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50 GameFAQs Threads About Stating Opinion as Fact
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Date: September 13th, 2026 1:39 PM Author: cowgod “Stop presenting your opinion as fact” — Nintendo Switch. The motherlode: an entire 100+ post thread devoted specifically to whether declarative statements like “BotW is trash” improperly present opinion as fact, whether “overrated” means everybody else is wrong, and whether every subjective statement needs an “IMO.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/189706-nintendo-switch/80099171?page=6 “Dragon Age 2 is better than The Witcher 2, and this is why:” — The Witcher 2. Probably the single best old-school specimen. One poster explicitly attacks the GameFAQs FACT/OPINION move: “if you state your opinion in a way that threatens” someone, they accuse you of presenting it as fact. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/975399-the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings/59255750?page=38 “That was a surprisingly good End Boss fight.” — Ar tonelico Qoga. Poster gets accused of wanting everyone to “accept your opinion as fact.” Response: “Everything I've said has been my opinion. You know that, I know that.” Almost the perfect rebuttal to the entire GameFAQs convention. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/976762-ar-tonelico-qoga-knell-of-ar-ciel/58803215?page=1 “Newsflash: Mario is not Sonic…” — Super Mario Galaxy 2. OP actually preemptively anticipates GameFAQs posters saying “FACT =/= OPINION,” arguing that obviously debatable game criticism is inherently opinion and shouldn’t require constant labeling. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/559975-super-mario-galaxy-2/49799642 “Could this be…” — Final Fantasy X. An astonishingly earnest attempt at formal GameFAQs epistemology: “Subjectivity=Opinion / Objectivity=Fact / Opinion=/=Fact,” followed by an extended theory of “personal fact” versus “public fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197344-final-fantasy-x/46437567?page=8 “Its IGN's OPINION!” — Sonic and the Black Knight. The entire topic is explicitly built around “Stop stating your negative opinions… as a fact. Opinion =/= fact.” It then becomes an argument over whether an opinion can ever be wrong. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/951327-sonic-and-the-black-knight/48423956 “Terra has brown hair.” — Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Deliberately absurd parody. “Terra has brown hair” immediately receives: “This is just YOUR OPINION STOP STATING IT AS FACT.” Another poster: “Welcome to the Internet, where Opinion=Fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/943347-kingdom-hearts-birth-by-sleep/57808138 “Why is There Sway?” — Call of Duty 4. Gun-ranking argument produces “Quit stating your opinions as fact, please,” followed by the incredible addendum that this is “especially annoying” because the opinion contradicts the majority. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/939212-call-of-duty-4-modern-warfare/42780441?page=2 “Bat Country” — Guitar Hero World Tour. Avenged Sevenfold argument immediately becomes “Quit stating your opinion as fact. It makes you sound stupid.” Classic 2000s GameFAQs deployment over whether a band is good. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/944201-guitar-hero-world-tour/43431258 “I'm disappointed in Valve.” — Left 4 Dead 2. Someone criticizes Valve; response is “your OPINION isnt fact.” OP replies, “I never said it was fact.” Then everybody starts posting “Opinion =/= Fact,” “Fact =/= Sales,” etc. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/960511-left-4-dead-2/50289598 “This game easily has the best writing of any final fantasy game.” — Final Fantasy XII. A poster explicitly asks where all the usual “fact =/= opinion” posts are and accuses the board of hypocrisy for selectively invoking the doctrine. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/459841-final-fantasy-xii/41660191?page=5 “which version is better?” — Borderlands. Amid a normal platform comparison, somebody simply posts “My opinion is fact.” Almost a perfect distilled GameFAQs joke. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/942810-borderlands/52477589 “Tony Prince is literally the best GTA character ever” — GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony. Reply: “your opinion is just that. Don't state it as fact.” TC's complete response: “My opinion is fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/960355-grand-theft-auto-iv-the-ballad-of-gay-tony/52042073 “What is the worst gun in MW2?” — Modern Warfare 2. “Worst list ever” gets answered with “Opinion =/= fact”; counter-response is “But Fact = Fact, and fact is most of those guns are actually pretty good.” Excellent. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/951944-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2/55744175 “should I play on arrange mode first?” — Resident Evil: Director's Cut. Someone gives a strong judgment about which mode is better designed; response: “You're just asserting your opinion like it's fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/198462-resident-evil-directors-cut/58678068?page=1 “i cant choose whether to buy this or heavy rain.” — God of War III. A recommendation dispute concludes that “to state your opinion as a fact is just silly and childish.” Classic application of the rule to “which game is better?” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/943928-god-of-war-iii/53585261 “A tweet from Hideo Kojima..” — Metal Gear Solid V. Splinter Cell versus MGS gameplay argument. Response: “See I can talk as if my opinion is fact too kiddo.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/681794-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain/66506323?page=1 “I hope Rosalina is in the game” — Mario Kart 8. Character debate produces the wonderfully formal request: “stop stating your opinion as objective fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/700050-mario-kart-8/65285976?page=3 “Random Battles or Monsters on screen?” — World of Final Fantasy. One person literally says, “If you have an opinion you shouldn't be stating it as a fact then.” Another immediately asks how the first poster supposedly did that. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/168651-world-of-final-fantasy/73855178?page=1 “Never played the original RE2 - worth looking at it first?” — Resident Evil 2. Someone aggressively attacks RE7 and gets: “presenting your opinion as fact again.” The actual dispute is plainly over how strongly the opinion was worded. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/179835-resident-evil-2/77686070 “The remake ruined the atmosphere of the original = pretentious crap” — Shadow of the Colossus. Posters directly debate the distinction between strongly expressing an aesthetic opinion and “stating it as fact.” One notes both sides are really doing the same thing. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/211369-shadow-of-the-colossus/76303267 “What do exotic high boots look like?” — Dragon's Dogma. A strangely hostile argument about whether boots look bad generates: “Way to state your opinion as fact.” Pure GameFAQs because the underlying subject is literally whether boots are ugly. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/626514-dragons-dogma/63633243 “Pokemon 'Lets Go Eevee/Pikachu' is a fake” — Nintendo Switch. OP explicitly starts with “Just my own personal opinion,” but response #2 still says: “Stating opinion as fact...” You could hardly engineer a better example. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/189706-nintendo-switch/76624879 “Let's face it, The Wind Waker > Twilight Princess” — Breath of the Wild board. Poster objects to titles like “Let's face it” and “Can we all agree” because they supposedly transform personal preference into “my opinion is the truth.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/632936-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/69686201?page=1 “Incineroar is the greatest starter and you CAN'T prove otherwise!” — Pokémon Sun. OP jokingly calls his preference a fact. Immediate response: “Just because it's your opinion doesn't make it a fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/187276-pokemon-sun/75543077 “Actual Metroid 2 Remake? AM2R? lol” — Nintendo 3DS. “AM2R was pretty solid. I'll be surprised if this is better.” Response: “That's your opinion not fact.” Despite the original statement very obviously being prediction/preference. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/997614-nintendo-3ds/75455968 “This is a good game, why all the hate?” — Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi. Particularly funny reverse version: poster labels almost every criticism “Fact,” including that the voice acting is horrible and cutscenes are bad, then distinguishes dissent as mere “opinion.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/630324-dragon-ball-z-ultimate-tenkaichi/63655292?page=1 “What you want the next world game (if they make one)” — Digimon World: Next Order. Posters openly parody “you can't go around spreading your personal opinion like it's fact. This is Interwebz 101,” before arguing that bad design actually is fact. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/196176-digimon-world-next-order/78087832?page=3 “Lysithea's original crest is.....(spoilers)” — Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Speculation over an unresolved lore detail produces the accusation that opening a thread about your interpretation “screams a ‘My opinion is fact.’” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/204445-fire-emblem-three-houses/78278445 “Lysithea, Bernie, and Annettes FEH art are better than their 3H art.” — Fire Emblem Heroes. OP: “Its an OBJECTIVE Fact.” Replies immediately commence proceedings over whether he understands what “objective fact” means. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/204447-fire-emblem-heroes/78456462 “I want the old weapon/items selects back” — Metal Gear Solid V. Long argument over nostalgia culminates in “acting like your opinion is fact”; TC actually replies, “My opinion is siding with fact in this case so yes.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/718564-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain/68034312?page=2 “God of War isn't God of War” — God of War. Someone dislikes the new direction. Response reduces the entire issue to: “TC you just have an opinion. Your opinion is NOT fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/334604-god-of-war/76572771?page=2 “Poll: What do you think of Shinji Mikami?” — Resident Evil 2. A genuinely prolonged argument over “RE4 is a good game but a bad RE game.” One side repeatedly calls that an OBJECTIVE fact; the other insists it is inherently opinion. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/179835-resident-evil-2/76881367?page=10 “Watching clips of the original, it looks more fun.” — Trials of Mana. Poster explicitly warns: “Try not to let your OPINION… turn into a falsely objective FACT,” then complains this is what GameFAQs does daily. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/266210-trials-of-mana/78675266?page=4 “Tell me why I should try this game” — Mass Effect: Andromeda. One poster calls the game being “subpar” an “objective fact”; response says his judgment carries no special factual authority. Good example of criticism getting relabeled objective. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/168599-mass-effect-andromeda/76486301?page=1 “I don't understand why people thought this game was so great.” — Mass Effect 2. One side says review scores and awards prove ME2 is better than ME1; reply points out reviewer opinions don't magically become facts either. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/944907-mass-effect-2/59901427 “The most overated game ever?” — Red Dead Redemption 2. Extended classroom-style explanation of objective versus subjective: brown hat = objective; ugly hat = subjective; “overrated” = inherently opinion. Very GameFAQs Philosophy 101. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/200179-red-dead-redemption-2/77135831?page=11 “Is the forced aim sway when being shot at in third person in Online?” — Red Dead Online. Posters repeatedly accuse each other of calling subjective design judgments objective facts. It gets extraordinarily hostile over aim sway. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/248477-red-dead-online/77246747 “It's not cheesing if you kill Demon of Hatred by fall method” — Sekiro. Whether exploiting the boss is “cheese” rapidly becomes “Telling facts” versus “Opinion is not fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/241004-sekiro-shadows-die-twice/77749265 “Wow seriously TLoU 2 isnt even on gameFAQS 2020 goty poll” — PlayStation 4. Gameplay criticisms get dismissed as “subjective opinion,” followed immediately by the poster presenting similarity to Metal Gear Solid as “objectively fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/691087-playstation-4/79219399?page=4 “what is the problem with 3d sonic games?” — PlayStation 5. Poster receives “Your opinion isnt fact. Get over yourself.” His response: “Yes, my opinion is not fact. Shout the answers out when you know them.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/80809707?page=2 “Who is the worst FF protagonist?” — Final Fantasy XVI. OP says certain protagonists are “factually” the three best. Response: “Your opinion =/= fact.” OP is annoyed that anybody bothered objecting. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/300958-final-fantasy-xvi/80661477 “Fact: The only game to get quick time events right was mass effect 2/3” — PlayStation 5. Title deliberately calls an aesthetic judgment “Fact.” Immediate response: “that's an opinion, not a fact. Don't be stupid.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/80855887?page=1 “Original Trilogy vs. REmake Trilogy (RE1, RE2, RE3)” — Resident Evil 3. “The REmake still slaughters the original… and that's a fact.” Response accuses him of not understanding the difference between fact and opinion; he answers with the “opinion shield.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/278662-resident-evil-3/78549306?page=7 “New strategy game developed by Atlus and Vanillaware revealed!” — PlayStation 5. Contains the beautifully compressed GameFAQs sentence: “nah it’s objective fact and that’s my subjective opinion.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/80565432?page=1 “The lame PS3 propaganda really kills the mood.” — Metal Gear Solid 4. Criticism of a Kojima joke is met almost immediately with “Your Opinion =/= Fact.” Another poster mocks the implication that disliking five seconds of a game means you shouldn't play it. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/926596-metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots/43786574 “Why is kojima so strict on keeping this PS3 exclusive?” — Metal Gear Solid 4. Console/platform argument gets the accusation: “Using your opinion like it's fact, it destroys your entire argument.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/926596-metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots/42928189?page=15 “Map Packs.” — Modern Warfare 3. Argument about whether old DLC maps are worth money descends into formulae such as “Telling =/= Logical Advice / Opinion =/= Fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/995751-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3/59756003 “Review with Takashi Tokita” — The 3rd Birthday. Someone says the gameplay simply isn't good; response: “ITT: Opinion = fact.” Particularly pure example because the first poster had literally added “as far as I'm concerned.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/951987-parasite-eve-the-third-birthday/58888804?page=5 “This game is dumb...” — Final Fantasy XII. Absolute advanced-course GameFAQs epistemology: pages of argument distinguishing “subjective opinions” from “objective opinions,” whether opinions must change to “align with facts,” and whether an “objective opinion” even makes sense. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/459841-final-fantasy-xii/73158500?page=22 |
Date: September 13th, 2026 1:40 PM Author: cowgod The 2011 Witcher thread, the Mario Galaxy preemptive disclaimer, the FFX “personal fact/public fact” dissertation, and the 100+ post Switch thread are probably the four best pieces of evidence that this wasn't merely a phrase people occasionally used; GameFAQs users themselves were consciously arguing about the site's peculiar “declarative grammar = claim of objective truth” doctrine for well over a decade (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133529) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 1:41 PM Author: cowgod ``Keep in mind that these are all opinions. To anyone with a functioning brain this announcement of opinion might be obvious, even redundant, but this is GameFAQs and I'm sure some person will come on here and say "FACT =/= OPINION" or "well that's just your opinion" or something to that degree of stupidity. Of course this is opinion, anything on this site that's debatable, thus interesting, is opinion, so if you don't share this opinion tell me why instead of just saying so.`` (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133531) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 2:02 PM Author: michael doodikoff they use this same argument on Current Events and on the old 261 Politics Board as well. Also "correlation is not causation" when you point out some obvious shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133572) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 2:21 PM Author: cowgod (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133617) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 6:16 PM Author: cowgod (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50134096) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 1:46 PM Author: UhOh such a redditor/terminally online loser conversation. if you said this in person people would laugh in your face. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133540) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 1:50 PM Author: cowgod (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133544) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 1:50 PM Author: cowgod https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/81186116 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133546) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 1:52 PM Author: UhOh resentful little nerds, they even feel insecure online ljl. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133549) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 1:54 PM Author: cowgod *Losers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133554) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 1:59 PM Author: Mega Feces (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133563) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 2:03 PM Author: UhOh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133575) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 1:59 PM Author: Mega Feces kobalobasileus 1 week ago#5 John Oliver is the worst example of this peeve.
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Surprising to see an anti-John Oliver take. He seems like the patron saint of cringey redditor/gamefaqs types. |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 2:01 PM Author: cowgod (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133567) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 2:04 PM Author: UhOh he's an alpha chad compared to these faggots (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133578) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 3:44 PM Author: snake coke his closing statement regarding the *objective* superiority of gta4 driving mechanics makes me think this has to be flame. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133809) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 3:39 PM Author: cowgod (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2̃#50133803) |
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Date: September 13th, 2026 6:19 PM Author: cowgod Does anyone miss sword/shield?” — Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Someone criticizes Sword/Shield’s graphics and gets “don’t spout your opinion as fact.” The response is nearly the perfect anti-GameFAQs formulation: “I’m spouting my opinion as an opinion because that’s what we do here. I’m not going to qualify it every time I post.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/452075-pokemon-legends-z-a/80946073?page=1 “FFXIV destined to be A Realm ReReborn” — Final Fantasy XIV. An elaborate taxonomy: “I enjoyed FFXIV” = opinion; “FFXIV failed” = fact. Ends with the sacred “Your opinion =/= fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/252354-final-fantasy-xiv-shadowbringers/65593133?page=15 “What is the quickest way to destroy Obsidian?” — Minecraft. Somehow becomes an argument about reviews where one poster says calling a critically acclaimed game bad is a “factually incorrect opinion.” Peak GameFAQs epistemology. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/606524-minecraft/57009667?page=1 “What counts as ‘retro’ for you?” — PlayStation 5. “Your opinion isn’t fact” produces the reply: “My opinions aren’t facts, but facts are. Anybody claiming that the PS2 isn’t retro is deluding themselves.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/80793272?page=6 “momochi perfect vs justin weng!” — Super Street Fighter IV. An argument about whether somebody is trolling terminates in the standalone incantation “Opinion =/= Fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/626633-super-street-fighter-iv-arcade-edition/60670290 “Objective vs. subjective, is it reasonable to consider a game objectively good?” — PS5. An entire thread built specifically to litigate whether games can be objectively good, eventually reaching genocide, kittens, Tetris, Death Stranding, data, and metaphysics. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/79748023 “Not a Remake!” — Resident Evil 3. “You’re the one accusing me of not playing the game so you can assert my opinion as invalid with yours as objective fact.” Direct accusation of the maneuver itself. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/278662-resident-evil-3/78545898?page=2 “So I started over in Master Mode with infinite item durability...” — Breath of the Wild. Weapon durability argument gets bogged down in posters explicitly separating OBJECTIVE versus SUBJECTIVE FOR ME claims. “I’ve changed my mind; Kid Buu > Super Buu.” — Dragon Ball. “Chi Chi gave her opinion. Opinions aren’t facts.” This apparently becomes relevant evidence in a 50-page Dragon Ball power-scaling case. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/2000113-dragon-ball-general/79139046?page=27 “Let’s Revisit: Final Fantasy VIII” — FFVIII. Someone says FFIX is the best numbered FF. Response: “Please don’t state your (bad) opinion as fact.” Then immediately says the other guy has bad taste. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197343-final-fantasy-viii/78934840 “NG3 Top Techniques from Prima” — Ninja Gaiden 3. “Smash the game disc with a hammer” joke receives: return the game “all the while realizing that your opinion isn’t fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/703246-ninja-gaiden-3-razors-edge/62300965 “Anyone else come here just to laugh at the salt?” — DmC. Posters actually attempt to define a test for objectivity: “If someone can refute your point with an opinion, then it’s subjective.” Long argument over whether bad controls can be objectively bad. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/605600-dmc-devil-may-cry/76448182?page=1 “(Rona Gaming) Now I remember why I dropped this game.” — Xenosaga Episode II. “Opinions are not facts” followed by a full explanation that opinions by nature cannot be correct because otherwise they would be facts. “Can anyone name games that aren’t repetitive?” — The Last of Us. Poster says calling TLOU repetitive is “trying to pass your opinion off here as fact,” then declares that repetitiveness is not a valid flaw in the game. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/652686-the-last-of-us/66603103?page=6 “Come on people” — Sonic the Hedgehog. OP quotes a review claiming Sonic ’06 being shit “is not opinion, it is FACT!” and asks whether liking it therefore makes his friends liars or idiots. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/929718-sonic-the-hedgehog/68201109 “NEWSFLASH everyone. Did you know Krome Studios are the developers...” — The Force Unleashed. “Do not come here presenting your OPINION as if it were fact.” OP responds by pointing out that the accuser’s defense of Krome is itself an opinion. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/938359-star-wars-the-force-unleashed/45312556 “Music?” — Resonance of Fate. One of the best finds: “For someone who seems to hate ‘Opinions = Fact Day’, you sure are shoving your opinion as if it’s fact.” Then directly mocks people who apparently require “In my opinion” before every sentence. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/959317-resonance-of-fate/49003657?page=1 “Atelier Lydie won’t have English dub...” — Atelier Lydie & Suelle. Dub/sub argument: “you...quoted an opinion as if it were fact.” “RB vs GH guitar, which one’s better?” — Rock Band 2. Poster actually announces an attempt to make his first post without “stating opinions as facts,” apparently because other GameFAQs users repeatedly accused him of it. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/949928-rock-band-2/51499633 “GTA IV or Saints Row 3...” — Saints Row: The Third. “Aww, look at you... Stating your opinion as if it were fact.” Reply: “It is. Everyone should know this by now.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/954855-saints-row-the-third/60976827 “Life: Oh you are remaking RE3?...” — Resident Evil 3. Poster lists two defining characteristics of GameFAQs: “People state a mere opinion as if it’s an actual fact” and people get butthurt when disagreed with. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/278662-resident-evil-3/78536860?page=1 “Is this better than Budokai Tenkaichi 3?” — Raging Blast 2. Poster literally says: “Sorry to state my opinion like it’s fact, but really, I’ve been a high level player...” Fascinating self-awareness. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/996390-dragon-ball-raging-blast-2/57761460 “And people were sleeping on Amara...” — Borderlands 3. A user complains that GameFAQs constantly has people trying “to post their opinion as if it’s a fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/189589-borderlands-3/78079009?page=1 “Time to finally admit it. Metroid Dread is a mediocre game.” Thread eventually becomes posters complaining that critics “treat your opinion like a fact” or pretend it represents consensus. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/323656-metroid-dread/79812720?page=18 “I prefer old GoW” — God of War. “You give your opinion, act as if it’s fact,” followed immediately by the defense that everyone is allowed a differing opinion. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/191627-god-of-war/76536450?page=11 “so the best way to enjoy gameplay is start on hardest difficulty” — Final Fantasy XVI. Reply #4: “Imagine stating opinions as facts.” Reply #5 then responds that literally nobody has fun playing another way. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/539746-final-fantasy-xvi-complete-edition/80494537 “Sorceress > Amazon Critique” — Dragon’s Crown. “I was more annoyed with you stating that it’s an issue as if it’s fact when it’s opinion... don’t state them LIKE they are fact.” Exactly the doctrine. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/632915-dragons-crown/67215803?page=2 “This really has to be the most underrated game in the series...” — Final Fantasy V. Poster complains he constantly has to append “my opinion” because otherwise this particular user accuses him of stating opinion as fact—even though that same user doesn't use IMO disclaimers. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/930369-final-fantasy-v-advance/41856788?page=1 “all it needed was a better final boss and bogeyman” — Silent Hill: Downpour. Perfect specimen: “Your opinion doesn’t equal fact. Stop acting like it does.” Immediate response: “he is merely stating his opinion. In normal conversations you don’t have to always say, in my opinion.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/997930-silent-hill-downpour/62669155 “Trance questions” — Final Fantasy IX. Someone says Trance is useless. Reply: “You didn’t answer any of his questions, then stated your opinion like it was a fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197338-final-fantasy-ix/46630660 “Would Edelgard’s Meritocracy fail in the long run?” — Three Houses. Political/religious digression receives the explicit admonition: “refrain from stating your opinion as if it were fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/204445-fire-emblem-three-houses/78046376?page=10 “I am an enormous Lufia fan...” — Lufia. This one is magnificent: users literally label propositions FACT: and OPINION: line-by-line. One insists his quality judgments are “90% objective” because “true quality... objectively exists.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/980073-lufia-curse-of-the-sinistrals/57331662?page=2 “Please, tell me the composer...” — Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Music preference turns into: “ultimately everything you said is still opinion, not fact.” TC hilariously asks whether that statement itself is an opinion or fact. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/960566-metal-gear-solid-peace-walker/52547990?page=1 “Its official which Version of Ninja Gaiden 2 is the Best” — Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. Reply #4 immediately: “What you are stating is your opinion, not fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/958890-ninja-gaiden-sigma-2/57861369 “anyone else find this game plays better with a controller?” — Fallout 3. TC says accuracy means nothing. Reply: “Opinion not fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/918428-fallout-3/53802899 “Best way to describe Syndicate, fun but STUPID” — Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. Someone declares Unity awful; response is essentially “It’s opinion, not fact, and I don’t share it, good day sir.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/894434-assassins-creed-syndicate/72730700 “skyward sword a 7.5 from gamespot” — Skyward Sword. GameSpot review score causes outrage. Someone explains: “It’s a guy’s opinion, not fact. That’s the definition of a review.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/960633-the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/61066673 “Awesome facts threads” — Dragon Age: Origins. OP calls a bunch of gameplay claims “facts.” Immediate response: “Everything except #7 and #8 is opinion, not fact. Thread fails.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/950918-dragon-age-origins/52510196 “this game isn’t very good” — Breath of the Wild. One poster goes out of his way to clarify: “this opinion does not equal fact.” Interesting example of GameFAQs users internalizing the disclaimer requirement. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/632936-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/76677791?page=1 “What’s the point of MH anymore” — Gods Eater Burst. Almost a manifesto: “That is strictly your opinion, not fact... State your opinion, and say it proud, as long as you acknowledge that it is just that.” Reply: “If only half the people on Gamefaqs understood such a simple concept.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/610611-gods-eater-burst/57793770 “I cannot fathom how this has a 95 metascore.” — The Last of Us Part II. “My opinion isn’t a fact so just because I don’t like those games, doesn’t mean they are bad.” Very explicit application. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/202466-the-last-of-us-part-ii/78784443?page=1 “The only correct final decision is... SPOILERS” — Life is Strange. Someone says “Your opinion is not fact. Presenting it as such does nothing for your argument.” TC points out he literally wrote “imo.” Response: apparently it needed to appear in the title or first two sentences. This is extraordinary GameFAQs jurisprudence. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/316029-life-is-strange-remastered/74202014?page=1 “I will buy but I need it to include the japn VA...” — Tales of Xillia. Dub argument includes complaint that Tales fans “act as though their opinion is fact.” https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/553937-tales-of-xillia-remastered/65949014?page=10 “Bold Opinion: I Do Not Like Raymond” — Animal Crossing. “Your opinion is not fact.” TC: “It is to me.” Response: “Your opinion is terrible. And it’s not fact.” TC: “Maybe to you.” This is distilled GameFAQs. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/248082-animal-crossing-new-horizons/78709685?page=6 “Interview about control scheme, etc.” — Resident Evil 5. Someone says the controls are crap; opponent says “The controls are perfect. Your opinion isn’t a fact.” First guy immediately notices that “the controls are perfect” is itself an opinion. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/929197-resident-evil-5/47904888?page=2 “PSA: Final Fantasy Tactics is the best game on the PS1” — Final Fantasy XV. Angry response: “No, your opinion isn’t a fact.” Another poster points out TC never claimed otherwise—he merely stated what game he thinks is best. Exactly our original phenomenon. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/932981-final-fantasy-xv/76615461 “Well, looks like 3H is out of the running” — Fire Emblem: Three Houses. A sprawling philosophical debate over whether opinions can be wrong, whether “bad game” can be objectively demonstrated, and whether Big Rigs is objectively bad. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/204445-fire-emblem-three-houses/78615107?page=8 “This is the best pokemon game” — Pokémon Crystal. OP simply declares Crystal the best. Another user’s signature/tagline fittingly reads “Your opinion is NOT fact bro.” The ensuing discussion immediately qualifies the claim as nostalgia. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/375087-pokemon-crystal-version/59377769 “PS5 or NS” — Tactics Ogre: Reborn. One poster claims the Switch is objectively garbage and that he “speaks in facts,” then concludes by accusing everyone else of passing opinion as fact. Beautiful recursive specimen. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/376044-tactics-ogre-reborn/80219524?page=2 “Best opening intro in gaming?” — Xbox Series X. Poster: “I didn’t give my subjective opinion. I gave the objective fact. My subjective opinion would be FFT.” Response: if you don’t want to be taken seriously, there are easier ways than demonstrating that you don’t understand what an opinion is. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264564-xbox-series-x/80399825?page=7
The funniest new finds are probably #1, #17, #29, #32, #42, #45 and #46, because those aren't merely people saying “opinion ≠ fact.” They actually start interrogating the bizarre GameFAQs premise that an obviously evaluative declarative sentence ceases to be recognizable as an opinion unless the speaker affixes an explicit “IMO” warning label.
And #42 may be the purest specimen yet: you did say “IMO,” but unfortunately you placed your IMO too late in the submission. |