Controversial opinions on metal

[H.P. Lovecraft]

It's just a reality I'm afraid. It captured nearly everything I'm looking for in a video game and caught me by surprise.

What's a reality, exactly? That it's your favorite of the last 10 years, or that it's objectively the best game of the last decade?

 

[Phylactery]

I'm not going to make a claim that it's objectively the best video game of the past 10 years, although it's certainly my favourite. Since I'm apparently in-crowd as fuck, that means it should also be high on the in-crowd's video game list.

I don't really know what you were talking about with your Hideo Kojima comment.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

I'm not going to make a claim that it's objectively the best video game of the past 10 years, although it's certainly my favourite. Since I'm apparently in-crowd as fuck, that means it should also be high on the in-crowd's video game list.

I don't really know what you were talking about with your Hideo Kojima comment.

M'kay, just checking, cause I've chanced upon DS fans who'll venture into that claim as though it's objective truth. Dark Souls is high on the pantheon of linear ridiculousness, and Hideo Kojima personifies linearity to the point of absurdity in gaming.

 

[no country for old wainds]

what are some of your favourite games HP?

edit: respond to this in the gamers thread i guess

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I haven't played a minute of Dark Souls, but everything I've seen about it pisses me off. I almost want to play it just because I know I'll absolutely hate it and it will earn me out-crowd points, but I'd probably break something. Every other minute seems to be some mini-boss or boss with a slow, repetitive attack cycle and a big, fat HP bar. What sets it apart from any other hack and slash? idgi at all.

Alpha Centauri is the obvious true patrician's choice in computer game btw.

EDIT: Or STALKER for the last ten years.

 

[Slayed Necros]

I'd say Demon's Souls is the true in-crowd gaming choice. It's my least favourite souls game other than maybe Dark Souls 2. Bloodborne and DS3 are head and shoulders above the rest imo.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Demons Souls is without a doubt the most respected and "feared" game of the series.

 

[CiG]

In other words, you do the exact same thing over and over for years?

This isn't quite true since their earliest stuff is less epic and more standard black metal and over the years they've released instrumental records.

 

[CiG]

Pentagram is stoner rock, not doom or metal. Trouble is 80's metal NOT doom as they're so erroneously labeled. The Obsessed and Vitus are the same band and both suck. Never heard Revelation but I'm sure they're in the same Black Sabbath worship, stoner/rock, power/doom field like so many others.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

He's not entirely wrong. Maybe 30% right.

 

[-CC-]

I've just played Demon Souls and Dark Souls but yeah, it's definitely not your average hack-n-slash @HBB. Can't say either place in my top 10 of favorite games but they are definitely special. They basically take you on an emotional roller coaster of rage, satisfaction, hatred, joy, despair, accomplishment, existential crisis, and finally nihilism.

EDIT: Thought I was in the gamer's thread?

Controversial opinion: Now that I'm relistening to 1996 albums, I feel more and more like Immolation are kind of hit-and-miss. They have too much fluff in many of their records. Definitely a band that's better heard live than on CD.

 

[CiG]

He's not entirely wrong. Maybe 30% right.

Which chunk of horseshit did you swallow?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Which chunk of horseshit did you swallow?

Trouble has a lot of non-doom stuff even in their early discography, there's probably some stuff by Pentagram that is close enough to "stoner rock", and never listening to Revelation is a wise decision.

 

[CiG]

Trouble has a lot of non-doom stuff even in their early discography

Sure, but that doesn't make them not a doom metal band.

there's probably some stuff by Pentagram that is close enough to "stoner rock"

He's probably only heard their 1970's material, which isn't stoner at all but just hard rock. Their 80's material isn't stoner in any way whatsoever.

and never listening to Revelation is a wise decision.

Eh, difference of opinion I can deal with. I love Revelation though.

 

[J.]

Revelation has some good stuff, cmon. Out of that maryland crowd, i prefer Unorthodox.

Unless we count Blood Farmers, then Blood Farmers win

 

[CiG]

I much prefer the demos they did when they were still called Asylum.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

They were basically just shit alt metal by the time they went by Unorthodox.

 

[CiG]

Yeah not very good, I remember enjoying their sophomore though.

 

[Dog Hates Us All]

- I can't get into death metal. At all.
- Their Siren Charms album notwithstanding, I thoroughly enjoy all of the other In Flames albums, including Battles.
- Outside of the Ironbound album, I don't care for Overkill's other albums. I will, however, give them props for longevity.
- Killswitch Engage is a great band.

 

[CF87]

God Hates Kerry King, because his name is kerry and he's an asshole, now god hates the world, he hates me cause I was born.