Unpopular Gaming Opinons

Originally posted by Smasandian
Unpopular opinion.

Nintendo gets a pass from gamers all the time. Just look at Metroid Prime 4. If other companies did what Nintendo did....they get heavily criticized.

Also, Nintendo games are rarely ever as good as people say.

Huh? There certainly are things to criticize Nintendo for but they should be commended for what they are doing with MP4 not criticized. Restarting development on a game that isn't at the standard they want and telling the consumers about it is great and refreshing.

I commend them for not releasing a shitty product.

But the game was announced way to early and it ****s people over who bought a Switch to play it.

EA announces they are stopping development on a unnamed Star Wars project. Internet heavily criticizes the company for doing so. However, Nintendo says, "yeah, Metroid Prime 4 ****ing sucked and we are starting new" and the Internet goes "that's amazing, finally a company that cares".....but other companies cancel shitty games all the time and get reamed out.

I agree that it was announced to early.

However, comparing canceling a game to restarting development is dumb as ****.

Yeaaah, in on way is restarting a game's development (unfortunate as it is) comparable to outright cancelling it like EA, or releasing in a buggy messy/shitty state like Bethesda. Nintendo's quality control is also partly the reason the first Metroid Prime didn't release on N64, as it would've aged terribly by comparison to what we got.

I hope either the next 2.5D game following Samus Returns or the Prime Trilogy port to Switch rumor eventually comes true, to tide fans over in the meantime.

Nintendo essentially cancelled the game. From what I understand they are starting brand new with a different team or at least modified one.

How is any different taking a dev team making a Star Wars game and getting them to make a different Star Wars game?

Originally posted by Smasandian
I commend them for not releasing a shitty product.

But the game was announced way to early and it ****s people over who bought a Switch to play it.

EA announces they are stopping development on a unnamed Star Wars project. Internet heavily criticizes the company for doing so. However, Nintendo says, "yeah, Metroid Prime 4 ****ing sucked and we are starting new" and the Internet goes "that's amazing, finally a company that cares".....but other companies cancel shitty games all the time and get reamed out.

Nintendo isn't stopping development, they are starting new, with a new company who'll do the Metroid license proud (presumably and hopefully).

On the topic of EA & Star wars

Disney needs to cut ties from Unicron Arts and give the license to someone else, All that they've released in the time that they got the license are two games. Compared to when Lucasarts was around it released 16 games in 5 years.

Originally posted by Kazenji
On the topic of EA & Star wars

Disney needs to cut ties from Unicron Arts and give the license to someone else, All that they've released in the time that they got the license are two games. Compared to when Lucasarts was around it released 16 games in it's 5 years.

Further proof of EA being out of touch.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Nintendo essentially cancelled the game. From what I understand they are starting brand new with a different team or at least modified one.

How is any different taking a dev team making a Star Wars game and getting them to make a different Star Wars game?

If you can't see the difference between restarting development on a game and canceling one in favor of making a "smaller-scale" game I don't know what to say...

The problem is only further exacerbated by the fact that EA has completely bungled the SW property for the past few years.

How do you know what is happening with Metriod Prime 4 isn't similar? You have no idea.

Originally posted by Jmanghan
They do it because Battlefront is "profitable" as opposed to what the fans want, which does suck, but IIRC they renewed their license with EA.

When did EA renew the license for Star Wars?

I read EA bosses hate the license. The management that signed up are no longer part of the company and the current boss are not thrilled with it.

I'm not a big fan of the LucasArt comparison. Development is much different these days and LucasArts were in charge of the IP. EA has to consult on every decision with Disney. Also, some of the games were in development prior while EA had to start making games.

However, EA has ****ed it up. Also, aside from Activision and maybe Ubisoft...I don't see any other company willing to take that ****ing contract.

Originally posted by Smasandian
How do you know what is happening with Metriod Prime 4 isn't similar? You have no idea.

So you admit, your comparison sucks ass as we "have no idea". Good.

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Originally posted by Kazenji
On the topic of EA & Star wars

Disney needs to cut ties from Unicron Arts and give the license to someone else, All that they've released in the time that they got the license are two games. Compared to when Lucasarts was around it released 16 games in 5 years.

Originally posted by Smasandian
I'm not a big fan of the LucasArt comparison. Development is much different these days and LucasArts were in charge of the IP. EA has to consult on every decision with Disney. Also, some of the games were in development prior while EA had to start making games.

However, EA has ****ed it up. Also, aside from Activision and maybe Ubisoft...I don't see any other company willing to take that ****ing contract.

EA should have just never been exclusive in the first place. I have no problem with them having a license to make Star Wars in theory, but them being the only ones? That was a huge mis-step, and not the only one Disney has made with the franchise.

At least SWBF2 is now getting to the point where it resembles the game it was supposed to be from the start. Makes me wonder how long that will last though.

On topic, because there is no way EA shitting the bed is an unpopular opinion:

-Naughty Dog games (Uncharted, Last of Us) rely heavily on scripted sequences and decent stories to hide occasionally weak (those ****ing stealth sections), repetitive gameplay.

-Assassin's Creed, as a series, is creatively bankrupt and Odyssey is a prime example of that.

-Dragon Age 2 is a solid 8/10 game.

Assassin's Creed is the Call of Duty of the stealth genre, imo.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
And only one of those two games is really good imo, Battlefront 2 in its current form/after being rebalanced. Of course some still take potshots at the game because of the initial controversy but eh.

Meh...as much as i like Star Wars i just can't be bothered playing EA's Star Wars games.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
And only one of those two games is really good imo, Battlefront 2 in its current form/after being rebalanced. Of course some still take potshots at the game because of the initial controversy but eh.

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It's "pretty good", but not "really good".

I had/still have the original Battlefront 2 which is hard to see being topped, but I still really enjoy the EA BF2 for what it is. Wouldve liked if Grievous, Dooku, Obi-Wan, and such had been in the game sooner, but glad to have them now, and with Captain Phasma and the like on top of them, game has a pretty good roster and content for all three Star Wars eras. Just have to wonder who or what else they might add after Anakin. More Starfighter Assault maps or something would be nice too.

I dont see much reason for Star Wars fans to sleep on current BF2 as it is now, suck as it may that other things were cancelled (the open world SW game) but thats on EA.

Yeah; it's a pretty good game imo.

Hoping we get Ventress and Ahsoka soon, and of course some new paint options for the clones.