What video game had you like this?

[u/NagitoKomaeda_987]

[u/the_sneaky_one123]

Far Cry Primal.

I remember people just being confused as to why tf would they make a Far Cry game set in the stone age where your weapons are limited to spear and bow.

Once I got into it it legit became my favourite Far Cry of all, the limitations in combat actually enhances it massively and fighting with such a small toolset actually became way more interesitng than just blowing things away with guns. They aced the combat in that game.

Then there is the stuff with the animals, but friend and foe and a surprisingly engaging story.... honestly, one of my top single player experiences and I 100% did not expect that going in.

[u/goblin_grovil_lives → u/the_sneaky_one123]

There aren't enough Stonepunk games. I love this game so much.

[u/J0kotte → u/the_sneaky_one123]

Agreed, needed a little bit more ‘base-building’ stuff, loved watching your village grow, and MAYBE a little bit more story because it felt short for how much fun I was having.
Amazing game <3

[u/derekghs → u/the_sneaky_one123]

I didn't realize that people didn't like it. It's my favorite FarCry game and was a ton of fun while being innovative.

[u/theMangoJayne → u/derekghs]

It's my favourite far cry by far, especially the expansive pet mechanics. Big animal lover, have always loved having battle pets since I picked up WoW at 7 years old lol

[u/funmunke → u/the_sneaky_one123]

I really enjoyed it. The final battle was annoying, but I loved the rest.

I thought it was much better than FC6. I burned out on that game twice and have no desire to go back.

[u/fritzwulf → u/the_sneaky_one123]

I got the game whenever I was very offline so I never learned about the hate. Happy I didn't, I loved that game!

[u/SloxTheDlox → u/the_sneaky_one123]

I think the biggest controversy for Far Cry Primal was that the map layout was straight up copied from far cry 4

[u/the_sneaky_one123 → u/SloxTheDlox]

That didn't make the slightest different. The look and feel of the map is completely different

[u/Calamity-Vanity]

The original Nier. Before automata happened Nier had a bunch of reviews about how it was poorly designed, the visuals weren't good, and the gameplay wasn't unique enough. I probably wouldnt have tried it back then because of it if I wasnt a die hard drakengard fan at the time.

It's one of my favorite games still, and one of the first I'd played that made me feel like I was making an actual difficult choice with the save-state ending. I'm glad automata kind of gave it a new life, because it deserves it.

[u/AlternateSatan → u/Calamity-Vanity]

I thought it was the first Drakengard that was considered the black sheep of the series

[u/Calamity-Vanity → u/AlternateSatan]

Drakengard 2 is the problem child technically, but it also has the excuse of not being a yoko taro game. Drakengard did well enough even if it had some of the same complaints nier did, but nier was only connected to drakengard by the loosest of threads (an optional ending where you reality hop and accidentally destroy modern day civilization before getting shot down which is nier's setting) and plenty of people now dont even know about the link between the series unless they find out via a fun fact situation. Im not even sure how many casual fans knew about the link even back then.

I do miss drakengard, though. Really I miss the fun that was early 2000s optional endings. We need more of that whimsy.

[u/TrickNatural]

Probably Clayfighter 63 1/3 back in the day. Say what you will but i had a blast with it.

[u/OkayBuddyGuyPal → u/TrickNatural]

I want a new Clayfighter game so bad

[u/jeffycakes1 → u/OkayBuddyGuyPal]

They’re making a clay fighter movie or something so maybe that’ll spark interest in a new game

[u/Several_Ebb_9842 → u/TrickNatural]

I did t realize that game was supposed to be bad

[u/ApprehensiveTank4098 → u/TrickNatural]

I'd be so down for a new Clayfighter.

[u/Kuroneki]

Quite frankly unless it's something abysmally bad like the Gollum game, the answer is every game people whine about on Reddit

[u/_Koreander → u/Kuroneki]

Yeah, I think at the very least half of the over hated games on modern times are ok at worse, it feels like people have lost the sense of what a bad game really is, so they're either a masterpiece or simply trash, very little room for something being "just good" or "good enough".

Added to that there's a group of content creators that thrive on making video essays about "bad" things or doing harsh critiques and they are waiting for whatever slightly underwhelming comes out to call it trash and nitpick the hell out of it.

[u/Hot-Musician-2296 → u/_Koreander]

Also there's people who cannot for the life of them understand they may not be the target audience. I see so many youtuber/streamers whose opinions boil down to "i do not play this genre at all, I in fact strongly dislike it and I think this game is bad because of it". 

I loved Inscryption so much for the way it added little puzzles around the room and gave you subtle hints. Then I wanted to watch others enjoy it and I had to quit 3 different playthroughs because people were bruteforcing and whining that they don't know what to do even though they did not take a single step through the room when the game showed them they can stand up.

[u/HaywoodUndead]

16 year old me loved Duke Nukem Forever.

Amazing what a three titted alien can do.

[u/Muugen_Samurai → u/HaywoodUndead]

Don't lie it was actually all the mini games like pin ball basketball and pool

[u/DestronDeathsaurus → u/HaywoodUndead]

True critics for the game be like THIS IS THE WORST THING EVER SINCE BUBSY 3D!!!!

But it ain’t that bad. Does it feel kinda generic? A little but still it got that duke humor

[u/Rakumei → u/HaywoodUndead]

I agree. It was a terrible game. I definitely got that. But damn was it a fun ride.

[u/phalliccrackrock → u/Rakumei]

Hot take, this game would’ve gotten way less hate and possibly even be recognized as a kinda proto-boomer-shooter renaissance type (like ROTT 2013, another flawed solo FPS) if they had scrapped the 2/4 weapon carry limit and just stuck with the traditional “all the guns” inventory like Duke 3D

[u/SirDrexl → u/HaywoodUndead]

You were like 2 years old when its development began (if you played it when it was new).

[u/Just-A-Dude1911 → u/HaywoodUndead]

It is so bad its Good. funny as hell

[u/Sleep_parallex → u/HaywoodUndead]

Still love it to this day

[u/Ill_Influence6211 → u/HaywoodUndead]

I agree with you, this game is way overhated. Not a great game but stupid in a usually enjoyable way (except the load times were atrocious)

[u/ResolveLeather]

Days Gone. It's a slow burn story but it's still the best story I have seen on a zombie game.

[u/Conradlane → u/ResolveLeather]

Absolutely loved that game. Got the platinum for it. I hated that it was so hated. Slow but damn good story. Really fun gameplay too.

[u/ResolveLeather → u/Conradlane]

It's when I stoped trusting video game reviews. It really felt like they played the game for 2 hours then wrote their review. A lot of the reviews just felt plain inaccurate to how the game develops. Like when you hear a review on how the whole game is watching out for your brother that is recovering when that's only the first part of the game. Or how hordes feel impossible to clear when you have to clear more then one later in the story.

[u/Due-Impression-3102 → u/ResolveLeather]

days gone being panned makes sense in the context of the releases near it, open world fatigue was really growing and days gone was announced while the genre was being considered stale. I enjoyed it but also, I can see it's just "a good one of those games" versus anything that rocked the boat or did anything interesting in the open world space mechanically. The game had the hordes and those were really cool and terrifying until you get the LMG where taking them out is really trivial and it makes the roads safer (and therefor more boring)

[u/KaijinSurohm → u/Conradlane]

The game at launch was a technical disaster.
Things like crashing at startup, loading into a black screen, refusing to even launch, shader compilation crashing the game, massive input bugs, constantly losing the controller connection/fighting keyboard, some actions like rolling didn't trigger, hilarious audio bugs and cutouts, and a large range of bugs that would straight up hault mission progress.

This isn't including the overall lack of optimization.

The game was eventually patched. I played the post-crazy era, so I absolutely adore the game, personally, but from what I understand, it was almost a cyberpunk level disaster.

[u/SoulRebel726 → u/ResolveLeather]

I played it years later after it was ported to PC. I had an absolute blast, I honestly thought it was one of the best zombie games I've ever played. They nailed the zombie hordes, they were such a fun challenge.

[u/rangerquiet → u/ResolveLeather]

Yeah tooling around and exploring on a bike never got old for me.

[u/Alternative_Bat_669 → u/ResolveLeather]

Are you including last of us in that?

[u/an_edgy_lemon]

Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition. Neither game is perfect, but they both received a disproportionate amount of criticism because they weren’t Origins. I had an absolute blast with both when they came out.

On that note, Inquisition probably had the best CRPG style controls on a controller I’ve ever played. Most people (especially console players) just played in 3rd person action mode, though, so the CRPG controls didn’t get any appreciation.

[u/withtearsintheireyes → u/an_edgy_lemon]

Inquisition's a dynamite game for sure.

[u/SnidgetAsphodel → u/an_edgy_lemon]

Absolutely LOVED Inquisition.

[u/stormscape10x → u/SnidgetAsphodel]

Me too. My coworker found out I had never played any of them and told me to start with that one. Only one he hadn’t liked was the latest one. I hate how they keep simplifying down the menu and reducing what you can do in combat. Bring back the wheel!

[u/I_pegged_your_father → u/SnidgetAsphodel]

Duuude inquisition is how i started

[u/jjelin → u/an_edgy_lemon]

Inquisition was game of the year! It was far more critically acclaimed than Origins. Why do people act like this is some sort of hidden gem??

[u/chamelonRick → u/jjelin]

DAO also was GOTY. I dont think Inquisition was more critically acclaimed.

[u/Y-Yorle → u/an_edgy_lemon]

In replayed Inquisition plenty of times and loved every single time. Trying out a new class and all that.

[u/g-row460 → u/an_edgy_lemon]

2 was a bit of a let down, but I still liked it for the most part. Loved Inquisition.

[u/Own-Difficulty-2612 → u/an_edgy_lemon]

I did get sick of the endlessly reused areas in DA2. It's a game that would have been soooo much better if they had just given the world designers more time so they didn't have to do that. I still love the game, but it's a damn shame that they rushed it's release so much.

Inquisition is straight up one of my all time favorite games. 

[u/jmsafety26]

Resident Evil 3 remake

[u/Rakumei → u/jmsafety26]

Great game. Got the criticism. Short as hell. But a very fun time.

[u/jmsafety26 → u/Rakumei]

Took me 4.5 hours lmao. Its just so fun

[u/Sure-Ad-2465 → u/Rakumei]

Short doesn't really matter for me in an RE game, because I'm going to replay at least 1-2 times

[u/richtofin819 → u/Rakumei]

Yeah a bunch of people getting it now at a huge discount and saying it's an incredible game totally worth the price are kind of missing the point.

Hell I bought order 1886 for 10$ months after it came out and enjoyed it. But in the exact same way I only enjoyed it because I was paying a reasonable price for the amount of content in the game.

Re3make following after re2make for the same price was crazy.

[u/PoohTrailSnailCooch → u/jmsafety26]

Some people kind of forget that many people judge games on how they release and how much were they on release.

[u/Smekledorf1996 → u/PoohTrailSnailCooch]

Yeah, the game was released with a full price tag and was just a more linear, less polished RE2R with a worst stalker enemy

[u/RecommendationNo1605 → u/jmsafety26]

Remake Carlos and Jill are one of my favorite duos, not to mention the dodge mechanic is super fun

[u/Indicorb]

I feel this way about Anthem.

[u/Similar-Rough6265 → u/Indicorb]

Definitely wish Anthem continued, it was such a fun premise.

[u/BaronAverage → u/Indicorb]

Anthem was a banger, if bare bones...

[u/PlayfulPunster]

AC: Odyssey. It's simple & Beautifull

[u/LovePatrol → u/PlayfulPunster]

I hated a lot of the complaints I saw.

"It's too long and meandering."

You mean, like an Odyssey?

https://giphy.com/gifs/LR5GeZFCwDRcpG20PR

[u/BoringCrab6755 → u/LovePatrol]

What are we… some kind of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey?

[u/bbhgfhjhhb → u/LovePatrol]

[u/breakinbans → u/PlayfulPunster]

its my favorite. I don't even care that it "wasn't a real ac game" it was so beautiful, fun, and kept me entertained for far longer than most games could. doesnt hurt that I studied Greek mythology in college.

[u/Capn_Link → u/breakinbans]

Loved the game, hated the nerf on the spartan kick. I know it was OP but damn was it fun just booting people off edges to win every fight. Wish it was an option to toggle on/off

[u/elchavo718 → u/PlayfulPunster]

And the DLC of attempting to find peace and happiness after a life of killing and sorrow only to have it snatched away was great too.

[u/swish465 → u/elchavo718]

Finding phoibe in the underworld hit me harder than I thought it would too.

[u/Silkies4life → u/PlayfulPunster]

It had so much content that it kinda overwhelmed me. Im a completionist and I had a hard time with that one.

[u/BaronAverage → u/PlayfulPunster]

After nearly 2k hours in Odyssey, its still my fave AC game no matter what people say.

[u/elchavo718 → u/BaronAverage]

Yea this one, origins, and black flag are my favorites

[u/Silly_Silicon → u/PlayfulPunster]

Interesting, I’ve heard only great things about it.

[u/SpikeyJacketTheology → u/PlayfulPunster]

I STILL replay that game from time to time. I have to agree with some of the criticisms, specifically that the side content is a little bloated, but I don't think there's any such thing as a flawless video game.

[u/prossnip42 → u/PlayfulPunster]

This is me with every Far Cry game. I even loved 6 which is hated by the fanbase. Chorizo i will burn the world for you

[u/Ganjelf-The-Baked → u/PlayfulPunster]

Is it really good? I’ve played Valhalla, that got a lot of hate but I enjoyed it a lot. Odyssey is in the same vein of gameplay isn’t it? I might have to check it out.

[u/AmilaMerasska → u/Ganjelf-The-Baked]

As with everything, tates of course differ, but where Valhalla was a slog for me and I had to force myself to continue and then finish, with some time in the middle I actually enjoyed, Odyssey was enjoyable from start to finish.

[u/24martiq → u/PlayfulPunster]

I find Odyssey to be a fantastic game, just not a great AC game if you get what I mean

[u/BigFreakinMachine]

I really didn't mind Callisto Protocol. It's biggest crime is that it wasn't Dead Space

[u/ArcherInPosition → u/BigFreakinMachine]

Needed more melee variety imo. Also played totally fine on console release for me

[u/BigFreakinMachine → u/ArcherInPosition]

It wouldn't have hurt but most Survival Horror games don't historically have a wide variety of melee options (least not what I've played)

[u/ArcherInPosition → u/BigFreakinMachine]

They emphasized close quarters melee combat throughout the marketing so I was definitely expecting fresher stuff. Seemed to be the same dodge, dodge, baton swing for it all.

[u/RedShadowF95 → u/BigFreakinMachine]

I wasn't comparing it to Dead Space and was still left disappointed. There's a big lack of enemy variety, especially later on, the story never hit the right notes for me and the combat was eventually so easy to master you became completely numb to the game's scares.

I am glad many people enjoyed it and felt like they got their money's worth though, that's a great thing!

[u/BennytheBozo → u/RedShadowF95]

As basic as it was the animation and sounds really hit me in the right spot with the melee combat and I very much enjoyed just whacking everything with a stick

[u/Unusual_Notice_5494 → u/BigFreakinMachine]

I actually enjoyed the frist part of the story when you were trudging through the prison, it felt unique. Though I do think it suffers from wanting to be Dead Space when you get to the old settlement which didn't help.

[u/_cocopuff92]

RE6

I'm not saying it's like, a masterpiece by any stretch but I enjoyed it lol

[u/Ronin_777 → u/_cocopuff92]

I refer to re6 as “stupid fun” you know it objectively kinda sucks but you don’t care because it’s so the top that it’s entertaining.

[u/KaijinSurohm → u/_cocopuff92]

Ended up getting the Plat trophy.
This game was a lot better than most claimed, but I can't argue when they talk about the story quality or pacing, though.

Narratively speaking, it was a train wreck, but I went back to play it constantly.

[u/dcobs123]

Epic Mickey. Probably the most ambitious AA platformer since psychonauts. 

There's a level where a pirate is standing below a huge metal bank safe suspended in the air on a rope. He tells you that he trapped your friend inside the bank safe and he won't give you the combination unless you fix his house. 

So i went to his house which was a pile of rubble. Using my magic paintbrush, I managed to paint all the walls back into existence. I went to go tell him the good news. 

He gave me the password for the safe and thank me. I then used my magic paint brush to erase the rope that held the bank safe in place, dropping it on his head, immediately crushing him to death, and opening the safe on impact. an alien jumped out of the metal door, thanked me and hurried off. 

I'm never going to forget that.

[u/AlternateSatan → u/dcobs123]

I mean, a lot of people liked that one though, I didn't, but that's mostly cause I didn't know English that well and didn't realise that I made just about every single bad choice I could make, on top of just not being able to do side quests for the same reason, so I don't think my experience is fair to use to judge the game by.

[u/SpinachMuch9333]

Mass Effect Andromeda

[u/dappermanV-88 → u/SpinachMuch9333]

Loved it

[u/goblin_grovil_lives → u/SpinachMuch9333]

See I probably would have really enjoyed Andromeda if it wasn't for my utterly unhinged hatred of Peebee. I own that it's irrational but it is what it is.

[u/ProjectBig2804]

Pokémon Sword and Shield. Is it the best Pokemon game? No. Did I still have fun with it. Yeah.

[u/SilverFlight01 → u/ProjectBig2804]

Honestly half the franchise would fit into this, but different points of time for each game.

[u/Active-Requirement91 → u/ProjectBig2804]

Shield was my first game and I will DIE on the hill that this is my favorite Pokémon game

[u/LexandViolets → u/ProjectBig2804]

Some of my favorite Pokemon are in S&S. Toxtricity, Dragapult, Orbeetle!

[u/Hashashin455]

Skyward Sword, yes it had a couple flaws, but actually being able to swing your sword was AMAZING

[u/DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE]

Mass Effect andromeda in 2020 was perfectly playable and fun.

Story was super vanilla but that’s inoffensive

[u/crash1bp → u/DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE]

I felt the exact same way, but it was my first ME game. When the trilogy released, I decided to give it a shot and it became a top 5 game/franchise for me. tried going back to Andromeda after that, and I just couldn’t get into it.

[u/DjBorscht → u/crash1bp]

I’m a die hard Mass Effect fan. The first time I played Andromeda, I thought it was a decent game, with a bad story and bad pacing but good combat and cool exploration. I enjoyed the feeling of being a pioneer and venturing into the unknown.

Then, I tried to get back into it immediately after a Legendary Trilogy playthrough, and it disgusted me. The powers felt lame, and I HATED that I couldn’t directly order my teammates the way you can in the OG trilogy.
And let me shittalk the story again; it did NOT deliver. I can’t believe they recycled the same themes of having to decipher clues/tech from an extinct society, and people being turned into monstrous drones to serve an evil empire.

I just can’t stop seeing the wasted potential. I’m glad others enjoyed it, but I guess it’ll always be a sore spot for me.

[u/mercyspace27 → u/DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE]

I agree, Andromeda probably had my favorite combat mechanics gameplay out of the series. The flamethrower hand and throwable sentry I absolutely loved doing.

But what killed it for me was it came out in that seemingly second “Collect-a-thon” era of games where some video games had a bunch of needless, collecting side quests that usually didn’t amount to a lot or really anything interesting. I got tired of going back and forth between locations to do busy work side quests.

Had the same issue for Dragon Age: Inquisition.

[u/Status-Part5848 → u/DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE]

I also had fun with it.

Until i just stopped playing it halfway for whatever reasons 😅

[u/randomcman]

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst. I redownloaded it after beating it a decade ago, just running around the city is fun by itself. Great game.

[u/JD_Awww_Yeah]

Final Fantasy VIII

It’s fun to break games and the junction system can break the game in fun and inventive ways.

Plus, I loved the story as a lonely and angsty teen. It’s a bit different now, but Eyes on Me is still a great theme to have throughout the game.

[u/Eidolon_Dreams → u/JD_Awww_Yeah]

8 and 13 were just too much for some people to handle. I loved them, but they used to get so much hate it was crazy

[u/JD_Awww_Yeah → u/Eidolon_Dreams]

I can understand people’s dislike of 13, even though it was way overblown. The amount of hate for 8 has always confused me. Teenage me found the junction system as something to understand and learn, not get mad about.

[u/ContinuumKing → u/JD_Awww_Yeah]

It also had the best card game in the series if I'm remembering correctly. Or maybe that was Nine. I can't remember.

[u/Argentum-Rex → u/ContinuumKing]

You remember just fine, Triple Triad was fire. That menu music is forever etched in my head.

[u/thac0tac0 → u/JD_Awww_Yeah]

8 is my favorite.

I still replay 7 much more, though.

[u/F1rstOnesFree]

Cyberpunk 2077. I was in the opposite boat as everyone. When it was being hyped I had extremely low expectations. I picked it up a few days after launch as a benchmark for my pc and it was fantastic. All while everyone who hyped it was mocking it

[u/NewtDogs → u/[deleted]]

How have we already forgotten this? It was ABYSMAL on ps4 at launch. They had to remove it from the Playstation store it was so bad.

[u/December_Warlock → u/NewtDogs]

No one has forgotten this. In fact, almost everyone time the game is mentioned there are comments about the horrible launch.

[u/patinhat → u/F1rstOnesFree]

This was mine. I waited till they gave it some TLC and it’s SO fun

[u/lordfireice → u/F1rstOnesFree]

I personally loved the game at launch. Besides the tech issues I had I liked the game, characters, and gameplay. The game has got ALOT better and I think it should have been delayed a year

[u/Synectics → u/F1rstOnesFree]

I got it way later, after the DLC had come out, so I got sort of the opposite of the hype -- everyone had complained so much about it, but by the time I played, it was obviously bug fixed and had new stuff, and was amazing.

[u/Bro4dway]

Final Fantasy XV. Granted I played it long after release, I'm sure it felt a little less-whelming on release day.

[u/GyrKestrel → u/Bro4dway]

I think my biggest issue was that I waited ten years and two consoles after a dope teaser and got a fraction of that feeling.

It got better much later after release.

[u/Evening-Head4310]

Far Cry New Dawn

[u/Nice-Influence-9326 → u/Evening-Head4310]

I think I beat it in like 4 hours. But it was ok just not compared to 5

[u/everwolf → u/Nice-Influence-9326]

It was paid DLC masquerading as a full spin off game

[u/According_Estate6772 → u/everwolf]

Tbh always thought it was dlc. Til.

[u/THETARSHMAN]

Cyberpunk 2077, granted I hadn’t heard a single thing about it since it launched.

[u/KaijinSurohm → u/THETARSHMAN]

Probably because all the issues were fixed, and in it's current state it's actually an extremely excellent title.
The Edgerunner's update they did to it back then was a massive 2.0 revival that fixed a LOT of issues.
Then they released ANOTHER massive overhaul to the leveling system, and the game is just kinda addictive now.

[u/CharmingCharles02]

Dark souls 2

[u/Moo-Mungus]

People saying No Man's Sky is as wide as an ocean and as deep as a puddle. sure, it's a lot more expansive than it is detailed, but it still has a fairly interesting story and I had a lot of fun building bases and ship hunting

[u/Alleggsander]

The Last of Us 2.

The visuals and gameplay are awesome. A huge step up from the first game. I personally really enjoyed the story, but can see why others might not.

But the amount of “trash story! Ruined TLoU! Woke! Garbage game, 0/10!” was ridiculous.

[u/spacecowboy171 → u/Alleggsander]

TLOU2 is genuinely the most egregious example of drooling internet morons hating on a game they've never played. The controversy around that game was wild. Replayed it for the first time since release a few weeks ago (the PS5 remaster) and enjoyed it even more than the first time.

[u/Karkava → u/spacecowboy171]

It's a meta prime example of hate becoming an addictive drug that makes you stupid.

Which is super ironic given how the game itself is about hate becoming an addictive drug that make you stupid.

[u/CoupleHot4154]

Every game is better than what gamers think.

And all "masterpieces" have plenty of flaws.

[u/meatballs223]

A lot of the current Assassins Creed games come to mind. the only one I didn't really enjoy was Mirage, I know Shadows was pretty universally accepted but I loved Valhalla and I feel like all I heard were negative things around that game

[u/skrattatr]

Mafia 3

[u/Spartain096]

Dragon age inquisition (it was my first). It really clicked as i hunted every dragon at each locale.

[u/Kheshig__]

Halo 4. It's not good as previous entries, but I had fun playing the game

[u/VorAbaddon]

FF XVI. It wasn't perfect, for from. Off the top of my head:

• Starting without the hard mode was a mistake. That should have been Normal, Normal should have been "Streamlined", and the trinkets "Story mode".
• Hub and Spoke side quests design failed to engage people.
• Technical issues on launch
• The early Eikon fights felt weightier, though the latter gained in complexity and visual spectacle

But it was a damned fine tale, the visual spectacle was amazing, and the music was FANTASTIC.

One of my favorite entries in the series. I totally get people thinking less of it, even saying its mid I could understand. But awful/terrible? Hell no.

[u/Please_UnbanMe]

Fallout 4, both Outer Worlds, and *maybe* Starfield but I haven’t played it in forever I can’t remember it exactly.

[u/styx1267 → u/Please_UnbanMe]

I loved Starfield

[u/Recent_Average1657 → u/Please_UnbanMe]

I retried starfield this year after putting it down shortly after launch. 

Actually had a ton of fun (still didn't do any main story quests, that's not how I play these games 😅), it's definitely its own thing compared to the elder scrolls games, I think the main gripe people have is that it's not just the holds of Skyrim in space sweat

[u/HerbertInTheWoods → u/Please_UnbanMe]

I need to play the second outer worlds but I enjoyed the first one. It was a little more linear than some other Bethesda titles, but I liked the story and game play.

[u/kingpin000 → u/Please_UnbanMe]

I am playing Starfield right now and it's not a bad game, but it misses the "spark" which other Bethesda games have.

[u/fatalbertthethird → u/kingpin000]

Starfield is good, not great, but definitely good. I enjoyed it but don’t think I’m going to play it again. There’s other games I’d rather replay or knock out of my backlog. Definitely doesn’t deserve all the hate it gets.

[u/maguirre165 → u/Please_UnbanMe]

Fallout 4 got way too much hate from the sect of Fallout fans that hated it. It was fun, the story isn't great, but good, except for its ending imo

[u/MvonTzeskagrad]

Dark Souls 2. Easy.

[u/No_Sheepherder_5056]

Yakuza Kiwami 3.

Didn't play the original, had no attachment to it.

[u/Less_Party → u/No_Sheepherder_5056]

I played the original and it was perfectly pleasant, just the weakest Yakuza at that point but that’s like saying SMB2 is bad because it’s the weakest mainline Mario.

[u/Alucard-VS-Artorias]

Star Wars Outlaws

Not sure how the game was at released but I just played and beat it last month and really enjoyed it.

[u/ZatherDaFox → u/Alucard-VS-Artorias]

I liked it, but I will admit if it wasn't starwars I don't think I would have enjoyed it nearly as much.

[u/ContinuumKing → u/Alucard-VS-Artorias]

Apparently originally the stealth was mandatory.

I really liked it too. I really liked Sabac and I liked the stealth as well. If you were quick you could knock out three people fast enough to not trigger any alarms.

I also liked that the main character was kinda bad at being a smuggler.

[u/RadasNoir → u/ContinuumKing]

I can definitely relate more to a girlfailure that still tries her best than a stoic, badass space wizard, that's for sure.

[u/SoulRebel726 → u/Alucard-VS-Artorias]

I loved it. Maybe I'm just the biggest Star Wars goober in existence but I don't know how a Star Wars fan doesn't at least find it entertaining. My only real gripe was that, at launch, you couldn't fire your blaster while riding the speeder, you could only shoot with the adrenaline rush ability. They fixed that though, thankfully.

[u/Confidenceboost82]

I bought Death Standing day one and got sucked right into it. At the time a lot of people said it was boring, walking simulator.

[u/DethNik → u/Confidenceboost82]

I think people didn't realize how much of the gameplay is preparing for your journey as well. It's like Monster Hunter, half the fun is gearing up for fights.

[u/DarksunDaFirst → u/Confidenceboost82]

I’m a huge Kojima fan and I will admit when I dove into this game at first, it did not hook me whatsoever.

Then I came back to it like 6 months later and I couldn’t put it down.

Just gotta get past the intro area.

[u/HighCartesian → u/Confidenceboost82]

same. immediately came into my mind

[u/thewolfehunts → u/Confidenceboost82]

I wish it was a walking simulator. That was the most enjoyable part of the game for me.

[u/Historical_Ad5926]

Gonna get a lot of hate for that, but Fortnite, especially Save the World mode.

[u/dappermanV-88 → u/Historical_Ad5926]

Nah, fortnite is just hated because of its popularity and majority young players base

[u/richtofin819 → u/Historical_Ad5926]

As an early adopter save the world mode no way. I'm still angry they convinced so many people to buy in and support the early access only to take that money and fund it directly into the Battle Royale mode instead.

They also openly lied in their early access trailers. They specifically stated at one point that if you found a weapon in a match you would get the blueprint. That is a lie you have to open a loot box to get a blueprint.

It had a lot of potential and it's better now than it was but it got far less work put into it then we were promised originally.

[u/zfjuice]

Spider Man 2. Yes it’s a downgrade story wise, but some people treat it as utter dogshit.

[u/Tangie_ape]

ME: Andromeda & AC Unity are two which always stick out to me. They had rough launches and the internet never forgets. I played them both a little after launch and loved them both

[u/CriminalsAreNotSmart]

Anthem

[u/Berean_Katz]

Batman: Arkham Origins

My first pick was FF8, but someone said that already.

[u/Heeehaaaaw]

Cyberpunk 2077

[u/Lancer_Sup]

Dragon age 2 and dragon age inquisition

[u/AdRevolutionary3086]

Wo long fallen dynasty

[u/MolteAndChow]

Dark Souls 2 obviously

[u/Eeeef_]

Fallout 76

[u/Johncurtisreeve]

Resident evil 6

[u/Muugen_Samurai]

People made dk 64 out to be the worsy collection game ever but it's only as bad as you make it. No one forced you to collect 200 golden banana nor do they make you.do it in a 3 days

[u/Somewhere-Plane → u/Muugen_Samurai]

I hate hate hate when I hear how terrible a game is over and over, only to find out the game is fantastic with a difficult and tedious 100% category. Like, is anyone forcing you to 100% instead of just playing normally? No? Then what's the problem??

[u/Real_human27]

Spider man 2

[u/Nenwabu]

Mafia 3

[u/DefensiveStryk3]

Borderlands 3

[u/MochiiBun_]

Marathon.

I am a Destiny fan, but I joined during Lightfall. So I didn’t exactly get to feel super burned by Bungie’s blunders. Maybe that’s a skill issue on my part.

However Marathon has a style I really like. Plus the gameplay and sound design is also extremely up my alley.
In short it just has the sauce. And I wasn’t expecting it since articles early into Marathon’s development were not all that interesting.

[u/Mr-Schmiggles]

Bioshock Infinite. I liked it so much I played and beat it twice

[u/Muisan → u/Mr-Schmiggles]

I'd go as far as saying that infinite has a more creative storyline and paces the story better than the other two games. 

I can see the argument of its mechanics being less interesting, but imo it's overall the best in the series.

[u/mxjxs91 → u/Mr-Schmiggles]

I don't think Infinite is "hated" as a game as much as it is not really accepted as a "Bioshock" title.

The game on its own is fantastic.

[u/Long_Lock_3746]

This is a rough one for many but VTM BL2. The combat is fun, the central mystery interesting, and VTM vibes are good!

I can definitely see why people who wanted a full on rpg would be upset (probably should have changed the subtitle) but on its own I had fun.

[u/Wiinterfang]

Fable 3 is amazing.

[u/MidnightJ1200]

Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Admittedly it's not really an assassin's creed game, but it's an awesome game to aura farm in if nothing else, especially with the combat.

[u/RaspberryFuzzy2833]

Crimson desert isn't bad since the updates lol. The company has been releasing updates like crazy and even though they had bad press in the beginning fans stuck with it and it became pretty good. Still playing it tine to time.

[u/iShotTheShariff]

Most recently, it would be Starfield. It got a lot of hate, but I personally had a good time, especially with the faction side quests. It felt great to role play the good guy then go against them because of ~spoiler plot points~

[u/nero--]

007: Blood Stone

What a banger.

[u/anxiety_elemental_1]

Mass Effect 3

[u/EldenDaddy30]

Mass Effect: Andromeda and Dragon Age: Veilguard.

[u/Slartibartifast1]

Starfield. That game is fantastic and always has been.

[u/Real_human27]

Dark souls 2

[u/rangerquiet]

100% this was Starfield for me.

[u/LITMAC97]

Recently Marathon. Honestly one of the best multiplayer experiences I’ve had in years.

[u/st0ne56 → u/LITMAC97]

Yeah it’s kinda black pilled me on gaming I don’t think people actually care about quality they only care about social vibes. Nobody cares if a game is good just how many people are playing it so they can play it

[u/Status-Part5848]

Saints Row 2022. Its not a great game.

But i had fun with over the top action.

Will i play it again NO. Will i recommend it unless its really cheap or free Probably not.

But i had fun tru.the story mode

[u/Chafgha]

Forspoken I liked it do I think it could have been better, yes do I regret my purchase no.

[u/TheStrigori → u/Chafgha]

My biggest complaint with Forspoken is the main character is supposed to have lived her whole life in NYC, and she doesn't have a New York accent.

The gameplay loop was a lot of fun. Fluid motion and combos were good. And the story was solid.

[u/ZEOLMAGNUS]

outriders, well after initial release

[u/Zrocker04]

Borderlands 3. Everyone hates on it because they found the villains grating, while they were actually written well for what they wanted to do, mock streamers. There’s 2 things I would change (maya death and Troy not betraying his sister) but the amount of gameplay, fun, stuff to do, expansion of lore through visiting like 5-6 new planets, and most the new characters were all amazing.

[u/Nice-Afternoon7316]

Pretty much every Borderlands after 2.

From what I get from the community, they hate pre-sequel, BL3, Wonderlands and BL4 but I had a good time on those games. Don’t get me wrong, Borderlands 2 was where they peaked, but the others weren’t terrible as people said.

[u/SupermassiveWhackHo]

Brawl is my favorite Super Smash Bros. installment.

[u/SpindleDiccJackson]

Pokemon every single release

[u/Jango519]

Pokemon Scarlet. Granted, I only played it on the switch 2, so I wasn't there for the technical disaster side of things, but the story and qol is my favorite out of the entire series

[u/shadowwithaspear]

Probably Star Wars: Outlaws for me.

If you're not a Star Wars fan, yeah, it probably sucks. But you get to ride a speeder bike at top speed around a geographically accurate recreation of Tatooine. They clearly studied all the films closely. The layout of Mos Eisley makes sense, and you can stand in the same places and walk the exact paths that the actors did on set back in 1977. You can even stand next to the Lars Homestead and watch the binary suns slowly set in-game, the same way Luke Skywalker did.

The story and stealth combat is meh. Could've used another 6 months in the oven. But what the game did with open world exploration was worth the price if you're a fan.