Games you like that other hate.

[starocean13]

What's a game (or games) that you've really liked that either your friends or reviewers just flat out hated. I beleave mine was MIrror's Edge. I'm not sure if I was just lucky and didn't have to deal with the constant dying or what but I liked it. Everyone else that I've talked to however not so much. So what about you my fellow Escapist trolls?

 

[Sacman]

I liked Mirror's Edge too...

 

[NeutralDrow]

I imagine a lot of games I like are like that. I've seen negative reviews or opinions of a lot of my favorite games.

 

[Ace of Spades]

FF10. I'm the only one among my friends who will play and analyze JRPGs, and for all its frustrations, its combat and narrative were enough to make up for the flaws. One thing I like about Final Fantasy games is that even if the dialogue and fine detailing of the story can be a bit poorly written and poorly voiced, the overarching story always asks an interesting question, and FF10 asked which is a greater evil: living in a world ruled by sorrow, or one ruled by false hope.

 

[Infinatex]

Sniper: Ghost Warrior. I absolutely love this game, but everyone I've spoken too thinks it's a joke.

My one would be Turok Rage Wars. Haven't heard a good word about it, ever, but I had such fun with it.

No way!! Rage Wars is awesome! Best Turok game made. I don't think I've heard anyone slam it.

 

[Durxom]

I guess I better start naming them off then.

Dirge of Cerberus
Final Fantasy 12
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Pretty much every 3D Sonic game
Resident Evil 5
Devil May Cry 4
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

Pretty much all of those, maybe more that I can't think of atm. And most of those games I like more than all the other titles in their series too =/

 

[Jim From Accounting]

umm i know heeps of people that love mirrors edge.
mine would have to be dark void but i dont know much who played it so yea .

 

[8-Bit Grin]

I enjoyed the first several minutes of Mirrors Edge. That is all.

When it comes to games that I like that others despise, I'd have to say the Wii.
I know you probably meant a single 'game', but the system seems to garner a lot of hate with my friends.
I really do enjoy a lot of it's games, especially wiiware and virtual console.
Even when I don't feel in the mood to play those, I spend time playing House of the Dead or SSBros. Brawl.

 

[The Rascal King]

Let's see here:

Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Resident Evil Outbreak
Def Jam 2: Fight for NY
Lost Planet 2

I get ragged on a lot for liking those games, but I stand by them all because though they might not be great, I still had a great amount of fun with them

 

[Iffat Nur]

BLACK?
I dunno, I think the main part about it wass the fun factor, it got a 9.5 out of me, losing for its story (or lack thereof)

 

[Aerodynamic]

Kayne and Lynch.

[small]....stop looking at me.[/small]

 

[Dango]

Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors games. They are just simple, quick fun.

And also, it's hard to come across another fan of the Total War series who also likes Empire: Total War.

 

[The Rascal King]

Def Jam 2: Fight for NY

Wait, people didn't like that game? It's the best in the fucking series!

I know! It had the feel of those great N64 wrestling games. Yet, forum go-ers and friends tell me it's a shitty game. I just don't get people these days, I mean you get to throw Snoop Dogg out of a window

 

[demoman_chaos]

Mechwarrior. A lot of people don't like it, but I play the hell out of it (joined the club with 3, then got 4 and the 2 expansions, all have been played a LOT).

 

[LeighAlura]

Mate, that could range from any number of games available to the world. Hell, there may be people who happen to hate Castlevania, for all I know.

But, if I had to choose a small list of games that I like, which other people seem to hate, the most obvious one would be my most recent game, Sniper. I saw at least one review where the complaints outweighed the praises, yet I absolutely adore this game.

As for the rest of the list, the next obvious choice that comes to mind is, as you said, Mirror's Edge. I believe it had something to do with a perspective issue, where many people couldn't properly gauge when they needed to jump in order to vault a wall, or when they needed to jam the trigger buttons in order to roll and avoid damage or shoot. I know the most annoying thing for me is when I press the disarm button, and instead of disarming the enemy, I instead get beat across the face and shot until I die because Faith failed to react to the command. Aside from that? I couldn't be any less bothered to find out.

Then there was Prototype. This one was actually a flip-around for me. Everybody I knew loved this game and thought it was awesome. I just wanted to get it done and over with so that I could break the disk and remove all traces of ever playing it from my gamerscore. It was fun for a while, but I didn't buy Prototype to play Grand Theft Auto mixed with Assassin's Creed and Mirror's Edge in what I feel is a poorly-mixed combination.

I'm going to finish off this list with Kengo: Legend of the Nine. Being a primarily Japanese game (right down to the language barrier), I can understand where many people wouldn't like it. I imagine many of them only bought it for the sword fighting, and instead of Dante, they got some guy with a ponytail called Musashi Miyamoto, and god only knows how many people actually know who Musashi Miyamoto really is. Other than that? I honestly couldn't tell you why people don't like it.

But, it's all just a matter of preference anyhow; I prefer to play games for the sake of playing and enjoying them, whereas somebody else might here me say this and become brutally sick because I'm not a heavily competitive gamer. Nothing I can do about that, really.

 

[MikailCaboose]

I for some reason like the Sonic games on the Wii (you know, Secret Rings and Black Knight). No clue why, not even really much of a Sonic fan. Just...like 'em.
...Is it a good idea to duck now?

 

[DeadlyDad]

The three that I can think of off the top of my head are Pyro 2, Warzone 2100, and Darkest Hour.

The first, they say, because of the 'retarted' graphics [http://www.bitannia.com/pyro-ii-world-terrorism], but what they really mean is it is just too bloddy hard for them.
The second because it is 'too hard to learn'. (Okay, I can sort of see their point. It does have some of the most innovative play mechanics [http://guide.wz2100.net/design] of any RTS that I've every played, and it does have a real tech tree [http://guide.wz2100.net/r/tech-tree], plus (the most damning point) it isn't Starcraft.)
The third because it isn't CoD or DoD; that is, the devs actually try to make the game realistic [http://forums.darkesthourgame.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7174]; no crosshairs, no health kits, and tanks are as terrifying to regular infantry as grunts with bazookas are to tankers.