Simon’s Quest doesn’t deserve to be called a bad game. The music and graphics are quite good for the NES and the open structure of the game was quite novel and many elements like the leveling system became staples of the series from SotN onward. The thing that really holds it back is the terrible english translation which makes the puzzles way harder than they need to be.
Nier Automata is one of my top 3 favorite games of all time but I agree with you. The beginning sequence sucks.
Would you like them to test on you instead?
I really like the current arc in the manga actually. It is a struggle though… So many characters to keep track of, I forget most of them. It could be so much better if someone else took over drawing it but the actual plot is good: Phantom troupe, Hisoka and Kurapika all being near each other is exciting and Tseriednich is shaping up to be a great villain.
I can’t help but respect spy mains because they play by far the weakest merc in the game. If your team has a somewhat competent pyro on spy duty they don’t get to do anything.