Sylverstone14
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That looks like SimCity (2013).
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GAF, what is the worst game you've ever played?
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That looks like SimCity (2013).
keraj37
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Ah yes, sorry for mistake. I was fooled by really similar UI functionality design. I just thought it uses some plugin to change how it looks.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
This Giant piece of shit.
Half the stuff people are posting in here are masterpieces compared to this turd
Half the stuff people are posting in here are masterpieces compared to this turd
nkarafo
Member
Its not worth mentioning the games that were so bad, you only played a few minutes and never looked back. For me it's about the worst games you spent a significant amount of time on them, going at least 50% through.
So my pick is OtherM. Sure, there are worst games out there and on it's own it's not a bad game but as a Metroid, it might as well be the most disappointing. I played all the way through because i wanted it to get better, but it never did. Well not during the main story at least. The small part after you finish the main story was decent.
Overall, OtherM is a game so bad for me that it's the only one i would like to forget.
So my pick is OtherM. Sure, there are worst games out there and on it's own it's not a bad game but as a Metroid, it might as well be the most disappointing. I played all the way through because i wanted it to get better, but it never did. Well not during the main story at least. The small part after you finish the main story was decent.
Overall, OtherM is a game so bad for me that it's the only one i would like to forget.
tearsofash
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I only play quality titles.
(Ephemeral Fantasia)
(Ephemeral Fantasia)
thetrin
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Oh god, I remember renting that and playing it with friends at a sleep over. Total dog shit that game was.
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EekumBokum
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Yakuza Dead Souls. Game is absolute trash, but because it was Yakuza I forced myself to finish it.
Adam_Roman
Member
I have 3 choices. First is Daikatana on PC. Granted I didn't get too far in it but I genuinely tried to give it a shot. I literally kept getting lost in the first few minutes of the game.
Second is Evoland. I bought it because I heard it was an interesting indie game where it evolves through the history of adventure games like Zelda. Turns out the first few minutes are Zelda-like then it becomes a Final Fantasy VII circlejerk. It's the only game I've refunded on Steam.
Third is a fairly unknown game called Plain Sight. It came out on Steam forever ago and I bought it in one of my first Steam sales for probably $2.50 to $5. It was a multiplayer game where everyone is a robot and you fight somehow. There were like 5 people playing back in 2010, so I can't imagine it's gone up. I would've refunded it but it fell out of the criteria by several years, so this is the only game I had on Steam that I deleted from my account. I paid money for it and told Steam that I don't want this linked to my library of 500 games.
Second is Evoland. I bought it because I heard it was an interesting indie game where it evolves through the history of adventure games like Zelda. Turns out the first few minutes are Zelda-like then it becomes a Final Fantasy VII circlejerk. It's the only game I've refunded on Steam.
Third is a fairly unknown game called Plain Sight. It came out on Steam forever ago and I bought it in one of my first Steam sales for probably $2.50 to $5. It was a multiplayer game where everyone is a robot and you fight somehow. There were like 5 people playing back in 2010, so I can't imagine it's gone up. I would've refunded it but it fell out of the criteria by several years, so this is the only game I had on Steam that I deleted from my account. I paid money for it and told Steam that I don't want this linked to my library of 500 games.
No way man, Yakuza Dead Souls is a fun chintzy game, it's cool to run through and have a laugh with. I had a lot of fun with it anyway.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City. This game is literally.... it would have been..... absolutely trash had it come out during the PS1 era. Instead, it came out last gen and had some of the most archaic, stapled together mechanics I've ever seen in a shooter. Utter garbage in every sense of the word. I couldn't even finish it. I don't even need to discuss the bugs and glitches. And on top of all of that... it was MIND NUMBINGLY boring. Just boring. Even with friends.
And man.... I actually really liked Brink. After the week 1 patch went up the game played nice and smooth and was a blast. It sure didn't live up to the expectations of being an engaging campaign shooter, but the MP was still fun as hell.
And man.... I actually really liked Brink. After the week 1 patch went up the game played nice and smooth and was a blast. It sure didn't live up to the expectations of being an engaging campaign shooter, but the MP was still fun as hell.
I'm Spartacus
Member
The Zelda games on the Phillips CD-I. They are hot, stinging diarrhoea in videogame form!
nephilimdj
Member
Universal studios for GameCube
Jurassic park rail shooter was only good thing.
MK Sub Zero would be close behind
Jurassic park rail shooter was only good thing.
MK Sub Zero would be close behind
I mean while hype wise MGSV was such a huge letdown, my vote goes to the Need For Speed reboot honestly.
I mean it plays okay, don't get me wrong, but it was the only game I could not handle the cutscenes of to the point where I was contemplating destroying my console.
Also Sonic 4. I know some people like Ep2 but as much as I tried to like it, I just couldn't. Sonic CD did well to flush out that bad taste tho since CD is legit as fuck.
I mean it plays okay, don't get me wrong, but it was the only game I could not handle the cutscenes of to the point where I was contemplating destroying my console.
Also Sonic 4. I know some people like Ep2 but as much as I tried to like it, I just couldn't. Sonic CD did well to flush out that bad taste tho since CD is legit as fuck.
mirrors edges catalyst. the first game stunned me. this reboot lost my. interest after 15minutes of playing and one game crash. this is a console game, why does it crash?
no mans sky= so many game crashes.
no more heroes for ps3=loading times and no real additional content(boss mode from nmh2) +worse graphics than on wii. and i fucking loved the shit out of the wii version....
no mans sky= so many game crashes.
no more heroes for ps3=loading times and no real additional content(boss mode from nmh2) +worse graphics than on wii. and i fucking loved the shit out of the wii version....
McGruber21
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This:
or this:
I was alot more disappointed by Superman 64 though, given I was 9 or 10 at the time. I remember thinking "Am I doing something wrong? Is this the training level or the intro?" I never even played it enough to get to the parts where you fight things or walk around.
or this:
I was alot more disappointed by Superman 64 though, given I was 9 or 10 at the time. I remember thinking "Am I doing something wrong? Is this the training level or the intro?" I never even played it enough to get to the parts where you fight things or walk around.
Last_colossi
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Looney Toons Acme Arsenal (360)
For such an iconic brand I'm amazed WB even let this release
I played this game for 30min once...... never again.
For such an iconic brand I'm amazed WB even let this release
I played this game for 30min once...... never again.
Theslammer
Member
While Superman 64 (AKA Superman becomes a circus clown and flies through a series of rings) is terrible, it's probably some shovelware game I don't remember on the NES. There were a lot of terrible games on the system that just controlled even worse that I can't remember.
UltimaWeapon
Member
Probably a tie between Mario & Luigi Paper Jam and Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Both were painful to play.
MCC, but not because the games in it are bad (except Halo 4), but because the game was broken for 6+ months and MS/343i decided to just abandon the mess.
Funny that they couldn't even fix a simple text that makes you lose the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWhQ6RIPW38
Funny that they couldn't even fix a simple text that makes you lose the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWhQ6RIPW38
Uncharted - Drakes Fortune. I had high expectations, though gameplay was a tremendous disappointment for me. Its a concatenation of obviously well-defined areas that feature three different playstyles: exploration, shooting, sneaking (ok some puzzles too...) which rotate over the entire game.
The level design kills surprises.
Unfortunately this has become Naughty Dogs signature, and probably the best reason why i wasn't able to complete any of their games... not even The Last of Us. I really tried to complete it.
Uncharted 4 follows the same pattern, but i find the story and cutscenes so good that it outshines the gameplay.
The level design kills surprises.
Unfortunately this has become Naughty Dogs signature, and probably the best reason why i wasn't able to complete any of their games... not even The Last of Us. I really tried to complete it.
Uncharted 4 follows the same pattern, but i find the story and cutscenes so good that it outshines the gameplay.
I've been playing games since the C64, so I've played some stinkers over the years. Bandai in particular caused endless misery with some of their 80's titles, but my answer to this question is and forever will be: Dr. Chaos (NES).
http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/dr-chaos
Looking at the screenshots, you might think this is an early interesting-looking Metroidvania game. Especially in 1988-1989, its promise is kind of exciting even. If you actually play it, those thoughts will quickly evaporate within minutes. The gameplay is torturously repetitive, the controls frustrating, the music excruciating. And if you manage to learn how to compensate for all of the game's numerous design flaws, what is your reward for hours of suffering? As a kid, I managed to power through all of the pain and actually complete it, only to be greeted by the most deeply unsatisfying ending any game could have:
That is all you get. You may now turn off your NES and re-evaluate why you just did that to yourself.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/dr-chaos
Looking at the screenshots, you might think this is an early interesting-looking Metroidvania game. Especially in 1988-1989, its promise is kind of exciting even. If you actually play it, those thoughts will quickly evaporate within minutes. The gameplay is torturously repetitive, the controls frustrating, the music excruciating. And if you manage to learn how to compensate for all of the game's numerous design flaws, what is your reward for hours of suffering? As a kid, I managed to power through all of the pain and actually complete it, only to be greeted by the most deeply unsatisfying ending any game could have:
That is all you get. You may now turn off your NES and re-evaluate why you just did that to yourself.
rottendevice
Member
The Simpsons: Bart Versus the Juggernauts on Game Boy. Just try to get past the first level. I had Game Boy when I was like... 5, and every game was exciting to take home, but this is the only one I remember as being truly disappointing.
killatopak
Gold Member
White Knight Chronicles.
I think I put the game down not even an hour in.
I think I put the game down not even an hour in.
A proud member of the worst games ever hall of fame.
Probably Pokemon Channel. I mean, I got this as a gift for Christmas, and I can't believe it took less than a day to unlock everything in the game. Apparently I was not the target audience with it, but still it seemed insulting to my 12 year old intelligence that it was so simple.
Anything else I played I likely rented or borrowed and just can't remember if I liked it or not.
Anything else I played I likely rented or borrowed and just can't remember if I liked it or not.
Oh boy... I've played some pretty bad games.
Now this one isn't technically the -worst- I've ever played, but it's the game I hated my time with it the most.
Is that the real packshot? Are the back of box marketing lines really just cut short like that? For everything except German, ironically?? If so just wow.
I've played several of the usual suspects from the NES/Genesis era, and I certainly consider them the worst games I've ever played. Objectively, my only other recent contender would be FFXIV 1.0.
But I'll never hate those games as much as I hate Devil May Cry 2 and Legend of Dragoon.
But I'll never hate those games as much as I hate Devil May Cry 2 and Legend of Dragoon.
Platinumstorm
Member
Cities Skylines is a pretty good game. This is SimCity; which is not.
birthbystars
Member
Vampire Rain.
My god.
My god.
Samanosuke Akechi
Member
Probably mortal kombat mythologies: sub zero for ps1 or batman forever for snes. Both horrible games.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Resident Evil
Neither of these games I could stomach for more than 5 minutes. Technically, I spent more than 5 minutes with Resident Evil. I went up to the Playstation to make sure the controller was properly plugged in.
Resident Evil
Neither of these games I could stomach for more than 5 minutes. Technically, I spent more than 5 minutes with Resident Evil. I went up to the Playstation to make sure the controller was properly plugged in.
icecold1983
Member
Overwatch or ark
Never played superman 64 tho
Never played superman 64 tho
Diabolical
Neo Member
Hmm, let's see... (there are so many candidates).
Off the top of my head, I'd have to say Total Recall for the Nintendo Entertainment System. One of the worst I've ever played, personally.
Then again, it was my fault for giving too much time to every game under the sun during those years.
Off the top of my head, I'd have to say Total Recall for the Nintendo Entertainment System. One of the worst I've ever played, personally.
Then again, it was my fault for giving too much time to every game under the sun during those years.
Mr. Poolman
Member
That old PS1 Simpsons wrestling game.
minkymuskyslyoldstoaty
Member
Shogun Empires DS. Hopefully the lack of other mentions on here means that few other people suffered it. It really is dismal - I recommend everyone read some reviews of it.
Honourable mentions:
Rise of the Robots - fortunately I bought this cheaply.
Turok 2 (GBC)
Big Run (SNES)
The worst game I've played this generation is probably Drive Club, although it's about two years since I last played it. I'm sure there are worse games, but I choose more carefully now.
Honourable mentions:
Rise of the Robots - fortunately I bought this cheaply.
Turok 2 (GBC)
Big Run (SNES)
The worst game I've played this generation is probably Drive Club, although it's about two years since I last played it. I'm sure there are worse games, but I choose more carefully now.