Your favorite "Bad" Game

[Ultress]

Tales of Legendia, yeah it's bad considering it's predecessor, Symphonia, but dammit it still has likable characters and some fun albeit simplistic combat.

 

[Luke5515]

Shadow the hedgehog.
I don't actually know how people feel about sonic adventure battle 2, but if it's disliked, than that. It was so good.
Also I liked shadow. The voice acting and the story were god awful, but it was fun regardless.

 

[DEgaurdian]

-scratches his chin- hmm...Advent Rising? Shitty graphics and lots of bad rep but I truly enjoyed the game and the story was quite intriguing. Too bad they never made sequels or at even continued as a book...

 

[Dfskelleton]

Clive Barker's Jericho is the only one that comes to mind. Sure, I traded it in at gamestop for a buck (cheapasses) and bought Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. (which I suck at, but still enjoy). While I didn't like it, I didn't see what was so bad about it. Besides the story and voice acting... and characters and setting... It was kinda fun to curve bullets to hit multiple people, and lighting guys on fire was fun for a while. That's the closest I have to a bad game that I liked, and I don't really like it.

 

[natster43]

Alone in the Dark for the 360. I bought it for 5 dollars and it was totally worth it. I love hitting enemies in the face with the fire extinguisher. Also I need to beat that game some time.

 

[Acidwell]

For some reason i really liked Clive Barkers Undying, the music and story were awesome and the chacters were pretty interesting, but everyone seemed to hate it.

 

[Simon1]

Mirrors Edge. Despite being just crap, it is actually kinda fun to free run around the roof tops.

 

[ICanBreakTheseCuffs]

Just Cause 2! The story and voice acting are absolute shit. Really...terrible. There are also quite a few glitches but the explosions. The explosions! They're beautiful!!!!

Got to go with Jesus Christ here

 

[shadyh8er]

I've heard a LOT of people question my liking of Resident Evil 5. They claim that it's just an RE4 clone. And that's a bad thing?

 

[HT_Black]

I liked Overlord 2--and, apparently, I'm nearly alone in that.
I also straight-up fell in love with the 2008 Prince of Persia, but everyone I know hated it.

 

[smearyllama]

Mirrors Edge. Despite being just crap, it is actually kinda fun to free run around the roof tops.

It was an alright game, I thought. I still think it would have been better as an open world game. The courier-ing missions would have been great focused action as contrast to just free-running around a city.

 

[Zanaxal]

Hellgate london, I just liked the style, atmosphere, weapons etc.

 

[Nurb]

Awwww yeeeea. Can't wait for the 3rd.

Spoiler: Cat silencer and Gary Coleman

 

[SAccharing10]

Heroes of Newerth, so unbalanced, so badly made, but so much fun stomping randomers.

 

[Trist Mauser]

First thing that came to mind was Shadow the Hedgehog. Sure the game was sorta bad, but I had tons of fun playing it. Dynasty Warriors is one of my favorite series, and I believe that it is a gracious gift from above! Hmmm, if anything else, would Mario Kart: Double Dash count? Most people say negative things about it, but I think it's the best one of the series.

 

[SteakHeart]

Far Cry 2. The gameplay might not be too good, but the guns are fun to use, the atmosphere is excellent, and the fire physics are beautiful in the most cathartic way possible.

 

[Iwata]

... Sigh. FireWarrior. It's terrible right down to the bone, but it's also like a bizzaro world of 40k. Where Fire Warriors are as strong as Space Marines, and raptors are monkeys... for some reason. Also playing with cheats makes it bearable.

That's ok, no one likes the Tau anyway, so I guess they made a shitty game to match.

OT: Turning Point, Legendary, Naughty Bear and Clive Barker's Jericho are all games that I own and quite enjoyed.

Also, I saw Mirror's Edge and Far Cry 2 mentioned. Those games sold pretty well and have been well received, so I don't think they fit the spirit of the thread.

 

[Talal Provides]

I've spent dozens of hours dicking around in Two Worlds, hoarding weapons to combine into my table leg of unspeakable power that I use to beat animals to death with, only so I can come back later and beat their stupid fucking ghosts to death.

Far Cry 2. The gameplay might not be too good, but the guns are fun to use, the atmosphere is excellent, and the fire physics are beautiful in the most cathartic way possible.

You get back what you put into Far Cry 2. It's all about learning and exploiting the systems in place. It's a game that rewards creativity and improvisation. The fun comes from devising crazy plans and trying to execute them, it's fairly dull if you just play it like any other FPS.

 

[Arkvoodle]

Dark Void.


The closest I will ever, EVER get to a new Rocketeer.

 

[Talal Provides]

Dark Void.


The closest I will ever, EVER get to a new Rocketeer.

I would have said Dark Void if it wasn't so heartbreaking. I don't know if it was a lack of funds or time or talent or a combination of the three, but had Dark Void actually been finished, if they made the game they clearly set out to make, it could possibly have been one of the greatest games of all time. It's just not finished. Big pieces of it are obviously missing, and a lot of it seems like it was just done to get the damn thing out, but the moments where everything comes together, the jetpack, the vertical cover, the transition between those two and regular gameplay within the same sequence, give you glimpses of brilliance that are heartbreaking in that there wasn't more of them.