Guilty Pleasure Games

[JohnnyDelRay]

Very appropriate, I am currently in a replay of Total Overdose. I don't know the reception of this game, but it's OTT cheesiness, overuse of tropes and stereotypes, and dated graphics makes it *feel* like a guilty pleasure. IRIC it didn't do too badly, just overshadowed by bigger open-world titles at the time, but holy shit is it fun. And I've never seen a game with similar shooting/stunting mechanics to this, even more modern games such as Vanquish, they just play differently.

I also played World Robot Boxing (Real Steel) waaaay too much on my tablet. And I have countless games of Solitaire racked up from sitting in traffic (don't judge me, I live in Indonesia and it takes one and a half hours to get to my home 9km away, ok?)

 

[ecoho]

too human, the game is bad on all fronts but let me tell you any game that I can actually play better druk is good in my book

 

[marioruggerio]

I love Sonic Adventure 2/Battle. All of it. From the story, to Chao world, to Kart Racing, To the cheesey Rock themes (live and learn, and Escape the City) I could play it for hours. Its 100% nostalgia and Im totally fine with that.

 

[sageoftruth]

Right now, I'd say Conception 2. If there's something in certain anime that puts some people off, then Conception 2 definitely has it. One of the main game mechanics revolves around pairing up with women (sorry, high school girls) and making children with them that you use to fight monsters. It's a process called "Classmating" explained away with tons of JRPG jargon and while it technically isn't intercourse, the game never misses an opportunity to heavily imply that it is for the sake of laughs and fanservice.

When you enter dungeons, you and one of the girls who comes along have to get into your "battle suits" through a sexy transformation sequence which puts any sailor moon transformation to shame when it comes to panning in on the girl's body parts and putting her in an outfit that shouts "Ogle me guys!" Really, I'm not grasping at straws here. Some people argue that it's supposed to parody the harem and magical girl genre, and I could believe it's a possibility, because there simply isn't any subtlety in this game when it comes to embracing the aspects of harem and magical girl that make non-fans uncomfortable.

Basically a friend recommended it to me, and I'm currently deciding whether or not to stick with it. All the girls are kind of one-note personality-wise, but this was made by Atlus, so there's still the possibility of future character development if I stick with it. Of course, because it was made by Atlus, I cannot stop comparing it to Persona 4, which is definitely a losing battle for this game. Hopefully, there's some hidden genius behind the game's plot or mechanics that I'll find if I press on.

 

[Timeless Lavender]

The Sims series. It is basically a skinner box full of chocolate. It is suppose to be a stupid game but I take it too serious by making a perfect family with a perfect life, children, made them at the top of their careers and max skills. When I achieved it all , I felt empty and lonely inside.

 

[Pete Oddly]

Well, I don't play any games that I think I'd get laughed at for playing. However; I have a few guilty pleasures which might make non-gamers back slowly away from me and toward the nearest exit.

Most notably, Postal 2. Also; the gleeful squeals I emit when running over pedestrians in the Carmageddon games sometimes elicits worried glances.