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Games Unfairly Maligned For Not Being The Expected Title From A Studio
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Not for the Switch, developed by MercurySteam who people were apprehensive about because of their work on Castlevania, AM2R being proclaimed the already superior remake.
This. An excellent game in itself, it probably shouldn't have starred Banjo. I've played it many years later and loved it. It's awesome to find solutions to all the puzzles the game throws at you with increasingly crazy vehicles build by your creativity, and the game even actively encourages you to break the rules. You get such a cool feeling of actively solving the puzzles in this title. Maybe the game would have worked better in a post-Minecraft world or if a classical 3D Banjo existed alongside it. Nuts & Bolts is also super beautiful with the 4K Xbox patch.
TBH, almost any game from Nintendo in 2020 for not being botw2 or SMO2 in the online gaming sphere. Except Animal Crossing since people knew about that. Well, to put it more bluntly it wasn't maligned per se, I feel like that is a bit more extreme, but they were "softly" maligned.
TLOU2 for different reasons. The game was fine but the meltdowns online weren't... necessary to say the least.
TLOU2 for different reasons. The game was fine but the meltdowns online weren't... necessary to say the least.
This was shameful, especially considering how awesome it is. There probably can't be a more crass example.
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze wasn't really unfairly maligned because people didn't care if it was going to be good or not. The issue was that it meant even more years waiting for Retro to make something outside of the wheelhouse that the rest of Nintendo's developers already had covered. It does make you wonder how dysfunctional Retro is though given that they've released zero games since 2014 other then the Switch port of Tropical Freeze, and who knows when Prime 4 is ever coming.
Cancellations can happen to the best developers.
The fact that Nintendo trusted them with prime 4 after canceling the other version they worked on for years and invested millions in, means something.
It wasn't even the fact it was a new DK and not Metroid, it was the fact people randomly got it in their heads that it was gonna be a Startropics reboot which was why people who never played it were going on a hate campaign against DKC:TF until it came out on Switch.
For a similar case, Mario 3D World got similar treatment initially because it was just a 3DS game in HD.
For a similar case, Mario 3D World got similar treatment initially because it was just a 3DS game in HD.
Eh, I don't really know what people were expecting from Bend. They hadn't really had a set style of gameplay for like a decade. Maybe an open world zombie game was a bit out of left field, but in the 12 years since Syphon Filter stopped they did a 3rd person online shooter, Uncharted, and a card game.
Not for the Switch, developed by MercurySteam who people were apprehensive about because of their work on Castlevania, AM2R being proclaimed the already superior remake.
But I thought people loved the game? And it give us juicy Chozo Lore.
Yes. "Microsoft is forcing Obsidian to make shitty multiplayer games for Game Pass!!!!!"
Even if it was in development before the purchase.
I bought DK Tropical Freeze on day one to support Retro Studios and thought it was a forgettable experience
The only levels I particularly died on were Irate Eight, the bonus level for the fifth world and the 3rd special level with the rocket ship(Bopopolis wasn't hard)
Rocket Barrel levels were annoying and too frequent, and the only 2 songs I even remember aside from the timeless classic Aquatic Ambience were the Sawmill and that one level with the stick puppets in the third world
I still definitely agree that the game received way more hate than it deserved but I will never cease to roll my eyes when people call it a masterpiece
Also a lot of the hate it received wasn't just because it wasn't a Metroid game, but because it was a full price 2D platformer on the struggling WII U when it's library was already full of them
The only levels I particularly died on were Irate Eight, the bonus level for the fifth world and the 3rd special level with the rocket ship(Bopopolis wasn't hard)
Rocket Barrel levels were annoying and too frequent, and the only 2 songs I even remember aside from the timeless classic Aquatic Ambience were the Sawmill and that one level with the stick puppets in the third world
I still definitely agree that the game received way more hate than it deserved but I will never cease to roll my eyes when people call it a masterpiece
Also a lot of the hate it received wasn't just because it wasn't a Metroid game, but because it was a full price 2D platformer on the struggling WII U when it's library was already full of them
Honestly I was going to say tech demo but didn't have the time to double check, so I said trailer in case I was wrong 😅
It got about as good a reception as a 30fps Metroid exclusively on the 3DS was ever going to get.
I remember this. My god that was annoyingly funny. I was happy for more content.
Remember when people were excited only to hate it after it turned out not to be Last of Us 2?
That thread went sour really fast.
I really liked DKTF and think is a 2d platfroming masterpiece, but I still think it was a mistake to release it at that time.
The rerelease on switch had a much better timing.
Similar case with a game like Federation Force, yeah, that game is mediocre at best, but it was clearly a sucide releasing it at that time without even any more new metroid announcements. I do think a federation force spin off could have totally work (as someone that is really interested in the metroid universe as a whole), but 1. not at that time, and 2. not like the game that was actually released.
The rerelease on switch had a much better timing.
Similar case with a game like Federation Force, yeah, that game is mediocre at best, but it was clearly a sucide releasing it at that time without even any more new metroid announcements. I do think a federation force spin off could have totally work (as someone that is really interested in the metroid universe as a whole), but 1. not at that time, and 2. not like the game that was actually released.
Wind Waker. People were so butthurt about the art style that the game wasn't truly appreciated until about a decade later.
Banjo Nuts and Bolts. Maligned for the ip and the studio, and frankly, it's one of their best games ever. I mean it's no Viva Piñata their actual best game, but for my money it's the best game out of the 3 banjo games.
The absurd vehicle creations you could make and the way they would break the game with some out of the box solutions was sick. It's a shame a game like that is dunked on when it's that inventive.
The absurd vehicle creations you could make and the way they would break the game with some out of the box solutions was sick. It's a shame a game like that is dunked on when it's that inventive.
And all the threads after got worse by the day 😭. Being excited for this game was not fun in this community
Yeah I know what you feel.
Worst one was "why was this game greenlit?" When Bend were really passionate about the game and we barely have zombie games like it.
The fact nobody's mentioned a Pokémon title just reinforces how much criticism of Game Freak seems to be allowed as opposed to most any others.
Definitely Death Stranding. You'd think that game had tied up some posters' families, kicked their dogs and shit in their toasters, when the game's primary crime was just not being MGS.
I don't think Sekiro is unfairly maligned. A lot of people (myself included) don't like it that much because it lacks the RPG elements of Bloodborne and Dark Souls. It's still an excellent game that gets heaped with praise, it just lacks what a lot of people love about the Soulsborne formula.
I don't think Sekiro is unfairly maligned. A lot of people (myself included) don't like it that much because it lacks the RPG elements of Bloodborne and Dark Souls. It's still an excellent game that gets heaped with praise, it just lacks what a lot of people love about the Soulsborne formula.
Yes, shockingly they seemingly learned nothing from the time supporting and reworking the first game until Taken King and bafflingly decided to revert it all back to a barebones launch again.
Why would anyone mention Pokémon in this thread? Game freak have been releasing the same game for the past 25 years. It's disappointing because it's always exactly the same game, whereas this thread is about games that were disappointing because they were radical departures from what came before.
TLoU 2 got hate for all the wrong reasons. I think the narrative fell apart and the pacing was absolutely terrible, but the main reason people hate on it is utter BS.
Same goes for Dead Space 3. It was in an impossible situation. Making a third DS game where you have to grab a bunch of makeshift repair tools to survive is not going to cut if for the third time. Both from the perspective of the concept being tired and also narratively. It was a great coop game with a good narrative and story which was obviously the more important part of the game. You can't really sell the whole cutting of limbs gimmick for the third time. It was great for the first two games. Was it as revolutionary and amazing as the first one? Nah. It also wasn't bad at all.
Same goes for Dead Space 3. It was in an impossible situation. Making a third DS game where you have to grab a bunch of makeshift repair tools to survive is not going to cut if for the third time. Both from the perspective of the concept being tired and also narratively. It was a great coop game with a good narrative and story which was obviously the more important part of the game. You can't really sell the whole cutting of limbs gimmick for the third time. It was great for the first two games. Was it as revolutionary and amazing as the first one? Nah. It also wasn't bad at all.
The hate for this actually irritated me. It's an incredible game. One of my faves. Innovation breeds ignorance doesn't it.
Not from Blizzard. It's Diablo and they are publishing it, but they're developing 4, Immortal is from a third party studio.
Viva piñata was thoroughly shat on (at least in Spain) for not being a classic Rare game.
Marvel avengers was also thrashed for not being a Legacy of Kain game
Marvel avengers was also thrashed for not being a Legacy of Kain game
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Dragon Age II, obviously. It's understandable that the numbered title caused people to expect another game exactly like Origins, but it was still a great RPG that only recently (i.e., after the Inquisition honeymoon period wore off) started getting its due.
This, and Death Stranding for the same reason. The game and game-systems are interesting but the story is kinda amateurish.
This kinda applies.... this forum made sure every Prey 2017 thread was unreadable with bullshit "this isn't the Prey 2 demo I wanted" type comments regardless of the topic. It felt impossible to discuss the game because it always devolved into that tired conversation.
It was still announced at a Blizzard event with rabid Diablo fans clamoring about D4 news. Got them mad. New in the world of Diablo...Diablo, the mobile game.
yeah all those people that saw the zelda tech demo and then freaked out and hated wind waker for its look were pretty much a bunch of wieners