Controversial gaming opinions you have

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Originally Posted by Drakon

I hate 2d fighting games where you can jump into the background like that. I never liked that concept until polygon fighters because until that point it's kind of difficult to tell if you're in the foreground or background.

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I've never had a problem telling which plane you are in in RBS. It's easier to see than in FFS (which I also own.)

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Originally Posted by Azathoth

Inferior ports of a games are enjoyable, interesting to play, and are worth owning even if a perfect rendition of the original is available. I compare them to music; if you enjoy a particular song you'll also enjoy listening to a live version, remix, cover, demo, and so forth.

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Absolutely. There are many games I own multiple versions of because each has its own charm. It's sad how many quality, unique home ports of arcade games get dismissed now that people have access to the arcade version at home. On that note, more people should check out the VIC-20 version of Donkey Kong. It's uglier looking than most ports but it's also faster, controls great, and isn't missing any levels.

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Originally Posted by sheath

I also don't get why people hate Lord of the Sword, it seems like a great precursor to the MetroidVania style games.

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It's nice to read this. I was thinking of mentioning Lord of the Sword in this thread. I really don't get why it's hated either. I love how the arrows can hit an enemy and then fall on another one. It's a great looking game, too, from the mountains to the dark swamp area. The only downside is that it's a long game to do in one sitting with limited continues.

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Originally Posted by Drakon

I hate 2d fighting games where you can jump into the background like that. I never liked that concept until polygon fighters because until that point it's kind of difficult to tell if you're in the foreground or background.

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Damn right! Theres a reason only 1 2D fighter series did that foreground mechanic.... because it was STUPID. Never could get into the early fatal fury games because of it.

3D fighters are different because they're true('ish) 3D and even then, its not done like the FF games were. In Fatal Fury when going to the foreground you might as well have been on another plane of reality from the other character. That was just dumb.

Ugghh.

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

Absolutely. There are many games I own multiple versions of because each has its own charm. It's sad how many quality, unique home ports of arcade games get dismissed now that people have access to the arcade version at home. On that note, more people should check out the VIC-20 version of Donkey Kong. It's uglier looking than most ports but it's also faster, controls great, and isn't missing any levels.

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Depends. NES versions of Double Dragon and Ninja Turtles Arcade? Absolutely. Inferior to the arcade, but still great games in their own right and for the hardware.

Then you have junk like the world Heroes port for the Genesis! Which still isn't exactly terrible, but its only "okay" at best.

Turtles in Time is overrated, I finally played the arcade version in 2-player yesterday and it's nowhere near as good a beat 'em up as some people make it out to be.

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Originally Posted by Saturn Fan

Damn right! Theres a reason only 1 2D fighter series did that foreground mechanic.... because it was STUPID.

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Ahem, Yu Yu Hakusho has it too and it's much better than fatal fury.

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I don't like the plane mechanic on FFS, but I do like the plane mechanic on RBS, which uses the D button to switch planes. It's much better, and actually adds to the game IMO.

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Originally Posted by AlecRob

I don't like the plane mechanic on FFS, but I do like the plane mechanic on RBS, which uses the D button to switch planes. It's much better, and actually adds to the game IMO.

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Yu Yu needs a 6 button controller for the same reason, makes it way better.

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Originally Posted by Saturn Fan

Damn right! Theres a reason only 1 2D fighter series did that foreground mechanic.... because it was STUPID. Never could get into the early fatal fury games because of it.

3D fighters are different because they're true('ish) 3D and even then, its not done like the FF games were. In Fatal Fury when going to the foreground you might as well have been on another plane of reality from the other character. That was just dumb.

Ugghh.

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That mechanic does work in other types of games. In the virtualboy wario game it works great, but that's not a fighting game.

I tried watching some yuyu hakusho footage and again it's confusing which plain you're on. They should have made the sprite size difference bigger.

Controversial Opinion, huh?

How about the 360 controller is worse than the Dual Shock 3, and not just because of the rotten D-Pad. Among other things, the analog sticks should not be asymmetrical (that's another controversial opinion right there) and the face buttons just don't feel quite as responsive. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad controller (not as bad as the original XB Duke for instance) but given the choice, I'll take Sony's 99 out of 100 times.

Sega genesis official 3 button and 6 button controllers neither I find easy to use.

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Originally Posted by Azathoth

8 and 16-bit unlicensed developers in the East far outdid the quality of anything released by unlicensed developers in the West.

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I think EA, Tengen, and Codemasters kicked their asses. Even American Video had some pretty good games.

Also I liked the 2 planes for fighting in the Fatal Fury games. It seemed to add a twitch gameplay mechanic to them that made the bouts more intense.

The Xbox Duke is one of the best dual analog gamepads ever made, bar none. All Hail The Duke! One of the only game controllers I don't have to hold with my finger tips.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Controller.jpg

Your hands must be huge. I've got big hands and the duke cramped them while I played xbox on a kiosk BITD. The S is perfect for me though. I actually liked most of the controllers from that generation. The Gamecube controller is probably the one I like the least. It's comfortable, but not very functional. It could have stood a bigger d-pad and c-stick. I don't like the way the shoulder buttons hug your fingers either.




edit: new controversial opinion: I think a lot of shovel-ware and casual games have more replay value than most of the big budget triple-A titles.

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Originally Posted by old man

edit: new controversial opinion: I think a lot of shovel-ware and casual games have more replay value than most of the big budget triple-A titles.

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That's not controversial. Shorter and simpler games rely more on replay value.

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Originally Posted by old man

Your hands must be huge. I've got big hands and the duke cramped them while I played xbox on a kiosk BITD. The S is perfect for me though. I actually liked most of the controllers from that generation. The Gamecube controller is probably the one I like the least. It's comfortable, but not very functional. It could have stood a bigger d-pad and c-stick. I don't like the way the shoulder buttons hug your fingers either.

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I don't consider them huge, back in the day when keyboards were the same size we used to compare by saying how far your thumb and pinky could reach from the ~ through the other numbers, but that doesn't work anymore. Anyway, my hands were on the large size in those comparisons but never the largest. The S and 360 controller fit their handles in the palms of my hands but I have to bend my fingers to use the triggers in the same way I did for the Dreamcast controller. The Dual Shock controller is seriously worse at this though, as it doesn't conform to my hands at all, the Gamecube controller, especially the Wavebird, is much more comfortable to hold. Like you though I don't like the C stick or triggers. I've held a Dual Shock 3 once or twice and find their analog triggers a complete joke because of the controller form factor.

The Duke and the Saturn 3D pad are the only controllers I can just hold and reach the triggers and the analog sticks without thinking about it or having to contort my hands of fingers.