This Game is Bad, Actually!

The opposite phenomenon to my previous list. All the previous disclaimers apply. I have played only the first three on this list

Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line
I have actually played this one, you can find my awful mess of a review here. Much like K&L2 I think its not as good or bad as its made out to be by its detractors or supporters.
Fallout 3
Fallout 3
This one is arguable, but a widely praised game on release, perhaps disliked by the smaller existing fanbase for fallout, nowadays is seen in a more negative "New Vegas but worse" light.
Persona 5
Persona 5
Honestly, any modern persona game could be put here. Its the paradox wherein the most popular reviews on the page are all mostly negative but the game remains at 4.0+ average. Probably cause the bulk of BL users never post a review, even fewer which get any traction whatsoever
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Believe it or not, contemporary reviews for this game were really positive, but seemingly people dislike it now.
BioShock Infinite
BioShock Infinite
Admittedly a lot of people disliked it on release and many still like it, but I feel like on BL and similar circles people have turned on it a lot
Altered Beast
Altered Beast
Not too sure if people liked this on release, but most seem to hate it these days
Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy
More backloggd specific than anything else but it feels like the early XBLA indie wave is getting a bit of pushback these days, games that were a breath of fresh air at the time seem to have dropped in popularity these days
Sonic Colors
Sonic Colors
Again only 1 per franchise but Colors seems to me to not be as universally loved as it seemingly was at release, with more criticism of its writing (apparently).
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki Doki Literature Club!
I guess this is more just straight up controversial, Im not too sure if the reaction to this game was more positive on release. I think so? But now it feels like the tide has turned on this game a lot
The Last of Us
The Last of Us
Theres definitely a backlash to this game not only but especially on Backloggd, Im curious what Ill think when I play it
Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2
Mostly for the humour
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable
Apparently people hate this one now, I thought it was ok

2 Comments


10 months ago

Colors' writing is fine, mainly cause it was the first gig done by the Happy Tree Friends folk so it didn't get Super Obnoxious, it's just eye-rolling to see nowadays

10 months ago

I'll defend both Super Meat Boy and The Stanley Parable till the day I die. I completely understand arguments against them and its fine to not like them, but I really belive that even witht the passing of time both hold up incredibly well. Tho apparently a problem that many people have with Super Meat Boy is the absurd difficulty, which I belive its fine and its not that hard, so my liking for it may be a me thing and it doesn't hold up that much in general terms... but I just think is a neat platformer.


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