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[Tizoc]

What the Hell is Bad Rats?

The most legendary game on Steam.

 

[JayEH]

I seriously never heard of the first game. I thought this was a sequel to the Cuba Gooding Jr. movie, Rate Race lol.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

So



Frog Fractions 2?

 

[Finale Fireworker]

What the Hell is Bad Rats?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/34900/

That's not what I mean. What is the cultural significance that makes Bad Rats a meme? What IS Bad Rats?

 

[Molemitts]

Well dang, I'll take one if you can spare it. Gotta know what all the hype is about. Steamlogin: wiivault

Can you link me to your profile? I can't find it by searching.

 

[shaowebb]

If someone could shop the full version to show Lois carrying a pot of "Bad Rats 2" triggering the final pukesplosion in this gif it'd be perfect for an OT.

 

[Pinko Marx]

That's not what I mean. What is the cultural significance that makes Bad Rats a meme? What IS Bad Rats?

A terrible game that eveyone gifts to one another as a joke. A steam meme if you will.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

A terrible game that eveyone gifts to one another as a joke. A steam meme if you will.

How did this start? Is there a traceable origin?

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Who are we nominating to send back in time to take out Bad Rats before the outbreak happened?

 

[ShockingAlberto]

That's not what I mean. What is the cultural significance that makes Bad Rats a meme? What IS Bad Rats?

It was, at a time, the lowest rated game on Steam.

Which meant, when Steam sales became a thing, people started gifting Bad Rats en masse. It's the Steam Gift Booby Prize.

It has probably risen to shocking financial success because of this.

 

[PaulExcellent]

sweet christ its beautiful

 

[dinopoke]

That's not what I mean. What is the cultural significance that makes Bad Rats a meme? What IS Bad Rats?

There's a Bad Rats deep inside within us all.

 

[Haunted]

What catches on as an elaborate in-joke of the community and what doesn't is a true mystery.

A classic case of a game becoming a cult classic by virtue of being so bad it's somehow comically good again.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

It was, at a time, the lowest rated game on Steam.

Which meant, when Steam sales became a thing, people started gifting Bad Rats en masse. It's the Steam Gift Booby Prize.

It has probably risen to shocking financial success because of this.

Thank you. This is what I needed. I am whole again.

 

[Nemesis311]

Will buy 3!

 

[doctorblurg]

Can't wait to buy ten of these and spread them around like a horrible mutation of the original disease

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Years ago, a friend bet me a game of my choosing I could not finish the entirety of Bad Rats and film proof that I did it.

http://youtu.be/HEimXICxxuU

 

[ViviOggi]

Yup it's Frog Fractions 2

 

[SykoTech]

Literally no surprises left for Sony's conference tonight.

Come on, that's not funny.

Spoiler

Sony's conference is tomorrow.

 

[mjontrix]

No.

No...

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

 

[SmithnCo]

Nice to see the graphics and animation haven't improved at all

 

[TouchMyBox]

I hate you, NeoGAF.

 

[PirateKing]

Years ago, a friend bet me a game of my choosing I could not finish the entirety of Bad Rats and film proof that I did it.

http://youtu.be/HEimXICxxuU

Holy hell at that exploding rat.

 

[kiguel182]

It's amazing how someone made a ton of money out of this because it people thought it would be funny to gift it as a joke.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

I've never played Bad Rats.

There is a free demo. Which is broken in the most sadistic way

Spoiler

you can't use certain rats making levels impossible to beat early on, you keep on trying with the resources you have to no avail

How did this start? Is there a traceable origin?

All I can think is in the days before greenlight and early access it held the crown of being the worst game on Steam and it going on sale for 90% off made it cheap enough to give away...

 

[Piano]

For some reason I expected it to look better than the first game.

 

[Mengy]

Bad Rats was like the second Steam game I ever owned. Someone gifted it to me after talking in an Audiosurf thread, like six years ago.





I still haven't forgiven him.

 

[bobawesome]

 

[Phocks]

Another game to pad my steam library because my friends will gift it to me.

 

[MikeDown]

THIS IS YOUR FAULT NEOGAF!!! YOUR FAULT!!!

 

[shockdude]

Is there a thread that chronicles gaf's history and with Bad Rats? I really want to see that.

 

[FleetingFlowAir]

You all deserve this for buying multiple copies to give to people as a prank.

 

[CharmingCharlie]

Please Please be a PC exclusive .................... I was never erm fortunate enough to be gifted Bad Rats and I have found my mouse cursor hover the buy button many times, but never managed to fully COMMIT to it. But if Bad Rats 2 is a PC exclusive I am so gonna be there on day 200,000,000

 

[PBalfredo]

Frog Fractions 2?

I have the bad feeling that the actual Frog Fractions 2 will never compare to the speculation of all the things thought to be Frog Fractions 2.

 

[Jawmuncher]

The best game on steam gets a sequel.
Hope it's Better worst than the first.

 

[NumberThree]

I have the bad feeling that the actual Frog Fractions 2 will never compare to the speculation of all the things thought to be Frog Fractions 2.

Either that, or we get Final Fantasy XX and when you launch it the title screen says "Final Fantasy XX: Frog Fractions"

 

[DJ_Lae]

I 'won' Bad Rats during that one Steam winter sale with the achievements (man, I loved the whole metagame surrounding that sale).

I still think Steam was messing with me, although I did win a bunch of decent games at the same time.

 

[Seel]

my G1 970 is ready!

 

[breadtruck]

What have you fools unleashed upon us? God have mercy on us all...

 

[Ray Wonder]

Isn't the dev for this game notoriously evil?

 

[Tempy]

Play The Incredible Machine or Contraption Maker instead.

 

[tiny raptor]

will it actually be a good game this time, or would that make it lose its identity

 

[epmode]

You did this, GAF. You're responsible.

 

[neto]

I still haven't been gifted Bad Rats.

Haha same here, I don't know if I should be happy or sad

 

[Kazerei]

I don't know what everyone's so afraid of, now that you can just hide games in your Steam library. Before that, it was pretty annoying to have to see Bad Rats on the list. I got trolled hard :lol

 

[Dragon Puncher]

That's it, video games are done. You only have yourself to blame Bad Rats gifters.

 

[wonzo]

will buy all the foils again

 

[Derp]

I'll never forget being gifted the game during an intense 3 hour session of Assetto Corsa.

It was as though Jebus himself was trying to tell me something. Like "fuck you".

 

[Asgaro]

The hype is real.

 

[Jason Frost]

Paging Jason Frost

Oh god, what have we done!