Horrible Games With Redeeming Qualities.

[D0WNT0WN]

I was just going through this [http://vip.aersia.net/vip.swf] and I found a piece from Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) and it was really really awesome. I never noticed it because I was so preoccupied with the game being broken but just listening to that music makes me want to go back play it. So what part of a really bad videogame just kind of makes it a little less horrible that you thought.


It just got me thinking.

 

[Fishyash]

OP ninja'd my post.

When I saw the title, that came into mind and I was expecting to be the first to put it up.

Despite sonic being a terrible game, the main theme is very good.

I prefer His World over solaris phase 2, I dunno I think prefer the arrangement despite this piece being very well written too. (now I am getting slightly off-topic)

All in all it is a shame that music as GOOD as this is used in such a BAD game.

 

[Defense]

Final Fantasy II has really good music. Too bad almost everything else about the game is shit.

 

[jakko12345]

alpha protocol. I felt the overall game to be quite bad, yet the RPG style progression and some other stuff were alright

 

[Wayneguard]

alpha protocol. I felt the overall game to be quite bad, yet the RPG style progression and some other stuff were alright

I approve of your avatar sir.

OT: Velvet Assassin's terrible shooting mechanics and average stealth mechanics were balanced by the awesome, almost Thief-like atmosphere.

 

[Diablo2000]

Spider Man 2, sliging into the air with you web. The whole game sucks, the graphics are awful, the combat annoying, the story was... What story? and finally the are thousand of missions that are boring.
But the web sliging mechanic make up for all that and even to this day, it's still a awesome game.

EDIT:Silent Hill Origins, there are some decent music in there...

 

[Steve B]

Final Fantasy II has really good music. Too bad almost everything else about the game is shit.

This.

Spider Man 2, sliging into the air with you web. The whole game sucks, the graphics are awful, the combat annoying, the story was... What story? and finally the are thousand of missions that are boring.
But the web sliging mechanic make up for all that and even to this day, it's still a awesome game.

And this.



Also, the Sumo-Bike mini game in Mr. Mosquito. The game was okay, BUT THAT MINI GAME. You each played as copies of the old guy from the main game on bicycles on top of a very tall, very thin tower, and you had to run into each other to knock each other off.

My friends and I went back to that for years after the release of that game.

 

[da-geezer]

The next-gen editions of FIFA '96 were mostly awful; horrible animations, poor camera tracking, and comic-book 'interludes' before set-pieces. The presentation, commentary, and epic feel of the game did make me feel that 3D footballing games were here to stay and would be dominiant soon enough.

Road Rash for the 3DO and PS1 was notoriously atrocious, feeling like more of a high resolution version of OutRun with less wheels and less fun. It's soundtrack however was incredible, introduced me to Therapy?, Soundgarden, and Paw.

Here's a controversial one: I thought N64 Perfect Dark was an awful game. The framerate was poor, the graphics were less than impressive; but it certainly was visionary. Last year's XBLA release really gave it what it needed, it's a shame it was ten years too late.

The newest Alone in the Dark has awful controls, a crap combat mechanism, and abysmal driving sections. It does however have one of the most gripping storylines of a game I've played. It's a shame that another six months of QA and tweaking would probably made that a blockbuster game.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy was a pretty bad third-person shooter with an absolutely incomprehensible story, but the psychic powers were hilariously fun to use, at least, when the game was giving you free reign to tear stuff up. Also had some fun boss fights. I still consider the one against the big black guy with TK powers one of the best boss fights in recent memory.

Red Dead Revolver was a forgettable third-person shooter with annoying controls, but it had a good atmosphere, some nifty gameplay mechanics, good music, and a brilliant sequel >__>

I honestly don't think Alpha Protocol was that bad, but the dialogue system and highly interactive story turned what would otherwise be an slightly above average game into a great one.

Spider-Man for the PS1 had terrible controls, a clunky camera, boring combat, and badly designed levels. However, it also had great voice acting, tons of awesome comic references, and really captured the feel of the Spider-Man comics in game form.

Marvel vs. Capcom 1 was horribly, horribly imbalanced and generally un-fun to play against anyone who knew what they were doing. However, it had some cool level backgrounds and the entire idea was very cool for the time. Plus, again, good sequels (which sadly ditched the character specific background art

 

[MrJKapowey]

I would say MW2's music, but I liked that game more than WaW and BlOps.

Splinter Cell Convictions second level.

Fable 3s Voice actors.

That is all.

 

[sheah1]

Any Dynasty Warriors game ever, including the Gundam and Fist of The North Star versions, say what you will but I'll pour countless hours into decimating massive hordes of enemies.

 

[AetherWolf]

Eternal Sonata - Nice graphics, okay music, some nice character designs. Not much else.

Scribblenauts - "Attach steaks to babies to attract a lion" on the ERSB rating. And who could forget "I FUCKING TRAVELED THROUGH TIME AND JUMPED ON A DINOSAUR AND USED IT TO KILL MOTHERFUCKING ROBOT ZOMBIES." ...yeah.

Can't come up with more off the top of my head at the moment. :V

 

[badgersprite]

Big Rigs produced faster than light travel. In reverse.

 

[Theo Rob]

fighting fury had the ultimate baki rush wich i could alter into a one-hit kill

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Far Cry 2 had some pretty satisfying and challenging missions when you finally got to them after all the endless driving back and forth.

 

[archvile93]

Bioshock had some strong atmosphere.

 

[Roofstone]

Tenchu Z.

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Ninjas.

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You may now bask in its glory.