Jimquisition: The Ten Worst Games of 2011
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I don't know why you would judge a game by any standard other than whether it is fun.
DNF isn't.
<youtube=rmjdP57L8_Q>mjc0961 said:
This is the clip in question, where the Holsom twins are shown wrapped up and impregnated by the aliens. Just in case you missed it. And yes, it's distasteful, not funny in the least.
Not to mention due to the game's reference, it's a bit like watching the Olsen twins being raped and killed.
Does this mean I'm a bad person because I liked DNF? I found the platforming segments pretty fun and well done, better than mirror's edge' platforming
DNF is an awesome game. I read Jim's review on it on Destructoid a few weeks ago and most of what he says can easily be applied to CoD or Battlefield, but Jim *likes* those piece of shit games and DNF is a shooter that *isn't* CoD or BF so... yeah, I guess I'm accusing Jim of fanboyism.
The only legitimate complaints I've found about DNF is how its unlike its predecessor in that Duke can only carry 2 guns and regenerating health. The load times are atrocious too, making the insane difficulty pretty frustrating at times. And the fact that textures take a sec to load at the beginning of a level, but really, that's minor and doesn't detract from the gameplay at all.
There are no rape jokes. The gameplay is varied and challenging at higher difficulty levels. The game is popular enough to warrant both a sequel and DLC for a reason.
Haters gonna hate, I guess.
Deal with it
The only legitimate complaints I've found about DNF is how its unlike its predecessor in that Duke can only carry 2 guns and regenerating health. The load times are atrocious too, making the insane difficulty pretty frustrating at times. And the fact that textures take a sec to load at the beginning of a level, but really, that's minor and doesn't detract from the gameplay at all.
There are no rape jokes. The gameplay is varied and challenging at higher difficulty levels. The game is popular enough to warrant both a sequel and DLC for a reason.
Haters gonna hate, I guess.
Deal with it
That's fair enough then, I guess I would do the same if I had the money. And I think everyone wanted DNF to be good, but 10 years of market stagnation will do that to a great franchise, look at X-Com!Mikeyfell said:
I actually discovered the new Bloodrayne game the other day and one look at the gameplay before watching this and I already KNEW it was gonna be awful. It LOOKS rather nice, but I've seen too many games like it that just don't know how to balance things out. So yeah, nice call there.
And really? They stuck some of that crap (the misogynistic lines) in the game? I remember when Duke was just a guy who liked the ladies and a good explosion, now it's like the people making his character (and the storyline) were from a certain third world country or something. I had to go and look some of the stuff up to see if it was true, and was appalled by it. I almost actually played the game when it first came out, but then heard some rumours from friends of mine who HAD played it.. and I didn't like what I heard.
Otherwise, I was kinda hoping to see more titles I'd recognize here, but most of them certainly seemed worth the scathing.
EDIT: Also, for some of the defenders of DNF... if you don't give a shit about rape in general, at least in media, then you're probably not even gonna notice them popping up. I remember pointing out to somebody that a song they were listening to actually was condoning rape (forget which one it was, this was years ago) and they dropped it like a hot potato when they looked up the lyrics.
And really? They stuck some of that crap (the misogynistic lines) in the game? I remember when Duke was just a guy who liked the ladies and a good explosion, now it's like the people making his character (and the storyline) were from a certain third world country or something. I had to go and look some of the stuff up to see if it was true, and was appalled by it. I almost actually played the game when it first came out, but then heard some rumours from friends of mine who HAD played it.. and I didn't like what I heard.
Otherwise, I was kinda hoping to see more titles I'd recognize here, but most of them certainly seemed worth the scathing.
EDIT: Also, for some of the defenders of DNF... if you don't give a shit about rape in general, at least in media, then you're probably not even gonna notice them popping up. I remember pointing out to somebody that a song they were listening to actually was condoning rape (forget which one it was, this was years ago) and they dropped it like a hot potato when they looked up the lyrics.
Damn, the Duke bit was just filled with venom. It wasn't a great game hell, my favorite parts were the ones where you just dick around playing pool but geeze, it sounded like Jim himself was raped by The Duke! Either way it was a great episode and I can't wait to see more Jim in the new year.
Yes I expected Burnout Crash to be on the list until I saw Bloodrayne which was all the disappointment of Burnout Crash but broken too. Burnout Crash would've probably been okay if it was a $3 app on my phone...but it would still be disappointing that we don't have proper big crash junctions on the ps3.Samus Aran but a man said:
I dunno, Bloodrayne: Betrayal seems to polarize reviewers. Some love it (including EDGE, which gave it an 8), but others give it as low as a 5. Weird, really.
Well, first off, I see you removed the part about DNF being mainstream. Maybe you realized that even if you completely despise the game you still admit that it isn't mainstream at all (and again, prove that have you people complaining about it are just jumping on the bandwagon and never played the game).SpaceBat said:
DA2? Dragon Age 2? The sequel to the worst game in creation that I ever forced myself to finish. Yes, it is horrid. I only was able to get through the demo and still wanted that time I lost back. Grinding for hours in caves in Final Fantasy VII was more exciting than Dragon Age was. The combat was about as noticeable and engaging as the story in Painkiller, the story and characters were bland and boring... Hell, Duke Nukem was a more likeable character than any of them. But since you appear to be a BioWare fanboy, you probably won't understand how people can have different opinions and not like the trash they put out, so you'll probably come to tell me how I'm wrong about all that and can't play games where I have to "think" or some stupid shit.
I actually like BloodRayne, but I can see where he's coming from. I seriously agree with some of the others though.
Why isn't Mindjack on this list?Jim Sterling said:
The game has so many glitches, such bad AI, and such bad design it is barely functional at all.
The story not only doesn't make sense, I the story I swear is trying to go actively out of it's way to break all forms of logic and story telling.
About five hours into the game, the main character asks what this "mindhacking" thing is. You know, the THING HE HAS BEEN DOING THE ENTIRE GAME?
