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What's the worst game you played all year?
- Thread starter NinjaBoiX
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I'll get the tar, who's getting the feathers?
Thanks for the perspective. It didn't occur to me that those missions were specifically aping off well known things. Well, some of them certainly did, such as the few "oh god everything's fucked - retreat!" missions and the "oh god everything's fucked - attack!" missions. Or the tea mission.
This is from the eyes of someone who's never taken a history class. >_>
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Well, I woulda returned the PS3 version too, for what it's worth.
Not sure how far you got, but the majority of the game is spent clearing large areas of trash, followed by a unique boss encounter at the end. I can't even recall most of the cutscenes, it was immediately apparent that the plotline was all tongue-in-cheek nonsense so I chose to ignore it for the most part. So yeah, terrible cutscenes, but not the majority of the game. If I was going to pick a negative I'd go with repetitious trash enemies.
NinjaBoiX
Member
saltine161
Member
007 Legends.... beat it for the achievements, why they thought that playing random parts of the bond movies with bland gameplay would work is beyond me. Let my friend come over and play he put it down after 5 minutes. Thank goodness I used a free Redbox code on that.
Other than the framerate being garbage (which coming from playing 99% PC games) I just accept as a given, what else was wrong with that version.
I got to some part where you are running up some crazy mountain chasing this dragon thing and the other lady with guns kept fighting you.
I would also put Mass Effect 3 on the list. Did not make it far into that one either out of boredom. Same garbage writing as every Bioware game this gen, only the missions were about as boring and vanilla as possible with bombastic and striking skyboxes and background action to try and distract you from them.
I dunno, Raccoon City was not bad, it was just cheap and ugly.
Then again, I did not pay full price for that turd either.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Yup, it's fucking terrible. But it's still better than RE6, and it has absolutely no right to be.
SkoomaSuckinSwit
Member
NEXUIZ - Xbox360
Nexuiz disappointed on every level. Forget 60f/s, this thing barely kept up to 30f/s.
Terrible lag and host advantage, uninspired cluttered maps, generic simple robot characters, lame boring weapons. Just ugh.
After 2 hours of trying to find something to like about Nexuiz, I then deleted it off my HDD.
Went back to far superior shooters like Quake Arena & Unreal Tournament III - even with their ghost town player counts on XBL, they are far better games.
Should have never bought the game without trying the demo.
Nexuiz disappointed on every level. Forget 60f/s, this thing barely kept up to 30f/s.
Terrible lag and host advantage, uninspired cluttered maps, generic simple robot characters, lame boring weapons. Just ugh.
After 2 hours of trying to find something to like about Nexuiz, I then deleted it off my HDD.
Went back to far superior shooters like Quake Arena & Unreal Tournament III - even with their ghost town player counts on XBL, they are far better games.
Should have never bought the game without trying the demo.
old manatee
Banned
Diablo 3:
It is hard to format a list on my phone, so i'll just say that Diablo 3 was the most cynical cash grab of a game that I've played in 30 years of gaming.
- a loot game with shitty loot
- constant server downtime
- auction house unbalanced to the point that huge chunks of the game are useless. (You can get items from drops, merchants, and crafting, but there is never a situation where it wouldn't make sense to just use the auction house, so why is any of that stuff even in the game?
- hardcore mode broken. I got 3 hours in and lost all of my progress to a single player lag spike. Cool.
- always online, co-op focused game that actively, mechanically discourages co-op play.
- bad writing. The kind of writing you see in a cartoon that was created after the action figures were created.
It is hard to format a list on my phone, so i'll just say that Diablo 3 was the most cynical cash grab of a game that I've played in 30 years of gaming.
IMO is a horrible game, I couldn't take more than an hour playing. The worst 's spent on a game in recent years. Everything about it seemed to me bad (controls, graphics, gameplay ...)
And thanks to RE:ORC I have no intention of buying RE6, I hope that a friend let me play when he finished it
Vinterbird
Member
I played this for about five hours:
I really hate it.
I really hate it.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Know what's better than having bought one copy of D3 at full price? Having bought two copes at full price.
I did this with SWTOR and GW2 also. The past 12 months has been the final straw for me ever impulse buying anything at release again.
I can't believe people are saying Alan Wake, The Last Remnant or Guild Wars 2. All really good games.
I'd like to say Diablo 3, but despite being a huge disappointment it wasn't really the worst if you look at it objectively. My real answer is NightSky. I picked it up in some humble bundle and I really can't think of any redeeming qualities of that game.
I'd like to say Diablo 3, but despite being a huge disappointment it wasn't really the worst if you look at it objectively. My real answer is NightSky. I picked it up in some humble bundle and I really can't think of any redeeming qualities of that game.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
AC3
Horrible story, weakest of the series.
my biggest gaming disappoint ever.
Horrible story, weakest of the series.
my biggest gaming disappoint ever.
deddonpachi
Member
monster hunter freedom unite.. i tried it because of all the hype and played it for a few hours, but i absolutely don't get it :/ i even tried gods eater burst and it didn't click with me. maybe its because of the controls and the psp lacking a second analog stick. when i get my vita i will give them another chance i guess
VibratingDonkey
Member
The Mark
Bought it for zerofiddy for a laugh. But other than the story seemingly being written by TF2 Heavy, the laugh was on me. The game is literally so bad it makes me sick. A game has never had this effect on me before. Seriously, it's a potent god damned concoction of terrible technical mishaps. Or maybe it's an intentional experiment. Either way I just gave up like 30 minutes into the first level. Mind you that's enough time to get a grasp of how horrible the game still would've been even if it wasn't more chemical warfare than game.
Everything about it is bad and/or terrible in one bland early 00's budgety way or another, but there is one thing that stands out. Imagine severe headbob affecting your aim, making the reticle waddle along as you move around, magnified when looking down a scope. It is the worst thing ever and all by itself makes the game fundamentally fail at being a shooter. You could say it makes you....miss the mark. Which you should.
$0.50/banana
Bought it for zerofiddy for a laugh. But other than the story seemingly being written by TF2 Heavy, the laugh was on me. The game is literally so bad it makes me sick. A game has never had this effect on me before. Seriously, it's a potent god damned concoction of terrible technical mishaps. Or maybe it's an intentional experiment. Either way I just gave up like 30 minutes into the first level. Mind you that's enough time to get a grasp of how horrible the game still would've been even if it wasn't more chemical warfare than game.
Everything about it is bad and/or terrible in one bland early 00's budgety way or another, but there is one thing that stands out. Imagine severe headbob affecting your aim, making the reticle waddle along as you move around, magnified when looking down a scope. It is the worst thing ever and all by itself makes the game fundamentally fail at being a shooter. You could say it makes you....miss the mark. Which you should.
$0.50/banana
Castor Krieg
Banned
ME3, still didn't finish this shit, the whole game is just a bunch of small missions put together:
Cutscene for 3 minutes ----> hell yeah! -----> boring-ass mission for one hour
Cutscene for 3 minutes ----> hell yeah! -----> boring-ass mission for one hour
foobarry81
Member
So far Assassin's Creed 2 GOTY. I had already put it aside earlier very early on in the game. I decided to put my teeth in it this time, beat it and even got a 87% or so trophy completion (so I really put some effort in it).
I'll admit it's really nice to walk around in 15th century Italy. But for the most part it's just a boring repetitive game, with some really annoying missions (like the escort missions) and the story is way too pretentious for me. Never plan to play another AC game again.
I'll admit it's really nice to walk around in 15th century Italy. But for the most part it's just a boring repetitive game, with some really annoying missions (like the escort missions) and the story is way too pretentious for me. Never plan to play another AC game again.
lazybones18
Banned
Mario Tennis Open
Not worth $40. Hell, not even worth $20
Camelot really dropped the ball on this one
Not worth $40. Hell, not even worth $20
Camelot really dropped the ball on this one
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I'm going to have to go with Kid Icarus, and it's most certainly due to the controls.
My runner up would have to be Borderlands 2. I guess I've completely lost interest in the formula, because I was hooked on the first game for months.
With the first game I ran into better new guns practically everytime I popped the disc in. With B2 it wasn't nearly as much. The cel shaded graphics leave me flat (especially when you have to wait for textures to load), and the missions were dull.
My runner up would have to be Borderlands 2. I guess I've completely lost interest in the formula, because I was hooked on the first game for months.
With the first game I ran into better new guns practically everytime I popped the disc in. With B2 it wasn't nearly as much. The cel shaded graphics leave me flat (especially when you have to wait for textures to load), and the missions were dull.
ndawgdrake
Member
Driver: San Francisco (PC)
What a piece of trash. Reasons why this game sucks! (imo)
-Terrible physics and driving controls w/a XBOX 360 Controller. Not much variation to the gas trigger - its either go slow or burn out. You lose traction extremely easy and it feels like that's forced on you. And I consider myself pretty good at driving games. Played the hell out of GT1-GT5, NFS Games, Burnout, etc.
-Does not capture the soul of San Francisco - what disappointment. As a sf native, aside from a few bridges, and a handful of buildings, Ubisoft has FAILED at capturing even the "feel" of the city, much less the layout. Driver 1 on the ps1 did a better job TBH.
-Cheesey/irritating VA's and lame characters. Esp Tanner...he sounds like a total dudebro DB.
It was mainly the controls that killed it for me. I really wanted to like this game, but it's just not a good end product.
What a piece of trash. Reasons why this game sucks! (imo)
-Terrible physics and driving controls w/a XBOX 360 Controller. Not much variation to the gas trigger - its either go slow or burn out. You lose traction extremely easy and it feels like that's forced on you. And I consider myself pretty good at driving games. Played the hell out of GT1-GT5, NFS Games, Burnout, etc.
-Does not capture the soul of San Francisco - what disappointment. As a sf native, aside from a few bridges, and a handful of buildings, Ubisoft has FAILED at capturing even the "feel" of the city, much less the layout. Driver 1 on the ps1 did a better job TBH.
-Cheesey/irritating VA's and lame characters. Esp Tanner...he sounds like a total dudebro DB.
It was mainly the controls that killed it for me. I really wanted to like this game, but it's just not a good end product.
As has been mentioned a billion times already, Resident Evil 6 was goddamn awful. I'm still amazed there are apologists for it.
I also played a little of Risen 2, and wow. Just...Wow.
Games from previous years though, I played through a bunch of Resident Evil 5 this year. Also not a great game. Better than 6, and fun when played co-op but goddamn awful when played single player. Also there are some insane design decisions in the PS3 version's local co-op.
I also played a little of Risen 2, and wow. Just...Wow.
Games from previous years though, I played through a bunch of Resident Evil 5 this year. Also not a great game. Better than 6, and fun when played co-op but goddamn awful when played single player. Also there are some insane design decisions in the PS3 version's local co-op.
Impeccable
Member
Trine 2.
Just didn't get it.
Just didn't get it.
I will not include demos (Ninja Gaiden 3 would've been the worst by far) so I'll say Darksiders 2, I bought the game at day one at full price and end up almost throwing the disc out of the window after 18 hrs...poor pacing, a lifeless and dull world, a dumb protagonist, fetch quest galore, the loot did more harm than good and the game felt like a beta with numerous glitches/bugs and a shitty performance with random pauses, low frame-rate and lots of tearing (you hear me hdn?).
The game felt like it was not made by the same people who created the first great game, biggest disappointment this gen along with Gears 2 & MGS4 IMO.
The game felt like it was not made by the same people who created the first great game, biggest disappointment this gen along with Gears 2 & MGS4 IMO.
fart town usa
Gold Member
AC3
Diablo 3 was my very first Diablo experience and I felt really ripped off.
It was physically uncomfortable to play, no narrative pull, the mechanics......yeeelch. I had heard people say "you just click on stuff" but it's even worse. You click on stuff and then compare numbers. And then click on stuff and compare numbers.
I've had more fun with Microsoft Excel than I did with Diablo 3.
It was physically uncomfortable to play, no narrative pull, the mechanics......yeeelch. I had heard people say "you just click on stuff" but it's even worse. You click on stuff and then compare numbers. And then click on stuff and compare numbers.
I've had more fun with Microsoft Excel than I did with Diablo 3.
Max Payne 3
-The length of the cutscenes
-The content of the cutscenes
-The direction of the cutscenes
-The intrusive nature of the cutscenes
-The unskippable nature of the cutscenes
-The cutscenes
-The butchering of the character, and the awful story in general
-The clunky gameplay (yeah it's clunky, clumsy, thoroughly average stuff apologists)
-The shorts
but hey, that soundtrack was great huh?
-The length of the cutscenes
-The content of the cutscenes
-The direction of the cutscenes
-The intrusive nature of the cutscenes
-The unskippable nature of the cutscenes
-The cutscenes
-The butchering of the character, and the awful story in general
-The clunky gameplay (yeah it's clunky, clumsy, thoroughly average stuff apologists)
-The shorts
but hey, that soundtrack was great huh?
NinjaBoiX
Member
It sounds like either:
You've never played a driver game before
The pad isn't set up properly
You just suck.
There is plenty of throttle control on Xbox, and the handling is meant to be loose, it's a 70's inspired chase game, you are meant to be fishtailing all over the place.
It's amazing, one my second play through. It's an absolute technical marvel too, being able to warp from one end of the city to the other in a matter of seconds, picture in picture, 60fps (although it rarely sticks to it) and awesome physics. It's great IMO.
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
Modnation racers on the vita. How you can release a kart game with no online and a frame rate that is so bad it regularly turns into a slide show is beyond me.
Most other games I have played this year I really liked so this one wins by a mile.
Most other games I have played this year I really liked so this one wins by a mile.
Stay away to the videogames, then, you waste your time. I have played only the ps3 demo & it's one of the best game of the whole generation, simply ingenious, gameplay wise; if someone is unable to appreciate it, he deserves the annual COD release for the whole life. I join to the party: RE6 demo was one of the most disturbing thing that I have played in this generation; everything is an incredible mess, I can't believe capcom has screwed all the good things of this series for the sake of the marketing, congratulations to them.
NinjaBoiX
Member
"Because people who like CoD have terrible taste in games! A herp-a-derp!"
*rolls eyes*
Yeah, I'm usually not one to pick up games that I don't really think I will enjoy so I don't have many games that I regard as being "bad" but one game that I really didn't enjoy was Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir. Seriously, whatever cool AR mechanics it has is overshadowed by the awful gameplay and a setting that is ruined by the fact that you basically need to play it in broad daylight. The game has some cool moments but overall it's just not that fun. I'm glad I didn't have to pay fucking 40 dollars for that shit.
dollartaco
Member
Halo 4 was a complete waste of time and money.
I haven't said exactly this, eh. I'm just saying COD symbolize the typical product of the mass market, where Bayonetta is more the classy of the old school of videogame, if it's clear what I mean.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
I actually can't think of anything this year that I bought that I'd consider 'bad' but in terms of disappointment to hype ratio, probably Borderlands 2. That intro with the fridge robot thing was one of the worst, if not THE worst intros I've ever played to a game. It didn't even go on that long but it was just so terrible. He is completely insufferable, obnoxious, annoying, everything. Horrid. Then I saw on twitter they released his sound files for people to remix into music! Got further into the game and while it was fun for a while, nothing that kept me playing.
I also tried split screen coop with the bf, had to sit through that intro again then realised they didn't even bother making the already-awful inventory/menu/shop system split-screen friendly.
Going by how fast Darksiders 2 went from 'hype!' to 'trash' on here, kinda glad I managed to avoid that one.
I also tried split screen coop with the bf, had to sit through that intro again then realised they didn't even bother making the already-awful inventory/menu/shop system split-screen friendly.
Going by how fast Darksiders 2 went from 'hype!' to 'trash' on here, kinda glad I managed to avoid that one.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Well not in so any words but yeah, you basically did. You said, "if they can't appreciate Bayo, they should be punished by having to play the annual COD release", implying that if they can't appreciate "good" games, they should have to play "bad" ones.