NONEJun 15, 2025

A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

https://lemmy.world/post/31437645

A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? - Lemmy.World

I’m talking about games that you still like but you had no idea were criticized so much. The perfect example for me is Sonic Unleashed. I admit that the game has its bad things, but I would have never imagined that it was so hated at the time… Although, that could be extended to the entire Sonic franchise, since for many years I was not aware at all of that “Sonic was never good”, “Sonic had a rough transition to 3D” nonsense.

Show threadch00fJun 16, 2025
Super Mario Sunshine. I thought it was just hard as a kid. Come to learn it’s fucking broken.
Show threadOutOfMemoryJun 16, 2025
Wait, people hate it? I still do nostalgia playthroughs occasionally, one of my favs for GC.
Show threadch00f

There were so many issues

  • Final boss was lame and level leading to it was slow and tedious completely killing the momentum
  • Camera system was wonky
  • Rocket nozzle barely got any play
  • Jet nozzle was too difficult to control to be useful outside of specific racing segments
  • Pachinko machine physics were fucked
  • The lily pad level was unfairly difficult
  • There was no way to track which blue coins you found. Like even a grey coin marker for already collected coins would have been super helpful.
  • The reward for getting blue coins was pathetic
  • Yoshi was criminally underutilized. The whole juice mechanic was used like twice.

The whole thing just felt rushed. Like there was another third of the game that they didn’t get to make.

Jun 16, 2025 at 5:44amWeb
Show threadParanomalyJun 16, 2025
If I remember right, both Legend of Zelda Windwaker and Mario Sunshine were either rushed to an end or released early, leading both to come out unfinished. I the details on why are hazy, but I think they were pushed to try and make up for poor sales of the Gamecube at large or to make up for other gaps in the schedule.
Show threadShawiniganHandshakeJun 17, 2025

Windwaker had a ton of content cut. The ice island and fire island were both supposed to be full dungeons. Both of those incomplete dungeons later ended up being used in Twilight Princess.

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Hyrule Castle ::: was supposed to be a full dungeon. The tower of the gods was supposed to be longer.