Games that receive a lot of undeserved backlash

[CollectiveCynic]

Kenryoku_Maxis said:
There's a lot. And most of them are sequels for not living up to peoples expectations or being exact clones of their previous major hits:

Final Fantasy VIII
Chrono Cross
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Age of Empires III
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
The Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Nearly any sequel that comes out on the HD Consoles

A lot of other games get hate simply because they're popular. Many of them have already been named in this thread already so I don't think I need to go naming all of them but they're such games as Halo, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye 007, etc. Your own personal opinions of the games aside, they're still high budget games that are popular for a reason.

Then there's a third class of games. The 'why the F*** do they get the flak' games. I'd put games like Dragon Quest (any), Metroid, Muramasa, Okami, Katamari Damacy, Ninja Gaiden/Dead or Alive, Earthbound, etc in this category. Games that didn't break the bank in popularity or sales, yet get flak from more than a few people for no good reason. Most likely because of its 'hardcore niche' fanbase.

I guess the lesson is, there's someone out there that hates every game.

There's nothing wrong with disliking or hating those games, as long as the individual has valid reasons why. Most haters don't provide a valid reason why, they just repeate the following three quotes:

1. "It sux"
2. "I hate it!"
3. "Its stupid!"