I'm seeing some legitimately good games in these list that are definitely not considered bad at all. critqued by many because they are worth playing but otherwise far far from trash
also how the hell is comix zone genesis considered a bad game. last time I checked it's usually a top 10 genesis game a classic must own for the system. 
god hand would btw still be slammed today by critics and casuals.
God hand is a game catered for the hardcore if your not into that kinda stuff your going to hate it QOL and it being accesible are an absolute no go in god hand, that's a recipe for disaster if your wanting to have amazing sales and positive reviews general consensus wise. It's just that in more recent times the correct audience has been playing this game more and more and casual audience has plenty of other stuff to play to not even bother looking up god hand or avoiding it since it's not their stuff.
Most people that especially play god hand today seek especially that hardcore experience so naturally reviews get more positive than. also especially if your coming from okami a very sizable chunk will fall off and hate god hand. same creators high expectations but god hand doesn't cater to a large audience like okami does.
I mean I did specifically include the caveat in my post that some public sentiment has changed on God Hand since release. Bad and Good are subjective terms. Upon release, the game got slammed, does that make it bad? There are games that were good or great 20 years ago but are now not as good as they once were and some even borderline unplayable- are those games that were once good, now bad? And games that reviewed poorly are revisited 10-15 years and are now appreciated more than they ever were, are those games now good?
Comix Zone reviewed well when it was released but, have you played it lately? it's incredibly unforgiving with a lack of continues or lives- for some the challenge is welcome and that makes the game good, but others will think the game is unplayable and will think it's bad- who is right?
I think you can make an argument that nearly every game can be good or bad- it's all subjective based on the opinion of the player.
to be fair most people who play genesis games today seek that unforgiving gameplay and usually don't like how easy modern games have become so that's usually not an issue. genesis games are known to be harder on average than snes after all. even today i still see comix zone on plenty of top 10 or 20's not to mention comix zone has been in every sega genesis collection from ps2 onwards a bad game should not even be considered in such compilations since it's about the most popular and generally best games on the system. if way more casual players play genesis than naturally it's going to get bashed more but the audience that's left in general is more hardcore. The people that are going to hate it are usually not interested in playing old games in this day and age. aka same reason how god hand got allot more positive reviews.
Still with my first line of text I wasn't talking about god hand
I meant dark cloud and okage shadow king, dark cloud is considered a classic by many sure most prefer part 2 but i was kinda suprised how that was considered a bad game, and okage shadow king is usually mentioned as a hidden gem.
Chulip is just strange, if where talking general public the gameplay is questionable. the gameplay is about kissing everyone, you can't blame the average reviewer from bashing it. it's definitely an art that can only be appreciated by a minority. Hidden gem nowadays for some people who love playing older games and seek a whacky experience since the actual target audience are the people that are playing it today. a reviewer has to make notes how it would be considered by the masses and they are right back than and nowadays most people would not like chulip.
your right though every game can be considered bad, but in the more recent times, the players that would probably hate the game just avoid it allot more than back than, in this day and age the players usually know what they are looking for. and especially if where talking old games you have to go through certain hoops before you actually get to play it, wether it's by setting up emulation or getting an older console. more research and effort needs to be done if you where to for example play god hand ps2.
Low shot at a casual willing to try out god hand in this day and age by emulation or getting an og console. with that much effort it's usually going to be a hardcore player who exactly knows what he can expect.
