Your WORST game of the decade

[Iwata]

None of you know hell until you sat through Mega Race 3: Nanotech Disaster... that is, without doubt, the worst game of the decade.

The game is nearly unplayable, the live-action presenter has scarred me for life, and if I had payed for it (it was a gift) I would've seriously opted to burn the money instead.

 

[Iwata]

Halo is shit because Halo is shit. I was pointing out that Bungie is capable of not making shit, and yet somehow shat out Halo.

Care to offer up some qualifying statements there?

Read my original post in this thread.

Well I have and I can honestly say that it is one of the most opaque things I've read today. Let me elaborate, I don't have a problem with you saying that the gameplay, story, voice acting, etc. sucks, so long as you can provide a legitimate reason as to why (i.e. you can't just say "It sucks because it sucks" because you end up sounding like this* little turd). And I would ask you to qualify what exactly you mean by "doesn't require any skill to play" but now that I think about it perhaps not, as that is the most subjective damn argument one could make, hell I have a friend who says that Ninja Gaiden 2 on the hardest difficulty setting is "easy", and I say that his notion of difficulty is downright "masochistic". Lastly, and at least do this so long as you are discussing this with me. Please do not use nostalgia as a grounds of actual criticizm, because as far as I'm concerned it's absolute bullshit, because if you honestly need to use the memories of a game you played over a decade ago to justify the fact that you don't like a new one, it tells me that you either can't find any real criticism or you are on a freaking mission to hate said game, and thus your opinions don't really matter (sort of like how the opinions of an anti-semmite wouldn't really be valid in an argument over whether or not Stephen Speilberg is still a good director or not.)

This whole series fucking sucked, and most people defending it are either in complete denial or ten year olds with worn-out trigger buttons on their controllers. A series which requires little to no skill to play should have never been as revered as it as.

Spoiler

Don't give me that "it's good it you read the books" I already read the books. The books are actually pretty decent, but that doesn't make the game itself suck any less. Take The Flood for example: In the first game, you spend about 45 minutes to an hour running through a long Hallway of One Texture doing pretty much the same fucking thing over and over until you hit the next room. The Flood somehow made this entertaining, something TEH BEST GAME EVAH failed to accomplish.

The saddest thing about this entire franchise is that the absolute best game was the altered-reality game "I Love Bees" which wasn't even created by Bungie, but by a company who actually KNOWS good story structure: 42 Entertainment. And I bet none of you douchebags even knows what "I Love Bees" OR what an altered reality game is. But let's let that slide for just a moment while I point out that this game was more engaging, had better character development, has superior voice acting, and was much more fun than everything else in the Halo franchise, ever.

Oh by the way, Bungie's superior series was Marathon. Watching Bungie go from the grand trilogy that is Marathon to the utter shit that is Halo makes me lose my faith in modern gaming.

HALO IS TERRIBLE BECAUSE IT IS FUCKING TERRIBLE

Come on, could you even give a legitimate reason for hating it other than "because?" Sure, they aren't the greatest or most innovative games, but they did popularize a lot of current FPS mechanics. It was repetitive at times, among its other flaws, but its in no way bad enough for this kind of rage. From your post, I just get the impression that you're hating on it because it's popular.

Not to mention insulting everyone who enjoys it. Way to stereotype.

Jesus, what the fuck is wrong with people these days? I mean, I'll have sympathy if English isn't your first language, but other than that, the OP CLEARLY states that this thread is for your opinion. Your. Fucking. OPINION.

Not facts. Not reasons. Not documentation to back up every fucking sentence (Citation needed).

I don't have to explain shit. My opinion: Halo sucks, Marathon was better. Simple as that. And being the predictable fanboys that you all obviously are, you start jumping on me with "WHY DOES IT SUCK GIVE ME A REASON! NOW!" Shut the fuck up and stick to the topic. If you really WANT me to explain why I feel Halo is complete garbage, then either do it on a related topic, or if I get enough requests, I could put it all together in a video because it would take SEVERAL ten minute videos to explain the massive amounts of fail that is the Halo franchise.

Some of you fuckers even replied to me with shit that had nothing to do with my post. I even have one guy call me a "console-hating fantard" or something to that effect. I mean really? It was deduced that because I prefer Bungie's Marathon over Halo that I'm suddenly anti-console? That's some Sherlock Holmes deduction skills right there! Did you also deduce that I rape children in the ass and secretly want to fuck the shit out of my own mother because my favorite color is blue?

Stick to the topic people, and start uneccissary flame wars somewhere else, like Gaiaonline or /b/ or Facebook or some shit. Keep this shit out of The Escapist.

I hate to deviate, but this man deserves a standing ovation.

 

[clubdrift123]

The new Ghostbusters Game! It was horrible!

 

[clubdrift123]

Spore. So disappointing!

I am so happy to finally see that another person in this universe feels the same as I do about this game! Very hyped up and when it came out, I was let down so much!

 

[SideburnsPuppy]

Dawn of Mana. Leveling system can go to hell.

 

[Koroviev]

I'm generally pretty careful about doing my research prior to investing any money, but if I had to pick, I'd have to say Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. I really like Disgaea and figured it would be similar, but it plain isn't. It's Disgaea minus everything that makes a strategy RPG video game more interesting than a plain chess match. (And yes, I am aware of which game came first.)

 

[Still Life]

Firewarrior

What was I thinking?

 

[Netrigan]

Assassins Creed. Hated that game. I love Assassins Creed 2 though.

I skipped AC1 because of the numerous complaints about the repetitive gameplay... but I loved AC2 so much, I find myself tempted to extend the experience by picking up the original, no matter how much my mind says NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Konaerix]

That I actually played? Star Fox: Command.

Second this, its a broken piece of shit with the sole purpose of fucking up the starfox story.

 

[Netrigan]

I'm usually pretty good about picking games, so it's a rare game that I can't finish without at least enjoying myself a little.

So my vote goes to Call Of Juarez, which had me flinging it in the garbage about five levels in. The action levels with the preacher were decent, but the stealth levels were frakkin' awful.

The PS3 Call Of Duty 3 gets an honorable mention for worst use of a motion control gimmick. The game was decent enough, but about halfway through the game I failed to wrestle a rifle away from a German soldier a half dozen times with the stupid gamepad waggling... then flung the game in the trash.

 

[Fr]anc[is]

World of Warcraft. Boring as hell and it pains me how much money they're making on it.

 

[bawkbawkboo1]

I'm going to have to limit my personal list to games that I actually bought. Probably the worst purchase I made, in terms of overall quality of the game, was Red Faction: Guerrilla PC version. blowing stuff up gets old fast and then it's just repetition, and there were some pretty severe technical bugs last time I checked. Enemies clipping through non-destroyed walls, weird physics engine glitches etc. The thing is that the concept of the game had so much potential, it could have been an actual stealth game, but it just turned into a generic boring sandbox.

Keep in mind that I generally rent games before I buy them, and I buy pretty rarely anyway, so this game is out of a fairly short list.

 

[bawkbawkboo1]

Assassins Creed. Hated that game. I love Assassins Creed 2 though.

I skipped AC1 because of the numerous complaints about the repetitive gameplay... but I loved AC2 so much, I find myself tempted to extend the experience by picking up the original, no matter how much my mind says NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Press A to Blend. Now do that every single time you see a guard in the countryside, ever, or a horde of them will follow you all over the goddamn place. Also, there are a ton of bugs and a general lack of refinement in the first one. I really don't recommend it.

Edit: Also, there's no fast travel in the first one. Also, water is an insta-kill. However, there are plenty of annoying beggars.

 

[badgersprite]

The worst game that I have actually played? Huh.

Um, did Turok: Evolution come out in the last ten years? I remember having a crap time with that. N3/Ninety-Nine Nights pissed me off a lot too, but I think that was mainly because it was a ripoff, rather than because it was incompetent. I hated Sonic Unleashed, but I was playing it on the Wii (which I'd never played before, and, hence, didn't know how to use) which doubtlessly tainted my outlook on the game.

I'm sure there are heaps of movie tie-in games and titles on other platforms that are way worse, but those are just the ones I've played that immediately came to mind.

 

[Fusioncode9]

Too Human, oh god that game sucked

 

[jamradar]

Clive Barkers Jericho.

I would rather play E.T. for the Atari 2600 than play that game.

 

[starwarsgeek]

Transformers: The Movie: The Game, Wii

How do you attack? A simple flick of the Wiimote
How do you move the camera? Pointing with the Wiimote.

I am so glad my brother only rented that piece of crap.

 

[Johnwesleyharding]

//Sarcasm

Super Mario Galaxy
Metal Gear Solid 2, 3, 4
Dragon Age: Origins
Halo Series
World of Warcraft
Uncharted 2
Left 4 Dead Series
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 & 2
The Sims
Half-Life 2
Fallout 3
Killzone 2
Resident Evil 4 and 5
Sonic Adventure 2
Bioshock
Starcraft 2
Gears of War Series
Far Cry 2
Legend of Zelda ? Wind Waker and Majora?s Mask
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Grand theft auto 4
Fable II
LittleBigPlanet
Portal
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Final Fantasy X

/End Sarcasm
I would say Super Paper Mario (fortunate not to have played any truly bad games). Found a video on youtube -- one of the problems with the game -- it is tedious as hell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbukRFfKdbA. "IGN guide says you'll have to run for over 6 minutes if you're doing it normally."

 

[velcrokidneyz]

im torn between halo (excluding 1) and any of these f**king guitar/band games

cannot stand either unless alcohol is in my system.