What's the most awesomely bad game you've ever played? - CHAT WITH THE STAFF

[tendo82]

The trailer for Heavy Metal FAKK 2 makes it look pretty awesome.

Actually it reminds me of another awesomely bad game - Turok 2 for the N64. The last, and perhaps only, Turok of any consequence. It was a solid FPS for the time, but it's just too of its time to be able to maintain a presence in the gaming consciousness. Still, with tons of squishy exploding creatures it was definitely on my awesome list for about four months.

 

[tendo82]

Personally, I'd say Bug for the Saturn. Incredibly difficult, pretty simple gameplay, very boring, but for some reason....I kept playing the damn thing! If only just to hear the funny one-liners Bug came out with whenever he died.

Are you sure it wasn't because the Saturn only had about four games available for it at the time?

 

[Daniosislestat]

a lot of people will probably dissagree here

but Final Fantasy X-2 (no i am NOT sexist, its because lost of core elements were removed i.e. Summons, and i am aware they were replaced in a way but still, cant beat a good summon)

also Final Fantasy XII the change in battle system just ruined the whole thing for me

i know i sound really uptight and picky, but it killed saying that as i am a MASSIVE FF fan, i did complete both games mind you, im not saying they were the WORST GAMES EVER, but, it just really dashed my veiw of new Final Fantasy's i hope 13 is good =(

-Danny-

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

Dynamite Cop is another one. Dreamcast beat-em-up that let you use random objects as weapons. You have not truly experienced gaming until you have whapped a bad guy with a tuna.

Worryingly I think I spent far too much time playing the first one on the Saturn (cunningly retitled Die Hard Arcade, presumeably because it took place inside a skyscraper and featured kidnappers... and the main character wore a vest...actually the tie-in is seeming more legitimate with every word I type so I should probably stop). This wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that this was only about 2 years ago. It had a mingame at the start to gain extra continues. Inexplicably this was a 2d game which involved lobbing depth charges at submarines for points which, despite having about as much to do with the games premise as, well, naval warfare I suppose, actually provided hours of 8 bit fun.

 

[klarr]

i gotta say simpsons hit and run was terrible. what do you think. i loved it as a kid, for i had no brain and my xbox was broke.

 

[I_hate_portal]

Awesomely Bad? Shaq Fu.

LOL Shaq Fu and ET did come to mind straight away. But so did Pac-Man, As addictive as the game is it really should be rubbish.

 

[Goldeneye103X2]

Mercenaries 2 is a good game, but the trailers are so full of explosions it's obscene and funny at the same time.

 

[Daniosislestat]

i feel i should Jam forks in my eyes for slandering such an awesome series

but Devil May Cry 2 was for want of a better/ more expletive word PANTS

-Danny-

 

[AdmiralWolverineLightningbolt]

if anyone's ever played knife edge on the n64...
the co-op literally made that game, along with the flak cannon and the lack of saving

 

[I_hate_portal]

Earthworm Jim (He's such a groovy guy)

 

[SharPhoe]

I think I'd have to say Scaler for the PS2. I only played because a friend had me borrow it, and man, was it bad. It was like Ratchet and Clank or Jak & Daxter, without the helpful sidekick or any of the charm. It tried so hard to be X-TREEEEEME and funny, but it wound up being funny in all the wrong ways...

 

[FinalGamer]

I have actually played Superman 64. For a full 20 minutes for a review for my best friend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvJqbHhiVto - I'm the guy playing it of course. I even memorised there are 72 rings per section.
PER SECTION. SERIOUSLY. At least we burned it afterwards.


I also played Bubsy 3D which was just horrendous in every way. If Super Mario 64 was showing the world how to do 3D, Bubsy 3D was showing the world how NOT to do 3D. Horrible landscapes that look like they were ripped out of Sentinel, the worst platforming controls I have ever encountered where he moves with the agility of a three-legged turtle, and SOMEHOW his voice is even MORE irritating and he is just obliged to chip in every 2 minutes with instantly out-dated 90s phrases.

Lastly there was a horrible forgettable game called Moto on the PS1, it was just a shitty multiplayer battle game where you played as robots who moved everywhere on single metal rolling balls.
......yes.

 

[RB Curran]

This one just came out, and I finished it last week; Onanchebara (sorry if I spelled that wrong, but I can't be bothered to Google it) for the 360. The environments look like they came from a medicore first gen PS2 game. The gameplay's repetitive (although functional, and fun in a poorman's Devil May Cry way). The AI is basically retarded. The story's melodramatic nonsense. Also, the lead characters are women who fight zombies in bikinis (or their bra and panties, if you play around with the "Dress Up" mode. Not that I did. Much). It's even stingy with achievements, so it doesn't even have Gamer Score padding going for it.

And yet, I kept it out longer from the video store than Street Fighter IV (which I rented at the same time), and played it all the way through to the end. I have no idea why. I only rented it because I have a coupon for a free rental every month. I was only expecting to like it on the awesomely bad level for a weekend. I wound up playing it pretty regularly for a couple weeks. It was such a hilariously stupid idea (the lead character is a cowgirl in a bikini, apparently) that I had to give it a shot on that level. And it took up two weeks of my life!

Now that I've beaten it, though, I feel comfortable never playing it (or the Wii version) again in my life. So that's nice.

 

[I Stomp on Kittens]

I'de say 50 Cent: Bulletproof. My brother bought this game and the stealth was horrible, the people were huge and it didn't make much sence for rappers to need to get past trip-wires, throw out cheesy lines while shooting guns (that were nearly impossible to aim) and making a game starring a rapper.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Mr Mosquito; so cheesy but so much fun.
That said, I'm glad I paid less than $10 for it.

 

[Mr. Fister]

An awesomely bad game I played in recent memory is Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 for the Wii (also available for PS3, I believe).

When I heard the name of it, I immediately thought that I'd be sitting in some forest for 20 minutes waiting for a cougar or something to arrive. Was I ever wrong. Where do I start with this game? For one, it has actual storyline to it: You play Flint Abrahams, a hunter who resolves to become the best dangerous game hunter in the world after surviving an attack from a bear who kills his friend and mentor. The story is told through cutscenes with Flint and his hunting buddies in such a ridiculous manner that you could never take it seriously.

Even more ludicrous than the story is the gameplay itself. Rather than being a very slow-paced hunting simulation, Cabela's is instead a slow-paced arcade shooter. The career mode is split into ten very-linear missions, each with essentially the same objective: Hunt the dangerous animal of this particular area. For a game with a hunting theme, it takes realism and throws it out the window. Every animal you encounter in the game is hostile and will attack you. You're given "hunter senses," which makes the animals and other things glow brightly, allowing you to see them more easily. Flint also has the ability to slow down time and manuever around the animals when he's attacked. The game even has quick-time events in certain areas. Yes, God of War-style quick-time events, in which Flint has to defend himself face-to-face against the dangerous animals, like bears, cougars, and even a frightened caribou.

And despite all this, it's a completely functional, and even slightly enjoyable, budget title. The most hilarious part about the game? If you buy it brand new, it comes with a free year's subscription to either Field & Stream or Outdoor Life magazine.

 

[RB Curran]

That reminds me; I kind of wanted to play the Deadliest Catch game for the 360, but I always got the vibe that it was bad bad, not awesomely bad.

 

[Noone From Nowhere]

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad for the X-Box 360.
I went in fully expecting a terrible game and instead I get the equivalent of one of the better B-Movies (for whatever that is worth),chockfull of hilariously inane dialogue and unbelievable characters (take that however you want to)and a comical amounts of bloodspray though with a surprisingly competant gameplay engine on par with the likes of Afro Samurai or Conan (also for the X-Box 360). It makes me want to see what Peter Jackson's Dead Alive/Brain Dead would be like as a videogame.
I can't say if it would have been funnier had they played up the absurdity more or not. Had it been more serious and better written, it might have turned out like the God of War series...that is to say still somewhat laughable but there would be more people declaring that is is High Art though the main hook is still the gameplay hung around the middling Heavy Metal magazine level plot.
Aya even dresses a bit like Kraytos in her default outfit but at least the ridiculous rationale for her dressing like that in combat is supposedly that she needs to have the blood of others splashed on her to unlock her True Power. The Greek 'Heroic Nudity' explanation doesn't fly with me.The whole 'Heroic Nudity' thing was just an excuse for ancient artists not to have to paint or sculpt the elaborate armor warriors wore in the Old World..as well as the sculpt what was under said armor. I guess that means that they have equal excuses on a pure design level, after all.

 

[Bat Vader]

Seven Samurai 20XX. It was so bad and cliche that it made me laugh.

 

[JoshsoJ]

Turok was an awesomely bad game.
Well the turok for the xbox360.