Not a divisive game per se (but arguably not as loved as its predecessors), but The Last Guardian.
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Divisive games you consider a 10/10
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Nah I think it's spot on. It's stretching to call a game that cleaned up at the GOTY awards divisive.
Dragon Age Inquisition
These are my peeps no matter what
'In addition to winning several awards at major events and ceremonies, it was selected by IGN,[116] Ars Technica,[117] Game Informer,[118] Polygon,[119] and Electronic Gaming Monthly[120] as their Game of the Year in 2014.[121]'
Spelunker HD Deluxe, of course.
A platformer with a simple set of rules that seem to rub some people the wrong way. Death comes easily, the heights you can leap from safely are comically small, and when you jump you're committed to it (no control while airborne). And everything kills you in 1 hit. I've seen reviewers complain about the controls being shitty and leading to deaths, but NO- the controls are tight, when you die it's your own fault.
Aside from that it's got excellent level design (100+ floors), arcade-like gamplay, key hunting, ghost killing, and can be played co op and with retro pixel art graphics if preferred. Also, it's pretty funny.
An unrecognized classic. Some people just don't get it, and most will never play it.
A platformer with a simple set of rules that seem to rub some people the wrong way. Death comes easily, the heights you can leap from safely are comically small, and when you jump you're committed to it (no control while airborne). And everything kills you in 1 hit. I've seen reviewers complain about the controls being shitty and leading to deaths, but NO- the controls are tight, when you die it's your own fault.
Aside from that it's got excellent level design (100+ floors), arcade-like gamplay, key hunting, ghost killing, and can be played co op and with retro pixel art graphics if preferred. Also, it's pretty funny.
An unrecognized classic. Some people just don't get it, and most will never play it.
FF16. I know it's not a perfect game, even by my standards, but I haven't felt so hyped about the set pieces of a game since... forever.
I mean do you really think, if someone makes a thread saying DA:I is a 10/10 game, the comments wouldn't be divisive or even outright full of disagreement?
We've had like hundreds of posts in this forum saying DA:I winning GotY for many publications in 2014 was a mistake or only happened because other games were just so bad.
anyway, I'll nominate Prey: Mooncrash, a game that wasn't actually the generally accepted goty or best-in-class for its genre in the year it released, despite being a fantastic game, built upon another 10/10 that sits in the 70s on MC despite being much better than the games people tend to compare it unfavorably to (like Bioshock).
and I wouldn't consider Deathloop divisive, really, but I do think it deserves more credit than it gets, personally. as a followup to Mooncrash it could have done some things better (like leaving the central mystery of the game for the player to piece together and solve manually), but it's still an inspired take on the 'immersive sim' concept that subverts aspects of the genre taken for granted in ways that encourage a completely different style of play than any other immersive sim before it.
and I wouldn't consider Deathloop divisive, really, but I do think it deserves more credit than it gets, personally. as a followup to Mooncrash it could have done some things better (like leaving the central mystery of the game for the player to piece together and solve manually), but it's still an inspired take on the 'immersive sim' concept that subverts aspects of the genre taken for granted in ways that encourage a completely different style of play than any other immersive sim before it.
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Fire Emblem Fates Conquest. It has the best maps in any SRPG ever, and the skills are fun as hell.
Sonic Adventure 2, though I don't even necessarily disagree with the problems a lot of people have. The good parts are just good enough to make me not care and I've become warm to the jank over the years.
Twilight Princess and gen 4 Pokemon were initially kinda divsive, but people have become kinder to them over the years, partially because kids who grew up with them are now online and partially because we haven't gotten many games since that do similar things as them as well.
Sonic Adventure 2, though I don't even necessarily disagree with the problems a lot of people have. The good parts are just good enough to make me not care and I've become warm to the jank over the years.
Twilight Princess and gen 4 Pokemon were initially kinda divsive, but people have become kinder to them over the years, partially because kids who grew up with them are now online and partially because we haven't gotten many games since that do similar things as them as well.
I still think the cards actually made for a much better and more dynamic combat system than how rote X-com could get
A lot of people disliked the Three Houses esque social hub but I loved it, and the gameplay was top tier as you'd expect from Firaxis. Wish it did better so we could've gotten a sequel.
Prey seems like a good one (Mooncrash or otherwise). One of my faves, but the sales and reviews just weren't there.
Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis.
Probably in my top 15 all time games. I totally understand why people didn't like the game, and there are elements to it that even I think are not good (namely enemies getting insanely harder during night time), but the characters are so fun, the school setting is realized through gameplay in such a great way, and combat is such a blast that I completely adore the game even with its flaws.
Probably in my top 15 all time games. I totally understand why people didn't like the game, and there are elements to it that even I think are not good (namely enemies getting insanely harder during night time), but the characters are so fun, the school setting is realized through gameplay in such a great way, and combat is such a blast that I completely adore the game even with its flaws.
At some point in time Destiny 2 was a great game. The stars aligned, though I imagine it's different times for a lot of different people.
I wonder if they could've just gone with a different visual medium for the cards, since they're essentially just skills/moves you equip. The card/deckbuilding element likely turned some people off without knowing how it actually works.
Feel like La-Mulana, Valdis Story and CrossCode (Was just aware people dislike the puzzles recently lol) are definitely divisible, all 10/10 games for me.
Not quite 10/10 stuff but i agree that Death Stranding, Prey and Twilight Princess (Fav Zelda :p) are excellent games.
FFXIII is kind of far from 10/10 lol but it's still a lot better than people give credit for.
Not quite 10/10 stuff but i agree that Death Stranding, Prey and Twilight Princess (Fav Zelda :p) are excellent games.
FFXIII is kind of far from 10/10 lol but it's still a lot better than people give credit for.
The Wonderful 101 was pretty divisive when first released and I absolutely loved it. Right alongside Ninja Gaiden Black as my favorite character action game.
And although I wouldn't necessarily rate it as a 10/10, Penny's Big Breakaway is a recent one that I've been enjoying much more than the general consensus would have me believe.
I can see parallels with both games in that they each have pretty high skill floors with tough barriers to entry but once they finally start to click and you can feel yourself really getting the hang of the mechanics, their game flow is fantastic and both become incredibly satisfying to play.
And although I wouldn't necessarily rate it as a 10/10, Penny's Big Breakaway is a recent one that I've been enjoying much more than the general consensus would have me believe.
I can see parallels with both games in that they each have pretty high skill floors with tough barriers to entry but once they finally start to click and you can feel yourself really getting the hang of the mechanics, their game flow is fantastic and both become incredibly satisfying to play.
You're probably right, but it still doesn't make sense to me. It's as close to perfect as a game can get.
Mass Effect 3 easily. I don't give a damn about the ending; the gameplay is what I consider to be, without a hint of hyperbole, perfect.
Doom Eternal.
I love Doom 2016 but Eternal shits all over it in everyway to the point that I can't go back to it.
I love Doom 2016 but Eternal shits all over it in everyway to the point that I can't go back to it.
Death Stranding.
It's a game of a generation and beyond.
Nothing impressed me this much and clicked with me this much gameplay wise as Death Stranding did in 25 years of gaming. It's such a special and impactful game with how everything is structured, the whole online system that just worked to absolute perfection with an atmosphere so thick that you can taste it. And the soundtrack man..... And how it's integrated.....
This game is so unbelievably special that I can barely put it in words.
It's a game of a generation and beyond.
Nothing impressed me this much and clicked with me this much gameplay wise as Death Stranding did in 25 years of gaming. It's such a special and impactful game with how everything is structured, the whole online system that just worked to absolute perfection with an atmosphere so thick that you can taste it. And the soundtrack man..... And how it's integrated.....
This game is so unbelievably special that I can barely put it in words.
To a degree, yeah. I think there's more love for it than not here, but this is also the only place I've ever seen the opinion that P5 peaked in its first Palace lol
People on this forum HATE Eternal.
I'm pretty sure there was a thread on this forum titled: "Doom Eternal is hot garbage."
Crazy 💀💀
Kamoshida is probably my fav arc but to say the game only gets worse from there is wild lol
Hmmm.. I dont know if I ever would give even a single game 10/10..even my most played one or my most liked one
But the closest games to a 10/10 in my case and games that are atleast somewhat divisive here are these :
Witcher 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Call of Juarez Gunslinger
Metro Last Light
Vampire Bloodlines
But the closest games to a 10/10 in my case and games that are atleast somewhat divisive here are these :
Witcher 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Call of Juarez Gunslinger
Metro Last Light
Vampire Bloodlines
Came to post Death Stranding, happy to see it posted a lot already.
I would also say Dishonored. I've played through it 5 times, never encountered a bug. Love the art style, story, stealth/ action gameplay.
I would also say Dishonored. I've played through it 5 times, never encountered a bug. Love the art style, story, stealth/ action gameplay.
