happening to ME. It's part of the whole reason I play games to begin with!

You can put me in the silent protagonist camp. I much prefer a silent (and preferably unnamed) protagonist. I am sure that I am not the only one who remembers the old days when NPCs would address you by the name of your save file...

I always thought it was weird that you could give Link some other name.

I was thrown for a loop first time I played Phantasy Star. Turns out you literally just name your save file, not the lead character. Guess it's for the best, as the lead character is female.

[BurningDoom]

I always thought it was weird that you could give Link some other name.

In the NES games, you were just naming your save file, not the character. Not sure why it morphed into the character, since everyone knows he is Link.

[ZeoDefender]

I'm not invested in Link or Gordon Freeman. I am Link and Gordon Freeman.

Exactly. I'm not invested in the character, I'm invested in the story and what's happening to ME. It's part of the whole reason I play games to begin with!

That's weird. I don't know how people can do that. I'm sitting on my ass, drinking some pepsi, and pushing some buttons on a controller. I'm not saving the world and destroying an evil empire. I think that's why I've always disliked the buzzword "immersion" so much. It doesn't exist for me.

[Erik_Twice]

I think that's why I've always disliked the buzzword "immersion" so much. It doesn't exist for me.

Being frank, very few games are actually as immersive as advertised.