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You know it's funny, when I see people talk about a game, one of the typical cons is game length. People will say, "Yeah, it's a fun game. Too bad it's so short"

Am I the only one who sees that and thinks, "Cool, now I DEFINITELY want to play that game"

I've made quite a few purchases due to people saying, "Too bad it's so short"

Like seriously, I envy these people who have so much free time.

That's why I love little indie games. Yeah, I wish I had time to do a deep dive in a Shin Megami Tensei game or some open-world adventure. But I can actually beat a short indie game over the weekend if I can have a couple of evenings to play.

Raging Justice wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 11:47 am You know it's funny, when I see people talk about a game, one of the typical cons is game length. People will say, "Yeah, it's a fun game. Too bad it's so short"

Am I the only one who sees that and thinks, "Cool, now I DEFINITELY want to play that game"

I've made quite a few purchases due to people saying, "Too bad it's so short"

Like seriously, I envy these people who have so much free time.

Ditto. I LOVE Assassin's Creed. I also haven't played one since Syndicate because who tf has time for games like Odyssey and Valhalla? I'm 32 working a full time job, and gaming isn't my only hobby; I have neither the time nor the energy for that.

Open world games have become boring. Not every franchise needs one.

comicstar100 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 7:12 pm Open world games have become boring. Not every franchise needs one.

I think that may have been unpopular once, but it's no longer a given that making a game open world is a good idea, thankfully. Won't keep the big tentpoles from leaning into it, though.

I think open world can be boring, but it can also be engaging when done right. Like anything else, I have to be in the mood in order to enjoy it. And with "open world" meaning "many, many dozens of hours" these days, I don't start one very often.

My most unpopular opinion is that not only are retro games worth playing but they are better than the new games being released today.

So I'm an Arcade games player at heart.
Started gaming in the 80s when I had first played some awesome Arcade's back in the 80s.
Then wanted the same experience at home.
Which was fulfilled to various degrees such as Street Fighter 2 at home Snes edition not Arcade perfect but still a great conversation.

My primary reason for old games being better than modern games.
Is that they were designed to be replayable.
Today's games are designed to be long.

Put into context a long game in the 90s was Final Fantasy 7 that came on 4 discs and lasted around 32hours to beat according to Google.

Today you get much longer games that even if I manage to play them the whole way through I don't see myself going back to them.
When it comes to length is mostly padding.

So when it comes to retro games they don't take long to beat in comparison to modern games and yet people like myself have been replaying them for years now.

Also all of the latest games in my favourite genre of fighting games are all the worst versions in the franchise.

Street Fighter + Tekken 8 for example.
While the mechanics are arguably better.
They are no longer follow the Arcade template that I loved about them.
The last great Tekken game for single player was Tekken 5.
It has character intros and endings as rewards and you had to play and gain experience as different fighters to see the endings.

Tekken 6 is where it became bad with that lame ass scenario mode that has awkward controls for movement.
There has been a Tekken force mode in the home games since Tekken 3 but it wasn't the main game Mode untill Tekken 6.

Street Fighter V famously came with no Arcade mode and later added a Token Arcade mode so it would sell.

I know I'm at odds with the wider FGC but this is my unpopular opinion

I detest the PlayStation 1 intro. Was the first console I owned that took a few minutes to get started. Watching not one, but two slow logos have to fade away has made me resentful of the PlayStation brand. The horrible architecture of the PS2 and PS3 didn't help either.