Cold takes

things i disagree from the consensus on. for fun!

Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
Maybe if this cute western sim didn't have Rockstar's trash mission design and constant sub-par third person shooting, it could actually be decent.
Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight
Literally 5 times longer than it should be. Ruins the game.
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Pretty convinced anyone who thinks Arthas is actually a good character hasn't played anything other than Blizzard games and doesn't know what good writing is.
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Extremely overrated. It's core feel and gameplay is really fun at it's best but an imbalanced roster and some dumb shit saps my will to play it for long. Good, but not the best SF.
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
One note cool vibes can't carry a story with no hook.
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Now they've shown that they're really going down the compilation shitty route with bringing in Weiss, I can really say that can't take the meta/new story stuff in Remake seriously. Shame, because the world and characters are wonderfully reimagined for the most part.
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Panzer Dragoon Orta
It's not my take on the game that's controversial - I adore it. What probably is is that, as it stands at least, it's literally the only XBOX exclusive of any generation that's worth a shit.
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Far and away the best Fire Emblem.
DoDonPachi Saidaioujou
DoDonPachi Saidaioujou
Gets a really bad rap from shmup fans because of the waifus, but it's the second best DDP.
Ikaruga
Ikaruga
People that don't play shmups play this, don't really get it, but give it a good score so they look nuanced anyways when really it's a very flawed game with some awful stage design in the mid section.

Great music though.
Gravity Rush 2
Gravity Rush 2
Not sure how hot this take is but it's the best open world game and the best superhero game outright.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Actually better than the first one - especially the DLC expansion Torna, which has some of the best combat in any RPG.

First one still slaps though, don't get me wrong.
Valorant
Valorant
Irrdeemably dogshit. Riot's traditionally awful character design and personality takes centre stage in a design-by-comittee CS rip off with a tiny amount of bad maps and literally nothing going for it.

I have no idea what people see in this game.

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1 year ago

I'm not sure if I agree with you xc2 take but it's a hell of a lot better than 90% of this website's opinion of the game


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