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Posted June 02, 2010
Have you ever played a game that was generally considered as really bad and you had a blast playing it?
I remember when I bought the latest Alone in the Dark (X360 version) it got mostly terrible reviews - IGN gave it a 3-ish if I remember correctly. I also remember that the worse the review I read the more compelled I felt to play the game :) I had so much fun with AitD even though it's flawed in many areas. I have finished it 3 times and I'll probably return to it again. :)
Posted June 02, 2010
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Leukocyt: Have you ever played a game that was generally considered as really bad and you had a blast playing it?
I remember when I bought the latest Alone in the Dark (X360 version) it got mostly terrible reviews - IGN gave it a 3-ish if I remember correctly. I also remember that the worse the review I read the more compelled I felt to play the game :) I had so much fun with AitD even though it's flawed in many areas. I have finished it 3 times and I'll probably return to it again. :)

That is exactly what I thought. I didn't understand why everyone was shitting on it, when actually it was quite fun. Albeit some of the things you had to do were infuriating. Like having to set a car on fire by attaching a molotov to it, ride up a ramp and jump out at the last second before you fall into a deathpit or the car blows up on you. All just to burn a fucking tree. But then again, I think burning those trees were optional once you had enough of them.
Posted June 02, 2010
It depends. Under A Killing Moon got bad reviews in the British press so I only knew about it getting panned (didn't have access to American reviews where it got glowing reviews) so I thought people didn't like it yet I loved it. Of course, a few years later I discovered it's considered a classic by many and PC Gamer (among others) were just being anal about the game.
But it's mostly games where the atmosphere really grips me. Gabriel Knight 3 got relatively poor scores around here as well for example but I loved the atmosphere.
Posted June 02, 2010
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Leukocyt: Have you ever played a game that was generally considered as really bad and you had a blast playing it?
I remember when I bought the latest Alone in the Dark (X360 version) it got mostly terrible reviews - IGN gave it a 3-ish if I remember correctly. I also remember that the worse the review I read the more compelled I felt to play the game :) I had so much fun with AitD even though it's flawed in many areas. I have finished it 3 times and I'll probably return to it again. :)
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Aatami: That is exactly what I thought. I didn't understand why everyone was shitting on it, when actually it was quite fun. Albeit some of the things you had to do were infuriating. Like having to set a car on fire by attaching a molotov to it, ride up a ramp and jump out at the last second before you fall into a deathpit or the car blows up on you. All just to burn a fucking tree. But then again, I think burning those trees were optional once you had enough of them.

Maybe because they loved the original so much that no matter what the new one did it wasn't good enough.
Posted June 02, 2010
Now, i don't really remember what reviews Sid Meyer's Covert Action had, but i remember mr. Meyer wasn't happy with it at all, yet i still play that game today, and love it.
Then, Settlers 6: Rise of an Empire, which has 66/100 on the Evil MetaCritic. And that game had some of the worst scripting i have ever seen [yes, worse than EA's take on C&C]. I'd have to add
And then there's The Detective Game for the C64, which generally got some bad reviews, ZZap somehow gave it a 78%, which is still too low.
There were a lot of other bad games i've played when i was a kid, mostly because of the "i wonder what this is about" childish exploration need, yet i don't remember the titles.
I'm more concerned about bad games getting good reviews. Like [now someone is going to kill me] Settlers 2, which looked lovely, but played like a steamroller on ice while drunk, and had a pretty weak campaign [the Roman one, not World which was added in Gold].
I bet there were more games but i just can't remember, i'll get back to You when i remember something more. ;)
Posted June 02, 2010
A game that received bad reviews can be a good thing, indeed, cause when you play it you don't expect much of it, and so you can be surprised.
In the case of the lastest Alone in the Dark, I haven't played it, but it's the typical exemple of a game that has been talked about so long before its release (as often, the fault, in first place, is from the publishers who claim that their game is revolutionary) that many gamers expect very much of the game, and you can only be disappointed. That, and the fact that it's a sequel of a long-time famous licence in this case.
What I can't stand is that the mix of "high expectations" and "disapointement" often leads to very very bad reviews, claiming that the game is "the worst game ever" or that kind of crap.
Disapointing doesn't necesserally means bad game. There are loads of unknown and quickly developped bad games.
Posted June 02, 2010
Heroes of M&M 4 - I like it despite all the QQ, curses, uproar against it and whatever else. Yes, quite a lot of people I know like it, but it has far more haters who hate everything on it just because it isn't HoM&M3....
Posted June 02, 2010
If you want QQ just look at Command & Conquer 3 and Red Alert 3. Both games I thoroughly enjoyed.
Aliens Vs Predator (the recent one) was slated by most of the media but again I really liked it.
Rogue Trooper was ignored by the media because of a little game called Gears of War, yet I enjoyed the former more.
Famously Deep Fear on the Sega Saturn was awarded a 5/10 by EDGE magazine despite being superior to Resident Evil in many respects. For one thing you could move and fire :O
Posted June 02, 2010
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Delixe: If you want QQ just look at Command & Conquer 3 and Red Alert 3. Both games I thoroughly enjoyed.
Aliens Vs Predator (the recent one) was slated by most of the media but again I really liked it.
Rogue Trooper was ignored by the media because of a little game called Gears of War, yet I enjoyed the former more.
Famously Deep Fear on the Sega Saturn was awarded a 5/10 by EDGE magazine despite being superior to Resident Evil in many respects. For one thing you could move and fire :O

I really, really want to get my hands on AvP... I loved the two PC-only games. You just can't go wrong with a franchise like that :D... unless you are making a movie.
Posted June 02, 2010
Jedi Power Battles on PS1.
The game, especially at this time - around the release of Episode I movie and all the games based on it - has received bad or mixed reviews.
It was not that great in solo mode, but, hell, it was so fun in co-op mode. I remember hours and hours with my bro on it, trying to get highest score at each level to gain all combos and bonus points.
We've replayed it last year, still with a lot of fun.
Posted June 02, 2010
Mega Race 1 and 2. A couple of very fun, if imensely ridiculous games.
Robot City is one of my all time favorites and I don't remember it being fairly well reviewed.
Posted June 02, 2010
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klaymen: Heroes of M&M 4 - I like it despite all the QQ, curses, uproar against it and whatever else. Yes, quite a lot of people I know like it, but it has far more haters who hate everything on it just because it isn't HoM&M3....

QfT.
BTW - I hated HOMAM3 for what it did with my awesome HOMAM 2(fucked up units, totally awful render graphics...)
Posted June 02, 2010
I agree about alone in the dark, and another IMO underrated game, althou not necessarily bad, it was getting about 6/10 from reviews: Raise of the Argonauts. I love that game. It's just ... Fantastic.
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klaymen: Heroes of M&M 4 - I like it despite all the QQ, curses, uproar against it and whatever else. Yes, quite a lot of people I know like it, but it has far more haters who hate everything on it just because it isn't HoM&M3....
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Bodkin: QfT.
BTW - I hated HOMAM3 for what it did with my awesome HOMAM 2(fucked up units, totally awful render graphics...)

Bah, graphics are precisely what I hated about Heroes 4: The game was just ... So ... Ugly. At any rate, there was a plenty of things it did right, but almost as much it did wrong. Shame really, it could have been an awesome game.
Posted June 02, 2010
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Bodkin: QfT.
BTW - I hated HOMAM3 for what it did with my awesome HOMAM 2(fucked up units, totally awful render graphics...)
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Fenixp: Bah, graphics are precisely what I hated about Heroes 4: The game was just ... So ... Ugly. At any rate, there was a plenty of things it did right, but almost as much it did wrong. Shame really, it could have been an awesome game.

Yes ugly, but not that ugly like in HOMAM3. They should make wake of gods for HOMAM IV, to repair it, make it better, not try to get HOMAM 3 on HOMAM4 style.
Post edited June 02, 2010 by Bodkin
Posted June 02, 2010
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Bodkin: They should make wake of gods for HOMAM IV, to repair it, make it better, not try to get HOMAM 3 on HOMAM4 style.

Wake of Gods for HoMM4? FFFFFFUUUUU
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