Name a game that is so loathed by everyone that you actually enjoyed

[Max]

Shrek super party, most of the hate comes from people who say it is a Mario party clone

 

[Dyne]

 

[LV20 Succubus]

Fire away and for FFS no petty arguments
Keep it civil people

The original Guilty Gear from 1998. Sure, the gameplay isn't the best, but the sprites, stages and music are godly.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor’s Edge
DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY NT
Dead Space 3 Awakened
F.E.A.R. 3
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
GRID 2
GRID Autosport
Need For Speed SHIFT 2: Unleashed
Assassin’s Creed Rogue
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN
Dark Souls II: Scholar of The First Sin
Batman Arkham Origins
RAGE
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 1 and 2
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 1 and 2
Watch Dogs
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Everyone I talk to seems to hate these games, and I can't for the life of me understand WHY!!??.

 

[JackNoir413]

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i played it
i enjoyed it
the last few minutes of the game where everything vergil happens suck ass and ruin the entire experience but his dlc was REALLY good.

i loved the limbo concept i wish it got used in an official release or something cause i really like that idea of "they're everywhere and you dont know"

 

[cheepsheeps567]

kingdom hearts chain of memories the gba version

 

[GuyZero32k4]

I'll say it. Mind you the first half of the game.
Final Fight Streetwise

I was just happy to see Final Fight back in some form. How it set the mood and tone, showing Metro City is still shitty place. Just seeing the three OGs again as time has moved on. Sure, struck me a little odd to see Guy running his own Yakuza, Cody can't fight as well his knees went to shit and is teaching his little brother Kyle.

Lost interest during second half of game with the glow zombie shit. That's what kills the game for me. This is supposed to be Final Fight, not Resident Evil. Did manage to beat it, though I liked the reveal of the lass bosses' reason for doing what he did.

 

[GamingWarthog]

Multiversus and Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale both had their own neat twists on the platform fighter formula that made them stand out and actually understood what made Smash stages fun, and both get aggressively bashed online where people can't bring them up without it getting shit on. Would be nice if people could show a little tact about a game I like having servers shutdown, at least I still have offline play.

Code Name S.T.E.A.M got hated on from the start for the sin of not being Majora's Mask 3D (which would go on to inspire countless videos about why it's a bad remake) and then people started parroting reviewers whining about the enemy turn times when you're supposed to use that time to deduce their position. Also Arms had a bizarre hatedom before it even came out, people obsessed with downplaying it at all costs.

 

[DrunkGecko]

Dbz Budokai 2

 

[NotReallyHere]

We're reaching pretty far back here, but...

I was a kid. I loved Indy. And my Mum randomly came home from a shopping trip with this game.

She NEVER bought me things like this for no reason! I only ever got a game on my birthday or maybe during the holidays. My guess is it was on some sort of clearance rack at whatever store she was shopping at, and she went for it.

I knew it wasn't the best game, but I adored it all the same. And, really, the NES versions of some of the movie's soundtrack weren't too bad! And it makes me think of her every time I see it on the shelf. One of the few relics of my Mum that I keep out in the open, and allow myself to get "the feels" over

 

[Big Finger Jim]

Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

I thought it was an enjoyable shooter with a really cool aesthetic, even if I did had my gripes with it in terms of the story (and the lack of appreciation for my boy, Caith Sith).

It runs like shit on my PCSX2, but from the little I played, it is absolutely the most fun to play out of all the versions and spin offs of 7.

 

[Badseed]

Raiders on 2600. At the time people despised the clunky control scheme and obtuse world navigation. It was the first RPG I played and it started my life-long love of RPGs.

 

[AkiraSO4]

I'll say it. Mind you the first half of the game.
Final Fight Streetwise

I was just happy to see Final Fight back in some form. How it set the mood and tone, showing Metro City is still shitty place. Just seeing the three OGs again as time has moved on. Sure, struck me a little odd to see Guy running his own Yakuza, Cody can't fight as well his knees went to shit and is teaching his little brother Kyle.

Lost interest during second half of game with the glow zombie shit. That's what kills the game for me. This is supposed to be Final Fight, not Resident Evil. Did manage to beat it, though I liked the reveal of the lass bosses' reason for doing what he did.

That's what bugs me about FF Streetwise. The game is okay-ish at least until you get to Little Italy. After that it just turns into Resident Evil, and not a good one, lol.
I like the reveal of the villain, really I did, but there's absolutely NOTHING that kinda hints to it, it feels like they just dropped it for the sake of it, when it could have been something more impactful.
And oh yeah, one of the worst escort missions of all time? You know the one, lol.

 

[Viviana Santos]

 

[Giggling Tilly]

Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest. This one got a lot of hate thanks to a terrible English translation, and then it got even more of it from YouTubers like AVGN and their audience. But to me, it was always one of my favorites. I loved the atmosphere, loved the day-and-night thing... Not only was it not bad in my opinion, it was actually really good and charming.

Terminator 2 (NES). That's another one that got a lot of hate thanks to the "OMG! It's an LJN game!" crowd. It may not have been a perfect experience, but the atmosphere was super solid, and the gameplay was quite smooth (aside from that typical driving level people tend to hate). Best of all, it was one of those games that actually followed the movie really well. We got rewards for not killing people, familiar places were there, and even that famous part where Arnie had to save Sarah from the prison hospital while escaping T-1000 was included. I actually find myself replaying it now and then.

 

[Skeetos]

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Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest. This one got a lot of hate thanks to a terrible English translation, and then it got even more of it from YouTubers like AVGN and their audience. But to me, it was always one of my favorites. I loved the atmosphere, loved the day-and-night thing... Not only was it not bad in my opinion, it was actually really good and charming.

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Terminator 2 (NES). That's another one that got a lot of hate thanks to the "OMG! It's an LJN game!" crowd. It may not have been a perfect experience, but the atmosphere was super solid, and the gameplay was quite smooth (aside from that typical driving level people tend to hate). Best of all, it was one of those games that actually followed the movie really well. We got rewards for not killing people, familiar places were there, and even that famous part where Arnie had to save Sarah from the prison hospital while escaping T-1000 was included. I actually find myself replaying it now and then.

You know, I'm gonna put my answer as a reply to this because you just brought it up in my head.

I could obviously say any of the PS2 Crash Bandicoot games, or the Sonic games people hate. But my answer is this.

Anyone play Nightmare on Elm Street on NES? Seems like a lot of people hate that game, but it's actually pretty neat. It was another game on an AVGN episode (a pretty good one too mind you) that has this crazy reputation because of that.

But I really liked the idea that you HAVE to eventually go into the dreamscape to fight Freddy, and they had a bunch of different "Dream Warriors" you could play as, I like the Wizard and the Ninja. Really fun like 2-3 hour action platformer that I think holds the rep it does because of skill issues lol. Really though that game gets tough in the last couple parts.

Or, I just have a special place in my heart for it because it was one of the games my mom handed me down with her NES. Unfortunately, I did something dumb and left it by accident at this guy's house that I quit talking to, he's a dick lol. I'll never get that back unfortunately.

 

[neromero]

Pokemon dash on the ds, reviewers are mean as hell to this game

 

[Michael Frank]

Resident Evil 6, say what you want about it, but damn that coop zombie campaing killing was maybe one of the best times i had with my brother.

At the end of the day, this game was the reason we have 7 and 8, so like it or not, we owe it some gratitude, and the gameplay wasn't that bad, qte excessive maybe but if this is the worst RE could get, then maybe we should be more humble and enjoy stuff instead of following trends of "i didn't like it" without any substance, people talk about RE6 like it banged their mommas, and that's just dumb in my opinion.

 

[dem6n dem6n]

Resident Evil 5. I love the combat and it's got a decent story. Plus the whole upgrading weapons system is cool. The first gun you get unlimited ammo for just feels so sick to mess around with. Super fun to get all achievements. I wish I was able to play the multiplayer still.

Also, as someone who loved Dark Souls 2 when it came out, put in 500 hours on the PS3 version and then built my PC and put in another 300 or so, I absolutely cannot stand it now.

 

[Antilocal123]

Idk prolly Super Mario Bros

 

[iisoide]

FNAF World. Well... it was loathed at the time. People seem to be coming around on it now. I think the only reason people didn't like it, was because it wasn't your typical jumpscare affair.

Oh, and Bioshock 2. While the story was more or less a repeat of the first but at a slightly lesser quality, I felt that the gameplay was much improved.

My only gripe with FNaF World was that it didn't show the gauge for how long you had to wait before your turn so it became super annoying. Besides that I actually loved it.

 

[aquova]

Shrek super party, most of the hate comes from people who say it is a Mario party clone

Growing up, I had a cousin who had it on Xbox, I remember really loving it, despite growing up to dislike Mario Party

 

[NotReallyHere]

Anyone play Nightmare on Elm Street on NES?

An incredibly underrated game! Killer soundtrack and tight, responsive controls. Also one of the best co-op experiences on the NES, right up there with Contra and The TMNT Arcade Game.

But it does have one edge over those two classics - it's four-player

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Raiders on 2600. At the time people despised the clunky control scheme and obtuse world navigation. It was the first RPG I played and it started my life-long love of RPGs.

We could be friends

 

[lordofthekevins]

people talk about this game like it shot their dog and then I played it and it was a pretty middle of the road or better 3d platformer

 

[Shihainin]

It's not "loathed" per se, but every time I tell people that Touhou 13 is one of (if not my personal favorite) entries in the series, I get weird looks all around. I don't really understand what makes this one the black sheep of the series, even more so than the versus-style ones. My guess is that it's easier / less competitive than other titles?
Great soundtrack, fun patterns, probably the best visuals in the series, and the game's special mechanic is neat, especially for score runs. At the end of the day, it's STILL Touhou, and STILL tons of fun. What more could you really ask for?

An honorable mention goes out to Brawl (and Sm4sh), for the same reason. Still Smash bros, still fun.