Have you ever played a game that you absolutely enjoyed, only to discover it had a poor online reception?
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My Experience with Drakengard 3
When I played Drakengard 3, I had a blast and created unforgettable memories. However, upon researching online, I found that the game received mixed reviews and faced significant criticism, overshadowing its small fanbase.
Similar Experience with Dark Souls 2
I also encountered a similar situation with Dark Souls 2, where my enjoyment didn’t align with the online feedback. Can anyone else relate to this scenario?
Join the Discussion
Have you ever experienced loving a game that received negative reviews online? Share your thoughts and experiences!
Final Fantasy 13, Monster Hunter Rise and Tales of Zestiria are among the games that I enjoy and has pretty bad reception online.
At the time I first played it. That was the general consensus for “The Legend of Dragoon.” People panned it as being “a mediocre FF7 clone.” The criticism was so needlessly aggressive it actually turned me away from wanting to even play the Final Fantasy series until I was an adult.
Dragon Age 2 was the first game I played in the series. I was shocked when I learned that it was badly received.
WarpSpeed. Used to love that on mega drive; later in life found out it was poorly received ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Never look up reviews for Gothic/Risen/Elex games. Just play and see if it’s for you. To this day, Gothic 2 is one of the most immersive experiences I’ve ever had for me (and still is), whether it be in gaming or reading.
Conan Exiles, I just found it fun. It had mixed reviews at the time.
Soul Hackers 2 is one of my favorite games, and got my back in jrpgs.
This board in particular does not like it. I get some of the complaints, but a lot of it seems to be overblown because it’s not persona and HS drama.
I liked Battleborn.
Fallout 76
Back 4 Blood
Payday 3
Gotta be Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter for me.
It is probably one of my favorite games ever, period. The reception it got from fans of the franchise and reviewers at the time… Ooh boy. I bought my copy on sale from a Blockbuster for like $15, so I didn’t even know anything about it prior to playing it and just figured it out myself.
Well one game that had this scenario for me was, Fable 3, I actually enjoyed the game quite a lot, I liked the characters, the world and the enemy, granted I never completed the game as I didn’t even know there was a story beyond regaining the crown for a LONG time and I found the shadow beast a fairly weird but surprising final boss, though yeah from what I know it is considered the weakest of the Fable trilogy, which yeah I can see now that I’ve got some knowledge on the other games, but it definitely didn’t have any fun to find.
Kinda like how you can enjoy the modern Godzilla, doesn’t mean you have to hate the goofy showa era just because of other’s voiced opinions on their quality, there is still fun to find in a bad product, but as long as it isn’t boring someone’s got to enjoy the experience at least a little bit.
Several, I think the best example is Halo 4 because the loudest Halo fans seem to be mostly bungie purists and actively brigade anything positive not made by bungie. I dare say Halo 4 is leagues ahead of any of the bungie games, only halo reach equals 4 (mostly because 4 is mechanically a continuation of reach).
I played countless hours of Heroes of Might and Magic IV growing up and absolutely loved it. It wasn’t until years later I learned that fans of the series consensus was that HoMM3 was the favorite and that 4 ruined some things.
Dante’s inferno
The first Watchdogs. Got it free with a GFX card and gave it a bash with my son. We loved it.
Then went online a bit later to find out it was apparently shit and unplayable. Never been more confused with reviews.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Had a lot of fun with it, didn’t mind the lack of campaign because I kinda thought oh CoD is just finally being honest about what it is, a multiplayer run-n-gun shooter, and PUBG wasn’t on PlayStation at the time so I was happy to have a decent battle royale that I could play. Found out in the last few years that most people hate it lmao
FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus. Everyone hated the 3rd person shooter gameplay. I really loved that game. Played through it multiple times and enjoyed every minute.
Legendary. Back in the ps3 days, I played that game and thought it was awesome, only to find out it was hated very much. Oh well
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Cyberpunk 2077
Back 4 blood. Saw that it had bad reviews but I played it with bots and really enjoyed it. Fast frenetic and looked good too. Granted I played the game many moons after it was released, had its bugs patched and price dropped.
Devil May Cry 2.
My entire life, I heard this game was trash and unfun, the worst hack and slash game ever made, the game nobody talks about, etc. A friend of mine who is a huge DmC fan rags on this game any chance he gets.
Sure, after playing it myself start to finish, I could see that the game IS trash, but honestly? My expectations were so low that I actually had a lot of fun with it! Hell, I’m up for replaying it even. It’s such a poorly executed game, and some enemies are absolutely ridiculous and funny as hell. I had to fight a goddamn living tank, and a living helicopter! But hey, the game got a few laughs out of me, and I legitimately had a blast playing it, so yeah!
It was sort of the other way around. Firstly I heard about the bad reception, then I played it.
FF15 was super fun, I agreed with the problems it had but it didn’t change the fact that I enjoyed it.
Same with all the FF13 games.
When I was younger?
Megaman X7.
Cyberpunk 2077 when it was initially released. Loved it and was frankly surprised at all the hate. I’ve been playing it again recently and can see all the hard work that’s gone into it, but the core of its still there.
I felt I was one of the few that really like Anthem, watching it die though was rough.
Like honestly most Sonic the hedgehog games after the year 1999 lol
Fallout 76 is actually pretty good now
far cry 6. it might be one of my favorite shooter rpgs.
i felt rewarded for taking out extra bases for checkpoint/being able to fly in the area and exploring for guns. no bullshit rpg talent points. personally loved the story and characters.
my only complaint is the main character was a local; the games name is ‘farcry’. i do think they could have changed very little about the game and just made dani a tourist who gets caught up and every story beat works the same if not better.
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age on GameCube. Horrible reception for an actually pretty fun and engaging RPG that I spent a long time playing in my teens.
There was a FPS on the 360. I can’t remember the name, but it was a western based vampire game. I had a blast playing it, especially multi-player, but it had no real following.
I played some beat em up game ages ago where some guy’s girlfriend died and her spirit went into a pair of nunchucks he used to get revenge on the people who killed her. It was a ton of fun. Then read online most people hated it a few years later lol
Wish I could remember the name. It wasn’t Nunchuck Girlfriend.
Dungeon Siege 3. I liked that Game, but apparently people fucking hated it.
Gotham Knights. Everyone was losing their shit because it wasn’t exactly like the Arkham series. Even though the developers said it’s not, and has nothing to do with it and to think of it as another alternate Gotham (alternate universe are normal in comics)people still lost their shit.
While my buddy and I had a shit ton of fun doing co-op because we treated the game like it was a co-op side scrolling ‘beat ’em up” game with Batman characters (minus the side scrolling). We treated it like we were playing Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, or Double Dragon. Just two dudes, dressed like super heroes, beating up unsuspecting criminals.
Aliens: Colonial Marines online was a lot of fun if you were a fan of the franchise and could master the alien controls. It was much harder to play as the humans, that took teamwork, but it felt good when you made that happen also.
I think thief reboot didn’t do too well review wise but I loved it
I know everyone else is sharing video games, but this sub is technically for al kinds if games.
My family loves playing Munchkins. It’s a blast to see what ridiculousness we get and how we can screw each other over.
I have learned recently that, among the tabletop board and card game community, it is a truly reviled game.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance. I get it, a game that goes that hard into realism isn’t for everyone. But damn, people acted like the game was unplayable garbage.
Never really bothered with reviews. But Immortals if Aveum is actually really fun despite its lackluster reception
AC: Valhalla. I loved it. Put about 140 hours into it and then looked online… Yikes
Bioshock infinite, plus the DLCs.Â
I absolutely loved it, had me completely sucked in and the DLCs gave me a HELL of an emotional gut punch. One of more powerful emotional experiences I’ve ever had.Â
I was very surprised to learn the game had such mixed reviews and people crapped on the endings.Â
Too human, all the dynasty warriors and devil may cry 2 which was my intro to the series
Dragon age 2 , the first time i played it, i had a blast, a year later i read reviews and it was crazy , I didn’t enjoy the game much after reading the reviews .
I’m going to date myself a bit, but I thought The Bouncer on PS2 was fucking awesome. Interesting combat system, super melodramatic, and short enough it didn’t feel like a huge investment to play.
Final Fantasy 16, I loved it and think the first half is some of the best FF ever
I don’t get all the hate starfield gets. It’s not the greatest game ever but I had a lot of fun playing it for 150 hours and It gave me literally the most beautiful screenshots in my gaming life
One time I heard a kid say that Donkey Kong sucks. Despite the fact that Donkey Kong is the greatest game of all time
Always found ff13’s paradigm shift cool since playing it as a child, but people hated ff13, apparently.
A lot of its DNA is in ff7R though so get fucked it was always cool.