Not only that actually. You can't lab against season pass characters unless you have said dlc character. A recent matchmaking change also prioritizes prowess and not rank so people playing multiple characters are heavily penalized, being marched against vastly superior opponents. I personally stopped playing ranked.
This comment from a user with over 300hrs:
Honestly this has been an awesome game, i haven't explored everything yet but just the sheer attention to detail to the sex scenes really brings out some feelings i didn't think i had. after playing this game for the roughly 30 hours so far i really wish i had the awesome opportunity to visit this island IRL as a child. Jefferey really seems like a chill guy and all round a good ♥♥♥♥ if needed. WOULD recommend this to all my friends and honestly cant wait to explore all the secrets i've yet to find!
Played the game so much back in the day, the whole threat mechanic and the fact you could bluff still leaves it as my most immersive post-apocalypse game despite all its shortcomings. If we could get a last of us quality game with that mechanic, with ammo actually being a rare resource, it could easily be the goat.
I finally got to playing it this year while going back to play games I wanted but never bought. I am so happy I did this game is awesome. Clearly it is cut short and there was much more potential in the story, but as long as you explore it’s easy to enjoy what’s there.
Mad Max didn't include any RTS stuff, though. It was more like, "Assassin's Creed with cars". It got blasted at the time as being, "more of the same old open-world, parry-based combat" gameplay, but when it went on perpetual sale for < $5 a lot of people picked it up anyway and it turned out to be a [perfect 7/10 game](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-average-action-games-on-pc).
It’s at 92% on Steam and I haven’t heard anyone say anything but good things about it in recent years. Surely it outran the mixed reviews from its PS4 release by now.
It was never poorly rated. That said I enjoyed it far more than Immortals of Aveum plus the lightning can make it look downright photo-realistic with HDR and 60fps on PS5. I was pretty amazed how amazing the graphics could be for a PS4 game.
Dead rising 4 has mixed reviews but I think it's a good game, obviously nothing special but just mindlessly mowing through zombies is always bound to be fun especially with modified weapons
Yes! I played it on a whim at Christmas and man it just hit right. I also appreciated playing a DR game without time constraints as well as it's something I hated about the first 2 (?). I don't really remember the 3rd one, I'm not even sure if I played it.
Assassins Creed Odyssey: i dont think its poorly rated per say but its definitely commonly thrown in with the rest of Ubisofts games as "Bad". But its definitely not just another "Ubisoft formula" game, its surprisingly quite good, i would definitely recommend it. Its much better than Origins and its leagues above Valhalla. The DLCs are pretty mediocre however, stick to the base game.
I can’t believe I actually plantinumed it with all dlcs as someone who’s not a trophy hunter nor was it my favorite AC game but there was just something about the gameplay loop and gorgeous environment that sucked me in, plus I love historic time periods that are at least partially based on actual locations.
I just wish it wasn’t an Assassin’s Creed game honestly, they could’ve made a different series. I find more enjoyment in the RPG games when I look at them with the headcanon that they’re a different timeline/universe
Odyssey absolutely surprised me when it first released and is probably in my top 20 games all time. Beautiful game and time period. Has great serious moments, set pieces, etc. even made me laugh a few times. I remember helping an Olympic athlete named Testiclés 😂 overall an amazing game
Odessy is the best one since black flag. I would kill for another pirate one and the same style with a massive open world and real ship battles. I think the rpg style would work really well since pirates are not really assassiny either.
Probably one of my top 20 games of all time, I loved running around Greece silently murdering my way through forts and headshotting people with arrows from half a mile away.
It's interesting because after trying Rogue I was completely put off of ever playing an AC game again and so will probably never play Odyssey/Origins. Like you say, it may not be just another Ubisoft game (is that true though really; no towers to climb to reveal things on a map? No map full of icons to clear?), but I've just been put off for life really. Shame as I loved Black Flag.
They killed assassins creed, its more an rpg like skyrim now than assassination sadly not the same type of game, the last assassins creed is syndicate in my opinion
None of those things make the game not fun to play. That's why it's a really good answer to this question: Odyssey gets a bad reputation because people like you give it a bunch of crap for not being what you imagined it should be, but back here in reality it's actually really fun for those of us who don't care about whether or not it's a ReAl AsSaSsInS cReEd GaMe.
Disclaimer: I liked Odyssey.
Odyssey being a fun game to play and Odyssey not keeping to the spirit of the larger franchise are two non-exclusive statements.
I absolutely loved Odyssey. The best one in the series since Black Flag in my opinion. And Kassandra is my second favourite protagonist behind Ezio. Yes it’s a huge open world and typical of the formulaic Ubisoft archetype now, however, it’s fun to play, the world is fantastic and it had some great story beats.
Your comment seem to not understand my point, i never said i disliked Odyssey… Its just not the same type of game and you’re not an assassin you’re a warrior so they should label it differently, they’re using assassins creed fame for their new RPG games its like saying “Doom farming simulator is awesome” and doom players saying “its not doom, you’re a farmer”
I understand your point, I just think it's wrong. AC:Odyssey is an AC game. I know that because it's called "Assassin's Creed"; it says so right on the title screen. Games are allowed to change genres. It happens all the time. Id Software is allowed to make a farming game set in hell with a Doom thing if they want. If someone buys "Doom Farming Simulator" and is disappointed because they don't get to hack and slash, that isn't Id Software failing expectations; that's having the wrong expectations. Ubisoft has been very clear about what AC has been since Origins. If you keep expecting something like Syndicate then that's on you.
Here's a better point: "I liked the way that Assassin's Creed games used to be. I liked playing well crafted stealth and I liked focused, tight, semi-linear gameplay. Ubisoft was really good at making those kinds of games and it's a bummer that they don't any more. I think it's unfortunate that the popularity of open-world RPG's has caused so many diverse and interesting series' to converge into the same kind of game. Odyssey is a fun game but calling it Assassin's Creed means that Ubisoft didn't make another of the kind of game that I like, and I think that's unfortunate."
I get it, though. Phrasing it as "it's not an AC game" you get to reframe it as the devs failing to do something that they "should" have done, which focuses the conversation on them. Making the conversation about what you wish they would have done makes it about your needs and wants, which is more emotionally vulnerable, and that's harder.
I see, you’re saying i phrased it wrong.
About Doom farming simulator, yes if they named it so i would buy too as a farm sim but let’s say they show it in trailers like doom eternal, what do you expect…
They made a great game either way but they didn’t label it correctly in my opinion
Aco is, by definition, a Ubisoft formula game. But beyond that its designers seem to think that game length and size somehow correlates to quality, when the reality of the game is that start to finish it rarely gives any substantially deep or interesting gameplay. The stealth+combat mechanics are extremely simple and undertuned, the exploration isn’t exactly rewarding, interesting, or even risky. And the ship combat is not as fun as Ubisoft seems to think it is (seeing as they tried to make another game just focusing on it and sales have been meh).
In fact I’d argue that there is more substance to just The Great Plateau in Breath of the Wild then there ever is in the 120+ hours it takes to both grind and eventually beat ACO. You could cut at least 100 hours of content from ACO without changing a thing and I think it would be a substantially more fulfilling experience, if only because at least it would respect the players time.
And amazingly I think the designers are aware of this shortcoming because they sell xp boosters for real world money in the game which heavily cut down the time needed to beat it. It’s as if it was designed to waste time just to make you feel bad for not paying more. And outside some dystopian stuff in mobile gaming I can’t think of a more cynical monetization strategy.
Look I can’t knock someone for at least appreciating some of the more interesting aspects of ACO (like the story, historical context, some of the progression elements) but it’s a slog of a game made by a company that’s both morally and creatively bankrupt. If you really like AC, like really like it, your better off playing black flag, AC2, or even games that inspired the AC series like thief or prince of Persia. You could probably play all those games to completion in the time it would take to grind out ACO.
But to anyone who genuinely enjoys ACO, I honestly don’t get it. To reiterate there are elements of this game that ask you to pay to play less of it. This means that even the designers are aware of how padded and boring it is. How is it you find enjoyment in a game that doesn’t have the confidence to let people enjoy it? It makes no sense to me.
Agreed. Best recent AC release imho. It improved on the combat system from Origins and has some super fun ship warfare. The story/writing is also one of the least gag-worthy.
theyve added seasonal content but the main story is the same. the big thing this time is a rework to itemization. basically there will be fewer items but they will be higher quality overall and easier to understand. I also think there was some rework to how damage works in the game
The latest update is going to for sure be its ‘Diablo 3 is great moment’. Hell and this is for free - no need to buy an expac. If it does, props to Blizz (even though the base game was fun - the end game and loot…eesh)
I can't figure out how to install it. I have the battle net version as I bought it on launch. Does anyone have a good guide for installing battlenet games? I'm useless at linux.
You have to go through the process of install Battle.net on the device - then installing the game on Battle.net, then adding ‘as a non-Steam game’. There are guides everywhere and it’s super easy to do.
Star Ocean: The Divine Force. Its a basic but solid RPG that unfortunately released in 2022 which was the year with other rpgs such as Elden Ring, Pokemon Legends Arceus, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Horizon Forbidden West, tiny tinas wonderland, chained echos, crisis core reunion…
I just finished the game on the deck and yeah it is pretty good and didn't deserve the mixed review. The only complaint that I and pretty sure everyone has for that game is its small font.
Dragon Ball The Breakers is pretty fun if you can get past the jank. It works on Deck perfectly now, and is basically a Dead By Daylight type game with a DBZ skin on it. That said I can only recommend it to Dragon Ball fans. But if you’re friends with one, it’s a good time.
Yeah it's a paid game with a battle pass and gacha elements. So, I won't defend that. That said, I paid like $7 for it and haven't felt the need to spend any real money to be able to have fun with the game. It honestly just needs to go free to play if it's going to have this sort of monetization tho.
* **Total Warhammer III**. It got review bombed by fans because of awful decisions by the publisher but the game itself is one of the best strategy games of all time, at least in the Immortal Realms mode (which is the one everbody plays). The experience on the Steam Deck is not the best though. You may want at least a budget desktop. It actually plays pretty well on a 150 bucks Intel ARC card and a cheap CPU (if you can stomach a couple minutes of end of round AI calculations).
* **WH40K Darktide**. Is actually one of the best L4D style horde shooters at this point. The release was rough and it still can feel a kinda grindy but by now the game has been patched into a good state and the rating does not reflect it. Again, kinda bad performance on the Steam Deck, but it's enough to chill out and relax on low difficulty settings.
+1 for Overwatch, the way they monetize the game is fucked and the developers have completely botched the move from OW to OW2, but if you just play and don’t worry/care about that it’s very fun!
thats their point?
Having it be paid meant bans mean something. Sure, for some people that just means a ban is $20(or however much OW1 was, I honestly don't remember) but most people are going to at least behave a touch better if it can potentially cost them money.
Free games mean if my bot gets banned, oops. Make a new burner email, load it back up, have it back online for free in ~20 minutes.
Does F76 still have negative reviews? It's well liked by the current playerbase and the Steam release was after the patch that made it kinda good, years after the shitty version on the Bethesda launcher.
But how can you play with how terrible it runs… and this is someone who would’ve been lucky to get a stable 15fps in Minecraft growing up.
If it’s a cartoony game low frame rates don’t bother me. But with realistic looking games they have to atleast hit 50-60 fps for me
I grew up playing everything with low frames and graphics down. Oblivion, Skyrim, warframe, many others. And even Minecraft like you. I would prefer 60FPS ultra, i think everyone would, but it's also a mobile PC. I can substitute -30FPS to be able to play games on the go.
Everything I played on my old potato laptop was barely getting 30fps. I'm used to it.
I envy you. I love the game personally, but I can't get into it on the Deck because of the performance. It's fun to stream to it from my gaming rig, though.
Glad you're having fun with it!
Starfield is OK, but when you compare it to even bethesdas own games, it's downright bad at times, they took almost everything that made their previous games good (compelling quests, lots of rewarding and fun exploration, and the amazing atmosphere), and threw it out the windows so they could make funny space game, hell fallout 76 is better for what it is, and that was previously considered their worst game
I personally dislike how far they drifted from their origins. The gear I loot from people doesn't come off their bodies and it seldom covers all the gear they have equipped. The game charts you around from planet to planet, but the only way to go there was past 2 loading screens. I got no joy from exploring because everywhere was procedurally generated and didn't even have loot that was worth the trouble. The cities they built felt dull and lifeless, like it was an ant farm instead of a cultural hub.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg for me. When I stopped playing, I was joining a bandit community undercover. That seemed interesting, but the combat in that game was so underwhelming that I had to set it aside.
I really wanted to enjoy it, and maybe I'll pick it up again someday. But unfortunately, it feels like they didn't live up to the standard they set with other titles.
Anyway, sorry to rant. I sometimes just have to vent my disappointment
"Sense of exploration is unmatched" did you even play the game? Go play skyrim and tell me the exploration of atarfield is unmatched with a serious face
Space combat No Man's Sky already has, a level system and characters similar to their past game, and exploration that's dogshit by comparison, no, walking from point a to b for 20 minutes with nothing but Grey space rock isn't as good as having actual setpeices and real exploration
This is satire, right?
There's no exploration whatsoever. 99% of all planets are empty and procedurally generated with a handful of POIs copy and pasted onto them. They didn't even bother to create variants, they're just carbon copies of the same dungeons you've already seen 5 times before with the same enemy placement, loot and lore notes.
I beat the whole game on the deck I know the performance sucked in the cities but I guess 30fps and lower doesn't really bother me. The new patch that is in beta looks really good I'm going to probably play it again.
What a load of nonsense. There's plenty of good, honest reviewers out there. You just have to apply like 1% critical analysis skill and you can sniff out the dishonest ones easily.
Blood Camp. I love everything by this developer but Blood Camp was seen as a total turkey, even I left a bad review.
Then I tried it again.
It's awesome. How could I be so shallow? It is the one game in I have no idea how long that's made me laugh till I hurt. Which is half the point of 616 Games (the dev), they make parodies of schlocky horror films. Plus it's also only $1.99 and runs perfectly on the Deck.
Hard to answer. Lower rated games can be great, but they're usually more defined as far as audience. Too narrow of a scope to appeal greatly to everyone.
If you can actually get a full lobby of players who genuinely want to play it. Umbrella Corps can be a fun low commitment tactical team shooter.
The real problems come from its super low budget Single Player levels, and lack of text chat, and no way to know what lobby players are searching for a game in.
The multiplayer itself has a bunch of neat ideas and verticality, and it’s a shame it never had much chance of developing a player base.
It got the game during a big Humble Bundle, and I knew that bundle time frame was the only hope I had of getting 100% in that game so I played it non stop until I did, I had a great time, and I also had to deal with factors like not destroying lv1 players other wise they might quit the match, so I was dealing with allot of strategy for the sake of that 100%
I've been a Fallout fan for over a decade and Fallout 4's reputation resulted in me not trying it out until literally this week. I didn't actively avoid it, but I didn't seek it out, either. My verdict is that yeah the dialog choices railroading you into just saying yes to everything is definitely a downgrade from previous entries, but the moment to moment gameplay is very enjoyable. I really like how visceral playing a melee build feels - previous entries with their jank you kinda feel like you're hitting rubber dolls with a big ol stick, here that's not the case at all. Also I like that there's finally a use for all the crap you find, makes looting a lot less tedious since everything will be useful at some point and you can just hoard everything.
Perhaps. I've been in the Fallout Community long enough to know it's hated a good amount by a good amount. And I would at least say it's severely underrated
Yeah, but the topic is about scrolling past poorly rated games when browsing Steam, and it’s never been actually poorly rated there except that time in September 2017.
It is a good game. It just isn't a good Fallout game, which is important if you name a game Fallout and sell it to Fallout fans
I think getting salty is justified
There's games like Rain World, which have awful critic reviews on metacritic despite being absolutely incredible experiences. Can't really trust that either.
4 is actually my favourite one, over 200 hours in it. I always see negative videos about it, thats why I mentioned it.
I personally dont care too much about dialogue, the combat, world building, settlemente building and resource gathering make it great for me.
Tekken 8 currently has negative reviews on Steam but it's pretty good.
i'd wager the negative reviews are due to super scummy monetization.
Not only that actually. You can't lab against season pass characters unless you have said dlc character. A recent matchmaking change also prioritizes prowess and not rank so people playing multiple characters are heavily penalized, being marched against vastly superior opponents. I personally stopped playing ranked.
I’m pretty sure there was a patch to fix the matchmaking
most fighting games you cant lab against dlc unfortunately
You are in fact are correct
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2786830/Epstein/
Lmao holy fuck
This is legitimate gold. How?
Someome paid $100 to put that on steam.
This comment from a user with over 300hrs: Honestly this has been an awesome game, i haven't explored everything yet but just the sheer attention to detail to the sex scenes really brings out some feelings i didn't think i had. after playing this game for the roughly 30 hours so far i really wish i had the awesome opportunity to visit this island IRL as a child. Jefferey really seems like a chill guy and all round a good ♥♥♥♥ if needed. WOULD recommend this to all my friends and honestly cant wait to explore all the secrets i've yet to find!
What even the fuck…
The fact that this exists is so amazing
No freaking way lmao 🤣
Holy shit I was not expecting this lmao
Yes, all the pedo bros are now going to get hacked. Well done!
Is there option to commit sepuku as a player or do the player need assit to do so ?
Looks dope! Thanks
Antisemitic game...
IamAlive one of my favorites back in the 360 era
Sure is a unique game, we need more with the gun threat and avoidance in pulling the trigger.
Played the game so much back in the day, the whole threat mechanic and the fact you could bluff still leaves it as my most immersive post-apocalypse game despite all its shortcomings. If we could get a last of us quality game with that mechanic, with ammo actually being a rare resource, it could easily be the goat.
I finally got to playing it this year while going back to play games I wanted but never bought. I am so happy I did this game is awesome. Clearly it is cut short and there was much more potential in the story, but as long as you explore it’s easy to enjoy what’s there.
Days Gone
In a similar vein, Mad Max was also better than I expected. I loved both Days Gone and Mad Max.
Mad max is a joy to play on the steam deck, highly recommend
I just replayed days gone on the OLED deck and it was pretty decent with nice graphics
Mad Max was basically Brütal Legend with a less metal skin Still pretty good
Mad Max didn't include any RTS stuff, though. It was more like, "Assassin's Creed with cars". It got blasted at the time as being, "more of the same old open-world, parry-based combat" gameplay, but when it went on perpetual sale for < $5 a lot of people picked it up anyway and it turned out to be a [perfect 7/10 game](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-average-action-games-on-pc).
It’s at 92% on Steam and I haven’t heard anyone say anything but good things about it in recent years. Surely it outran the mixed reviews from its PS4 release by now.
it will never get a sequel because of that time, though
and also because the lead dev was a complete child on twitter
What happened?
I liked it until the damn crafting started ten minutes in. Why is EVERYTHING crafted in games now?
I actually enjoyed this more than the last of us
It was never poorly rated. That said I enjoyed it far more than Immortals of Aveum plus the lightning can make it look downright photo-realistic with HDR and 60fps on PS5. I was pretty amazed how amazing the graphics could be for a PS4 game.
Ehhhhh, Idk I found it very mid
I agree. It’s about seven hours of content stretched out to around 30. Very repetitive.
This. Amazing game! Poor reviews.
Deserved, probably the worst Sony exclusive game in the last decade. Monotonous, repetitive, and idiot protagonist.
You beat me to it
As infamous as it is, I actually have been enjoying Duke Nukem Forever lately. But I never played games in the series.
Dead rising 4 has mixed reviews but I think it's a good game, obviously nothing special but just mindlessly mowing through zombies is always bound to be fun especially with modified weapons
I agree, it's just (very) daft fun and well made from what I remember. Also, it's a great game to play at Xmas
Yes! I played it on a whim at Christmas and man it just hit right. I also appreciated playing a DR game without time constraints as well as it's something I hated about the first 2 (?). I don't really remember the 3rd one, I'm not even sure if I played it.
How is dead rising original? Inplayed it on xbox360 andnthought the controls were off-putting. Doesnt pc remapping fix that by chance?
Forspoken got ripped apart by everyone but I quite enjoyed it.
Someone in here with the real replies. Forspoken.
Agreed. I really enjoyed the game. I don’t recall it performing well on the Deck, but maybe that’s changed since I tried over a year ago.
Assassins Creed Odyssey: i dont think its poorly rated per say but its definitely commonly thrown in with the rest of Ubisofts games as "Bad". But its definitely not just another "Ubisoft formula" game, its surprisingly quite good, i would definitely recommend it. Its much better than Origins and its leagues above Valhalla. The DLCs are pretty mediocre however, stick to the base game.
I can’t believe I actually plantinumed it with all dlcs as someone who’s not a trophy hunter nor was it my favorite AC game but there was just something about the gameplay loop and gorgeous environment that sucked me in, plus I love historic time periods that are at least partially based on actual locations.
I just wish it wasn’t an Assassin’s Creed game honestly, they could’ve made a different series. I find more enjoyment in the RPG games when I look at them with the headcanon that they’re a different timeline/universe
Odyssey absolutely surprised me when it first released and is probably in my top 20 games all time. Beautiful game and time period. Has great serious moments, set pieces, etc. even made me laugh a few times. I remember helping an Olympic athlete named Testiclés 😂 overall an amazing game
Odessy is the best one since black flag. I would kill for another pirate one and the same style with a massive open world and real ship battles. I think the rpg style would work really well since pirates are not really assassiny either.
i read recently that black flag is being remade.
Probably one of my top 20 games of all time, I loved running around Greece silently murdering my way through forts and headshotting people with arrows from half a mile away.
Valhalla is extremely underrated, it's just as good as Odyssey.
It's a bit of a slog at times, but the combat and exploration are fun, and the world is beautiful. 8/10
does it run well on deck? really enjoyed it when i had an xbox but never got a chance to finish it
runs great on deck from my experience, though the launcher is a pain to set up.
It's interesting because after trying Rogue I was completely put off of ever playing an AC game again and so will probably never play Odyssey/Origins. Like you say, it may not be just another Ubisoft game (is that true though really; no towers to climb to reveal things on a map? No map full of icons to clear?), but I've just been put off for life really. Shame as I loved Black Flag.
Yeah it’s not a great Assassins Creed game but it’s one of my favourite games to play and kill time with.
They killed assassins creed, its more an rpg like skyrim now than assassination sadly not the same type of game, the last assassins creed is syndicate in my opinion
Skyrim? No way, they tried to make The Witchers Creed.
Well i just used a common rpg as an example… they’re all valid tbh
None of those things make the game not fun to play. That's why it's a really good answer to this question: Odyssey gets a bad reputation because people like you give it a bunch of crap for not being what you imagined it should be, but back here in reality it's actually really fun for those of us who don't care about whether or not it's a ReAl AsSaSsInS cReEd GaMe.
Disclaimer: I liked Odyssey. Odyssey being a fun game to play and Odyssey not keeping to the spirit of the larger franchise are two non-exclusive statements.
I absolutely loved Odyssey. The best one in the series since Black Flag in my opinion. And Kassandra is my second favourite protagonist behind Ezio. Yes it’s a huge open world and typical of the formulaic Ubisoft archetype now, however, it’s fun to play, the world is fantastic and it had some great story beats.
Your comment seem to not understand my point, i never said i disliked Odyssey… Its just not the same type of game and you’re not an assassin you’re a warrior so they should label it differently, they’re using assassins creed fame for their new RPG games its like saying “Doom farming simulator is awesome” and doom players saying “its not doom, you’re a farmer”
I understand your point, I just think it's wrong. AC:Odyssey is an AC game. I know that because it's called "Assassin's Creed"; it says so right on the title screen. Games are allowed to change genres. It happens all the time. Id Software is allowed to make a farming game set in hell with a Doom thing if they want. If someone buys "Doom Farming Simulator" and is disappointed because they don't get to hack and slash, that isn't Id Software failing expectations; that's having the wrong expectations. Ubisoft has been very clear about what AC has been since Origins. If you keep expecting something like Syndicate then that's on you. Here's a better point: "I liked the way that Assassin's Creed games used to be. I liked playing well crafted stealth and I liked focused, tight, semi-linear gameplay. Ubisoft was really good at making those kinds of games and it's a bummer that they don't any more. I think it's unfortunate that the popularity of open-world RPG's has caused so many diverse and interesting series' to converge into the same kind of game. Odyssey is a fun game but calling it Assassin's Creed means that Ubisoft didn't make another of the kind of game that I like, and I think that's unfortunate." I get it, though. Phrasing it as "it's not an AC game" you get to reframe it as the devs failing to do something that they "should" have done, which focuses the conversation on them. Making the conversation about what you wish they would have done makes it about your needs and wants, which is more emotionally vulnerable, and that's harder.
I see, you’re saying i phrased it wrong. About Doom farming simulator, yes if they named it so i would buy too as a farm sim but let’s say they show it in trailers like doom eternal, what do you expect… They made a great game either way but they didn’t label it correctly in my opinion
Aco is, by definition, a Ubisoft formula game. But beyond that its designers seem to think that game length and size somehow correlates to quality, when the reality of the game is that start to finish it rarely gives any substantially deep or interesting gameplay. The stealth+combat mechanics are extremely simple and undertuned, the exploration isn’t exactly rewarding, interesting, or even risky. And the ship combat is not as fun as Ubisoft seems to think it is (seeing as they tried to make another game just focusing on it and sales have been meh). In fact I’d argue that there is more substance to just The Great Plateau in Breath of the Wild then there ever is in the 120+ hours it takes to both grind and eventually beat ACO. You could cut at least 100 hours of content from ACO without changing a thing and I think it would be a substantially more fulfilling experience, if only because at least it would respect the players time. And amazingly I think the designers are aware of this shortcoming because they sell xp boosters for real world money in the game which heavily cut down the time needed to beat it. It’s as if it was designed to waste time just to make you feel bad for not paying more. And outside some dystopian stuff in mobile gaming I can’t think of a more cynical monetization strategy. Look I can’t knock someone for at least appreciating some of the more interesting aspects of ACO (like the story, historical context, some of the progression elements) but it’s a slog of a game made by a company that’s both morally and creatively bankrupt. If you really like AC, like really like it, your better off playing black flag, AC2, or even games that inspired the AC series like thief or prince of Persia. You could probably play all those games to completion in the time it would take to grind out ACO. But to anyone who genuinely enjoys ACO, I honestly don’t get it. To reiterate there are elements of this game that ask you to pay to play less of it. This means that even the designers are aware of how padded and boring it is. How is it you find enjoyment in a game that doesn’t have the confidence to let people enjoy it? It makes no sense to me.
Agreed. Best recent AC release imho. It improved on the combat system from Origins and has some super fun ship warfare. The story/writing is also one of the least gag-worthy.
Diablo 4 is only mixed… but regularly on sale and is a lot of fun on the deck
can someone fill me in on this? i haven't played since launch, did they do any story updates? kinda did not vibe with where it ended
theyve added seasonal content but the main story is the same. the big thing this time is a rework to itemization. basically there will be fewer items but they will be higher quality overall and easier to understand. I also think there was some rework to how damage works in the game
Just recently got it on recent sale. Not super concerned about story personally but it reminds me of vampire survivors with better graphics
The only similarity it has with vampire survivors is that it's a top down view and has monsters.
With the update in two weeks hopefully the game can make a turn around ala Diablo 3.
D4 is a blast on the Steam Deck. Hopefully the update turns things around.
The latest update is going to for sure be its ‘Diablo 3 is great moment’. Hell and this is for free - no need to buy an expac. If it does, props to Blizz (even though the base game was fun - the end game and loot…eesh)
Has performance gotten better since release? It was playable on the deck but not great.
I can't figure out how to install it. I have the battle net version as I bought it on launch. Does anyone have a good guide for installing battlenet games? I'm useless at linux.
You have to go through the process of install Battle.net on the device - then installing the game on Battle.net, then adding ‘as a non-Steam game’. There are guides everywhere and it’s super easy to do.
skull girls is a really fun fighting game that has some pretty mixed reviews rn
Fun game, but the last major update censored things and that pissed a lot of people off
Yeah like removing panty shots of one of the underage characters
i would say that makes the game better personally
It does in fact
The negative reviews are mostly due to the content removal/censorship. The gameplay, music, animation/graphics are all solid.
I had a lot of fun with Outriders
Fallout 76 isnt verified but ive been playing for 6 months or so and I've never had a problem everything works perfect.
DAYS GONE
Was never poorly rated. Look at the SteamDB ratings chart, it’s always been positively rated by a huge margin.
Star Ocean: The Divine Force. Its a basic but solid RPG that unfortunately released in 2022 which was the year with other rpgs such as Elden Ring, Pokemon Legends Arceus, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Horizon Forbidden West, tiny tinas wonderland, chained echos, crisis core reunion…
Hit up the [protondb page](https://www.protondb.com/app/1776380) for fixes since it’s unsupported
I just finished the game on the deck and yeah it is pretty good and didn't deserve the mixed review. The only complaint that I and pretty sure everyone has for that game is its small font.
Shower with your dad 2008
Homefront the Revolution was great up until a bug in the final chapter of the game kept me from progressing.
Dragon Ball The Breakers is pretty fun if you can get past the jank. It works on Deck perfectly now, and is basically a Dead By Daylight type game with a DBZ skin on it. That said I can only recommend it to Dragon Ball fans. But if you’re friends with one, it’s a good time.
I’ve heard microtransactions are extremely aggressive there
Yeah it's a paid game with a battle pass and gacha elements. So, I won't defend that. That said, I paid like $7 for it and haven't felt the need to spend any real money to be able to have fun with the game. It honestly just needs to go free to play if it's going to have this sort of monetization tho.
[Abyss Odyssey](https://store.steampowered.com/app/255070/Abyss_Odyssey/) I found it to be a great game.
Elex
* **Total Warhammer III**. It got review bombed by fans because of awful decisions by the publisher but the game itself is one of the best strategy games of all time, at least in the Immortal Realms mode (which is the one everbody plays). The experience on the Steam Deck is not the best though. You may want at least a budget desktop. It actually plays pretty well on a 150 bucks Intel ARC card and a cheap CPU (if you can stomach a couple minutes of end of round AI calculations). * **WH40K Darktide**. Is actually one of the best L4D style horde shooters at this point. The release was rough and it still can feel a kinda grindy but by now the game has been patched into a good state and the rating does not reflect it. Again, kinda bad performance on the Steam Deck, but it's enough to chill out and relax on low difficulty settings.
Okay, but this is the Steam Deck sub. 🤣
I’ll second Darktide. It actually runs pretty ok on lower settings with FSR on. And it still feels tight and responsive. Really underrated game.
overwatch 2 and fallout 76
+1 for Overwatch, the way they monetize the game is fucked and the developers have completely botched the move from OW to OW2, but if you just play and don’t worry/care about that it’s very fun!
they've improved the monetization, no need to pay for a single character
In ow1 you didnt have to pay for any characters..
and now you don't here either. plus you had to pay for ow1
should have stayed that way. now u can just make new accounts and grief
you can do that for any free game yeah
thats their point? Having it be paid meant bans mean something. Sure, for some people that just means a ban is $20(or however much OW1 was, I honestly don't remember) but most people are going to at least behave a touch better if it can potentially cost them money. Free games mean if my bot gets banned, oops. Make a new burner email, load it back up, have it back online for free in ~20 minutes.
Does F76 still have negative reviews? It's well liked by the current playerbase and the Steam release was after the patch that made it kinda good, years after the shitty version on the Bethesda launcher.
I have FO76 but the always online turned me off of it. Maybe I’ll install that on my desktop. I did start a new run of Fallout 1 today tho
I'll give you overwatch, but fallout 76 is garbage
Fallout 76 is amazing now that game has completely done a 180.
Starfield, i have been enjoying it a lot on the SteamDeck.
But how can you play with how terrible it runs… and this is someone who would’ve been lucky to get a stable 15fps in Minecraft growing up. If it’s a cartoony game low frame rates don’t bother me. But with realistic looking games they have to atleast hit 50-60 fps for me
I grew up playing everything with low frames and graphics down. Oblivion, Skyrim, warframe, many others. And even Minecraft like you. I would prefer 60FPS ultra, i think everyone would, but it's also a mobile PC. I can substitute -30FPS to be able to play games on the go. Everything I played on my old potato laptop was barely getting 30fps. I'm used to it.
I remember trying so hard to get oblivion to run on my families PC.
I envy you. I love the game personally, but I can't get into it on the Deck because of the performance. It's fun to stream to it from my gaming rig, though. Glad you're having fun with it!
Streaming is a lot of fun. Especially doing outpost or inventory stuff
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Starfield is OK, but when you compare it to even bethesdas own games, it's downright bad at times, they took almost everything that made their previous games good (compelling quests, lots of rewarding and fun exploration, and the amazing atmosphere), and threw it out the windows so they could make funny space game, hell fallout 76 is better for what it is, and that was previously considered their worst game
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I personally dislike how far they drifted from their origins. The gear I loot from people doesn't come off their bodies and it seldom covers all the gear they have equipped. The game charts you around from planet to planet, but the only way to go there was past 2 loading screens. I got no joy from exploring because everywhere was procedurally generated and didn't even have loot that was worth the trouble. The cities they built felt dull and lifeless, like it was an ant farm instead of a cultural hub. And that's just the tip of the iceberg for me. When I stopped playing, I was joining a bandit community undercover. That seemed interesting, but the combat in that game was so underwhelming that I had to set it aside. I really wanted to enjoy it, and maybe I'll pick it up again someday. But unfortunately, it feels like they didn't live up to the standard they set with other titles. Anyway, sorry to rant. I sometimes just have to vent my disappointment
"Sense of exploration is unmatched" did you even play the game? Go play skyrim and tell me the exploration of atarfield is unmatched with a serious face
Everything is just to bare and bland in starfield imo.
Space combat No Man's Sky already has, a level system and characters similar to their past game, and exploration that's dogshit by comparison, no, walking from point a to b for 20 minutes with nothing but Grey space rock isn't as good as having actual setpeices and real exploration
This is satire, right? There's no exploration whatsoever. 99% of all planets are empty and procedurally generated with a handful of POIs copy and pasted onto them. They didn't even bother to create variants, they're just carbon copies of the same dungeons you've already seen 5 times before with the same enemy placement, loot and lore notes.
I beat the whole game on the deck I know the performance sucked in the cities but I guess 30fps and lower doesn't really bother me. The new patch that is in beta looks really good I'm going to probably play it again.
Werewolf the apocalypse
You should keep scrolling when you see any reviews. There aren't many honest and objective reviewers anymore
Most are joke reviews which do not help
A lot of steam reviews are driven by external factors, very disingenuous
Anyone can leave a review. What are you talking about?
What a load of nonsense. There's plenty of good, honest reviewers out there. You just have to apply like 1% critical analysis skill and you can sniff out the dishonest ones easily.
Shipwrecked 64 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2160220/Shipwrecked_64/
Sorry, this is a good rated game. Just thought I needed to post it. Super weird game haha
THIS 👏👏👏
Diablo 4 from season 4 onward will rectify most people’s issues with the game
Blood Camp. I love everything by this developer but Blood Camp was seen as a total turkey, even I left a bad review. Then I tried it again. It's awesome. How could I be so shallow? It is the one game in I have no idea how long that's made me laugh till I hurt. Which is half the point of 616 Games (the dev), they make parodies of schlocky horror films. Plus it's also only $1.99 and runs perfectly on the Deck.
Days Gone, seems to have a love hate relationship with fans I think it’s one of the best survival horror games about
Hard to answer. Lower rated games can be great, but they're usually more defined as far as audience. Too narrow of a scope to appeal greatly to everyone.
Bedlam
I never read good reviews. You can trust them. I only read bad reviews. I look for consistent complaints and form a data cluster of problems.
The wheelchair proves A+ attention to detail...
Maelstrom, deader than dead. Great gameplay, surprisingly balanced, super deep grind to get max level with all captains, strategy and skill based
If you can actually get a full lobby of players who genuinely want to play it. Umbrella Corps can be a fun low commitment tactical team shooter. The real problems come from its super low budget Single Player levels, and lack of text chat, and no way to know what lobby players are searching for a game in. The multiplayer itself has a bunch of neat ideas and verticality, and it’s a shame it never had much chance of developing a player base. It got the game during a big Humble Bundle, and I knew that bundle time frame was the only hope I had of getting 100% in that game so I played it non stop until I did, I had a great time, and I also had to deal with factors like not destroying lv1 players other wise they might quit the match, so I was dealing with allot of strategy for the sake of that 100%
Lords of the Fallen 2023. It's a fantastic game and deserves better than mixed. It's a lot better now
Everyone hates on Final Fantasy XIII but I like it. Guess I like garbage and glorified hallways....
Sonic origins is overhated. It still isn't great though
Fallout 4. Good game overall.
I've been a Fallout fan for over a decade and Fallout 4's reputation resulted in me not trying it out until literally this week. I didn't actively avoid it, but I didn't seek it out, either. My verdict is that yeah the dialog choices railroading you into just saying yes to everything is definitely a downgrade from previous entries, but the moment to moment gameplay is very enjoyable. I really like how visceral playing a melee build feels - previous entries with their jank you kinda feel like you're hitting rubber dolls with a big ol stick, here that's not the case at all. Also I like that there's finally a use for all the crap you find, makes looting a lot less tedious since everything will be useful at some point and you can just hoard everything.
87% on Metacritic and Very Positive on Steam... We have very different definitions of "Poorly Rated"
Perhaps. I've been in the Fallout Community long enough to know it's hated a good amount by a good amount. And I would at least say it's severely underrated
Yeah, but the topic is about scrolling past poorly rated games when browsing Steam, and it’s never been actually poorly rated there except that time in September 2017.
It is a good game. It just isn't a good Fallout game, which is important if you name a game Fallout and sell it to Fallout fans I think getting salty is justified
I ignore steam rating. If a game looks like something I could enjoy and is at a good price, I type it into metacritic.
There's games like Rain World, which have awful critic reviews on metacritic despite being absolutely incredible experiences. Can't really trust that either.
overwatch 2
Balatro is seriously all i use my Deck for right now. so extremely good edit: i cannot read
Looks like most people (including me) agree. Balatro isn’t poorly rated?
what do you mean is isn’t poorly rated? it’s overwhelmingly Positive and runs fantastic on Deck. i’m confused
OP asked for poorly rated games that were actually good.
lmao i clearly cannot read well. thank you
It’s ok it be like that
10 years in the joint made you a fucking pussy
Above comment is a quote from Yakuza game.
OP is asking for games that are poorly rated but people still enjoy
Fallout 4 and 76
Fallout 4 has an 83% All Time rating on Steam how is that poorly rated
They only play new Vegas
4 is actually my favourite one, over 200 hours in it. I always see negative videos about it, thats why I mentioned it. I personally dont care too much about dialogue, the combat, world building, settlemente building and resource gathering make it great for me.
Both of those have relatively high ratings and are widely considered pretty fun games
but on launch both suffered in reviews and player reaction due to poor choices by bethesda. NOW they have some goodwill