It's the AVGN effect.
>CDi FPGA core comes out
>Finally get around to playing Zelda CDi after decades of everyone saying it's the worst thing to happen to gaming
>It's not even the worst game I've played this year
>The soundtrack is solid
>The art design is pretty neat
>The cutscenes are cheesy and fun
>The only issue is that some of the platforming is awkward and the CDi could have really used a third button
>Even higher difficulty areas are fine as you're given three lives per action stage and the only thing that happens at game over is being sent back to the map
>Actually enjoy the game
>Rewatch AVGN
>He's not engaging with any of the mechanics properly
>Complains about enemies at the end of the game when you're straight up given an item to freeze them
>Start to wonder how many decent games I'm let ecelebs spoil my and other's view on