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When I think about the worst game that I ever played, a few current games come to mind and it’s funny how I can’t remember that many bad retro games. This could be because those games that I played that were pretty bad are those games that I would like to forget.
There’s one retro game that I remember playing when I was younger that I did not like. This game was the original Legend of Zelda. I just couldn’t get into that game and to this day I have not been able to get into and enjoy and Link/Zelda game. Something about the game doesn’t appeal to me. I don’t think it’s the worst game that I ever played; it’s just a game that I couldn’t get into.
I have a thing where if I don’t like a game within the first few minutes of playing it then I know I won’t end up liking the game and in most cases I will stop playing said game. This might be a tad harsh but I’ve always been like this with video games, tt could be anything from terrible controls to a dry storyline that turns me off from a game.
I enjoy getting achievements over Xbox Live but if a game is so bad, I can’t force myself to finish it just for achievements. Wanted is a prime example of a game that I couldn’t get to the end of. Knowing that it’s a movie turned video game I knew it would be a bad game. However with me wanting to boost my achievement score I wanted to give it a go. I think I lasted about ten minutes before I sent it back to Gamefly.
While working at GameStop I made it my duty to know which games to avoid and which to play. This was either by first hand or by word of month from my customers and employees. Two Worlds was one of those games to avoid. One day, to test a video game system, I decided to put in Two Worlds. My staff wanted to shoot me for doing that and after a few minutes I was shocked that the system didn’t catch on fire.
One game that I did reserve and that I bought on the grounds that I loved the original is NiGHTS Journey of Dreams. I played the original Saturn game for hours on end. I currently own the original NiGHTS with the special edition controller that came as a bundle. Playing Journey of Dreams was like shattering my childhood with a hammer. Sadly, I still own the game and I have yet to beat it.
Yes, I’ve played a lot of bad games, most of which were returned or mailed out the same day. I’m a picky gamer and I don’t want to waste my time on a game that will feel more like homework than something that I should be enjoying. I guess the reason why I can’t name many of those games is because I rather remember the games that are great rather than the ones that gave me a headache.
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i might just be testing the new comment system but err i’ll have to say Iron Man…just because I’m such a huge fan but the game was such a huge fail
Oh and Jaws as well. I remember trying out that game and I ended up laughing my ass off when I playing it.
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My staff members used to test every 360 that came in on trade with Halo 3. They were complete fanboys & girls.
I, too, have never been a big Zelda fan, for reasons similar to yours. Just couldn’t get into it as a kid and ever since I keep myself as far from it as I can.
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Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde for the NES. Kudos to you if you can make it more than 30 second in that game:
a) without dying
b) knowing what the hell is going on
I played the demo for Two Worlds and didn’t understand how something like that could exist when Oblivion had already been out for two years. And I’ve never been into Zelda because I haven’t owned the right systems at the right time. Though I played a bit of the first one a few years ago and kinda liked it as a retrogame.
That’s what we told our customers when they tried to buy Two Worlds: pick up Oblivion instead. Same went with Call of Duty. We told our customers to only get the CoD games that were made by Infinity Ward.
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oh and i also remember that pc mmo that was made to replicate the columbine massacre…like wtf
in more recent times, “halo-killer” Haze & Lair, Jumper, Bomberman Act whatever, NFL the tour..band hero was probably bad enough for me to put on here. oh can i say kane and lynch 2? lol
For me, even a game that feels like homework I can like (…maybe because I LIKED homework even as a teenager), because I see it as a challenge. If a game as terrible camera angles every time I do something, I make it my mission to make the controller my b*tch and do what I want it to do.
Band Hero was bad. I played it enough to get some achievements. I’m so happy that I didn’t buy it. GH has gone downhill IMO, so I had a feeling Band Hero wouldn’t be that good.
Yes, it looked almost exactly like Oblivion but with none of the character. A friend of mine had it and it felt like a paint-by-numbers fantasy, though I find it difficult to pinpoint where they went wrong.
Your asnwer was just what I needed. It\’s made my day!
I was very tempted to write about the new Nights game for this. Although curiously (anecdotally at least admittedly) it seems that younger players who didn’t play the original Saturn release seem to get on with it a lot better than veterans of the original game.
Either way personally, that game was so far removed from the wonderful, beautiful game that I grew up with, and even though I hate it I will keep it always to remind me of the importance of researching a game fully before I buy it rather than relying on nostalgia.
Killzone 1, Far Cry 2, Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Kane & Lynch – those games are absolute sh**e. Avoid by all means.
Far Cry 2 was decent…far too repetitive….and i think that the whole open world feature actually hurt it
I liked Nights into Dreams! It’s not an easy game, I used a FAQ and enjoyed it very much. The online component was cool.
I could never get into the original LoZ either. Loved Ocarina and Wind Waker though!!
I played the demo of Two Worlds, it was pretty gross lol. Great article : )
You’re insane! IW has always been the shit group out of the two… it’s effing amazing that people can’t see that even CoD3 had better MP then MW1… this kind of shit makes me happy IW has fallen apart
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Are you talking about NiGHTS into Dreams or Journey of Dreams? Didn’t think Into Dreams had online content.
MW1 was one of the biggest POS I’ve ever played… it’s not the worst but it’s certainly the worst game that is popular outside of the equally horrible WoW urrgg… and people think this group was better get real they haven’t fix either one of their MP games and CoD2 was just as big a mess online