History YMMV / XPlay

* BrokenBase: Just about anytime they reviewed a JRPG or video game based off of an anime. Reviews ''were'' littered with jokes at the expense of the clichés. They did give ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' a 5 out of 5 and name it their Game of the Year, however.
* CondemnedByHistory: In TheNew20s, it seems that social media users and other game journalists now view the show as a symbol of everything wrong with 2000's gaming culture: between the humor that tried too hard to come off as edgy, the constant FanHater moments, and the bashing of Japanese media that crossed the line into straight-up racism (including {{Yellowface}}), it's now becoming harder and harder to admit to ever being a fan, with the few who ''are'' open about it finding the show to not even have the NostalgiaFilter on its side. The failed revival and the various controversies that spawned (see OvershadowedByControversy below) did not help matters.

** As CondemnedByHistory and OvershadowedByControversy can attest to, a lot of what the short-lived revival has been criticized for doing was also present in the original series. Many who didn't like it back then would put up with it due to having next to no competition to turn to, while others actually found it pretty entertaining, but by the time of the revival, people criticized it for, among other things, being everything wrong with the original show without the redeeming qualities that at least made it bearable.

* OneSceneWonder: The interns.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks:
** Just imagine the state of Adam's inbox after he did the segment entitled: "Your Childhood Sucks: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII." The primary reason it was scorned by viewers was because they chose ludicrous and superficial reason to trash the game, like the graphics and music (despite being made in '''1997'''), the random battles (even though it's a JRPG, and if they hate the frequent encounters, they could get Materia to reduce it), and the translation (while a fair judgment, is not the game itself's fault). Then Adam went full FanHater by threatening to assault anybody that said they cried when [[spoiler: Aerith died]]. A lot of it boiled down to ItsPopularNowItSucks and it's clear they just wanted to piss off ''Final Fantasy'' fans. There's probably a reason they haven't done another segment like that since...
*** Before, they got trashed for giving ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' a 2 out of 5. Like ''Final Fantasy VII'' above, it was mostly due to their superficial reasons. Particularly, they complain about the game being too easy, and then complain about dying and having to sit through an unskippable cutscene. Another problem was the review only showed footage from the early parts of the game, leading some to speculate they didn't even finish it. There were even some accusations of Xenophobia when Adam kept taking pot shots at Japan, saying that stupid dialogue is completely acceptable to them. Adding fuel to the fire was when they mocked the viewers that criticized them in an April Fools episode where they "re-reviewed" the game, leading some to accuse them of being unable to take criticism, despite being critics themselves.
** It's pretty much guaranteed that any bad review of an anime or manga-based title will get mountains of hate mail regardless of its quality, even as they've repeatedly pointed out TheProblemWithLicensedGames applies to Japanese products as well.

* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: When ''Extended Play'' first aired, there was little to nothing like it, and this carried on when the show became ''X-Play''. But with the advent of Website/YouTube and many reviewers coming in its wake, many have come to feel that the show has aged poorly. It's at best seen as a relic of a bygone age, with many reviewers not only having filled the void, but arguably ''surpassing'' ''X-Play'' in quality.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: As CondemnedByHistory and OvershadowedByControversy can attest to, a lot of what the short-lived revival has been criticized for doing was also present in the original series. Many who didn't like it back then would put up with it due to having next to no competition to turn to, while others actually found it pretty entertaining, but by the time of the revival, people criticized it for, among other things, being everything wrong with the original show without the redeeming qualities that at least made it bearable.

*** Before, they got trashed for giving ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' a 2 out of 5. Like ''Final Fantasy VII'' above, it was mostly due to their superficial reasons. Particularly, they complain about the game being too easy, and then complain about dying and having to sit through an unskippable cutscene. Another problem was the the review only showed footage from the early parts of the game, leading some to speculate they didn't even finish it. There were even some accusations of Xenophobia when Adam kept taking pot shots at Japan, saying that stupid dialogue is completely acceptable to them. Adding fuel to the fire was when they mocked the viewers that criticized them in an April Fools episode where they "re-reviewed" the game, leading some to accuse them of being unable to take criticism, despite being critics themselves.

* CondemnedByHistory: In TheNew20s, it seems that social media users and other game journalists now view the show as a symbol of everything wrong with 2000's gaming culture: between the humor that tried too hard to come off as edgy, the constant FanHater moments, and the bashing of Japanese media that crossed the line into straight-up racism (including {{Yellowface}}), it's now becoming harder and harder to admit to ever being a fan. The failed revival and the various controversies that spawned (see OvershadowedByControversy below) did not help matters.

* CondemnedByHistory: In TheNew20s, it seems that social media users and other game journalists now view the show as a symbol of everything wrong with 2000's gaming culture: between the humor that tried too hard to come off as edgy, the constant FanHater moments, and the bashing of Japanese media that crossed the line into straight-up racism (including {{Yellowface}}), it's now becoming harder and harder to admit to ever being a fan. The failed revival and the various controversies that spawned (see OvershadowedByControversy below) did not help matters.

* CondemnedByHistory: In TheNew20s, it seems that social media users and other game journalists now view the show as a symbol of everything wrong with 2000's gaming culture: between the humor that tried too hard to come off as edgy, the constant FanHater moments, and the bashing of Japanese media that crossed the line into straight-up racism (including {{Yellowface}}), it's now becoming harder and harder to admit to ever being a fan. The failed revival and the various controversies that spawned (see OvershadowedByControversy below) did not help.

* CondemnedByHistory: In TheNew20s, it seems that social media users and other game journalists now view the show as a symbol of everything wrong with 2000's gaming culture: between the humor that tried too hard to come off as edgy, the constant FanHater moments, and the bashing of Japanese media that crossed the line into straight-up racism (including {{Yellowface}}), it's now becoming harder and harder to admit to ever being a fan.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: 1000th episode surprise guest Rip Taylor.

* ValuesDissonance: The show is basically a time capsule of everything that was ''wrong'' with gamer culture in the 2000s. From surprisingly racist comments whenever talking about Japanese developed games/Japanese people in general, to over sexualization and inappropriate comments directed towards female characters (both regarding the games and actual members of the staff), to mocking of the mentally disabled... The show can be a rather extreme cultural whiplash today.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The fandom reaction to the 2008 retool. Of course, making a video game review show into something else entirely would naturally tend to ruffle up some feathers here and there.

** The shows seeming dislike of the JRPG genre is extremely difficult to look at as anything funny or entertaining like it tried to present due to many Japanese developers speaking up years later about how uncomfortable the negative stigma placed on the term JRPG became, and how that stigma played a role in many of the design choices made by Japanese developers in response to the negativity.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When ''Extended Play'' first aired, there was little to nothing like it, and this carried on when the show became ''X-Play''. But with the advent of Website/YouTube and many reviewers coming in its wake, many have come to feel that the show has aged poorly. It's at best seen as a relic of a bygone age, with many reviewers not only having filled the void, but arguably ''surpassing'' ''X-Play'' in quality.

* AwardSnub: ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' in the "Deathmatch: Best of 2011" awards. ''Skyward Sword'' wasn't nominated for the show's Game of the Year award in 2011. This upset a lot of fans of the series, and they went on to make their voices heard in the "Video Game Deathmatch" which would be voted on by the fans. It went on to win the entire tournament, beating ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' in the final round. Adam Sessler and Blair Herter went on to say at the [[http://www.g4tv.com/videos/56655/best-of-2011-videogame-deathmatch-best-of-2011-winner/ end of the video announcing the winner]] that ''Skyward Sword'' only won because of angry Creator/{{Nintendo}} fanboys who were upset that they didn't nominate it for a Game of the Year award.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Of a sort. Frosk's ReasonYouSuckSpeech given to certain members of the audience (namely, the ones sending her and other female staff sexist harassment) would come to overshadow ''X-Play'', and, by extension, the G4 revival itself. Many took issue with her comments, and a months-long online harassment campaign against her ensued that got so bad that even ''searching'' for either ''X-Play'' or G4 would pull up numerous complaints against Frosk, which ruined G4's search engine optimization. This eventually led to Frosk departing from the network several weeks before the whole channel folded, as well as her leaving the gaming industry for good.