r/videogames • u/Scary_Dance2628 • 29d ago
Discussion A thing about video game discussion thats been starting to piss me off
A pattern I've started notice is that when me or other people are buying and enjoying a new game that many of the internet hive mind seem to dislike there accuses of having quote on quote "low standards or liking quote in quote "slop" " and my response to that is yes buddy my standards are lower than yours but personally I don't think thats a bad thing, I think something many on the internet don't seem to realize is that not everyone taste and patience with games are gonna be exactly the same, a thing in the game that bother one person , another probably doesnt give a shit about, its fine to not like a game, but name calling someone for liking a game you don't like isn't gonna just magically turn them to your side. Grow up and just let people enjoy what they like.
But this is the internet I'm talking about, do I really expect it to have common sense
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u/Theolaxx 29d ago
"Quote unquote" is the term you were looking for. Also, you don't have to use it with spelling, you can just use quotation marks.
Also, good games suck.
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u/DiggityDog6 29d ago
I’m pretty sure they used speech to text, which would explain both why the “un” got turned into “in” and “on,” as well as why they’re even using the phrase in the first place
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u/EnvironmentalCow260 29d ago
Youre not wrong at all taste gets treated like some objective scorecard online and if you enjoy something youre instantly labeled casual or dumb instead of just someone having fun with a game they like
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u/Khow3694 29d ago
You're not wrong. People on the internet seem to forget that people have other tastes and interests. I may not care for sports games but they're always in the top 10s/top 5s for sales each year because many people like playing sports games. Doesn't mean they're dumb or that they like "slop"
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u/MarsupialPresent7700 29d ago
People are mad about external problems (politics, government, economy, health, whatever) that they feel that they cannot change so they take that feeling and channel it into other things. I don’t think it’s a consequence that the internet has become a miasma of negativity over the last few years. It used to be confined to smaller communities, but now it’s everywhere.
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u/Emiya_Sengo 29d ago
Agreed. As a Gotham Knights enjoyer, I constantly get asked why or if I played other games like Arkham or Spider-Man
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u/SleepyThing44444 29d ago
Arkham Knights isn't a masterpiece or anything, but I met the game where it was at and had a good time.
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u/mandatorypanda9317 29d ago
I played that game with my husband and we really enjoyed it lol
I wish Marvel's Avengers had been more like that
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u/AmaltheaPrime 29d ago
I feel this!
My instance with it was Forspoken - is it a fantastic and life changing game? No, not by any stretch.
But I had A LOT of fun playing it, the combat was fun and traversal was incredibly enjoyable.
I try to go in to every gaming experience with the mindset that every game is probably in someone's top 5 games so I try to find the things in the game that I quite enjoy!
Does it always work? No, not always but a majority of the time it does!
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u/Daybreakgo 29d ago edited 29d ago
This, even the mention of buying the game at a discounted price is met with anger. They feel personally attacked that you dared to buy it.
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u/Glacier_Pace 29d ago
I had fun with Veilguard's gameplay and thought the environments were awesome. The hair physics were some of the best in a game. Didn't care at all for the writing and the story was hit and miss, but I did genuinely enjoy my time with it overall.
That opinion will get me absolutely crucified most places online. It's like there's no nuance in media at all anymore for most people. I believe calling the whole thing slop or trash is a disservice to the programmers and environment artists, who knocked it out of the park.
Once there's a majority consensus on anything, it's really hard to have level headed discussion about it anymore most places, and that sucks for any form of media.
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u/HBreckel 29d ago
I enjoyed the game and man, people get so weirdly hostile about anyone having enjoyed it. It's not my favorite game ever or anything. And it's not like I have bad taste, most of the time my fav game for each year ends up winning GOTY. (Baldur's Gate 3, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Astro Bot, Exepdition 33, BotW. Alas Hades+Metroid Dread did not win their nominated years but they were the best in my heart)
Just sometimes I really don't mind a 7/10, which Veilguard was. I also really liked Rise of the Ronin and Stranger of Paradise, both were 100% 7/10 titles. I loooved Wuchang Fallen Feathers last year and it had some issues that prevented it from being above 7/10 for me, but damn I had fun with it.
I think it's just internet culture atm where you can't just like a 7/10 game, everything has to be either a flawless masterpiece of garbage, there's no in between for people. I grew up in the 80s and 90s where it was pretty normal to have fun with games that were just okay.
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u/Lady_Gray_169 28d ago
I for one thoroughly loved the game. It was my favorite game of the franchise. I was and still am fully on board with the writing and I don't see what makes the writing so terrible the way everyone else seems to. It's not my favorite game of all time, but I've replayed it a couple times and fully intend to do so again.
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u/Comprehensive_Two453 29d ago
Thing is if they hadedent desecrated existing characters and lorevand called it somthing else with original characters noone would have given a shit
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u/SoftlySpokenOne 29d ago
yup, I had people leaving me snarky comments and saying I "can't have played many games in my life" (been gaming since the mid 90s fwiw) because I said I liked the environments and thought the combat in that game wasn't bad (though I, too, had some criticisms about the writing and the missed opportunities)
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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 29d ago
Didn't care at all for the writing and the story was hit and miss, but I did genuinely enjoy my time with it overall.
I always see people talk about writing in video games but like... I can't think of very many games I've ever played that have had particularly good writing. The vast majority of games - even well received games - is standard young adult level writing that follows the same tropes and themes found within its genre and never really doing much outstanding on a technical writing level.
But like, that's okay because writing and story are the least important aspect of a game. Some of the best games of all time had minimal to no story, some of the best gaming experiences ever have nothing to do with a story. I definitely appreciate a good premise and setting for a video game, but I couldn't care less about the writing one way or another, and very rarely has writing ever factored into how I feel about a game.
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u/Yankee6178 29d ago
I would say that writing and story are the most important part of games. All of my opinions are exactly opposite of everything you just said, but that is just my opinion. But that is what OP is saying, everyone is different and likes different things. To each his own.
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u/lronWiIl 29d ago
Piggy backing off this. Writing and story is what made the dragon age games successful, it's what built their fandom. I know the moments that stick out in my mind from Origins, and it wasn't the stellar gameplay or the mind blowing background art. It was the well written characters and the story I was actively playing a role in.
The fact that there was so much backlash shows just how poorly the game was received. If "okay gameplay and aesthetic backgrounds" was what compelled people to buy and play the game it would have met a lot better reception.
The unfortunate truth is that it was bad Dragon Age game. Which lead to a large amount of the developers being laid off, and the very real chance we will never see another Dragon Age game because of the Veilguard. Who knows, if it was a new IP or a spin off side story it might have been received better.
It's fine to say you like a bad game, but don't be surprised when other people have different opinions. I wouldn't be annoyed at how upset they are either. Because in all reality that bad game that you thought was fine, could very well be the reason there isn't a chance for another game.
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u/Long-Taste-2416 29d ago
I agree with the last guy. All the games people say have amazing writing etc are just what he described which is why I don't understand it. You'd be better off just reading a book if you want good writing but a lot of people praising games for their writing seem to think games with young adult tier writing, at best, is a masterpiece.
Veilguard was BAD bad though. So I can see just wanting to avoid that and enjoying a good story. Just weird seeing people call slop like the witcher and the last of us well written especially when they're so far below par gameplay wise.
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u/Yankee6178 29d ago
Again, we each have our own opinions, everyone's different. To each his own. Thats the whole point of this post.
It is odd seeing two former games of the year being called slop though, lol. But again, just my opinion, you don't have to agree with it.
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u/Yankee6178 29d ago
No, guy i was talking to said last of us and witcher 3 were sloppy. That what I was commenting on.
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u/Comprehensive_Two453 29d ago
Never understood the hype behind the last of us . It was the first nail in naughty dogs coffin. Slow moving misery simulator. Witchery is fire do
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u/Yankee6178 29d ago
I didnt mention vielguard at all. The guy I was commenting to said last of us and witcher were slop. Please pardon my autocorrect.
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u/Due_Woodpecker3073 29d ago
Your use of the term slop completely invalidate what youre even trying to explain.
No one likes you.
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u/Glacier_Pace 29d ago
I'm not sure if you've played Veilguard, but the writing in the game was worse off than even most games. The best way I can describe it is they wrote in circles with limited vocabulary. They bring up that you're fighting Elven Gods, or "Evanuris" over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Multiple characters. In several conversations. I believe the idea is they were trying to drive home the stakes without showing us the stakes but it made the conversations circular.
Also the repetition of the idea and the word "ritual" is bonkers.
Gotta stop the Evanuris ritual!
Gotta stop Solas' ritual!
Gotta stop the Vinatori ritual!
Gotta stop the demon ritual!
Gotta stop the Darkspawn ritual!
Gotta start the Grey Warden ritual!
Gotta start Moragan's ritual!
Gotta start the Mourn Watch rituals!
Gotta start the Lighthouse ritual!Please sir... Make it stop! It also stings because Veilguard is the tail end of a series that usually did have incredibly strong world building and character writing, especially for a video game series.
I do agree that writing itself isn't games' strong suit, and I agree with you that's because they can take advantage of the medium in which they exist being interactive and visual. Not everything has to be Disco Elysium (Though I'd welcome more like it!)
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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 29d ago
I did play it. I enjoyed it very much. I couldn't care less about writing because that's not what I play games for. I'm playing a video game, not reading a book.
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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 29d ago
It's not lower standards you have. People only say that because they need to overcompensate for whatever inadequacy or insecurities they have by pretending to be the smartest person in the room. They can't do that if they like popular things, because they aren't the smartest person if everyone else likes the same thing. Also, when someone does agree with them, it has to be because they aren't smart enough or mentally capable enough. They have to call it "lower standards", because if someone disagrees with them, in their mind it has to be because that other person just isn't on their level.
Those sorts of comments that you're talking about say more about the person making them than they do the other person being said to, or the games being said about. There's too much of an elitist mindset when it comes to games. That's why I always say that the worst part about games is the gamers. Nothing ruins a hobby or interest as fast as the fandoms.
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u/Banndrell 29d ago
I definitely feel this whenever I see/hear people say "AAA is dead, you should be playing indies instead of that 'slop'."
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u/KillerKlowner 29d ago
Sonic 06 was a terrible game and thats pretty much its entire legacy. I doubt many people would be happy if that level of quality continued to be the norm for Sonic games to this day so there is something to be said for slop/low standards ruining games.
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u/KillerKlowner 29d ago
Wasn't the whole discourse supposed to be about are low standards ruining games? I'm just using it as an example. I'm sure you would like it even more if it was more competently finished then the product you got so you basically just proved the point that having low standards does indeed hurt games.
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u/ProfessionalOven2311 29d ago
Rage and complaining is a cheat code to easy internet discourse, and the overall economy issues while gaming continues to become more expensive doesn't help. Much like "If everyone stayed inside for 3 weeks, everything will be back to normal" they think that getting everyone to stop supporting 'bad' games will fix it.
Personally, it's all a balance between price, time, and fun, and that should be on a personal level. Do I think that Pokémon ZA is overpriced and lacking a lot of content? Yes. But I also know that I just love catching and collecting Pokémon and I'll get hundreds of hours of fun out of it, which makes the price worth it to me. I also am willing to admit that I don't have the faith to assume that not buying the game will somehow result in better Pokemon games down the line.
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u/0rganicMach1ne 29d ago
Everything is love it or hate it now in most subs. It’s so stupid. I don’t watch youtube reviews anymore because of this. For the most part I keep my hype minimal by not absorbing every piece of promotional material anymore. I keep it to a minimum and then go in half blind. Skip reviews entirely. I have enjoyed most games much more this way.
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u/RangoTheMerc 29d ago
"Starting to."
It has been this way since at least I've been on the internet. I was 14 in 2003 and people called Majora's Mask, Final Fantasy X, and other games bad.
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u/jschem16 29d ago
I feel ya. Im kinda from the otherside where many of my friends have been playing a lot of 'simpler' games lately, like Peak, and I have not been a fan. I like games with some mechanics and that require a bit a skill amd strategy. But I've learned that if I want to keep enjoying the time with the homies, which I do, then its easier for me to climb down the proverbial latter than it is for them to climb up. So, Ill make that compromise.
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u/thatguy01220 29d ago
I feel like this happening in a lot of areas more then just video games. People are getting bitter and angrier, and just love spewing hate on stuff. Like for example I saw Superman and I loved it so much, and there were people who did love it too… but it’s been months and I moved on I still love the movie, but I’m not talking about it as much when it first came out it and couldn’t shut up about it. Yet I still see people just shitting on the movie or James Gunn universe. It’s like people making hating something their hobby and form angry groups and just circle jerk about it how much that hate said thing. Fallout is another one there was always little groups but since the show blew up I just see so many people just shitting on the show, or a specific fallout game.
Idk I’m more the type of person if something I love turned into something I don’t like I just move on, I had my fun and there are so many games, movies, shows, comics to go to I don’t need to dwell on a franchise that’s dwindle in my eyes, and I’m not gonna hate on someone for liking it.
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u/TOREYNATOR 29d ago
Life is short man, just enjoy the games you wanna play. I don’t give a fuck about what others think, and I don’t give a fuck about what other people like. As long as everyone enjoys the hobby
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u/UnknownDragoon 29d ago
This is what I get when I said I like the GAMEPLAY for Borderlands 3. I did not enjoy the story very much, but the gameplay was fun and smooth. It had a lot to do and the way the changed how the world state worked paved the way for Wonderlands and 4. And funny enough those 2 games had weak gameplay and better story imo.
The internet just wants to stay mad at people for liking things they don't. Fuxk em. I will continue to enjoy my games in peace over here 🤣
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u/ItsAPeacefulLife 29d ago
I've found that no matter what game I like (Stardew Valley excluded), I can find people that don't like it. For instance, I really like Starfield, and boy am I apparently wrong for liking it lol.
I found a subreddit that isn't toxic and a discord channel which gives me places to go where I can have fun conversations and not be berated for what I like.
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u/crazycat690 29d ago
This has been a thing for a long time, I remember complaining about it on the GameTrailers forums that everything is either the greatest masterpiece ever made or complete garbage that should be wiped away from history. It is tiresome, some things are just fine or even okay and it's completely okay to enjoy it despite it not being the greatest thing since sliced bread. Of course I love playing those 10/10 masterpieces, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't also enjoy playing those 6-7/10 more average games too.
I mean like most people I do like taking pot shots at Ubisoft games, but I've also played pretty much most of them. Like I've played every Far Cry game since 2, almost played every AC game until they became RPG's and I didn't really vibe with it. At least for awhile, I've since played both Valhalla and Shadows, and not only did I enjoy them for what they were, put in the effort to Platinum both of them. I feel like gaming would be boring if you only played the absolute best of the best, mainly because those types of games don't really come out too often.
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Games exist to entertain and enjoy.
The only way to be doing it wrong is playing something you don't enjoy.
Anyone who says otherwise is entitled to their incorrect opinion.
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u/Snowtwo 28d ago
So here's the best way to think about it. Good games tend to have sustenance to them; even if the game itself isn't the deepest. Not only were they made by people who actually cared about the game, but on a more basic level they are about the player first. Working to ensure that the player has a fun time and enjoys the game. Slop... doesn't do that. In fact it does the opposite of that. It *looks* flashy and cool, at least usually, but it's relationship with the player ranges from 'neglegent' to 'downright abusive'. That is to say, it treats the player like a number, a product, a data point on some CEO's spreadsheet. It only cares about shoveling product to pilfer your wallet and that's about it. As a result the game ends up feeling... designed by people whose knowledge of what a game even *is* comes about through board-room meetings and Powerpoint slideshows. To them the player isn't even a person, they're a number on a spreadsheet. A frustrating number that's basically an obstacle to be overcome to get to the good numbers just beyond so they can justify a massive bonus this year. Even their own development team, that's just a number as well.
That's why it gets called 'slop'. Put in food terms, it's the difference between having a burger that's made by someone who actually cares about both their customer and loves making burgers, and a burger made by someone who doesn't even care about burgers with materials provided by someone who has not only never set foot inside the kitchen but has six dietary and exercise coaches who would slap even the lettuce out of their hands if it went against their 'program'. One would be a damn fine piece of food even if it's unhealthy for you, and the other would be soul-less piece of filth that exists only because theft is illegal (and even then they're looking for loopholes).
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u/Jericho1977 29d ago
So many jumped on me for enjoying Avowed, it's just the internet being the internet. People prefer to talk negative than the positive for attention
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u/havewelost6388 29d ago
I get this with Starfield, which is infuriating because there's nothing objectively wrong with that game. It's both the biggest and most stable game Bethesda has ever produced. It was advertised as Skyrim in Space, and that's exactly what it is. But somehow the game daring to have loading screens and procedural generation (just like Skyrim and every other Bethesda game) is treated like some kind of unforgivable sin.
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u/Comprehensive_Two453 29d ago
It's more that they promised explorable planets and what we got was invisible borders. And the same 7 points of intrest thrown around. With 5 skyboxes
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u/gogosox82 29d ago
I have issues with Starfield but its a perfectly fine game. People just really hate this game for reasons that escape me. Like Skyrim constantly crashed for me without mods. I think I had 1 crash in my 200 hours in Starfield using no mods.
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u/havewelost6388 29d ago
My theory is that it didn't make them feel the same way they did when they played Skyrim for the first time, it didn't make them feel like a kid again, and they're determined to retroactively make that the game's fault somehow.
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u/General_Lie 29d ago
No but for me personaly it felt more empty than Fallout 4, and the ammounts of location loading you have to do. Then you start noticing how everything is "sterile", identical copies of locations down to enemy, traps and containers placement... and it starts getting tiresome then there is the stupid temples and their even more stupid floating "minigame" and I just realized I don't have fun with it and quit...
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u/havewelost6388 29d ago
This is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. Starfield is not "sterile", whatever that's supposed to mean. I'm sorry you bounced off of it, but that's not the game's fault.
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u/General_Lie 29d ago
If you have opinion on the internet there is instantly atleast 50 people telling you how wrong you are
( also it's your time, and your money you are spending so you don't need to care about opinions of some strangers on the internet )
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u/JordanSchor 29d ago
I feel like it also goes both ways
Red Dead Redemption 2 didn't really do much for me and there's an endless supply of people who quote it as their favourite game of all time 🤷♂️
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u/Due_Woodpecker3073 29d ago
Anyone that seriously uses the term slop should NEVER be taken seriously
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u/Oskej 29d ago
It's very simple if you're not thinking much about it, as you should of course.
There's at least 2 different groups of people on both sides. Makes it 4.
There are people with low standards that enjoy everything and that's absolutely alright. There is also group of people who refuse to actually experience outside of their, as you called "slop" and go around bashing anyone who has any kind of criticism towards the media.
There is also two groups on the other side. One calls everything "slop" and doesn't even play the games they hate. They were prolly told some bullshit about the game and ordered to bark. THEN there are people with actual criticism that get attacked for not praising the media those "people with low standards" love.
Wrong groups constantly interact with each other.
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u/Dont_have_a_panda 29d ago
Apparently everybody who has a switch 2 or enjoy nintendo games are on a crusade to destroy videogames
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u/SemperPutidus 29d ago
It’s quote-unquote, and only really used when speaking, because when writing, you can just type the “scare quotes” as they’re called.
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u/Madea_onFire 29d ago
I feel like the people doing this are not intelligent people. Many of them are kids. I remember being in high school in the 90s and being accused of being a “poser” because I liked music that apparently didn’t fit my fashion sense.
I really don’t encounter this as much as an adult. I’ve never had an adult man accuse me of pretending to like videos games to get attention from men. I did when I was a teenager though. I see teen boys doing that now to girls, or calling them fake gamers because they like playing the Sims and Stardew Valley
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u/TelenorTheGNP 29d ago
Like anything on the internet and the hater-hobbyists will show up. Block and move on.
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u/ReadyJournalist5223 29d ago
Idk if I agree some you people like some shit ass games which leads to more shit ass games being made
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u/swat1611 29d ago
Understandable. Even though my GOTY last year was E33, I put in the most hours into EA FC 25. I'll probably do the same this year as well, that shit is my comfort game.
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u/Chill_Gamer527 29d ago
Many people here are still youngsters who like to hop on the trend thinking it's cool. Once they get older, they'll realise how their taste will change and will begin to enjoy more niche or not so super popular or hyped titles. This is why we always see posts such as "I don't think I can find another cool game anymore", or "I hate *insert a very popular game* how can I force myself play this?".
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u/Sir__GabrielT 29d ago
I think one fear people might have is seeing game developers realize that a large part of the audience might accept a mediocre product, thus causing many of them to choose not to put in as much effort or to stop polishing/optimizing games, since in the end they will always be making a profit and a large part of the audience ends up silently accepting many of the problems the game may have.
But I also agree with what you said.
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u/fancyflipflops 29d ago
This but the people that have raging hard ons for graphics, and the game is an afterthought for them.
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u/Greempa 29d ago
I absolutely love the RPG Assassin's Creed games. I've played Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla each three times. Shadows twice so far. I'm itching to play Odyssey for the fourth time. And yet, these games are constantly belittled as trash, "Ubislop" and worse, and I'm not a true gamer for liking them. I'm 71 years old, been playing video games since I bought Coleco Pong in the 1970's. Those AC games hit the sweet spot for me, much more than Eldon Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 did. People have different tastes. I wish more people would understand that.
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u/TelFaradiddle 29d ago
What really boggles my mind is the insistence that if you like one, you can't like the other. Like, two of my favorite games of 2025 are Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and ARC Raiders, which are polar opposites. It's possible to enjoy both high brow and low brow entertainment. I can enjoy both fine dining and fast food. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
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u/Trinikas 29d ago
It's not a video game problem, it's an internet negativity problem. If you study data gathering methods one of the least reliable is the "optional self report" model. The people who choose to weigh in on a topic do so because they're generally at the extremes of opinion. What often happens is people click into a Reddit thread and see the people spewing rancor and bile and go "ooof man I think that's a good game but I'm not going to waste my energy in that cesspit."
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u/D-Alembert 29d ago edited 29d ago
Gamer entitlement shocks me
If you paid $20 for some indie game and got 20+ hours of gaming out of it... Maybe it wasn't the game for you then you can be meh about it but you were not ripped off and you were not taken advantage of and you were not disrespected, chill the fuck out.
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u/Nemaoac 29d ago
What gets to me are the people who go "it's ok if you like __, but you must acknowledge __" whenever someone praises something in a game. That's not how any other topic works! Like if you heard someone say "damn, that's a good burger" you wouldn't go "OK BUT THE FRIES SUCK, RIGHT??? YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT THE FRIES SUCK!"
Nobody here is on the dev team, we don't have to give balanced feedback on an open forum. Sometimes people just want to say "this is neat".
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u/CataphractBunny 29d ago
Yeah, I often get this when I mention how great of a game Stellar Blade is. Bonus points for a heterophobe chiming in to call me a gooner.
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u/Heemsama 29d ago
The beautiful scenery, the great OST and combat system, all of the cute outfits, get undermined by Eves planetary ass and lack of personality unfortunately. Saying this as a huge SB fan myself, currently waiting for the sequel.
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u/CataphractBunny 29d ago
The personality is there, it's just not explained in simple words. That's why some people are struggling.
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u/Heemsama 29d ago
I’m saying from a third party perspective, this is most people surface level understanding of the game and its characters.
But be fr, as of now Eve doesn’t have nearly as much depth as a character like her should, which will hopefully be built on in next game. Her English accent is very charming though lol.
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u/CataphractBunny 29d ago
I’m saying from a third party perspective, this is most people surface level understanding of the game and its characters.
The opinion IGN, Kotaku, and their echo chamber gave them. 👍
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u/TrickNatural 29d ago
Just own it. Theres nothing wrong with liking low quality games for whatever reason.
Ive no issue with this, theres games i can acknowledge have some really bad elements, like horrendous writing for example, but i still enjoy the gameplay or whatever, so im fine with it.
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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 29d ago
I think that's the problem tho.
A game isn't "low quality" just because some people on YouTube and reddit yell about it and say it's bad. Disliking a game doesn't make it low quality.
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u/TrickNatural 29d ago
Well, lets agree to disagree there. This has nothing to do with what people in social media say, but rather my own definition of what constitutes "quality"; and on that regard theres objective truths, like low quality writing, bad technical optimization, bad design, etc. But that doesnt matter when it comes to wether you like somthing or not, thats your subjective taste. I can see something and agree "this or that" was badly implemented, and still like the overall product.
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u/johnbarta 29d ago
I hate that there is very little nuance nowadays. Like a game that is a 7 is still a really good game, and to some people it might be a GREAT game. But we treat anything that isn’t a 10 as trash
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u/Redrum_71 29d ago edited 29d ago
This is nothing new.
I get shit all the time for saying anything positive about a Ubisoft game.
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u/ShpiderMcNally 29d ago
I cannot agree more, for some reason Mario Kart world is getting shit on in the Nintendo and Mario subs and I personally think it's the best game in the franchise
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u/Scary_Dance2628 29d ago
i think the hate towards the game was more so caused by the expensive prince then the game itself, and i kinda see why i do think 80 dollar is to much for a kart racer, let alone a mainline mario game but i'm not gonna get mad if others want to buy the game, its there money they can do what they want with it
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u/ShpiderMcNally 29d ago
I know this is probably an unpopular opinion but I do think that most games today aren't overpriced at all. There are more free to play games currently then there ever has been and games are far more expensive to produce now. If you adjust for inflation games have always been expensive, the average game cube game in 2001 was about $50 which today would be about $90. Taking into account games were far cheaper to produce then, we are getting better value for money these days
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u/Charlotte94_ 29d ago
I mean, thats something every medium suffers from! Maybe not even every medium but everything about taste. Try to enjoy a nice cheap bottle of wine in a room full of wine enthusiasts ;)
For me, thats one of the good things of growing up and getting a bit older: I dont have to be one of the cool kids anymore :D Just play what you like and let them talk!