Three-Star Masterpieces

A very esoteric list. Not every game needs to be a 5-star magnum opus for me to think it's incredible. Sometimes, a 3-star game is exactly what the chef ordered. These are my favorite games that I would call perfectly average. My criteria for this doofy list is very strict: the game has to be FUN to play. There are games like Sands of Time and Soul Reaver which I have rated 3-stars, but because they really AREN'T fun to play at all. So i'm sticking by my guns on this one. Game has to be FUN TO PLAY!!!

Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Doom II: Hell on Earth
Doom II: Hell on Earth
Quake II
Quake II
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Darksiders III
Darksiders III
P.N.03
P.N.03
Star Fox: Assault
Star Fox: Assault
Ahhhh, it's fine.
Oni
Oni
TimeSplitters
TimeSplitters
Frogger
Frogger
Gex
Gex
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria
Gunvalkyrie
Gunvalkyrie
Atlas Fallen
Atlas Fallen

26 Comments


Doom 2 and bloodborne hurt, can I ask why you dont find them fun

1 month ago

Nooo, but Star Fox Assault the only other good Star Fox game. That game rules

1 month ago

@NOWITSREYNTIME17 these are games i find very fun but not much else, so i think doom 2 and bloodborne are fun! i dont like a lot of doom 2's level design and i think bloodborne is mostly average outside of some insane art direction.

1 month ago

@NovaNiles i like Assault a lot and i agree! it's a 3 star superstar.
wow I totally misread that description, nvm thats fair

1 month ago

@gruel

Which Sonic game belongs here the most?

1 month ago

This is where I’d put Sonic Heroes but I know some people are more iffy on Heroes.

1 month ago

@SunlitSonata I feel too strongly about most Sonic games to 3 star a lot of them, haha. CD is one of my favorite games of all time, the Adventure games I love to death, while stuff like Shadow the Hedgehog I think is just mind-numbingly boring to play. Heroes is a 1-star game to me,, I think it's one of the worst games I've ever played. Hated it when it came out, hate it now. Sonic The Hedgehog 1 probably is a 3-star game, but I haven't played it in years. I also haven't played Forces of Frontiers because they just look stiff and unwieldy to play.

1 month ago

There's a lot of short indie games that fit this for me. Stuff like Steamworld Dig and Alien Shooter where they have a fun gameplay loop, get you into that loop, and then stop. Feels like buying a nice import soft drink or something lmao

1 month ago

Giving Bloodborne/Doom 2 each a 3/5 is such a brave and forward thinking decision tbh.

1 month ago

Also Gunvalkyrie mentioned break out the bottles

1 month ago

@cyanplaza doom 2 i dont think is TOO crazy. it has some stank ass levels. i wanted to be a real scoundrel and put every Souls game here but I think most of them are fine.

1 month ago

i disagree w/ doom ii as well but soundly agree that quake ii is the most 3/5 game to ever do it

1 month ago

yeah, I don't think calling Doom 2 a 3/5 is that outrageous.

Like, your description is 100 percent correct, 3/5 isn't a "oh, this game is dogshit".

1 month ago

@essemkato quake 2 was made in a lab to be as scientifically mid as possible. the quake 2 scale is the best way to determine if a game is good or not.

1 month ago

This is how I feel about tomb raider in general I think lol

1 month ago

i wish i was good at gun valkyrie, whats there is really good but fuck, the gymnastics i have to do for playablity. i did the same for jet set and that paid off big time i love it now lol

1 month ago

@Wollom as the Tomb Raider superfan of Backloggd i am hurt by your words

@imshitting420 a lot of my favorite games require learning bizarre controller throttling techniques and gunvalkyrie is extremely tech heavy even to me.

1 month ago

Please don't get me wrong 😅 I love the tomb raider series personally, but I just would never consider them amazing or say they're must plays for other people :P

1 month ago

This list reminds me a lot of games I kinda call "7-8 stars with upside" from watching anime where there's plenty of 7/10 stuff that'll speak to Someone and they like it more, y'know? Sometimes, something is in that more good / above average range but just Speaks to you

1 month ago

i was confused what this list meant but then i saw tomb raider anniversary and i was like yeaa i get wat u mean now

1 month ago

+1 For Frogger: He's Back. So much jank but still a blast.

1 month ago

bloodborne https://c.tenor.com/Fnubvu8BS7cAAAAC/tenor.gif

everyhting else on point though!

1 month ago

@TimAlien Frogger was my first game ever, so i was delighted going back to find it was basically fine!

@torbern i needed one rogue game on the list to keep people alert

1 month ago

glad you came around on quake II being the most 3 star game

1 month ago

@curse I was letting Sonic Mayhem's soundtrack dictate that 4th star I gave it but playing it on mute I saw the truth.


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