It's not THAT bad.

[Dalisclock]

Spirits Within at least had a comprehensible plot, unlike most of the games, and it didn't involve a "I will save the world by destroying it to end all pain!! MMMUAHAHAHA I'M NOT EVIL!!" type badguy.

Or my favorite "I'm sad that my girlfriend keeps dying when someone messes with the future(by changing the present). I'm gonna mess up time myself, crash the universe and kill everything in existence in order to fix this problem". I'm sure that sounded more sane in his mind then it does to everyone else.

Not sure which FF game that is, but it sounds pretty typical for that series, meaning batshit crazy. xD

XIII-2. Which came across as Final Fantasy channeling an episode of Dr. Who. I liked the concept(I like the concept of all the XIII games) but the execution had a lot of problems. I realize that FF Villians trying to destroy the world is pretty standard but at least most of them had some kind of reason for it that kind of makes sense. Either because they were personifications of Hatred(IV), Death(IX?), Chaos(I) or Entropy(III,V), or because they're just batshit crazy/gripped by a nihilistic BSOD(VI,VII,VIII,IX).

It takes a special kind of Crazy to say "I want to save by GF from dying over and over again because her destiny demands it, for some messed up reason, so I'm gonna kill everyone in the universe as well. If the universe ends, she won't die anymore" and have it make sense even by Insane Troll Logic standards. I get that he feels terrible watching her die(Liam O'Brien doing his voice is inspired, because he always sounds like he's sad) but his solution doesn't actually fix anything, it just makes things a lot worse for everyone else.

 

[09philj]

The last third of Bravely Default. Yes, you have to repeat a few bosses. That's fine. They're fairly easy. You don't have to repeat the other bosses, but why wouldn't you? The different team ups between different optional bosses gave a series of varied and interesting challenges, and I looked forward to seeing what the next one would be.

 

[SecondPrize]

Ishtar. It had some funny bits. I laughed. I still don't see what the big deal was.

The Thief reboot.

I was honestly unprepared for the amount of vitriol I've seen levelled at that game, from people I'm quite sure have not recently played Thief: The Dark Project (which is itself not a bad game or undeserving of its landmark status but has aged very very badly). I honestly didn't see much wrong with the reboot. The open world was decent, if irritating to navigate occasionally. The voice acting was good and in the case of the mook banter I thought the logical progression of the style of such found in the original game.

Of course it's possible that some truly heinous crimes against the series lay at some point more than three hours in that I didn't see because if there's one legitimate criticism of the game I will stand by it's that it runs like arse.

I may be able to handle this one. The stealth genre is very niche and has very specific elements. Thief Reloaded is not in the stealth genre, it's a magical ninja superhero game. They made a freaking thief game and it's not stealth. I'm still mad.

 

[Hieronymusgoa]

Hm...Legend of the Seeker. If you like fantasy stuff it is a good fix for two seasons and would have managed a nice third one, I am sure. Everyone except me I tried to get into it stopped watching it for cheesyness-reasons, but I just like it. Nerdy, old mage, fancy warrior priestess, hunky chosen-guy with legendary sword...

 

[MHR]

Star wars prequels. They sure weren't like the other ones, but they weren't awful movies.

 

[the December King]

Wait... there are people who didn't like Tom Baker as the Doctor?

Mind blown, internet- mind blown.

OT: Some folks have already mentioned Alien 3, and I agree- I thought it was a dark but exciting addition to the series. I still can't bring myself to tolerate Resurrection in any fashion, though.

Arrested Development Season 4 is the best example of Not That Bad to me. Was it as good as the original three seasons? Not really. But it did have the original three's sense of pace and attention to detail, and though some episodes were rather dull, there were several that had some funny moments.

Also, and this coming from a hetero male, I thought Tobias and Gob were not only really funny characters, but also rather nuanced in their sexual orientations- nothing was black and white, they had more to them than that, there was a fluidity to their development through the series- and this was perpetuated through from the first three seasons quite well, at least for Tobias. Ultimately their sexual orientations all took a backseat to their inherent selfishness. And stupidity.