#that happened to distribute pc horse games in the mid 2000s

[antirepurp]

do you think the amount of hatred games like 06 and shadow 05 gather is because the people criticizing them grew up with video game consoles with a lot of beloved and classic video games. because those games really do not deserve the infamy they get, i think they're treated as dogshit because a big video game franchise dropped the ball pretty hard and that makes them an easy and entertaining target for bashing. i did not grow up with game consoles, i grew up with flash games and a couple PC games i played with my sisters. the former has quality ranging anywhere from revolutionary to horrible, and the PC games we had were low-budget horse games. most had terrible progression and grindy gameplay filled with fetch quests, and the only redeemable aspect of them was that you had a funny horse and a semi-open world to explore with it. those were not good games, a lot of them also came with glitches that freaked us out because we were like 8 at the time. the first actual console we had was a DS and the first game we had for it was a shovelware LPS game that my sister "borrowed" from one of her friends (i still have it somewhere). these are not good games, but i think everyone knows that. a lot of people wouldn't have even played them because they had better games on home consoles. perhaps games like shth and 06 were their first looks into games that weren't as polished as their peers. perhaps they never had a funny low-budget horse game where every other save file you make is buggy and unplayable. perhaps they don't know of how unloved something can get