There's fewer phrases I hate more than "I wanted to like it," It just seems like this odd hedge against being afraid of one's own opinions. Or, put a different way, saying "I wanted to like it" is accepting that your own opinions are less valuable than the opinions of some nameless mass of folks on the internet.

With all of that said, I went into Landstalker hearing it talked up a lot by people whose opinions I really respect.

But gosh. Ugh.

This game really kinda hates you! Ahhhh! First there's so much backtracking! And the isometric view makes everything SO HARD TO CONTROL ahhhh

Look, I get it--this game does really cool things, and it looks lovely. But gosh, I really did not like it.