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.
If I’m honest, Enroth is inferior to Xeen.
Xeen was what I thought of our first “proper” game. So many good memories. I played it like it’s real time, spamming the attack button without any strategy.
Still play it every so often. And thanks to ScummVM I could play it on a toaster if I wanted to.
I wasn’t a fan of M&M before 6. Free movement was a huge step forward for this game…
Ah, I see. Let’s just say that we’ll have to agree to disagree. I dislike nearly all 3D games with free movement - I’ve never been able to tolerate TES, for instance. Give me tile-based movement any day.