Among others, I think that Bubsy 3D is actually a pretty interesting, fun game. It's hard, flawed, and BADLY needs analog controls, but it's got big levels, lots of fun platforming, etc. I like the mixed textured/shaded look, and while there certainly were a lot of 3d platformers that gen, Bubsy 3D's level design style isn't something you saw too much of. Generally 3d platformers would be more forgiving and not quite as focused on jumping puzzles... but yeah, I think it's kind of good. Oh, and I"m not really a fan of the 2d Bubsy games. I have the second one and don't like it much, and haven't played much of the first one, but it doesn't seem much better.
Also, Carmageddon 64 is a good game. I don't know why it got reviews as exceptionally low as it did -- IGN called it one of the N64's worst games, maybe even its worst, for example -- but... it's not bad at all... it's hard, and it isn't as good as the original Carmageddon for the PC, but it is a good game.
Reading through this thread, as usual for these things I see a bunch of games mentioned that aren't really hated, along with some that are. It is sometimes hard to tell the difference if you love a game and dislike seeing some people criticize it, but seriously, and I know this is replying to very old stuff, but is it really fair to call games that got good reviews and some people like "extremely hated"? I know in some cases fanbases turned on them later -- such as Castlevania for the N64 and its followup Legacy of Darkness, which had an initially good reception followed with a hard turn against them a year or two later that only recently seems to be abating -- but when you look at their reviews, along with the reviews of other games mentioned in this thread as well, they weren't exactly bad. That says that when they were released they weren't really considered to be bad games.
Other times, the reviews still might be okay, of if it's considered bad for the series but you like it, I can see listing it anyway -- like mentions of Mega Man X6 or Sonic 3D Blast, for instance. And on that note, I don't like X6, but do like 3D Blast. Good game, lots of fun. Of other mentions, I see multiple mentions of Bomberman Hero, Keith Courage, and Beyond the Beyond too, and I like all of those games as well. Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game (I have it for Saturn) not THAT bad either. With all of the masses of hate it's received I expected it to be completely terrible, but while it doesn't have the levels of depth of the main-series SF II and beyond titles, it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it would be either. It's actually okay, I think. Not great, but okay. (But yes, I'm not a competitive fighting game player, so I've only played it one player.)
On a somewhat related note, a good pick of mine for "got mediocre reviews but I think it's really good" -- which, as I've tried to say above, I think is a definitely a separate category from the "got terrible reviews but I think it's at least kind of good" of the two games I mentioned first in this post -- would be Zombie Revenge for the Dreamcast. That game's great fun, good stuff. Best DC beat 'em up for sure.
Any version of Daytona is better than any Ridge Racer game ever, though, so what's wrong with basing Ridge Racer some?Originally Posted by sloan
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