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missingno, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?
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I have a lot of childhood nostalgia for Donkey Kong 64. If you were a kid who could only get a new game every few months or so, this giant behemoth of a game will last a long time.

But it undeniably is a bloated clusterfuck, the internet is not wrong in hindsight.

Next thing that comes to mind for me is the GBA port of Tales of Phantasia. Symphonia was a huge part of my adolescent years, and as soon as I heard this was getting a GBA remake I was all over it. Loved it, and didn't hear until much later that GBA is apparently considered the worst version of the game. If PSP ever gets translated, I'd love to see what I missed out on...

B0NK3RS,
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DK64 for me too. I played the shit out of it for probably a solid 6 months to a year and loved it but it has no doubt aged badly.

nfreak,
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Honestly the collectathon genre as a whole doesn’t hold up much these days. A few modern games pull it off here and there, but going back and trying to play any of the classic Rare titles feels like a slog.

Loved all those games as a kid, and they did a ton to shape the industry, but they don’t really hold up.

Rai,

hbomberguy did a 50+ hour 101% nightmare stream for trans charity a while back and I watched the whole thing. I would not subject myself to playing that game but damn it was interesting to see.

Crankenstein,

Bro what people didn’t like DK64? I spent a large chunk of my childhood getting 100% in that game. Lanky Kong was my boy.

JackbyDev,

I wonder if a fan mod of DK64 where the bananas aren’t colored would fix many of the problems. I feel like that one small change might fix a lot of complaints. I haven’t played it though.

Denjin,

There’s a ROM hack that let’s you swap characters with a button press rather than trek through the level to find a swap barrel and then trek back again, and do that again and again for coins, bananas, etc.

Small change that has a big impact on the replayability.

www.romhacking.net/hacks/4961/

JackbyDev,

If I ever do a DK64 playthrough I’ll check this out.

ampersandrew, (edited ) do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?
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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.

NONE_dc,
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I was 10 years old when I played Unleashed. I wouldn’t even have internet back then (I’m from Latin America)

Renacles, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

Dying Light 2. I honestly have no idea why so many people prefer the original.

henfredemars, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

Aero the Acrobat for GBA.

Cheap Sonic ripoff? I loved that game. Spent many childhood hours and AA batteries playing it and learning every corner of every level.

Rai,

My partner LOVES that game!

11111one11111, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

Every game that ever gets released when you check gaming forums within the first month of a game’s release lol /s

Im joking. I get the sentiment that a finished product should be fully complete and inspected by a QA team before release. But still, the fuckin extreme hatred ill see for the game and its studio, regardless of the company’s history, is soooooo fuckin wild. And almost everytime when I get to the point of buying the game, ill check the steam reviews and it’ll be mostly positive after like one patch release.

toynbee,

I’ve been curious about this recently after seeing all the reviews for MindsEye. I’d never heard of it until a few days ago, yet all the reviewers I pay attention to are talking about how it’s the worst game ever, while the footage they show makes it look fine. I haven’t played it, so I can’t disagree with them, but the vitriol for something that appears to be completely average is surprising.

Battle_Masker, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

Yoshi’s Story. Yeah it’s short, and level unlocking is weird as all outdoors, but people really hating on it for being too easy? Bro, it’s a YOSHI game. That’s a quarter of the appeal! It’s a game you can get younger kids involved in, or you can play after a hard day when you want to turn your brain off partially.

Plus almost everything in that game is adorable. And 64 bit sprite art is goated

otp,

I dunno, Yoshi’s Island can get pretty hard…

missingno,
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Story (N64), not Island (SNES).

otp,

I was referring to where they said

Bro, it’s a YOSHI game

Going based on the expectations set by Yoshi’s Island, one wouldn’t be off to expect challenge in Yoshi’s Story, its follow-up.

whygohomie,

Its the context and expectations. The last “Yoshi” game was a mainline Super Mario World 2, and people expected similar scope and challenge but in 64 bits. Super Mario 64 had further primed people for crazy genetlrational leaps. Yoshi’s Story was a fine game, but it wasnt SMW3 by a longshot.

Zarxrax,

Exactly this. Yoshi’s Story was a follow up to Yoshi’s Island, often considered one of the greatest 2d platformers of all time. I spent weeks if not months completing Yoshi’s Island. Then when Yoshi’s Story came out, I rented it and completed it over the weekend.

criss_cross,

I loved Yoshi’s Story as a kid. Never knew there was hate for it for a long time.

Rai,

I loved it but I was sad I completed it before the rental period was up.

MurrayL, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

I’m sure there are lots of examples for me, but I guess one that comes to mind is 007: The World Is Not Enough for PS1.

Reading/hearing about it as an adult, not only is it seen as a poor follow up to Goldeneye, but also the PS1 version is the worse of the two releases, with the general consensus being that the N64 version is better.

Back in the day, though, I didn’t know any better and I loved it. I expect most people have games like that.

gegil, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

For me it was war thunder. Seen this game advertised on youtube a while ago, and about year ago i decided to just install it and see what this game is. Firstly i liked it. It was fun game to play. After some time of playing this game, i wanted to see videos of this game on youtube, and thats where i found a lot of criticizm for this game. Only after hitting about 60 hours of total playtime, i started understanding the hate for this game myself. I did not played war thunder ever since. For context, the main reason for hate to this game is that it is too grindy, and it will take hundreds of hours to reach top tier, even with premium account.

Saleh,

I remember having a lot of fun in the first two or three tiers of war thunder. But then the higher tiers hit, everything gets way too fast and you have to deal with too many sweaters.

RisingSwell,

Can confirm, several hundred hours in and I have like, 3 usable jets with missiles. And I deliberately rushed the shortest tech line to get them faster. And Im basically permanent premium.

How the fuck is a free player meant to do it

augustus672,

That’s the neat part, you aren’t! Gaijin 100% expects you to pay to get to top tier.

frenchfryenjoyer,
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it’s very pay to win. it feels good to play at first then your progress stagnates to the point of frustration and paying players get put in the same matches as non paying players. paying players get access to entirely new planes and upgrades and they always kill me soon after i spawn.

Lv_InSaNe_vL,

I just wish they would fix bombers somehow. I wish I could fly my B-17 or B-29 and actually drop bombs.

All I want is high altitude carpet bombing, I know everyone else thinks it’s boring but it’s what I want 😭

Rhynoplaz, do games w The magic of remembering—and talking about—video games

Just the other day my brother came over and we played OG Bubble Bobble. Two guys over 40 sinking a few hours into an adorable little co-op game. We got to the final boss and called it a night.

I picked it back up the next day, eventually beat that boss and texted my brother to let him know we beat the game.

Yermaw, do games w PC Gaming’s Mascot Squad—who makes the cut?

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/8ad26696-5790-4abd-be49-605ba8dad637.gif

Im going to nominate one of these little guys

slazer2au, do games w The magic of remembering—and talking about—video games

Nostalgia before gaming became preorder exclusive, endless DLC that should have been part of the game, and live service.

ampersandrew,
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Yeah, instead it was quarter-munching arcade machines, obtuse puzzles to sell strategy guides, and individual games that could cost up to $90 in early 90s money.

Rhynoplaz,

I remember trying to convince my mom that $200 for an SNES is significantly less expensive in the long run than quarters at the arcade. 😂

hanging_moon, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #19

Thank you for these wonderful posts, always a highlight on lemmy for me! And sorry to hear about the nerve damage, I hope things turn out okay for you! 🙏

As for what I’m playing, I’ve really only been playing the roguelite “no return” mode in the last of us part two lately. It puts you in a series of randomized combat encounters with different mods (some buffs, some debuffs), leading up to a final boss encounter. I found the gameplay in part 2 to be a fantastic improvement over the first game so it’s nice to have a mode that focuses in on the mechanical aspects of the game. I also love the character and weapon upgrades in the story modes for TLOU and no return condenses that experience from 10-20 hours down to around 30-40 minutes, so it’s nice to be able to experiment with different builds in a low investment scenario. Good stuff! Hoping they expand the mode with more maps and such but not holding my breath.

The only downer for me about it - it makes me really miss the “factions” multi-player mode from the original game. That was an absolute blast with friends back in the PS3 era. Anyone else play that and miss it? RIP standalone factions game 😭

sprite0, do games w PC Gaming’s Mascot Squad—who makes the cut?
jol, do trains w Railway electrification of India by State in 2024

Wow that’s amazing. Only like 60% of German rail is electrified, for comparison.

shiroininja, do games w Pick-ups from the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo

Omg I owned untold legends when I bought my psp at release. I loved that game but my little brother destroyed my psp like a month after I bought it with my first job. I could never remember the game’s name

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