Defend a deeply unpopular game/show/whatever that you like

Inspired by that one guy who was playing Kill the Justice League and enjoying it (until the game said no)

We're all friends here, let's play nice... I'll start us off - Say what you will about Balan Wonderworld, I loved how weird and creative it was. I'll admit that not having a fucking jump button was a really odd choice for a platformer but the game is designed around that, and uses the limitation as part of the way levels are designed. I can safely say I've never played a modern game, indie or otherwise, that creates gameplay from limitation quite like this. I genuinely think this game would be worse with a jump button, 'cause it'd be far too easy.

imo a lot of the negative response was from two totally valid things - there were a few issues with the game at launch, and everyone wanted it to be incredible instead of just kinda average. And I totally get that, but I picked the game up for £5, went in with low expectations and had fun with it. Some of the levels are designed in such a fun way (particularly Chapter 3 where you get the butterfly costume, giving you a bit more freedom of movement and a higher focus on exploration, Chapter 9's theme park is gorgeous, etc).

Can't deny, it's a real mixed bag and I think I'm generally willing to give games a bit more of a shot than most folks, but I genuinely think that if there's even the tiniest part of you that's curious about this game, it's worth a play at the price it goes for nowadays. Don't worry about collecting every single thing unless you really want to, just playthrough casually and engage with it on the level it's on rather than the level you want it to be.