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Divisive games you consider a 10/10
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The most recent one that comes to mind is CP2077.
The game has many flaws but if it clicks with you it's incredible. Especially the DLC.
The game has many flaws but if it clicks with you it's incredible. Especially the DLC.
Oh wow! Talk about Elite run. Probably made the situation/enivronment a lot more dire
Mine is weird.. but The Division was EVERYTHING I wanted it to be. I remember playing and being like this is perfect. and then I saw IGN gave it like a 6/10. I was like what?? how???
So in the last year I played Asura's Wrath for the first time. I just checked the MC on it, and it 71. I totally thought it was closer to a 85-90. Its like being and episodic anime, I couldnt put it down lol.
FFXII is a game I adore, but I'd still drop a point to an 9/10 for its disappointing final narrative push and some other minor nitpicks. Overall it's a brilliant game with one of the most expansive and intriguing worlds to explore. A massive hunt list that tests your gambit prowess, not to mention the gambit system that streamlines actions but still retains tactical nuance in plenty of party duels. Its the last solo entry I definitively loved in the series.
DMC1. I liked 3-5 just fine, and recognize where 1 has issues, but I still find it has the most captivating setting, enemy design(both boss and grunts) and even the castle was neat to explore. I loved seeing the changes in the different difficulties, even adding new enemy moves, something missed in sequels.
DMC1. I liked 3-5 just fine, and recognize where 1 has issues, but I still find it has the most captivating setting, enemy design(both boss and grunts) and even the castle was neat to explore. I loved seeing the changes in the different difficulties, even adding new enemy moves, something missed in sequels.
Clearly anyone who had a problem with the game was a piece of shit. Yep, that must be it. No other possible reason at all. Not like it had a divisive story or anything.
It's already been brought up but I think Death Stranding would be my answer to this too. I love Kojima games and was down to try it from the get-go but nothing about what I saw in the trailers fully appealed to me until I actually played it for myself.
I got totally engrossed in the story and found the "walking sim" gameplay to be equal parts relaxing and stressful (which made for a really memorable gameplay experience).
My honorable mentions would be two games that have also been brought up a bunch: Skyward Sword and FFXII
I got totally engrossed in the story and found the "walking sim" gameplay to be equal parts relaxing and stressful (which made for a really memorable gameplay experience).
My honorable mentions would be two games that have also been brought up a bunch: Skyward Sword and FFXII
Resident Evil 4 and 5.
When I first started using social media - Orkut, to be pretty specific - I was introduced to a whole plethora of games and opinions surrounding them. RE4 was a game that seemed very divisive, with purists calling anyone who liked it pseudo-fans of the franchise because it wasn't really Resident Evil. I wouldn't play the game myself for another couple of years - I only owned an N64, PS1 and Dreamcast at the time - but I ended up loving it when I got the chance to play it at a friend's.
Shit really hit the fan when RE5 was released. People were pissed, others were overjoyed at how great of a cooperative experience it was, and I was there just watching streams (I think it was on Twitch's predecessor, Justin.tv) because most games didn't come out on PC day-and-date. When I finally played it many months later, and RE5 being the first game I purchased with my own money (that I can remember of), I fell in love with it. I still consider it leagues above RE4 in almost every way.
I also have a soft spot for Silent Hill Homecoming, but it isn't a 10/10 game by any stretch.
When I first started using social media - Orkut, to be pretty specific - I was introduced to a whole plethora of games and opinions surrounding them. RE4 was a game that seemed very divisive, with purists calling anyone who liked it pseudo-fans of the franchise because it wasn't really Resident Evil. I wouldn't play the game myself for another couple of years - I only owned an N64, PS1 and Dreamcast at the time - but I ended up loving it when I got the chance to play it at a friend's.
Shit really hit the fan when RE5 was released. People were pissed, others were overjoyed at how great of a cooperative experience it was, and I was there just watching streams (I think it was on Twitch's predecessor, Justin.tv) because most games didn't come out on PC day-and-date. When I finally played it many months later, and RE5 being the first game I purchased with my own money (that I can remember of), I fell in love with it. I still consider it leagues above RE4 in almost every way.
I also have a soft spot for Silent Hill Homecoming, but it isn't a 10/10 game by any stretch.
RE5 I could see being divisive. RE4 though? I know you said you were in a very specific pocket on internet discussion, but that game is about as close as you can get to something being nearly universally beloved.
KH 358/2 Days. It was the perfect pick up and play handheld game for me- it was basically my Monster Hunter.
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.
I started playing it recently and I'm hooked. The writing is great and the gameplay is soooooooooooo amazing. Really, this game is a gem.
As I mentioned, back then there were mainly two kinds of fans in the fandom: those who were accepting of RE4 and those who deemed RE4 inferior due to the changes in story, setting and gameplay. Discourse on it only turned around circa RE6's release from what I can recall.
No post has made me more worried to play TLoU2 than this.
Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning has the best writing and combat of any similar wrpg. I will forever be mad that we are never getting a sequel.
Also Oblivion. I fucking loved Oblivion, even with the level scaling. Shivering Isles is the best expansion in a game ever.
Also Oblivion. I fucking loved Oblivion, even with the level scaling. Shivering Isles is the best expansion in a game ever.
Wanted: Dead - Just so fun, and kinda hard. I guess the oldschool 360/ps3 era feeling puts many people off. Heartly recommended - 50% off on Steam now too :-)
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1981610/Wanted_Dead/
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1981610/Wanted_Dead/
I think I like good games. If youre only interested in boring sequels that play it as safe as possible then yeah don't play The Last of Us 2.
I guess I'm boring because there's not any games I can think of that I consider a 10 but are considered divisive. Midnight Suns maybe like others have said but I don't think that's divisive. It sold 10 copies and there's people that couldn't get into it but from what I can tell there is a lot of love from people that stuck with it.
Closest would be FF XV? It's in no way a 10 but I liked it a lot more than I would've thought going in.
Closest would be FF XV? It's in no way a 10 but I liked it a lot more than I would've thought going in.
Rain World is the only one that really fits that bill for me as a truly perfect game. Although given how receptive actual users have been to it since its release, it doesn't even feel especially divisive anymore.
Devil's Third multiplayer though? In my heart of hearts, I'll forever praise it for its utterly unique combat mechanics, game modes, and warring clan system. Fantastic game.
Devil's Third multiplayer though? In my heart of hearts, I'll forever praise it for its utterly unique combat mechanics, game modes, and warring clan system. Fantastic game.
Gotta go for Fallout 76. One of the best Fallout games, absolute miles above 3 and 4, for me, and up there with 1, 2, and New Vegas.
Otherwise, Dark Souls II remains my favourite of the series.
How is Prey divisive? It's like all of Arkane said "what if an art deco immersive sim but actually good?" and behold; it is amazing.
Otherwise, Dark Souls II remains my favourite of the series.
How is Prey divisive? It's like all of Arkane said "what if an art deco immersive sim but actually good?" and behold; it is amazing.
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003, Xbox, PC) is definitely one for me, jank as hell and the controls are interesting (hold left click to walk forward, hold right click to move backwards, move the mouse left or right to turn.) but I still have yet to encounter a better pirate game so far.
Dark Souls II I'm mixed on saying counts here. It was pretty much universally acclaimed by critics, and it's more that it became an odd Last-Jedi-esque subject of wild vocal minority hate online. All the same, I went into it hearing bad things about it and I adored it, one of my top 5 games ever.
Dark Souls II I'm mixed on saying counts here. It was pretty much universally acclaimed by critics, and it's more that it became an odd Last-Jedi-esque subject of wild vocal minority hate online. All the same, I went into it hearing bad things about it and I adored it, one of my top 5 games ever.
Yep.
By that metric every 10/10 game has its share of detractors, doesn't make them divisive.
I don't think there's any "divisive" game I consider 10/10. If a game is divisive, it usually has objective flaws.
Divisive games that are among my all time favourites sure, plenty.
But favourite is not the same as 10/10
this one's actually been on my wishlist for a bit--people got pretty turned off by how goofy it is, apparently, but i'm kind of excited by the prospect of a game that feels like a B movie!
I mean, 2020 wasn't that long ago. Reducing it down to 90+ MC score and GotY award wins is ignoring what the actual conversation was.
There was the whole crunch conversation, people criticized the TGAs for awarding a game made under those conditions.
You're the saying the only way you can see it is if it came from incels but those conversations with other criticisms are still there and easily viewable. On this site, Twitter, Reddit and several gaming outlets.
The game itself was criticized was its treatment of black characters on other PoCs. The parallels with the Israel Palestine conflict. Game pacing toward the end was an issue and several aspects of the story itself.
I mean, I get that it's easier to just ignore all that and blame the chuds so its easier to dismiss the criticisms, but I feel like this was all too recent to play dumb about.
No Man's Sky, but ONLY the first year of it. After they made it "good" and kept going, it felt more like unpaid labor.
Starfield, to the point that it's the only BGS game I truly get long term enjoyment out of with a minimal amount of mods.
FF 15, without qualifiers. Great dungeons (especially the Pitioss Ruins), great lead cast relationship dynamics, great fishing, great food.
A lot of modern fans of the series that jumped in with P3 and newer like to crap on it, but the first Persona is also still an amazing game to me. Atlus, I'm begging ya to bring back the first person dungeon crawls to MegaTen.
Starfield, to the point that it's the only BGS game I truly get long term enjoyment out of with a minimal amount of mods.
FF 15, without qualifiers. Great dungeons (especially the Pitioss Ruins), great lead cast relationship dynamics, great fishing, great food.
A lot of modern fans of the series that jumped in with P3 and newer like to crap on it, but the first Persona is also still an amazing game to me. Atlus, I'm begging ya to bring back the first person dungeon crawls to MegaTen.
Do you know what's funny? Every other site I've been on, including the former forum, seemed to adore Jak 2 and 3 and say they were huge improvements over part 1.
And as someone who only played 1 but considers it one of his favorite platformers of all time, that's refreshing to me that we're on the "wrong side of history". Haha.
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- *tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people.* So many games in here that I sure as hell wouldn't call *Divisive*