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What's the worst game you've played recently?

This is a great thread for stealth trolling decent games. Some of you must be playing some out-of-control amazing shit if you think that half of these games are terrible.
 
Freedom = $1.05 said:
This is a great thread for stealth trolling decent games. Some of you must be playing some out-of-control amazing shit if you think that half of these games are terrible.
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Hey, some people think McDonalds tastes better than Mesa Grill. Opinions are wonderful things.
 
Recently...hmm...

Well...recently...I've played:


World of Warcraft
Peggle
Persona 3 FES
Persona 4
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga
Etrian Odyssey II
Neverwinter Nights 2 - Mask of the Betrayer
Grid Defense
Plants vs Zombies



I don't think there's a single bad game in that list...so...not going to name any.
 
brain_stew said:
I've never understood this complaint about Half Life 2. The gunplay is excellent, for the simple reason that you have so many options at your disposal, you could quite easily go through the game using the gravity gun alone, a weapon which gives you a multitude of options. Its always changing as well placing you against different kinds of enemies in different scenarios. One minute you're fighting antlions, the next you're using them as bait to distract guards whilst you sneak up behind them for a stealthy kill. Then there's the magnum (just about the most satisfying weapon ever featured in a game), crossbow, laser guided rocket launcher and a dual barrelled shotgun.


Did you play it on 360/PS3 perchance? I mean, the combat was quite clearly designed for a m&kb, its not at all surprising if it doesn't translate quite as well to other control schemes, though even then, you still ahve plenty of options at your fingertips.


You're not one of those crazies that crave 200ms+ input lag to add "weight" to weapons are you? If so, please disregard this post, there's no hope for you.
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I played it on PS3 so that might factor into my enjoyment a bit. Still, I felt that the gameplay was fairly copy-pasted time and time again, especially the drop ship bosses. The interesting instances you mentioned are the main reason I finished the game at all as the gravity gun is a pretty cool weapon and I enjoyed having the antilions at my disposal. For some reason, Episodes 1 & 2 just "clicked" with me more and I especially enjoyed the final gameplay of Ep 2. I'm really looking forward to how it all ends in Ep 3.
 
I can't believe so many people disliked KZ2 SP, I had lots of fun with it.

I haven't finished a game recently that I disliked. I'm having an impossible time getting into Okami, I don't find the combat nor story anything special or fun. Its pretty to look at but that only does so much.

At the very least I have enjoyed most of the games I have finished for quite some time.
 
Freedom = $1.05 said:
This is a great thread for stealth trolling decent games. Some of you must be playing some out-of-control amazing shit if you think that half of these games are terrible.
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well you better get your lie detector machine ready if you are going to argue the above in this thread.

sure some ppl are going to list stuff with an agenda, others arent.

i enjoyed the sp of army of two more than killzone 2.

still im well aware that would put me in a very small minority.

its also not intended as a comment on either games quality nor would i draw a parallel between quality and the amount of fun i had with a game.

different strokes for different folks and theres nothing you can do about it till someone discovers a way to force ppl on message boards to be honest.
 
Looking at my collection, these have been disappointing in one way or another:

RE5 (controls, no pointer)

Street fighter 4

deadly creatures (lack of polish)

phantom hourglass

madworld (lack of features like online leaderboards for a score based brawler)

mirrors edge (missed potential)

soul bubbles (a little unenticing)


none bad... I usually buy games that are at least recommended
 
Call of Duty 4. Bought this because of the hype. Very disappointed traded it for store credit with no credits.
 
Of my purchases this year, Deadly Creatures was probably the most disappointing. I enjoyed my time with it, but it had a lot of unrealized potential and the later scenarios really showed off what could have been.
 
The Skater said:
I played it on PS3 so that might factor into my enjoyment a bit. Still, I felt that the gameplay was fairly copy-pasted time and time again, especially the drop ship bosses. The interesting instances you mentioned are the main reason I finished the game at all as the gravity gun is a pretty cool weapon and I enjoyed having the antilions at my disposal. For some reason, Episodes 1 & 2 just "clicked" with me more and I especially enjoyed the final gameplay of Ep 2. I'm really looking forward to how it all ends in Ep 3.
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Every single chapter in Half Life 2 is uniqe from one another, one minute you're marooned in desolate wilderness, the next you're playing a very inventive first person survival horror game and then you're leading a squad against stryders. All of these require you to adapt your gameplay style to them, nothing is copy pasted. What's weapon switching like on a PS3 controller? With my PC setup I have instant access to every weapon slot, and so its easy to choose the right one for each and every encounter, which really makes the each and every encounter exciting. If its a pain to cycle through weapons I could understand how you'd feel restricted, and I sure as hell wouldn't fancy using a Sony analog stick in quite a few of the mission, it'd ruin the balance of many of the weapons I'd assume.

There's always free PC copies going around due to the Orange Box, so I'd really urge you to give it another go on the PC, approaching it with an open mind to each battle making the most of the different armament at your disposal, it very well may change your opinion.

it runs fine even on integrated graphics and even through virtualisation software in Linux and OSX, so you're bound to have access to a machine that can play it.
 
brain_stew said:
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While I appreciate your info in that post, my complaints were completely valid.

I buy a game for 20 bucks on steam, it should download and just work. That's the whole god damn point of steam, and I shouldn't have to spend half an hour figuring out why the fuck the game isn't controlling properly or displaying tutorials properly.

There was also no indication whatsoever that PhysX was the problem as I've never encountered that problem before and without someone telling me outright I never would have guessed was the problem.

My complaint wasn't that the game is bad. I have no issues with the game itself. While the port itself might be great, they made some lazy decisions that led to a lot of inconvenience on my end that could have been prevented with some simple testin' and fixin'.

Now, I've got a very competent rig and a lot of experience dealing with problems on PC games, and if I had that much frustration I imagine the average joe who stumbles across the game could be in for much more of a headache.

It just shows a lack of thouroughness in the port to PC and in the end, quite simply, repels interest and sales for their game.


brain_stew said:
With my PC setup I have instant access to every weapon slot, and so its easy to choose the right one for each and every encounter, which really makes the each and every encounter exciting. .
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For this exact reason I found Bioshock 10x more enjoyable on PC than my first play through on 360. Couldn't ever imagine playing HL2+eps on anything other than a PC. Any valve game for that matter. *Shudders*
 
2 Minutes Turkish said:
Killzone 2.

Bought the 80GB PAL Killzone 2 bundle thinking "Eh, might as well, I'm probably gonna buy the game anyway, since I want a 2nd PS3, I'll get the bundle and kill 2 birds with one stone."

Fuck this game man. I'm playing it on hard and it's just so frustrating. It's a chore to play. The controls just won't allow the game to be anything more than a pretty looking average shooter.

It's just pissing me off to no end. I just won't play it for more than 20 minutes at a time.

Thank god I bought Valkyria Chronicles to ease the suffering.
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Why are you playing it on hard? No wonder it is frustrating. I think that is asking for it. Why don't you go down to normal or even easy difficulty.
 
I ended up liking Far Cry 2 a lot, but it was one hell of a balancing act, of incredible emergent gameplay on the side, and a ramshackle of half-baked concepts and bugs on the other. I think it came out victorious, but I can definitely see why someone would name it the worst (or best) game ever.

To turn this thread around a bit, has anyone played any games lately that you once considered atrocious, but that you now feel might not be so bad? Assassin's Creed is one such game, and I think Far Cry 2 might have had something to do with this turn of opinion, by numbing me to repetition. The issues are still very much there, but I think I've gained a much greater appreciation for what it does well.
 
MvmntInGrn said:
I can't believe so many people disliked KZ2 SP, I had lots of fun with it.
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You have to be in the mood for a shooter that is very good at one thing only, being a shooter. Thanks to its exemplary enemy A.I. and your own combat abilities, KZ2 offers up very good point to point combat sequences, but it doesn't do much of anything beyond that.

I had a hard time seeing the game through after shooter fatigue had set in with a vengeance in the latter levels, and the whole hit response thing blended with the oppressive surroundings to make for a bit of a downer experience. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend the game to anyone looking for a game that goes beyond being a shooter.
 
pakkit said:
Of my purchases this year, Deadly Creatures was probably the most disappointing. I enjoyed my time with it, but it had a lot of unrealized potential and the later scenarios really showed off what could have been.
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yup...

the last two levels forced me to imagine a deadly creatures action adventure game with an open world...
so much potential....
 
Freedom = $1.05 said:
This is a great thread for stealth trolling decent games. Some of you must be playing some out-of-control amazing shit if you think that half of these games are terrible.
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Yea! Just because a game gets good reviews it means everyone HAS to enjoy it!
 
Sonic The Hedgehog is pretty crap....controls blow, fuck they should just keep ported Sonic Adventure and call it a day.

DCX
 
Spider-Man 3, I picked it up after 2 years thinking it couldn't be as bad as I remembered. I was so wrong, it was worse.
 
Every couple of years I try Turok Evolution again, somehow convincing myself that it can't possibly be as bad as I thought it was.

Every time, it cuts me a little deeper. :-/
 
Right now I'm playing Star Ocean 4 and I would probably put it into this category but it started to grow on me. What is still bothering me is how the hell do I learn new skills and battle techs. WTF? I've been playing so long, leveled up so much and still nothin. Im giving it a couple more hours and if nothin, I'm moving on; its getting tedius and boring to do the same techs over and over. Plus tis a little unforgiving in health items too. >:-(
 
I haven't played anything truly bad this year, but Madworld didn't do it for me. Just a couple of levels in, I lost interest due to repetitiveness. Neither did Killzone 2; I just couldn't get comfortable with the unusual inertia in the aiming.
 
I'm quite sure I won't relive the horror of Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 this gen.

And for the record I actually have completed Sonic Unleashed, ATTD, Legendary and Haze. None of those were good (aside for ATTD's ideas, not so much its execution of them) , but none of them were as bad as Sonic 2006.


Too Human came close though. Whoever thought that combining systemic death AND penalties on your armor condition was a good idea? I cannot get better at a game if I keep dying because the game keeps screwing me over. A trully horrid design choice.
 
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