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.

  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Dude I put that game down after like 30 hours going “what the fuck am I doing?” First game I just abandoned.

    Hated it. Literally the best part was the opening cinematic. After that I could not give less of a shit about anything I was doing, my love for Final Fantasy X was carrying me through it. But even that had its limits.

    Imagine being me a few years ago discovering that apparently, as you said, it is now one of the most lauded in the series. Fucking baffling. I cannot stand that game lmao

    • MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      16 hours ago

      Amen, I am equally puzzled.

      Truly some of the worst FF decisions all in the same game.

      Why is the key to the postgame dungeon a piece of undifferentiated loot? Why did the game allow me to accidentally lock myself out of the postgame by selling it?

      Why is the story is a low effort clone of Star Wars?

      Why set FF12 in the world of FF:Tactics but make no reference to it?

      Why, oh why, an all-women-race of playboy bunny girls in lingerie and heels?

      That being said, programming your own teams’ AI is peak jrpg wish there was more of that. This baby got thrown out with all that dirty bath water unfortunately

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      24 hours ago

      I hated the game at first too. But I actually gave it a replay a while back and ended up loving it. Ironically, my love of FFX was holding me back from enjoying XII. Once I replayed it with a more open mind, I thoroughly enjoyed it. There are certain things I dislike about it, sure. But that’s true for any Final Fantasy game.

      I think replaying it when I was older also helped. I didn’t have the patience for the politicking when I played it the first time. And the game’s story is very political. So I think the added maturity meant I was able to appreciate the story more.