The flat-out worst game you have ever played. EVER.
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A friend and I played the co-op, and we didn't have a fucking clue what was going on in the story. The AI was crap-tastic, the controls weren't the best, and the stereotypical Scotsman was just a terrible idea.gurall200 said:
Seriously, my friend said "fuck this game" when we say him and shotgun blasted him in the chest. We put our controllers down, and went and did something else. We finished the game later, but really? Who thought that was a good idea?
Please don't mistake this post for some sort antipathy filled diatribe, I'm genuinely curious about your responses.Therumancer said:
First, what good writing? Granted, Clive Barker is a professional writer, but the story felt "far out there" for lack of a better phrase. There may be worse stories (eg MW2), but I would hardly call this good. I didn't care much for the characters either, as even though they had distinct personalities, they felt so damn stock and one dimensional. As for the cliffhanger, was it really one? Big bad was (presumably) killed by Lynch, and the surviving protagonists left the Breach.
Second, you said the game had some strong areas. What might those be?
Lastly, I realize everybody has different opinions, but the thread was dealing with the worst game you've [sic] ever played. In my case it's Jericho. Of course it's just my opinion, and had I said InFamous (yes, I consider it a horrible game, but not quite the worst), I would have pissed off other fanboys.
Drake of the 99 Dragons.
Turned me off Microsoft gaming permanently. And thats not even joking or trolling, thats serious. I was so disgusted by the console I never touched another Microsoft gaming console for the purpose of playing games.
Turned me off Microsoft gaming permanently. And thats not even joking or trolling, thats serious. I was so disgusted by the console I never touched another Microsoft gaming console for the purpose of playing games.
Hmmm, well the problem with choosing a worst game of all time is that I've played so many.
One big contender would probably be Future Wars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Wars
My big problem is that I played large numbers of truely terrible games on systems like the Commodore 64, and Apple IIe that they run together in my mind, and with the passage of time I can no longer keep them straight in my head or remember the names.
On the original NES I remember some of the movie tie ins like "Platoon" were thematically interesting, but a horrible mess to actually play. Then of course we had things like "Deadly Towers" which had some redeeming merits, but was sort of like the "Superman 64" or "ET" of it's day.
Then of course there is the Vectrex, which a guy I used to play PnP RPGs with when I was younger used to have. Difficulty aside, a lot of those games were fundementally broken in some small way once you got through them far enough. For example in it's version of Berserk I believe Otto could spawn pretty much right on top of your character, making it so dying could be almost entirely arbitrary, something I can understand in the arcade version (intended to munch quarters) but not so much for a home console.
Then of course you had the "Swordquest" games for the Atari 2600 which were released when I was VERY young. The only real redeeming merit to these games was that they were designed as a contest, and the obtuse and difficult gameplay was designed so that the "best" player could send it in to Atarti and win a prize. Basically there was a Talisman, a Sword, and a Crown that were created for the contest, and made out of precious metal and gems with a pretty substantial value. The contest was never finished, and the only item ever won was the Talisman which was apparently melted down for the metal and gems and sold by the victor (such a waste). Apparently the other two items still exist and are presumably the property of whomever runs Atari. To this day I've wanted them.
Oh and finally while I'm ranting, there is one game that to me is in a league of it's own due to being an awesome idea, but poor in implementation: The Star Saga games.
Star Saga One: Beyond The Boundary, and it's sequel were attempts to make computer based party games. The game came with a map, playing pieces, and all kinds of books similar to a choose your own adventure in their format. You'd go turn by turn with the computer, moving pieces around the table, and looking up book entries to find out what was happening. To be honest it was a neat idea, but for obvious reasons it didn't catch on. I'm actually a big enough nerd where as a kid I did it with my parents, and let's just say it wasn't what you'd call entertaining.
One big contender would probably be Future Wars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Wars
My big problem is that I played large numbers of truely terrible games on systems like the Commodore 64, and Apple IIe that they run together in my mind, and with the passage of time I can no longer keep them straight in my head or remember the names.
On the original NES I remember some of the movie tie ins like "Platoon" were thematically interesting, but a horrible mess to actually play. Then of course we had things like "Deadly Towers" which had some redeeming merits, but was sort of like the "Superman 64" or "ET" of it's day.
Then of course there is the Vectrex, which a guy I used to play PnP RPGs with when I was younger used to have. Difficulty aside, a lot of those games were fundementally broken in some small way once you got through them far enough. For example in it's version of Berserk I believe Otto could spawn pretty much right on top of your character, making it so dying could be almost entirely arbitrary, something I can understand in the arcade version (intended to munch quarters) but not so much for a home console.
Then of course you had the "Swordquest" games for the Atari 2600 which were released when I was VERY young. The only real redeeming merit to these games was that they were designed as a contest, and the obtuse and difficult gameplay was designed so that the "best" player could send it in to Atarti and win a prize. Basically there was a Talisman, a Sword, and a Crown that were created for the contest, and made out of precious metal and gems with a pretty substantial value. The contest was never finished, and the only item ever won was the Talisman which was apparently melted down for the metal and gems and sold by the victor (such a waste). Apparently the other two items still exist and are presumably the property of whomever runs Atari. To this day I've wanted them.
Oh and finally while I'm ranting, there is one game that to me is in a league of it's own due to being an awesome idea, but poor in implementation: The Star Saga games.
Star Saga One: Beyond The Boundary, and it's sequel were attempts to make computer based party games. The game came with a map, playing pieces, and all kinds of books similar to a choose your own adventure in their format. You'd go turn by turn with the computer, moving pieces around the table, and looking up book entries to find out what was happening. To be honest it was a neat idea, but for obvious reasons it didn't catch on. I'm actually a big enough nerd where as a kid I did it with my parents, and let's just say it wasn't what you'd call entertaining.
Ok, it's in here somewhere...Uh...WANTED: Weapons of Fate. Yeah, that was it. It had all the flaws of Lost Oddyssey and Twilight Princess, my two other least favorite games (for being boring and stupid, respectively), without any of the good bits. It also had the bad parts from Gears of War, the bad parts of Uncharted, and the mediocre parts of Max Payne; and that right there is a whole lot of bad.
Honorable mention goes to Eragon.
Honorable mention goes to Eragon.
Spider Man and The X-Men in Arcade's Revenge IS very frustrating. However, it boasts one of the best soundtracks on the SNES, so it at least had THAT going for it. That Gambit stage music kicks ass.gurall200 said:
The worst game I ever played was King Arthur and the Knights of Justice. It had a password system and you had to retrieve weapons for all your knights. At one point you have to go through a task in order to quench this flame and reach some renewable cache of ammo that you'd need to hit up a lot earlier in the game. So when I put in my password, it saved the fact that I retrieved a weapon, but did NOT save the fact that the flame was out. I would have to do the same task EVERY TIME I PLAYED. I was so angry I threw my game out in the trash.
Shut up! We just had a horrible, horrible dream then woke up in a better place where no such abominations exist.MikailCaboose said:
Setting aside certain games that don't exist because there's still happiness and joy in our world, I'll have to go with Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis. It's almost exactly like Superman 64 except somehow uglier, less functional and even duller. It's almost impressive just how bad it is.
William Shatner's TekWar, a game with graphics so bad it makes you feel physically sick. I wish I was making that up.
Customization, BAM!!!!Joshimodo said:
But I do hate COD now, I liked it better when it was an MOH rip-off (A really good rip-off, but still a rip-off)
Turok, I couldn't even get 1 quid for a 30 quid game.
Cod 5, mostly because on PC the multiplayer was broken and the game in general was broken. (I'm not a cod hater, just a cod 5 hater)
Cod 5, mostly because on PC the multiplayer was broken and the game in general was broken. (I'm not a cod hater, just a cod 5 hater)
