/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10197751
>ITT: Games in a franchise that everyone hates or mostly dislikes but are actually fucking awesome and you have no idea why the general opinion is what it is.
Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (1992/NES)
I often hear that this one isn't good due to it controlling poorly, looking and sounding bad, being too short and being too difficult with only a single continue, also that it doesn't have much to do with the character.
I find that, while the critics are fair, they're often exaggerated too. It controls fine once you spend more than 5min playing, the main issue is jumping, how it sometimes locks you straight, you have to be holding a direction before jumping, that's it, it's not great, but not hard to figure out and get used to either. It really doesn't look and sound amazing, but both of these aspects are also done in a way that make it quite atmospheric and moody, a little dark, but not too much, I love the atmosphere on Sandman's level especially. Also, it really is short, but it doesn't overstay its welcome, and it being short means that having few lives isn't that bad, or else you'd beat it on your 1st sitting. It really doesn't make you feel all that much like Spider-Man, compared to Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin, or Arcade's Revenge, but it's serviceable for NES. It's fun once you put time into it and learn to play, nice atmosphere and interesting level design early on, also fun and unique bosses. I love playing.