Games Not as Bad as Everyone Says?

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#1 mythrol
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I did the unthinkable last week. I brought in a few games to trade-in that I hadn't touched in a long time and saw Too Human and decided "what the heck" and got it.

To my amazement, I discovered that the game isn't really as aweful as it was made out to be. I even had a friend that told me that I should, without even playing the game, immediately bring it back to Gamestop and get another game with my credit. Did it match the hype? Of course not. But I've really only found 3 glaring flaws with the game.

1) no health potions. Which makes boss fights a pain in the butt. When killing enemies through the levels it's usually fine because you get health orbs. But during the first few boss fights I've had. . .they don't drop health orbs so you're stuck helpless to heal your character.

2) ranged aiming is quirky. It works according to your distance I've found and only locks on to enemies when you pull the RT first. when you're too far away, I've found myself firing off into empty space.

3) No way to skip the death scene. This only becomes a pain when combined with number 1.

Now granted, no. 1 is a really big issue and I have no idea why it is the developers decided to go in this direction. Especially when fixing this one issue, would have taken care of two of my main complaints. But more surprising to me was that I didn't find the camera to be bad (especially when in ISO mode). The combat is actually really fun, flying around the levels going from enemy to enemy, juggling them in the air. And it has a nice Diablo feel with all the loot being dropped and armor being upgradable and customizable.

So this got me thinking, What other games that have gotten a bad name for being flops, weren't really as bad as they were made out to be.

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#2 queen_vee
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Im not really sure on that one, since the only games I own are actually popular ones... (Oblivion, Fallout 3 & Bioshock) I liked the new Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 which got some bad reviews. I didnt like Too Human, the camera angles were awful & I hated the combat.
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#3 starman4
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leisure suit larry: box office bust. okay, so the game has low brow humor and stutters while playing but so far i am liking it. its one of those games you can play 8 hours straight then probably complete depending on how fast you are. me? well, i am playing the game on and off. i have accumulated over 8 hours of playing time so, so much for the "complete game in under 8 hours" achievement.

i wouldn't recommend the game to kids.

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#4 capthavic
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Well good you enjoyed Too Human. Personally I only rented it and you couldn't pay me enought to play through a second time.

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#5 Kenbo325
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Lost Planet. It is externely underrated and would become an instant series defining classic, only if it was advertised more and a majority of the people weren't so wrapped up in playing Halo 3 and CoD 24/7.

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#6 konradak
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Too Human was, and still is, awesome.

Other games are Sacred 2, Fallen Angel

I also really enjoyed Vampire Rain, idc what people say about it.

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#7 dukerav
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Too Human was, and still is, awesome.

Other games are Sacred 2, Fallen Angel

I also really enjoyed Vampire Rain, idc what people say about it.

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I had quite a load of fun on my one playthrough of Too Human. Im debating on whether or not to try out Sacred 2.
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Godfather 2
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and mlb 2K9
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#10 MassiveKaos
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Yeahi have played some pretty "crappy" games that were acctually very good

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#11 rangegear
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too human, Godfather 2 and Halo wars(Which got many bad reviews.)

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#12 n33d2skate
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was a great game.
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#13 McChillin
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i also enjoyed too human and thought two worlds was actually pretty fun once you got into it and ignored the voice acting. Although it was still a dissapointment from what i expected of it originally. There was alot of good ideas in the game, it was just rather poorly exectuted....
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Far Cry 2. I played it non-stop until I beat it which is rare for me. I've got gaming A.D.D so I usually have several games on the go at once, playing a bit of each until I'm bored with it. It takes me ages to finish a game. That wasn't the case with FC2. It was at first but once I got drawn into the world I was hooked. I'm thinking about playing through it again on my PC.
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#15 cool_beans1
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was a great game.n33d2skate
This, it has like a low 70's average on metacritc. That's quite low, low 8's easy imo
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#16 n33d2skate
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[QUOTE="n33d2skate"]Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was a great game.cool_beans1
This, it has like a low 70's average on metacritc. That's quite low, low 8's easy imo

It was good though
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#17 x-2tha-z
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[QUOTE="cool_beans1"][QUOTE="n33d2skate"]Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was a great game.n33d2skate
This, it has like a low 70's average on metacritc. That's quite low, low 8's easy imo

It was good though

I didn't like it. I found it very boring. I can't help but compare these types of games to Ninja Gaiden and they're always crap by comparison, except for Devil May Cry and God of War of course.
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#18 Grif-yes
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Well Any Battlefield game really, does not get the hype it deserves... better than cod and halo IMO

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#19 revol7ution
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Games often get bad hype but turn out to be ok. For example, everyone was (and is, I suppose) pissed about Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. I thought it was pretty fun. It certainly wasn't terrible.
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Sonic The Hedgehog (2006). Only problem I really had was with the long load times but gameplay and control was fine. I beat it a long time ago.

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#21 Boston_Boyy
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was a great game.n33d2skate
Yeah I thought that was fun. Also Army of 2 which got a 6.5 here and the 7.4 average was better than both of those imo.

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#22 dukerav
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[QUOTE="n33d2skate"]Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was a great game.Boston_Boyy

Yeah I thought that was fun. Also Army of 2 which got a 6.5 here and the 7.4 average was better than both of those imo.

LoL @ your sig :P
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Halo 3.
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I thought PDZ was a pretty fun game.

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Which boss fight are you refering too? Grendal has crates around the edge of the room to smash when you get low on HP, as does Hod. The World Serpent Boss, and Hel both have re spawning minions around them that you can kill them for health.
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Fable 2

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#28 mythrol
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[QUOTE="konradak"]

Too Human was, and still is, awesome.

Other games are Sacred 2, Fallen Angel

I also really enjoyed Vampire Rain, idc what people say about it.

dukerav
I had quite a load of fun on my one playthrough of Too Human. Im debating on whether or not to try out Sacred 2.

Sacred 2 is great. I've put over 30 hours into the game already and have enjoyed every minute. The reason it got low reviews was technical issues that have all but been fixed due to patches since the game came out. It's just like Diablo 2 with a weaker story and a level cap of 200.
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Blitz: The League (both 1 and 2.) I just don't get why these weren't huge hits with the people who think Madden is too slow paced or not fun for the amount of strategy involved. Certainly some of the humor was low brow, but the game played great, and the betting/juicing/dirty hitting added a sinister layer of strategy. I really hope a Blitz 3 happens, even though Midway is defunct

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Dungeons & Dragons Heros for the original Xbox. it may have copied Baulder's Gate, but it was insane fun to play with friends.

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#31 konradak
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Dungeons & Dragons Heros for the original Xbox. it may have copied Baulder's Gate, but it was insane fun to play with friends.

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Yea, both those games were fun :) Also, Silent Hill games... The reviews were averaging the 60's for nearly all of em, but the people who played em mostly loved em. And for good reason, the best horror games around, and some of my top games...
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[QUOTE="Boston_Boyy"]

[QUOTE="n33d2skate"]Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was a great game.dukerav

Yeah I thought that was fun. Also Army of 2 which got a 6.5 here and the 7.4 average was better than both of those imo.

LoL @ your sig :P

Agreed. Absolutely loved Army of Two despite some of its cornball character interaction. Would've given it an 8 out of 10 at least. The Force Unleashed was equally fun, minus the co-op.

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#33 R7_3
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Too Human. Viking: The Battle For Asgard. Star Wars:The Force Unleashed. Ninja Blade. Banjo-Kazooie:Nuts and Bolts, i know this game got pretty good scores but it is severely under-rated because of the vehicle gameplay instead of platforming.

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Silent Hill Homecoming. I got it ignoring reviews and I'm glad I did. I had fun playing through it to get all the endings. :D Its not without its faults but its still a great game.

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#35 WeaponXY
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Army of Two, Lost Planet, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for me. I enjoyed all of those games quite a bit, even if they did get some poor reviews. I also enjoyed Tony Hawk's Project 8 and Proving Ground, I've always really enjoyed those games even though the last several have gotten really bad reviews.

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#36 ChrisTaft
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[QUOTE="n33d2skate"]Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was a great game.Boston_Boyy

Yeah I thought that was fun. Also Army of 2 which got a 6.5 here and the 7.4 average was better than both of those imo.

army of 2 was really bad...
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#37 Zemus
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Army of 2 was Fantastic to play Co-Op, But its downfall is that its a Bad game to play Alone.

Rise of the Argonauts - Mediocre Gameplay but the storyline was A Quality that kept you hooked to see what happened next, espeshally sinse you drove the storyline with your choices.

Bladestorm The 100 year War - I can't help but enjoy the strategy involved in the game by commaning units into battle for the English, Then Taking Money from the French a Few Days later helping them Take back the very Town you Took for the English lol Playing the Sides back and forth was fun as a Merc.

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[QUOTE="dukerav"][QUOTE="Boston_Boyy"]

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was a great game.n33d2skate
Yeah I thought that was fun. Also Army of 2 which got a 6.5 here and the 7.4 average was better than both of those imo.

LoL @ your sig :P

Who's sig? Mine?
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#39 joesh89
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Dark Sector, the only problem was there was no story worth following... but everything else was spot on.

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#40 explasiv
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  • Too Human
  • C&C Red alart 3
  • Halo Wars i have no idea why many people hates it.

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#41 TheReptile502
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Here's my two cents, since I have played a lot of "2nd" rate games to kill the summer.

Dark Sector

Star Wars TFU

Army of Two

Fear 2

You can pick all these up for cheap and they all fairly decent games. I appreciate these kind of list. I may try Too Human or Lost Planet next.