Games that make you go "How could anyone hate this?"

[Wayneguard]

Mirror's Edge. Every iota of that game oozes style. It was just fantastic I can't describe it in any other way. How could anyone not like it?

 

[Kiyeri]

FF12 for me. That game has a great story, great characters (ignoring Vaan), and a different but good style of combat. It's probably my favorite FF game of all time, specifically because of this man right here:

Spoiler

A sky pirate. Voiced by Gideon Emery. Fantastic to look at. There's a reason why he never leaves my party once I get him.

Captcha: mouth watering... Even the captcha wants him!

 

[MaulYoda]

The inspiration came from when I was playing the Sonic Adventure 2 re-release on my Xbox, and I was back in the Chao garden again after so long not being able to (due to my Dreamcast dying and the Gamecube refusing to read Sonic Adventure 2 Battle after a while). And I said to myself what a wonderful world "How could anyone hate this?"

I'm actually curious why people hate the game in general. I'm not a big Sonic fan, but I enjoyed it and it was pretty well received from what I've read. And then I started reading all this hate. I mean, could someone explain it to me? I'm not going to disagree, I'm legitimately cuirous

Just Cause 2.

Sure, there are no interesting characters and the story is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, but the fact that you can attach a car to a helicopter, take off, and destroy a water tower with the car/wrecking ball makes up for it in my opinion.

Then again, I'm extremely easy to entertain so maybe I'm horribly wrong.

You're not, at least as far as I'm concerned. I think people are always going to disagree on stuff like story, setting, gameplay, etc., but with Just Cause 2 (and the first Crackdown as well for my contribution to this), they're just mindless fun. And how can you hate mindless fun?

 

[Wing Dairu]

Katamary Damacy.


Instantly intuitive gameplay; simple controls; bright, colorful visuals; a storybook-like story; and an awesome soundtrack.
EDIT: Also, apparently, the mental comparing you have to do on the fly (am I larger than this object in front of me?) is fantastic for your brain.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Armored Core. Giant customisable mechs! And yet, consistently poorly reviewed. What is wrong with these people. I acknowledge, there is a lot of crappy storytelling, voice acting, no exposition, more recently even gameplay changes I have disliked, but at heart it is still a f***ing. Great. Game.

 

[trophykiller]

Erecting a flame shield! I'm going to have to go with *brace for impact* the fable franchise, or at least the ones where microsoft could use Molyneux as their proverbial whipping boy for any flaws that games inevitably have. So in other words, I will not even try to defend Fable: The Journey.

As for the ones I will defend, the atmosphere, humor, writing, and characters put it far ahead of most other games. Oh, and the music. Listen to these pieces and tell me they aren't good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymXOg_x96g8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnZwiE5dG6k&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHesVg5e6-g&feature=relmfu

Plus, Simon Pegg as Ben Finn was epic.

 

[gussy1z]

super mario 64
Guilty Gear
Tribes
Unreal tournament/Quake

 

[Jaeke]

I mean seriously, what is there to hate??

 

[Gatx]

I'm gonna say DC Universe Online. Combat is some of the most fun I've experienced in an MMO, and sure customization isn't as immediately as varied as in Champions Online or the late City of Heroes, but that's because you unlock pieces as you collect gear, thereby preserving that visual element of progression.

Star Wars The Old Republic.

Yeah, I picked a game people are actually hating.

While the game is far from perfect, it's the first time someone tried to be different from WoW by making the questing and levelling so entertaining with the storylines that it isn't just a race to the endgame content like so many other MMO's.

So many MMO's see people racing to get to the level cap as fast as possible, like they're afraid the game will die in 2 hours or something. SWTOR let's you take a lesiurly stroll through the game. And speaking as someone who took 2 years to get from level 1 to level 80 in WoW, I kinda like that.

Again, the game is far from perfect, but that's only because it's the first of it's kind. It's the second Star Wars MMO and the first to not be complete garbage. And you can see how the game has grown and improved since launch. Shame it's going F2P though. MMO's just work better as P2P.

Other than making the leveling (and overall theme park style structure) more interesting, everything else is basically the same as WoW, even down to end game raids and gear grinds.

 

[FalloutJack]

I'm going to go with the notion that it's not so much hating as not enough people liking. In the same way as Yahtzee and Silent Hill 2, I find that Extermination is a decent bit of game. Early PS2 era, good research into the game mechanics, chilling atmosphere, creepy monsters, etc. Main problems? Well, it IS early PS2 era, but mostly it'll be the acting. The acting is RE-level poor in most cases. If you don't care, then it's a good game. If you do, then maybe you complain too much.

 

[jebara]

Persona 4. Now I have yet to find someone who has said the literal words "I hate Persona 4" so that's a good sign but I can tell that those people who dislike JRPGs are silently judging. I had no love for JRPGs either, I was pretty neutral on the whole thing. I wasn't gonna have a fit over FF VIII-5 The Revengance being released nor was I going to go on about FF7 being baist thing evar.

Basically the long and short of it is that Persona 4 transcends genre as far as i'm concerned. It's just that good.

I mean just listen to this:


TOO GOOD!

Maybe the Ace Attorney series qualifies... Depends on how boring you are I suppose.

"Nyyyyehhh real lawyers don't shout and point fingers! That's not the correct use of the word Objection! Why does Phoneix get bitched at for doing his job? Not finding anything in a Cross-Examination can't pin blame on the Defence personally! WHY IS THERE SO MUCH PHYSICAL ABUSE IN THE COURTROOM! THIS IS RUINING MY IMMURSION IN THIS SUPAH SRS GAEM!"

I'm with you on both accounts, and although I have yet to hear anyone say they hate the game, when my cousin burst through the door and catches me playing, he gives me a disappointed look and closes the door.
I'm with you as well on Ace Attorney, was paying the first one earlier this year and I showed it to a friend,he said it looks like a gameboy SNES game and being text based made him call it boring the first time he saw it, although he had a change of heart later on though and was interested my brothers and cousins continue to despise it.

I also agree that Persona 4 was the game that got me into the JRPG genre, didn't touch it since Pokemon Gold but when I tried P4 it became my favourite game of all time.

 

[likalaruku]

With the exception of my cooking, I am able to find the bad in anything. So I can usually say "I see where you're coming from, I just don't agree with you."

 

[Agent Monocle]

Front Mission

Turned Based Strategy!
Customizable Mech!
Super Nations!

How can you go wrong!?

 

[Spy Killer]

My epitome of video game meaning. Fun meter into overdrive, skill meter into hyperdrive and destruction into FTL drive. I can't find faults except for the menus but who fucking cares !

TAKEDOWNS GALORE ! WHOOOOOOO !

I could never agree more. This game is the gold standard for arcade racing, besides later-stage ai and those. FUCKING. PEDESTRIAN CARS!

 

[BLAHwhatever]

I'd say Orcs must die.
Not too hard but challenging packed with unparalleled humor.

I loved every second I played

 

[charge52]

OT: Skyrim. It's Oblivion with MOAR. Sure it's built more for console players so there's more hand-holding but it's still MOAR.

Exactly, it's Oblivion with more, all Oblivions flaws, but more!
OT: Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, when it came out, it got the same treatment the Heros from most "true" Might and magic fans as being a shitty spin off, and generally didn't get the best reviews. It's probably the greatest first person action game of all time.

 

[SuperSuperSuperGuy]

FF12 for me. That game has a great story, great characters (ignoring Vaan), and a different but good style of combat. It's probably my favorite FF game of all time, specifically because of this man right here:

Spoiler

A sky pirate. Voiced by Gideon Emery. Fantastic to look at. There's a reason why he never leaves my party once I get him.

Captcha: mouth watering... Even the captcha wants him!

Respectfully, I must disagree about FF12. I really despised the battle system. I found it to be slow, clunky and mechanical. You run out of MP absurdly quickly, and enemies and bosses can drop your party members really easily, even after buffing. The money system is terrible, as well; you get practically NOTHING from the trash loot enemies drop. The worst part is that it's like the game expects you to grind for hours on end for pitiful money and experience. I found myself falling behind in levels extremely quickly, even after doing hunts and fighting every other enemy on the path. I wouldn't have a problem with the grinding, though, if I felt like I was actually getting somewhere with it. As for the characters, they were alright. I hated Fran, though.

To each their own, I guess.

OT: I'm one of the Persona 4 crowd. I can't really think of anything that I dislike about it. I guess some people might complain about the difficulty, but once you know what you're doing, it's really easy, apart from enemies spamming Hama and Mudo skills...

 

[Coffeejack]

I just bought Roller Coaster Tycoon from gog.com and started playing it again after almost a decade. It is still a joy just to sit in the main menu and watch the roller coasters zip past.

 

[Zeckt]

Alpha Protocol.

People complained it was buggy and badly put together, I didn't see it as any of the sort.

It had great gameplay, an excellent story, great characters, massive replayability, plus it's the first RPG where you get to be a secret agent.

I don't get why critics consider it one of the worst games ever when I found it very enjoyable and quite functional. I don't think even Yahtzee raged on that game as much as X-Play, and that might be saying alot.

I second this. Alpha Protocol was a fantastic game! Going in I expected a mediocre mess and was instead surprised with a punch to the face full of awesomeness.

 

[Kiyeri]

FF12 for me. That game has a great story, great characters (ignoring Vaan), and a different but good style of combat. It's probably my favorite FF game of all time, specifically because of this man right here:

Spoiler

A sky pirate. Voiced by Gideon Emery. Fantastic to look at. There's a reason why he never leaves my party once I get him.

Captcha: mouth watering... Even the captcha wants him!

Respectfully, I must disagree about FF12. I really despised the battle system. I found it to be slow, clunky and mechanical. You run out of MP absurdly quickly, and enemies and bosses can drop your party members really easily, even after buffing. The money system is terrible, as well; you get practically NOTHING from the trash loot enemies drop. The worst part is that it's like the game expects you to grind for hours on end for pitiful money and experience. I found myself falling behind in levels extremely quickly, even after doing hunts and fighting every other enemy on the path. I wouldn't have a problem with the grinding, though, if I felt like I was actually getting somewhere with it. As for the characters, they were alright. I hated Fran, though.

To each their own, I guess.

OT: I'm one of the Persona 4 crowd. I can't really think of anything that I dislike about it. I guess some people might complain about the difficulty, but once you know what you're doing, it's really easy, apart from enemies spamming Hama and Mudo skills...

Probably part of the reason I remember it fondly is that I haven't played it in a few years. I do remember at first having to be Grindy McGrinderson to be able to afford kitting out my party. Eventually I decided to make my party always Balthier, Basch, and Ashe. That made combat easier (except for instant death attacks, those could really ruin my day). I know it's not the best combat system they've ever had, but with a few tweaks it could have been really really good (I loved everything being in real time, not just a transition screen to a battle with whatever enemies the game felt like throwing at you). I just appreciate that they were trying something different, especially since the next edition to the series has become my least favorite so far, even after having played FFX-2.