The Truth behind MS and Rare

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Mr Puggsly said:

curl-6 said:

I am open to creativity and customization, N&B just didn't do it in a way that was fun or engaging to me, more annoying and dull. It's good that you enjoyed it, but I could not.

And even design is open to interpretation, people often disagree as to whether a game has good level design for instance.

That could be said about all the Rare 3D platformers though, they're all kinda dull by modern standards. Most of the N64 games aged horribly.

N&B tried something unique and I enjoyed it. People act like it was a critical disaster as well, but it did well critically and with great praise from notable websites. Not a single "negative" review on Metacritic.

On the contrary I still find Banjo Kazooie/Tooie to be engaging to this day. I didn't even play Conker's Bad Fur Day until last gen and even in the cold light of the early 2010s I liked it. Those games had a sense of discovery, exploring and finding new things was just so much more fun than anything in N&B. Obviously, enjoyment is subjective, which is why I also place zero stock in what Metacritic says.