I actually read good things about it. Main issue is it's low battery life.
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The majority of GAF have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to video game soundtracks. The critique usually boils down to "Is it a good game? Then it has a stellar soundtrack." Or "Does the soundtrack have a lead theme that you're hit over the head with? Then it's a good soundtrack."
Case and point: Uncharted 4. An excellent soundtrack with a variety of instruments, timbre, writing styles and mood for several different moments in the game but it doesn't have "Nate's Theme" so it's automatically shit-tier for GAF?
Bloodborne's another one. On its own, it's okay. But in comparison to Souls soundtracks, it's overly repetitive and uses the same structure and instruments for nearly every track. Very forgettable bar 1 or 2 tracks.
Obviously, this works the other way where Syndicate's soundtrack was trashed a lot despite it being one of the most inventive and varied of the year purely because Ubisoft made it so it couldn't possibly have anything good about it.
I know music is mainly subjective but there remains things about it that are objective. But the way some are blindly praised due to the quality of the game or are miraculously "dog-shit" cause they don't have an equivalent of "Nate's Theme" or "Dragonborn" is just ignorant.
Case and point: Uncharted 4. An excellent soundtrack with a variety of instruments, timbre, writing styles and mood for several different moments in the game but it doesn't have "Nate's Theme" so it's automatically shit-tier for GAF?
Bloodborne's another one. On its own, it's okay. But in comparison to Souls soundtracks, it's overly repetitive and uses the same structure and instruments for nearly every track. Very forgettable bar 1 or 2 tracks.
Obviously, this works the other way where Syndicate's soundtrack was trashed a lot despite it being one of the most inventive and varied of the year purely because Ubisoft made it so it couldn't possibly have anything good about it.
I know music is mainly subjective but there remains things about it that are objective. But the way some are blindly praised due to the quality of the game or are miraculously "dog-shit" cause they don't have an equivalent of "Nate's Theme" or "Dragonborn" is just ignorant.
DistortionOfReality
Member
Totally agree. I don't really understand all the hate for preordering if you are excited to get a new game. What's the difference between getting it when it's released, or picking it up from a store on release day? Either way you are getting the game, and preordering usually just means it will be delivered to your door on the day.
That's without even mentioning limited copies of stuff. Then preorders are pretty much essential.
Melchiah
Member
I've been buying and listening to soundtracks, sometimes even for games I haven't played, for the past 15 years, and I couldn't disagree more when it comes to Bloodborne OST. I've listened to it countless times, whereas DS3's soundtrack didn't sound that special to me, outside of few pieces.
My favorite BB pieces are...
Cleric Beast (a video of the recording session)
Hunter's Dream
Omen
Queen of the Vilebloods
Other favorite OSTs of mine are Silent Hill 1-4, The Last of Us, Bioshock, Half-Life 2, Mass Effect, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, and The Order: 1886. Case in point, HL2 and Order aren't something I'd call my favorite games, and I enjoyed the industrial side of Silent Hill more than its more catchy guitar pieces. Generally, more convential song structures begin to bore me after a while.
Goose_Se7en
Banned
Sony's 1st party games this gen compared to last gen are lacking. There I said it.
and I'll say it again
Melchiah
Member
Compared to the PS3's first three years, or all the seven years? Comparing the first three years, the PS4 exclusives win hands down for me.
Goose_Se7en
Banned
First 3 years obviously.
By November 17th 2009 (exactly 3 years after the PS3 launch in NA) we had Resistance 1&2, InFamous, Warhawk, Uncharted 1&2, Ratchet and Clank ToD and aCiT, Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet, (I'd mention MGSIV but that's not 1st party) hmm what else...Oh yea Motorstorm and Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Wipeout HD, Socom Confrontation, Demon Souls (Sony published in Japan, Atlus in NA)
Should I continue? Sony was killing it and most of these titles were not only commercially successful but critically as well.
Digitally Sony was also breaking new ground with titles such as Echochrome, Pixeljunk shooter, Flower, Shatter (one of my fav brick breaking games, boy is that soundtrack awesome)
Rexatality
Member
Another Dishonored controversial opinion time:
Dishonored is a better Deus Ex successor than Eidos Montreal's take on Deus Ex.
Dishonored is a better Deus Ex successor than Eidos Montreal's take on Deus Ex.
Yeah, you should. I only like 1 of those games, Demons' Souls. The rest are kinda crap (although many will disagree about uncharted, I just hate those games).
I think Bloodborne, Driveclub and Helldivers outshine pretty much all those games. Quality over quantity IMO.
Goose_Se7en
Banned
Yea we'll agree to disagree. I own all the games I listed and I think they're awesome and you think they're crap. 😉 But hey it's cool we can share different opinions.
Atom Heart Mother
Banned
I liked Modern Warfare 3.
I find Wrath of the Lich King overrated. I loved it too, but I think Mists of Pandaria was my peak point of WoW. People who want WoW to be Wrath 2, 3, 4, etc. are stuck in the past. The game has legitimately gotten better since 2008. Only Warlords stunk becuz of garrisons.
Max Payne 3 is one of my favorite Rockstar games.
Most first party Sony games feel forgettable except for the obvious games (team ICO, demons souls, ND games, Ratchet, Parappa). Killzone is a boring game franchise and always felt like it wanted to be Halo but could never achieve that.
I loved Xen in half life.
I find Wrath of the Lich King overrated. I loved it too, but I think Mists of Pandaria was my peak point of WoW. People who want WoW to be Wrath 2, 3, 4, etc. are stuck in the past. The game has legitimately gotten better since 2008. Only Warlords stunk becuz of garrisons.
Max Payne 3 is one of my favorite Rockstar games.
Most first party Sony games feel forgettable except for the obvious games (team ICO, demons souls, ND games, Ratchet, Parappa). Killzone is a boring game franchise and always felt like it wanted to be Halo but could never achieve that.
I loved Xen in half life.
Melchiah
Member
I had to ask, because I've seen people comparing the whole of last gen to the three years of the current one several times.
Personally speaking, the first three years of last gen gave me these exclusives:
- Resistance: Fall of Man
- MotorStorm
- Siren: Blood Curse
- Wipeout HD
- LittleBigPlanet
- Flower
- Killzone 2
- Uncharted 2
EDIT: That goes for Demon's Souls as well.
Whereas this gen has given me:
- Killzone: Shadow Fall (yeah, I enjoyed it)
- Resogun
- Infamous: Second Son & First Light
- Driveclub
- The Order: 1886 (enjoyed that one as well)
- Bloodborne
- Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
- SOMA
- Alienation
- Uncharted 4
EDIT.2: The last gen also provided me only a single game, WipEout HD, that entertained me over a year. This gen provided Resogun, Driveclub, and Bloodborne. Apart from that single entry, none of the early PS3 games stand among my all-time favorites either, unlike those three on the PS4, and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
Goose_Se7en
Banned
Completely forgot about Siren Blood Curse on PS3. Awesome game, totally underrated. I think that came out in mid to late 2008.
Really good Zelda. Do not worry about the other Zeldas, we have seen to it.
Not only is Twilight Princess the best in the series, Wind Waker is the worst mainline Zelda game imo
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Eh, why not have a little fun with some brutal honesty.
Now I haven't spent too much time with Gears of War 4. But from what I've played so far, it's been an underwhelming by the numbers bore. Shooting waves of robots in a dreadfully dull environment is not my idea of a good opening.
I've found the early parts of The Division (which I also bought last week) to be far more enjoyable.
I'm sure Gears 4 will pick up. Or at least I hope.
Now I haven't spent too much time with Gears of War 4. But from what I've played so far, it's been an underwhelming by the numbers bore. Shooting waves of robots in a dreadfully dull environment is not my idea of a good opening.
I've found the early parts of The Division (which I also bought last week) to be far more enjoyable.
I'm sure Gears 4 will pick up. Or at least I hope.
Melchiah
Member
GlamFM
Banned
No lies detected.
I don't think I've posted this one yet, but for some reason I legitimately think that Yoshi's New Island is the best Yoshi game ever made. That doesn't mean it's great; I personally think the original is good but kind of super overrated and the other games more or less similar in quality to it. Something about YNI is just relaxing though, the movement is fun and I like how the game uses its mechanics. It's absolutely too far on the easy side probably, though.
See, I find these to be a little contradictory. 'Cause Wipeout 2048 is good. It's the last one developed by Studio Liverpool. And it's only on the Vita. So c'mon.
Orpheum
Member
That's nice to hear. Although the battery life is by far the biggest issue, i agree with that
Plague Doctor
Member
Is there some unspoken new rule in video game commercials that they all need modern covers of older songs to cg or live action video not indicative of actual gameplay footage?
BlueBadger
Banned
I don't really know if this is controversial, because I'm sure it's polarizing in parts.. But..
I really am not a fan of FF7 at all. And I really don't like Tifa as a character.
Also, Ace Attorney 2 (Justice for All) is not my least favourite Ace Attorney game. I actually enjoy it quite a bit.
I really am not a fan of FF7 at all. And I really don't like Tifa as a character.
Also, Ace Attorney 2 (Justice for All) is not my least favourite Ace Attorney game. I actually enjoy it quite a bit.
The Artisan
Member
all X Men games should be Xbox exclusive.
all games and franchises that start with X in the title should be only on Xbox.
all games and franchises that start with X in the title should be only on Xbox.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Pokemon exclusive to PlayStation it is then.
The Artisan
Member
The P in Pokemon and PlayStation are part of the words.
The X in Xbox and X Men don't really stand for anything. The X is just there to look cool.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
X-Men? Charles Xavier's team?
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Tits for tats. Xbox gets Xmen, Playstation gets Pokemon, Switch gets Scania: Truck Driving Simulator.
Unless I'm mistaken, the X in Xbox is actually originally from "DirectX." It was the "DirectXbox" originally, and then shortened at some point during development.
Now as for why they kept it Xbox instead of coming up with something else entirely? I dunno, probably decided it looked cool.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
Banned
I've spent 50 hours with The Witcher 3 finally. I kind of like it despite what I'm about to say.
The Witcher 3 is a shittier GTA5 with a fantasy setting, and the two best things about it were collecting the Gwent cards, and the fact that it didn't shy away from grey-area morality in some of its characters, in that order.
Some of the problems
1. The combat is terrible, always.
2. General open world glitchiness, both from the environment, to random freezes, to quests not operating correctly.
3. Geralt isn't an interesting character, and I hate his gruff voice.
4. The music was bland at first and then painful after awhile.
5. Who thought that horse races and fist fights were fun. Completely pointless.
The Witcher 3 is a shittier GTA5 with a fantasy setting, and the two best things about it were collecting the Gwent cards, and the fact that it didn't shy away from grey-area morality in some of its characters, in that order.
Some of the problems
1. The combat is terrible, always.
2. General open world glitchiness, both from the environment, to random freezes, to quests not operating correctly.
3. Geralt isn't an interesting character, and I hate his gruff voice.
4. The music was bland at first and then painful after awhile.
5. Who thought that horse races and fist fights were fun. Completely pointless.
whalleywhat
Member
I think people who feel confident in their armchair psychoanalysis of complete strangers weren't hugged enough by their mothers.
Springfoot
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I don't know if this is controversial or not but the amount of people who feel their opinion or post is worthy of its own thread is really annoying.
I guess this was recently intensified by the election fallout. There was a lot of Trump threads for every side of the result yet people still felt the need to make threads about their own (usually over-dramatic) opinions.
Gaming it's the same. So many thread OPs could just be in the game's relevant OT but people must feel their opinion needs specific attention or something.
Example:
Infinite Warfare OT
"So, uh, the Infinite Warfare campaign is really good." Thread (Btw, the way people start thread titles with "So" could be its own post in here)
"Infinite Warfare is everything I wanted from a Space shooter"
I guess this was recently intensified by the election fallout. There was a lot of Trump threads for every side of the result yet people still felt the need to make threads about their own (usually over-dramatic) opinions.
Gaming it's the same. So many thread OPs could just be in the game's relevant OT but people must feel their opinion needs specific attention or something.
Example:
Infinite Warfare OT
"So, uh, the Infinite Warfare campaign is really good." Thread (Btw, the way people start thread titles with "So" could be its own post in here)
"Infinite Warfare is everything I wanted from a Space shooter"
travisbickle
Member
That1BlackGuy
Member
I really enjoy console Real Time Strategy games, I have a pretty big collection of them on the PS3 and Xbox 360. "Dumbed down" controls or not, I have fun with the experience. If the PC versions of these games had controller support, I'd most likely play them that way on PC too.
While I do agree, it is understandably encouraged in some respects because otherwise the board would just be a bunch of megathreads. For example I have no issue with LTTP/RTTP threads in general as I make them myself from time to time. What I typically don't care for is the liberal usage of hyperbole when it comes to expressing an opinion in the thread title and/or the thread's OP. (i.e. "X" How the hell does anyone like this trash?)
While I do agree, it is understandably encouraged in some respects because otherwise the board would just be a bunch of megathreads. For example I have no issue with LTTP/RTTP threads in general as I make them myself from time to time. What I typically don't care for is the liberal usage of hyperbole when it comes to expressing an opinion in the thread title and/or the thread's OP. (i.e. "X" How the hell does anyone like this trash?)
muetimueti
Neo Member
Let's see. Keeping it positive:
-Mirror's Edge Catalyst is an amazing game.
-UMvC3 might be the best fighting game ever made.
-Mirror's Edge Catalyst is an amazing game.
-UMvC3 might be the best fighting game ever made.
eXistor
Member
I guess VR just doesn't click with me, because I've seen nothing so far that impresses me. I played VR Worlds, Eagle Flight, Rush of Blood, Robinson The Journey and a few others. It being VR doesn't really add much to the experience imo. I got over the initial "wow" factor within minutes and I haven't been immersed in anything yet. So far it's just tech-demos or very simplistic experiences.
I could see this being great for Visual Novels though; imagine a lengthy interactive story with great production values in VR. Now that's something that gets me excited. Maybe some proper point and click style adventure games. I hear great things about Obduction, so maybe that one is cool in VR, I dunno.
Honestly, VR is nothing but an expensive gimmick at this moment and I see no reason to jump in right now. If the tech gets better and I have an actual decent library of games to choose from, maybe I'll jump in in the future, but for now it's a hard pass for me.
I could see this being great for Visual Novels though; imagine a lengthy interactive story with great production values in VR. Now that's something that gets me excited. Maybe some proper point and click style adventure games. I hear great things about Obduction, so maybe that one is cool in VR, I dunno.
Honestly, VR is nothing but an expensive gimmick at this moment and I see no reason to jump in right now. If the tech gets better and I have an actual decent library of games to choose from, maybe I'll jump in in the future, but for now it's a hard pass for me.
Thug Waffle
Member
Those Bethesda games feature rich world building. They make for good memes.
But they are so fucking repetitive. I don't even waste my time on them anymore.
But they are so fucking repetitive. I don't even waste my time on them anymore.
I've only played Skyrim, but I've never enjoyed a game so much and also been happy to 100% it and never touch it again at the same time. The Witcher I think falls into the same territory; there's so much good stuff in them but what I'm left with is less than the sum of its parts. Open world games to me feel almost more soulless than the limited worlds we used to have that were more purposefully filled with stuff, which I think is what trickles down and kills my enjoyment.
momshotdad
Member
The PS4 is the most overrated console of all time. The controller triggers and sticks are subpar (especially for action and shooter games), the battery life on the DS4 is abysmal, the console is loud as hell, the PSN is pretty unreliable and a much lesser services as far as features compared to XBL, the lack of true mod support in Bethesda games is disappointing, and there have only been a couple of great exclusives (Bloodborne, UC4, and Infamous SS come to mind).
I switched over the XB1S this summer and it's been much, much better in my situation.
I switched over the XB1S this summer and it's been much, much better in my situation.
Frozenprince
Banned
I like Fable 3, especially how it handles your weapon upgrades aesthetically.