I'm not here to tell you Drake of the 99 Dragons is "actually good" or anything dumb like that. I have no doubt that whatever nightmare got released on the Xbox was probably as bad as people said it was. But I have to admit, in regards to the version of this game currently on Steam, I can't say I really had that bad of a time! It starts out extremely rough and annoying, but once you unlock the slowing down time mechanic and the health recovery (yes, you have to unlock the ability to pick up health objects), this game becomes so much more manageable and actually kind of fun, sometimes intentionally, usually in how dumb it is. Watching Drake contort his body to point his guns at whatever is being shot while wallrunning on the side of a couch, it's a beautiful thing to witness. The plot is also just completely inane, pure 2000s sci-fi action slop, and the voice acting on Drake himself makes every cutscene worth watching.

I would say the sweet spot on this game is everything from getting the slow time power to right before the beginning of this game's version of Xen from Half-Life (yes, really). Everything before and after is mostly just miserable, and the bosses are also usually pretty bad, but overall this was a fun thing to experience. The game only really takes about four hours to beat. No checkpoints in levels can be rough, but thankfully levels tend to be short. Maybe pick it up when it's on sale if you're curious about these kinds of trainwrecks the way I am.