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What do you guys think of Gamefaqs these days?
- Thread starter Neverwinter27
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It's the place I always end up when I google random questions about a game I'm playing. Oh and guides for old games I'm playing. Other than that, not really a place I'd hang out in for any extended period of time.
It can be better than OTs here sometimes for new Nintendo games, a tiny dedicated board for a game lets some conversations air out a bit more. And yeah, the guides are still super useful for older games.
But it's pretty obviously sparsely moderated and that's plain to see.
But it's pretty obviously sparsely moderated and that's plain to see.
Yes when I browse boards you'd be surprised how often the term "SJW" appears.
And I use IGN wiki guides, game specific wikis or YT for hints or guides nowadays
It's pretty terrible lately. I don't know if I just had a veil over my eyes or if it's devolved recently but on the Current Events board they harassed a girl until she was suicidal over Christmas and then doxxed her today. Terrible people all around. The mods freely join in too.
I'm surprised that's even the case for individual games you follow. 99% of boards are dead on arrival these days.
It used to be a place where every random XBLA game released would have activity and such, but now you don't even get posts on the boards for popular sports/GaaS games.
Typically any niche game that isn't an RPG or like what you've described never gets any activity whatsoever. The popular games that do get activity are mostly battlegrounds for people to rant because no other place accepts them, as there are an alarming amount of posters that tend to align with gamergate mentality.
Gonna have to disagree. Maybe CE is still not that bad (wasn't where I typically hung around), but every other avenue from system boards to special interests has been infested with some real toxic seeds. Including people who 20 years ago seemed cool as they were making and sharing custom gameshark codes, now completely off the rails awful.
TLOU2 board over the summer was essentially what a hub of deleted posts from every other forum on the internet would look like.
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Well, it is good for guides. And sometimes you get good info on the forums too. But I have no need to actually post there, so..
I find the guides pretty helpful when I'm not using Neoseeker. And I do use their game collection stuff to keep track of my game library (though I also use Backloggery).
I grew up on GameFAQs as well. Posted on their all the time from probably 2001 - 2007. Zero interest in going back.
I bet there are some posters there that I used to talk with on GameFAQs back in the day, though.
I bet there are some posters there that I used to talk with on GameFAQs back in the day, though.
I still check it to look at info for old jrpgs every now and then.
It would still be relevant to me for modern games if there will still jrpgs being released I care about, but that's pretty rare nowadays
It would still be relevant to me for modern games if there will still jrpgs being released I care about, but that's pretty rare nowadays
I like the guides, especially the old ones. So much personality
it's where I first saw the resident evil plot analysis
I get info there, someone has usually asked my question already so I search
I appreciate that. General discourse is shit though so I do my hanging out here, no place else
it's where I first saw the resident evil plot analysis
I get info there, someone has usually asked my question already so I search
I appreciate that. General discourse is shit though so I do my hanging out here, no place else
Been a member for almost 21 years. I still take the daily poll and look things up there as needed.
Depending on the game, it's still the primary source of info for me. I have more games than time so I like to do as much as I can in as little playthroughs as I can (i.e. get true ending in first go) so it's typically the best source of information for me (again, mostly depends on the game - newer games seem to have better info on official/steam forums and/or wikis). I hate video walkthroughs because either I have to listen to a lot of useless crap for the info that may or may not even help or I have to figure out which specific video has it when there are tons of competing videos (i.e. Let's Plays). I.E. I like to watch Fightincowboy's videos of the Souls Series, but there's no way I can easily keep track of that info if I ever wanted to refer to it (Souls is one of those games I prefer watching rather than playing anyway).
Can't say I've noticed the forums being any worse than any others. I guess I do notice the signatures, but for the most part, I don't think those people are posting in the same forums for the games I play.
Can't say I've noticed the forums being any worse than any others. I guess I do notice the signatures, but for the most part, I don't think those people are posting in the same forums for the games I play.
spent countless hours there on the forums. Still use it for quick answers on random games. Used to love going there for Mortal Kombat fan discourse but got chased away by how toxic and transphobic it is. Major bummer.
It was my first forum back in 2002, moved on from it mostly after a few years to a spinoff but still like to do the polls on occasion and use the FAQs to this day. The forums now are awful (to be fair they've mostly been awful), but I still lurk sometimes out of an old habit I guess.
The character battles need to stop though
The character battles need to stop though
I visit for old text guides and some browsing. I rarely engage. Especially since most of the time I'm visiting old game haunts with less than 5 posts that year.
In my time there i haven't experienced anything too out there, mostly similar to stuff from the likes of Reddit or various other game forums. That said, I don't go to the social boards nor do I go into controversial topics there.
In my time there i haven't experienced anything too out there, mostly similar to stuff from the likes of Reddit or various other game forums. That said, I don't go to the social boards nor do I go into controversial topics there.
It's the best place to search for specific game related answers but I don't touch it beyond getting the info I need and then vanishing
There are some truly outstanding guides on there for some favorite legacy games, just amazing stuff that gets really into the details. It is also good to pop one's head in for older games that don't generate discussion in other places. So while I don't frequent, my account has remained active occasionally. I think the relative market decline of complex RPGs generally and JRPGs specifically has hurt it.
I play mafia on the contests board, surf the current events board. I have no opinion on the site.
i use the guides for older games. that's about it. i prefer written guides to YT vids but for new releases, the vids show up sooner
looking up random ass games and finding the message boards being taken over is always a delight.
CJayC is still a hero
CJayC is still a hero
