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.

[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!

[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...

[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.

[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.

[Mount Suribachi]

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.

I always remember the PC Gamer review of that when someone called it a "bug-ridden piece of crap" and they said "no, its a bug-ridden piece of genius". After a while I tried to complete most of the missions on my own - much easier without your colleagues randomly deciding to come out of cover and firing their Brens at a German on the other side of the map.

For me - and this is going to be controversial - Operation Flashpoint. I *very* quickly became bored of all my squad mates contriving to get themselves killed in 30 seconds and being given the "mission failed" message. I'm like "well, what the hell am I supposed to do about that?" I remember one mission, being driven to a wood in a jeep. The 2 other guys in the jeep managed to get themselves killed straightaway by a Russian sniper. I then spent over an hour crawling through that wood, killed the ruskie, drove the jeep back to base and...

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The other one that stands out is one of the NHL series....02 or 03? I forget the numbers as the years blur into one. Anyway, 00 and 01 had been hugely popular, each one getting more realistic, so of course EA decided to bring out this horrid, terrible arcade piece of trash. You think Rome dumbed down the TW series? You guys ain't seen nothing compared to what EA did to the NHL series. About the only people who liked it were 5 year olds. The next year was just the same. Thankfully after 2 years of awfulness EA started listening to the fans again and the games got much better. I still play 06 all the time.

[Kekvit Irae]

OPF gets more interesting with the Resistance and Red Hammer expansion pack, especially with the ability to keep looted weapons from mission to mission (you carry around a truck and you load up captured weapons in it) in Resistance, and the inclusion of the G36 and the Steyr Aug rifles (weapons so deadly and accurate, it's only present in a few missions). This helps make the game easier. But OPF is touted as a realistic shooter. If you go in thinking it will be like Crysis, you're in for a shock.

[TB666]

Well OFP isn't the worst but it was pretty damn bad.
Always pissed me off the fact that you weren't allowed to continue the campaign if you had too low ratings. Codemaster did the same on pretty all of their racing games at the time(finish atleast 3rd or it's game over) and that is what OFP will always remind me off, a war racing game.

[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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[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.

[Veho Nex]

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AHAHA

[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.

[KarlXII]

Big Rigs. Dear God. 4 boring trucks, you pass through scenery, fall through bridges (yep, RIGHT THROUGH THEM!) and go up mountains, completely vertically, at 180 mph of course. Don't buy it, avoid it like the plague, if you get this game, you're wasting your time, money and soul. I bought it for 5$, and I feel ripped off.