People hate on the n64.
I understand that the N64 was a huge departure from the NES and SNES, both graphically and content-wise, but the widespread hate the N64 gets is very undeserved imo. It gave us some of the best games ever made, and many other games that are insanely good. Sure it lacked in the RPG department, the "64" naming gimmick was a bit overkill, but come on, it was an amazing system!
I disagree. The hate on the N64 is very deserved. Its a library of just under 300 games where almost 50% of them are based on sports or racing. It absolutely lacked in the RPG department where literally nothing on there can be counted as an RPG. And lets not even start on the upside down trident that is the controller. There was not anything redeeming about the system. I cant name 5 games on that system that are "insanely good" much less "best games ever made".
So a console automatically sucks because it has a relatively small library? The Dreamcast and TG16 have pretty small libraries, but both are incredible consoles, as is the N64.
Preference to genre boils down to personal taste; I personally love racing games, as do many other people who enjoy the N64's library. They certainly are not all created equally, but many of the racing games, especially the ones published by midway are pretty fun. I'm not a fan of most sports games, but can still enjoy a huge chunk of the library without touching one.
Yes, the N64 was not for you if you are an RPG fan. Ogre Battle 64, Harvest Moon 64, Paper Mario were definitely the most pure RPG experiences on the console.
The controller if not bad; I feel like it is often the one of the first things people go after when they are looking for something to hate about the console because they don't have anything better to argue about when saying the N64 sucks. It's never been uncomfortable for me, i've never had an issue with the button layout (with the exception of the DPAD), and while aesthetically odd, it's never bothered me.
Some of the Best games of all time:
LOZ: Ocarina of Time
LOZ: Majora's Mask
Super Mario 64
Mario Kart 64
Goldeneye 007
Perfect Dark
Super Smash Bros
Some Insanely Good games:
1080 Snowboarding
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo Tooie
Beetle Adventure Racing
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Diddy Kong Racing
Donkey Kong 64
Doom 64
Xtreme G
FZERO X
Harvest Moon 64
Killer Instinct Gold
Kirby 64
Mario Golf
Mario Tennis
Mega Man 64
Mystical nINJA
NFL Blitz
Ogre Battle 64
Paper Mario
Pilotwings 64
Pokemon Stadium 2
Snowboard Kids
Star Fox 64
Star Wars Rogue Squadron
Star Wars Shadows of the Empire
Turok
Turok 2
Wave Race 64
Yoshi Story
And then there are easily 40+ other games that are very good as well.
There was not anything redeeming about the system.
You obviously don't like the N64, which is fine, but saying there is nothing redeeming about the N64 is just a bit intellectually dishonest. I feel like a lot of people who grew up with the NES and/or SNES were not huge fans of the N64 because of how different it was, but millions, including me, thought it was an incredible console through and through.