I’m talking about games that you still like but you had no idea were criticized so much.

The perfect example for me is Sonic Unleashed.

I admit that the game has its bad things, but I would have never imagined that it was so hated at the time… Although, that could be extended to the entire Sonic franchise, since for many years I was not aware at all of that “Sonic was never good”, “Sonic had a rough transition to 3D” nonsense.

  • Quazatron@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 个月前

    That reminded me that Sonic Unleashed was the only game I ever got refunded.

    I bought the game to play with my kids, expecting a colorful and fun Sonic game. I quickly realized it was quite different, much more violent than I expected. So I traded it for Sonic Colors, which was a bit more kid friendly.

  • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 个月前

    Industria, I really really love it but it turns out it’s not particularly well reviewed. I’ve always wanted a game that felt like Simon Stålenhag’s paintings and that game is actually specifically inspired by his work.

  • zlatiah@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 个月前

    Dark Souls 2 was the first and only Soulslike game I played… Was a great experience and a good time killer during my summer break (when I still had one). Only later did I learn how poorly ppl thought of the game

    • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world
      31·
      6 个月前

      they only hate on it because it wasn’t the exact same. DS2 is a great game but really should have been a stand alone title

  • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world
    8·
    6 个月前

    Unironically ET on the Atari 2600

    Had a lot of fun as a kid, sure it wasn’t Pitfall or F1 Racing but it was one of the few adventures on the 2600 and it wasn’t terrible

  • grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world
    252·
    6 个月前

    Mass Effect: Andromeda - I knew 1 & 2 were held in high regard, but I hadn’t played them. Actually, I’d played about 10 minutes of one of them a couple years before and it just wasn’t what I was in the mood for at that time. So, I went into Andromeda without any expectations really and thought it was a perfectly fine game.

    • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      6 个月前

      Just finishing about a new playthrough of Andromeda and I think it’s larger problem is that the good content doesn’t open up until a third of the way through the game. For the first third, you have very little to do except follow the Kett and the Angara storyline, and those are the absolute worst parts of the game.

      It doesn’t actually get good until it opens up and you’re dealing with Outlaws, Collective, internal politics of the Nexus, the Krogan rebellion, etc… and your (admittedly pretty lame) companion quests. But at least it’s something more than just two new species that aren’t nearly as fleshed out or complete as what already existed.

      By the time the game opens up and you can do more than just the main quest, you’re already friggin bored.

  • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
    2·
    6 个月前

    The Sniper Elite series, and to a lesser extent the Sniper Ghost Warrior series. Also, the True Crime series. I think all of those games are a ton of fun, I enjoyed playing them all and still do sometimes but they had very mixed reviews.

  • ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
    41·
    6 个月前

    Mass Effect Andromeda. I plaid it well after launch after the initial “problems” were fixed, and I think it’s a good game. I just wish we’d get a sequel.

  • Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    6 个月前

    The GBA game for Avatar: the Last Airbender. Tried to revisit it as an adult, couldn’t find any reviews for it online. Apparently it was so obviously shovelware thay nobody gave it the time of day.

  • everett@lemmy.ml
    11·
    6 个月前

    Red Steel, actually. I’ll admit to having fun memories of it from when the Wii launched.

  • Maultasche@lemmy.world
    61·
    6 个月前

    Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. Bought of for 9€ and had a lot of fun with it. Sure, the story was not as good as the first one and it’s a lot shorter, but the new gameplay was great and it has a much better final boss than the first game.

    • Björn@swg-empire.de
      2·
      6 个月前

      I was just really really disappointed with the controls on the Wii. The first one was so intuitive and they just went and changed it for no reason.

        • Björn@swg-empire.de
          2·
          6 个月前

          I tried the PC version the other day for the first time, to finally see what the real game looks like. Might be nostalgia, but I thought the Wii version is actually better. I should install a Wii emulator to properly compare them.

  • Wahots@pawb.social
    2·
    6 个月前

    Battlefield 1, I liked its slower-paced combat and need for teamwork for things like ships and the heavy bomber (original, not the super heavy).

    It was different than almost all contemporary shooters, and I really found that refreshing. It also had a strong art design and really looked the part for WW1, even if some of the weapons were prototypes or team weapons (which should have been cut, imo) or vehicles were tweaked for gameplay (understandable, the German tanks were extremely tippy, and the French tanks were slower IRL)