Has there been a game that has been badly received..

Cargo! The Quest for Gravity. The nicest game ever.

I demand that mirrors edge should not be associated with this thread !! when was this game ever not the greatest .

ps. btw mine is mirrors edge ?

oh and crysis2 i really enjoyed that game .

I don't care what you guys think but I enjoyed the hell out of Shadow Tower .

Just so everyone is aware - at 92 on Metacritc, Final Fantasy VII does not count as poorly received.

Oh, I played and finished Croc: Legend of the Gobbos to 100% completion. I will bite anyone who tells me that game didn't have fantastic music. Though looking back, I can't believe I managed to beat the game when I was... 7-8 (?) when it came out. It gets phenomenally difficult, largely due to the busted-ass tank controls and the way that some levels prevented you from getting all of the collectibles right at the end, forcing you to restart them from the beginning. And the levels were pretty long.

At the time, I loved it. I can see now that I was wrong. But the music still holds up!

Shadowrun (xbox 360)

got turrible reviews but it was an amazing game.

@Tim_the_Corsair said:

Dark Reign, which wasn't so much critically blasted (it actually scored well) so much as it was completely overshadowed by Total Annihilation.

you mean it was totally annihilated bwahahahaahaohmgImsofunny*

sorry^^

*=not

@Daiphyer said:

The Saboteur.

I loved every second of that game.

totally agreed!

same goes for games like Heavenly Sword or Mirror's Edge ... they didn't score particularly bad but aren't exactly hailed either and I absolutely adore them!

there are so many games that maybe lack polish or have a particular annoyance so that they catch a lot of flak but actually do some incredibly cool things at the same time. they're quickly forgotten or shoved off to the side to make room for uninspired by technically well executed and flashy games... it's really sad sometimes.

Same as a lot of people, Alpha Protcol, Splatterhouse and Brutal Legend, i also have a really strange fondness for the Arcade version of Streetfighter the Movie, i really enjoyed it as a highschooler and despite everyone hating i still kinda like it today.

I S-ranked Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Speaking of those games, I have played a lot of them on different platforms.

I guess I like magic.

I absolutely love the Prototype games, I can't help but to cringe and sigh every time it's brought up on the Bombcast.  
And despite getting a good score by Jeff, Syndicate pretty much bombed everywhere else, I think it's the best singleplayer FPS I've played in a looong time.

Was Brutal Legend really a badly received game?? I keep seeing generally good reviews.

As for me:

• Gauntlet Legends/ Dark Legacy : I love co-op hack n slashes plus it makes me nostalgic
• Hunter: the Reckoning : Like Gauntlet but with zombies
• Castlevania 64/ LoD : It was my first Castlevania game. The camera was annoying but, overall, I didn't really hate it.
• Resident Evil 5 : I certainly played this non-stop for a while when I got bored, even after I finished it. I was put off by the action over horror direction but I still liked it and sometimes I don't understand a lot of the crap the game gets. I still think it's a pretty solid game. Plus, Resident Evil has always been my most favorite video game series ever.

I may have more but this will do.

For some reason (probably because my Xbox is broken) I've been playing a lot of Fortune(though my box says Boom) Street lately. The TNT really sold me on it, but it got middling reviews.
 
On the flip side, I really didn't like BioShock.

@kogasu: At the time Resident Evil 5 was critically acclaimed. People are just bashing it in retrospect.

Everybody loves Alpha protocol. Seriously

I played the shit out of Rayman 3.

@DonutFever said:

Brutal Legend.

id say its more underrated than actually disliked. the multiplayer for that game is so much fun

Blue Dragon

Resident evil 5

Fear 3

WWE Raw 2

@sirdesmond said:

I'm totally with the people who said Mirror's Edge, one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time, and the Deadliest Warrior games for XBLA (not good games but an INSANE amount of fun when played with friends).

I'm sure there are others. EDIT: Enter the Matrix as well

Fuck yeah man! /Highfive

I'm not completely sure how well it was received but I see a lot of people talking shit about Dead Island, and I love that game.

@skyline7284 said:

Mafia II ... It's so good! Sure there doesn't need to be an open world... but why not?!

This exactly. The game got slammed because there was nothing to do in the open world. It never claimed to be an open world game, the world was just there to tie the story missions together and that is enough. It was a great game.

Well, there are always those really shitty games that you loved because you were a kid at the time.

More current ones? I really enjoyed Dragon Age II, which wasn't necessarily poorly received, but kinda bashed on in relation to its predecessor. Oh, and same deal with Final Fantasy X-2.

EDIT: Oh, and pretty much every single Dynasty Warriors game. And Resident Evil 5.

Nier, Dante's Inferno

Off the top of my head there was this game I played on PS3 called "Bladestorm". It's very similar to Dynasty Warriors (a series that I detest), but I actually really liked that game.

Brutal Legend and Rage. Brutal Legend's gameplay reminded me of Citizens of Kabuto, which is one of my favorite games ever.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. Not because of the game it was brutal but because my room-mate and I had fun blasting the game. Plus there's something gratifying about knowing its not you that sucks it the game working against you. less stress.

Edit: most of theses badly received games were lukewarm not bad. I want some BAD games you liked people

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days kind've falls into this spot for me. While I didn't actually enjoy the moment-to-moment gameplay, the storytelling, imagery, and camera tricks the game does sort've made up for the actual game being kind've bad.

That said, I wouldn't recommend this game for more than maybe $5.

Need For Speed: The Run. I was shocked.

As an adult? Well, I loved Deadly Premonition, and I liked Heavenly Sword and Dead Rising quite a bit. None of those games are what I'd really call "badly received" so much as "divisive" or "middling" in reception, though. If Fortune Street counts, I guess that would be in there too; I adore that game.

As a kid, it's really hard to tell. There were definitely some games I played simply because I owned them, but it also turned out that most of those were classics. The one that isn't that I still have intense memories of is Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday, which is a game that seems like the creepy haunted carts you read about in creepypastas.

@Ben_H said:

Star Wars: Episode 1 - Jedi Power Battles

Oh fuck. I spent way too many hours of my life playing that game as a kid. Never finished it - don't think I even got close.

Good ending?

Quite a few

Alpha Protocol got a 63% on metacritic. It had it's flaws but few games pull of player choice in the story as well as Alpha Protocol does.

Too Human got a 65% but I had a lot of fun with it. People griped about the controls, but once you got used to them they worked extremely well. It needed to be about twice as long though.

Viking: Battle for Asgard got a 68% on metacritic and I think it's one of the best action/adventure games on the platform.

Yeah I liked Dante's Inferno. Game isn't fucking perfect but I think it got too much shit.

@Phatmac: I'm right there with you. When I first got my 360, I saw it for 5 bucks used at blockbuster and figured I'd just get it. Probably the best 5 bucks I've spent on a game

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. (PC Version)

I suppose Final Fantasy X-2 is the best answer I have here. It didn't bomb or anything, but I seem to be the only person on earth who considers it the best Final Fantasy game.

@skyline7284 said:

Mafia II ... It's so good! Sure there doesn't need to be an open world... but why not?!

That was a great game, that didn't receive bad reviews did it? : /

@Phatmac said:

Brutal Legend. I'm one of the weird people that really liked it and the strategy combat.

I loved it too, I think if more people knew what they were getting into before hand, and weren't expecting it to be like, a Fable clone, more people would have liked it.

Also, Mercs 2 was fuckin' great.

Brutal Legend. It had good scores ( 82 meta critic ), but people just didn't get it for what it was. And I admit, it should have stayed an action/adventure title like the first level. Or at least, to have more of these levels. I also liked Duke Nukem Forever. I thought the level design to be pretty good and I enjoyed its gameplay variations. Although, for me it was clear that it was a 2003-2004 era game.

I really liked Brutal Legend.

I really, really like Dragon Age 2. I'm not blind to its flaws. The reused environments, the slowly paced, weak story, and the bad guys who pop into existence bum me out. Despite those though, I still had a really good time playing the game. Most of all, I liked the Hawke that I crafted more than any other player created character in a game, more than Shepard or The Boss in SR3 even. The personality system was really good in making it feel like my Hawke even when I wasn't actively picking responses. It makes me wish they had a sarcastic option in Mass Effect in addition to Paragon and Renegade responses.

@Tim_the_Corsair said:

Probably Alpha Protocol. Honourable mention goes to Dark Reign, which wasn't so much critically blasted (it actually scored well) so much as it was completely overshadowed by Total Annihilation. TA did a lot of new stuff, and I understand the reverence it is held in, but DR is one of the best RTSes of all time, and deserved a lot more attention than it got considering it also did several revolutionary things that were cribbed from by later games.

Yes, Dark Reign! I love it, and it's soundtrack is among my favorite (especially the music from the Rise of the Shadowhand expansion).

I guess a more recent example for me would also be Ridge Racer Unbounded, it had issues, but I've had more fun with that than any other driving game I've played since Carmageddon and Stunts.

I like Alpha Protocol, but it seems that everybody actually agrees it was a great game in retrospect, which kinda disqualifies it for me.

Deus Ex: Invisible War was also mentioned, another game with some massive flaws, but which is fantastic nonetheless.

Oh, and Star Trek Online, it's really the only MMO that's gotten me to stick around for months upon months, and even had me pay the monthly subscription and finally a lifetime subscription even after the game went free to play.

I'd say Catherine but Giant Bomb is the only site that took issue with it so don't think it counts. Game was great anyway.

Tons. Ninja Gaiden 3 is the big one this year. I still don't think its nearly as bad as some people have said. Its janky in places and there are some questionable design choices but its still a fun enough game.

@Ben_H: I loved that game. Granted, I was fairly young when I played it, but I enjoyed it so much.

@ajamafalous: You know, I really enjoyed that game too. I'd never pay full price, but I've played far worse games.

I'd also like to add The Godfather: The Game and The Godfather II

The sheer volume of people saying Alpha Protocol makes me think that it's probably disqualified, as Cult Status is pretty much the same as getting good reviews, right? (of course, I still think that game is a barely functioning mess of good ideas implemented poorly, but clearly quite a few of you don't). I feel like the criteria here is too broad and we can all just shout games that we think people don't like. Like, I would maybe say Resident Evil 0, but I can't tell if that game is disliked or just under-appreciated.

@Fearbeard said:

Viking: Battle for Asgard got a 68% on metacritic and I think it's one of the best action/adventure games on the platform.

I had a lot of fun with this game. The Conan game as well, both were fun 5 or 6 hour actions romps.

I'm sure it's been mentioned multiple times, but easily Bionic Commando.

One of my favorite games of the generation.

@DonutFever said:

Brutal Legend.