Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can’t count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with handicap features, and also to find Easter eggs. Speaking of Easter eggs, you’d lose a number of hours exploring every nook and cranny finding them!
But if he had to go with a forgettable game he wouldn’t have remembered it.
But he says it wasn’t very fun and it was forgotten.
He obviously didn’t forget it, and most people found it to be fun.