It might surprise some to find out that Hoodwink, one of the most prominent games to be greenlit during the early days of Steam's Greenlight program, actually saw a release. It might also disappoint that same crowd to find out that it was critically maligned on release.
You will never be able to find out if it truly is as bad as IGN and Gamespot's reviews make it out to be, though. Hoodwink is one of the most unfortunate victims of delisting out there. Technically, you were able to buy it on EA's Origin platform at one point and on various other platforms. But it never saw the light of day on Steam. Trying to find the page on Origin leads to a dead-end, and it's likely that all of the platforms that were selling it are either dead in the water or stopped selling it a long time ago. If there is a free copy of this abandonware somewhere out there, it's likely that it has maybe one or two seeders at the most.
If you want to read more about it, consider checking out a post I wrote to my blog earlier this year on the exact topic: https://yultimona.com/2021/03/14/whatever-happened-to-hoodwink-the-problem-with-forgotten-games-and-preservation/
You will never be able to find out if it truly is as bad as IGN and Gamespot's reviews make it out to be, though. Hoodwink is one of the most unfortunate victims of delisting out there. Technically, you were able to buy it on EA's Origin platform at one point and on various other platforms. But it never saw the light of day on Steam. Trying to find the page on Origin leads to a dead-end, and it's likely that all of the platforms that were selling it are either dead in the water or stopped selling it a long time ago. If there is a free copy of this abandonware somewhere out there, it's likely that it has maybe one or two seeders at the most.
If you want to read more about it, consider checking out a post I wrote to my blog earlier this year on the exact topic: https://yultimona.com/2021/03/14/whatever-happened-to-hoodwink-the-problem-with-forgotten-games-and-preservation/