Louie 3 hours ago
Cool thread! I realized the discourse about some games has changed and it became en vogue to hate on them, often with this tone of "everyone dislikes X game". Some that come to mind:
- Starfox Adventures - if you think Star Fox fans expected a Star Fox 64 sequel with this game back in 2002, you are simply wrong. Nobody thought Starfox Adventures would be a sequel. The game got great reviews, the graphics and music were praised, most people loved Krystal and it was considered a worthy swan-song for Rare. But ignorant YouTubers who were simply too young to be around back then make it seem like the game was universally hated and it's just so cool to hate on its gameplay and to virtue signal by saying "Krystal was only a damsel in distress, that's so bad!" (I'm not into American politics at all, but this is just simple pandering via virtue signaling)
- Mario 64 DS - I almost put Sunshine here but I think a lot of people actually praise that game. Mario 64 DS constantly gets shat on for not having analogue control. And every review forgets to mention that the game with a thumb strap which you could use to play it and which mimicked the analogue stick rather well. Also, it has 30 additional stars, additional characters, new stages, mini games, bunnies to hunt, the graphics look a lot more modern... it's a great title and way better than the original in my opinion.
- Star Fox 64 - way underrated. In the same league as Ocarina of Time and Mario 64 for me. The remake does it justice but people keep focusing on the "only 1 hour to play through" thing.
