8 Games We Love Even Though They SUCK

Some might say that there are simply too many amazing games out there to waste your time with bad ones, but every so often a game your brain knows is bad ends up winning your heart anyway.

We can't help what we like, and sometimes we're drawn to games despite their messiness, their obvious flaws, and the blatant truth that they're just not very good at all.

And that's absolutely true of these games, each of which caught their fair share of flak from critics and general gamers alike, and yet which ended up winning themselves a passionate chorus of defenders regardless.

These games clearly didn't succeed in everything they set out to do, and yet their imperfections gave them a personality and sense of charm that more polished, even competent games ultimately lack.

Few who enjoy these games are in denial about their actual quality, but all the same, there's something to be said for finding the fun in an unvarnished game that took a big leap yet didn't quite stick the landing.

So here's to all those devilishly fun games we all know deep down just aren't very good...

It's a testament to how Matrix-pilled we all were back in 2003 that Enter the Matrix was a massive commercial success despite being totally rubbish.

Blatantly rushed to market to coincide with the release of The Matrix Reloaded, this side-story to the main Matrix narrative - centered around supporting characters Niobe and Ghost - was a buggy, extremely repetitive mess that categorically failed to deliver on the promise of a Matrix video game.

But didn't we all play the absolute heck out of it back in the day anyway? 

Even though the levels were laughably linear, combat was heavy on button-mashing, and you couldn't play as Neo, it was a boatload of fun dodging bullets, flipping around in the air, and deploying kung-fu moves ad nauseum.

Enter the Matrix also got a lot of grace because it ambitiously featured live-action cutscenes featuring most of the Matrix cast, which were shot specifically for the game by the Wachowskis themselves.

All in all it hasn't aged well, yet Enter the Matrix is nevertheless a charming fusion of bold cross-media storytelling and utterly pedestrian dumb-fun gameplay.