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What game do you absolutely love that you know yourself is bad, but love it anyway?

For me, it's Callisto Protocol. Loved that it was just more Dead Space. Not good by any metric but I liked it.

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fortnite. No story to catch up on, no true goals besides winning, no long-term strategizing. I'm sure PUBG is the same/better, but my SO is entertained by the cartoonish nature of FN. It brings us excitement when I'm close to winning. With the introduction of zero build, I fair well. I used to feel more guilt for it being a "bad" game and for not giving time to the betrer story/campaign titles, bur you know what? I'm tired and my time is limited as an actual adult. I'll take my dopamine where I can get it, thank you.

I'm replaying Ace Combat 7 right now. I can't believe how bad the writing is. I played it in 2020 and had a grand time with probably 6 runs for the various achievements. Turns out, I remember basically nothing of the story. It's definitely amusing to revisit the AI story aspects now that "AI" is in full swing. I guess AC5 set my standard for AC stories, but maybe that doesn't hold up well either. Regardless, I'm in it for the fun, respectable flight physics. Just don't ask me where I keep 144 missiles stored.

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is it really bad writing, or just anime tropes?

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Is it? I actually just played the mission where you find out Mihaly has 20 names and thought "this must be a joke, right?". If it's anime tropes, I'm totally unaware. The subreddit was just full of meta memes so I didn't learn anything useful in my reddit days

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My kids play fortnite and I sometimes join them. Was watching some tournament on a stream and the "meta" at a high level of this game is just completely bonkers.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I quit around 2019 because I just didn't stand a chance anymore. I'd place 2 walls and a ramp in the time it took most top-25 players to build a small castle with a wine cellar, jacuzzi, and escalator (or so it felt). I can't keep up with these goddamn Ritalin-riddled kids.

It always cracks me up when my go-to move (in zero build) is to just stand still when it gets to close quarters. They start jumping like a cracked out kangaroo and miss shot after shot. I only do pitch/yaw and some sideways strafe, no jumping. It lets me use my Ps1/Ps2 era PvE experience.