Times where critics REALLY missed the mark… A Thread

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JWeinCom said:

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Disney Epic Mickey. Yeah it was a little bit janky but it had so much creativity and heart.

Fatal Frame 4. Brilliant slow-burn horror with an immaculate atmosphere.

Both reviewed poorly but I had a great time with them.

It was... a lot janky. And I say that as a guy who regularly wears an Oswald hoodie. 

But, the modern remake of Epic Mickey is pretty good. It's still not amazing gameplay, but it gets it to the point where the gameplay is not actively getting in the way of all the stuff the game is doing well. Was hoping that it might do well enough for a third, but sadly it seems like that wasn't the case.

It's been 16 years since I played it, I do remember it being jankier than average, but a certain amount of jank was commonplace back then, a lot of 7th gen games had control/camera systems that aren't as polished as modern games. I never played the remake.