AITM for saying my opinion?
I’m having an argument with a friend. I said "Hot take, RE7/8 is the most iconic in terms of theme/world-building." And I said that as an opinion and in an subjective standpoint as I still prefer RE4 over that two, but still prefer RE7/8’s theme/world-building. They my friend then said that RE4 would better fit the category because when they think of RE in general, they think that RE4 is the better candidate. They then argued with screenshot and quotes from different sources like other reddit threads and game journalist rankings, all of them showing that RE4/RE4R is generally and widely considered as the ones being iconic (of course alongside RE1 or RE2 with their remakes). They said that my "Hot Take" and opinion doesn’t hold any ground and can be considered wrong, pointing to "proof" that they provided like steam reviews and such. RE4 was a good game but in terms of pacing, world building, and theme, it gets outshined by RE7/8. I’ve also added an opinion that I prefer RE7/8’s plot than RE4, but the latter was better in gameplay. But all in all, what I said is just my hot take and subjective opinion. Ultimately he ended up saying that while it’s my opinion, it’s still "wrong" in the sense that based on his google research on, threads and stuff, RE4 is generally the more iconic one and the one that has a better story and world building, saying that my "hot take" is a terrible take and indefensible, even if they’re my personal opinion because as he said "we can see proof that one is more iconic than the other" even though it’s still my personal opinion. Are they right? Are they wrong?
A personal opinion cannot be wrong. It can be viewed as a hot or “terrible” take, but it still isn’t wrong. Your friend is an AH for thinking that your opinion “can be considered wrong.”
However, I would argue he’s also an AH for calling it a terrible take. That’s not a constructive criticism of your opinion, that’s simply an unnecessary insult of your viewpoint.
NTA.
Brother, the hell are they on? Hot takes are your own opinions, you are entitled to them and nothing can change that, but the fact that they pulled out research, game journalist shit, and other peoples opnions to try and “prove you wrong” says a lot about them. NTA.
NAH. I think the issue is word choice. “In my opinion” means the friend would be the a h bc there’s no reason to argue with what someone enjoys. “IMO” implies you think what you think regardless of the popular opinion. “Hot take” invites an argument, as it implies you think the popular opinion is wrong. So you gotta defend your take and be prepared for push back.
People argue about everyone’s opinion anyways nowadays but “hot take” is used to invite an argument.
*They’re games – just games.*
ESH for useless drama.
ESH
This is a dumb hill to die on for what is essentially personal taste, especially for games that are ALL IN THE SAME FRANCHISE.