Games that are fun to rip on and why?

Most of us here are gunna bounce up and down and put your hands up an say call of duty or halo, which is fine most of us that do rip quite usually got know clue where talking about, its just common reasons such as "its a clone" or "its for kids" but lets be straight for a second, lets lay down some proper reasoning as to why we hate on some games.

I enjoyed Black Ops 2, but for the last few years I was largely anti-Call of Duty even though I thought they were fine, well made games.

The reason I disliked Call of Duty wasn't because it was popular or anything, I disliked it because I felt the developers weren't doing anything with that popularity. CoD4 came out and with it, it brought a lot of imitators using similar unlock systems, killstreak rewards, and the same, but the system was far from perfect. Instead of tweaking it and dealing with the complaints, the series just caked "more of the same" onto the franchise. Yeah, Modern Warfare 2 brought in Spec Ops which was a fun time killer, but really where did the series go? More unlocks, more killstreaks, more silly challenges and all it equaled was chaos in an uncontrolled form.

The problem really came from games trying to steal a piece of this success. It was bad enough that Call of Duty was on cruise control and nothing was really changing, but other shooters began following suit. Every FPS around had to have a multiplayer mode attached for some reason, and even if they were good none of them really possessed what Call of Duty players were looking for resulting in short lived communities. Really, what was the point of Crysis 2, Bioshock 2, The Darkness, or Singularity being forced to have these multiplayer modes with instantly dead communties?

Even games that were still excellent alongside CoD's insane multiplayer fanbase changed just to compete. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was balanced very well comparatively, but there was a large outcry against the game not featuring that many unlocks as the competition. Thus, Battlefield 3 was born, and here, Dice added too many unlocks that are RPG grind worthy to gain, regardless of how useless. You can't even deny the impact CoD had on the competition when games such as Battlefield, a huge franchise with a dedicated fanbase, had the tagline "Far and above the Call".

But mostly, it was the fact the leader of the pack wasn't doing anything to really improve. The FPS genre became stagnant for years as we had copycat after copycat. Finally, Black Ops 2 came around and added League Play, which was a great addition largely overlooked but important as it basically takes everything that made CoD so addictive (the stream of unlocks) and turns it on it's head by saying "you get everything, go try and win and not bother with anything else" making the game feel fresh as gamers join with a competitive attitude instead of a "I really need to kill 4 guys at once with a grenade to get a title" attitude. It also pushed for a better story and offering more options for those not interested in the multiplayer with an expanded zombies as well. It still has a slew of problems, but at least it's trying.

I hate on Japanese games because the stories are so convoluted and targeted so heavily at their own Japanese market. To the point where I don't understand why Americans and Europeans go so far out of the way to find appeal in them.

MGS4, for example... Gets an abundance of praise... When I played through and beat it I saw it like this:

Old guy, robotic suit that makes him able to do what he does, I am now fighting a 20 year old girl in a latex suit, I am now on a C-130 with a 10 year old girl making eggs, I am now fighting robots, I am now fighting another 20 year old girl in a latex suit, I am now looking at a doctor who has her shirt unbuttoned almost to the bottom and no undershirt, I am now talking with a guy wearing high heels that have swords attached to them, I am now fighting a guy who walks around a tundra with no shirt on, I am now fighting another 20 year old girl in a latex suit, I am now talking with the captain of a Battleship who is a 20 year old girl, I am now a half naked old man fighting another old man.

The whole time I was just like "wtf is this?"

I can understand it appealing to a Japanese base as their society is filled with such things... But to a western audience I don't see how they find appeal unless, like I said, they are weaboos who go out of their way to praise and worship Japanese everything.

Red Dead Redemption. I don't hate the game. I tought it was good, actualy. But that's just it. I thought it was merely good. I hear people all the time say it's one of the best games ever made, and I can't fathom as to why. Plus it's always fun to see butthurt responses.

Any game that gets undue praise and has a zealous fan base is always fun to rip on due to the reaction you'd get.

There's no game that I think is "fun" to rip on. Sure there's games I don't care for due to various reasons but I don't see how it would be "fun" to rip on them.Archangel3371

Agreed.

I hate on Japanese games because the stories are so convoluted and targeted so heavily at their own Japanese market. To the point where I don't understand why Americans and Europeans go so far out of the way to find appeal in them.

MGS4, for example... Gets an abundance of praise... When I played through and beat it I saw it like this:

Old guy, robotic suit that makes him able to do what he does, I am now fighting a 20 year old girl in a latex suit, I am now on a C-130 with a 10 year old girl making eggs, I am now fighting robots, I am now fighting another 20 year old girl in a latex suit, I am now looking at a doctor who has her shirt unbuttoned almost to the bottom and no undershirt, I am now talking with a guy wearing high heels that have swords attached to them, I am now fighting a guy who walks around a tundra with no shirt on, I am now fighting another 20 year old girl in a latex suit, I am now talking with the captain of a Battleship who is a 20 year old girl, I am now a half naked old man fighting another old man.

The whole time I was just like "wtf is this?"

I can understand it appealing to a Japanese base as their society is filled with such things... But to a western audience I don't see how they find appeal unless, like I said, they are weaboos who go out of their way to praise and worship Japanese everything.

C2N2

Seriously? You can't understand why someone would enjoy things from another culture instead of using a derogatory thoughts on who they might be?

I'm an American and most of my favorite titles originate from Japan because I appreciate their culture and the solid gameplay usually present with each iteration. In fact, I dislike it when Japanese companies attempt to Westernize their franchises to make a buck and ruin otherwise great games (see: Resident Evil)

I wish more cultures were prevelant in making games to see what else the world has to offer. Really, we have food, music, literature, and everything else from around the world but when it comes to games it's usually just straight down the middle "Japanese or Western" which is too bad.

I used to make fun of console shooters and bro gamers in general but it was stupid. Who are we to judge what other people enjoy?

Dragon Age Origins.

Everything about that game is like from the certain type of hyper-PC reddit poster.

I think that the gameplay is lousy. The overarching plot is stupid. Some of the character interactions are amusing.

The sequel is better. Yes, it isn't popular, but the gameplay is better and the writing is more mature and intelligent in the 2nd dragon age.

It's wack seeing multiplayer tacked on to games meant to be single player.

It's wack seeing multiplayer tacked on to games meant to be single player.

HipHopBeats

[QUOTE="Archangel3371"]There's no game that I think is "fun" to rip on. Sure there's games I don't care for due to various reasons but I don't see how it would be "fun" to rip on them.Lucky_Krystal

Agreed.

[QUOTE="Lucky_Krystal"]

[QUOTE="Archangel3371"]There's no game that I think is "fun" to rip on. Sure there's games I don't care for due to various reasons but I don't see how it would be "fun" to rip on them.MirkoS77

Agreed.

Well it's not my thing. I'll poke a little fun at games I do like that aren't really that good in some ways. Or mention that I don't care for a certain game or genre. But other than that, I don't really see any reason to go on a full on hate rant for games I don't like. Especially if a good number of people genuinly enjoy the game. I don't like giving attention to games I don't like. I'd rather focus on games I do like. Also I have no interest in starting or taking part in useless internet arguments that consist of two people waving around their e-peen and beating their chests (which is usually where "bashing" and "ripping" leads to in my experience).

Well it's not my thing. I'll poke a little fun at games I do like that aren't really that good in some ways. Or mention that I don't care for a certain game or genre. But other than that, I don't really see any reason to go on a full on hate rant for games I don't like. Especially if a good number of people genuinly enjoy the game. I don't like giving attention to games I don't like. I'd rather focus on games I do like. Also I have no interest in starting or taking part in useless internet arguments that consist of two people waving around their e-peen and beating their chests (which is usually where "bashing" and "ripping" leads to in my experience).

Lucky_Krystal

Yea I agree. If it's taken seriously it's ridiculous (SW is a haven for it), but what I meant was good-hearted, well intentioned ripping. I've gotten into trashing some of my favorite games with others just for laughs. But it's all in good humor.

Yea I agree. If it's taken seriously it's ridiculous (SW is a haven for it), but what I meant was good-hearted, well intentioned ripping. I've gotten into trashing some of my favorite games with others just for laughs. But it's all in good humor.

MirkoS77

Ah. Well if you put it like that then yeah, there's nothing wrong with some funny, light hearted ripping. I've done that quite a few times myself :P