Games That Launched To Awful Public Consensus And Then Came Back Extremely Positively But I Didn't Forget
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@The_Gaming_Dog12 i was actually aware of that when i put it on here but im manifesting it
Oh my bad, I reckon ur right but it’ll take like 10 more years. Also for CoD I think infinite warfare would be a better fit, the multiplayer is ass but the campaign gets a lot of love nowadays (also has one of the most disliked trailers on yt)
any CoD could really fit the bill as it continues to get worse but i feel like ive seen Ghosts the most often
I know you already got Drakengard on here but I think Nier probably deserves it too
Great list lol
Great list lol
I feel like Bioshock Infinite is kinda this way. I remember that game being a shit show from fans on launch, but now it seems to be generally regarded as fun / mid.
@Djungelskog i considered Nier and thought about using drakengard as a catch-all, but it does belong on here
@Dizzy i feel like Bioshock Infinite belongs on the opposite list to this one, i remember it getting mass critical acclaim from everybody at launch and as time passed being harshly torn apart. i remember Matthematosis made a critical video around launch and the reception around it was “holy crap, hes so bold.” if anything i considered bioshock 2 but i dont think that one was as hated as i remember
@Dizzy i feel like Bioshock Infinite belongs on the opposite list to this one, i remember it getting mass critical acclaim from everybody at launch and as time passed being harshly torn apart. i remember Matthematosis made a critical video around launch and the reception around it was “holy crap, hes so bold.” if anything i considered bioshock 2 but i dont think that one was as hated as i remember
@MultiGenre
Weird. I remember getting dunked on super hard for defending this game in any capacity on launch. Now it seems the be the case that people consider it just "fun".
Weird. I remember getting dunked on super hard for defending this game in any capacity on launch. Now it seems the be the case that people consider it just "fun".
@Dizzy admittedly i dont know or remember much about the public consensus on Infinite. i know for sure it got critical acclaim but in all fairness thats not all this list is about, ex. Last of Us 2
Wind Waker "maybe the most wrong that gamers have ever been" fucking PREACH
its been weird seeing assassin's creed unity go from being called the worst thing ever at launch to the last good asscreed game and (occasionally) one of the best
no man's sky?
You can probably put most Zelda/Pokemon games here, but I think Pokemon Black/White 1 fits. So many people fucking trashed the new Pokemon designs and now gen 5 is considered to be one of the best games Pokemon has to offer.
To be fair the biggest issue with 2077 at launch was the technical issues and even then just the console version. If they had released the PC version by itself even in the same launch state the game would not have been as hated. Console release was definitely unforgivable and it at best took 6 months if not a year to actually be playable which is insane.
I think Pokemon Black White probably deserves a shout for just how loud people were against that game, specifically. Sorry Ice Cream and Garbage Pokemon you ruined the public opinion of those games for like, a good few years. Just ain't right
Totally agree with 2077. The game is proof that devs/executives can get away with anything. The state of "modern (AAA) gaming" shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
@Kaiji97 i remember hearing a lot (never played myself, yet) about how Cyberpunk 2077 does have a lot of really great artistic merit, and that the poor performance was really its only big flaw. i totally understand why that is worth noting but its also why i think CDPR should not continue to be supported because executives could take advantage of such genuinely talented people so easily by releasing whatever the fuck whenever they want.
does Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts belong on here? or are people still mad about that one
Prey 2017 is proof of how damaging a bad name can be. I personally ignored it out of spite for Bethesda killing Prey 2 and only a year later did I discover Prey 2017 was the EXACT kind of game I like. They marketed it terribly and gave it the name of a game Bethesda killed, it's like Bethesda were intentionally sabotaging the game.
Bioshock 2. It was smeared as "oh its not as good and fresh as the first time", even though it is arguably a much better game. Now atleast most people seem to agree, but I didnt forget damn it.
I mean if no man's sky is here, FFXIV has to be here. So bad they canonically ended the world.
you are so right about CDPR, it IS insane how much people praise them now given how shitty their practices were
This is maybe a stretch but when Earthbound released everyone hated it and now it's seen as one of the best games of all time
I think maybe you could also say 3D world because while maybe not completely hated it was defintley not liked upon release, and now I've even heard lots of people call it the best 3D Mario game (which isn't true) but I see basically no 3D world haters now.
Also KH3 maybe? game was trashed completely upon release and now people play it and realise it's pretty good
And if you want the biggest stretch you could maybe say Sonic 06? the biggest stretch I could think of, but I've seen lots of people like the game now, though maybe thats just Sonic fans and also P-06 has defintley made people see the game in a more positive light. However I don't know if this can really fit because I don't think the general consensus is that the game is terrible, though it's defintley becoming a more common opinion to like it nowadays .
I think maybe you could also say 3D world because while maybe not completely hated it was defintley not liked upon release, and now I've even heard lots of people call it the best 3D Mario game (which isn't true) but I see basically no 3D world haters now.
Also KH3 maybe? game was trashed completely upon release and now people play it and realise it's pretty good
And if you want the biggest stretch you could maybe say Sonic 06? the biggest stretch I could think of, but I've seen lots of people like the game now, though maybe thats just Sonic fans and also P-06 has defintley made people see the game in a more positive light. However I don't know if this can really fit because I don't think the general consensus is that the game is terrible, though it's defintley becoming a more common opinion to like it nowadays .
sonic unleashed
game got a bad rep at first because it had to follow up from sonic 06 and there was no saving the brand at the time
nowadays it's considered one of if not the best sonic game
game got a bad rep at first because it had to follow up from sonic 06 and there was no saving the brand at the time
nowadays it's considered one of if not the best sonic game
You should put Super Mario 3D World here, everyone was whiny at launch because it wasn't the 3D Sandbox Mario they wanted but when Odyssey came out and everyone finally got what they wanted they flocked back to it and pretended like it was peak all along.
if dizzy is super wrong about bioshock infinite, then RE6, DMC and drakengard shouldn't even be on here considering the average takes on them
NEVER FORGET
@Ollchops earthbound might fit but i dont just want to consider poor sales "awful public consensus." i dont think people despised earthbound, they just thought it looked dumb and didnt play it.
3D world could also maybe fit but like you said it definitely wasnt hated. its also a little hard to gauge how many people hated it vs. how many people just didnt play it because nobody had a wii u
KH3 definitely launched to awful public consensus and would be great for this list but i dont think its come back "extremely positively" yet, there is definitely still a stigma around kingdom hearts that its corny over the top anime/disney garbage. i wish i could put it on here
@gril_cheese unleashed is the only sonic game i ever bought on launch and i loved it but i definitely remember what youre talking about. people definitely hated it because it was a "stupid premise" and like... no other reason
if it did come back that would warm my heart because i loved the werehog sections
@VSLazer after some serious deliberation i've decided you and Ollchops may have your way because your spiteful wording convinced me. mario fans were definitely super entitled (as always) about their toys and only once it came to the god console Switch did they put on airs. well said fellow hater
3D world could also maybe fit but like you said it definitely wasnt hated. its also a little hard to gauge how many people hated it vs. how many people just didnt play it because nobody had a wii u
KH3 definitely launched to awful public consensus and would be great for this list but i dont think its come back "extremely positively" yet, there is definitely still a stigma around kingdom hearts that its corny over the top anime/disney garbage. i wish i could put it on here
@gril_cheese unleashed is the only sonic game i ever bought on launch and i loved it but i definitely remember what youre talking about. people definitely hated it because it was a "stupid premise" and like... no other reason
if it did come back that would warm my heart because i loved the werehog sections
@VSLazer after some serious deliberation i've decided you and Ollchops may have your way because your spiteful wording convinced me. mario fans were definitely super entitled (as always) about their toys and only once it came to the god console Switch did they put on airs. well said fellow hater
thank you all for the great suggestions and please keep them coming but also know that i won't be putting any more zelda, sonic or pokemon games on the list because the effects of the release cycle of those is very well documented and like @mediocreampuf said you could put all of them on here so let WW, B&W and Unleashed stand as a catch-all thank you very much again and have a wonderful day
MGSV: Ground Zeroes. Nowadays it's not hard to see people look past the original price and length and call it awesome or with a better designed level than any base in The Phantom Pain.
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