So why have I been made out to be apparently claiming I'm allowed an opinion and nobody else is entitled to one? I went over this whole thread (my god, you lot really are the pathetic trash of society) and right from the very beginning I'm CONSTANTLY stating its a matter of opinion. But hey, plenty other people with other opinions are turning up now, doesn't look one-sided and clear-cut after all does it you rabid idiots.
You degenerates ask if it is I that was abused as a child (for not liking your precious game as much as you do), but what leads to the formation of deranged individuals that hang about on this forum and act utterly insane as exemplified in this very thread? It's funny, you look at me as if I'm crazy yet it's the majority of individuals in this place that are the bottom of the barrel of society, and a mixture of plain weird, insane, harassing, racist, trolling neckbeard sadists. I'm willing to bet a man like that is not formed from a good upbringing.
Such lax rules on a board is going to attract the worst of the worst. As always I'm disappointed this is the only place that recognizes the widespread decline. No wonder developers stopped catering to hardcore gamers if this is the representation of them.
The problem is not you stating an opinion, the problem is you doing it in a condescending way and going all self-victimizing as soon as you get backlash for doing so. Are you seriously asking yourself why everyone is bashing your ass while in the very next paragraph of your post you insult the "majority" of individuals here blatantly for pointing out that your view on the topic is flawed? As for the personal attacks, are you seriously surprised? Of course they're coming for you, you are a fucking easy target.
Also, saying that you merely stated your opinion and that people may aswell fuck off if they disagree doesnt help your case one bit. I could come here and say, that in my opinion, Skyrim is a much better game than Deus Ex. I think so because in Skyrim you can swallow a whole loaf of cheese in a split second, which in my view clearly is a sociocultural statement about the important topic bulimia, which made me think a lot about those poor people, whereas Deus Ex lacks such a "deep subcontext" and is just a silly nerd-jerkoff to over the top conspiracy theories. Do you think my opinion should then be free of criticism because i said its just an opinion?
And one last thing. "Immersive Sim", you keep using it capitalized, as if it were some new revelation genre classification, is a kind of questionable term in my eyes. I mean, whats the exact definition for this genre? I did some google research i found out that Warren Spector came up with it and he put up these "core features":
-first person perspective
-a level of interactivity with the gameworld that goes beyond that of typical first person shooters
-a "believable gameworld"
-physics
-no failstates other than death
-"unforced narrative"
Thats all fine and good, but this doesnt define a genre. Its just a summary of game design choices that allows for many different genres to exist within these parameters, because those are no core mechanics. Lets just look at your comparison for example. Thief is a stealth game, all aspects of the gameplay revolve around stealthing. There is no dialogue system, there is no way to bruteforce the game. Deus Ex on the other hand offers those things, it is an accumulation of gameplay aspects of different genres to provide the player a form of freedom that other games do not have. It defies categorization by nature if you ask me. Comparing Deus Ex to Thief is about as a meaningful comparison as comparing GTA to Forza. I mean both games have cars right? They also were designed to have (kinda) believable driving physics. You can play them both in third person perspective. And both games also have a currency system! They are both in the lets say "car driving and money hoarding genre" and when we compare them it is pretty clear that GTA is the better game right? Because you can also shoot people in GTA, but can you shoot people in Forza? No.
My point is, if you cannot even compare games within the same genre with eachother, why even come up with a new genre? It is a retarded superfluous term that describes nothing and whoever came up with it was probably molested as a child. Just my opinion man.