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A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

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  • fenririii@lemmy.worldF [email protected]

    I enjoyed Outer Worlds. Tons of criticism online, but I liked it.

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    Me too, didn't even know people thought it was a bad game until recently. Honestly I don't get why, I wasn't expecting anything different from what I got, there were definitely some dialogues that made me chuckle, and a lot of storylines were very tongue in cheek, and while gameplay was nothing to write home about neither is fallout and this was sold as "fallout in space", and definitely delivered on that.

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      I don't let other people influence my tastes.

      I make my own opinions

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      You might be the first human to actually do that.

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      • icastfist@programming.devI [email protected]

        The game became that shitshow because Warner Bros execs got pissed that a "no-name" yuropeean company got the rights to make a licensed Superman game (because they were the only company that bothered to bid), so they did a lot of time-wasting requests to the developers.

        https://www.retrojunk.com/a/C1CKNP9rjC/the-story-behind-superman-64

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        This. Check out the leaked beta on YouTube. It's looks significantly better than the finished product

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          Personally the movement mechanics and the tropical overworld were amazing in this game.

          While the water jetpack may seem like a gimmick, I thought it really changed the platforming in a good way.

          Additionally, I'm a sucker for a good overworld and the amount of things you can unlock or discover in delphino plaza turns it into its own sort of level.

          There is definitely some jank and padding (blue coins) in the game, but it holds up better than Mario 64 in my opinion (just due to the camera issues IN Mario 64).

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          Camera issues in Mario 64 are fixed by playing the decomp / homebrew versions that have free camera control. It's how I first played and 100%d it.

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            The first Call of Duty game I played was Ghosts, and it may have coloured my perception of what the series is about. Bombastic popcorn munching action that goes in one ear and straight out of the other. I was like "eeeeh it's okay". After playing some older ones I was like "well I'm sure it was groundbreaking at the time". (Hm. Did I ever finish MW2? And I think I put Black Ops 2 on hold after the first mission. Loved Advanced Warfare tho!)

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            I hated ghosts but also enjoyed the bots that learned from actual players so they would behave like how players online would....and you would get XP too

            Soon I saw them corner camp or even dropshot.

            I cannot believe (actually I can since bots can't monetize) that the idea of playing against bots where they would get smarter was never used again

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              I don't let other people influence my tastes.

              I make my own opinions

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              It's more likely that you are just not aware of the influence others have on you. Which is fine, a lot of that stuff is subconscious.

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              • none_dc@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                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.

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                Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex
                Some YouTube analysis about it really broke the magic for me

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                  This. Check out the leaked beta on YouTube. It's looks significantly better than the finished product

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                  That looks fun.

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                    That looks fun.

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                    I know right?? What a damn shame WB fucked Titus over like that

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                    • fenririii@lemmy.worldF [email protected]

                      I enjoyed Outer Worlds. Tons of criticism online, but I liked it.

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                      It still has a 9/10 on Steam despite all the flak it took. I think it's a classic. To me it's similar to the backlash to Fallout 4 from purists, which I also feel is a classic game

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                      • macaroni_ninja@lemmy.worldM [email protected]

                        Two Worlds 1-2
                        There are tons of youtubers making joke videos about these games, but against all the jank I alway found them both enjoyable and even I dare say good games. The magic system in particular was amazing.

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                        Harold Faltermeyer made some nice music for the game. Opala is still stuck in my head.

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                        • paranomaly@sh.itjust.worksP [email protected]

                          Not going to lie, I like it quite a bit more than New Vegas. I understand several criticisms that people have, but 3 was by far the better experience for me.

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                          Same here. NV was pretty boring to me while FO3 was actually fun.

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                          • fenririii@lemmy.worldF [email protected]

                            I enjoyed Outer Worlds. Tons of criticism online, but I liked it.

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                            Agreed. I thought it was a competently made game, even if not groundbreaking or best in class for shooting. I think people's expectations are often their biggest obstacle to enjoyment.

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                              I don't let other people influence my tastes.

                              I make my own opinions

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                              So you are both a liar and semi-literate.

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                              • swelter_spark@reddthat.comS [email protected]

                                I really enjoyed Mass Effect: Andromeda.

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                                I really wish this had been one for me, but I've never been able to make it more than halfway through despite a few good faith attempts. I am really glad you had a great time with it, though!

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                                  Indigo Prophecy

                                  Played it when it originally released in the US and I loved it as a pre-teen who had no fucking idea what was happening in the story.

                                  Came to find out no one had any clue what was happening in the story regardless and people thought the game was a mess.

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                                  I loved this one, too. Super weird story, but I was hooked. I didn't even object to what I sort of remember as a deus ex machina kind of ending. Seemed fittingly weird for the vibe.

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                                  • none_dc@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                                    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.

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                                    Deus Ex: Invisible War, and Dragon Age 2.

                                    I liked them both. Not as good as Deus Ex 1 or DA:O, but I enjoyed and finished playthroughs of both games.

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                                      Deus Ex: Invisible War, and Dragon Age 2.

                                      I liked them both. Not as good as Deus Ex 1 or DA:O, but I enjoyed and finished playthroughs of both games.

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                                      I enjoyed Dragon Age 2 as well. It's just that it's an action movie to Origins' House of the Dragon. It's just different genres.

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                                      • none_dc@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                                        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.

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                                        I can't think of any that I wasn't fully aware of the criticism.

                                        But I did play No Man's Sky, Cyberpunk 2077, and Fallout 76 for hundreds of hours each right at launch and enjoyed every moment without significant issues, despite being fully aware of all the hate being thrown at them at the time.

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                                        • fenririii@lemmy.worldF [email protected]

                                          I enjoyed Outer Worlds. Tons of criticism online, but I liked it.

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                                          I enjoyed the hell out of that game. My only complaint was that the loot lacked variety, and it was a bit more on rails than what I think of as a proper open world RPG.

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