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[Sleepwalker]

FIFA easily

 

[NeonGhost]

 

[stn]

I was gonna say Stranger of Paradise, but BennyBlanco beat me to it. I'll go with Valkyrie Elysium. Middling reviews but I recently started it and I am enjoying the combat and music.

 

[BlackTron]

Dude yes. One of my very first PC games. It was OK! I haven't played it in ETERNITY but recently I remembered it was pretty good for being an old janky ass game and regretted losing it.

But my favorite "bad game" will always be Sonic Adventure lol.

 

[Drizzlehell]

It's very divisive so I don't like the idea of encouraging people to waste money. Maybe check it out on sale for sure.

For me it's one of my favorite action games of all time. For others, it's one of the worst games ever made apparently.

Okay, so maybe let me ask - how does it compare to Evil West (assuming that you've played it)? EW was also a throwback to 7th gen era of action games with a combat consisting of mixture of third person shooting and combo based melee fighting, with rather steep difficulty spikes and genreral mid-shelf production values. If Wanted: Dead is anything like Evil West (at least in principle) then I think I would have a good time.

 

[Fbh]

I like Lair.

Once they patched in regular analog stick controls the gameplay wasn't that bad, it has some decent mission variety, the story is surprisingly solid and the music is amazing.
I also always liked the art direction and some of the ideas were neat even if their execution was really flawed (like being able to land and attack ground units)

I always liked the look of the armor too:

 

[Wildebeest]

Looking at my library, my top-rated games with "critic scores" of 70% or less are Planescape: Torment, Mount & Blade: Warband, Nier Gestalt, Pathfinder Kingmaker, and Majesty Gold. All of those are stone-cold classics. Critics are idiots.

 

[Fuz]

Playing this game now and it fucking rules. The job system with Team Ninja combat is great. The cutscenes are completely bizarre and nonsensical but it kinda works.

Why the fuck does this have a bad rap is beyond me.

Yes, endgame and DLC are awful, insulting even. But up to that point, it's tons of fun with a great combat.

 

[brian0057]

Which version we talking here?

Yes.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Socom is a franchise Sony misses, gamers appreciated a third person multiplayer shooter alongside COD.

 

[Ikutachi]

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Days Gone. Just cause some morons still think it's bad and haven't tried it.
Deadly Premonition 1 and 2.

 

[KillaJamm]

Terminator: Resistance has some pretty dire reviews but I absolutely loved it

 

[Fuz]

critic scores" of 70% or less are Planescape: Torment, Mount & Blade: Warband, Nier Gestalt, Pathfinder Kingmaker, and Majesty Gold.

Wait, what?

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Utterly incomprehensible plot, horrible voice acting, average graphics for it's time, but I really enjoyed it for some reason.

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

Kane & Lynch 2

I know it got terrible reviews, but I love the mature content and art style, which they made a 3rd

 

[Punished Miku]

Okay, so maybe let me ask - how does it compare to Evil West (assuming that you've played it)? EW was also a throwback to 7th gen era of action games with a combat consisting of mixture of third person shooting and combo based melee fighting, with rather steep difficulty spikes and genreral mid-shelf production values. If Wanted: Dead is anything like Evil West (at least in principle) then I think I would have a good time.

Haven't gotten to Evil West yet but its on my short list to buy!

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I enjoyed this one as well. Male character was much less annoying than his sister, imo.

 

[Punished Miku]

Why the fuck does this have a bad rap is beyond me.

Yes, endgame and DLC are awful, insulting even. But up to that point, it's tons of fun with a great combat.

One of my favorite games from last year. Put like 75 hrs in.

 

[Wildebeest]

Wait, what?

Looks like the gog database uses igdb which only has one review, Eurogamer.

 

[emivita]

I don't care what everybody says, but I loved this game on PS3, otherwise I wouldn't have finished it twice, platted and completed the DLC too. So many laughs and funny moments I've never had in any other game (those "rage attacks" omg), best game in existence to play while drunk and with buddies in the same room.

 

[kiphalfton]

Deadly Premonition. Pure greatness.

I tried really hard to get through it. But that game is so damn ugly and janky.

If remade by a competent team, I'd definitely try and get through it.

Wanted: Dead

Beat it 6x already since February, and itching to play it again every day.

Pretty much no game mixes TPS and third person swordplay action. And no DMC doesn't count, since the guns are pretty much useless and you can only auto-aim.

Game looks great.

 

[Vlodril]

Alpha protocol. Gameplay wise it is broken but it is very charming and the branching is insane. Great vo too.

 

[WoJ]

Terminator: Resistance has some pretty dire reviews but I absolutely loved it

I played this in one day last year. There is a ton of criticism to be levied at this game, but as just a mindless shooter to blow through I had fun with it.

Someone else mentioned Callisto Protocol which I'd also agree with.

 

[Zug]

 

[Rush2112]

Dark souls 2. Not a bad game but does get hate from newcomers. People first play elden ring, then freak out at DS2.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Looks like the gog database uses igdb which only has one review, Eurogamer.

I looked it up out of curiosity and it's such a joke. The guy complains about some bug that I never even saw and was likely patched out a billion years ago, and then his big beef with the game is that it doesn't have a multiplayer mode...? Like... what? Why the fuck would anyone want a multiplayer mode in a game that's renowned for its single player story driven experience?

Literal clown shoes.

 

[j.k.2021]

Halo Infinite

Halo Infinite had a very positive launch.The issue started post launch with live service element.Also, The only issue it had was lack of content so it was far from a bad game.

 

[Fuz]

This thread has become a list of games that I want to try.

 

[RoadHazard]

Breath of the Wild. Everyone here seems to think it's awful now!

 

[Raven117]

I tried really hard to get through it. But that game is so damn ugly and janky.

If remade by a competent team, I'd definitely try and get through it.

Thats....just part of it....

 

[Robb]

From the top of my head;
No More Heroes
PlayStation All-Stars

But there’s more for sure.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Seaman and Extreme G on N64 (Which weren't bad) but that's all I can think of atm

 

[CatLady]

We Happy Few
The Ascent
High on Life

 

[HBx2000]

Enemy Front, completed it multiple times. Reminded me a lot of the first Call of Duty and Medal of Honor titles for PC.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

I don't really experiment to much but I've played some janky shit

 

[JC 1080P CRT]

Clock Tower on PSX (aka "Clock Tower 2" in Japan)

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Being a big fan of the original Clock Tower (The First Fear) on Super Famicom/SNES, I thought this was a great sequel storywise. I also love the soundtrack.

Sure the graphics are very dated and the gameplay is pretty clunky, but I find console point-and-click games to be charming, as they remind me of the Sierra PC adventure games from the 1990s.

I'm also a big fan of Clock Tower 3, but that can get its own post/thread. The one CT game I despise is "Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within" (aka "Clock Tower: Ghost Head" in Japan).

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Dante's Inferno didn't get great reviews. But it's a good B-tier God of War knock off. From the 360/PS3 era and ran at 60 fps. Make sure not to play on easy skill. Amp up the difficulty. There's a big difference in monster and traps.

 

[j.k.2021]

A lot of people like Crackdown 3.

 

[begotten]

Deadly Premonition is what happens when a Japanese person tries to write like Twin Peaks and it's so shit it's good.

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

Everyone hates FFXIII I enjoyed playing.

 

[GarlicPrawn]

Kane & Lynch 2

I know it got terrible reviews, but I love the mature content and art style, which they made a 3rd

Loved the first one, couldn’t really get into the story of the second. But loved the art style!

 

[gaming_again]

FFXV is my second favourite FF. does that count?

I really liked Zool on the Amiga.

 

[Hoppa]

Dynasty Warriors - any/all of them (except 9). I find the gameplay satisfying in the same way people like those cleaning/organisation games and I find them relaxing

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Which one, though?

New or old?

2017 one.

 

[Wildebeest]

I looked it up out of curiosity and it's such a joke. The guy complains about some bug that I never even saw and was likely patched out a billion years ago, and then his big beef with the game is that it doesn't have a multiplayer mode...? Like... what? Why the fuck would anyone want a multiplayer mode in a game that's renowned for its single player story driven experience?

Literal clown shoes.

I remember that back in the day, some anonymous Edge writer was always commenting in articles about how it was a failure because there was too much reading to do in it.

 

[Moses85]

Everything named „Saints Row“

 

[Andrenicks]

 

[The Stig]

FIFA easily

i refuse to pllay it on principal because of all the MTX

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

Loved the first one, couldn’t really get into the story of the second. But loved the art style!

Yeah the first was fire as well, the second needed a bit more cooking, but overall I loved it.