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.

  • @De_Narm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6•4 days ago

    Usually, whenever people talk about A, you get a few of the following arguments:

    • The story is bad/too childish
    • Laws/Judges are overall a terrible mechanic
    • Learning skills from equipment is bad
    • SRPGs need permadeath
    • Send missions are bad and just there to promote the game with having 300 missions

    Of course, I disagree with all of these. Actually, these are some of my favorite things about this game.

    • @frank@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3•3 days ago

      Yeah I don’t see those are negative honestly. The send missions inflated the numbers and I don’t love that you can get locked out of stuff easily but it’s totally fine

      • I Cast FistEnglish
        2•3 days ago

        I personally dislike the skills from equipment because, compared to FFT, it creates an artificial, story-gated wall on character progression (you can’t get the most powerful magic because you can’t get the equipment, because it only unlocks later during the story)

        As for the judges, I don’t think they add enough to game to make combat more interesting