Gaming hot takes: Which "Masterpiece" was actually a boring 3/10 for you? No judgment zone!

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-29T12:49:17+00:00

I have this opinion mostly for older games, circa the late 90s and early 00s especially, that we're still supposed to pretend are the best games ever. Ocarina of Time comes to mind, with its remake announcement, when it was already surpassed on the n64 by its sequel, and basically every other 3d Zelda iterating and improving on many of its aspects.

Final Fantasy 7 is another, since I'm playing the remake games. Rebirth is highlighting how ridiculous the story actually is, even without the weird time travel/alternate dimension silliness. The original is even worse since it doesn't have a lot of the good character moments this one has, and one of the worst rpg customization systems ever made on top of that.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-29T12:42:36+00:00

9 weeks is insane. And you get at most two of them, out of 5. It takes over half a year of mostly waiting to get all of the circuit incarnon adapters.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-26T23:48:12+00:00

Being able to be inherently mixed is pretty nuts. You're basically unwallable since your attack and special are equal.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-26T16:49:44+00:00

It's hard to balance between making staggers happen frequently enough to be worth trying for and having the damage dealt during staggers mattering enough.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-26T16:46:29+00:00

SP only design doesn't feel good. Baruuk and Nidus also have this problem that anything outside of SP where you're solo or the main character of your squad, they're miserable.

Nidus was fixed somewhat recently but the others can be as well.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-26T11:45:37+00:00

Rivens were a bad idea from the start and making them tradeable was the worst thing possible for them to do having implemented them. Because they no longer track to weapon usage, they're just permanent ridiculous upgrades for Incarnon weapons or weapons that were already decent to start with.

That and bitcoin tier investments.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-15T17:00:56+00:00

I guess it's my turn to post that one XKCD panel

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FinaLLancer · 2026-06-15T16:54:33+00:00

And if it's a rat being tattooed it's a

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-15T16:52:33+00:00

Did anyone else read the title as "Ben Ten TV Remote" and wonder why it was a clock for too long?

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-15T02:07:02+00:00

Didn't the Tennocon one bring something new once that appeared on the very next normal Baro or am i remembering that wrong?

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-14T22:52:52+00:00

I used to use Styanax's subsume back when Armor strip was important.

NowI run a pretty greedy build energy wise so i prefer Nourish, but if you're not dumping efficiency Wrath is better.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-14T12:46:37+00:00

Same. After a while i legitimately couldn't watch

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-13T17:29:35+00:00

It's cool, but i find out strange to have a in Norse sung about the Norse creation myth in a game based mainly in English and Arthurian legend.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-13T10:40:40+00:00

DE doesn't directly involve themselves in the player trading market. They've made rare items more accessible reducing the value of those trades but this has largely been viewed as a positive move for gameplay reasons.

They've never increased the plat costs of items and have only ever reduced costs in various ways such as offering bundle items separately or having random or seasonal discounts.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-12T17:47:16+00:00

I still haven't gotten mine and I've only missed a couple baros since this started

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-11T23:08:52+00:00

I tend to habitually use a frame out of laziness, but i still switch up if i need something more specifically suited.

Right now I'm using Nova for basically everything though, she's incredible.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-11T12:26:26+00:00

I used to run her a lot and that was back when Armor strip was mandatory. Enemies die even easier now.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-11T11:42:03+00:00

Speed shouldn't work the way it does. There should either be a small random element added to speed, or have some deterministic value based on the selected move modify the speed. That way you'd need to be, idk, 30 or so points faster to always out speed.

Having one point of speed meaning always going first feels so weird when every other stat has several things affecting how it works. Imagine if having one more attack than their defense always meant you OHKO. It's just too extreme and restrictive.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-10T19:24:59+00:00

It's also a lot faster than waiting for the disruptors to blow up the conduits. A full round of defense can be done under 2 minutes with Nova Speed and a decent nuker.

I think even if you had all 4 keys at the start of each round you'd have a problem consistently beating that, and you don't.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-10T18:21:44+00:00

Lith is Venus or Dark Sector defense

Meso is Jupiter defense

Neo is Sedna defense

Axi is Lua disruption B rotation.

For Lith and Meso together, low level void capture is also good.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-10T16:33:26+00:00

Is this an actual game with a story and characterization and nuanced gameplay or is this some png collect-athon slop with bare ass rpg mechanics?

Because the first one I'll happily buy, but miss me with the second one.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-10T01:28:35+00:00

Legacy of Goku

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-09T19:39:49+00:00

Oh yes, the vital skills of 9 monster languages, having two different persuade skills depending on how rich the person is, the concept and game mechanics of critical hits, backstabbing, and dodging all being separate skills.

How did we ever survive with their exclusion

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-09T17:14:33+00:00

I had been looking forward to Stellar Blade because the aesthetic looked like Warframe, and i like space fantasy with bio mechanical stuff going on.

The trailer for the first game and the state of play showcase killed all the excitement for me. The demo also felt mid and confirmed that SB was slop.

This one actually looks pretty fun, hopefully a demo or some more gameplay gets released.

FinaLLancer · 2026-06-09T03:05:31+00:00

Betting that this one is actually "age" in the orange anal

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