He made a recent video basically saying that he was grateful for what he's got but he wants to focus on his real life stuff so he's retiring. Kind of dumb IMO but it's his life
Does anyone actually hate games BECAUSE they're popular?
I hate some popular games' fanbases for being cancerous, and I hate some popular games because I don't like the things that make them popular, but those are all incidental.
Well I can understand not wanting to play a game that's superpopular because that popularity might make it feel 'cheap' or uninteresting for some people. I don't think I agree, but I feel that.
I also understand wanting to keep affection for a popular thing on the down-low to not seem like you're just some trendy guy. That's mostly just not wanting to misrepresent yourself, or insecurity. Depending on who you are.
And I get disliking something which is absolutely everywhere. It does get annoying to see people talking about the same thing all the time when you don't understand it.
But outright hating something, that I do not understand. It seems like the person 'hating' a popular thing is either trolling or just trying to get attention and seem different.
People definitely do, I admittedly went through a period myself when I was young where I would pretty much take common opinion on Ganker as my own, and that often meant shitting on games I had never even played and them being popular was part of the reason why. I'm glad to have grown out of it, but I imagine a lot of people were like that and stayed like that. It can just be fun to shit on something and it can make you feel smarter than the wider audience who all are won over by whatever's popular. I don't think the people like that would actually love whatever they're shitting onif they gave it an honest shot, but I think the vitriol towards popular things is motivated mainly by wanting to be in on the want to see a trainwreck or some drama with each new popular relase, when if they weren't attracted to the excitement of laying into something like that they probably just wouldn't care about the game.
> Does anyone actually hate games BECAUSE they're popular?
No but normalgays can’t understand that. They can understand disliking one or two popular games, but disliking more than that labels you as a contrarian who dislikes them because they are popular
Does anyone actually hate games BECAUSE they're popular?
I hate some popular games' fanbases for being cancerous, and I hate some popular games because I don't like the things that make them popular, but those are all incidental.
>They can understand disliking one or two popular games, but disliking more than that labels you as a contrarian who dislikes them because they are popular
You pretty much hit the nail on the head. I will add that the more a game is hyped up, the higher my expectations for greatness will be, for lack of a better way to put it.
I unironically play games that have a score of 55-65 in metacritic on the off chance I'll actually find an underappreciated gem.
The Tomorrow Children (rip)
Poison Control
Natural Doctrine
Akiba's Trip
Dark Rose Valkyrie
Elex
Rain World
FIST Forged In Shadow Torch
Blue Reflection
Crystar
I've owned Crystar for a while now and still haven't gotten around to it. I saw someone passionately speaking about how it won them over and I barely even read what they said in case it spoiled something, but I went and got the game anyway because their enthusiasm for the game interested me, but I just have a bunch of other stuff to play and something else keeps getting in the way.
Objectively it's pretty bad, the combat is too simple and repetitive so I ended up playing on easy and rushing the shit out of it. Enjoyed it a lot mostly for the story, which is some kind of Madoka written by Yoko Taro (but not as good as that would really be). Aesthetics are great too.
I'm still interested in giving it a go, I'm not the most charitable to games that are bad to play but make up for it with story or aesthetic or whatever, but I also often find myself thinking they're not as bad as they're made out to be anyway.
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I wasn't trying to dissuade you, I think it's the kind of game very specific people (me included) will think it's fantastic.
lol, that dude doesn't make videos at all. He officially retired months ago, hadn't made a real video in two years, and even that was after a year absence.
I'm into games that are/could be considered popular.
I'm into games that are/could be considered unpopular.
There are games out there that I'm not into currently that are/could be considered popular.
There are games out there that I'm not into currently that are/could be considered unpopular.
Using the level of popularity a game has, to determine whether you want to play it or not, is petty as hell.
Fidel Dungeon Rescue
Magical Diary: Horse Hall
Eagle Island
The Legend of Bear-Truck Trucker
RoboSkate
Primordia
TItan Souls
Clockwork Calamity in a Mushroom World: What would you do if the time stopped ticking?
Based, I will play every single one of these games.
Brandish: The Dark Revenant
Tales of the Forsaken Land
Shot in the Dark
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
No one lives under the lighthouse
A Space For The Unbound
These are similar off the top of my head. I like sharing games that are underappreciated
>Stars Die
This looks like prime schizokino, surprised I've never heard of it before. >Xanadu Next
This one I really liked, I think I blew through it in 2 days and completed it, which is pretty rare for me.
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does anyone actually have an opinion of their own or play games themselves or am i just on a board of zoomers who get everything second hand
Fidel Dungeon Rescue
Magical Diary: Horse Hall
Eagle Island
The Legend of Bear-Truck Trucker
RoboSkate
Primordia
TItan Souls
Clockwork Calamity in a Mushroom World: What would you do if the time stopped ticking?
>What kinds of games do contrarians enjoy?
They play the same popular games they shit on all the time, but never admit to liking it because that would be conforming to the popular opinion.
It's called being true to your taste and that implies disliking popular games sometimes and liking less popular games. And sonetimes it's the other way around.
Listen to this trailer, then buy this game (spinoff which is better than the original) https://store.steampowered.com/app/301460/Electronic_Super_Joy_Groove_City/
If I like a game I automatically assume it's unpopular.
What happened to nasally-voiced nignog?
has severe depression over his sisters death, I think
He made a recent video basically saying that he was grateful for what he's got but he wants to focus on his real life stuff so he's retiring. Kind of dumb IMO but it's his life
literally who
Does anyone actually hate games BECAUSE they're popular?
I hate some popular games' fanbases for being cancerous, and I hate some popular games because I don't like the things that make them popular, but those are all incidental.
To answer your question though, Thief.
Look at any undertale thread on Ganker and you'll see very plainly that people straight hate it because it's popular and they dislike the fanbase
Well I can understand not wanting to play a game that's superpopular because that popularity might make it feel 'cheap' or uninteresting for some people. I don't think I agree, but I feel that.
I also understand wanting to keep affection for a popular thing on the down-low to not seem like you're just some trendy guy. That's mostly just not wanting to misrepresent yourself, or insecurity. Depending on who you are.
And I get disliking something which is absolutely everywhere. It does get annoying to see people talking about the same thing all the time when you don't understand it.
But outright hating something, that I do not understand. It seems like the person 'hating' a popular thing is either trolling or just trying to get attention and seem different.
People definitely do, I admittedly went through a period myself when I was young where I would pretty much take common opinion on Ganker as my own, and that often meant shitting on games I had never even played and them being popular was part of the reason why. I'm glad to have grown out of it, but I imagine a lot of people were like that and stayed like that. It can just be fun to shit on something and it can make you feel smarter than the wider audience who all are won over by whatever's popular. I don't think the people like that would actually love whatever they're shitting onif they gave it an honest shot, but I think the vitriol towards popular things is motivated mainly by wanting to be in on the want to see a trainwreck or some drama with each new popular relase, when if they weren't attracted to the excitement of laying into something like that they probably just wouldn't care about the game.
Contrarianism is important because it provides an alternative viewpoint and forces people to think about how/why they enjoy something.
> Does anyone actually hate games BECAUSE they're popular?
No but normalgays can’t understand that. They can understand disliking one or two popular games, but disliking more than that labels you as a contrarian who dislikes them because they are popular
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>They can understand disliking one or two popular games, but disliking more than that labels you as a contrarian who dislikes them because they are popular
You pretty much hit the nail on the head. I will add that the more a game is hyped up, the higher my expectations for greatness will be, for lack of a better way to put it.
I respect that.
Islands by Rosden Shadow
Digimon World
Rain World
Neo Scavenger
Devil Daggers
Space Giraffe (acid remix)
Her Story
Passpartout: The Starving Artist
>Her Story
Didn't that game win a bunch of awards? How is it contrarian
It's contrarian on this site because everyone dismisses it as woke.
Do people forget that some really bad games are popular due to time-sunk fallacies and "it's fun with friends" mentality?
I'm sure BF2042 was popular for a moment in time, but it still doesn't make me like it. What a bunch of bullshit.
I unironically play games that have a score of 55-65 in metacritic on the off chance I'll actually find an underappreciated gem.
Well anon, have you found one of those gems yet?
no
Yes. I won't tell tho, I don't want them to become popular.
No fear of that, I've been trying to make people play Islands for years but no one has.
So please share your secret masterpieces.
Its ok anon, you dont need to lie, I wont make fun of you for not being able to find one of those hidden gems
So your just coping then?
The Tomorrow Children (rip)
Poison Control
Natural Doctrine
Akiba's Trip
Dark Rose Valkyrie
Elex
Rain World
FIST Forged In Shadow Torch
Blue Reflection
Crystar
Tomorrow children just got a rerelease
I've owned Crystar for a while now and still haven't gotten around to it. I saw someone passionately speaking about how it won them over and I barely even read what they said in case it spoiled something, but I went and got the game anyway because their enthusiasm for the game interested me, but I just have a bunch of other stuff to play and something else keeps getting in the way.
Objectively it's pretty bad, the combat is too simple and repetitive so I ended up playing on easy and rushing the shit out of it. Enjoyed it a lot mostly for the story, which is some kind of Madoka written by Yoko Taro (but not as good as that would really be). Aesthetics are great too.
I'm still interested in giving it a go, I'm not the most charitable to games that are bad to play but make up for it with story or aesthetic or whatever, but I also often find myself thinking they're not as bad as they're made out to be anyway.
I wasn't trying to dissuade you, I think it's the kind of game very specific people (me included) will think it's fantastic.
I actually like popular games now because I know Ganker Dislikes popular games
The contrarians' contrarian
Dark Souls 2, peak contrarioncore
>from the guy who does nothing but make negative biased videos
Frick these youtube homosexuals
lol, that dude doesn't make videos at all. He officially retired months ago, hadn't made a real video in two years, and even that was after a year absence.
I'm into games that are/could be considered popular.
I'm into games that are/could be considered unpopular.
There are games out there that I'm not into currently that are/could be considered popular.
There are games out there that I'm not into currently that are/could be considered unpopular.
Using the level of popularity a game has, to determine whether you want to play it or not, is petty as hell.
PLEASE POST MORE CONTRARIAN HIDDEN GEMS
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1451080/DUNGEON_ENCOUNTERS/
Thanks
Stars Die
The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Xanadu Next
Based, I will play every single one of these games.
I like your taste, can you post more? Doesn't necessarily have to be the most hidden gem ever.
Brandish: The Dark Revenant
Tales of the Forsaken Land
Shot in the Dark
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
No one lives under the lighthouse
A Space For The Unbound
These are similar off the top of my head. I like sharing games that are underappreciated
Forgot to mention the last one is just a demo but the little bit there was very good
>Stars Die
This looks like prime schizokino, surprised I've never heard of it before.
>Xanadu Next
This one I really liked, I think I blew through it in 2 days and completed it, which is pretty rare for me.
LCD games. Literally the most contrarian gaming. The more poverty tier, the better.
>youtube thumbnail
does anyone actually have an opinion of their own or play games themselves or am i just on a board of zoomers who get everything second hand
I just googled contrarian and found the photo, but yea most people get shit second hand
Minecraft Steve.
Breath of the wild
Fidel Dungeon Rescue
Magical Diary: Horse Hall
Eagle Island
The Legend of Bear-Truck Trucker
RoboSkate
Primordia
TItan Souls
Clockwork Calamity in a Mushroom World: What would you do if the time stopped ticking?
>What would you do if the time stopped ticking?
i would get a road roller and slam it into the ground LOL jojos reference if you didnt know
>What kinds of games do contrarians enjoy?
They play the same popular games they shit on all the time, but never admit to liking it because that would be conforming to the popular opinion.
It's called being true to your taste and that implies disliking popular games sometimes and liking less popular games. And sonetimes it's the other way around.
Follow these simple steps to become a contrarian:
>play games
>if you enjoy a game say you enjoy it
>if you don't enjoy a game say you don't enjoy it
Listen to this trailer, then buy this game (spinoff which is better than the original) https://store.steampowered.com/app/301460/Electronic_Super_Joy_Groove_City/
If I like a game I automatically assume it's unpopular.
I've played every mainline call of duty game since 2003
>NOOOO STOP HAVING OPINIONS THAT CONTRADICT MY OWN
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1697700/Whos_Lila/
Contrarians don't enjoy video games because the medium is too popular. You should stop playing them as well