Most Unnecessary Games

[Eclectic Dreck]

I would say most of the GTA Games after 3.

Just to be clear, this includes:

GTA: Vice City
GTA: San Andreas (Considered by many to be the high point of the series)
GTA: Liberty City Stories
GTA: Vice City Stories
GTA: Chinatown Wars
GTA IV

At least one of those probably ought to be included, and I'd add in GTA IV just because of the excellent acting and world building talents on display. I'm equally tempted to remove it from the list because of the stupid, stupid friend system.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Most of them.

Because most games suck and don't add anything new or improve gaming as a whole.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Far Cry 2 HANDS DOWN. 90% percent of game time was driving, and enemies in the same cars could go faster than you, so you would have to stop and kill them, fix your car, the go and do it again 10 times before you reached your objective...horrible horrible game

I can agree with this. I really, really wanted to like the game, but the simple fact that I was forced to endure this little game at every turn eventually forced my hand. There was a LOT of good stuff to be had, but the thing you spent the most time doing was driving until a checkpoint. If you were smart, you'd just get out, kill everyone at the checkpoint, and continue on your way. If you expected to somehow avoid a gunbattle with fancy driving, the simple fact that AI controlled vehicles were substantially faster (in spite of being the same vehicle with a heavier burden to carry) and the fact that a handful of rounds made any attempt at a clean getaway come to a grinding halt, ensured you would pay your dues.

 

[the D0rk One]

maybe I'm missing the point, but how about facebook games? :-B

 

[Lucidiousexodus]

Most unnecessary games would have to be Halo 2 and 3. Halo is a good series until you spend 90% of your work making PvP for the game and 10% of the time slapping together a storyline that lasts for 3 hours. If they had made full versions of 2 and 3 and in between made a large scale online PvP only game things would have been fine but to scale down the real reason for the game so pants on the head retarded people can sit around shooting each other all day and night is just selling out and not good game making.

 

[Mr. In-between]

Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror

Anyone who purchased, developed, or supported this blatant US government-commissioned propaganda piece in any way is worthy of sterilization and death.

 

[Alakaizer]

Just remembered: Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories. Irritating combat system and very little that wasn't in the original game. The actual sequel was a definite improvement, though still with a bunch of issues.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Soul Calibur IV.

Take a fantastic fighting game with tons of variety and an incredibly deep system and then remove all the fun, extra game modes and put in unnessecary and ridiculously unbalanced Star Wars characters (fuckin' Yoda. The bastard's too short to grab.) and you have the fourth SC game.

 

[Andantil]

oh, let's go with EVERY sonic game after the original. yep.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I was ninja'd when it came to mentioning the Movie-based games. Anyway:

I don't see any reason for Pokemon Crystal to have existed. Same for Platinum. They only served as filler for fans hungry for an actual new game. Dissida is another game which didn't necessarily need to be made. It was a great idea and I enjoy it but, I don't see any reason for it to have actually been made other than fan-service and even that was a bit messed up as there are people lamenting the fact that it doesn't include Lock or use the Onion Knight's actual name...

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

I was ninja'd when it came to mentioning the Movie-based games. Anyway:

I don't see any reason for Pokemon Crystal to have existed. Same for Platinum. They only served as filler for fans hungry for an actual new game. Dissida is another game which didn't necessarily need to be made. It was a great idea and I enjoy it but, I don't see any reason for it to have actually been made other than fan-service and even that was a bit messed up as there are people lamenting the fact that it doesn't include Lock or use the Onion Knight's actual name...

To kinda add one to that Emerald and Yellow were a bit pointless but the Pikachu thing is cool in Yellow though. In Yellow that first gym is the hardest thing in the world ever what a trial it is.

Also nearly all of the additions of Final Fantasy 7 have ruined its reputation.

 

[Farseer Lolotea]

I haven't actually played this one (I'm just aware of it)...but Final Fantasy X-2. Severe sequelitis.

 

[Alakaizer]

Finally remembered more: All non-Insomniac Spyro games. And non-Naughty Dog Crash Bandicoot games.