Games you hate to admit you love?

[Akytalusia]

i used to hate hidden object games because they popped up like weeds everywhere i looked. they're a plague. it's like 10 new ones pop up every day. it's overwhelming oversaturation and made me sick having to look at them all the time. but i ended up trying one one day and found it... palatable.. nowadays i'll knock one out every now and then when i just want to relax and play something mindless.. shameful. wouldn't say i love them by any means. i still hate them. but i enjoy them every now and then. fits the OP kinda.

 

[scorptatious]

Huh. Looks like I'm not the only one to have played A Dog's Life. That was a fun game. I remember the music being very weird sounding though.

OT: For me that would be Final Fantasy VII.

The game seems to get a lot of flack by the more old school RPG fans. Not sure why. I love the game myself, and it got me to play FFIX, which is probably my most favorite JRPG.

 

[prowll]

You know Supreme Commander 2 for the 360?
I still play it sometimes.

Is there... is there a support group? Because I need a shoulder to cry on and then nuke repeatedly. That game is mediocre; a horrendous assessment compared to its vastly superior predecessor Supreme Commander, which I possess for the PC. And the Xbox AIs don't pose much of a threat at all. And you can only have 4 players. And it's so lonely winning all the time.

This is a close second for me... but yeah... Fable series. O that cutesy, 'you can get along with everyone and save the world with hugs' mentality... O how I hate to love you...

 

[Karthik Reddy]

For me it has to be Batman Begins The Game.I love it probably because this was the first close to stealth game I ever played.

 

[EmperorSubcutaneous]

Final Fantasy XI - I don't really hate to admit that I love it, but since most Final Fantasy fans hate it because it's an MMO and most MMO fans hate it because of its EQ-era design, most people don't really understand why I love it so much.

Silent Hill 4 - sure the gameplay was questionable, but it had some damn scary moments. I liked it better than SH1, and much better than every SH game that came after it.

The Dance Central games - they have a lot of character, the choreographies are clever, and I get a great workout.

Pixie Hollow - for what it is, it's perfect. But since what it is is a game about fairies who help baby animals, bake, and make pretty dresses for themselves, people kind of tend to pre-judge it.

The Myst series - if I'm not among Myst fans, people tend to either not know what the games are or they hate them. So I usually don't bring them up.

Dear Esther - as long as you think of it as a virtual art installation or something rather than a game, it's a good experience. But most people would rather just hate it for not having any gameplay.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I'm not ashamed to like anything conventianly embarrassing. Everything I like, I like so why should I care what others think?

 

[Gitty101]

Well okay then, you caught me at a weak moment.

The game I love and hate to admit it, is Rumble Roses XX. Sure it's crude, perverted and (if we're honest) not much of a game when all's said and done, but for some reason I still love it. May have something to do with all the attractive looking pixels on screen...

 

[FootloosePhoenix]

Final Fantasy X-2. Quite possibly the most hated in the Final Fantasy series by its fans, and that's saying something. It was girly, it had a crap plot and it's a shameful sequel to a widely praised game. But it was damn fun. Heck, the story and characters still had a certain amount of charm to them, especially if you ignore the fact that it's a sequel to X, which I do. There's nothing inherently wrong with something being girly if you're willing to embrace your feminine side. X-2 was also admittedly my very first foray into Final Fantasy, thus starting the beginning of a long and happy relationship with a series as I explored past titles.

Shadow the Hedgehog is another one. I went through an obsession period with this game...or rather more with Shadow himself. It's bad and annoying in the way I find every other Sonic the Hedgehog game annoying at some point, but I loved it for some unfathomable reason. I guess just because it was supposed to be "badass" and I came across it at a time that I wanted something "badass." I probably finished the game like 40 times. That's...pretty sad, looking back on the whole experience.

 

[Racecarlock]

The COD2 demo on my xbox and halo. Know why? Because of you motherfuckers. You with your "Oh, Halo and COD players are too dumb to enjoy our games" and your "Call of duty and halo players are destroying the industry raargh!". Funny how there are only 4 big shooter franchises and the rest of the genres are actually getting way more entries. Look at all the driving games and the hack and slash RPGs and flight sims and many other innovative games.

But hey, maybe I'm just part of the dumb lowest common denominator.

 

[thesilentman]

The COD2 demo on my xbox and halo. Know why? Because of you motherfuckers. You with your "Oh, Halo and COD players are too dumb to enjoy our games" and your "Call of duty and halo players are destroying the industry raargh!". Funny how there are only 4 big shooter franchises and the rest of the genres are actually getting way more entries. Look at all the driving games and the hack and slash RPGs and flight sims and many other innovative games.

But hey, maybe I'm just part of the dumb lowest common denominator.

You're safe. The general consensus is that COD was good before Modern Warfare 2 came out.

OT- Hard question, dammit! I don't really have games that I'd hide from other people. Oh, wait! I liked Sonic Unleashed for PS3 and Xbox. Both Day and Night stages. Come at me.

 

[GeneralBigG]

Dragon Age II and Fable 2 and 3.

Yes D.A.II was obviously rushed and it showed in quite a lot of the game. The fact that Bioware had the bare-faced cheek to only put in like 3 dungeon maps and recycle them constantly by blocking of small areas of them for each dungeon really, REALLY pissed me off. But I liked the fact that Hawke had a voice and a personality, I liked most of the changes to combat (especially melee combat), and I loved Varric, Isabella and Merril so much I pretty much completed 3 playthroughs JUST with them as my companions. I liked the overall story of Kirkwall and Hawke's rise to fame, especially the starting of the Mage-Templar War. I just wish that Kirkwall was more open, that there was more of it to explore, it felt really small for a city (especially a city that plays host to the ENTIRE game). True, it's not overall as good as D.A.:O, but it was still a pretty good game to me.


As a Brit, it feels REALLY good to have a game with British voice actors where they're not ALL cockneys or aristocrats. Yes, those accents are present, but they're only a part of the larger Albion society. Now that Peter Molyneux has left, hopefully we'll get less of the overhyping, publicity drive that was his style and more focus on delivering the promise that shows in those games. I really do like quite a lot of 3 - particularly the Sanctuary menu system (playing through 2 at the moment and that menu feels cloddy(?) as hell) - but it did feel short and the bosses of 2 and 3 were WAY too easy. The boss at the end of 2 has to be the shortest, easiest, and most disappointing boss I have EVER fought in any game! I really do hope they make a challenging and rewarding boss fight at the end of 4, because this is one of my favourite franchises, despite all the flak it receives from hardcore rpg fans.

Tl;dr - they both have bad points but there are a lot of positives in both that maybe don't get the attention they deserve.

 

[TheBlueRabbit]

There haven't really been any of these for me lately, but I remember not being able to admit liking Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi for PS1, and I think I'm the only person I know who played Star Wars: Rebellion on PC.

 

[Smolderin]

Harvest Moon...god damnit I love that series. I played about every Harvest Moon game there was but....it's..sooooo cutesy...it's kinda hard to justify playing it when my friends or family come busting into my room to see what I am doing to see... THAT...on my TV screen. But despite this...Harvest Moon forever bitches!

 

[razor343]

Dear Esther - as long as you think of it as a virtual art installation or something rather than a game, it's a good experience. But most people would rather just hate it for not having any gameplay.

I love you.

...

Uhh...No but I really like the fact that you enjoy Dear Esther. It really isn't a game but it does deliver a great experience.

 

[Zen Bard]

All the "Leisure Suit Larry" Games. And if you're not familiar with them..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure_Suit_Larry

I hate to admit I love them for the very reason I love them!

 

[GeneralBigG]

Final Fantasy X-2. Quite possibly the most hated in the Final Fantasy series by its fans, and that's saying something. It was girly, it had a crap plot and it's a shameful sequel to a widely praised game. But it was damn fun. Heck, the story and characters still had a certain amount of charm to them, especially if you ignore the fact that it's a sequel to X, which I do. There's nothing inherently wrong with something being girly if you're willing to embrace your feminine side. X-2 was also admittedly my very first foray into Final Fantasy, thus starting the beginning of a long and happy relationship with a series as I explored past titles.

Shadow the Hedgehog is another one. I went through an obsession period with this game...or rather more with Shadow himself. It's bad and annoying in the way I find every other Sonic the Hedgehog game annoying at some point, but I loved it for some unfathomable reason. I guess just because it was supposed to be "badass" and I came across it at a time that I wanted something "badass." I probably finished the game like 40 times. That's...pretty sad, looking back on the whole experience.

Agree with you on FF X-2, and it was also my first Final Fantasy game. Think that might have something to do us liking it?

Re: Shadow the Hedgehog - yes, yes it is sad!

 

[Valis7]

Resonace of Fate. Awfull story, awfull characters, terrible 'world map'. But I still like the over top combat system - fun as hell.

 

[FootloosePhoenix]

Final Fantasy X-2. Quite possibly the most hated in the Final Fantasy series by its fans, and that's saying something. It was girly, it had a crap plot and it's a shameful sequel to a widely praised game. But it was damn fun. Heck, the story and characters still had a certain amount of charm to them, especially if you ignore the fact that it's a sequel to X, which I do. There's nothing inherently wrong with something being girly if you're willing to embrace your feminine side. X-2 was also admittedly my very first foray into Final Fantasy, thus starting the beginning of a long and happy relationship with a series as I explored past titles.

Shadow the Hedgehog is another one. I went through an obsession period with this game...or rather more with Shadow himself. It's bad and annoying in the way I find every other Sonic the Hedgehog game annoying at some point, but I loved it for some unfathomable reason. I guess just because it was supposed to be "badass" and I came across it at a time that I wanted something "badass." I probably finished the game like 40 times. That's...pretty sad, looking back on the whole experience.

Agree with you on FF X-2, and it was also my first Final Fantasy game. Think that might have something to do us liking it?

Re: Shadow the Hedgehog - yes, yes it is sad!

Could have a substantial amount to do with it, yes. Though I do get the impression that most of its hate stems from its sequel to X status. Chances are if it had been a standalone FF title, people wouldn't have cared quite as much. Not that it wouldn't have still gotten bashed half to death by the community, but it most likely would have lessened the ferocity of the blows.

 

[Okamiyasha]

Resident Evil 6
It's Game of the Year material.

... don't kill me.

 

[Ziodyne64]

When I owned an Xbox 360 (I'm a PlayStation guy now.) I loved playing Fable II. Although it's not a 'bad' game, there were a good group of people who didn't like it.