Even though it's incomplete, I enjoyed Cortex Command, despite its abysmal Metacritic score of 44. But there must be other low-metascore games out there people have enjoyed!

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Deadly Premonition with a 59 metascore

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+59

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Nice story... just horribly buggy.

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Heard it's basically the "The Room" of videogames.

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Not entirely. The Room is good because it's a mess, and Deadly Premonition is in spite of it. Though DP has its times to be a happy little mess. lol

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it's the "twin peaks" of videogames

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Gotta agree. Though it's a terribly-ported mess, I love it so much that I went out of my way to make it playable on my PC. I've also endured several crashes. It's definitely one of my top ten most beloved games.

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This. Except for the fact that the port is absolutely horrible, but the game is still worth a shot. It's on sale too right now. ;)

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Legend of Dungeon has a Metascore of 62 but it's such an awesome game to play with friends, very funny and it's like the old rogue likes and dungeon crawlers

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+

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Harvester - 63
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men - 67 and 5.8 user score
Splatterhouse - 59
Saw - 59
White Knight Chronicles II - 60

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+1 for Saw. I quite enjoyed that when I played it on 360 a handful of years ago. Didn't even finish the demo for Saw 2 though. :(

Blades of Time has a 63 metascore on pc and its my favorite... spectacle fighter? brawler? Not sure the term for that genre, but I usually don't like that genre and i loved Blades of Time.

Arcania: Gothic 4 is another game with a 63 metascore that I quite enjoyed. It has problems, sure, but I enjoyed it after forcing AA and tweaking the fov. (I never played the older gothic games so I wasn't invested in the series. Gothic fans seem to dislike it for some reason.)

Mars: War Logs has a 59 metascore for some reason. (72 user score, which I think is more appropriate.) After tweaking the fov I quite enjoyed the game.

All of these I listed have mediocre endings, but their gameplay and overall stories are enjoyable.

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Nope, Arcania is an insult to all fellow Gothic fans.

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^lol. Thanks for proving my point.

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wasn't the easiest thing to control and the speed felt weird, but I had some fun with post apocalyptic mayhem despite it having a metascore of 44

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me too, for a game that was given for free and is not very popular. IT WORKED!!, and that gives it a lot of points in my book especially since the multiplayer during when it was being given away was pretty fun

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For free? WHEN, WHERE?

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February in GMG.
Reddit post about it
I agree with the above, it was a great game I really enjoyed.

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that game is awesome.

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Love that game. Good for an hour or so of fun at least. Really fun to play!

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i agree with you, PAM is awesome

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I agree, regardless that it crashes constantly while I play on my system.

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i dunno, it never crashed on mine, and my computer is literally....i mean, metaphorically, shit

though i do have some weird issues with some tracks giving me a flickering red glow lol, maybe it's my graphics card shrug

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But then most the comments would make no sense.

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Bad Rats

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+1 Bad Rats is awesome!

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I want what you've been smoking.

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I've enjoyed it for 20 minutes

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50 metascore, Postal 2

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Fuck yeah! I play Postal 2 whenever I want a bit of violent, dumb fun.

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Postal 2 is 59, not 50. I agree regardless though.

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Guns of Icarus has a pretty low metascore and i think is not that bad . (yes , i scrolled through the list)

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Wow.. I didn't even know that game has a low meta score.. That is why I never look at meta scores.
The devs have a weekly video chat on Twitch and answer questions. Only for that I would give them 80.

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Yes, and the game is not bad either , i like the fact that is all around teamwork :)

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Digimon World 3 47, is not the greatest rpg ever, but is kinda fun once you figured out how the game works... and have some anoying quest, but hey... is better than the toy-plane mission of gta:sa

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Deadly Premonition

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Murdered: Soul Suspect.
Might not be the taste of everyone, but definitely not worth the 59/100 tag.

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I really liked it. 75/100 would be the lowest score for it (considering some people might not like it, I'd give it 79 if I was asked).

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Lost Planet 2: 63/100

Amazing over the top game. Very memorable with a few friends.

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+1

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Hm, for me it would probably be Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny with a score of 18 I think. I joined the party later but it seemed to have a horrible start and could not completely recover from that. There are still bugs and the graphic has some problems. But the game is functional and the mechanics are implemented correctly to the DSA rule set and for me it has been very fun to play.

Problem is that people still behave like di. Complaining about past bugs and spending a lot of time finding even the smallest unimportant bug in the game, going to forum bitching around and telling people how awful everything is. And a lot of them are just graphic who. Oh my god those battle avatars are making my eyes bleeding etc...

Hm, that sounded a lot like ranting about people.
TL;DR: Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, low score still fun for me

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Devs corrected lots of things about the game, but metascore stayed. At some random topic I've seen current meta would be at least 40-ish, that's not much, but still quite an improvement.Still waiting to try out that game, I don't have much expectations - if it works and enjoyable, already bought the purchase (got for like 1$ from groupees a few months ago)

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I don't pay attention to Meta Score (different strokes for different folks, after all), but I played Dark Fall: Lost Souls and absolutely loved it, despite the game having rather poor reviews.

It's a very decent horror point&click adventure that doesn't rely on lame jumpscares, the story is also decent (if a bit confusing in the end). I truly, honestly don't understand the bad reviews.

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Only If (39 metascore). A really interesting game.

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Orion: Dino Horde

Had a rough start but has gotten a lot better.

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+1, hell of a fun to shoot on a huge T-rex whith a chopper.

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Fun for a little while but is way to glitchy for me to want to play it for too long!

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To be fair, it's not even Orion: dino horde anymore. They have gone through so many changes since release I find it hard to even consider it the same game. It's old metascore is related to the shit product that was the original release of Dino Beatdown, before even Dino Horde fixes.

In it's current state it's probably a good 75 or so.

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
I think its an awesome game but it has a metascore of 58

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This is worst game ever

Metascore: 8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6DtVHqyYts

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But is it worth playing?

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Yes, if you want to laugh :D

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Will it blend? That is the question

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Still better than TES:O.

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Montague's Mount with a metascore of 39.

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+1, one of the most underrated games.
It has a 72 MC now but when it first came out it was about 50-60.

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So true, it's really a fun game

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Originality doesn't sell.

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I really enjoyed "remember me". It has a meta score of 65 but its definitely worth playing!

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+++ I love it's story, cool protagonist and graphics. A bit consolish style...but really awesome game

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Blade Kitten with metascore of 52.

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+1 :3

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Sniper Elite Nazi Zombie Army 1-2, they're freakn awesome why'd anyone give them 52 score ?

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Also The Last Remnant (66 MC) is the best JRPG I've ever played, a lot better than every Final Fantasy if you ask me.It's weird that it got such a low score,I guess those reviewers don't really know how to play JRPG's ...

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Not really, you can play and win TLR by just slamming your head against the keyboard. The game is pathetically easy and automatically picks the best option when fighting and other more complex mechanics are either useless or not properly explained.

Also, lame protagonist and a story way less interesting than some other Square Enix games.

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the Carpenter like vibe alone, would be more than enough to make it standout. just don't trust metascore

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Them games are rated that badly?! Those games are amazing. This is why when going to buy a game i never look at metacritic for guidance.

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+1 indeed

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They're fun with friends. Solo play gets boring fast though.

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59 - Lucius is legitimately one of the best games I've played in the last couple years, so seeing it down at 59 is shocking to me.

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Extremely linear gameplay, some flawed puzzles and an interesting premise ruined by awkward controls and no freedom with murders whatsoever, some of which don't make any sense at all for complexity of execution. That said, 59 is a pretty ok score for that game.

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Cortex Command is a lot of fun, the game is very well done, and the content is awesome with the mods.

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