Game with the steepest ratio of bad graphics to good gameplay

[MortisLegio]

pong

fun but its just three little blocks

 

[ucciolord1]

Majesty

 

[Hovy14]

Mario 64
Game was horrifyingly addictive yet had poor graphics and all around glitchy in most parts

 

[Iwata]

I'd say TIE Fighter. You'd expect after X-Wing they'd revamp the fugly ship models, but nooooooooo...

Hope that remake kicks in.

 

[PrimoThePro]

Gacha Force.
Epilepsy inducing greatness.
(seriously, i couldnt play for more than 20 minutes, fear of my eyeballs bleeding.)

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Earth Defense Force 2017

 

[rhyno435]

I'll have to say Fallout 3 like many other people. Absolutely amazing game, but the graphics (especially on the PS3 it seems) weren't all that good, especially the animations. Has anyone noticed how your character looks when they're running in Third-Person View?

It still managed to be really immersive somehow though (at least in First-Person anyways).

 

[Buck Wilde]

Spoiler

What game out there, old or new, would you say has the worst graphics and yet is enjoyable on its game-play factor alone.

My vote would be for SimCopter

The graphics were painful to look at. The buildings were heavily pixelated, which was readily apparent. The people's animations were choppy at best, and looked like Picaso paintings moving around at worst and the only thing that was 'well animated' was the helicopters themselves and even that is a stretch for the term 'well animated'

However the game was (for me) undeniably fun. You had to fly around to handle disasters as they cropped up, forcing you to plan ahead and prioritize to meet the maximum number of problem areas in the shortest time, all while keeping an eye on your fuel and cargo room. Not to mention long before GTA3 popularized the 'game music is the radio station of the vehicle you're riding in' idea, SimCopter did it beautifully, complete with fake commercials ripe with pure Maxis humor (before it was tainted by EA).
The icing on the cake was the ability to import existing Sim City 2000 games into Sim Copter and fly missions around a city of your own creation, which gave you a slightly deeper connection to the location you were flying around (and a slight jump start in getting familiar with the city's layout).

What other games out there would you guys say have gameplay goodness to spare but are NOT easy on the eyes?

Good man for remembering Sim Copter that gane was great. I have nothing else to contribute for this except Shenmue = worst voice acting to good gameplay ratio.

 

[WayOutThere]

Indigo Prophecy maybe?

The graphics certainly fit the bill but it wasn't all that fun so maybe it isn't the best pick.

 

[The Austin]

....Gauntletark Legacy!
I'm a bit bored.

YES! YES!

I absolutely LOVED that game!

 

[ImprovizoR]

For modern games: Fallout 3.

It is a really, really fun game. The textures are bland, the draw distance is quite low, the animations and lip-syncing are downright horrendous.

You've got the console version don't you?

Saints Row 2. Graphics are bad, physics are stupid but the game is a lot of fun. Beats the hell out of GTA4 IMO.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

I've got two for you:

First - The Legend of Dragoon. Hot damn that game was awesome. How could something that was so much fun end up sucking so hard in the graphics department? Granted, it was the original PlayStation, but even compared to other games of it's time it was pretty bad. The voice acting was hilariously bad.

Second - Infinite Undiscovery. The actual graphics on this game were mind blowing, especially in the cut scenes. That doesn't excuse the voice acting though (or that god-awful rip off of an ending). Until I played this game, the worst dubbing I had seen was in "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" in that scene at the union camp by the bridge. That has now been beaten by a mile. Not to mention only the biggest cut scenes had voice acting. I can understand it probably takes up a lot of space on the disc, but come on! You're already on two discs, spread it out to a third and don't be so lazy! Bad dubbing is better than no dubbing, so why not put in the effort? Yet despite it all, there was something oddly hypnotic and awesome about this game.

What was the ending?

 

[Chicago Ted]

More recently I might say Mount and Blade. Character models are pretty low, and no one's face moves at all, but the environments themselves look okay; and the gameplay is generally considered very good by the people who get fairly into it.

Damn Ninjas, they're everywhere!

Have to agree though, the graphics in the game suck, but the gameplay is great. Nothing like storming the enemy lines with a lance.

 

[Obrien Xp]

Civilization I or II.

The gameplay is amazing, the graphics, minimal.

 

[gRiM_rEaPeRsco]

how about Freelancer, graphics were pretty bad but the best gameplay of all other space/flight sims imo

 

[MetalLegs012]

Vampire the Masquerade has its share of bugs and questionable graphics, though I still play it.

 

[Kiefer13]

The original Command & Conquer, anyone?

It was my introduction to one of my favourite genres about a decade ago (the game itself being released in 1995), and it's still an excellent game.

Spoiler: Spoilered for size.

 

[Hiram88]

Dragon Age. I've had the blasted game for a week and already have 50 hours invested, but hot damn I almost quit in the beginning for the incredibly ugly graphics. It's simply horrendous to look at, and I had just quit Fallout 3

 

[Pinstar]

Hey, retro games don't count because most of them had great graphics for their time!!

That is true, I should have qualified it as "Bad graphics for their time"

Of course, say Ocarina of Time, is going to graphically be trumped by say, Dragon Age. I would argue that for its time, Ocarina of Time was not lacking in the graphics department.

 

[TheTim]

battletanx global assault.


worst graphics i've seen for a n64 game but still kicked ass