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The first game you can remember absolutely hating
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Cocoon is a high-tech Noah's Ark, so they have robotic versions of all the lifeforms on Pulse. I don't remember any other FF games having robotic wolves ...
I thought XIII had some excellent monster designs.
Berserker
Ghast
Behemoth
Sacrifice
Geiseric
Wladislaus
I could keep going, but those are just some of my personal favorite monster designs.
Speaking of high quality assets, don't even get me started on the environments. Wow.
A Black Falcon
Member
Hmm... there are surely some shareware or freeware PC games I played before this and that I hated even more than this game, but as far as games that actually cost money to buy, I think that there is only one answer for me...
Toy Story for the Game Boy. Now, Lion King for the Game Boy wasn't that great. Overall I disliked the game, because of really frustrating controls more than anything. But it had some redeeming value at least, such as the good graphics and sound, so I got this one... but man, was it awful! The framerate is absolutely ridiculously low, there's a long delay before you do anything after you press the button, the missions are sometimes confusing (and the bad controls make them worse, like when walls don't fall unless you hit them JUST right), etc etc. Just awful game, and it was the title which told me for sure that yes, licensed games can be awful. Even Mega Man 3 for the PC and the first PC Ninja Turtles game (a port of the first NES TMNT sidescroller title), a couple of games I have mixed memories of for sure, aren't anywhere near as bad as this disaster.
Later on, Toy Story was one of only the only two games that I ever actually sold; in the late '90s I sold off Toy Story and my second least favorite Game Boy game, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball (I love baseball, but compared to my '90s favorite Hardball III, this game couldn't even begin to compare...).
Toy Story for the Game Boy. Now, Lion King for the Game Boy wasn't that great. Overall I disliked the game, because of really frustrating controls more than anything. But it had some redeeming value at least, such as the good graphics and sound, so I got this one... but man, was it awful! The framerate is absolutely ridiculously low, there's a long delay before you do anything after you press the button, the missions are sometimes confusing (and the bad controls make them worse, like when walls don't fall unless you hit them JUST right), etc etc. Just awful game, and it was the title which told me for sure that yes, licensed games can be awful. Even Mega Man 3 for the PC and the first PC Ninja Turtles game (a port of the first NES TMNT sidescroller title), a couple of games I have mixed memories of for sure, aren't anywhere near as bad as this disaster.
Later on, Toy Story was one of only the only two games that I ever actually sold; in the late '90s I sold off Toy Story and my second least favorite Game Boy game, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball (I love baseball, but compared to my '90s favorite Hardball III, this game couldn't even begin to compare...).
Alex Anderson
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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.
Lol, I had this as a kid. It's pretty bad as NES baseball games go. I found it very bland, plus me owning RBI Baseball and Baseball Stars didn't help its chances with me. The thing that turned me off of it most was on multiple occasions having clearly fair balls ruled foul. Liner over the shortstop.. foul ball! "What!" Base-hit up the middle... foul ball! "What, what!"
I particularly like the game's lack of a players association license yet its cover featuring paintings of guys who are clearly meant to be Kirby Puckett and Ozzie Smith.
Poltergust
Member
Oh, what a coincidence. I was just about to post this:
Brave Fencer Musashi is probably my favorite PS1 game, so what I first heard about this game, I was ecstatic.
And then I played it. I never felt so betrayed as a fan before.
cooljeanius
Member
One Christmas my parents got my brother and I each Gameboy Color games: they gave my brother Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, and they gave me this:
Needless to say I pretty much only played my brother's game instead of my own.
I was a kid who tolerated a lot of shitty games (some examples included Rocky and Bullwinkle on NES, Widget on NES, Wally Bear and the No Gang on NES, etc) and I actually liked the Mario Is Missing games.
That being said, this fucking game
This fucking game...
I was just too young and hadn't learned much about history in school yet, so I was stuck on the surfing levels for the entire time I played it. At some point I distinctly remember thinking "I am not enjoying this whatsoever" and just turned it off.
It was a two-day rental and I don't think I even played it anymore on the second day.
That being said, this fucking game
This fucking game...
I was just too young and hadn't learned much about history in school yet, so I was stuck on the surfing levels for the entire time I played it. At some point I distinctly remember thinking "I am not enjoying this whatsoever" and just turned it off.
It was a two-day rental and I don't think I even played it anymore on the second day.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Original Ghost & Goblins...that difficulty curve...UGH!
deejay8595
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endresults
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Original Ghost & Goblins...that difficulty curve...UGH!
I was going to post this, but I realized I only hated those fucking red devils.
That was really the biggest issue with reviewers. The controls took some getting used to but once you did and started racking up boost combos and hitting invincibility, game was pretty badass.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I loved the game and the upgrades/armours etc but I just found it so unforgiving. I remember trying it on multiple platforms years later and still being unable to finish it
I love Snoopy and this game is a horrible stain on that love. Basically it's a set of "silly" competitions (sack race, pole vault, etc) that ends in 5 minutes, and that's it. That's the all game, on top of that the vault competition is broken so you never know who's going to win.
Oh man I remember this. Liked it as a kid, played it again several years back and it's not so good.
I remember in the early years of Youtube there was sort of a mini-challenge of people trying to figure out how the hell to beat the pole challenge. People figured it out eventually but it required some stupid input at some precise timing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZnVzUeE2MY
Dreams-Visions
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Got this for free from Ninendo Power. "First RPG for the NES!" I was way into Dungeons & Dragons so I thought this would be awesome.
What a piece of shit.
wtf is this shit. I loved that game. At some point, however, I stopped playing it because the amount of gold lost on death became so high, I was afraid to play any longer. I was at a point where I had to walk across some long area to get to a port to be ferried to an island. I'd never get more than 1/4 of the way there before my life being in jeopardy and having to turn back. Dying would have meant 50% of the money earned (and it took a looong time to amass money in that game) would have just disappeared. At some point, I just gave up.
anyway,
what a piece of shit.
eternaLightness
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It's the first game I can think of that genuinely frustrated me.
Wut? Blades of Steel remains the best hockey game to this day.
I actually don't get Ecco the Dolphin love for Genesis. When I was 8 or so, I rented this game and instantly I hated it. I remember the pause screen only dimmed the game screen, but the music kept playing. I showed my mother and convinced her the game was frozen and I asked if I could rent a new one.
Yeah but it's all about the replay value, going for high scores. Or the -tons- of secrets it had. I think I recall needing to knock a Magikarp at the beginning of the level into the water, then when you come across the waterfall at the end pump apples into it and a garyados pops out? I spent countless hours on that game. They even had a promotion with Blockbuster where you could take a memory card with your favorite pictures and print them out onto stickers, and score contests.
I recommend not playing any Shmups/bullet hells..
ii Stryker
Banned
This thread is shitting on several games I loved but I was a mid to late teen when I played them.
Dragon Warrior
Rygar
Rolling Thunder
Ikari Warriors
OoT
Metroid
These are the reasons I'm a gamer today!
Dragon Warrior
Rygar
Rolling Thunder
Ikari Warriors
OoT
Metroid
These are the reasons I'm a gamer today!
Although i disliked many many games before, i never really "hated" a game, until Oblivion came along and crushed my unhealthy level of hype into the ground.
I'm trying to think about a game i "hated" before that, and although there were many games i thought were kind of shitty and even some that frustrated me to tears, i was much more inclined to just play all sorts of shit and find something interesting in each game.
Ultimately, i'll blame it on the Internet.
I'm trying to think about a game i "hated" before that, and although there were many games i thought were kind of shitty and even some that frustrated me to tears, i was much more inclined to just play all sorts of shit and find something interesting in each game.
Ultimately, i'll blame it on the Internet.
Metal gear solid
Now read this before you start litting the torches, when I was a kid, I only had an SNES an a 64, so the existence of mature games wasn't something that I was aware at all (I knew MK, but honestly, the game is so stupid that I will hardly call it mature)
Anyway, one day I went to the house of my best friend, who had a psx (I wasn't even aware than sony had a console) so watching this was something new to me. He had 2 games, gran turismo 1 and mgs
When I went to his house, he was starting with MGS and was only 30 minutes from the beginning, in that part where you rescue the DARPA chief
Now when he arrived to that part, I suddenly saw how darpa started to feel bad and died, shocking me in a bad way, since I wasn't aware that you could die that suddenly (I thought that somebody could kill you or than you die in an advanced age and went to heaven) and no speaking english at that time didn't helped either (Did he died for the lack of oxygen? heart problems?) so I was scared to death, and didn't want to know anything about mgs and the psx because thanks to them I became a paranoid who thought that at any moment could die for any reason
Oddly enough, when I grow up, I played MGS and loved the series becoming one of my favorites, so I'm glad that I could give those games a chance
Now read this before you start litting the torches, when I was a kid, I only had an SNES an a 64, so the existence of mature games wasn't something that I was aware at all (I knew MK, but honestly, the game is so stupid that I will hardly call it mature)
Anyway, one day I went to the house of my best friend, who had a psx (I wasn't even aware than sony had a console) so watching this was something new to me. He had 2 games, gran turismo 1 and mgs
When I went to his house, he was starting with MGS and was only 30 minutes from the beginning, in that part where you rescue the DARPA chief
Now when he arrived to that part, I suddenly saw how darpa started to feel bad and died, shocking me in a bad way, since I wasn't aware that you could die that suddenly (I thought that somebody could kill you or than you die in an advanced age and went to heaven) and no speaking english at that time didn't helped either (Did he died for the lack of oxygen? heart problems?) so I was scared to death, and didn't want to know anything about mgs and the psx because thanks to them I became a paranoid who thought that at any moment could die for any reason
Oddly enough, when I grow up, I played MGS and loved the series becoming one of my favorites, so I'm glad that I could give those games a chance
Also the first game I ever beat.
This, my twin sister and I got this for a birthday present, we both played maybe 4-5 times each and gave up.
This was the genesis of me hating games. I generally have a pretty good tolerance for games but I can't take ones that are deliberately obtuse with their systems and design. I hate this game with the heat and rage of a thousand suns.
Fun fact if you didn't already know it: Rush'N'Attack = Russian AttackI'm sure I hated a game before this came along, but this is the first one I remember going to my mom and telling her I wanted to get rid of.
I believe it was released in NA as Rush'N'Attack or something, but I think the NES version is probably better than the MSX one anyway. It's so bad.
I hated the running animation for Vanille. I don't know what animator did that bit of work but he apparently had never seen a woman run in his whole life outside of Disney's Snow White.
aLaxLuthor
Member
Screw this game. I traded other games in for this. Last time I ever did that.
It was incredibly difficult, so much so that I don't think I ever got past the third level.
Jade Knight 08
Member
Friday the 13th on NES.
Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest). I expected Zelda. Anytime I heard a game was an RPG I would avoid it like the plague. I was an idiot kid back then and missed years of great RPG's (anything on SNES, Genesis, PS1) which I later revisited via emulation. It was Chrono Trigger which introduced me to the genre.
EDIT: I tried out Dragon Quest IX and loooooooooved that game. I have revisited the franchise and am currently on Dragon Quest IV
EDIT: I tried out Dragon Quest IX and loooooooooved that game. I have revisited the franchise and am currently on Dragon Quest IV
You've had a pretty good gaming experience if those are on your most hated list.
That game was bad, but the thought of the game sucking was incomprehensible to my young mind. Mario+time travel = goodI was a kid who tolerated a lot of shitty games (some examples included Rocky and Bullwinkle on NES, Widget on NES, Wally Bear and the No Gang on NES, etc) and I actually liked the Mario Is Missing games.
That being said, this fucking game
This fucking game...
I was just too young and hadn't learned much about history in school yet, so I was stuck on the surfing levels for the entire time I played it. At some point I distinctly remember thinking "I am not enjoying this whatsoever" and just turned it off.
It was a two-day rental and I don't think I even played it anymore on the second day.
I learned so much.... It was terrible.
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Dude..... Just..... Dude.
ArtistDude88
Member
First game I remember hating... oh boy...
I'd have to say
I remember not really knowing where to go, always dying, and never getting past the underwater bit.
I'd have to say
I remember not really knowing where to go, always dying, and never getting past the underwater bit.
Same here, but I kept playing, so obviously I didn't hate it.
shinobi602
Member
Ok I didn't hate the game, just these fuckers
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FieryBalrog
Member
I dunno, I even enjoyed Solitaire as a kid.
Didn't have that many games as a kid (were all Mac games anyway) and I liked all of them to some degree, as far as I remember.
Didn't have that many games as a kid (were all Mac games anyway) and I liked all of them to some degree, as far as I remember.
The_Afroman
Member
Hated this game.. As a kid i just couldn't understand why this was called Street Fighter? Also the main character was Ken.. So it had to be cool right?!
No. This game is ballz HARD for no reason.
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Killer 7.
Absolutely horrible load times for relatively shitty graphics, story made no sense, and I don't remember how it played but it definitely wasn't fun.
I had no idea why everyone was so enamoured with Grasshopper.
Played a bit of NMH, and apart from its style and quirkiness, again, it's nothing special.
Absolutely horrible load times for relatively shitty graphics, story made no sense, and I don't remember how it played but it definitely wasn't fun.
I had no idea why everyone was so enamoured with Grasshopper.
Played a bit of NMH, and apart from its style and quirkiness, again, it's nothing special.
Storm Prelude
Member
Ok, I can't believe I'm going to post this game here but yep, here we go:
My first Game Boy game, when I was 6.
I found it really boring.
EDIT: Sorry for the image mess, I'm trying to post from my mobile.
My first Game Boy game, when I was 6.
I found it really boring.
EDIT: Sorry for the image mess, I'm trying to post from my mobile.
shaowebb
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MegaKungFuRadio
Member
I was really bad at picking games until I got the internet.
The one with Carnage on the cover? That's literally the first one for me too. I got a lot of fun out of every single game until that one.
that really difficult TMNT NES game.
found a pic
ARGH
It was the eighties, how could you possibly have hated anything that had anything to do with the Turtles?
Professor Beef
Banned
I was a TMNT fan through and through during that period, and even as a kid I knew that game was bad.