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LA noire

my first playthrough? i was very disappointed. my second playthrough, a few years later? i finally fucking realized/appreciated i was playing maybe the most demented, hilarious game i'd ever played, that it was lots of fun, & that, awesomely enough, it was set in an incredibly cool rendition of 40's/50's l.a.! pure, unadulterated ingeniousness...

 

[amigastar]

Rise of the Triad 2013
It may have many flaws but i love it.

 

[DelireMan7]

Final Fantasy XV :
Fully aware of its faults but damn I had such a good time with it ! Objectively it's below game like Witcher 3, God Of War... but I'd choose FFXV over these games without hesitation because I had so much fun with the game and the alchemy between party member really got me.

Final Fantasy XVI :
Still pretty early (12h) but I can see quite some flaws (especially for a FF, like the drop of most RPG mechanics and only controlling/customizing one character) but I really love it. Combat, visuals and story really caught me good.

Dark Souls :
Some says the game is not perfect. These people are wrong.

 

[cHaOs667]

LA noire

Damn, that brings back some memories and reminds me of the 360 era.

We had so many mediocre TPS games like Army of Two, Kane & Lynch: Dead Man or Dark Sector that have been great fun.
Damn, I need to revisit my 360...

 

[mrmustard]

Wow
Cyberpunk
State of Decay
Hitman
Fallout 4

 

[StereoVsn]

I realize most of the shortcomings of Falcom's games, still love them to bits

Yep, love most of Falcon games, although I must say I ran out of steam after Cold Steel 2.

 

[crackajack]

Bloodlines. The ending is terrible, it's janky as fuck - especially the combat, and, even with fan patches, it has a lot of technical issues. But it's the closest we've come to anyone rivaling Deus Ex. Magic stuff, flaws and all.

The first game that comes to my mind as well.
Funnily enough I initially had no real big problems with only the official patch, but on the second playthrough with fan patches and another character I had a main story stopping bug, which iirc disappeared after a reinstall, so I did at least not really lose progress.
Pity that the studio dissolved and we had no true successor since forever.

Hitman certainly also. The glitchiness of the first games was insane, but still, if you avoided those and a run worked out, it was just awesome.

An actually terrible game I still spent a relative long time in was Boiling Point Road to Hell. Several quests and the factions overall were broken when I abandoned my playthrough attempt. But I think it was the first open world fps and for some reason I loved driving the bus from one point to another. I kinda was more into the open world "racing" or Bus Simulator 2005, than the actual Far Cry before FC was GTAified like game it tried to be. It's objectively a bad game, but still I spent as much time in it as with Morrowind, which I did not finish because I got lost and bored, which is imho barely a better reason than a game being fucked up entirely.

 

[Fredrik]

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Cyberpunk 2077
No Man’s Sky
The Ascent
Elden Ring
Returnal
Scorn

 

[kyussman]

Death Stranding treated me like I had the memory of a goldfish......but playing it was a wonderful experience.

 

[Södy]

PUBG.

 

[mansoor1980]

bethesda RPGs basically
tons of problems but there are none like them

 

[Spaceman292]

Bloodlines. The ending is terrible, it's janky as fuck - especially the combat, and, even with fan patches, it has a lot of technical issues. But it's the closest we've come to anyone rivaling Deus Ex. Magic stuff, flaws and all.

The ending is fantastic. The last moment twist is one of the most memorable parts of that game. But yeah that game is one of my all time faves despite all the broken shit.

 

[BosmerCulter]

Fallout 4, the gameplay and writing are utterly crap but man i love this game so much... I spend hundreds of hours exploring the world and on housing.

 

[DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy]

Pretty much anything made by Grasshopper/Suda51.
No More Heroes 1 is in my top 10 favorites of all time, but is heavily flawed. It’s uniqueness negates all of that for me

 

[SCB3]

I have a few but more recently

Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

It has a lot of technical issues, some patched out, but I cannot deny that this and Legends have been both a fantastic time to be a fan

 

[GymWolf]

All games have deep flaws in some aspect.

 

[Shut0wen]

For me its turok evolution, a game that harshly got panned by critics for having horrible flying and riding mechanics that are actually not as bad as what people say it is, while the shooting and platforming is just the same if not better then the rest of the series

 

[Fredrik]

bethesda RPGs basically
tons of problems but there are none like them

Yeah, the jank is already factored in, bad melee, and the corny NPC dialogue. Everybody expect it so nobody really goes around thinking it ruins the game.

I think Zelda is the same now. If I’m critical I can see tons of issues with Zelda TOTK. But it’s still my GOTY and I think the 96 Metacritic score is perfectly fair.

 

[Andrenicks]

Gothic 3 was a disaster but i've loved that game like no others at the time.

FF8 Is One of the worst FF ever made, poor written characters, useless side quests, junction system that was far strange, but Is my favourite FF, i can play It twice a year Just to listen the balamb garden ost.

 

[AV]

Vanilla WoW. Insanely flawed in various ways by today's standards. Still stands as one of the best MMO experiences a person can have.

 

[Fredrik]

All games have deep flaws in some aspect.

Super Metroid too? I struggle to find anything big there. Maybe it’s too difficult for younger gamers who are used to have more hints? ”Y can’t metroid crawl?”

 

[NahaNago]

So many games for me. I'd go with infamous second son just had so many issues for me after I was done playing it but I loved the game and wanted a sequel. The order 1886 is a big one for me. The game honestly felt like an intro to me but I still really enjoyed the game. FF8 and 9 have issues but I loved the games quite a bit.

Final Fantasy XV :
Fully aware of its faults but damn I had such a good time with it ! Objectively it's below game like Witcher 3, God Of War... but I'd choose FFXV over these games without hesitation because I had so much fun with the game and the alchemy between party member really got me.

Final Fantasy XVI :
Still pretty early (12h) but I can see quite some flaws (especially for a FF, like the drop of most RPG mechanics and only controlling/customizing one character) but I really love it. Combat, visuals and story really caught me good.

For FFXV the relationships between the guys and how they interact was pretty much the reason I enjoyed it. I really wish they had further developed on them spending time traveling. I always like seeing party members interacting in games when they aren't fighting.

On FF16 I'm a bit mixed on the game. I'm about halfway through the game, I think, so those big summon combat visuals are amazing, the character drama is pretty good at times, but the game feels low budget and the characters kind of look not that detailed at times on the visual department. Now the world can look amazing but not being able to enter that many buildings is kind of weird. It's like a shonen jump game off thrones.

 

[Zheph]

Gothic 3 was a disaster but i've loved that game like no others at the time.

FF8 Is One of the worst FF ever made, poor written characters, useless side quests, junction system that was far strange, but Is my favourite FF, i can play It twice a year Just to listen the balamb garden ost.

Yo don't go that far lmao but FF8 is also my favourite despite all the flaws I find the game to be so magical ffs

 

[JCK75]

Hidden and Dangerous -
It was so clunky and unrefined, AI was a bit on the dumb side.
But being able to just tackle a mission any way you choose and set up your small team tactically was an experience I'll never forget.

 

[Topher]

Assassin's Creed and other Ubisoft games come to mind. All the criticisms are true......and yet I still enjoy playing those games.

 

[TheRedRiders]

MGSV

 

[deriks]

No game is perfect, almost every game I liked have flaws, it never stopped me from loving them

Tetris is, Pac-Man is...

 

[Fbh]

To honour my avatar: The Wonderful 101.

-It does a terrible job at explaining itself
-The camera is too close during traversal and too far away during combat
-On the original WiiU release the framerate sucked.
-As most platinum games (except maybe Nier automata) the gimmick gameplay sequences that deviate from the core gameplay fucking suck
-Drawing the shapes to switch between the various weapons is an annoying gimmick .

But it's still an awesome game

 

[DelireMan7]

Tetris is, Pac-Man is...

Flaws are subjective so no game is perfect.

I could see Tetris as "perfect" (even if repetitive) but Pac Man is not for me so far to be perfect

 

[Caio]

Fallout 4. I loved it.

 

[winjer]

Civilization VI. The AI is dumb as shit.
But it's still fun to play.

 

[Imtjnotu]

This was pure RPG fun tho as a kid

 

[Hudo]

Well, I've bee fairly recently told by experts on GAF that Tears of the Kingdom is fucking garbage but I still like the game. So, I guess that.

 

[Krathoon]

I will always like Silhouette Mirage and Critical Depth.

 

[MasterDerico]

No game is perfect, almost every game I liked have flaws, it never stopped me from loving them

That's it!

 

[GymWolf]

Super Metroid too? I struggle to find anything big there. Maybe it’s too difficult for younger gamers who are used to have more hints? ”Y can’t metroid crawl?”

I barely remember that game, too much time has passed.

 

[Fredrik]

I barely remember that game, too much time has passed.

It’s still my all time #1. I replay it every other year to see if it deserves that position, Elden Ring was close to dethrone it but stumbled on that stupid end game boss.

 

[TastyPastry]

cyberpunk 2077 is for sure one of them and so is manhunt. manhunt has outdated graphics and outdated gameplay but it is a one of a kind horror experience i like to play around halloween time and there is no other game like it.

 

[GymWolf]

It’s still my all time #1. I replay it every other year to see if it deserves that position, Elden Ring was close to dethrone it but stumbled on that stupid end game boss.

I prefer castlevania sotn by a landslide.

 

[Krathoon]

Giants: Citizen Kabuto.

 

[Krathoon]

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness.
Not the best, but still fun to play.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Driver 2

 

[Shubh_C63]

Mad Max

Story could have been better. Side missions less tedious.
But god damn I was in love with its open world, combat and vehicle traversal.

 

[Jack Package]

Deadly Premonition: The Thread

Objectively, every aspect of this game is trash. Driving is boring. Monsters have like three different possible appearances. Shooting is terrible. Voice acting garbage, sound levels completely fucked and the tunes inappropriate in most places, and the graphics really are PS2 quality upscaled.


Yet all these things, when put together, becomes far more than what the sum of its parts should come to. It's one of the best survival horror games ever, and the love or whatever ineffable quality put into it made it into one of my all-time favourite games that I recommend to absolutely everyone because of it's story,.

Basically, play this game on switch or the 360 version through back compatibility on the series consoles.

 

[Fredrik]

I prefer castlevania sotn by a landslide.

It’s great too but Super Metroid is perfection in map design and general game design as far as I’m concerned.
I actually liked Metroid Dread a ton as well, a bit too much hand-holding for me to really threaten Super Metroid, 100% was done too fast, but it was my GOTY at the year it released, controls like a dream and the boss fights are up there as my absolute favorites.

For Castlevania games I really like Order of Ecclesia. Not talked about as much as SOTN but I thought it was more interesting.

 

[Damigos]

Despite the horrendous draw/junction system i still LOVE FFVIII

 

[Krathoon]

Alundra 2 is pretty cool.

 

[GymWolf]

It’s great too but Super Metroid is perfection in map design and general game design as far as I’m concerned.
I actually liked Metroid Dread a ton as well, a bit too much hand-holding for me to really threaten Super Metroid, 100% was done too fast, but it was my GOTY at the year it released, controls like a dream and the boss fights are up there as my absolute favorites.

For Castlevania games I really like Order of Ecclesia. Not talked about as much as SOTN but I thought it was more interesting.

On the other hand, sotn has way, WAY more content (bosses, weapons, armours, skills, mobs, secrets etc.) and i just prefer the gameplay in sotn.


Also I personally vastly prefer the art design of castlevania over metroid (characters, enemies, bosses, locations etc.) and to this day i still have to find a game with a better ost, only dk2 is close.

Nothing inside metroid shocked me like having another fucking castle to explore when you discover the inverted castle in sotn.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Bellmaiden is an atrocity, magic is trash, chalice dungeons are not fun and are required to get weapon variants...bullshit.

It was done that way on purpose. Part of the lore, gameplay design, and in the Lovecraft styled (Victorian, vampire & werewolves, horrors of universe of the mind's eye) theme.

Still love the game.

 

[UnNamed]

FFXV

How much I loved that game.

It has its flaws, the open world it's not that open, you can't drive the car freely, mechanics adds up with barely no reason, towards the end it's a corridor.

But man, this game left me with a feel like Stand By Me (the movie) but with magic.