Love-hate games?

[Tessie Spoon]

Mimana: Iyar Chronicles. I find (most of) the playable cast charming, and the story is a below-average, yet I still find myself enjoying it. Though I do understand why people would hate it; the gameplay flaws are described well-enough in this review, and it came out with an asking price of fourty dollars.

Damn, that's about as bad a deal as buying Ar Tonelico 3 when it was new, and that was $60. I'd probably hate this game, too, if I paid anything near its original asking price.

[Sh!t Lord]

Terraria

The game is great, bosses are very fun, has many cool items and weapons, great ost, etc. However what I hate is how after hardmode or if you want to get a rare item you are going to be grinding 90% of the time. I once spent at least 2 months trying to get a rare weapon called the Vampire Knives and I'm still trying to prepare a good arena for one of the hardmode bosses, Plantera.

[Aizenberg]

Any of the old school Castlevania games. They're so tough.

[sylveonzoroark]

Bravely Default. The story is terrible, especially in the later chapters, but I deal with it bc I love the gameplay and jobs. Bravely Second does both those waay better though so win win.

[Knight Falchion]

Kingdoms of Amalur. I really enjoy the level of customization the combat system features and how easy it is to experiment due to immediately accessible and cheap respeccing, the combat itself is a cathartic blast, and the game's aesthetic, while not revolutionary, is one I enjoy. The issue is how boring the writing is. It isn't even amusingly poor, just bland as fuck with characters and quest lines I can barely remember. Still, the combat is fun enough that I come back to it occasionally, but I hesitate to recommend it.

Edited April 28, 2016 by Ambling Falchion

[Rapier]

Professor Layton. I tried playing the games, but I'm really not into mathematical/logical puzzles. I even wanted to play PL vs AA, but the PL part convinced me to not try.