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theprof00 on 22 May 2010
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Gnizmo said:
theprof00 said:

you shouldn't be so quick to judge something based on a stereotype. Bioshock and Mass Effect 2 are both must have experiences, the same with many titles.

The same can be said about many genres or elements.

I don't not play Nintendo games just because of their style. They are still great games even though while I play them all I hear is the game yelling "look, this is imaginative... the enemies are turtles with wings, and you ride a dino that eats fruit and shoots eggs! Cah-rayyyzzzzzzzzeeeeeee!"

All Nintendo games are like that.

This is a sentiment that annoys me. Certain people do not like given gameplay elements, or genres. An experience might seem to transcend this to YOU but that is not a universal truth. As an example, I went against my better judgment and actually played Bioshock despite it being a FPS. I went in expecting a good story with fun gameplay. In the end, I got a FPS, and I hated it. The game bored me to tears. I never even got to enjoy the story because I simply could not stomach playing the actual game.

Normally I ignore this, but you even went so far as to point out an opinion statement earlier in the thread. That concept does universalize. A persons opinion is just that, their opinion. Claiming that you know better is both arrogant, and given your commentary in this thread quite hypocritical.

You mad?

I'm sorry you took my wording for an absolute. I never meant that it was for everyone. I just meant that you shouldn't judge something based on preconceived notions. You may hate FPS but may one day find the one that changes that. Those GOTYs, those AAA games... they are rated as such because they are the types of games that (have a very high chance to) make you say, "that's something that completely surprised me".

It's too bad that a lot of gamers do have the mentality of "nothing else compares to (blank)", because there's a lot out there that you really should try. So you didn't like Bioshock. Don't blame someone else for getting you to buy it. Someone convinced you that there was something you were missing. And you agreed. You just didn't find the right piece.