I love this game to pieces. If you're a stealth fan it's worth checking out. Only the last level was crap to me as they made it suddenly a run and gun game and the shooting mechanics were not designed for it.
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What are some poorly-reviewed games that you have put dozens of hours into?
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I love this game to pieces. If you're a stealth fan it's worth checking out. Only the last level was crap to me as they made it suddenly a run and gun game and the shooting mechanics were not designed for it.
I really liked COD Infinite Warfare despite all the hate it got and don't regret playing it at all
This would be easier for me with movies. I think Mad Max is the most harshly judged game of the gen. I think it's genuinely good if you like that style of game and I'm bummed thinking about how many people may not have given it a shot based on reviews.
There are probably a ton of Sports and Star Wars games that would fit on here. Lots of licensed shovelware from the SNES/Genesis era before I knew better too.
Star Wars Supremacy (Rebellion in the US)
flawed galactic conquest game that nailed the star wars feel.
flawed galactic conquest game that nailed the star wars feel.
Can't find a lot of scores, but I remember looking up and reading a lot of negative impressions of Baldies for Windows 95
... and I was surprised, because it was one of my favourite games to mess around with. Just watching little bald guys roam around the map, building houses for them to breed and research new weapons.
Sure as a RTS game... yeah, it's not that great, but I still spend a lot of fun hours with it.
... and I was surprised, because it was one of my favourite games to mess around with. Just watching little bald guys roam around the map, building houses for them to breed and research new weapons.
Sure as a RTS game... yeah, it's not that great, but I still spend a lot of fun hours with it.
Star Wars Battlefront 2. About 8 days played on the game.
It deserved the backlash against the lootboxes but it's a really fun game. Also fighter squadron is the best thing to come from Criterion since Burnout 3.
It deserved the backlash against the lootboxes but it's a really fun game. Also fighter squadron is the best thing to come from Criterion since Burnout 3.
Tbh, that does take roughly as long as the witcher 3's tutorial level (which is how far I got in it)
Mafia III
Resident Evil 6 (unfortunately. I couldn't bring myself to finish that piece of shit, though.)
Super Lucky's Tale
Mad Max (that was a slog)
+ Many more probably.
Resident Evil 6 (unfortunately. I couldn't bring myself to finish that piece of shit, though.)
Super Lucky's Tale
Mad Max (that was a slog)
+ Many more probably.
EDF 2025 has a 69 meta score which I played for dozens of hours. And by dozens I mean hundreds.
Has-Been Heroes was one of my favourite games of last year and I played it for 80-90 hours. It's seriously addictive and every run through the game was a blast.
Its review average sits at 54 for Switch (other review slightly better with averages around 60, but they also have fewer reviews).
Its review average sits at 54 for Switch (other review slightly better with averages around 60, but they also have fewer reviews).
True Crime 2 NYC.
60% on metacritic. Expected less. Game is rushed. Most of the time it runs at 15 fps lmao... 5 when you start throwing explosives. But it was cool. You play as a cop, you arrest bad guys, and you can search good people and still arrest them by pretending they have drugs on them. You can buy cars (remember that first GTA where you could was 5 in 2013, True Crime 2 is a 2005 game), there's more weapons than in any GTA, and protagonist is bad ass. Also, some great bosses ! You litteraly fight a dragon, and a samurai, I swear to god.
And Star Fox 0. It has 69 on metacritic so that's fine, I expected less because of forums like Era where it's apparently the worst game ever created by the apparently worst game designer ever Miyamoto who has apparently ruined both Star Fox AND Paper Mario ! It's a cool game, it starts kinda slow but by the end of the game it's really epic. The last fight against the Star Wolf crew where you are alone is awesome. And controls are fine, it's easy and fast to understand how to control it.
60% on metacritic. Expected less. Game is rushed. Most of the time it runs at 15 fps lmao... 5 when you start throwing explosives. But it was cool. You play as a cop, you arrest bad guys, and you can search good people and still arrest them by pretending they have drugs on them. You can buy cars (remember that first GTA where you could was 5 in 2013, True Crime 2 is a 2005 game), there's more weapons than in any GTA, and protagonist is bad ass. Also, some great bosses ! You litteraly fight a dragon, and a samurai, I swear to god.
And Star Fox 0. It has 69 on metacritic so that's fine, I expected less because of forums like Era where it's apparently the worst game ever created by the apparently worst game designer ever Miyamoto who has apparently ruined both Star Fox AND Paper Mario ! It's a cool game, it starts kinda slow but by the end of the game it's really epic. The last fight against the Star Wolf crew where you are alone is awesome. And controls are fine, it's easy and fast to understand how to control it.
Two Worlds. Played that game a lot and loved it. I almost got all of the achievements on the Xbox 360, but the one where you have to find all locations was bugged because a certain area was inaccessible for me.
I really enjoyed my time with Mad Max; the side activities can get somewhat repetitive after a while, but I really enjoyed the world and even the story, as well as the driving.
Same here although I liked it more than most I think, bring back bad fmv cutscenes !
Castlevania (N64) - Beaten it twice lol. I love the game though, despite it's flaws.
The Wheelman (Xbox 360) -I definitely put a dozen or more hours into it. The missions are pretty generic, but damn that gameplay was so much fun.
I really wish it had more time in development. It was basically a successor to Stranglehold, but with vehicles.
Spider-Man Web of Shadows (Xbox 360) - The game suffers from lack of polis, generic open world missions and the voice actor for Peter Parker/Spider-Man is absolutely atrocious. Game is fun as hell though. The swinging was addicting the aerial combat was actually pretty good.
The Wheelman (Xbox 360) -I definitely put a dozen or more hours into it. The missions are pretty generic, but damn that gameplay was so much fun.
I really wish it had more time in development. It was basically a successor to Stranglehold, but with vehicles.
Spider-Man Web of Shadows (Xbox 360) - The game suffers from lack of polis, generic open world missions and the voice actor for Peter Parker/Spider-Man is absolutely atrocious. Game is fun as hell though. The swinging was addicting the aerial combat was actually pretty good.
Fuck, man, I was literally opening this thread to post this!
The controls are utter Garbagio Hotel, but I would suffer through worse games than that for Castlevania 64's soundtrack. Ngggffffff
I think about 1/3 of the games I own are poorly rated in Metacritic/general consensus so I'd be all day listing them haha but for the purposes of the thread a standout:
Ninety-Nine Nights | Metacritic Score: 61
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/ninety-nine-nights
Ninety-Nine Nights 2 | Metacritic Score: 45
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/n3ii-ninety-nine-nights
First game was made by my favorite developer Blueside and the second game retained some of the original staff from Q-Ent. Great Musou style hack n' slashers; absolutely love the hell out of both games and put a ton of hours into them.
Ninety-Nine Nights | Metacritic Score: 61
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/ninety-nine-nights
Ninety-Nine Nights 2 | Metacritic Score: 45
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/n3ii-ninety-nine-nights
First game was made by my favorite developer Blueside and the second game retained some of the original staff from Q-Ent. Great Musou style hack n' slashers; absolutely love the hell out of both games and put a ton of hours into them.
I will mention only three of them, but there are few others.
It was and maybe still is the best samurai game for me. I remember liking the world of this game quite a lot: the towns were soo detailed, there were soo many activities to do, and people to meet depending on the time (there was a day night cycle and if i remember correctly week cycle also), the music was incredible, also the combat system was great for the time. (it's probably the aspect that aged worse though). I've never finished unfortunately cause the game was not localized in my language, so i had to go with english and french, at the time i was weak on both. I'd love to replay it but i don't have an old TV to connect my PS2 Slim. (assuming it is still working)
The Sims 2: Castaway (The Sims 2: Island in my country)
I spent soo much time playing this game. Instead of being the classic Sims experience, you had to create a group of Sims and basically their plane crashed into a small archipelago, so you had to survive in those wild islands. The game had an insane variety of resources you could gather and very appropriate for an exotic island, and you had to craft everything: your shelter, your clothes, your tools, and the Maslow hierarchy of needs was still there: so you had to eat, sleep, pee, socialize,... in many ways it was Minecraft x The Sims before Minecraft even existed! Not only that but the game was structure in a way that invited the player to explore the other islands, there was a story to complete, several secrets to discover, learning new things, hunting new animals, seeding different plants,...
Even though it wasn't as polished as the mainline The Sims 2 i ended up loving it just as much, plus it came out few months after Season 3 of Lost, when the hype for that TV series of that was still over the moon (it started being crappy from Season 4) so i was very excited about a Lost videogame using The Sims gameplay. I believe i was among the first to finish this game, since i was throwing advices in the official forum.
I was a little disappointed when i found out where the big treasure was hidden: it wasn't a great loot. After that i built a legit house in the second island, but there wasn't much else to do unfortunately.
Dungeons and Dragons: Eye of the Beholder on GBA
Finished 2-3 times (so probably i played it for 35-40 hours), it was my first 1st person dungeon crawler and i liked it because of that (plus the combination of handheld + dungeon crawler works so beautifully in my opinion). Looking back i can see why it was reviewed poorly: the combat field and the chara design in battle was extremely simplistic, it had permadeath which affects literally everyone, and obviously your starting crew was much stronger than some random you could find in a tavern.
Ironically i believe this is still the only first person dungeon crawler i played, i'm waiting for a great one (just downloaded Labyrinth of Refrain demo but honestly i'm hoping for a great new Etrian Odyssey on Switch)
It was and maybe still is the best samurai game for me. I remember liking the world of this game quite a lot: the towns were soo detailed, there were soo many activities to do, and people to meet depending on the time (there was a day night cycle and if i remember correctly week cycle also), the music was incredible, also the combat system was great for the time. (it's probably the aspect that aged worse though). I've never finished unfortunately cause the game was not localized in my language, so i had to go with english and french, at the time i was weak on both. I'd love to replay it but i don't have an old TV to connect my PS2 Slim. (assuming it is still working)
The Sims 2: Castaway (The Sims 2: Island in my country)
I spent soo much time playing this game. Instead of being the classic Sims experience, you had to create a group of Sims and basically their plane crashed into a small archipelago, so you had to survive in those wild islands. The game had an insane variety of resources you could gather and very appropriate for an exotic island, and you had to craft everything: your shelter, your clothes, your tools, and the Maslow hierarchy of needs was still there: so you had to eat, sleep, pee, socialize,... in many ways it was Minecraft x The Sims before Minecraft even existed! Not only that but the game was structure in a way that invited the player to explore the other islands, there was a story to complete, several secrets to discover, learning new things, hunting new animals, seeding different plants,...
Even though it wasn't as polished as the mainline The Sims 2 i ended up loving it just as much, plus it came out few months after Season 3 of Lost, when the hype for that TV series of that was still over the moon (it started being crappy from Season 4) so i was very excited about a Lost videogame using The Sims gameplay. I believe i was among the first to finish this game, since i was throwing advices in the official forum.
I was a little disappointed when i found out where the big treasure was hidden: it wasn't a great loot. After that i built a legit house in the second island, but there wasn't much else to do unfortunately.
Dungeons and Dragons: Eye of the Beholder on GBA
Finished 2-3 times (so probably i played it for 35-40 hours), it was my first 1st person dungeon crawler and i liked it because of that (plus the combination of handheld + dungeon crawler works so beautifully in my opinion). Looking back i can see why it was reviewed poorly: the combat field and the chara design in battle was extremely simplistic, it had permadeath which affects literally everyone, and obviously your starting crew was much stronger than some random you could find in a tavern.
Ironically i believe this is still the only first person dungeon crawler i played, i'm waiting for a great one (just downloaded Labyrinth of Refrain demo but honestly i'm hoping for a great new Etrian Odyssey on Switch)
Dynasty Warriors Gundam series (Reborn being my favourite).
Armored Core 4 and AC for Answer.
The Matrix : Path of Neo.
Devil May Cry 2.
Need for Speed 2015 (though the ultra long loading times eventually made me quit, I really enjoyed the game).
Mad Max (genuinely great game).
Armored Core 4 and AC for Answer.
The Matrix : Path of Neo.
Devil May Cry 2.
Need for Speed 2015 (though the ultra long loading times eventually made me quit, I really enjoyed the game).
Mad Max (genuinely great game).
I played this game to death leveling my level 60 SSJ2 Trunks.
Me too.
I remember renting PS1 for parties and birthdays just to play this game with friends.
This is a great idea of a thread. Rather than shit on "over rated" games, lets talk about diamonds in the rough.
I wish I could have found something like that. I can't say that there is anything that stands out.
The main one I can think of is Destiny
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I put 300 hours into it on ps4. Was fun. I mainly putzed around with bounties and patrols. Barely touched strikes and did nothing with raids. Did spend a lot of time with iron banners.
I know 76 isn't exactly a poor score. But it was polarizing...
I wish I could have found something like that. I can't say that there is anything that stands out.
The main one I can think of is Destiny
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I put 300 hours into it on ps4. Was fun. I mainly putzed around with bounties and patrols. Barely touched strikes and did nothing with raids. Did spend a lot of time with iron banners.
I know 76 isn't exactly a poor score. But it was polarizing...
Enter the Matrix was alright, reviewers just had that whole "we the art now, bitches!" attitude that was going round at the time. Anyone can make another Trespasser and then say "yeah well, it was going to be awesome someday!".
I've always hated that attitude, in particular that it seems to endure among critics. "lazy devs!". uurgh.
As for the topic: I have seen games you can't even imagine, and completed them. Like tears in the Matrix.
Did anyone actually finish that Star Trek reboot game? I have. It was very, very obvious they did not even bother QA-ing that final level.
And that, comrades, is my sad little life right there for you.
I almost got every achievement in Two Worlds on Xbox 360. Left out a couple of dumbass ones like "Visit every graveyard", but did the vast majority.
Age of Empires III. Forget dozens of hours. More like hundreds. When I was a teenager, I had it and all expansions, plus mods, and I played it so much. So. Much. I know it's the mediocre entry in the series, but I played it far more than Age of Empires II, and I have the Steam version of AOE II with all the recent DLC. AOE II just never captured me like AOE III did.
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. So glitchy, and basically no patch or expansion support because the developer promptly went out of business. Yet it's so deep and atmospheric and so fun, the glitches and lack of polish are worth tolerating. It also remains fun to play 14 years after the fact, which is impressive for such a technologically flawed game.
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. So glitchy, and basically no patch or expansion support because the developer promptly went out of business. Yet it's so deep and atmospheric and so fun, the glitches and lack of polish are worth tolerating. It also remains fun to play 14 years after the fact, which is impressive for such a technologically flawed game.
Fighting Force on the PSX.
I knew at that time that it was not a very good beat 'em up even without seeing the general reviewers sentiment on it, but goddamnit if I didn't play and finished it more than 10 times with my cousin and had a blast doing it.
It was a game we could play together that reminded us of the good times we had with Streets of Rage but in 3d, so even though I had other games every time she came to visit we always ended up playing this freaking game.
I knew at that time that it was not a very good beat 'em up even without seeing the general reviewers sentiment on it, but goddamnit if I didn't play and finished it more than 10 times with my cousin and had a blast doing it.
It was a game we could play together that reminded us of the good times we had with Streets of Rage but in 3d, so even though I had other games every time she came to visit we always ended up playing this freaking game.
I put a lot of time into Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet this year. Also one of my favourite games of last year, Blue Reflection.
