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A game you love that ERA dislikes or is lukewarm on

Staf

Staf

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My game is Dragon age: Inquisition. Haven't played it for a few years until recently when i started a new character on PS5. I just love that game to bits! I can clearly see why people would dislike it but i just love the story, characters and combat so much i'm not bothered by the faults.

So ERA, what are some games that you love that you feel ERA dislikes or is lukewarm on in general?
 

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Code Vein. That game slaps. Awesome combat, pretty good and varied level design, good bosses. Just skip the story and you got a very competent Souls clone. It sure as hell is better than the German sci-fi Soulslike I once tried.
 
Magic Mushroom

Magic Mushroom

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The Last Jedi is the best Star Wars movie.

Oh wait, games. Does The Phantom Pain count or is that just a vocal minority?
 
sir_crocodile

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Oct 25, 2017
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I would assume Era is lukewarm on Star Wars Superemcy/Rebellion (those who have even played it) - most reviewers were back in the day. And it's understandable because ship combat was a mess (so I always used the auto resolve option). But the diplomacy/resource management side is super fun.

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Palps bitching at me that it was my fault his diplomacy mission failed was always hilarious
 
BlandrewYT

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I love that game so much. Everything from the combat, the world, the music, and characters (still my favorite cast of Nintendo characters) was just great. Performance wasn't the best no doubt. Wish they could've gotten it running like Yorna and XC1 Definitive, but it wasn't enough to take me out of the experience. It was getting a lot of flack for characters designs and for being "too anime" but I didn't have a problem with either. I actually liked how anime it was at times.
 
Youabra

Youabra

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Screw you ERA, this is a great game!

Origami King, on the other hand, was an "Ok-ish" game in my opinion.
 
Sabretooth

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Oct 27, 2017
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Sunless Skies and Where the Water Tastes Like Wine. The latter especially a great collection of stories and a game about how stories snowball. I know it's got glaring problems, but I love it goddamnit.

Torment: Tides of Numenera is another one that I really loved but almost never gets mentioned on Era, and even so, is mostly relegated to an inferior successor to Planescape: Torment.
 
Gelf

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The Evil Within, I know some here like it but most tend to prefer the sequel. I absolutely loved that game, it was probably in my top 10 for the entire generation and the poster game for why I should never go by metacritic scores to decide what I'll like.

Also MGSV, there seems to be negative words said about all the time here but I got a lot out of it.
 

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Final Fantasy XV

I do hate how crucial plot points and character arcs are cut off into post game DLC scenarios, but other than that I think it's a solid 8.5/10 game. Oh and Luna being a nothing character.
 
Undrey

Undrey

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Honestly a bunch of the games I play. It really seems like 7/10 games are usually seen as shitty horrible games that should've never been made.

I really enjoyed my time with the first Watch Dogs. Also liked most of Agents of Mayhem, I think I'm one of 12 people who've played it on here.
Also loved most of my time with the first Yooka Laylee. It was just what I wanted in a one-of-those platformers.
 
dudu0609

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Many Xbox exclusives fall into this subject that made me sad.
To point out few examples: Recore, Tell Me Why, Gears Tactics, The Medium (timed exclusive on Xbox, hope it can turns some ERA's opinion when it will launch on Playstation in few months) and many many more.
(This is NOT a console fanboism response. I really like these games, but they are exclusive to a platform that stands in the 3rd place in the market, so I think many ERA overlooked them.)
 
Redcrayon

Redcrayon

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Oct 27, 2017
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A lot of the stuff I like isn't so much 'disliked' or gains a 'lukewarm' reaction. That would imply that people knew enough about it to have a reaction, it's often indifference about more obscure stuff that doesn't get past page 2 :D
 

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The better question for me would be 'A game you dislike that ERA loves'.

For the OP's question, I guess Final Fantasy VIII? It's not super disliked on here and has actually over the years gained a more vocal fanbase but there's still a select group of people on here that just go out of their way to shit on it.
 
m4st4

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Where can I access this ERA motherframe and ask it about its desires and preferences?
 
Sphinx

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It wasn't unti I opened a thread about the Luigi's Mansion Series that I learned that Era hates Luigi's Mansion 2.

seriously, what the fuck?

you may as well just post "I hate good games"
 
Rotobit

Rotobit

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Oct 27, 2017
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Tales of Zestiria, it's basically the only Tales game I've played to completion because of the story and characters (I finished Graces too but that was probably more down to the gameplay being fun). Without prior knowledge of the behind-the-scenes drama I didn't even notice the Alisha/Rose switcheroo that still riles folks up.

I also wouldn't say I loved FF: Type-0 but it gets a lot of hate. Still has one of the emotionally strongest endings in gaming, IMO.
 
Jimnymebob

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Oct 26, 2017
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Jak 2 for sure. It still baffles me how people can hate that so much, yet be fine with Jak 3, which effectively triples down on everything that made them hate Jak 2 lol.
Sonic 2 Master System is another one. Easily a top 5 Sonic game, and it has an incredible soundtrack, but people don't like it because they played the crappy version. It's like me saying Sonic 1 is bad because I played it on a GBA instead of Mega Drive.
 
astro

astro

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Oct 25, 2017
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If you made a poll, most of these answers would have more likes than dislikes, some by far.

FF15, for instance, was in our top ten GOTY...
 
darz1

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Dec 18, 2017
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Astral Chain - not saying it's completely hated, I mean it's probably 50/50 on here, but it's my GOTG so far. Hands down easily one of the best games I have ever played. So that doom and gloom thread about Platinum games was very weird for me to read.
 
Undrey

Undrey

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Oct 29, 2017
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Oh yeah, The Order: 1886 was a good game. If it was sold at $40 it'd have been received a lot better.
 
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