Games so bad that are actually good??

[MAUSZX]

Hi there.
I have heard a lot of times that statement "a game that is SO BAD is actually good" and was wondering and I don't remember if I have played a game like that..... probably the nearest thing like that would be Soldier Of Fortune: Payback, I don't know.

So have you played a game that is so bad is actually good? Which game(s)?

 

[Danceofmasks]

The first thing that popped into my mind is Phantasmagoria.

 

[Drakmeire]

Fugitive hunter.
At the end you kickbox Osama Bin Laden
final battle at 4:16
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Actual game from 2003 ago that was released to retail.

 

[Faux Furry]

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad. If you've ever wanted to play a goofy cheap looking zombie-laden b-movie starring a cowgirl in a bikini, a Japanese school girl and what is essentially a soldier girl in a skirt, now you have your chance!

 

[YoungPeaches]

I have to say Steambot Chronicles. It's not really so bad that it's good, more like it does some very interesting and innovative things that make me want to overlook the many faults.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

Operating from personal experience? No, not really, but everything I hear about Deadly Premonition [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/deadly-premonition-review.php?page=1] suggests that the game itself is astoundingly bad, but the experience overall is supposedly surreal and well worth trudging through the abjectly terrible gameplay to experience it.

I'd suspect that Lowtax was making a lot of stuff he claims is in that game up, even though he repeatedly stresses that he is not in fact making that stuff up in his "review", if I didn't have so many other sources corroborating his account - it evidently is just as crazy as a comedy writer singing its praises makes it out to be.

 

[thenamelessloser]

Nier's gameplay is so bad at times that it could be seen as good... But when looked how the story twist things around compared to most games and how the characters themselves mock the gameplay frequently makes me think that a lot of the things that could be so bad they are good could be purposeful parodies/satires.... Nier to me is either so bad it is good or a great parody. Either way the game I found it to be entertaining and thought provoking.

 

[MAUSZX]

Fugitive hunter.
At the end you kickbox Osama Bin Laden
final battle at 4:16
<youtube=lr9BPGXjrT0>
Actual game from 2003 ago that was released to retail.

Wow.... 2003?? I know is not the important thing of games but the graphics are so bad

 

[MajWound]

Dynasty Warriors. I could play that shit with my brother for days on end.

 

[Liviola]

No specific games come to mind, but bugs can make a game 700% more fun. AAA examples that come to mind are the Red Dead Redemption bugs and Oblivion-style crazy corpse physics (those games are far from bad, but I'm sure there are some genuinely bad games out there with funny bugs).

Doing a Flash game design unit at uni at the moment, and some of the stuff that comes out of beginner-level Flash games are hilarious. Terrible art + borky game programming = luls.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Farcry 2. Flipping love it

 

[SeaCalMaster]

Big Rigs! You can drive a large truck over mountains. What's not to love?

 

[LobsterFeng]

Godhand. It's one of those games that while you're playing it, you're thinking "I can't tell if I hate this, or if I think it's the greatest thing ever made by a mortal."
Also who remembers this?

Spoiler

 

[ZeZZZZevy]

well shadow the hedgehog's story was hilariously bad

and the things he said whilst dying was hilarious as well

 

[ColeusRattus]

I think Saints Row 2 has to be in this thread. The graphics are subpar, the driving and gunplay are mediocre, but everything is so over the top that it's still a blast to play.

 

[Cogwheel]

Metal Wolf Chaos. You're welcome.

 

[NickCaligo42]

Play Deadly Premonition. It's the best worst game. I'm not being ironic at all, it's legitimately a great game.


Yeah. York talks to his imaginary friend Zack and thinks he sees the future in his coffee.


It's like the sandwich. You wouldn't think it's that good, but holy hell it is.

 

[Nackl of Gilmed]

I'm not sure sure this adage applies as well to games as it can to films. Sometimes a movie can be so inept in its production that, whatever its original purpose (usually horror), it ends up being hilarious. A similarly inept game, however, would probably be incredibly frustrating to play.

Everyone's examples so far seem to be either games that are somehow outrageous and taboo, or are only subpar in storyline, dialogue or other areas not directly tied to gameplay. That's fair enough. Hilariously bad story or voice actors can enliven an experience. Has anyone here played Space Siege? It tries to ruminate on the question of what defines a human being by giving the player the option of gradually replacing more and more of your body with cybernetic enhancements. Their approach to what was supposed to be a deep philosophical question was so ham-handedly one-sided that I immediately decided to go full cyborg just to spite the writers. The female lead's poorly-acted disgust at my new metallic groin was hilarious.

Disregarding that tangent, my original point was that in games, these aspects are often second-fiddle to gameplay (excepting rare circumstances where gameplay is actually secondary to the story, such as Heavy Rain). I would still call the games you guys have suggested good games, even if their stories are silly. A bad game is one whose gameplay has failed to interest the player, and I think that is less likely to amuse than a bad movie.

 

[lokiduck]

Deadly Premonition, and a few others mentioned.

For men a game I like but people hate is Alone in the Dark. That intro is so awesome and Epic, I love it so much. Plus it is one of my favorite Let's Plays to date.

 

[lokiduck]

Godhand. It's one of those games that while you're playing it, you're thinking "I can't tell if I hate this, or if I think it's the greatest thing ever made by a mortal."
Also who remembers this?

Spoiler

But I like God Hand. it's awesome and not bad at all.