What's a game everyone loves but you don't like it?

[Deean]

Shadow of Collosus, God Hand

 

[Rusk]

Monster Hunter.
And yes, that includes Monster Hunter Wilds! >:c

 

[Jeff]

I might get a lot of hate, but, Kingdom Hearts. I have played it on my PS2, but I just can't get into the combat system and complex story. And Disney with Final Fantasy characters just feels odd to me. When I think of Disney games, I think of the ones Capcom and Sega made which have better gameplay.

 

[Viviana Santos]

I might get a lot of hate, but, Kingdom Hearts. I have played it on my PS2, but I just can't get into the combat system and complex story. And Disney with Final Fantasy characters just feels odd to me. When I think of Disney games, I think of the ones Capcom and Sega made which have better gameplay.

It's not a hot take there are a lot of people on the internet who hate the Kingdom Hearts series and make memes making fun of it. I honestly only like the games up to 358/2 Days, after that the series became a real clusterfuck especially in terms of narrative.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

Its Cyberpunk 2077 .

That game is the most dissapointing product that i ever witnessed besides Shadowrun for the XB360 .

They could have made the Videogame version of the TTRPG as they promised in 2013 but a shallow GTA mixed with Borderlands and Cyborgs and almost no RPG in it except some different endings , arent on my Bingo-card for this game . And even with all the updates and patches its still not what this game could have been way much better .

The overarching story with Keanu Reeves playing as Ted Tonka-toy Hand was really generic and even unnecessary when they could just have alot of quests , factions and other means for endings that you could archive by just simply exploring and looking for lore to make your own goals and alot of choices that actually impact the world much more .

I would rather have Keanu Reeves as Johnny mnemonic made into a cameo or own interpretation into the form of quests instead of " the ghost of a dead rockstar spooks in my head " as the mainquest the whole mainpart of the game .

I cant understand how still people can like this game.

I honestly think all of Larian's games suffer from cringe, insufferable narration and characters. I'm surprised they don't get called out more on this. I do enjoy the gameplay and freedom of Larian games but the storytelling is very hit or miss. Somehow they've been able to gaslight the community into thinking they have good stories and characters.

Absolutly true . BG3 wasnt overall great . And i agree . The story was very hard to enjoy while the characters are extremly cringe at best (with maybe some slight exceptions) .

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Most Mario games except Sunshine.

 

[Viviana Santos]

Most Mario games except Sunshine.

Hey man, did you play the first three Paper Mario games? I just want to know

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Hey man, did you play the first three Paper Mario games? I just want to know

Even if they did, I totally get not enjoying them.

Shock and awe: some people don’t like to play Mario RPG’s for a variety of reasons, most relating to their battle mechanics, but also relating to their world design and map travel.

Took me a LONG TIME to appreciate Paper Mario. I’m happy I got there, but it took nearly a decade.

 

[Viviana Santos]

Even if they did, I totally get not enjoying them.

Shock and awe: some people don’t like to play Mario RPG’s for a variety of reasons, most relating to their battle mechanics, but also relating to their world design and map travel.

Took me a LONG TIME to appreciate Paper Mario. I’m happy I got there, but it took nearly a decade.

Have you played TTYD and SPM?

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Have you played TTYD and SPM?

Yes.

It’s actually those games IN PARTICULAR I’m referring to.

I’m a weirdo who prefers 64 over all others. Second fav is Super.

Feel free to attack me :3

 

[Viviana Santos]

Yes.

It’s actually those games IN PARTICULAR I’m referring to.

I’m a weirdo who prefers 64 over all others. Second fav is Super.

Feel free to attack me :3

I Love TTYD and SPM a lot, especially the stories and characters, Can you explain why you prefer 64 over the rest? I know you're going to say that TTYD backtracking is boring or whatever.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I Love TTYD and SPM a lot, especially the stories and characters, Can you explain why you prefer 64 over the rest? I know you're going to say that TTYD backtracking is boring or whatever.

Actually not the case! I just… don’t vibe with the world of TTYD. Characters yes! And plot points yes. But… I didn’t care for Rogue Port as a location and first impressions are everything to me.

When I played Super, I had somebody helping push me through to the fun stuff. Experience is everything. It’s the reason why people love the games they do. Some games just speak to you, y’know?

For 64, I love it’s brighter world and I think it fits the Paper Mario I have in my head. When I think of the grander Mario RPG’s, I think of Mario and Luigi due to their similarity in aesthetic to the normal Mario world. For the Paper series, I like it to be goofy and fun! More storybook like! Super isn’t that way, but it still works because it has this “corrupted computer program” vibe that I really like.

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That said, TTYD has WAY BETTER PARTNERS.

I kinda wish these two games could merge in some way. All the improvements of the sequel, but the tone and vibes of the original.



That’s why my favorite Paper Mario game is Bug Fables :3

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Hey man, did you play the first three Paper Mario games? I just want to know

No but I plan to. They seem fun. I’ll pick up a Thousand Year door when I find it.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

No but I plan to. They seem fun. I’ll pick up a Thousand Year door when I find it.

Do so! I plan to play TTYD again someday using my modded Wii and playing it with my boyfriend! He helped me through Super, so I know he can make me appreciate TTYD as well!

 

[Viviana Santos]

Actually not the case! I just… don’t vibe with the world of TTYD. Characters yes! And plot points yes. But… I didn’t care for Rogue Port as a location and first impressions are everything to me.

When I played Super, I had somebody helping push me through to the fun stuff. Experience is everything. It’s the reason why people love the games they do. Some games just speak to you, y’know?

For 64, I love it’s brighter world and I think it fits the Paper Mario I have in my head. When I think of the grander Mario RPG’s, I think of Mario and Luigi due to their similarity in aesthetic to the normal Mario world. For the Paper series, I like it to be goofy and fun! More storybook like! Super isn’t that way, but it still works because it has this “corrupted computer program” vibe that I really like.

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I kinda wish these two games could merge in some way. All the improvements of the sequel, but the tone and vibes of the original.



That’s why my favorite Paper Mario game is Bug Fables :3

I've always been much more of a fan of the edgy and subversive writing style of TTYD and SPM over 64, I Love how these two games weren't afraid of breaking the Mario mold and be more weirder and darker than your average Mario game, I love Rogueport as a setting and I really relate to it because I am a middle-class Brazilian who lives in a country where poverty and misery are gigantic. And Rogueport reminds me of favelas where violence and poverty are the norm. I also identify with Vivian's story of her being a victim of abuse and her being a trans woman who was constantly marginalized by her abusive family. And she deciding to leave her abusive family to be with the man she loves.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I've always been much more of a fan of the edgy and subversive writing style of TTYD and SPM over 64, I Love how these two games weren't afraid of breaking the Mario mold and be more weirder and darker than your average Mario game, I love Rogueport as a setting and I really relate to it because I am a middle-class Brazilian who lives in a country where poverty and misery are gigantic. And Rogueport reminds me of favelas where violence and poverty are the norm. I also identify with Vivian's story of her being a victim of abuse and her being a trans woman who was constantly marginalized by her abusive family. And she deciding to leave her abusive family to be with the man she loves.

I very much want to have the same or similar connection to this game as you do! That goes for all the games I’ve mentioned so far in this thread: I’m sad I don’t love these games like other people, and I’d like to have that adoration. It’s more fun to be happy, usually!

 

[Viviana Santos]

I very much want to have the same or similar connection to this game as you do! That goes for all the games I’ve mentioned so far in this thread: I’m sad I don’t love these games like other people, and I’d like to have that adoration. It’s more fun to be happy, usually!

I also love the whimsical and cozy tone of the first Paper Mario game, and I also love the Mario & Luigi Games and Super Mario RPG, but TTYD and SPM are very important games to me and they are games that mean a lot to me, I really love the messages and themes that these two games have, especially the messages about love and the importance of having relationships and friendships with other people. the importance of loving the world even though it's not perfect and in general loving who you are.

 

[Deleted member 884]

Fortnite. Never got the appeal it has on people.
Zelda BotW. I tried to play and enjoy it, but couldn't. Same for Wind Waker. Even though I like it more than the first mentioned.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Any Baseball and Football (Not soccer) game, i find them too convulted and Baseball for me is the cure for Insomnia IRL, now imagine playing it in a game

Baldur's Gate 3 (Gets into a bunker) I tried to have some fun with its demo, but the excess of mechanics overwheld me, i know it was dumb to expect a Dragon Quest style RPG from a adaptation of the most tactical Tabletop game, but considering i kinda liked 2 on Gamecube, i come with high expectation... trampled by being a ocean and beign given a single oar and a log boat

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

Final Fantasy series, can't connect with any of the ones I played(I to XII), I always end up leaving them unfinished and with a bad taste of excessive grinding, an almost irrational aversion, with the more "realistic" art style and more simple i End up more bored than when I started to play them.

 

[Bakuma1997]

All video games are overrated. Cops and robbers, hide and seek. Those were real games.

Kick the can was far firer than this Poke-and-eye-man kids these days play

 

[Big Finger Jim]

All video games are overrated. Cops and robbers, hide and seek. Those were real games.

I can gush about God Hand all I want, but nothing beats going outside with your friends and beating each other to a bloody pulp with sticks.

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

I can gush about God Hand all I want, but nothing beats going outside with your friends and beating each other to a bloody pulp with sticks.

Who needs Street Fighter when you can slap your friend's fingers until they are red?

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

YES I love FF8 I was just singing its battle theme , the GF system allow all summons to be useful solving a long standing problem like in FF4 of FF5 or FF6 or 7 and even 9 had summons like shiva , ifrit and ramuh get weaker overtime , FF8 solves this problem which is one of the best things the game made.

The junction system replaces the usual equipment system but allows for so much customization I for example went tanky squall with big reliance on shiva as a summon and my damage , in disc 4 I switched to speed focused and high melee damage not to mention the fact that the gunblade has this unique interaction where you can fire it using R1 causing more damage when I realized I can deal more damage like this in disc 4 (yes quistis telling me at the first fight went over my head as I read R1 as L1 instead) it was a huge discovery.

Not to mention the battle preparation animation that syncs with the music so well basically "its time to kick ass" FF8 is when square really went a mile ahead in terms of animation , and a solution to a problem in 7 that is the limit break replacing attack command in 7 it was a big problem I ran into and 8 solves this by just making it a swipe to the right like so simple but so effective.

Speaking of limit breaks FF8 has a unique mechanic for each character limit break , as squall you have this bar that you need to press R1 to deal more damage and I think the special move can be casted if you do something idk what it is honestly I just think its not randomly casted , with zell limit break bringing back blitz from FF6 thing is you can auto the moves he does but he deals less damage so it becomes this fun puzzle where you gotta memorize the moves just like FF6 gets you into that master martial artist vibe.

Oh and I can't forget irvine limit break such a dopamine hit when he locks and loads and unleashes fiery fury upon the enemy with unique ammo types honestly I think irvine stats wise is meh but his strength comes from his limit break like the ex turk from FF7.

Not to mention the junk shop making fighting not only to level up but to get better weapons and the better the gunblade the better the unique special attack is with anime tier camera movement and animation far as I got was the twin lance and cutting trigger I didn't get the others.

The draw system was said to get tedious but devs foresaw this and made a refining mechanic it makes playing cards actually has an impact on the game other than just a mini game for the LOLZ.

But bro it gets better ever felt annoyed by constant random encounters when you are trying to solve some puzzle or go into an early dungeon cuz you forgot something? The game remedies this by for the first time ever in the series introducing a halving encounter rate and making no encounters at all a possible option this keeps the pace fast and in dungeons like the odin one prevents you from running into tonberry you want to get to a place fast? Just put in no encounters and you will get there , want to fight but not too much? Half encounters!

Oh and another thing previous games had enemies with a set level that never changes , FF8 introduced dynamic difficulty how high of a level you adjusts enemy levels too , this keeps enemies capable of fighting back although one thing this system doesn't change is health save for enemies in Ultimecia castle.

Speaking of Ultimecia castle its the best end zone I seen in FF game so far , the game forces you to go out of your comfort zone by locking everything you have depended on leaving you with melee attack only , some will get mad at this and call it BS but I see it as a good test of the player capabilities and how well he can handle himself when handicapped , filled with puzzles that are honestly pretty challenging and a great looking design add on it a theme that is very reminiscent of FF6 dancing mad final stage how do I know its reminiscent of that particular stage? Both have similar build up and other things I can't fully recall right now.

Oh and characters are very likeable and a great story , and the sorceress introduction deserves an award man easily top tier in introducing the villain by a gigantic parade , oh and before I forget can we talk about SEED system? You raise it by Doing tests with questions about various gameplay things and I think some story ones too its a good way of testing how well informed you are about gameplay stuff

And finally music come on man this doesn't even need me to talk about it , idk why but I know and everyone knows FF is always excellent in music but I have to bring it up I just have to.

Alright enough about FF8 , what's a game I don't like but everyone does? I would say Resident evil 1 because its a mid game no in fact a below average game , and WarCraft 2 because its gameplay is outdated.

 

[ThirdEidolon]

I might get banned but the ps1 FF7.
I love 8 and above tho...
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FF7 is overrated, but the localization probably is heavily to blame for that.

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Marvel Rivals. Just Overwatch with a coat of paint.

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As for overrated old beloved title?

Dark Cloud. Easily Level 5's weakest title and the sequel improved on it in every way.