10 Video Games You Constantly Have To Defend Hating

10. Final Fantasy VII Remake

Final Fantasy VII Remake was released to sky-high expectations - the original being arguably one of the greatest games of all time - and while many felt that Square Enix more than rose to the occasion, saying a bad word against it basically required you to testify in front of a Grand Jury as justification.

Nostalgia is one hell of a drug, and FFVII Remake categorically proves that. This isn't to say that it's not a technically compelling package, but it's also in many respects exactly the worst thing people expected from a contemporary mega-budget remake of a hallowed classic.

For one, it's an aggressively bloated experience packed with repetitive copy-paste dungeons, causing the main story to clock in at a solid 10 hours longer than it really needs to be.

The side missions are often tedious, the graphics are a surprisingly mixed bag (those skyboxes, oof), and it overall smacks of a game desperately trying to justify the dubious necessity for at least two sequels.

Call FFVII Remake a product of AAA gamedev's increasing tendency towards bloat-filled gameplay, all in the quest for greater "player engagement," and you'll catch a fleet of side-eyes (or worse) from fans.