What bad game do you still love?

I don't like any games that are bad, though there are games that reviewed badly and are looked at as bad which are actually super good. Stuff like Resi 5 and 6. The Evil Within is massively underhyped. The Dwarves is good but got a bad metacritic.

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@putaspongeon:

Thats what I mean those games that everyone else says is bad, but you love it anyways

I mean that's the thing, resi 5 and 6 only got the bad rap since they move from survival horror to a more action game, the games are top quality games though.

@putaspongeon:

Agreed I loved RE 4 and 5. I thought 6 was only ok. It had great ideas different campaigns, 2 different characters in each. But it was to unfocused and to many quick times

I find 6 better than 5. It had a shit ton of content and 5's co op seemed tact'd on. Meanwhile 6's felt fully fleshed out.
I mean just look at it, you have multiple story modes and tons of other modes. Idk, I feel like almost the entirety of the hate it gets is because it's not survival horror.

@putaspongeon:

Thank god for Resident Evil 7.

I prefer 6 over 7. 4 and 6 are my favorite, followed by 5. As someone who's not a fan of stuff like limited saves, I could never get into the old ones.

No Man's Sky comes to mind. It's a very bad game that I love to play. Destiny also comes to mind.

Best examples I can think of as far as critic scores go are Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (4.0) and Hardware Rivals (5.6). I thought Family Guy was a fun rental and I had a blast with Hardware Rivals as a PS+ title for the first couple of weeks it was released.

@killered3:

I agree totally with the RE7, that was a great series reboot. Also back to RE6 comments from before it wasn't a bad game, it just was just so far fromwhat RE fans wanted.

@SoNin360:

I played Family Guy and thats exactly the kind of game I meant with this list. That is perfect one you even know is, bad but don't care and love it

Once they drop it down to about $10, I will be buying it. From what I'm hearing from friends who bought NMS, they say it's a broken game but can be enjoyable at times. Now as far as other bad games that I enjoy, I would have to say DMC2 and RE6.

Alpha Protocol comes to mind. I didn't play it at release, so maybe that is why my experience with it was better than most (it got patched, I guess), but I still think it is one of the most criminally underrated games of all time. It is truly an amazing espionage-RPG that offers an experience that, for lack of a better description, is the best parts of Splinter Cell and Mass Effect.

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I guess my other favorite "bad" game would be No Man's Sky. I still think the main problem with this game is the player base and the studio, not the game itself, and that's a damn shame. I feel that, as gamers, we have forgotten to have fun for the sake of fun, and No Man's Sky is all about that; it's about putting you down in a big sand pit and letting you go wild with no instructions or anything.

I think that Hello Games had the right idea early on, but as time went on they had to generate hype and you have to keep promising more and more "features" in games, but No Man's Sky is by design a game light on features: all you do is roam around and just, I don't know, relax and discover shit and appreciate stuff for the sake of appreciation and fun. There's no real goal, no tangible reward outside of an upgrade every now and then.

The game definitely had some fundamental problems early on; I had some issues with the small inventory, and there were a few bugs, and I reeeeeeeeeeeeeally wish they invested a bit more time developing space combat (it would have made the game a lot more fun!)

But overall I think it was a great game that made me reconnect with my inner child. It was like entering a universe and every time I entered and exited hyperspace it was a new, fresh experience and I never had to be overly committed to anything like "OH MY GOD! A purple planet! I Want to land there! Ew nevermind it's ugly, let's get out of here" then enter hyperspace and "Oh wow look at this space station NEATO!" and you could just do this for 20 minutes or two hours.

I think people were needlessly tough on this game, and while Hello Games is partially responsible for getting people's expectations up, I think it is mostly our own damn fault.

One lesson I hope we all learned from this, or at least the industry learned, is this: there cannot be "Indie AAA" games. They are mutually exclusive now. Maybe 10-20 years ago when AAA meant quality but not these days when AAA simply means big budget and feature-packed.

@MarcRecon: Yeah your not really missing much. I recommend just wait till it hits $20 or below. I just happen to be a Sci-Fi fan of these types of games.

@putaspongeon: said: The Evil Within

The Evil Within was never overall considered "bad", it just didn't meet hype and expectations. Not to mention most Biohazard/ Resident Evil fans have many whiny punks that think Resi 4 is a "bad" game as well.

Add to that TEW is a tougher game than a FROM SOFTWARE RPG, and you have very mixed views due to frustrated gamers that usually play auto-save Uncharteds. The game was well received and sold over 4 million copies. Giving Bethesdas note of approval for a sequel someday. Game is great in my opinion.

As for Resi 5 and 6. . . I enjoyed Merc mode more than the campaigns. 6 more than 5, only because Leons and Adas campaign are pretty solid thrill-rides. And jumping on your back was funny in coop. But TEW was a much better game than both, (how I long for a TEW2.)

As for Resi 7 I'm still mixed minded. The actual game was so-so. Felt like a game true to its roots, however the perspective really threw me off. It didn't work with the level design and honestly seeing this being an issue if future games go in First Person_

@jeg3854Manhunt was pretty panned critically from what I remember, it entertained me but that's just because I liked Rockstar making essentially a Horror game. Mechanically flawed, but the sneaking was tight. Plus, I try and play as many Horror games as I can. It's something I enjoy. I didn't however enjoy the sequel (uncut version) it lost the charm of the original, trying to be more psychological which wasn't the first games purpose.

Can't think of anything else really, Resident Evil 6 I didn't "love" but enjoyed more that 5 and in some areas 7. But then I like Revelations 2 more than both.Which was more accepted critically than 5/6.

Haven't played either game on your list so can't state what I think. I'm not a jerk who puts opinions on games I've never played; like 95% do on the Forums.

@RSM-HQ:

Yeah I never played Manhunt so same I don't know what to say about it. All I know about it is all the drama after it came out about getting banned in England for being to violent. Also I meant this to be a regular thread not a poll

Silent Hill Homecoming. It has a ton of flaws and is objectively mediocre, but I've played through it more times than I care to admit. I enjoy the aesthetic and story despite its issues, because it goes to some really fucked up places and I'm a sucker for that. Plus the music and boss designs are some of the series best.

@turtlethetaffer:

I liked that one too. I liked it so much I played it through and got all 5 or 7 ending. Can't remember it was 2008. Also got all 1000 achievement points for it. Just like you I know it was a bad game, but still really liked it

Charlies Angels and Shadow the Hedgehog.

@Alexander2cents:

Yeah those 2 game's are the definition of loving a bad game. Thanks for sharing

I actually really like Mighty No.9. It had some catchy songs in its soundtrack and I thought the gameplay was interesting. I liked the characters and bosses in the game too. I see the had in the game too like how boring the cutscenes were, if you can even call them cutscenes. I liked how Call started to question Sanda about her not being up to par as the Mighties in her overall design. Made me laugh a little.

Big Mutha Truckers. Review wise it didn't go great. But I found it to be an improved and more fun version of the arcade game 18 Wheeler.

Had a ton of fun shipping goods around the map in a fairly open world. As oppose to the very linear arcade structure of 18 Wheeler.

@jeg3854: I also got every single ending. I think the only two achievements I need are to find all the collectibles (there's two different kinds IIRC). I definitely got my money's worth out of it and I understand every single criticism leveled against it but like I said I liked more than I disliked about it. And I'll reiterate, it has some of the scariest fucking bosses in the entire series. There aren't a lot of them, but the ones that are there are so unique and horrific. Especially Scarlett. Dear God, that fight is enough to give anyone a panic attack.

Duke Nukem Forever, Homefront, and Bulletstorm are a few that come to mind that I really enjoyed playing through the story of.

@xcanucksfan96x:

Yeah I liked all of those games, except duke nukem forever. Such a let down for me