15 of the Worst Video Games Ever

[Mutant1988]

It's a pretty poor article when there is not a single explanation or reason stated for the selection.

I haven't played any of those games but I have been wanting to get my hands on Robocop (For Xbox) for quite a while, just to own it.

 

[Jimmy Donnellan]

Be that as it may, which have you had the pleasure of playing?

Edit: didn't see your comment below

 

[Mutant1988]

Eh, it's fine. I have a very bad habit of going back and editing my posts, so you might have seen the original message still when you typed your response.

It happens - It's my fault. don't worry about it.

No, I actually quite like terrible games and talking about them, which is why I'm disappointed that the article contained no such thing. I think understanding in what ways a game can be bad, we get a greater appreciation for games that aren't bad. And maybe be more forgiving with less than stellar games and appreciate the good things they got going for them.

That's not to say that I would be willing to pay any greater amount of money for terrible games. That would be counter-productive. The whole idea is to have less of them.

 

[Maximum Bert]

I have only played one of those (for definite) Custers Revenge and yeah it was shit we used to laugh at the pixelated penis (we were young kids). Still not the worst game I have ever played though that honour would go to Soul Calibur Lost Swords.

I think I may have played E.T every time I see screenshots it brings back memories only they are not very clear so its possible I just watched someone play it whatever the case it did not create a strong memory in me so I am going to assume I didnt play it or if I did it wasnt that bad or very good either.

 

[Rayce Archer]

Yes
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Yes, in a Sears no less
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Demonstrably bad as most of those games may be, the "article" is pretty shabby, it's just a list of games constituting a title, a screenshot and IGN's rating.

 

[DoPo]

Demonstrably bad as most of those games may be, the "article" is pretty shabby, it's just a list of games constituting a title, a screenshot and IGN's rating.

Indeed. I'm fairly sure I can write a "Bad X generator" that works exactly like that and it'd be capable of churning out, like 100 articles like this a day. Feed it what X is and how to check for "bad", it'd then crawl appropriate resources, pull out titles based on low ratings and then pull out a screenshot.

Heck, I could even have it crawl IMDb, IGN, Metacritic and so on and categorise any general media stuff and then just generate lists targeting a random criteria - movies, games, books, fantasy, horror themed, sci-fi, etc. Anything really.

 

[Catfood220]

Let's see which of these you guys have actually played. I score 1 out of 15.

http://culturedvultures.com/15-worst-video-games-ever-made/

Right, I noticed that you were that author of that article, I could be wrong but I'm not sure you are supposed to be promoting your own stuff on The Escapist.

I played Shaq Fu, I didn't think it was too bad but I was a kid at the time and didn't know any better.

 

[Jimmy Donnellan]

I'll admit, it's not my proudest moment as a writer. Time was against me to fill a gap and I had to find something, the intention was always to give some reason to the rhyme but it just got away from me.

Didn't know I wasn't supposed to post this in here. Let's call this the first and last time I do that.

 

[laggyteabag]

0 out of 15. I seem to have a radar that steers me away for poopy games. Hasn't failed me yet.

 

[CaitSeith]

I played (and beat) the game in the 13th place on the list: E.T.

Today is Friday 13th, and I can finally brag about my bad luck. I feel cleansed now...

 

[DementedSheep]

None, I usually look games up and watch gameplay videos before I buy them so it's rare I buy a game I don't like at all.

Worst game I've ever played is Hydrophobia (it was a $1 so I got it on a whim). Couldn't get past the opening due to glitches and when it was working it was still really clunky.

 

[sageoftruth]

Just Superman 64 for me.

As others have said, it's a pretty bare-bones article. Still, it's far more accurate than any "Worst game ever" Escapist thread.

 

[Javetts Eall Raksha]

for me those games may be bad, but it's always worse if you wanted the game to be good. "blade dancer: lineage of light" seems worse than any of these. it was a horrible game, but you stayed for the story. then it ends on a cliff hanger they never planned on answering. that promote way more negativity out of me, than these titles.

 

[Rornicus]

I'll admit, it's not my proudest moment as a writer. Time was against me to fill a gap and I had to find something, the intention was always to give some reason to the rhyme but it just got away from me.

Didn't know I wasn't supposed to post this in here. Let's call this the first and last time I do that.

Personally, the worst part to me is just paring down the list linked below and calling it your own. I mean, you copied the screenshots, but I guess in order to not stray into pure plagiarism you left out the blurbs about each game.

Hey, at least you sourced it though, yeah?

http://thechive.com/2015/02/07/video-games-that-have-disgraced-the-industry-21-photos/

 

[Mutant1988]

It's a pretty poor article when there is not a single explanation or reason stated for the selection.

I wish to revise that statement.

It's an extremely poor article and you should be ashamed of yourself for being so creatively bankrupt and lazy as to copy someone else's work and claim it as your own.

SHAME ON YOU.

 

[Jimmy Donnellan]

Shaming me for aggregating a Chive post is beautifully ironic considering how much those guys steal without giving any credit whatsoever: http://imgur.com/a/lvqZk

And so we're clear, I never claimed to have written the whole thing or the basis, just the opening copy and the removal of some other games that didn't warrant being included on the list.

Content aggregation is a huge part of modern journalism. The Escapist do it:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/139742-John-Wick-Movie-Franchise-Lionsgate-Keanu-Reeves (source: Variety)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/139835-PS4-Outsells-Xbox-One-Again-in-January-2015 (source: VG247)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/139833-Hasbro-Unveils-Star-Wars-Themed-Furby (source: Mashable)

Those were just three from the homepage.

 

[F-I-D-O]

Shaming me for aggregating a Chive post is beautifully ironic considering how much those guys steal without giving any credit whatsoever: http://imgur.com/a/lvqZk

And so we're clear, I never claimed to have written the whole thing or the basis, just the opening copy and the removal of some other games that didn't warrant being included on the list.

Content aggregation is a huge part of modern journalism. The Escapist do it:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/139742-John-Wick-Movie-Franchise-Lionsgate-Keanu-Reeves (source: Variety)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/139835-PS4-Outsells-Xbox-One-Again-in-January-2015 (source: VG247)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/139833-Hasbro-Unveils-Star-Wars-Themed-Furby (source: Mashable)

Those were just three from the homepage.

Wow, I'm really upset that they didn't provide adequate sources and actually add text and interpretation throughout the article as they wrote it
...
Oh wait, they did.
Aggregating entertainment news stories on an entertainment site makes sense. The difference is they added to it, not just take out the middle six entries, slap their name on the top, and not even bother to add any form of interpretation or impression.

That's what separates "modern journalism" from a shitty tumblr.
You also don't see Escapist writers crawling through GI or IGN forums plugging stolen articles that they claim to have written.
By putting your name on top of the article, and not sourcing, you did claim to have written the whole thing - if I republish a book without the middle chapters, I still stole it, even if I didn't explicitly say "I made this."

Seriously, they teach how to properly write an article with cited sources in middle school.
EDIT: Also, in regards to your comment about the Chive, stealing from a thief doesn't make it less stolen.

 

[pearcinator]

Only played Superman 64 (couldn't beat the 1st level) but I have heard of many of the other games on the list.