Stupidest game ideas ever...

[The Great Fa]

How about Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for the SNES? I don't know if anyone's said this yet but it really exists. It involves doing some of Michael's classic dance moves and "saving little girls." I kid you not, that's really what you do.

Yahtzee has a written review for it on his site.

 

[iamnotincompliance]

A boy and his blob: the title says it all.

Anyway, I think the "sim" line can be expanded here.

SimIsle: an interesting idea poorly executed.

SimTower: WHY THE FUCK DO HALF MY TENANTS MOVE OUT EVERY QUARTER?! Not to mention that a quarter is all of eight days, so I spend more of my time fixing things that aren't broken than expanding my building, not to mention going very much into debt for no reason. These people should be selling their condos to other people, not back to me! Again, interesting, poorly executed.

SimAnt and SimEarth: never played them, never heard good things. Spore had better be better.

SimCity: never really liked the original, love 2000 (note the lack of past tense), like 3000 well enough, gave up on 4 once my city reached equilibrium (I think my city profits all of $86 a year), and after the review of Societies, I wouldn't touch it with someone else's computer.

 

[KamikazeSailor]

Let me just quote Wikipedia's "plot line" for this game...

"In the game's storyline, O'Neal wanders into a kung fu dojo while heading to a heavily emphasized charity basketball game in Tokyo, Japan. There, he stumbles into another dimension, where he is forced to rescue a young boy named Nezu from the evil mummy Sett-Ra."

Yes, that's right Ladies and Gentlemen... Shaq Fu for the Sega Genesis!

 

[mwhite67]

the 50 cent games. I still can't believe they are making a sequel where he goes to the middle east to kill terrorists that is the stupidest idea for a game I have ever heard in my life.
When are people going to get over this stupid thug rapper bullshit?

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

Harvest Moon. I still don't know why so many people like that series-- perhaps I never will.

 

[MRMIdAS2k]

the 50 cent games. I still can't believe they are making a sequel where he goes to the middle east to kill terrorists that is the stupidest idea for a game I have ever heard in my life.
When are people going to get over this stupid thug rapper bullshit?

I just found it amusing his game was called "bulletproof" when the fact he's been shot 9 times begs to differ.

 

[iKiller]

Starcraft II... same graphics and few new units. I swear, it's just an expansion pack, not a sequel lol

What the FUCK? Have you even SEEN some of the gameplay photos/videos of either of the games!? Starcraft was an isometric RTS. Starcraft II is a 3D RTS. GEE, SEE THE DIFFERENCE!?!

Tell me now, how is THIS [http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/starcraft.jpg] or THIS [http://limitedgaming.com/files/1/community_1.jpg] (Starcraft II)

The same graphics as THIS [http://www.nassaulibrary.org/centreblog/starcraft.png] or THIS? [http://spyhunter007.com/Images/starcraft_video_game.jpg] (Starcraft I)

 

[CartoonHead]

I know this isn't a game concept so sorry it's a bit off-thread, but the stupidest idea by a developer has to be the decision to steal material and, from what I've seen on this site, entire areas from 'Oblivion' (amongst others), for 'Limbo of the Lost'.

 

[salamifart]

any games with the word viva, katamari or any cartoony looking game for that matter, who wants to play that shit honestly.. I go for realism only cause I like doing things that i don't normally do in life, but other people do things normally life. I'm playing mlb 2k8, only cause i'm wearing a cast and can't play real baseball. If i wasn't in a cast i'd play it once every like 5 days..

 

[Limasol]

I know this isn't a game concept so sorry it's a bit off-thread, but the stupidest idea by a developer has to be the decision to steal material and, from what I've seen on this site, entire areas from 'Oblivion' (amongst others), for 'Limbo of the Lost'.

www.Gameplasma.com have a thing on them with loads of screens and comparisons. It seems theyve just taken screen shots and superimposed a rough 3D model over it. Google em and you'l find no end of stuff, its a great story.

 

[CartoonHead]

After finally seeing the comparisons at Gameplasma (my work PC blocks that site so had to access from home) I can honestly say that yep, I think those developers are completely screwed!
Found out what they look like too - three blokes from the pub! Love this article from their local newspaper prior to their "secret" being uncovered (see link). Would be interesting to see if there is any follow-up.
I'll leave you with my favourite quote from the article:

"Between the three of us we researched, wrote, designed, animated, scripted and developed the whole game from home."

http://www.kentmessenger.co.uk/paper/default.asp?article_id=9644&slide_id=1&newspage=2&searchkeyword=&searchpage=1

 

[hooooooch]

Another game with 50 cent in it

 

[cainx10a]

Cooking Simulation Games. Sounds fun, but that kinda leave you hungry after doing some nasty Italian cuisine ;(

 

[MagnetoHydroDynamics]

Text based games without pictures... IN ANY WAY!
Games that costs money AFTER you have purchased them. Thats not purchase, thats RENTING! You don't buy WoW you fucking RENT IT!
Games that involves unicorns and pinballesque gameplay (YES, PEGGLE!).
Games where the reward of completion is nudity and/or uncensored sex.

 

[CasualZombie]

For the record Moonwalker was fucking AWESOME!! and there was a cheat to turn into an unstopable missile-laden robot and a special to dance the enemies to death and everything.
and I'm not gay...really....BELIEVE ME!

 

[tooktook]

For the record Moonwalker was fucking AWESOME!! and there was a cheat to turn into an unstopable missile-laden robot and a special to dance the enemies to death and everything.
and I'm not gay...really....BELIEVE ME!

Whats the cheat to turn him into a robot? always wondered...

 

[CasualZombie]

if you "save" a certain child first on the level a shooting star will fall in the background and if you touch the star you get everyone's dream of becoming a flying robotic killing machine (the one off of the moonwalker music videos), you could lookup which child for each level somewhere on the net. There may be moral implications about going around gunning everyone down but as a "violent-game player" I can't see it.

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

when i was working on Minority Report the videogame, a homeless tester entered the following reccomendation: "The sick stick is pretty cool but it could definitely use improvement. For example, when you hit people with the sick stick, they should vomit on the floor, and anybody who can see their vomit will vomit also creating a chain reaction of people vomitting, and when they try to run they will slip on the vomit which will make them vomit more."

i'm paraphrasing, but this seriously was reccomended