Weekend Hot Topic: Favourite non-classic video game

metro.co.uk:

Readers discuss their favourite mediocre but enjoyable video games, from Rage 2 to Tomb Raider: Angel Of Darkness.

The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Gannet, who asks what game do you enjoy even though you know not many other people think highly of it? Why is it you like it and is it just down to the game itself or some external factor?

Money was a factor in most of the suggestions, with people more than happy to play a flawed game if it was cheap enough not to feel like a rip-off or had no pretensions to be a classic in the first place.

Not a classic The one which came instantly to mind for me is Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning. I think even the developer admitted it was… they probably didn’t use the word mediocre, but I don’t think there was any pretence it was doing anything new or even trying to. I kind of respect that in a way but, more importantly, as unoriginal as it was, it was a lot of fun.

I’m obviously not alone in thinking that as it recently got a remaster with new content. That was quite a surprise, I must admit, and I have to also admit I feel like I’m probably the only one that bought it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it again and am adamant that it is… quite good.

I mean, I wouldn’t argue it was a classic but sometimes a game doesn’t need to be. If it’s fun and you enjoy your time with it that’s all you need really. Not everything can be that way, something’s got to be pushing things forwards, but sometimes a familiar idea done well can be better than an imaginative one done poorly.Korey

10 years later I would not class Final Fight 2 as one of my favourite games, but I like it a lot and still enjoy having a quick blast on it every now and then. I remember reading a review in Mean Machines