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What do you think got way too much hate than it should've? (kbin.melroy.org)

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Funko Pops, to me.

I understand that some of them are fairly overpriced, but I also really like them as is. It doesn't work on all characters, but it sometimes work on a lot and there's so much representation and variety that it's good to have a few.

If people want to talk about waste of plastic and vinyl, they should bark at the companies who make teeny tiny figurines that serve no purpose and have so little detail that spending any money on them is a waste.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Mass Effect 3's (ultimate) ending:

I get it. I get that after a series of EXCELLENT games that touted meaningful choices, "select an ending video" was lame.

Were there better ways it could have been done without planting an infinite "tree of death" taking into account every player's individual choices from the entire trilogy? Sure!

I'm sad that this resulted in things like death threats and crap, from people who obviously have no idea what game developers do for a living. They obviously didn't deserve that.

The added "green ending" still gets hate even. It was fine. The game was fine. It told a story and was a blast to play through. (Even despite EA's constant executive meddling!)

I wish it wasn't profitable to whip people into riotous frenzy over such things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Me...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

(hugs)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The ending of Battlestar Galactica.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Honest question: So it's still worth the ride?

I loved the vibe, and the Newtonian (-esque?) space battles, but I kinda dropped off, and after the ending was spoiled for me I was like "Wow. Saved myself the time." Lol

But is the show worth it overall? I've liked things with silly/bad endings before. :p

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, it is still excellent even by today's standards, and you can see why so many new shows followed their big budget approach.

There are a couple small parts that can be a bit hard to get through, but for me that's just part of the situation they are in, and it is all totally worth it.

No matter what anyone thinks of the ending, it does at least have a conclusion. You are not left wondering or half expecting a sequel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool! I appreciate your opinion! I should really stick to it this time. It seems besides The Expanse (still gotta watch that one) or Orville, we're simply not spoiled with great sci-fi/sci-fantasy shows anymore. :)

No matter what anyone thinks of the ending, it does at least have a conclusion.

Oof, you've got a point there, pardner. (cries in Firefly)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Posting one for Firefly!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Funko Pops

I... I don't think of these at all, I just ignore their existence.

Personally, hating on people who post things on social media that are slightly offensive to others get more hate than they should. We should reach out and try to explain the issue in a civil matter instead of just loosing it because that doesn't make us any better. And if the person doesn't want to understand or care, just ignore them and move on.

Hating on products because either are bad, or underwhelming is ok as these companies know this and clearly don't care because they are already making money off it. However this is only recent due to all the Enshittrification we are getting force fed by these same companies.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Starfield. The game isn't bad, it just isn't as good and the game design was especially outdated for its release window. It's legitimately a better RPG than most Bethesda games.

I'm fairly confident modders will actually be able to salvage it despite its flaws.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I enjoyed the basic formula of past Bethesda games and Starfield delivered more of the same plus some cool extras like being able to disable and board/capture spaceships. I don't understand the sentiment that's it's outdated. Modern AAA games are not dramatically different in design to games from 10 years ago in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I had fun with it. I don’t pay attention to the story anyway. Skyrim and oblivion didn’t have great stories imho either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd be less annoyed with it if it were bad. It's just the most boring thing. There's nothing interesting going on. If it were bad there'd be a reason to care about it.

It's just really annoying because Bethesda used to care about doing something interesting with their games. It's just increasingly gotten more generic though, and Starfield is the worst of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Some of the questlines were fun, like the Pirate Double Agent questline.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Seconded. I actually enjoyed the game for what it was, almost Skyrim in space. Almost, don’t shoot me for saying that.

I had fun with the various factions, with constellation, and the story was reasonably unique but maybe not extremely enthralling.

That said, my expectations were basically zero. I purposefully ignore all prerelease hype about video games as it tends to ruin the actual experience of playing the game for the first time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I remember being underwhelmed when elite dangerous released an expansion that let you explore some planets on foot. And then starfield released.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

For me, it’s just so boring. Plus the character writing is meh

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