""""bad""""" games you actually like

[Beancatte]

I personally didn't get on with Hexen despite really liking Heretic but maybe the remastered version will be a Quake 2 situation where I go from not liking it to be like "ALL TIMER BABY! YEAH! WOO!!"

While we're talking FPS: Daikatana is like, fine. It just has an absolutely abysmal start. You get more than a couple of hours in and its better elements start showing their face a bit more obviously.

[Weasel]

Daikatana is much improved when you disable your "friends" so they stop getting stuck on terrain, killing you with explosive weapons or dying.

Well, and once you get out of Episode 1, that game really puts its worst foot forward.

[Linzolle]

everyone knows about Changed at this point and while the actual gameplay of it is kinda like, awful, it's still something i enjoy because somehow the story is still genuinely compelling to me, something about the game just fascinates me and it's not just the funny latex monster shenanigans.

[giantplant]

Sonic CD and Chaotix are two of the best classic Sonic games, if not the best classic Sonic games period. They are both excellent tests of skill for people more familiar with classic Sonic gameplay and they both bring lots of unique ideas to the table in every department. I'm convinced that most people who don't like those games either haven't played them beyond the first few levels or are just refusing to meet them where they are and make a genuine effort to learn how those games work.

[gaiety]

dead space 3 is my favorite in this series. it isn't objectively the best, but I have fond memories of making all kinds of custom crazy weapon combinations playing coop with friends

[Weasel]

Sonic CD and Chaotix are two of the best classic Sonic games, if not the best classic Sonic games period. They are both excellent tests of skill for people more familiar with classic Sonic gameplay and they both bring lots of unique ideas to the table in every department. I'm convinced that most people who don't like those games either haven't played them beyond the first few levels or are just refusing to meet them where they are and make a genuine effort to learn how those games work.

I didn't grow up with consoles around, so my first exposure to Sonic was a Windows 95 copy of Sonic CD- I suspect the demo version, because I have no memories of later levels.
I did, however, adore playing that first level, because I triggered the time travel mechanic completely by accident and it blew my mind.

I'll admit, I am not a huge fan of Sonic games, however I have a soft spot for Sonic CD, because it tapped into what I found most alluring in video games (and still to a large degree today)- exploration and wondering what else there could be.

[EpsilDelta]

While trudging through the depths of my arcade ROMs, I stumbled upon Spinal Breakers. (Seems it is also an Arcade Archives release)

It's something of a side scrolling light gun (which is controlled by a joystick, and not a light gun) game? It's so interesting. The game itself is plagued by bad encounter design and janky controls/hitboxes, but there's something about it that is just fun in a really funny way?

The main character is named Colonel WAFFLE, you travel through time to fight cyborgs, and you dodge roll everywhere.

[p00ks]

Honestly I quite like Sticker Star, it's still a heavily flawed game, but it's nowhere near the 0/10 experience it gets made out to be. Many parts of the game have something interesting or charming in them, my personal highlights being the Wiggler storyline, Snifit or Whiffit, the Boo mansion, and the Snowman boss, and having every action in battle be a consumable item is a concept that I really appreciate, albeit the execution isn't the best.

The game is needlessly obtuse at times though, especially when it comes to needing specific Things against bosses that are rarely, if ever, hinted towards, and I've never actually beaten it due to getting softlocked at the final boss with no stickers lol. Sticker Star is probably the most I've ever defended a game that's at best a 7/10.

[FearRanger]

Sonic 06 will always be a personal guilty pleasure. The game is still plenty fun, and honestly the glitches that do happen tend to be more funny than annoying. The story's certainly, something, but sometimes it's genuinely nice to boot up and just chill with!

[sertimus]

Consider me part of that Sonic '06 camp too; it may have been, to some, a rushed product but still fun in its own respects. I also liked Sonic and the Black Knight; despite its broken gameplay I enjoyed its visuals, story, and soundtrack (it's a banger).