OPEN TAG! Videogame title you like that others "Hate" on

[OldSchoolGamer]

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Any platform classic or current! E.T.? Star Trek online? Dark Void? Zelda CDi? YOU NAME IT!
Yep my last video for 2010 and I am following up my last tag that had great response including 16 video responses! Once again (see my last video # 200) I will give sweet shoutouts for all who submit a video response!

OPEN TAG QUESTION: Which VIDEOGAME (ON ANY SYSTEM) did you like that others "Hated" on? IE: Any game you enjoyed that either had a low rating or bad rep or just simply disliked by most? Submit your responses and VIDEO RESPONSES will all get a nice SHOUTOUT in my next video early in 2011! Lot's of time folks!

[nebrazca78]

I love Pit-Fighter for Genesis but I rarely hear anyone else say something nice about it. It's amazing to me that so many people dislike this game.

[Emperor Megas]

I love Pit-Fighter for Genesis but I rarely hear anyone else say something nice about it. It's amazing to me that so many people dislike this game.I can't imagine why you're amazed by that. It's HORRIBLE. Hell, the actual arcade game was awful. I remember when a friend of mine purchased it for Genesis the day it was released...it went back that same day. Just terrible.

[Snappaccino]

I really like Silver Surfer on the NES, after the AVGN video all anyone could say about it is how bad it is.

[Graham Mitchell]

I can't imagine why you're amazed by that. It's HORRIBLE. Hell, the actual arcade game was awful. I remember when a friend of mine purchased it for Genesis the day it was released...it went back that same day. Just terrible.

Well, I think the Genesis version ida pretty god, actually. At least it's faithful to the arcade version.

Now the SNES version, THAT'S an abortion.

[Gameguy]

Bebe's Kids for the SNES isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be, I'm pretty sure most people who say it's horrible haven't played it on an actual system. The controls are awkward but once you get used to them it's fine.

[todesengel]

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Subzero for the PSOne, once you get used to the controls the game is really fun. I enjoyed the whole needing to gain experiance to learn the special moves and having a limit to how much you could use them. It had that feeling of making you learn the combo's/fighting system so as not to rely on just specials.

[Matt-El]

Gauntlet Seven Sorrows and Shadow the Hedgehog come to mind, but I gave Shadow another go a while back and didn't dig it as much the second time around.

[Swamperon]

Billy Hatcher!

Much underrated and hated title by Sega fans. To me it was the most Sonic Team-esque game Sonic Team came up with last generation. And it's pretty damn good!

[TurboGenesis]

where do I even begin? many games I enjoy are hate by most everyone!

Deep Blue (TG-16) - I liked this game and the graphics and music are great making me enjoy it more - this shooter is challenging and at timed cheap, but I love to overcome it! I able to 1cc the game, though I admit stage 4 does need a bit of luck to reach final boss…

Predator (NES) - I have fun playing this game… jumping is very floaty, but I like the challenge and I keep at it… I have not conqured it - yet but I will… one day!

anything on the Atari Jaguar… the Jaguar is a console of hatred by everyone, but I love it, and I enjoy playing the games of the Jaguar… games of much hate that I get enjoyment to play:
Cybermorph
Trevor McFur
Club Drive
Attack of the Mutant Penguins

these titles are receive much hate and I love playing them!

many more I could list… if it is hated, then I probably like it…

[Richter Belmount]

My hatred for Valkeryie Profile is warranted , its cause Kid fenris likes it

[j_factor]

Billy Hatcher!

Much underrated and hated title by Sega fans. To me it was the most Sonic Team-esque game Sonic Team came up with last generation. And it's pretty damn good!

Yeah, I liked that one too. It seemed almost an homage to Sonic Team's history, in that it combines little gameplay elements from various games they've done.

Plus little boys dressed as cocks = win

[Tony Lama]

I absolutely LOVE Keith Courage in Alpha Zones. It's the game that made me buy the TG-16. But many historians say that it was a poor choice by NEC as a pack-in for the console. And that Super Mario World (SNES) and Altered Beast (Genesis) were very good choices by their respected companies. In fact Keith Courage is sometimes sited as being one of the main reasons for the TurboGrafx-16's downfall! Whaaaat?!!

[Emperor Megas]

Some games that I've heard a lot of criticism of that I like:

Bujingai: The Forsaken City
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
Dr. Chaos
Fantasy Zone: The Maze
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Zone II (I especially love Momoko's BGM track, which everyone despises)
Mansion of Hidden Souls, The (SEGA CD)
Rumble Roses
Rumble Roses XX
Shinobi (PlayStation2)
Trapt
Zillion II: The Tri-Formation

[todesengel]

Deep Blue (TG-16) - I liked this game and the graphics and music are great making me enjoy it more - this shooter is challenging and at timed cheap, but I love to overcome it! I able to 1cc the game, though I admit stage 4 does need a bit of luck to reach final boss…
Deep Blue was definitely a fun little game that doesn't deserve the hate it gets. I think most people that don't like it probably didn't have the manual that explains a very important part of the game, you regain your hit points when you don't attack. I was terrible at the game until I found scans of the manual online and figured that little bit on info out.


I absolutely LOVE Keith Courage in Alpha Zones. It's the game that made me buy the TG-16. But many historians say that it was a poor choice by NEC as a pack-in for the console. And that Super Mario World (SNES) and Altered Beast (Genesis) were very good choices by their respected companies. In fact Keith Courage is sometimes sited as being one of the main reasons for the TurboGrafx-16's downfall! Whaaaat?!!
Keith Courage is a really fun little game and I even have the Japanese version coming in the mail. Now even though I love the game I do feel that it was a bad choice as a pack-in title. Altered Beast, while not the greatest game in the world, did show off what the Genesis could do and sadly Keith Courage didn't do a good job of showing off the TG16 hardware. By no means was Keith Courage the downfall of the system in the US though.

Now that I've mentioned Altered Beast, that's another game that I enjoy that everybody seems to hate. Hell I even like the Master System port even though it's missing a level and has jerky scrolling.

[retroman]

HA HA funny..i just clicked on and was gonna say Pit Fighter also for the Gen...i too love that game, but as a kid none of my friends liked it.

[kedawa]

WWF Wrestlemania The Arcade Game gets so much hate, despite the fact that it's the only western wrestling game with gameplay that doesn't put me to sleep. Every other wrestling game is sluggish and dull, while Wrestlemania is fast and fun, and yet somehow it's the black sheep. I guess rasslin fans don't like all the crazy over the top stuff that game does, but pro wrestling is a campy farce to begin with, so I don't really care.

Blue Stinger is nowhere near as bad as it's reputation. It's goofy as hell, and the CG is just atrocious, but it's playable and has a reasonable difficulty curve. I had more fun with it than I ever did with Code Veronica.

[exit]

I think I'll third Pit Fighter. I remember playing it on Genesis with my brother a lot and we managed to beat it a few times, by we I mean I'd die within a few levels and he'd end up finishing it solo.

[kedawa]

Totally Studly.

[TonyTheTiger]

Sewer Shark - I don't think I've met a single person who doesn't lump it in with "those crappy FMV games." It's fun. Both to play and to watch.

M.C. Kids - Not as universally hated as Sewer Shark but I rarely meet people who have nice things to say. It's actually one of my favorite platformers on the NES.

Mega Man 5 - No Mega Man ever gets a lot of hate but this one tends to be placed at the bottom of a lot of lists yet it's one of my favorites in the entire series.

[TurboGenesis]

M.C. Kids - Not as universally hated as Sewer Shark but I rarely meet people who have nice things to say. It's actually one of my favorite platformers on the NES.

I don't believe McKids is hated, just not known… maybe folks do not give it a chance because of the McDonalds license, but I am in agreement - it is a great title and fun platforming game!

[j_factor]

I don't believe McKids is hated, just not known… maybe folks do not give it a chance because of the McDonalds license, but I am in agreement - it is a great title and fun platforming game!

Actually, I gave it a chance specifically because of the McDonald's license, and I found it to be my least favorite McDonald's-based platformer. Both Treasureland Adventure and Global Gladiators are better games IMO.

[Parodius Duh!]

My buddies knock on Werewolf and Wizards and Warriors constantly.....love those games!

[TurboGenesis]

My buddies knock on Werewolf and Wizards and Warriors constantly.....love those games!

during my childhood, my friends as well as other kids held Wizards & Warriors in high acclaim (no pun)… it was pretty popular though many had complained about the constant jumping…

[Baloo]

Eternal Champions. I love that game on Genesis, but almost everyone I know loves to hate on it because of how hard it is. I've only beaten the game twice, but I still find it to be a lot of fun, especially the cast of characters. One of my favorite games on the Genesis actually.

[allyourblood]

My picks:

Hydlide for NES. I haven't played it in a few years, but when it was new, I loved this game. When I first starting collecting in '98, I bought another copy and played it again, and enjoyed it a second time. It's brutally frustrating sometimes, but I still think it's a fun game.

Sewershark for Sega CD. My buddy got this game with his Sega CD when it first released. At first, I didn't care for the game, until I took the time to really play it; turns out, it's a lot of fun with some stupid-funny moments and a wacky story. Lot of fun if you give it a chance.

Sword of Sodan for Genesis. Unfairly hard, but I like this game for its ridiculous gore and bizarre, haunting ambient sound effects. Both pretty strange/new concepts when the game was new.

[sebastiankirchoff]

I don't think Metal Gear Solid 2 is as bad as most people say it is. The first game is far superior, but it's still entertaining, even if you have to play as a little girl (er, I mean Raiden).

Also, a lot of people give Resident Evil 5 a lot of shit for not following the earlier games in the series, but I still think it's a ton of fun, better than RE2 and 3 but not as good as 1 or 4.

[todesengel]

Sword of Sodan for Genesis. Unfairly hard, but I like this game for its ridiculous gore and bizarre, haunting ambient sound effects. Both pretty strange/new concepts when the game was new.
It's nice to know that I'm not the only person in the world that likes Sword of Sodan.

[Steve W]

Club Drive for the Jaguar. At the time there was nothing like it on any console. This was before the Playstation had come out, and we had never been exposed to a free-roaming driving/racing game before. The gameplay is still pretty fun today, albeit limited by the memory contraints in the Jag.

Star Wars: Demolition on the Dreamcast. I always liked Vigilante 8: Second Offense on the DC, and this fixed the many bugs and improved the gameplay. Sure, it might not have made a lot of sense in the canon of the films, but it's gameplay is what keeps me going back to it.

Basketbrawl on the Lynx and Atari 7800. I don't care about sports games, which is why I probably love this one. It takes what I consider to be the most simplistic form of gameplay, sports simulation, and adds a beat-'em-up element and throws in power-ups.

Ultra Vortek, Kasumi Ninja and Fight For Life on the Jaguar. I've never liked fighting games at all. I bought these games because I was a supporter of the Jaguar and I thought I might find something of interest in these games. Ultra Vortek was far more fun out of the three titles. It seems a bit more 'homemade' than the other two, but the gameplay is fun. Kasumi Ninja seems a bit silly, but it's still pretty fun for the fighting game novice. And Fight For Life was one that everybody complained about it being too slow, or that it didn't look as good as Virtua Fighter on the Saturn. But for someone like me with no familiarity with the top games in this genre, the Jaguar's titles are perfectly fine.

[goldenband]

It's nice to know that I'm not the only person in the world that likes Sword of Sodan.
Add a third vote to that list. It's frustrating and at times cheap, but 100% playable once you figure out its quirks.

I'll also second the mentions of Hydlide, Silver Surfer, Dr. Chaos, Predator, and MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero, all of which I've enjoyed to varying degrees, and none of which are as bad as some people claim (though Predator can be very frustrating).

I'll nominate Earnest Evans for the Genesis/Mega CD, and Motocross Championship for the 32X. Earnest Evans is deeply flawed but actually a lot of fun, while Motocross is one of those games that -- like Sword of Sodan -- gets trashed largely because people don't take the time to figure out how to play it. It's not a masterpiece, but it's certainly got its charm.

EDIT: Oh, I thought of two more: Airlock and Bugs, both by Data Age for the Atari 2600. Everyone says they're garbage, but I actually enjoy both of them. Sssnake, on the other hand, is unforgivable tripe.