Underrated and Overly Hated

Games I've come across that, whether they're actually all that great or not, I feel receive more negativity than they deserve.

Aaru's Awakening
Aaru's Awakening
Army Men: Sarge's War
Army Men: Sarge's War
Atomic Heart
Atomic Heart
Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Arkham Origins
Batman: Arkham Origins
Beyond: Two Souls
Beyond: Two Souls
Bubsy: Paws on Fire!
Bubsy: Paws on Fire!
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Dead or Alive Paradise
Dead or Alive Paradise
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
Devil May Cry 2
Devil May Cry 2
Devil's Third
Devil's Third
Dragon Age II
Dragon Age II
Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
Duke Nukem Forever
Duke Nukem Forever
EA Sports UFC 4
EA Sports UFC 4
Escape Plan
Escape Plan
Evolve
Evolve
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery
Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery
Gears of War: Judgment
Gears of War: Judgment
God of War: Ascension
God of War: Ascension
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo 5: Guardians
Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Ninja Gaiden 3
Ninja Gaiden 3
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Red Faction: Armageddon
Red Faction: Armageddon
Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6
Sacred 3
Sacred 3
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Silent Hill: The Short Message
Silent Hill: The Short Message
Snake's Revenge
Snake's Revenge
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Sonic Forces
Sonic Forces
Sonic Lost World
Sonic Lost World
Tamarin
Tamarin
Too Human
Too Human
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Woah Dave!
Woah Dave!
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
Yooka-Laylee
Yooka-Laylee
Zombeer
Zombeer

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8 months ago

Not that I'm eagerly anticipating their GAAS plans or anything, but God of War Ascension always comes to mind whenever I think of what an overcorrection Sony's focus on singleplayer games for the past couple of generations has been (so far). The "tacked on" multiplayer of every first party PS3 game which had it was invariably the best part of it and while I understand why it happens, I think it's such a shame that it's almost always axed from remasters or remakes. I'd have bought the Uncharted trilogy remaster in a heartbeat if it included 2's multiplayer.

It's way too acclaimed and successful to reasonably lump it in with any of these, but I also couldn't help but think of Fallout 3 when I saw the title. I've warmed up to it a fair bit over time out of some weird kind of reverse-contrarianism from seeing it dragged through the mud so much since its release, usually in favour of another game which shares a good ~90% of the same problems and which is otherwise so similar to it that at least one of its devs has described it as more like an elaborate expansion for 3 than its own thing.


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