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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.

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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A lot of people didn't like Assassins Creed Odyssey, but I loved it. Only AC I've played since 2.

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[–] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Indigo Prophecy

Played it when it originally released in the US and I loved it as a pre-teen who had no fucking idea what was happening in the story.

Came to find out no one had any clue what was happening in the story regardless and people thought the game was a mess.

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[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Too human. I loved it so much I don't know why people hate it

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[–] damdy@lemm.ee 14 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Mine was final fantasy 12. I played that game so hard, really enjoyed it and if was released in the time of trophies I would have platinumed it. Even did the grinding for Gilgamesh to spawn for a sword or something. But I was hated at the time.

Now everyone is saying it was one of the best and I was proved right all along.

Sure the story was star wars and the main character wasn't, but the combat system was really fun, way better than 13.

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[–] rafikki@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago

Ultima IX. I somehow never played the earlier installments despite being of the right age to have, and enjoyed the hell out of IX. In retrospect, the massive amounts of criticism were earned, I just came into it fresh and was enthralled by the world.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

How old were you when you played Sonic Unleashed? I thoroughly played and enjoyed Sonic Adventure 2 for the Gamecube when I was in middle school, but revisiting it as an adult, it was so hard to envision how I ever enjoyed the way that game controls. However, even though my muscle memory was totally gone, since all the levels I knew from SA2 were remixed, Sonic Generations was good even as an adult.

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[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Kings quest 8. Universally panned as a "bad Kings quest game" and I agree, It's a terrible entry to the kings quest series. But when you look at this quirky adventure game from a modern perspective you can see it was really ahead of it's time. It has an unmatched vibe and atmosphere.

[–] tuckerm@feddit.online 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Thief 3. I had never played a Thief game before and thought it was great. Apparently, fans of the first two games were disappointed with it at first. I think the criticism didn't last long, though. Everyone now seems to agree that it was good.

[–] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Do you mean Thief: Deadly Shadows? That was the 3rd game in the series, and from what I understand it was pretty well received. The orphanage level alone is so highly regarded that it has its own Wikipedia page.

Now the 2014 reboot, just titled Thief, that was so poorly received the it basically killed the series. It might have been a decent game, but it was not a good Thief game.

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[–] CharlesReed@fedia.io 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Dead Space 3. Sure, it has some issues, but I didn't realize how much others actively disliked it until I tried talking to people about it.

Edit: And the point of the post is immediately proven lol

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[–] deathgrindfreak@awful.systems 2 points 2 days ago

Dark Souls 2

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood and cyberpunk 2077 (PC) not too long after release

[–] fdrc_lm@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex Some YouTube analysis about it really broke the magic for me

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Every Ubisoft game since Assassin's Creed 2

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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Dying Light 2. It was definitely different than the first game, but I enjoyed many of the changes. My buddies and I spent a lot of time just running around killing Volatiles, and having a blast while doing so. But apparently a lot of the changes were deeply unpopular with fans of the first game.

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