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The first game you can remember absolutely hating
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BrokenEchelon
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Tawney Bomb
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Been gaming since the SNES, but Devil May Cry 2 was the first game I really hated. It was such a let down and I paid $50 for it.
Rhomega Beta
Member
I don't know what hate is until I rented this game
And this was supposed to be The Next Big Thing. I saw a video review on YouTube, but it was taken down a long time ago.
So much potential, and yet I beat it within an hour. Never played a THQ game again.
Haha what? Trojan is a great game.Almost forgot about this sack of shit on the NES. Was this any good in the arcades?
I enjoyed it back in the day (SM64, GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, Zelda, etc..) , but the system had plenty of shovelware as you say, poor 3rd party support, and it has aged worse than any other console in recent memory.
Delicious Waffles
Member
Rented it from Blockbuster. One of the first games I ever rented there. Took it home and, within a half hour, I absolutely hated it. Couldn't see myself playing this for whatever number of days they let you keep it. Went to the extent of going back the same night and asking if I could exchange it because it wasn't working right when it was working perfectly fine, just to get rid of it.
I don't know why I didn't like it. Down the line, I played Twisted Metal 2 for hours and loved it. Never really touched the series since.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Honestly, Half-Life 2. It was not even close to as exciting as my cousin initially made it seem. I was so bored and bummed out by the end of the game that I didn't want to touch another Valve game again...but then I played Portal.
Basically, I really can not believe how disappointed I was with Half-Life 2..and with Portal 2.
Basically, I really can not believe how disappointed I was with Half-Life 2..and with Portal 2.
MrCompletely
Member
This is football?
Jesus Christ this. The worst damn football game I've ever played. My cousin and I could never score on each other so we gladly went back to tecmo bowl
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Thankfully Brave Fencer Musashi came out and satisfied my thirst.
You're a brave one...
You disobeyed one of the 10 Commandments: Thou Shalt Not Slander Half-Life 2
Tokyo Rain
Member
It's a bad game from a bad series.
Sacriledge
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
What a piece of shit.
What a piece of shit.
Hey, man... the Geico Gecko didn't always start out doing commercials. He had to start somewhere...
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
The input delay in this game is legendary.
You could input a combo, go make a sandwich and come back in time to watch the other character die.
Really cheap US cash in on the popularity of the anime at the time. IIRC the cutscenes were straight up just scenes from the anime recut.
The story mode is pretty easy. You can clear everything just by mashing.(which is pretty much all you can do as the game is too laggy to reasonably play any other way)
Then you get to the final boss vs Toguro and welp.
Even as a kid who was obsessed with the anime, I could see this for the piece of crap that it was. Saved up birthday money to buy it full price too so it's the only thing that really comes to mind when you ask me about the first game I truly hated.
Rebel Leader
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That I can CLEARLY remember
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WrenchNinja
Member
I beat this game and I remember liking it. I also remember it being stupidly hard and the platforming being super broken. But it was badass when you finally become Adult Simba.
Super Nintendo
Lion King
Level 2
First time I realized I could hate a game
H_Prestige
Banned
Diomedeskun
Member
I started on my family's Atari 2600, and I hated nearly every game we owned except for Superman and Defender. The one game I really wanted to love the most that was also the most brutally difficult, unfair, and just overall impenetrable was Raiders of the Lost Ark. It was like a proto-Zelda, but you got attacked by snakes that were the same color as parts of the background, thieves who would steal your vital items, walls that you had to shoot over and over again to slip out of, and worse.
I didn't really become a gamer until I got my NES. The first game I hated there was probably Swords and Serpents, which was slow, boring, difficult, and had a terrible system with a bunch of passwords to save your game and party. It almost turned me off of RPGs forever, but I playd Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest not long after.
I didn't really become a gamer until I got my NES. The first game I hated there was probably Swords and Serpents, which was slow, boring, difficult, and had a terrible system with a bunch of passwords to save your game and party. It almost turned me off of RPGs forever, but I playd Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest not long after.
malingenie
Member
Neogaf classic.
The Albatross
Member
Rented this for Genesis and absolutely fucking hated it. I was very glad to see this appear on a "Top 10 Worst genesis games" list recently.
soxinthebox
Member
Airboarders 64. Someone at school rented it and was talking about it so I later did the same but it turned out to be garbage. Never trusted just anyone's opinion after that.
While I'm sure it isn't a bad game, my brother always wanted to play this:
I couldn't get past this screen without being bored out of my mind
To date I think there is only one baseball game I have ever liked and it was Batter Up on the game gear.
Yup, totally had this game as a kid, too. One of the worst ways to start a video game, ever. The actual baseball game was pretty good, though. But yes, I mostly have memories of the fucking menu.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Rented this for Genesis and absolutely fucking hated it. I was very glad to see this appear on a "Top 10 Worst genesis games" list recently.
Almost bought this one going on screenshots alone. Thank god I didn't. It had the China Warrior effect of trying to wow you with BIG characters, but was really a piece of shit game in the end.
Ivan A Nguyen
Member
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring for the GBA. Also the first game untried to return to target because I was convinced it was broken.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Rogue Galaxy: Great visuals and all but the story went from interesting, to a cliche ridden mess faster than you can flip a coin. The battle system got bogged down with annoying enemies that could be damaged a certain way and the dungeons got long. I was saved by the fact I didn't pay much for it but man did that game tick me off something fierce.
secretanchitman
Member
glover on n64. so damn boring and frustrating that it gave me a headache. never gave it a second chance.
The Albatross
Member
Yeah the graphics were incredible with really high quality player models. But... god the game sucks. Look up a video of it, so frustrating
Lumpy Onion
Member
Especially the graphics and audio. Fucking horrible all-around.
If you're being sarcastic, yes. High quality assets with a horrible direction. Unless you're a fan of HD monsters like 'generic alien thing like every other XIII monster'
Actually, that game was beautiful in some parts. The Crystal Lake, Grand Pulse & some of the best hair and cloth physics in this generation...
Hey man, there's a hipster in all of us...
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Yeah, at a young age I was able to find fun in even the shittiest of the game. But there was none at all to be found in X-Men. It was a revelation.
clem84
Gold Member
I think he was being sarcastic. Whatever your personal tastes are, it's hard to argue against the graphics of this game. I think it's silly to say that a game with high production values like XIII has zero redemming qualities. It's one of prettiest game this gen. Audio wise, to me the game was nothing special. Overall I thought the gameplay was pretty good. But hey to each his own.
clem84
Gold Member
It happens to everyone. I generaly don't dislike really popular games but there are always exceptions. For example, I hated MGS3 and I'm well aware that it's universally praised. It happens.
MotionBlue
Member
Blades of Steel; My cousin knew how to activate the fights, and always won the game by doing so.
Super Star Wars: Was too hard for my young self, rage inducing. Felt bad that I never beat it.
Super Star Wars: Was too hard for my young self, rage inducing. Felt bad that I never beat it.