[General Discussion] Games that are supposed to be really bad but you like

Originally Posted by Summonmaster

Many people absolutely hated Unlimited Saga, but I had the tolerance for it, despite how glaringly hard and arguably flawed it was. Stuff like needing the required skills, the slot system, all the weapon maintenance, the board moving aspect, non-linearity, etc. actually made me think it was more challenging than bad.

I've put about 5 hours of my time playing US and after 2 restarts later, I've still yet to beat my first boss. Still, I do like how that game is pretty challenging and learned early on to rely heavily on life protection gear and martial arts to keep my LP at a decent level and save my weapons until boss battles. Still haven't mastered how to use the magic system, but it's still fun and definitely rewarding to figure stuff out as you go along.

Also, Stella Deus didn't seem to be that popular despite what I saw to be a solid combat system and a really good customization system where you can outfit a character with virtually any ability you wanted through fusioning. Definitely a game that RPG mechanic junkies should play (even if the difficulty is ridiculously easy) and those who like story-based RPGs should avoid. I had fun with it though.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

After doing some more thinking, I'd also like to add Legend of Mana to the list. The big turnoffs that I think most people had with the game were the lack of a centralized storyline and the crap AI that made battles far easier than they should be.

Despite those shortcomings, I found a huge world to explore within the combat system, especially when it came to combining abilities (Spin + Strong Attack to make a whirlwind sword strike) to come up with more special moves. Forging new equipment at the blacksmith and trying to make new musical instruments ate up a large amount of time as I went around trying to scrounge for components necessary to make better items and instruments. The ability to create your own world was also pretty neat and while the game lacked a central story, I found some of the story arcs to be pretty engaging, especially the one where you go into the Underworld and hunt the 3 dragons.

There's nowhere I can't reach.