Three-Star Masterpieces

A very esoteric list. Not every game needs to be a 5-star magnum opus for me to think it's incredible. Sometimes, a 3-star game is exactly what the chef ordered. These are my favorite games that I would call perfectly average. My criteria for this doofy list is very strict: the game has to be FUN to play. There are games like Sands of Time and Soul Reaver which I have rated 3-stars, but because they really AREN'T fun to play at all. So i'm sticking by my guns on this one. Game has to be FUN TO PLAY!!!

Doom II: Hell on Earth
Doom II: Hell on Earth
Atlas Fallen
Atlas Fallen
Darksiders III
Darksiders III
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria
TimeSplitters
TimeSplitters
Frogger
Frogger
Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Oni
Oni
Gex
Gex
Gunvalkyrie
Gunvalkyrie
Quake II
Quake II
P.N.03
P.N.03
Star Fox: Assault
Star Fox: Assault
Ahhhh, it's fine.

26 Comments


Doom 2 and bloodborne hurt, can I ask why you dont find them fun

1 month ago

Nooo, but Star Fox Assault the only other good Star Fox game. That game rules

1 month ago

@NOWITSREYNTIME17 these are games i find very fun but not much else, so i think doom 2 and bloodborne are fun! i dont like a lot of doom 2's level design and i think bloodborne is mostly average outside of some insane art direction.

1 month ago

@NovaNiles i like Assault a lot and i agree! it's a 3 star superstar.
wow I totally misread that description, nvm thats fair

30 days ago

@gruel

Which Sonic game belongs here the most?

30 days ago

This is where I’d put Sonic Heroes but I know some people are more iffy on Heroes.

30 days ago

@SunlitSonata I feel too strongly about most Sonic games to 3 star a lot of them, haha. CD is one of my favorite games of all time, the Adventure games I love to death, while stuff like Shadow the Hedgehog I think is just mind-numbingly boring to play. Heroes is a 1-star game to me,, I think it's one of the worst games I've ever played. Hated it when it came out, hate it now. Sonic The Hedgehog 1 probably is a 3-star game, but I haven't played it in years. I also haven't played Forces of Frontiers because they just look stiff and unwieldy to play.

30 days ago

There's a lot of short indie games that fit this for me. Stuff like Steamworld Dig and Alien Shooter where they have a fun gameplay loop, get you into that loop, and then stop. Feels like buying a nice import soft drink or something lmao

29 days ago

Giving Bloodborne/Doom 2 each a 3/5 is such a brave and forward thinking decision tbh.

29 days ago

Also Gunvalkyrie mentioned break out the bottles

29 days ago

@cyanplaza doom 2 i dont think is TOO crazy. it has some stank ass levels. i wanted to be a real scoundrel and put every Souls game here but I think most of them are fine.

29 days ago

i disagree w/ doom ii as well but soundly agree that quake ii is the most 3/5 game to ever do it

29 days ago

yeah, I don't think calling Doom 2 a 3/5 is that outrageous.

Like, your description is 100 percent correct, 3/5 isn't a "oh, this game is dogshit".

29 days ago

@essemkato quake 2 was made in a lab to be as scientifically mid as possible. the quake 2 scale is the best way to determine if a game is good or not.

29 days ago

This is how I feel about tomb raider in general I think lol

29 days ago

i wish i was good at gun valkyrie, whats there is really good but fuck, the gymnastics i have to do for playablity. i did the same for jet set and that paid off big time i love it now lol

29 days ago

@Wollom as the Tomb Raider superfan of Backloggd i am hurt by your words

@imshitting420 a lot of my favorite games require learning bizarre controller throttling techniques and gunvalkyrie is extremely tech heavy even to me.

29 days ago

Please don't get me wrong 😅 I love the tomb raider series personally, but I just would never consider them amazing or say they're must plays for other people :P

29 days ago

This list reminds me a lot of games I kinda call "7-8 stars with upside" from watching anime where there's plenty of 7/10 stuff that'll speak to Someone and they like it more, y'know? Sometimes, something is in that more good / above average range but just Speaks to you

29 days ago

i was confused what this list meant but then i saw tomb raider anniversary and i was like yeaa i get wat u mean now

29 days ago

+1 For Frogger: He's Back. So much jank but still a blast.

29 days ago

bloodborne https://c.tenor.com/Fnubvu8BS7cAAAAC/tenor.gif

everyhting else on point though!

29 days ago

@TimAlien Frogger was my first game ever, so i was delighted going back to find it was basically fine!

@torbern i needed one rogue game on the list to keep people alert

28 days ago

glad you came around on quake II being the most 3 star game

28 days ago

@curse I was letting Sonic Mayhem's soundtrack dictate that 4th star I gave it but playing it on mute I saw the truth.


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