This is the most interesting video I've seen on this channel so far. Some of the games you mentioned are ones I personally love, but I enjoyed the analytical approach you took to explaining your distaste for them... it ended up coming off as a thoughtful analysis, rather than just airing complaints. It'd be cool to see a sequel video along the lines of "Games I love, But You Hate".
Controversial opinion... the best 2D Zelda game is actually Links Awakening. It was mind-blowing back in the day and the storyline is very beautiful, with a bittersweet ending. Great video 👍
Far be it from me to underestimate the ability of people to become unreasonably angry about things they see on the internet, but my gut feeling is that you think this video will rankle people more than it probably actually will. I feel like there really isn't anything worth being annoyed about in this video -- you're just exploring why you dislike certain popular games, while also making it fully clear that you see other people's love of those games as valid. Plus, all of your reasons are pretty fair and well-explained.
Its hard to compare Zelda as a person that played and found everything when it was new(also no internet/walk through). And an adult with responsibilities etc. Every waking moment not in school was spent playing by myself or a friend. Endless hours searching and discovering was almost a positive at that age. I understand your position. My kids got stuck multiple times and had to come to dad to give them hints.
I went through this with my son and he originally beat the game when he was 8. Now HE shows me all the Tricks speedrunners use like screen wrapping, bomb jumps, wall clips, and all the craziness you can do walking under the world where the game thinks you have unlimited keys and you can get all the big chests and everything early. Pure craziness.
Had a very similar thought. Zelda is a great game for a kid who has lots of free time to fill. And yes it's hard, but when you struggle with something for days and figure it out on your own (no game FAQs back in the day) you feel great!
had to come back and share this. there was a time when my moms mental state was good before she went away to live in hospitals, The Donkey Kong series holds a special place in my heart. we would play it together when i was a kid, i tear up when i hear aquatic ambiance. such a beautiful song. brings me back to those summer nights when life was simple and i had my family. hold on to those memories and those you love.
Ok I have a popular game that I just can't get into. Duck Tales for the nes! You are forced to go through everything twice. First to reveal a hidden secret, then again to collect the treasure. Felt too repetitive despite the cool level design
It's good to see somebody speaks their mind of some of the games out there. I remember beating Link To The Past many years ago, it was hard and i had to talk to my friends and vice versa when i was stuck in the game. This was in the early nineties before the internet, so it was basically the only way to figure things out back then.
ALTTP has a very specific small thing which i have been calling absolute bullcrap ever since first playing it back in childhood days. The digging challenge outside Thieves Town. The entire reason is because it is randomized. Everytime i start a playthrough i dread this shit because you have no idea if the thing will take 5 minutes of 5 hours. It is raw luck and nothing else. Obviously you don't need the price which is a heartpiece to beat the game but if you want to complete all hearts which i'm a little obsessed about then you HAVE to do this sooner or later 😂😂 On top of this it also costs you rupees each time. I assume this was done with the intention to still give experienced players a little challenge on the way but it is just annoying as hell instead.
I remember those days! Getting stuck in a game and ya cant go on until you get unstuck!!! No organized Internet. And hard to find somone playing the same game you are and if so them willing to share information with you! Dont remember the specific games but their were several I never went back to! There were times I eventually found the solution but by then I had lost interest and moved on to something else!
Normally I'd get up in arms about something like this, but I think you went about it in the absolute best, most genuine way. This is one of the few times where I am totally on board & understanding of a person's extreme difference of opinion, and for me that's really saying something. Very well done man.
So Link to the Past... There is a way to activate the floor switches so there are no gaps between you and the big chest in the Skull Woods dungeon. Crossing over the edge of the gap is a glitch or oversight. Also, as someone who struggled with Mega Man games as a kid because I would always try and conserve boss weapons until the boss and struggled through Heckran's Cave in Chrono Trigger because I tried to conserve my MP, don't be afraid to use your other weapons to defeat the enemies. Those Mummies/Gibdos go down with one blast of the fire rod. Either way, I wonder if my love of LTTP stems from having played the game for 25+ years. The soundtrack really is fantastic though.
Yep, I know about the fire rod, but the meter depletes quickly, and it's needed for the later section of that palace. The key point is that I missed a sword upgrade; probably walked right past it.
@@GamingTheSystems1 TH-cam is terrible about spoilers. I'm going to leave a large gap between here and the rest of the comment. If you don't wish to be spoiiled, skip the rest of my comment. Playing the game linearly, you haven't missed anything yet. The next sword upgrade actually happens to be on opposite map (dark world v light world) of an upgrade that cuts magic consumption in half. You have access to the magic upgrade. You don't have access to the sword upgrade yet but you do have access to the item you need to get the sword upgrade. Part of what I like about LTTP is that once you access the Dark World and tackle the first dungeon there, the game opens up and you can do things out of order without glitches or exploits. You are going to want the magic upgrade for the 5th Dark World dungeon by the way.
@@GamingTheSystems1 if you dive into the hole next to the smithy's house in the light world and then use the magic powder on the bowl in the room directly up it wakes up a bat who "curses" you with half magic. by half magic it means all your stuff uses half as much mana as normal.
We did it! This is now the most disliked video on the channel, proportion-wise. 1,366 likes, 246 dislikes. Gained 276 subs though. The 1,000 comments is a channel record. Some viewers are angry; others appreciate the honesty. Some are angry AND appreciate the honesty.
No hate from me. I get it. That feeling of wondering "People think THIS is awesome????" ...For me, I thought Mortal Kombat sucked. Everybody harped on about the graphics, but I always thought the game looked terrible. Very cheesy and cheap and dated looking. Not dated tech, dated designs. Like it was designed by the same kind of uncreative meatheads who made shitty 90s Steven Segal movies. That may sound harsh, and in fairness to MK, perhaps I was too old by the time it came around. My taste may have been 'over-tuned' to accept it for what it was. I was also astonished by the decision to NOT make a Mariokart64 sequel but instead to make a billion Mario Party games.
@@swanofnutella4734 Well my brother did have a TON of the Mario Party games. One thing that really annoyed me about the Mario Kart 64 successor, Double Dash on GameCube was that you didn't HOP when drifting, EVERY other Mario Kart game, you HOP to drift. Also Mario Party 2 and on didn't use the rotate the analog stick for minigames, since the amount of people using the palm of their hand rather than their thumb and scraping away all the plastic/injuring themselves was so high.
@@lmcgregoruk Gamecube was well after my time. I just wanted another 16 tracks in Mariokart 64's exact same format. It could have had near to no new features and I would have been elated.
Nice way of stating why you don't like some of these games. I think the best part is showing games you didn't like but have started to appreciate. It shows that we go through phases and some of our tastes change over time.
As someone who also holds many controversial gaming opinions, this video is very refreshing. I especially relate to the comments about Link To The Past, but for me it's basically every Zelda game. I played the original a lot as a kid, so I know my way through that one pretty well, but every time I pick up any Zelda game past the original I get confused nearly immediately about what exactly I need to do or where I need to go, etc. I get they're supposed to be about exploration, about the adventure, but a little bit of guidance really wouldn't hurt
Amazing video dude. I'm an analytical person as well so the way you've chronicled your TH-cam journey thus far makes each successive video an increasingly enriched experience. I love your style!!
Great Video! I agree with about 1/2 of your disliked games but totally agree with your reasoning behind each game. Have a good one! Can’t wait for the next vid!
Loved it, if people can't handle scrutinization of their favorite games, then that's a problem I'd say. Some things you brought up I was like "Yeah that part did stink" and stuff like that. I still like a lot of these games, but I've done that many times, not liking games so many people love. Glad to see another video on this channel! :D
Glad to see you still posting content on this channel! As for the conent of the video I hope you do a companion video going over the "universally reviled" game that you may enjoy.
In some ways Castlevania IV does feel like a departure but in a funny way it's the most Castlevania out of all of them. It easily delivers the most pure representation of the Conan vs. Dracula gothic aesthetic that was depicted in the artwork of those early games.
@@myworms Yeah, but it's a remake in the way that "The Fly" and "The Thing" were remakes. It's a totally ground up re-interpretation of the core concept.
The reason Super Castlevania (IV) feels so different is the whip, being able to whip in all directions is a HUUUUGE change which makes it feel like a different game entirely
I totally get ya about the A Link to the Past. Very puzzly and the puzzles aren't easy. I played it before internet walkthroughs were a thing and it took me a LOOONG time. I think if I were starting it NOW it would get to me, but what made it special for me was playing it when it came out. There just wasn't a game like that at the time so it had a huge WOW factor for me. I look back on it fondly, but I spent so much time playing it that I could really unlearn what to do at this point.
Its important to remember for games like that, we wanted long games that took a long time to complete. When you only get 1 or 2 games a year those games have to keep you entertained for a while.
For me, I think I'm just a bit angry with myself for having to seek a walkthrough. However, back in the day I'm sure kids got help from magazines; plus there's some tips packed in with the game.
@Gaming The Systems I understand. Just remember that games are meant to be enjoyed and being stuck will never cause enjoyment. You can get a hint on a game and still enjoy that game.
How envious I am of you to play A Link to the Past for the first time lol. I've beaten it like 20 times, got the game in 92 when I was 7. Part of the fun was having to figure out what to do, though the game came with a bit of a cheat sheet, no internet in those days! Not sure how you get so stuck in the darkworld though, the dungeons are numbered
I recently played though Zelda 3 and I managed to do dungeons out of order, despite them being numbered. I felt rather dumb when I noticed. I do remember that dungeon he got stuck in, the one with the hand that grabs you and drops you outside. What I don't remember is having to walk along an edge to solve it. Is that really necessary? Right afterwards I played Zelda 4. To my surprise I found it a harder game. It for instance got a dungeon with a secret room that doesn’t show on the map. Nasty. There's nothing like that in Zelda 3.
Something i’m wondering is if you don’t like looking up things for Link to the Past. How did you get past Zelda 1 if there is a bunch of things in that game that are held secret? More so, how did you get past the Knight rooms in a certain dungeon that usually frustrates people?
Exactly what I was thinking. In my opinion Zelda 1 and 2 are so much harder to figure out what to do. In general most SNES sequels were easier than the NES predecessors with the only exception i can think of off the top of my head being playing contra 3 on hard with only 3 lives
I run into similar feelings at times. I'm glad you had the good sense to say that it's games you don't like as much as others instead of that they all suck. It makes it easy to not be defensive when it's framed as subjective. One of the biggest issues people have in the world today is not being able to just agree to disagree. We all have our own tastes. In games, all tha matters is whether or not you enjoy them.
Nice video. You make really good points on a lot of these classic games. I’ve noticed that with older games there’s a lot of nostalgia goggle wearing. An example of this is Donkey Kong for the SNES-which you touched upon. Back in the day it was considered a mediocre platformer with good graphics and music. Now it’s looked on upon in a more positive light. My only thing that I don’t agree with you (on games you mentioned that I played) is on the Link To The Past. I this point I think the game isn’t for you. I never found it THAT cryptic-and part of the fun is figuring out the puzzles. But I never required a walkthrough-except for that treasurer chest that follows you around. There was no internet, so I remember mailing a letter to Nintendo and them responding with the solution.
I do disagree with a few of them, but when one has hot takes like this they come across as more sincere imo, and you are backing up your opinions with valid reasons. In regards to A Link to the Past, there are 2 sword upgrades after getting the master sword. Getting them is not the most complex, but they are more rabbitholes. It's funny, playing that game is easy to me now, but I grew up with them, whereas with something like the first 2 Zelda games and Breath of the Wild I end up getting lost (I still love them though). On top of that, when I recently replayed A Link to the Past, my first thought was "how the hell was I able to beat this when I was like 6 years old?"
Good video. I think you make valid points in most cases. Keep at it with Zelda ALTTP. I think sometimes we forget how big of a pain some of these games were because we played them 100x as a kid. We know where everything is now and forget that for someone new to the game, it is very cryptic and difficult to figure out. That was actually part of the lore to some games. It kept the conversations flowing and strats being passed on the bus or in school. Games are all about fun though and if you don't have fun with a game, then that is all good. One game I don't enjoy that others do is the Grand Theft Auto series. It is boring to me. Maybe I should give it another go, but it really seems like driving to dots on a map.
Great video man, i always think its interesting to hear someone with a varying opinion to your own, especially when they can give good reasons as to why they feel that way. enjoyed this a lot. peace!
Nice video! We can’t all agree on everything. Even though there were a few games here that I really like, you gave some really good logical reasoning as to why you weren’t a fan, and I appreciate that. Btw, I’m glad to see someone else bring out the fact that Earthworm Jim is difficult. And yes, even the first stage is pretty tough!! I have never beat Earthworm Jim or it’s sequel, maybe someday.
His (and I assume your) dislike of the open-world "where do I go next" puzzles are something that I find memorable and lovable about it. Not that either of you are wrong to dislike it, but I think it's really interesting how something like that can make a game for some people, and break it for others.
@@gobgonson8053 I actually like those kinds of puzzles, but what I don't like is little direction and having to solve the puzzles through trial and error
I totally have the same issues with this game. Sometimes I almost feel guilty for not liking this game and others like this one. Very refreshing to see that other people have the same feelings about it.
There was a lot to enjoy about ALTTP in my experience, but the frustrating nature of how cryptic it was pushed me away from it late into the game. I get games were like that by design back in the day to pad out the length but doesn’t do it any favors looking at these things objectively in modern-day.
F-Zero back in the day was cool because it was not like anything we've really seen on home consoles before. Styling is pretty cool and music. The amount of vehicles is lacking though. I love the F-Zero X and GX still to this day. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a great game. The cryptic learning about what to do next in the game is part of the fun. There are mystery moments that have you backtracking but it's well worth it as Link gets more powerful and unravels mysteries. Everyone should experience this game! Metal Gear Solid on PS1 is one of the most awesome stories in all gaming! I love that game.
A Link to the Past is a difficult game and I understand the frustration and confusion. All I can say is to stick with it, even if you have to use walkthroughs. I guarantee that it will be worth it in the end.
Is a difficult game... Lol, it's very hard to find an old school game, that wasn't super hard. Damn, even titles that were supposed to be played by 7-12yo.. were super hard.. I can easily say that, today's 'very hard' or hardcore, were the 'easy' and 'super easy', from the 90s. I've played all the old consoles, like genesis, master system, neo geo (thanks, rich friend), nes..snes... zx spectrum, etc etc. And i can say that the devs weren't joking, when they were fine tuning the difficulties... Many.. if not most games, if we were lucky, they had a health bar with 3 or 4 hearts, maybe 2 or 3 lives, and 2 continues. And that was GENEROUS. There are games, with just 3 lives, and that's all. 1 hit= 1 life gone. 3 lives ? Game over ! Today, people will complain if there isn't a super-easy mode.
oh dude that part at 6:52 just immediately unlocked memories of frustration i didn't know i had. i remember being stuck at that part and eventually having to look at a guide.
the thing is that what he shows in the video is actually not the solution. the real solution is to walk over one of those star tiles, which opens/closes holes in the floor. a mechanic you absolutely had to learn in the 3rd lightworld dungeon. I was actually stunned that this could be a problem to someone. I didn't even know you could walk around the edges of the holes until like 5 years ago. I don't mean this as an insult or anything, but not paying attention might be the issue here.
This was a great video, i love the comments you picked too 😂 i know you are not always the best at humor and can be very analytical, so those segments helped add some spice to keep the video from feeling bland
I really enjoy your content and most of these seem reasonable enough, except Zelda. The examples you gave had painfully obvious solutions ("where animals gather" requires almost zero travel - just to the light world and the room with the blocks, well let's just say there are more interactive elements in that room). Now, if you try you're best and just can't get into it, that's cool. No harm done. Keep up the good work.
I agree with pretty much all of these. I mean I love A Link to the Past, but the gripes about getting lost and not knowing what to do are true. Cheers and thanks for the upload, I had a nice lunch watching this.
I enjoyed the video. I got a good laugh when i went to skip the Zelda game and seen your time stamps. Good one. Everyone has their own opinion on games and I'm not bothered at all if someone dislikes one of my favorite games. I actually did find the video very interesting. I can't believe you don't like MGS. It's one of my all time favorites. Thanks for the video
Maybe this is different now, but how Zelda games were played when I was a kid was as a community. Like I'd go over to a friend's house, he'd suggest playing his new Zelda game, and I'd watch for a while and make suggestions. Then I'd take over with a new save slot and I'd try things different. If we got truly stuck we'd talk about it at school lunch and see if anybody we knew had figured it out, or had suggestions. Stuff like that.
I loved the format in this video: showing comments first and letting the viewer try to guess what the game will be. I cried a little when I saw earthworm Jim (and cried a LOT when I saw your gameplay, YIKES), but this was really a great video. I gave ya a like and subscribe and would love to see more stuff like this
Not sure if you read comments but I think if you put a more clickbaity generic thumbnail it might’ve gotten more views. This is probably the best video I’ve seen on this channel. Also I enjoyed it when you compared one of the games you hate with a similar game you enjoy. The editing you did is top notch Edit: the viewers comments in between games were good at first but I think it just ruins the flow of the video after every game
Sooo I played and beat A Link to the Past at the age of 11 and it took me nearly a year to beat. But that was the magic of it. Getting lost and finally finding the solution or the way forward was such an exciting experience. And finally beating the game felt like a huge accomplishment at the time. I think most who widely praise this game had a similar experience (in childhood) and are swayed by that magical, nostalgic feeling. I didn't play it in the age of 100 easily accessible walkthroughs one search away making the game seem like more of an adventure. Imo gaming is kinda ruined by this and it's something I'm certainly guilty of nowadays. Anyways, just my thoughts. Great video mate! P.S.- Your example of being stuck in the dungeon with the pull lever; walking along the edge is a trick and not the intended way. The intended way is stepping on a star block that changes the floor layout and walking up from the bottom. Cheers!
I will admit that watching the segment on A Link to the Past had me cursing you out. I played it through as a kid and enjoyed it enough to play it through many more times, but then i remembered my experience when Orcarina of Time came out. I got stuck in Jabu Jabus belly let alone the water temple. Basically my experience with OOT was the same as how you described ALTTP so I withdraw my hate after your take on mg favourite game Edit: Aside from Metal Gear Solid which you simply seems like just a genre you don't enjoy, i agreed with or related to the reasons for your entire list Liked and subscribed!
I was about to (always politely, of course) criticize you about how can someone not absolutely love this game. But then I remembered how I 'm being compared to a war criminal for many people each time I manifest that, for me, Ocarina of Time is just OK. Also, many of your points against the game I could understand even disagreing. It's time we all realize that it's OK not to like a game loved by the masses! PS: I love the time stamps... XD
Ima huge Zelda fan, wasn’t upset. (Not that I’m actually cause it’s just opinions) but the earthworm Jim hurt. It is a finesse control scheme. Mainly the hard work you really have to put it with the D-pad while precise button controls. The hidden items you really have to work for but they are all very obtainable. Hope you put in the work, it’s rewarding in the pure originality it has
I like the way you kept each game a secret at first. Trying to guess what it was gonna be was fun! Link to the Past's 3rd crystal dungeon gave me a lot of grief as a kid. I actually cheated and copied my brother's save file just so I could get past it 😂
(Sorry for the upcoming long post.) I had thoughts on every game you listed but the TH-cam app crashed and I don’t have the patience to retype all of that stuff up again. Instead, I’ll just share my negative opinions on another game many people enjoyed: *The Thing* on PS2. It’s a sequel to the 80s John Carpenter movie of the same name (which I, admittedly, never watched even to this day). Many people sang this game’s praises in comment sections and one person on another website even suggested the game for me when I was looking for horror-themed games to play. What got me interested were the promises of the Fear/Trust system (managing your squad mates’ fear so they don’t try to kill you or themselves) and the Infection system (making sure your squad mates haven’t turned into a disguised Thing by using one of your limited blood test kits on them). Eventually, I found the game at a thrift store or pawn shop (can’t remember which one) for cheap and bought it for myself. First off, the combat either aged like milk or was never good to begin with. People try to defend this by pointing out how old the game is but I’m the same man who can play LS1 survival horror games with tank controls just fine so that excuse doesn’t fly with me. Second, the Fear/Trust system is super easy to manipulate. Dark areas, Things and even your own actions spooking a squad mate? Don’t worry! Just hand them one of the many guns you’re carrying, even if it’s the crappiest one with no bullets inside, and they’ll be willing to go to Hell in a hand basket for you! Problem solved! Finally, the Infection system, the biggest reason why I bought the game in the first place, is absolutely worthless. There’s a point in the game where you have to face a bunch of Things in a building. After my squad and I took care of the threat, we go in one of the rooms that has some stairs leading down. Before taking the stairs, I decide to do the blood test on my two squad mates because there were parts in the fight where we got separated. The two pass the test with flying colors. I then make my way to the stairs and, before I can even begin to walk down them, my squad mates transform into Things and start attacking me. Apparently, the game has scripted moments where squad mates turn even if they just passed the blood test mere SECONDS ago. This was the final straw for me. After realizing the feature I was looking forward to the most didn’t mean squat, I paused the game, looked up a FAQ and, after realizing I was only about halfway through the game, I stopped my play through altogether. The game itself wasn’t even that hard. I definitely could have finished it had I pushed on but it just isn’t worth my time or patience.
F-Zero is one of the greatest racers ever made but I get why we don't appreciate it the same. I had the game since 1991 and my 2 brothers and I would work our tails off to have the record time for each track. It's battery backup saved our course records which was not common back then. That one-upmanship had all 3 of us had made us memorize each track, strategize when is it best to use turbo boost on each track and which vehicle to use. Once you get enough hours invested into the game something weird happens. You find yourself in a Zen Like state where you are racing around the track avoiding enemy cars with inhuman like precision. Later on in College my Roommate and I also got into F-Zero one-upsmanship battles. I recall friends visiting and smoking herbs and they would just trip out watching me and my roommate dong incredible stuff on F-Zero. The game required you to have a competitive friend/family member to keep pushing each other to do better to reach that Zen like state.
I don't understand why anyone would dislike this vid, this is a brutal honest opinion of a persons experience with video games he didn't enjoy but were popular, I get this a lot on my vids as I make vids on games I owned or played whether they be good or bad, its all just part of the nostalgic experience. If everyone liked the same type of game, or same genre or same platform the world would be a boring place. Love the vids, keep doing what you do man :)
First: Love your Title Bar ;) F-Zero: Didn't liked it back then, nowadays i can get some enjoyment out of it, but it really isn't such a great Title. Alleyway: Yeah, i think a Game you have to play once and than you can leave it forever. Zelda 3: Love it, guess you are just not the Type of Person for it. Got through it back then by myself, guess you just need a natural "Mess around Instinct". But hey, my Wife gets lost in Pokemon Red/Blue. Contra 4: Never played it, but i couldn't play it on the 3DS, just can't play Plattformers if the D-Pad isn't parallel to the Action Buttons. DS, hm maybe. Landstalker: Never played. Viewtiful Joe: Was really seing forward because of the Graphics, but i did not like it at all. Strider: I don't get Fun out of it. -> Streets of Rage is the real Sega Master Piece. Metal Gear Solid: Love it, so i disagree with you ;) But Metal Gear is pretty cinematic, was dividing ever since. Donkey Kong Country: I love this Game, but my controversial Opinion is: I like it much much more than the second, i even dislike the second and i prefer the third. Kid Cameleon: Got first into Mega Drive Games 2017, i didn't liked that one. Castlevania 4: I like it, got me even to like this Series, got Adventure on the Gameboy as Kid and thought the whole Series is bad. This was like being enlighted haha. Zombies ate my Neighbours: Ah i guess it is ok? Played it on a Friends House back then and until today, i never got the Feeling that i want it. Zillion: Can't say something about it. Earthworm Jim: Yeah, it looks really good but, i agree with everything you say about it. No, the Genesis Version isn't better, plays the same. Midnight Resistance: First Time i see it. Metroid Pinball: First Time i see it. Advance Wars: I should love it, but i can't get the Connection to it. Phantasy Star: Still have to get real into it, but the fourth is really great, imo one of the best Sega Games.
Kevin, I enjoyed the video and I agree with disliking a few of those games as I have some of the same reasons. I didn’t agree with some, that’s fine too as we all like what we like right? Excellent video.
- Earthworm Jim ...has always been bonkers difficult and far too awkward, leaving me mostly unmotivated to get better at it. It has too much of what I call "hidden language BS" ...because even with what makes sense, I still feel like the game fails to teach me what I need to know to get good. Eventually people can get a feel for the necessary inputs, but there's quite a bit of which remains seemingly impossible to learn for my experience to improve. - Donkey Kong Country ...is much less awkward, and I pushed myself until I could get past difficult sections such as the mine cart sections with the feeling of intense challenge, instead of agonizingly hitting a wall again and again, and I can play with different controllers and still get good. I felt extremely determined to get past each level, because I desperately wanted to see what the next level was going to be like. Not as good as the other SNES sequels, but I'm glad I got to experience DKC as a kid. The challenge to me was very clear pretty much every time, because if I got hit by a hazard or baddie, I lost a kong. If anything, the orangutan baddies were actually frustrating every time I encountered them. - Phantasy Star ...bleh. I would rather play other RPGS. - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ...I'm unsure if I can convey my first experience properly, but I know I ENJOYED getting lost, and my memorization of this game got really sharp. The most confusing dungeon was Ice Palace, with Misery Mire not far behind. I do know now I dread those two dungeons the most whenever I go to replay the game. Skull Woods was mostly a breeze, until I got to the boss. I'm sure I got stuck from time to time, but the neurologicals in my brain seem to fail to recall my full first experience. I knew I was very entranced when I first dove into it as a kid.
I think it’s important to have these kinds of videos. I’ve been collecting games for awhile now and whenever I research a game for the possibility of purchase the reviews are all positive because guess what, those who are reviewing or commenting on it are usually huge fans of those games. Not many people go out of there way to talk down on a walkthrough on a game. If you don’t like the game than why are you here? So people actually saying what might be unlikeable in a game is huge. Thank you
I saw link to the past in the thumbnail and thought “ok that’s reasonable Zelda’s not for everybody” but when you said F Zero, my heart began to beat with unbridled rage. Fr tho great vid pretty sweet 😂
I really liked F-Zero on SNES, but (and this might get me burned at the stake), I don't think GX on GameCube is that good. So many people hold that up as the gold standard for anti-grav racers, but it does nothing for me.
Although I don't dislike Megaman games, I find them more frustrating than enjoyable sometimes. The spikes are unforgiving, you have to go to the beginning when dying, or an enemy reappears again when backtracking a screen, new megaman lives are in places that seems unreachable. Like you, I feel that if I have to constantly watch a you tube video to figure stuff out, I will eventually go on to play something else.
Bro I beat Earthworm Jim when I was literally a child. While it’s a difficult game, your gamer card gets revoked for struggling on the first level. I first I thought you were trippin with Link to the past, but I know. You trippin.
Haha, I remember the room with the holes at 7:00, SPOILER - I think I found out by accident that Link can walk along the edges. Though I beat ALTTP ant it is one of my favourite Zelda games, I still haven't beaten Link II, the very beginning is so hard.
I agree with most of your takes here! Refreshing to see someone talk about something they aren't a fan of without exaggerating the flaws or just plain shitting on the game. Sometimes it's the little things in games that can make or break the experience for me
This was extremely interesting to watch! Loved how you were able to explain why you didn't like these games. Many of these I enjoy or consider some of my favorites and your reasoning I totally get!
Glad to see you back. For a while I was wondering what happened to you after your AVGN video disappeared. I hope it wasn't because of some sort of conspiracy behind the scenes... I agreed on many of your points as to why AVGN isn't as enjoyable as he used to be.
That video will be reposted. Not sure if you've seen some of my recent videos, but I've fully explained why I don't post often on this channel any more.
The actual solution to the Skull Dungen puzzle in Link to the Past, is to just hit the star tile that switches the holes around. They've been present all game. Being able to walk around the holes is actually a glitch.
Funny, Skull Woods was also where I decided that Link to the Past wasn't for me. Part of the issue is that I grew up on 3D Zelda, and I am just terrible when it comes to the depth perception of 2D Zelda. So I took a lot of hits when using the sword. I also don't like the dark world overworld very much. It feels like enemies are attacking you every waking second and you have no room to breathe. So, when I died at one of the outside portions of the Skull Woods dungeon, and the game kicked me back to the beginning of the dark world instead of the beginning of the dungeon, I said, "Yeah, I'm all set with this game." lol Like you, I love the music and overall presentation of the game. I even bring the soundtrack up when doing projects from time to time. So, I can't really say that I "hate" it. Maybe someday I'll get back to the game and finish it.
I’ve never loved any SNES game, so your opinions are fine with me. Your hatred of something could never impact my love of it, even if we did disagree. I do disagree with you about what you seem to think “overrated” means. The first three games you discuss, I never played. I got bored at that point and quit watching.
SCIV was the first Castlevania I ever played, and to me will always be the gold standard. It's not as hard as the NES games but that's not exactly a bad thing either. And the difficulty does ramp up in the later stages. Plus there's the second quest which is much more challenging. I never thought the sprites were all that large: to me they seem about average for a 16 bit platformer. I honestly feel the sprites on Castlevania Bloodlines on the Genesis are on the small side myself. But I can see how someone who grew up with the 8 bit games would prefer the smaller sprites in Bloodlines.
A lot of these old 8 and 16 bit games especially I can only go back to with emulation + save states. I know it's "cheating", but sometimes ya just gotta create your own quality-of-life checkpoint system, just to maintain your sanity.
You know, I do remember having a hard time figuring out where to go and what to do in LoZ:LttP once I got to the Dark World. And I had hints for the more cryptic stuff. I actually did most of the Dark World stuff out of order on my first playthrough. Although I personally love the game, I can see how someone would get frustrated not being able to figure out what to do.
I actually find myself in the opposite position in that I end up genuinely loving some games that are either completely forgotten about or hated by most. Albion, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, Mystaria: The Realms of Lore, MegaRace, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Dracula Resurrection... Among my favorites of all-time, and most people just give me a blink and say "what's that?"
Great video! Two that I bounced right off of are Elden Ring and Super Smash Bros. I put in about 15 hours in Elden Ring, everyone told me to keep playing it. I'm sorry but I could have beaten a game I actually enjoyed in that amount of time. And Smash Bros. just feels like chaos on the screen, the launch mechanic drives me nuts too!
kid chameleon is a game of memorization and control pad proficiency, you gotta play a lot of times, every time memorizing a bit more and getting a bit better at the controls, you have to memorize where to find hidden boxes and where it is best to use each mask, etc., also collect lifes and continues to use on the last levels, where gameplay is harder and you’re not able to repeatedly play to memorize; very hard game, i don’t think one is expected to get to the end without this all (except for the second level cheat, of course)
Surprisingly enough, I found myself agreeing with most of this. Games like F-Zero and Mario Kart on the SNES are interesting from a historical standpoint and should be respected, but they are very primitive and don't tend to hold up, certainly not when compared to their 3D counterparts. Some styles of games just work better in 3D or 2D. Contra works better in 2D, F-Zero works better in 3D. What I like about this list is that you never state these are bad games, you just give your reasons why you personally don't care for them or why they don't click with you. Something can be excellent or even objectively perfect, but that doesn't mean you'll like it. Perhaps it's just a style that doesn't connect with you. I also like how you've had the strength to admit when you've changed a stance on a game. All in all, great video!
I really loved this video, one of the most realistic approaches in giving its personal opinion, not everyone likes everything, we can respect someone disliking a game others like, no big deal, these are matters of preference, I also don't like a lot of popular games such as Earthbound, everything Pokemon, MMORPGs etc... Thanks for sharing 😊
I think part of liking a game has to do with timing and your particular mood/mindset when you first play it (right time, right place). I feel like sometimes if a game doesn't hit just right when you first play it, you're never gonna like it. Metal Gear Solid is a perfect example for me. I consider it one of my favorite games of all-time, but I'm not sure if I'd feel that way if I hadn't been so hyped for it and had my mind blown by it as a kid. I can imagine if I played it for the first time now or even a couple years after it came out, I probably wouldn't have as much love for it.
Love this video! You could also do a video on games most people hate buy you enjoy. I would love to watch that! A lot of the newer games that are highly rated I just can't get into. Games like the new God of Wars, Elden Ring, Zelda Breath of Wild, Stray, etc... So many modern games are just too bloated and busy or too controlling as they try to be overly cinematic. I enjoy good graphics as much as the next person...but let me play the game!
16:51. Fair enough we all have our own opinions. DK Country, was one of my childhood games, when my cousin had it on the Super Nintendo. Over 20 years later I, have brought the SNES and a copy of DK Country from the second hand store. (Long before covid lock down)
Your segment on Zelda:LttP has me doing a Pablo Escobar meme in my livingroom. I've beaten it so many times and gotten so good at the patterns of the game that I can 000 beat the game (not save or die once during a playthrough). I can't really recall any time that I was "stuck" in the game... this coming from a guy that on the first playthrough of the Original Zelda took 2 years to find where level 2 was. I didn't have the extra maps -- In hindsite I think my mom or dad accidently threw the secondary book away after opening the game, not realizing what they were. I found and completed every other dungeon by that point except for 2 and, of course, 9. Given this, I can understand how these games can lead to sticking points. I'm just trying to remember my first playthroughs to think if I've ever had those sticking points. I'm sure I must have, but I've just played it too much since and have stored the entire game to memory. That said, the part where you were stuck with the gaps in the floor leading to the switch (crystal #3 - Skull Woods), the solution you found exploited a glitch. You're not actually supposed to be able to walk the edge of the hole in the manner that the game allows, and the actual solution is much much easier. It has to do with stepping on the star patterns in a neigboring room to change the floor configuration where the hole leading to the switch disappears. The mechanic was introduced in the Tower of Hera (Pendant of Wisdom).
Not knowing what to do and feeling like there is a huge world to explore is what made Zelda great. Especially in a time before widespread internet use. Not too much hand holding and exploration was a must. To each their own. Funny how a negative for some can be a positive for so many others.
Also funny how Elden Ring brought this notion back. The "Ubisoft open world" formula seemed to be a solution for that for years and people became sick of that.
Your reasoning for Link to the Past is understandable. That being said; it’s difficult playing an open world game from that era as not only was it completely new, but due to this, people have trouble thinking in the modern open format of gameplay. Which LTTP oddly was overall. A modern retro game
@7:30 you are not supposed to do that. obviously you read the Zelda dungeon guide that told you that, but that's 100% wrong. Sure it "can be" a solution. The real way to do that part is to drop in to the room on the right and touch one of those stars on the ground. They will shift the holes in the dungeons and have done so since the 3rd one in the light world.
I have completed Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past, and there's also an official Nintendo Power Player's Guide! I still respect your opinion on and your qualms with the game. Great video
I feel you. I started to lose some nostalgia for the Playstation Generation (1995 - 2000). And I was all in. Magazines, game demos, tons of games, the good and the crappy. But now I look at my collection of PS games and that's pretty much what it is. A neat collection of games I never play again since I moved on to better days, better games. And even with my pixel grafix googles on I also feel less interested playing those old classics from the NES days etc. Peoples preferences and nostalgia favorites don't matter much for me. See them lose their mind when I admit not to love Ocarina of Time.
Zelda: A Link to the Past is one of my favorite SNES games, but that is purely for nostalgia. These games just hit different at the time of release and I was able to beat the game without using a walkthrough because, well, we didn't have internet. I was also a kid with ample time to figure it out, I would likely struggle if I went back to it today.
Couldn't seem to edit my post anymore. Agree on almost every game in your video. Phantasy Star is a game I really like though. What you said about Advance Wars is exactly what I feel about it too. Your alternative selections are indeed much better.
I don't think that I've ever had much trouble finding my way through A Link to the Past. If anything, my biggest complaint about the game is that it is often too linear and straightforward. But it's still one of my favorite games in the series along with BotW, MM, OoT, and WW.
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This is the most interesting video I've seen on this channel so far. Some of the games you mentioned are ones I personally love, but I enjoyed the analytical approach you took to explaining your distaste for them... it ended up coming off as a thoughtful analysis, rather than just airing complaints. It'd be cool to see a sequel video along the lines of "Games I love, But You Hate".
Is cool...like the moderately annoyed video game nerd
Controversial opinion... the best 2D Zelda game is actually Links Awakening. It was mind-blowing back in the day and the storyline is very beautiful, with a bittersweet ending. Great video 👍
BTW, if you can watch the video, and not be heavily bothered by it, then you've reached a higher level of retro gaming.
I made it through the whole video...some of your opinions I agreed with, and some made me cringe :)
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Far be it from me to underestimate the ability of people to become unreasonably angry about things they see on the internet, but my gut feeling is that you think this video will rankle people more than it probably actually will. I feel like there really isn't anything worth being annoyed about in this video -- you're just exploring why you dislike certain popular games, while also making it fully clear that you see other people's love of those games as valid. Plus, all of your reasons are pretty fair and well-explained.
@@RealziesCuts haha what up buddy!!!
Your channel is the higher level Sir.
Its hard to compare Zelda as a person that played and found everything when it was new(also no internet/walk through). And an adult with responsibilities etc. Every waking moment not in school was spent playing by myself or a friend. Endless hours searching and discovering was almost a positive at that age. I understand your position. My kids got stuck multiple times and had to come to dad to give them hints.
I went through this with my son and he originally beat the game when he was 8. Now HE shows me all the Tricks speedrunners use like screen wrapping, bomb jumps, wall clips, and all the craziness you can do walking under the world where the game thinks you have unlimited keys and you can get all the big chests and everything early. Pure craziness.
Yeah, sometimes a game just owns us. Normally people don't admit it as loudly as me though.
Hahaha, good one. He is a kid. Gaming the system needs to go to his daddy and ask....😂😂😂
Had a very similar thought. Zelda is a great game for a kid who has lots of free time to fill. And yes it's hard, but when you struggle with something for days and figure it out on your own (no game FAQs back in the day) you feel great!
@@virichosa144 At some point, we all who had known our fathers ask them for help. Nothing wrong with it, IMO.
had to come back and share this. there was a time when my moms mental state was good before she went away to live in hospitals, The Donkey Kong series holds a special place in my heart. we would play it together when i was a kid, i tear up when i hear aquatic ambiance. such a beautiful song. brings me back to those summer nights when life was simple and i had my family. hold on to those memories and those you love.
Ok I have a popular game that I just can't get into. Duck Tales for the nes! You are forced to go through everything twice. First to reveal a hidden secret, then again to collect the treasure. Felt too repetitive despite the cool level design
It's good to see somebody speaks their mind of some of the games out there. I remember beating Link To The Past many years ago, it was hard and i had to talk to my friends and vice versa when i was stuck in the game. This was in the early nineties before the internet, so it was basically the only way to figure things out back then.
ALTTP has a very specific small thing which i have been calling absolute bullcrap ever since first playing it back in childhood days. The digging challenge outside Thieves Town. The entire reason is because it is randomized. Everytime i start a playthrough i dread this shit because you have no idea if the thing will take 5 minutes of 5 hours. It is raw luck and nothing else. Obviously you don't need the price which is a heartpiece to beat the game but if you want to complete all hearts which i'm a little obsessed about then you HAVE to do this sooner or later 😂😂 On top of this it also costs you rupees each time. I assume this was done with the intention to still give experienced players a little challenge on the way but it is just annoying as hell instead.
I remember those days! Getting stuck in a game and ya cant go on until you get unstuck!!! No organized Internet. And hard to find somone playing the same game you are and if so them willing to share information with you! Dont remember the specific games but their were several I never went back to! There were times I eventually found the solution but by then I had lost interest and moved on to something else!
Had to get that Nintendo Power, man
It's really not that hard tho... there's markers on the map. I'm not sure how anyone can get stuck in link to the past
It's a puzzle-based game, so I'm not surprised some portion of the population would get stuck. There are markers for SOME things on the map.
Normally I'd get up in arms about something like this, but I think you went about it in the absolute best, most genuine way. This is one of the few times where I am totally on board & understanding of a person's extreme difference of opinion, and for me that's really saying something. Very well done man.
Get a life
Good. I'm glad it came through like that.
@@GamingTheSystems1 so confident
Video idea: GAMES YOU HATE, BUT I LOVE
So Link to the Past... There is a way to activate the floor switches so there are no gaps between you and the big chest in the Skull Woods dungeon. Crossing over the edge of the gap is a glitch or oversight.
Also, as someone who struggled with Mega Man games as a kid because I would always try and conserve boss weapons until the boss and struggled through Heckran's Cave in Chrono Trigger because I tried to conserve my MP, don't be afraid to use your other weapons to defeat the enemies. Those Mummies/Gibdos go down with one blast of the fire rod.
Either way, I wonder if my love of LTTP stems from having played the game for 25+ years. The soundtrack really is fantastic though.
I just wanted to shout "USE THE FIRE ROD ON THE MUMMIES".
@@TheForsakenCouch SAME! Usually the item you find is supposed to be used for the next section if I recall correctly
Yep, I know about the fire rod, but the meter depletes quickly, and it's needed for the later section of that palace. The key point is that I missed a sword upgrade; probably walked right past it.
@@GamingTheSystems1 TH-cam is terrible about spoilers. I'm going to leave a large gap between here and the rest of the comment. If you don't wish to be spoiiled, skip the rest of my comment.
Playing the game linearly, you haven't missed anything yet. The next sword upgrade actually happens to be on opposite map (dark world v light world) of an upgrade that cuts magic consumption in half. You have access to the magic upgrade. You don't have access to the sword upgrade yet but you do have access to the item you need to get the sword upgrade. Part of what I like about LTTP is that once you access the Dark World and tackle the first dungeon there, the game opens up and you can do things out of order without glitches or exploits.
You are going to want the magic upgrade for the 5th Dark World dungeon by the way.
@@GamingTheSystems1 if you dive into the hole next to the smithy's house in the light world and then use the magic powder on the bowl in the room directly up it wakes up a bat who "curses" you with half magic. by half magic it means all your stuff uses half as much mana as normal.
We did it! This is now the most disliked video on the channel, proportion-wise. 1,366 likes, 246 dislikes. Gained 276 subs though. The 1,000 comments is a channel record. Some viewers are angry; others appreciate the honesty. Some are angry AND appreciate the honesty.
I gave my like before I saw Zombies and EWJ on the list. I do not intend on changing it
No hate from me. I get it. That feeling of wondering "People think THIS is awesome????" ...For me, I thought Mortal Kombat sucked. Everybody harped on about the graphics, but I always thought the game looked terrible. Very cheesy and cheap and dated looking. Not dated tech, dated designs. Like it was designed by the same kind of uncreative meatheads who made shitty 90s Steven Segal movies. That may sound harsh, and in fairness to MK, perhaps I was too old by the time it came around. My taste may have been 'over-tuned' to accept it for what it was. I was also astonished by the decision to NOT make a Mariokart64 sequel but instead to make a billion Mario Party games.
@@swanofnutella4734 Well my brother did have a TON of the Mario Party games. One thing that really annoyed me about the Mario Kart 64 successor, Double Dash on GameCube was that you didn't HOP when drifting, EVERY other Mario Kart game, you HOP to drift. Also Mario Party 2 and on didn't use the rotate the analog stick for minigames, since the amount of people using the palm of their hand rather than their thumb and scraping away all the plastic/injuring themselves was so high.
@@lmcgregoruk Gamecube was well after my time. I just wanted another 16 tracks in Mariokart 64's exact same format. It could have had near to no new features and I would have been elated.
No I’m just pissed that u suck at gaming holy fuck you are not good at Zelda, or Donkey Kong? Wtf those are easy ass games bro.
Nice way of stating why you don't like some of these games.
I think the best part is showing games you didn't like but have started to appreciate.
It shows that we go through phases and some of our tastes change over time.
As someone who also holds many controversial gaming opinions, this video is very refreshing. I especially relate to the comments about Link To The Past, but for me it's basically every Zelda game. I played the original a lot as a kid, so I know my way through that one pretty well, but every time I pick up any Zelda game past the original I get confused nearly immediately about what exactly I need to do or where I need to go, etc. I get they're supposed to be about exploration, about the adventure, but a little bit of guidance really wouldn't hurt
There is guidance. There's even specific characters in games that tell you what you need to do. Zelda requires you to at least think alittle
Amazing video dude. I'm an analytical person as well so the way you've chronicled your TH-cam journey thus far makes each successive video an increasingly enriched experience. I love your style!!
Great Video! I agree with about 1/2 of your disliked games but totally agree with your reasoning behind each game. Have a good one! Can’t wait for the next vid!
Loved it, if people can't handle scrutinization of their favorite games, then that's a problem I'd say. Some things you brought up I was like "Yeah that part did stink" and stuff like that. I still like a lot of these games, but I've done that many times, not liking games so many people love. Glad to see another video on this channel! :D
I liked Donkey Kong Country but he's 100 percent right about that mine cart stage.. One of the most frustrating unforgiving stages in a video game..
Glad to see you still posting content on this channel! As for the conent of the video I hope you do a companion video going over the "universally reviled" game that you may enjoy.
I may do that, though I don't think there will be as many.
I can't believe that someone has the audacity to disagree with people on the internet. I'm gonna report this to the TH-cam police department.
In some ways Castlevania IV does feel like a departure but in a funny way it's the most Castlevania out of all of them. It easily delivers the most pure representation of the Conan vs. Dracula gothic aesthetic that was depicted in the artwork of those early games.
Isn’t just a remake of the first game, but a lot easier? That’s how I remember it.
@@myworms Yeah, but it's a remake in the way that "The Fly" and "The Thing" were remakes. It's a totally ground up re-interpretation of the core concept.
The reason Super Castlevania (IV) feels so different is the whip, being able to whip in all directions is a HUUUUGE change which makes it feel like a different game entirely
Do more skits, man! There funny AF . Good job . Oh, and I agree with your opinion on most (not all) of those games.
I filmed another for this video, but ended up cutting it. The guy was looking inside the reviewer's window. It was too creepy.
I agree with you on pretty much all of these. Except MGS and Viewtiful Joe. But hey, different strokes and all.
I totally get ya about the A Link to the Past. Very puzzly and the puzzles aren't easy. I played it before internet walkthroughs were a thing and it took me a LOOONG time. I think if I were starting it NOW it would get to me, but what made it special for me was playing it when it came out. There just wasn't a game like that at the time so it had a huge WOW factor for me. I look back on it fondly, but I spent so much time playing it that I could really unlearn what to do at this point.
Its important to remember for games like that, we wanted long games that took a long time to complete. When you only get 1 or 2 games a year those games have to keep you entertained for a while.
A link to the past was big for back in the day but when you play it now the dungeons are over in like 5 min
@@justthisguy1948 this is prolly true
For me, I think I'm just a bit angry with myself for having to seek a walkthrough. However, back in the day I'm sure kids got help from magazines; plus there's some tips packed in with the game.
@Gaming The Systems I understand. Just remember that games are meant to be enjoyed and being stuck will never cause enjoyment. You can get a hint on a game and still enjoy that game.
I really appreciate your honest and straightforward approach to topics for videos. Good stuff as always.
How envious I am of you to play A Link to the Past for the first time lol. I've beaten it like 20 times, got the game in 92 when I was 7. Part of the fun was having to figure out what to do, though the game came with a bit of a cheat sheet, no internet in those days! Not sure how you get so stuck in the darkworld though, the dungeons are numbered
I recently played though Zelda 3 and I managed to do dungeons out of order, despite them being numbered. I felt rather dumb when I noticed.
I do remember that dungeon he got stuck in, the one with the hand that grabs you and drops you outside. What I don't remember is having to walk along an edge to solve it. Is that really necessary?
Right afterwards I played Zelda 4. To my surprise I found it a harder game. It for instance got a dungeon with a secret room that doesn’t show on the map. Nasty. There's nothing like that in Zelda 3.
@@anss321 walking on that edge wasn't actually what was supposed to happen lol, there's those tiles u step on to change the placement of the holes
@@drkingslend Oh yeah, that was how. Walking along the edge is probably a glitch then.
Something i’m wondering is if you don’t like looking up things for Link to the Past. How did you get past Zelda 1 if there is a bunch of things in that game that are held secret?
More so, how did you get past the Knight rooms in a certain dungeon that usually frustrates people?
Exactly what I was thinking. In my opinion Zelda 1 and 2 are so much harder to figure out what to do. In general most SNES sequels were easier than the NES predecessors with the only exception i can think of off the top of my head being playing contra 3 on hard with only 3 lives
Its called he wants views
I run into similar feelings at times. I'm glad you had the good sense to say that it's games you don't like as much as others instead of that they all suck. It makes it easy to not be defensive when it's framed as subjective.
One of the biggest issues people have in the world today is not being able to just agree to disagree. We all have our own tastes. In games, all tha matters is whether or not you enjoy them.
Nice video. You make really good points on a lot of these classic games.
I’ve noticed that with older games there’s a lot of nostalgia goggle wearing. An example of this is Donkey Kong for the SNES-which you touched upon.
Back in the day it was considered a mediocre platformer with good graphics and music. Now it’s looked on upon in a more positive light.
My only thing that I don’t agree with you (on games you mentioned that I played) is on the Link To The Past. I this point I think the game isn’t for you. I never found it THAT cryptic-and part of the fun is figuring out the puzzles. But I never required a walkthrough-except for that treasurer chest that follows you around. There was no internet, so I remember mailing a letter to Nintendo and them responding with the solution.
I do disagree with a few of them, but when one has hot takes like this they come across as more sincere imo, and you are backing up your opinions with valid reasons. In regards to A Link to the Past, there are 2 sword upgrades after getting the master sword. Getting them is not the most complex, but they are more rabbitholes. It's funny, playing that game is easy to me now, but I grew up with them, whereas with something like the first 2 Zelda games and Breath of the Wild I end up getting lost (I still love them though). On top of that, when I recently replayed A Link to the Past, my first thought was "how the hell was I able to beat this when I was like 6 years old?"
Good video. I think you make valid points in most cases. Keep at it with Zelda ALTTP. I think sometimes we forget how big of a pain some of these games were because we played them 100x as a kid. We know where everything is now and forget that for someone new to the game, it is very cryptic and difficult to figure out. That was actually part of the lore to some games. It kept the conversations flowing and strats being passed on the bus or in school. Games are all about fun though and if you don't have fun with a game, then that is all good. One game I don't enjoy that others do is the Grand Theft Auto series. It is boring to me. Maybe I should give it another go, but it really seems like driving to dots on a map.
Great video man, i always think its interesting to hear someone with a varying opinion to your own, especially when they can give good reasons as to why they feel that way. enjoyed this a lot. peace!
Dude doesn't even know why he doesn't like Donkey Kong Country, he's got some serious issues.
Nice video! We can’t all agree on everything. Even though there were a few games here that I really like, you gave some really good logical reasoning as to why you weren’t a fan, and I appreciate that. Btw, I’m glad to see someone else bring out the fact that Earthworm Jim is difficult. And yes, even the first stage is pretty tough!! I have never beat Earthworm Jim or it’s sequel, maybe someday.
I agree with you 100% about A Link to the Past. I've tried playing it several times over my lifetime, and me experience is almost identical to yours
His (and I assume your) dislike of the open-world "where do I go next" puzzles are something that I find memorable and lovable about it. Not that either of you are wrong to dislike it, but I think it's really interesting how something like that can make a game for some people, and break it for others.
@@gobgonson8053 I actually like those kinds of puzzles, but what I don't like is little direction and having to solve the puzzles through trial and error
I totally have the same issues with this game. Sometimes I almost feel guilty for not liking this game and others like this one. Very refreshing to see that other people have the same feelings about it.
There was a lot to enjoy about ALTTP in my experience, but the frustrating nature of how cryptic it was pushed me away from it late into the game. I get games were like that by design back in the day to pad out the length but doesn’t do it any favors looking at these things objectively in modern-day.
Yeah, and the top LTTP walkthrough video on TH-cam has 3 million views, so I know I'm not the only one getting stuck.
I dont believe that kid and his dad beat zombies ate my neighbors haha, that shit gets so hard later.
What a great video.
Thanks brother
I feel ur pain on fzero I'm on that also
Phoenix Resale fucking sucks
F-Zero back in the day was cool because it was not like anything we've really seen on home consoles before. Styling is pretty cool and music. The amount of vehicles is lacking though. I love the F-Zero X and GX still to this day.
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a great game. The cryptic learning about what to do next in the game is part of the fun. There are mystery moments that have you backtracking but it's well worth it as Link gets more powerful and unravels mysteries. Everyone should experience this game!
Metal Gear Solid on PS1 is one of the most awesome stories in all gaming! I love that game.
A Link to the Past is a difficult game and I understand the frustration and confusion. All I can say is to stick with it, even if you have to use walkthroughs. I guarantee that it will be worth it in the end.
Is a difficult game...
Lol, it's very hard to find an old school game, that wasn't super hard. Damn, even titles that were supposed to be played by 7-12yo.. were super hard..
I can easily say that, today's 'very hard' or hardcore, were the 'easy' and 'super easy', from the 90s.
I've played all the old consoles, like genesis, master system, neo geo (thanks, rich friend), nes..snes... zx spectrum, etc etc. And i can say that the devs weren't joking, when they were fine tuning the difficulties...
Many.. if not most games, if we were lucky, they had a health bar with 3 or 4 hearts, maybe 2 or 3 lives, and 2 continues. And that was GENEROUS. There are games, with just 3 lives, and that's all. 1 hit= 1 life gone. 3 lives ? Game over !
Today, people will complain if there isn't a super-easy mode.
I love the little titles when you scrub along the timeline, the "chapters" or whatever they're called. Good work! 😄
I never heard of someone who doesn't like Link to the Past among others.
But I still respect your opinion. Even the best games have criticism.
oh dude that part at 6:52 just immediately unlocked memories of frustration i didn't know i had. i remember being stuck at that part and eventually having to look at a guide.
the thing is that what he shows in the video is actually not the solution. the real solution is to walk over one of those star tiles, which opens/closes holes in the floor. a mechanic you absolutely had to learn in the 3rd lightworld dungeon. I was actually stunned that this could be a problem to someone.
I didn't even know you could walk around the edges of the holes until like 5 years ago.
I don't mean this as an insult or anything, but not paying attention might be the issue here.
This was a great video, i love the comments you picked too 😂 i know you are not always the best at humor and can be very analytical, so those segments helped add some spice to keep the video from feeling bland
I really enjoy your content and most of these seem reasonable enough, except Zelda. The examples you gave had painfully obvious solutions ("where animals gather" requires almost zero travel - just to the light world and the room with the blocks, well let's just say there are more interactive elements in that room). Now, if you try you're best and just can't get into it, that's cool. No harm done. Keep up the good work.
I agree with pretty much all of these. I mean I love A Link to the Past, but the gripes about getting lost and not knowing what to do are true. Cheers and thanks for the upload, I had a nice lunch watching this.
I enjoyed the video. I got a good laugh when i went to skip the Zelda game and seen your time stamps. Good one. Everyone has their own opinion on games and I'm not bothered at all if someone dislikes one of my favorite games. I actually did find the video very interesting. I can't believe you don't like MGS. It's one of my all time favorites. Thanks for the video
its nice to see someone with a unique opinion and actually not apologizing to random internet people for disliking something
Maybe this is different now, but how Zelda games were played when I was a kid was as a community. Like I'd go over to a friend's house, he'd suggest playing his new Zelda game, and I'd watch for a while and make suggestions. Then I'd take over with a new save slot and I'd try things different. If we got truly stuck we'd talk about it at school lunch and see if anybody we knew had figured it out, or had suggestions. Stuff like that.
Donkey Kong Country is one of my favorites. The better you get at it the more you enjoy it!
The MOST underrated channel on TH-cam.
I loved the format in this video: showing comments first and letting the viewer try to guess what the game will be. I cried a little when I saw earthworm Jim (and cried a LOT when I saw your gameplay, YIKES), but this was really a great video. I gave ya a like and subscribe and would love to see more stuff like this
Not sure if you read comments but I think if you put a more clickbaity generic thumbnail it might’ve gotten more views. This is probably the best video I’ve seen on this channel. Also I enjoyed it when you compared one of the games you hate with a similar game you enjoy. The editing you did is top notch
Edit: the viewers comments in between games were good at first but I think it just ruins the flow of the video after every game
Sooo I played and beat A Link to the Past at the age of 11 and it took me nearly a year to beat. But that was the magic of it. Getting lost and finally finding the solution or the way forward was such an exciting experience. And finally beating the game felt like a huge accomplishment at the time. I think most who widely praise this game had a similar experience (in childhood) and are swayed by that magical, nostalgic feeling. I didn't play it in the age of 100 easily accessible walkthroughs one search away making the game seem like more of an adventure. Imo gaming is kinda ruined by this and it's something I'm certainly guilty of nowadays. Anyways, just my thoughts. Great video mate!
P.S.- Your example of being stuck in the dungeon with the pull lever; walking along the edge is a trick and not the intended way. The intended way is stepping on a star block that changes the floor layout and walking up from the bottom. Cheers!
I will admit that watching the segment on A Link to the Past had me cursing you out. I played it through as a kid and enjoyed it enough to play it through many more times, but then i remembered my experience when Orcarina of Time came out. I got stuck in Jabu Jabus belly let alone the water temple. Basically my experience with OOT was the same as how you described ALTTP so I withdraw my hate after your take on mg favourite game
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Aside from Metal Gear Solid which you simply seems like just a genre you don't enjoy, i agreed with or related to the reasons for your entire list
Liked and subscribed!
I was about to (always politely, of course) criticize you about how can someone not absolutely love this game. But then I remembered how I 'm being compared to a war criminal for many people each time I manifest that, for me, Ocarina of Time is just OK. Also, many of your points against the game I could understand even disagreing. It's time we all realize that it's OK not to like a game loved by the masses!
PS: I love the time stamps... XD
Ima huge Zelda fan, wasn’t upset. (Not that I’m actually cause it’s just opinions) but the earthworm Jim hurt. It is a finesse control scheme. Mainly the hard work you really have to put it with the D-pad while precise button controls. The hidden items you really have to work for but they are all very obtainable. Hope you put in the work, it’s rewarding in the pure originality it has
I like the way you kept each game a secret at first. Trying to guess what it was gonna be was fun!
Link to the Past's 3rd crystal dungeon gave me a lot of grief as a kid. I actually cheated and copied my brother's save file just so I could get past it 😂
(Sorry for the upcoming long post.)
I had thoughts on every game you listed but the TH-cam app crashed and I don’t have the patience to retype all of that stuff up again. Instead, I’ll just share my negative opinions on another game many people enjoyed: *The Thing* on PS2.
It’s a sequel to the 80s John Carpenter movie of the same name (which I, admittedly, never watched even to this day). Many people sang this game’s praises in comment sections and one person on another website even suggested the game for me when I was looking for horror-themed games to play. What got me interested were the promises of the Fear/Trust system (managing your squad mates’ fear so they don’t try to kill you or themselves) and the Infection system (making sure your squad mates haven’t turned into a disguised Thing by using one of your limited blood test kits on them). Eventually, I found the game at a thrift store or pawn shop (can’t remember which one) for cheap and bought it for myself.
First off, the combat either aged like milk or was never good to begin with. People try to defend this by pointing out how old the game is but I’m the same man who can play LS1 survival horror games with tank controls just fine so that excuse doesn’t fly with me. Second, the Fear/Trust system is super easy to manipulate. Dark areas, Things and even your own actions spooking a squad mate? Don’t worry! Just hand them one of the many guns you’re carrying, even if it’s the crappiest one with no bullets inside, and they’ll be willing to go to Hell in a hand basket for you! Problem solved!
Finally, the Infection system, the biggest reason why I bought the game in the first place, is absolutely worthless. There’s a point in the game where you have to face a bunch of Things in a building. After my squad and I took care of the threat, we go in one of the rooms that has some stairs leading down. Before taking the stairs, I decide to do the blood test on my two squad mates because there were parts in the fight where we got separated. The two pass the test with flying colors. I then make my way to the stairs and, before I can even begin to walk down them, my squad mates transform into Things and start attacking me. Apparently, the game has scripted moments where squad mates turn even if they just passed the blood test mere SECONDS ago.
This was the final straw for me. After realizing the feature I was looking forward to the most didn’t mean squat, I paused the game, looked up a FAQ and, after realizing I was only about halfway through the game, I stopped my play through altogether. The game itself wasn’t even that hard. I definitely could have finished it had I pushed on but it just isn’t worth my time or patience.
F-Zero is one of the greatest racers ever made but I get why we don't appreciate it the same. I had the game since 1991 and my 2 brothers and I would work our tails off to have the record time for each track. It's battery backup saved our course records which was not common back then. That one-upmanship had all 3 of us had made us memorize each track, strategize when is it best to use turbo boost on each track and which vehicle to use. Once you get enough hours invested into the game something weird happens. You find yourself in a Zen Like state where you are racing around the track avoiding enemy cars with inhuman like precision. Later on in College my Roommate and I also got into F-Zero one-upsmanship battles. I recall friends visiting and smoking herbs and they would just trip out watching me and my roommate dong incredible stuff on F-Zero. The game required you to have a competitive friend/family member to keep pushing each other to do better to reach that Zen like state.
I don't understand why anyone would dislike this vid, this is a brutal honest opinion of a persons experience with video games he didn't enjoy but were popular, I get this a lot on my vids as I make vids on games I owned or played whether they be good or bad, its all just part of the nostalgic experience. If everyone liked the same type of game, or same genre or same platform the world would be a boring place. Love the vids, keep doing what you do man :)
That best game of all time is what is being held in the thumbnail. Then rdr1.
First: Love your Title Bar ;)
F-Zero: Didn't liked it back then, nowadays i can get some enjoyment out of it, but it really isn't such a great Title.
Alleyway: Yeah, i think a Game you have to play once and than you can leave it forever.
Zelda 3: Love it, guess you are just not the Type of Person for it. Got through it back then by myself, guess you just need a natural "Mess around Instinct".
But hey, my Wife gets lost in Pokemon Red/Blue.
Contra 4: Never played it, but i couldn't play it on the 3DS, just can't play Plattformers if the D-Pad isn't parallel to the Action Buttons. DS, hm maybe.
Landstalker: Never played.
Viewtiful Joe: Was really seing forward because of the Graphics, but i did not like it at all.
Strider: I don't get Fun out of it. -> Streets of Rage is the real Sega Master Piece.
Metal Gear Solid: Love it, so i disagree with you ;) But Metal Gear is pretty cinematic, was dividing ever since.
Donkey Kong Country: I love this Game, but my controversial Opinion is: I like it much much more than the second, i even dislike the second and i prefer the third.
Kid Cameleon: Got first into Mega Drive Games 2017, i didn't liked that one.
Castlevania 4: I like it, got me even to like this Series, got Adventure on the Gameboy as Kid and thought the whole Series is bad. This was like being enlighted haha.
Zombies ate my Neighbours: Ah i guess it is ok? Played it on a Friends House back then and until today, i never got the Feeling that i want it.
Zillion: Can't say something about it.
Earthworm Jim: Yeah, it looks really good but, i agree with everything you say about it. No, the Genesis Version isn't better, plays the same.
Midnight Resistance: First Time i see it.
Metroid Pinball: First Time i see it.
Advance Wars: I should love it, but i can't get the Connection to it.
Phantasy Star: Still have to get real into it, but the fourth is really great, imo one of the best Sega Games.
Kevin, I enjoyed the video and I agree with disliking a few of those games as I have some of the same reasons. I didn’t agree with some, that’s fine too as we all like what we like right? Excellent video.
- Earthworm Jim
...has always been bonkers difficult and far too awkward, leaving me mostly unmotivated to get better at it. It has too much of what I call "hidden language BS" ...because even with what makes sense, I still feel like the game fails to teach me what I need to know to get good. Eventually people can get a feel for the necessary inputs, but there's quite a bit of which remains seemingly impossible to learn for my experience to improve.
- Donkey Kong Country
...is much less awkward, and I pushed myself until I could get past difficult sections such as the mine cart sections with the feeling of intense challenge, instead of agonizingly hitting a wall again and again, and I can play with different controllers and still get good. I felt extremely determined to get past each level, because I desperately wanted to see what the next level was going to be like. Not as good as the other SNES sequels, but I'm glad I got to experience DKC as a kid. The challenge to me was very clear pretty much every time, because if I got hit by a hazard or baddie, I lost a kong. If anything, the orangutan baddies were actually frustrating every time I encountered them.
- Phantasy Star
...bleh. I would rather play other RPGS.
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
...I'm unsure if I can convey my first experience properly, but I know I ENJOYED getting lost, and my memorization of this game got really sharp. The most confusing dungeon was Ice Palace, with Misery Mire not far behind. I do know now I dread those two dungeons the most whenever I go to replay the game. Skull Woods was mostly a breeze, until I got to the boss. I'm sure I got stuck from time to time, but the neurologicals in my brain seem to fail to recall my full first experience. I knew I was very entranced when I first dove into it as a kid.
For a link to the past everything you described as a “flaw” is in my opinion the description of a master piece of a game lol
I think it’s important to have these kinds of videos. I’ve been collecting games for awhile now and whenever I research a game for the possibility of purchase the reviews are all positive because guess what, those who are reviewing or commenting on it are usually huge fans of those games. Not many people go out of there way to talk down on a walkthrough on a game. If you don’t like the game than why are you here? So people actually saying what might be unlikeable in a game is huge. Thank you
I saw link to the past in the thumbnail and thought “ok that’s reasonable Zelda’s not for everybody” but when you said F Zero, my heart began to beat with unbridled rage.
Fr tho great vid pretty sweet 😂
Yeah, sorry I had so many SNES games on there. The system has a lot of highly regarded games, and I agree with most of them.
I really liked F-Zero on SNES, but (and this might get me burned at the stake), I don't think GX on GameCube is that good. So many people hold that up as the gold standard for anti-grav racers, but it does nothing for me.
@@ressljs I’ve never played it so I can’t say, but I’ll be back with a torch and pitchfork once I’ve played it 😂
Although I don't dislike Megaman games, I find them more frustrating than enjoyable sometimes. The spikes are unforgiving, you have to go to the beginning when dying, or an enemy reappears again when backtracking a screen, new megaman lives are in places that seems unreachable. Like you, I feel that if I have to constantly watch a you tube video to figure stuff out, I will eventually go on to play something else.
Bro I beat Earthworm Jim when I was literally a child. While it’s a difficult game, your gamer card gets revoked for struggling on the first level. I first I thought you were trippin with Link to the past, but I know.
You trippin.
Did you ever hit anything with that whip?
Haha, I remember the room with the holes at 7:00, SPOILER -
I think I found out by accident that Link can walk along the edges. Though I beat ALTTP ant it is one of my favourite Zelda games, I still haven't beaten Link II, the very beginning is so hard.
I agree with most of your takes here! Refreshing to see someone talk about something they aren't a fan of without exaggerating the flaws or just plain shitting on the game. Sometimes it's the little things in games that can make or break the experience for me
Fun video. Didn’t think I’d finish it in one sitting, but here we are.
This was extremely interesting to watch! Loved how you were able to explain why you didn't like these games. Many of these I enjoy or consider some of my favorites and your reasoning I totally get!
Glad to see you back. For a while I was wondering what happened to you after your AVGN video disappeared. I hope it wasn't because of some sort of conspiracy behind the scenes... I agreed on many of your points as to why AVGN isn't as enjoyable as he used to be.
That video will be reposted. Not sure if you've seen some of my recent videos, but I've fully explained why I don't post often on this channel any more.
The actual solution to the Skull Dungen puzzle in Link to the Past, is to just hit the star tile that switches the holes around. They've been present all game. Being able to walk around the holes is actually a glitch.
Funny, Skull Woods was also where I decided that Link to the Past wasn't for me. Part of the issue is that I grew up on 3D Zelda, and I am just terrible when it comes to the depth perception of 2D Zelda. So I took a lot of hits when using the sword. I also don't like the dark world overworld very much. It feels like enemies are attacking you every waking second and you have no room to breathe. So, when I died at one of the outside portions of the Skull Woods dungeon, and the game kicked me back to the beginning of the dark world instead of the beginning of the dungeon, I said, "Yeah, I'm all set with this game." lol
Like you, I love the music and overall presentation of the game. I even bring the soundtrack up when doing projects from time to time. So, I can't really say that I "hate" it. Maybe someday I'll get back to the game and finish it.
I feel like The Adventures of Link is the perfect 2d Zelda for those who grew up on the 3d games.
I’ve never loved any SNES game, so your opinions are fine with me. Your hatred of something could never impact my love of it, even if we did disagree.
I do disagree with you about what you seem to think “overrated” means.
The first three games you discuss, I never played. I got bored at that point and quit watching.
SCIV was the first Castlevania I ever played, and to me will always be the gold standard. It's not as hard as the NES games but that's not exactly a bad thing either. And the difficulty does ramp up in the later stages.
Plus there's the second quest which is much more challenging.
I never thought the sprites were all that large: to me they seem about average for a 16 bit platformer. I honestly feel the sprites on Castlevania Bloodlines on the Genesis are on the small side myself. But I can see how someone who grew up with the 8 bit games would prefer the smaller sprites in Bloodlines.
A lot of these old 8 and 16 bit games especially I can only go back to with emulation + save states. I know it's "cheating", but sometimes ya just gotta create your own quality-of-life checkpoint system, just to maintain your sanity.
You're not alone. I never liked most of these games. (Donkey Kong Country and MGS being the exception)
You know, I do remember having a hard time figuring out where to go and what to do in LoZ:LttP once I got to the Dark World. And I had hints for the more cryptic stuff. I actually did most of the Dark World stuff out of order on my first playthrough. Although I personally love the game, I can see how someone would get frustrated not being able to figure out what to do.
I actually find myself in the opposite position in that I end up genuinely loving some games that are either completely forgotten about or hated by most. Albion, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, Mystaria: The Realms of Lore, MegaRace, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Dracula Resurrection... Among my favorites of all-time, and most people just give me a blink and say "what's that?"
Great video! Two that I bounced right off of are Elden Ring and Super Smash Bros. I put in about 15 hours in Elden Ring, everyone told me to keep playing it. I'm sorry but I could have beaten a game I actually enjoyed in that amount of time. And Smash Bros. just feels like chaos on the screen, the launch mechanic drives me nuts too!
I love this video! Epic music, epic game play. I remember watching my old man watch this video when I was a kid. Those end credits get me everytime
You have a lot of valid opinions on these games. And i respect that. Alot of people struggled with games.
kid chameleon is a game of memorization and control pad proficiency, you gotta play a lot of times, every time memorizing a bit more and getting a bit better at the controls, you have to memorize where to find hidden boxes and where it is best to use each mask, etc., also collect lifes and continues to use on the last levels, where gameplay is harder and you’re not able to repeatedly play to memorize; very hard game, i don’t think one is expected to get to the end without this all (except for the second level cheat, of course)
Surprisingly enough, I found myself agreeing with most of this. Games like F-Zero and Mario Kart on the SNES are interesting from a historical standpoint and should be respected, but they are very primitive and don't tend to hold up, certainly not when compared to their 3D counterparts. Some styles of games just work better in 3D or 2D. Contra works better in 2D, F-Zero works better in 3D. What I like about this list is that you never state these are bad games, you just give your reasons why you personally don't care for them or why they don't click with you. Something can be excellent or even objectively perfect, but that doesn't mean you'll like it. Perhaps it's just a style that doesn't connect with you. I also like how you've had the strength to admit when you've changed a stance on a game. All in all, great video!
I really loved this video, one of the most realistic approaches in giving its personal opinion, not everyone likes everything, we can respect someone disliking a game others like, no big deal, these are matters of preference, I also don't like a lot of popular games such as Earthbound, everything Pokemon, MMORPGs etc... Thanks for sharing 😊
I think part of liking a game has to do with timing and your particular mood/mindset when you first play it (right time, right place). I feel like sometimes if a game doesn't hit just right when you first play it, you're never gonna like it. Metal Gear Solid is a perfect example for me. I consider it one of my favorite games of all-time, but I'm not sure if I'd feel that way if I hadn't been so hyped for it and had my mind blown by it as a kid. I can imagine if I played it for the first time now or even a couple years after it came out, I probably wouldn't have as much love for it.
I enjoy F-Zero, but I agree that the "ping ponging" between the rails is really annoying. It's also quite difficult.
In LTTP I also got stuck in the same dungeon because I didn't realize you could pull stuff.
Love this video! You could also do a video on games most people hate buy you enjoy. I would love to watch that!
A lot of the newer games that are highly rated I just can't get into. Games like the new God of Wars, Elden Ring, Zelda Breath of Wild, Stray, etc... So many modern games are just too bloated and busy or too controlling as they try to be overly cinematic. I enjoy good graphics as much as the next person...but let me play the game!
Yes, modern games can be a turn off because it takes too long to get going.
16:51. Fair enough we all have our own opinions. DK Country, was one of my childhood games, when my cousin had it on the Super Nintendo. Over 20 years later I, have brought the SNES and a copy of DK Country from the second hand store. (Long before covid lock down)
Your segment on Zelda:LttP has me doing a Pablo Escobar meme in my livingroom. I've beaten it so many times and gotten so good at the patterns of the game that I can 000 beat the game (not save or die once during a playthrough). I can't really recall any time that I was "stuck" in the game... this coming from a guy that on the first playthrough of the Original Zelda took 2 years to find where level 2 was. I didn't have the extra maps -- In hindsite I think my mom or dad accidently threw the secondary book away after opening the game, not realizing what they were. I found and completed every other dungeon by that point except for 2 and, of course, 9. Given this, I can understand how these games can lead to sticking points. I'm just trying to remember my first playthroughs to think if I've ever had those sticking points. I'm sure I must have, but I've just played it too much since and have stored the entire game to memory.
That said, the part where you were stuck with the gaps in the floor leading to the switch (crystal #3 - Skull Woods), the solution you found exploited a glitch. You're not actually supposed to be able to walk the edge of the hole in the manner that the game allows, and the actual solution is much much easier. It has to do with stepping on the star patterns in a neigboring room to change the floor configuration where the hole leading to the switch disappears. The mechanic was introduced in the Tower of Hera (Pendant of Wisdom).
Not knowing what to do and feeling like there is a huge world to explore is what made Zelda great. Especially in a time before widespread internet use. Not too much hand holding and exploration was a must.
To each their own. Funny how a negative for some can be a positive for so many others.
Also funny how Elden Ring brought this notion back. The "Ubisoft open world" formula seemed to be a solution for that for years and people became sick of that.
Your reasoning for Link to the Past is understandable. That being said; it’s difficult playing an open world game from that era as not only was it completely new, but due to this, people have trouble thinking in the modern open format of gameplay. Which LTTP oddly was overall. A modern retro game
I don't recall what my solution was but I know for sure I never walked along that narrow strip of floor in Link to the Past.
@7:30 you are not supposed to do that. obviously you read the Zelda dungeon guide that told you that, but that's 100% wrong. Sure it "can be" a solution. The real way to do that part is to drop in to the room on the right and touch one of those stars on the ground. They will shift the holes in the dungeons and have done so since the 3rd one in the light world.
I have completed Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past, and there's also an official Nintendo Power Player's Guide! I still respect your opinion on and your qualms with the game. Great video
I feel you. I started to lose some nostalgia for the Playstation Generation (1995 - 2000). And I was all in. Magazines, game demos, tons of games, the good and the crappy. But now I look at my collection of PS games and that's pretty much what it is. A neat collection of games I never play again since I moved on to better days, better games. And even with my pixel grafix googles on I also feel less interested playing those old classics from the NES days etc. Peoples preferences and nostalgia favorites don't matter much for me. See them lose their mind when I admit not to love Ocarina of Time.
Zelda: A Link to the Past is one of my favorite SNES games, but that is purely for nostalgia. These games just hit different at the time of release and I was able to beat the game without using a walkthrough because, well, we didn't have internet. I was also a kid with ample time to figure it out, I would likely struggle if I went back to it today.
Couldn't seem to edit my post anymore. Agree on almost every game in your video. Phantasy Star is a game I really like though. What you said about Advance Wars is exactly what I feel about it too. Your alternative selections are indeed much better.
I don't think that I've ever had much trouble finding my way through A Link to the Past. If anything, my biggest complaint about the game is that it is often too linear and straightforward. But it's still one of my favorite games in the series along with BotW, MM, OoT, and WW.