Topic: The worst games

[Pfil]

Well, we already have a topic about our favourite games.
What about the worst ones? (or least favourite ones).

I know it must be difficult to make a list by console and all that, so for this one let's just name crappy games that we remember, and point out WHY they were so ugly
Not necessarily the worst game of everybody, just bad games we played.
Bad sequels can make good examples too.

Right now I'm thinking of Addams Family 2 for the NES as a sequel I didn't like (the first one was a favourite of mine). Bad graphics, bad gameplay, horrible music, boring game.

Bomberman Zero can make a perfect example of horrible game and horrible sequel. It has nothing to do with the original Bomberman games.

Sonic for PS3... my God...
So slow, boring and generic. Crappy graphics, bad music.

Of those games, I only finished AF2, the other ones would have been a torture to play entirely.

For something that's not a sequel which I recently played, I can mention Escape From Bug Island, for Wii. Though I didn't finished it, I quit at about 3 hours. It was so flawed in every possible aspect... anyway, this is one of those games that it's so bad that it's good

[Lelygax]

Ultima for SNES, that one that resembles Tibia. You hava a Load Game feature but you cant save, also the game begins without clues to where to go or what to do.

[Highwind Dragoon]

Atari 2600: Big bird's egg hunt had occasional unresponsive controls.
NES: Total Recall had really crappy hit detection
SMS: Aztec Adventure; the whole game was one big WTF.
Genesis: Phantasy star 3
SNES: Bram stoker's dracula
SAT: Shinobi Legions
PSX: battle arena toshinden 1
DC: Evolution Worlds
GB: Final fantasy legends 1
GBC: Grand theft auto
GBA: DBZ: the legacy of goku
DS: Star fox command
PSP: astonishia story
N64: Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage

[Sumac]

NES: Ikari Warriors, American Gladiators.
SNES: Batman Forever.

[VladCT]

No mention of Action 52 or Daikatana? I am disappoint.

[Ratty]

Preparing for thumbs down in 3... 2... 1...

Hm, well I've played a lot of bad games in my time (as have we all I'm sure) but I can't pretend it's a hard decision to pick the worst for me once you discount games that are merely broken in some technical way.

I never thought I would loathe a game as much as I do Final Fantasy VII. I forced myself to play all 50 hours of it hoping every minute that it would get better but it never did. Horrible writing and characters meet graphics and sound which have aged terribly. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the story and characters were obviously on auto-pilot for this game (whiny, emo anime cliche auto-pilot) because the creators were counting on the "wow" factor for the graphics, which worked at the time but makes for a miserable experience today. The best thing I can think to say about it is the boring, average combat system and terrible pseudo-3D environment navigation were technically functional. And uhhmm... it didn't set my Playstation on fire?

SNES: Batman Forever.

Had some pretty good fun with the co-op on this one back in the day, though we were using cheats. And I think one of the "cheats" we had to look up on the information super highway was how the hell to get out of the first room lol.

[Highwind Dragoon]

American Gladiators

What!

That game was actually fun!
I mean, it's not the best game in the world (It's average) but I still got enjoyment out of it. (Plus, I got it used at funcoland)

[Lelygax]

I never thought I would revile a game as much as I do Final Fantasy VII. I forced myself to play all 50 hours of it hoping every minute that it would get better but it never did.

FF VII is very overrated, its a good game but not so good like some people makes it appear to be, I've tried playing it sometimes but it never made me addicted to it like FF I, III, IV After Years, V or even VIII did (I've beaten I Advance, IV After Years and VIII). But I think that calling it a bad game isn't accurate in my opinion. Pax Corpus is terrible, Nightmare Creatures is horrible, but because they are kinda broken in some aspects, while FF VII works like it should, doesnt have broken mechanics nor broken difficulty and have good musics and graphics for a first attempt of Squaresoft in the CD and 3D world.

[Ratty]

FF VII is very overrated, its a good game but not so good like some people makes it appear to be, I've tried playing it sometimes

Play it and be astounded at the low quality of the writing.

good musics and graphics for a first attempt of Squaresoft in the CD and 3D world.

Oh I kept a historical perspective, I'm not going to judge an early 32bit game against the art from the preceding or succeeding generations. But when a game is built ONLY with graphics and girth in mind as a way to wow the audience, it is destined to age badly. When there is no story or soul to back up a game and the graphics/sound are ugly and, to put it mildly, not as impressive as they once were, the retroactively clunky interface and genuine flaws are all you're left with. Glaring right in your eyes whether you want to see them or not. Thankfully Squeenix got better with both their graphics, sound (FF7 sounds horribly tinny compared to the majority of PS1 games I've played) and most importantly story in their other entries on the platform.

but it never made me addicted to it like FF I, III, IV After Years, V or even VIII did (I've beaten I Advance, IV After Years and VIII). But I think that calling it a bad game isn't accurate in my opinion. Pax Corpus is terrible, Nightmare Creatures is horrible, but because they are kinda broken in some aspects, while FF VII works like it should, doesnt have broken mechanics nor broken difficulty and have

Well like I said I wasn't counting games that are just broken, because I unless I've blown a lot of money on them I usually can't muster up much feeling for them one way or another. The developer didn't give a shit, so why should I? But if you want a broken game I got one for ya.
Classic Game Room - FIGHTING MASTERS for Sega Genesis review
I still want my $2 from the flea market back.

[Pfil]

FF VII is way too much overrated.
I could never play it, I could never stand the graphics.
And I don't like the characters, the music...

I've come from playing FF6, so 7 felt like a GIANT disappointing, so I quit it.

And someone mentioned Action 52?
That must be the worst one, hahaha!

Sombreros, Sharks, Alfredo, Lollipops, Micro Mike...
too many funny bad games.

And Cheetah Men, of course!

[Abnormal Freak]

Perhaps the worst game I've ever played or owned was Batman Forever on the SNES. I was a big fan of Batman Returns on the console and saw Forever on a Target clearance shelf for $12. I was only like 10 or 11 at the time and so didn't have a job yet (began working for my dad at 12) and had just enough cash in my pocket from chores and such, so I bought that sucker, took it home, and have forever since lamented the loss of twelve dollars that day. I couldn't figure a damn thing out, having load times between screens didn't make sense, and after less than a week I took it in to FuncoLand and barely got any money from them—seriously, it had to have been less than two bucks. I was sad because all that money I'd saved up went down the crapper.

I love the AVGN episode on the game. Plus, it showed me how to actually advance since I got stuck within the first three or four screens of the game.

[Abnormal Freak]

I guess it's the cool thing to hate on FFVII these days, heh.

I loved it when it came out. Of course, I watched my brother play more than I played it myself, and so I got all the story stuff through him. At the time I was heavy into hyperemotional teen angst anime fare and thought the game was super cool. If I played through it now, I'd probably still think the same, and I still love the music. The graphics are also great—the pre-rendered backgrounds especially, and I always liked the simple, "Gouraud-shaded" (there's a term nobody's used since the '90s) polygonal models and the anime-ish appearance.

[crisis]

*hides his extensive FFVII collection in shame*


I guess it's one of those "love it or hate it" things. It does have its [many] flaws but I wouldn't go as far as to call it terrible, there are dozens of games that deserve that title. Games that literally had no effort put into them; FFVII at least had effort put into it. I enjoyed it for what it was, still do actually. The only FF game I couldn't get into was VIII.

Other games that are complete shit are: Criticom, Street Fighter: The Movie, Superman 64, E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, Twisted Metal 3 & 4, DBZ Legacy of Goku, DBZ Ultimate Battle 22 (actually, a good majority of DBZ games are crap), and then there's this:

Crappy Games: Dragon's Lair (NES)

[Ratty]

I guess it's the cool thing to hate on FFVII these days, heh.

I loved it when it came out. Of course, I watched my brother play more than I played it myself, and so I got all the story stuff through him. At the time I was heavy into hyperemotional teen angst anime fare and thought the game was super cool. If I played through it now, I'd probably still think the same, and I still love the music. The graphics are also great—the pre-rendered backgrounds especially, and I always liked the simple, "Gouraud-shaded" (there's a term nobody's used since the '90s) polygonal models and the anime-ish appearance.

Rose tinted glasses man. But if you think you'd still enjoy it then I encourage you to try and make it through the game yourself.
The game sucks but
Don't Have To Take My Word For It

But I don't think it's suddenly "cool to hate" FF7 now, it's just that it's a bad game (or at best a deeply flawed one) that's been praised as "the best game ever" for about a decade and a half by a rabid fanbase who would shout down anyone who had criticisms of it for years. So it's only now that people who don't like it are able to say so without fear of being assailed by legions of fangirls/boys.

PS - FF7 did have a few nice, colorful per-rendered environments. (Mostly in the Casino areas.) But not a whole lot. I think RE1's pre-rendered environments were much more consistent in quality and matching the intended narrative tone.

*hides his extensive FFVII collection in shame*

Hey like what you like man, if you really enjoy the game more power to you. I couldn't stand it but different strokes for different folks.

[Pfil]

I wasn't aware that hating FF7 was now cool, I just never liked it.
I tried to play it after playing and loving FF6, and I just couldn't stand anything.
Everything I loved from FF6 was gone.

Even downloaded the soundtrack, and I listened to it completely, and didn't like it, so I never cared again to try to play the game.

It's far from being one of the worst games, though.
But I just don't like it, nor I consider it worth of the name and legacy it carries.