Most of the video games I’ve played were pretty good. The only one I can think of that I didn’t like was MySims Kingdom for the Nintendo DS. Dropped that pretty quickly. It was a long while ago, but I’ll guess it was because there were too many fetch quests and annoying controls.
The one I still remember is Donkey Kong 64. Just a boring collectathon with too much retreading. And it missed the funny writing of previous Rare platformers. Also it had a cringe rap song like every piece of pop media had in the late 90’s even my eleven year old self hated it.
I loved Rare games before that. After that game I stopped buying any Rare games. Probably because Dk64 was the first game I bought with my own money that I saved for a long time. I didn’t even buy Perfect Dark
The rap is the best part!
This game came out pre-Twitter, so I’ve been surprised to see how many people hated this game. I’ve revisited it several times since childhood and still enjoy it quite a bit. The different Kong stuff made it feel somewhat like a metroidvania.
The cringe rap thing started in the 80s. I assume it worked because marketing folks wouldn’t let it die.
From the Super Mario Bros Super Show to TMNT2 to DK64, they just couldn’t let it die. Even Mickey Mouse had a rap album out.