Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

@kyleforrester87 I would be inclined to think that it was a batch or something but every controller I had had problems. I bought them from different places and different times too so the odds of me getting all of them from the same batch are 1 in a million. They just make bad controllers is all.

@Tasuki No one has pointed the finger at you though? @kyleforrester87 was obviously joking. Unless you are dunking them in jam, then you are entirely to blame LOL.

How can they be poorly made when there is like 90 million console owners, the ones that are faulty are in the minority. Not sure how you can't understand that.

This is interesting so far.

I'm still on my two launch DS4s, a DragonSlay Fightpad - I have 2 purchased at release DS3s, one launch Sixaxis and original controllers for all of my older systems. All working and in good condition save the X button on one of my Satin Silver DualShock 2s. these have all apart from the DragonSlay pad, had years of use. I do try to keep my controllers clean (inside and out) and am not a heavy handed player. I do know people who grip a controller like they're trying to crush it!

I also appreciate that I probably don't put in as many hours as some, it always surprises me that people manage to trash controllers though.

@FullbringIchigo I quite like a multi use device. In the case of PS2/PS3, they were also important in the viability and adoption of DVD and BluRay formats respectively.

My TV is 10 year old(!) Bravia, which is fine and I'm in no rush to upgrade, but doesn't do any Smart things and I don't use a terrestrial aerial or cable/satellite service, so stuff I watch is through the PS4 and PS3 before that.

@KALofKRYPTON i'm not saying they don't have to have them just that they don't need to have tham

@Kidfried I control YouTube, Netflix and Spotify from my phone sometimes. It works direct from the apps. If you set up a play queue for YouTube from the app it usually does away with ads playing too.

Unpopular Opinion

Marvel vs Capcom Infinite is the best game in the series at least in terms of the game play

yeah it needed more characters and i understand that people were pissed because the X-Men wasn't in the game but that was because Disney and Fox were in dispute over the properties at that time, it's what lead Marvel to stopping the X-men and Fantastic 4 comics but now that Disney and Fox are in the process of merging then i'm sure they will be back in the next MvC

The gameplay in Kingdom Hearts 1 is ass.

@AdamantiumClaws Agreed. I've tried playing that game three or four times and always lose interest sometime after Wonderland.

Glad someone agrees. About Wonderland was when I realized I was in for a not-so-great experience. I haven't replayed the second one yet, but I remember it being a lot more fun.

@FullbringIchigo It was a ropey mess. MvC2 ftw!

@KALofKRYPTON i still had more fun with it than the others

@AdamantiumClaws Hey! I'm playing Kingdom Hearts 1 for the first time with my wife and I absolutely HATE this game, lol. Even giving it the benefit of being old, it's still mind-blowingly bad IMHO, especially considering how revered it still is. She swears the second one will be better, but I can't believe how poorly constructed this game is.

For example, most of the worlds just have you wander around aimlessly through small, empty rooms, with cutscenes triggering randomly. It's like, "you can't trigger the tent cutscene in the Jungle by going into the tent...nooooo, you have to go up a rope on the opposite side of the level, open a box with a potion in it, and THEN go back to the tent!" Seriously...what kind of level structure is that?! She's played it three times before and her only advice most of the time is to wander around.

Then there's the clunky combat, the camera (even on the PS4 remaster), the lost opportunities to do things other than fight the same tedious mobs of enemies...I could go on about this game, but pretty much every single thing about it is garbage (except the music), IMHO.

I wanna tell my wife this is one of the worst games I've played in a loooong time, but can't, so here I am! I'm still trying to like it, but so far...it's just not fun at all, lol.

@Kidfried I think she needs to take her rose-tinted glasses off! Yeah, she says it's her favorite series so I'm really trying to make an effort. Maybe afterward I can introduce her to MY favorite Square Enix series, Final Fantasy XIII, lol.

Well, no denying there. The gameplay is pretty bad, although it does improve a bit as you get more abilities and even the platforming gets better when you unlock high jump and glide.

Not going to lie, the world design is quite bad lots of wandering around aimlessly with no direction, having to know ridiculous things that you would have never guessed. Yeah. And some of the layouts are really bad, like Monstro. And most of the worlds are quite small.

BUT, Neverland is good fun even if it's way too short, and Hollow Bastion (the last world) is incredible in my opinion. If you can stick it out, you're in for some breathtaking story at the end. And your wife is right, KH2 is much better, especially in gameplay. I haven't replayed it yet but when I was younger I remember KH1 made me rage a lot, and I only beat it once, whereas KH2 was a lot of good times and I replayed it a lot.

And yeah, the music is pretty awesome at times. I'm in love with the Hollow Bastion music and well....everything about that world. It's also very large.

Stick it out if you can. The last chunk of KH1 made me fall in love with the story and series all over again.

@AdamantiumClaws Let's watch the language, ok. Thanks

@AdamantiumClaws Thanks for the heads up! Now I'm more excited about playing this game. My wife and I were gonna try and play through ALL of the KH games leading up to Kingdom Hearts 3, so the sooner I start enjoying myself the better!

Yeah, I’ll second (or third, or fourth at this point) the opinion that Kingdom Hearts is pretty lousy. I too just played some of the first one and just couldn’t stand it. Bored me to tears. I couldn’t get attached to Sora, the gameplay felt uninspired, and the progression through the game was confusing and bland.

Sorry, I can't remember what word I said. Are we allowed to use mild expletives like ass and sh**?