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.

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    Indigo Prophecy

    Played it when it originally released in the US and I loved it as a pre-teen who had no fucking idea what was happening in the story.

    Came to find out no one had any clue what was happening in the story regardless and people thought the game was a mess.

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      11 hours ago

      I loved this one, too. Super weird story, but I was hooked. I didn’t even object to what I sort of remember as a deus ex machina kind of ending. Seemed fittingly weird for the vibe.

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      Oh man I loved that game as a teen but I had to give up somewhere near the end cuz I was in a sneaking section that I tried for hours but kept failing. I ended up dropping the game and just reading the story online. Up until then, it was a really fun game though.

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        24 hours ago

        It has literally been about 20 years since I played. I can’t say I really remember which part you’re talking about. I just remember about halfway/three-quarter into the game things get fucking weird.

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          20 hours ago

          Yeah absolutely. I just remember me/the protagonist being god or something? Or maybe I misunderstood 😂