Share your unfiltered, unpopular gaming opinions and let’s dive into some real discussions. If you come across a view you disagree with, feel free to (respectfully) defend your perspective. I don’t want to see anyone say stuff like “we’re all entitled to our own opinions.” Let’s pretend like gaming is a science and we are all award winning scientists.

My Unpopular Opinion:

I believe the criticism against battle royales is often unwarranted. Most complaints revolve around constant content updates, microtransactions, and toxic player communities

Many criticize the frequent content updates, often cosmetic, as overwhelming. However, it’s optional, and no other industry receives flak for releasing more. I’ve never seen anyone complain about too many Lays or coke flavors.

Pay-to-win concerns are mostly outdated; microtransactions are often for cosmetics. If you don’t have the self control to not buy a purple glittery gun, then I’m glad you don’t play the games anymore, but I don’t think it makes the game bad.

The annoying player bases is the one I understand the most. I don’t really have a point against this except that it’s better to play with friends.

Overall I think battle royale games are pretty fun and rewarding. Some of my favorite gaming memories were playing stuff like apex legends late at night with friends or even playing minecraft hunger games with my cousins like 10 years ago. A long time ago I heard in a news segment that toy companies found out that people are willing to invest a lot of time and energy into winning ,if they know there will be a big reward at the end, and battle royales tap into that side of my brain.

This is just my opinion

    • ikiru
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      1 year ago

      I can’t remember them all off the top of my head, especially because I didn’t play it but we can also only know a limited amount of changes because they have only released 1 of 3 parts.

      But I remember hearing they spend an inordinate amount of time building up Jesse and that Avalanche crew who quickly dies anyway and aren’t a major part of the plot at all. They are just prolonging that stage of the game with fluff. And they made it so the relatively quick, plot-driven Midgar part of the early game is also extended with required but pointless cliché RPG quests like collecting some guy’s chickens, delivering mail for some person, and so on. There are other changes but I’m too heartbroken and disappointed with that game to read up on them again.

        • ikiru
          1·
          1 year ago

          Well, maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but they should die.

          I don’t want to spoil it all for people given the community’s tendency to play games really late but not many major characters die so the few that do die in the original make a huge impact. Even minor characters like Jessie dying, makes it feel meaningful. But not dying just makes it just like any other game.

    • EssentialCoffee@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It’s a retelling in its own timeline. It’s deviated quite a bit from the original.

      I think it’s fine personally and I’m interested to see where they take it.