The worst games

[KarlXII]

Everyone has played that game that makes you ask yourself "I BOUGHT THIS!!!?". It could be bugs, it could be the AI, could be gameplay.

What is your worst game youve ever played?

[YellowMelon]

Black and White...deceptive since I thought it was amazing during the first 15 hours I played it. Never touched it since.

[Martok]

Bang! Gunship Elite: Backwards & wonky control scheme, and you couldn't change it. Gave up on it after 20 minutes. (Thank the gods I only wasted $5.00 on it in the bargain bin!)


But for me, the real award for "worst game" goes to Master of Orion III. Epic space strategy, my ass -- that wasn't a strategy game; it was a management sim!! When you add to that my excitement & anticipation for MOO3 (obviously before it had been released), it makes me ill just thinking about it. Even Rome Total War wasn't as big a letdown for me.

[Ramses II CP]

MOO3 was definitely horrible, but I picked it up out of a bargain bin for $2.50, so how can I complain? Read reliable reviews before you buy new games!

My actual worst game is ancient, from the 8-bit NES days. Astyanax. I completed or beat every game I ever owned for the NES except this one, including the almost equally bad puzzle game Legacy of the Wizard.

The worst modern game for me, relatively modern anyway, is Myth III. I knew three of the guys on the development team, and the crew was listening to the fans, they were saying all the right things... and, as usual, 2 months before Xmas they folded under the pressure from their higher ups (Take Two) and rushed a buggy, non-working game out the door. Within a week of the game being published the entire team was fired. They hung together and worked for free to release a crude patch to address the worst of the bugs, but multiplayer was still completely unworkable.

...and so died yet another project full of potential, slaughtered by the relentless demands of the absurd gaming industry.

This wasn't too long after Bungie sold their sou... I mean company to MS either, which is why Take Two had the previously excellent Myth franchise in the first place, so some of that bitterness travelled with the whole business too.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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[Fragony]

Hidden&Dangeous, the sad part is that it was a good game at heart, but it was completily unplayable, never seen a game this buggy, wasn't even in the beta-fase. Such a shame because it could have been so good.

[Sarathos]

I wouldn'y really say bad, but I was really disappointed by Empire Earth 3. Why did they make it so animated? 1 and 2 were great but then they tried to make 3 'look' cooler and add the stupid voice-overs. But the World domination is fun.

[Mikeus Caesar]

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[Raz]

Dynasty Warriors: Empires. Or something like that. Did it have a number in it somewhere?
Anyway, easily one of the worst games I ever bought. Also, Mouzafphaerre... that was hilarious.

[Kekvit Irae]

Hidden&Dangeous, the sad part is that it was a good game at heart, but it was completily unplayable, never seen a game this buggy, wasn't even in the beta-fase. Such a shame because it could have been so good.

Agreed. You can get killed by anything in the game. Including stepping off of a five-inch curb.

[Quirinus]

On-topic, I was quite disappointed by Empire Earth II-- frankly, I just can't see why such effusive praise is heaped on it. And Knights of the Old Republic was appalling-- the bugs were so numerous that I never got to enjoy the game itself for what it is.

[Baby Boomer]

And Knights of the Old Republic was appalling.

I am sure at least one person will disagree with your opnion; this game is worshipped in some places . (Not litreally, it isn't a religion)

I found Lord of the Ring's: Return of the King game awful. No bugs fortunely; but it was exactly the same to the moive (Exactly!) and was a tad boring. I can't think of anything else. (Though while I am on a role I thought Empire Earth II: Art of Supremacy was bad. A few faction's and a new contineant (*gasp*) and it make it a expansion? )

[rajpoot]

Loki, wish I'd never bought it.

[TinCow]

Black & White - After the first map, it quickly becomes boring and frustrating. Never finished the game, despite three attempts to do so. I simply lose interest in it before I get that far.
Ultima IX - You don't know what "buggy" means unless you tried to play this out of the box.
MOO3 - I never got beyond the 5th turn.

[Quirinus]

I never played the first Black and White, but I think the second one suffered from the same problem as a few of you mentioned about the first. It has a great concept, but it lacks focus, IMO.

[Ramses II CP]

Black and White actually couldn't be finished before the first patch, it was that broken. The 4th scenario couldn't end. The patch took a long time to come out too, like 6-8 months IIRC. I kept my old saves and finished B&W, but I never played it again or anything. Most of my fun was building crazy cities, but still, I personally didn't find B&W all that bad. Boring, yes, but still functional and with moderately interesting multiplayer.

[frogbeastegg]

Another vote for Black & White. I knew it was bad by the middle of the first level. Where was my freedom? Where were the options? Where was the fun? Why the wouldn't those villagers shut up whining?! This game single-handedly cured me of listening to hype.

KOTORII, in the sense that it would have been a great game if it had received another couple of months development. It didn't. It was a buggy, butchered mess and that makes a small part of my heart bleed each time I think of the game.

RTW. I'd like some AI in my strategy game please. The save/load bug fiasco iced the rotten cake with something putrid dug out of a sewer. BI pulled things back a little; I had to be convinced to buy it by an assortment of trusted org faces. Pity BI was completely uneven. Sometimes it had a nicely competitive AI, others it barely made a move for scores of turns.

Monkey Island 4. This was the point where I stopped thinking of the point and click genre as a patient in intensive care, and started considering it nailed in a coffin and 6 foot down in some very well compacted earth.

It's an old, old game now, but Wing Commander 4. Why? Why?!

[The_Doctor]

Star Trek: Conquest Online.
Star Trek: Generations.
Star Trek: New Worlds.
Star Trek: Away Team.
Legion.

[Kekvit Irae]

It's an old, old game now, but Wing Commander 4. Why? Why?!

I'm going to have to add Wing Commander 3 to that list.
Great game, but certain events near the ending made me feel hollow, and I just didn't want to play anymore.

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Damn you, Hobbes! You were my favorite character next to Angel!

[Ser Clegane]

But for me, the real award for "worst game" goes to Master of Orion III. Epic space strategy, my ass -- that wasn't a strategy game; it was a management sim!! When you add to that my excitement & anticipation for MOO3 (obviously before it had been released), it makes me ill just thinking about it.

another vote for that "gem" - Excel in space - what a complete and utter disappointment.

"Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor" was also complete drek - only redeeming factor was that (other than MOO3 for which I paid full price) I got this in some bundle of budget games (fortunately the game was so bugged when it was published that I did not buy it for full price).

[Vladimir]

I really think this spreadsheet bashing needs to end RIGHT NOW!

[frogbeastegg]

I'm going to have to add Wing Commander 3 to that list.
Great game, but certain events near the ending made me feel hollow, and I just didn't want to play anymore.

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Damn you, Hobbes! You were my favorite character next to Angel!

That hit me hard too. WC3 was my favourite; I replayed it many times and each time I hoped I'd manage to find an alternate plot path which didn't feature that.

Bet you loved the game's intro

[Geoffrey S]

Yeah, came as quite the shock. That moment threw a lot of cliches out the window.

[Sarathos]

And Knights of the Old Republic was appalling.

I am sure at least one person will disagree with your opnion

That would be I, I thought KOTOR was one of the best RPG's I have played. what I thought was appalling was KOTOR 2, why Bioware didn't make it I will never know.

[Fragony]

http://www.gamersglobal.com/news/647

Well good news, Peter Molyneux us going to shock&awe us with the greatest thing once again, somebody lock him up

[drone]

another vote for that "gem" - Excel in space - what a complete and utter disappointment.

For games I personally bought, MoO III was probably the most disappointing. I generally don't buy on release dates now, this game is the reason. After a while, I just uninstalled and went back to playing MoO II.

"Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor" was also complete drek - only redeeming factor was that (other than MOO3 for which I paid full price) I got this in some bundle of budget games (fortunately the game was so bugged when it was published that I did not buy it for full price).

UbiSoft was sly with Pool of Radiance. They knew it would suck, so they coded it to delete your systems files if you tried to uninstall it.

[Motep]

I also liked KOTOR, but the second one was ALOT less than expected.

I agree with the fact that RTW needs better AI...

Some WWII game my stepfather bought for the computer a while back. All the cursor would do for me is point up...that gets really irritating in the middle of combat. My stepfather started to play it, and he wound up snapping it in half.

Emergency room 2-OMFG!!! Boring as hell...

Dino Crisis 3- worst camera angles known to man

Mummy:Tomb of the Pharoh- I fell asleep after about an hour...

[Marshal Murat]

How much time you got???

1. Black and White - It was fun for the first 5 minutes, then you realized that you had responsibilities and stuff, it got boring.

2. Shattered Union - I read some great reviews about it, and it was just not what I imagined. It was just bad. I got addicted, but it crashed before I defeated the Russkies.

3. Republic Commandos - An okay game, I had some fun playing, I won't bash it too bad. It lacked re-playability, the multi-player was a 'nade spam match, and you didn't feel like you were a commando.

4. BF 2142 - When you make fantasy games, or future games, can you make it more realistic or something? The guns had recoil people! Recoil! They can build big fancy ships that can be destroyed by blowing up some shoddily protected command consoles, but you can't eliminate recoil??? It was okay as a game, but not good.

[Veho Nex]

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[Kekvit Irae]

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