Games you like that everyone else hates?
Posted: March 11th, 2017, 7:50 pm
After my "Favorite 'Guilty Pleasure' Games" topic a while back, I thought I'd start a similar discussion based on games we like that others dislike. And here's a couple of mine:
Glover (PS1) Yes, the Nintendo 64 version is far superior, and I think the Critic should stick with that version if he decides to review it (and I really hope he does). Yes, it is slower and watered down, with some of the cool stuff from the N64 version cut out. Yes, even the music is strangely inferior in terms of quality (despite the PS1's CD-based format). But truth be told, even though I used to play the N64 version all the time at this daycare I used to go to, I didn't have an N64 for my very own until I was 11 years old. So at age 8, I moved to Ohio where I stayed for almost a year (most of 2003) before moving back to my old hometown. My family and I visited a multimedia store and I searched through the PS1 games they had, and there it was. Remembering how much I loved the N64 version back in the day, I immediately went up to my parents and asked them for it. I managed to convince them, and it soon became one of my favorite games of all time. And even though I eventually got the N64 version as a teenager and opened up to how inferior the PS1 version is by comparison, I still think it has the charm of the original.
Shadow the Hedgehog (PS2) Believe it or not, this was actually the first Sonic game I ever played. Maybe that's the reason why I'm open to the idea of a darker Sonic game. It may not be as good as I remember, but that didn't stop me from turning me on to the Sonic franchise.
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (PS2) Another PS1 game that I got when I lived in Ohio was "Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage", and it too became one of my favorite video games of all time, ultimately making me a fan of Spyro the Dragon as he is now my second favorite video game character (next to Sonic). So naturally, I wanted to see how Enter The Dragonfly (which I remember seeing the commercial for 2 years prior) compares. It wasn't until my 13th birthday that I managed to get my hands on it. I'll admit I was kind of disappointed by how short and buggy it was, and even a little impatient for those *looooong* load times. But the music is quite relaxing, and the game itself still has that classic Spyro feel that I adored so much. Still, I really think the Critic should cover the original Spyro trilogy (even if he has to revisit the first game).
Glover (PS1) Yes, the Nintendo 64 version is far superior, and I think the Critic should stick with that version if he decides to review it (and I really hope he does). Yes, it is slower and watered down, with some of the cool stuff from the N64 version cut out. Yes, even the music is strangely inferior in terms of quality (despite the PS1's CD-based format). But truth be told, even though I used to play the N64 version all the time at this daycare I used to go to, I didn't have an N64 for my very own until I was 11 years old. So at age 8, I moved to Ohio where I stayed for almost a year (most of 2003) before moving back to my old hometown. My family and I visited a multimedia store and I searched through the PS1 games they had, and there it was. Remembering how much I loved the N64 version back in the day, I immediately went up to my parents and asked them for it. I managed to convince them, and it soon became one of my favorite games of all time. And even though I eventually got the N64 version as a teenager and opened up to how inferior the PS1 version is by comparison, I still think it has the charm of the original.
Shadow the Hedgehog (PS2) Believe it or not, this was actually the first Sonic game I ever played. Maybe that's the reason why I'm open to the idea of a darker Sonic game. It may not be as good as I remember, but that didn't stop me from turning me on to the Sonic franchise.
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (PS2) Another PS1 game that I got when I lived in Ohio was "Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage", and it too became one of my favorite video games of all time, ultimately making me a fan of Spyro the Dragon as he is now my second favorite video game character (next to Sonic). So naturally, I wanted to see how Enter The Dragonfly (which I remember seeing the commercial for 2 years prior) compares. It wasn't until my 13th birthday that I managed to get my hands on it. I'll admit I was kind of disappointed by how short and buggy it was, and even a little impatient for those *looooong* load times. But the music is quite relaxing, and the game itself still has that classic Spyro feel that I adored so much. Still, I really think the Critic should cover the original Spyro trilogy (even if he has to revisit the first game).