Praise a game you hate!

[chinangel]

okay, we tried criticizing our favourite games and most of you did very well. I had very few 'it's too awesome' or whatnot criticisms. So let's go the other way now.

Find a game you hate or dislike or wtv, and praise it, compliment something it did very well. Let's see if you can keep it from going backhanded.

As usual, I'll start this off.

ummm...

Lords of Shadow was...umm...pure crap. no.

ummm...Ninja Gaiden 3 had...umm...really good arc when i tossed it out the window..no.

ummm....damnitt this is harder than I thought!

AH! AH! HERE'S ONE!

Dante's Inferno actually had some very creative level designs. enemies were themed fairly well (for the most part) and were creative and varried and different. everything was alittle different than you thought it would be, and showed that someone had some serious thought behind what they should look like and why.

Damnitt...that was frickin' tough...

okay, you're turn

 

[DoPo]

I already did [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.370436-Praise-a-game-you-dont-like]. That. My game was Blood Omen 2.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Left 4 Dead 2 was very effective at making me panic.

 

[spartandude]

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2

i really like spec ops and the idea of new kill streaks

(problem was i hate the way the guns handled, not good in an fps)

 

[Rawne1980]

Already did in the other thread but I don't mind repeating.

Final Fantasy X - Auron was awesome ..... that is all.

 

[hobohazard]

Homefront did well as a example of just how bad COD clones can get.
Um... I cant remember many other games that I hate (Must have deleted them from my memory)

 

[Diddy_Mao]

Assassin's Creed has a surprisingly fun and innovative concept and story.

Dead Space is a more than adequate throwback to the DOOM series.

Angry Birds has a significantly better art direction than the innumerable other physics based toss and crash games I've played on Newgrounds and Kongregate over the past decade or so.

 

[rob_simple]

Lords of Shadow looked fucking beautiful, and had some good VA's that sadly didn't get to stretch their legs. Other than that it was a big bag of dogs dicks.

Dead Island looked pretty (at least on the beach) and the melee combat was extremely satisfying when it actually worked, it's just that I spent the majority of my time swinging straight through zombies and into dead air.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations was the most pointless game I've ever played, but the final scene with Ezio and Altair was very powerful, in my opinion.

 

[Eddie the head]

Said this before but Halo has some good music.

 

[linwolf]

ME2 made me loose all interest in the franchises so I didn't get nearly as annoyed by ME3 as I did with DA2.

 

[DementedSheep]

Prince of Persia (2008), the levels look nice and I like the way the prince (tho he isn?t a prince) and what?s-her-face interact with each other as they travel and fight (movement not dialogue, the dialogue sucked).

 

[VaughanyT]

Halo ODST simply cause it gave Nathan Fillion a voice-over job. He needs to be in more games dammit!
Also, Gran Tourismo, mainly as a series rather than one particular game, raises the bar with every release for attention to detail. I may find it boring to play, but I gotta say it looks really good.

 

[Zorpheus]

Super Smash Brothers Brawl is the great sort of game to have all of your friends, no matter what skill level, come together and have a great time.

 

[Squidbulb]

Psychonauts has some cool level designs.

 

[Zantos]

Dante's Inferno actually had some very creative level designs. enemies were themed fairly well (for the most part) and were creative and varried and different. everything was alittle different than you thought it would be, and showed that someone had some serious thought behind what they should look like and why.

Damnitt...that was frickin' tough...

Dammit, you stole mine in the first post. Now I have to think of another game I hate.

I want to say something about DMC2, but it's been so long that I've completely forgot what I didn't like about it in the first place.

Oh, Army of Two, erm something nice, something nice. The two player functions were quite fun, definitely so when you were playing with a friend.

 

[Austin Howe]

Final Fantasy X has some of the best music in the series, and revolutionary graphics. Everything else? Awful.

 

[The_Lost_King]

The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings Had some pretty good graphics.

 

[razor343]

ArcaniA: A Gothic Tale masterfully executed the destruction of one of the greatest RPG series ever. I salute you. Asshole.

 

[LeQuack_Is_Back]

The modern warfare games provide combat at a hectic pace, and better yet, they sustain it much better than most of my other games do.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

I have done before, Too Human. The concept of it was great, just a pity it was an incredibly shit game.