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So I wanted to do the inverse of
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thread, but instead of focusing on what we hate, how about games we like? I know in my own experience I've played games that get a lot of hate, but have had a lot of fun with them. However, 15 answers seemed like a bit too much, so I lowered it down to just 5 choices. Here's some of my choices.
1. Final Fantasy XVI - I understand why people wouldn't necessarily love this game. I have my own issues with it as well. Playing it, the combat was definitely the worst part for me, but I still found the writing to be engaging at times. It dragged in some spots, and the side quests were pretty bad, but I still wouldn't call it one of the worst games ever like some people seem to think.
2. Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League - personally, even this answer surprises me sometimes. Normally I hate live services games, and I even hated the game when it first launched and tried playing it. About a year after launch though, I picked it up for $5 on sale and gave it another try, and found myself having a good time. The combat, and traversal aspect of the gameplay finally clicked with me. If I had friends to play with, I could see myself having a lot more fun with it, but even as a single player experience, I just found I enjoyed playing through the story, and early seasons for a good amount of time. Worth the $5 for sure.
3. Lost Planet 3 - I remember always hearing "oh, it's a shitty sequel made by a B tier western studio"...and it's kinda my favorite of the series. I really liked this game. I thought the characters and writing were good, and the gameplay was fun. It visually looked pretty cool to me at the time it came out too.
4. Gal*Gun - Oh yeah, there I am...I'm a pervert! Stupid lame pervert liking these games, har har. But ya know what? I don't care lol I'm too old to care if people think that of me. I've never grown out of pervert humor, and I'm not ashamed of it. The thing is though, the Gal*Gun games...they're pervy in the same way a teen sex comedy that they used to make is. That's why I find them amusing. I like the absurdity of the concept of having to literally fight off girls who are in love with you because you got hit with too many cupid arrows. It's silly, and fun. The actual gameplay can be pretty fun I honestly think too. Gal*Gun 2 especially is fun because it has VR support on PC, and I found it to be one of the more fun games to play in VR because you're looking around all the environment having to shoot. The only problem is the PC version is janky enough that it sometimes just doesn't run for me. The series also led to a great spin-off series with great 2D art with the Gal Guardians 2d action games.
5. Pokémon Scarlet/Violet - so this is a tricky one because I don't think everyone hates it since it sold well, but the conversation of how bad it looked and performed on Switch 1 really overshadowed it a lot. Even I agree, it ran like dogshit when I played it on Switch 1...however, beyond that...I really liked the game overall. I liked the ideas they came up with, and I liked their attempts to freshen up the formula for the series. It's not perfect, and I think a franchise that makes as much money as Pokemon can afford to put damn voice acting in their games already, but it was still a real good game in the series overall.
Honorable mentions of some titles that I think GAF hates...but are still pretty popular if sales are any indication. Fortnite, and Borderlands. I still haven't played Borderlands 3, so I can't say if I'd also hate it, but I love the series before that, and don't understand the rapid hate it gets on here.
Heimdall_Xtreme
thread, but instead of focusing on what we hate, how about games we like? I know in my own experience I've played games that get a lot of hate, but have had a lot of fun with them. However, 15 answers seemed like a bit too much, so I lowered it down to just 5 choices. Here's some of my choices.1. Final Fantasy XVI - I understand why people wouldn't necessarily love this game. I have my own issues with it as well. Playing it, the combat was definitely the worst part for me, but I still found the writing to be engaging at times. It dragged in some spots, and the side quests were pretty bad, but I still wouldn't call it one of the worst games ever like some people seem to think.
2. Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League - personally, even this answer surprises me sometimes. Normally I hate live services games, and I even hated the game when it first launched and tried playing it. About a year after launch though, I picked it up for $5 on sale and gave it another try, and found myself having a good time. The combat, and traversal aspect of the gameplay finally clicked with me. If I had friends to play with, I could see myself having a lot more fun with it, but even as a single player experience, I just found I enjoyed playing through the story, and early seasons for a good amount of time. Worth the $5 for sure.
3. Lost Planet 3 - I remember always hearing "oh, it's a shitty sequel made by a B tier western studio"...and it's kinda my favorite of the series. I really liked this game. I thought the characters and writing were good, and the gameplay was fun. It visually looked pretty cool to me at the time it came out too.
4. Gal*Gun - Oh yeah, there I am...I'm a pervert! Stupid lame pervert liking these games, har har. But ya know what? I don't care lol I'm too old to care if people think that of me. I've never grown out of pervert humor, and I'm not ashamed of it. The thing is though, the Gal*Gun games...they're pervy in the same way a teen sex comedy that they used to make is. That's why I find them amusing. I like the absurdity of the concept of having to literally fight off girls who are in love with you because you got hit with too many cupid arrows. It's silly, and fun. The actual gameplay can be pretty fun I honestly think too. Gal*Gun 2 especially is fun because it has VR support on PC, and I found it to be one of the more fun games to play in VR because you're looking around all the environment having to shoot. The only problem is the PC version is janky enough that it sometimes just doesn't run for me. The series also led to a great spin-off series with great 2D art with the Gal Guardians 2d action games.
5. Pokémon Scarlet/Violet - so this is a tricky one because I don't think everyone hates it since it sold well, but the conversation of how bad it looked and performed on Switch 1 really overshadowed it a lot. Even I agree, it ran like dogshit when I played it on Switch 1...however, beyond that...I really liked the game overall. I liked the ideas they came up with, and I liked their attempts to freshen up the formula for the series. It's not perfect, and I think a franchise that makes as much money as Pokemon can afford to put damn voice acting in their games already, but it was still a real good game in the series overall.
Honorable mentions of some titles that I think GAF hates...but are still pretty popular if sales are any indication. Fortnite, and Borderlands. I still haven't played Borderlands 3, so I can't say if I'd also hate it, but I love the series before that, and don't understand the rapid hate it gets on here.
It seems there are some complications behind the IP rights too.
