What are some genuinely bad games you enjoy?

[RanmyakuIchi]

I'm not talking about mere guilty pleasures, mid games that resonate with you, or games in genres you don't normally mess with. I'm talking Grade A garbage, bottom of the barrel messes of code and pixels you still mess with. I'm talking the shit you like that keeps your mother up at night, wondering where it all went so wrong. Gimme those spicy, stinky recommendations!

This thread was inspired by @Octopus article on Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance, a game I have a weird, misguided affinity for.

 

[TurnARyu]

Sonic 06 is trash but i love it... and Megaman X7, i swear X7 seens like a Fever dream, its crazy but its trash too more than 06

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Goldeneye on the NDS. It was made by N Space, so it looked like a PS1 game. I even beat it when I first bought it lol. Tried to unlock all of the in game cheats, but I sold it.

 

[STUMP£££££££]

Shadow the hedgehog 2005 is hilarious and also actually isnt as bad as i thought. havent got too far in it yet.

 

[Octopus]

Ehhh I'm glad Beat Down inspired something other than me ranting about it.

I absolutely love Too Human on the 360 for reasons I can't even explain or understand. Legit one of my favourite 360 games even though it's actually atrocious in every sense of the word. I had fully kitted out characters, man.

 

[Bakuma1997]

The Landing sequence, the Refuel, the enemies cheapshooting you for breating near them, NO MUSIC OR PAUSE BUTTON... but i still love it

Ain't exactly Ace Combat 7, but the chiptune rendering of the movie's theme and being at least far more playable than the flight sims that came before gives it some points,

 

[Octopus]

Goldeneye on the NDS. It was made by N Space, so it looked like a PS1 game. I even beat it when I first bought it lol. Tried to unlock all of the in game cheats, but I sold it.

Oh yeah, I think that was Rogue Agent or whatever it's called? I had the DS version too, I played that more than the console versions bizarrely.

 

[MegaHiro91]

First game that comes to mind is AMY. Unfinished piece of glitchy garbage and for once I agree with all of the reviews trashing it... yet I still beat it because I wanted to see the story through, and because I thought it had some genuine (wasted) potential going.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Oh yeah, I think that was Rogue Agent or whatever it's called? I had the DS version too, I played that more than the console versions bizarrely.

It was the 007 "remake" made for the Wii & NDS that I played.

 

[Octopus]

One more from me; Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects. That game was pretty rough, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. The DS version was absolutely abysmal but once again I played that more than the console versions probably.

 

[Asian girls lover]

Naruto Clash of Ninja 1 and 2 for Nintendo Wii, two of the worst games ever made for that series.

 

[hfjshgshsg]

The Legend of Korra.

 

[Glimbo]

Ride to Hell: Retribution was hilariously bad. I haven't played it personally but I did enjoy watching someone else play it.

 

[RanmyakuIchi]

One more from me; Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects. That game was pretty rough, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. The DS version was absolutely abysmal but once again I played that more than the console versions probably.

Oh jeez, I remember that one. I tried like 6 times to play through the single player back then but bounced off every time. I wanted to like it so bad.

The Legend of Korra.

The Platinum one? It didn't seem that bad when I played it. Kinda mediocre but not outright garbage.

 

[Ikagura]

I wouldn't call these games "garbage" per se (there were worse on their respective hardware) but I did enjoy Xardion on the SNES and Earnest Evans on the Mega-CD.

 

[RanmyakuIchi]

Ride to Hell: Retribution was hilariously bad. I haven't played it personally but I did enjoy watching someone else play it.
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"There goes Jake! Bye Jake!"

TBFP doing this back in the day made it worth it alone.

 

[Cu-Neo]

It's more mediocre than bad but:

It runs like ass, but exploring Silent Hill is fun because of how well the town is connected.
Another one would be Marvel Nemesis:

 

[Strategist]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

 

[RustySK]

Hmm, this is hard... I like plenty of niche games, but those are generally underappreciated, not bad per se - I think the only one that comes to mind is a pretty big cliché: Nier.

As in, the original PS3 game. I both love that game for its genuinely incredible soundtrack and audacious storytelling and hate it for... almost everything else, really. It's ugly to look at, it has just awful combat and its sidequest system is... infuriating would be the word for it, really.

One of the most memorable gaming experiences of the past decades to me - that said, I would never ever want to replay it.
Ironically enough, I think that original version fulfills its design goals much better than its remake, btw.

So yeah, not sure if that's really an appropriate answer, but it's the only one that comes to mind.
Maybe Deadly Premonition as well, but I honestly don't think the gameplay in that one is even all that bad and that's a hill I'll die on.


(Feels good to have like five minutes for stuff like this forum again after the past couple weeks - hope you're all having a good time out there)

 

[RanmyakuIchi]

Hmm, this is hard... I like plenty of niche games, but those are generally underappreciated, not bad per se - I think the only one that comes to mind is a pretty big cliché: Nier.

As in, the original PS3 game. I both love that game for its genuinely incredible soundtrack and audacious storytelling and hate it for... almost everything else, really. It's ugly to look at, it has just awful combat and its sidequest system is... infuriating would be the word for it, really.

One of the most memorable gaming experiences of the past decades to me - that said, I would never ever want to replay it.
Ironically enough, I think that original version fulfills its design goals much better than its remake, btw.

So yeah, not sure if that's really an appropriate answer, but it's the only one that comes to mind.
Maybe Deadly Premonition as well, but I honestly don't think the gameplay in that one is even all that bad and that's a hill I'll die on.


(Feels good to have like five minutes for stuff like this forum again after the past couple weeks - hope you're all having a good time out there)

I'd say OG Nier and Deadly Premonition definity fall under that "Technically flawed but ooze soul" umbrella. Definity more than the sum of their parts.

 

[Eclipse14]

Hoshi wo Miru Hito for the Famicom. This game is an absolute car crash from the moment you press the Start Button, and only manages to get more hilariously embarrassing from there. There's like 15 things about the game that makes you go WTF in the span of just 10 minutes (from the first town being literally invisible, to the cheapest weapon being worse than your bare hands, to saving the game being a 35-character long password that doesn't save everything as intended, and everything you can imagine in between).

There's a real good reason that it keeps its title as the "Legendary Shitty Game".

 

[hfjshgshsg]

Oh jeez, I remember that one. I tried like 6 times to play through the single player back then but bounced off every time. I wanted to like it so bad.


The Platinum one? It didn't seem that bad when I played it. Kinda mediocre but not outright garbage.

It is def not nonredeemable garbage, i had genuine fun playing it, especially bc the parry is really satisfying to use and it greatly rewards you for having quick reactions and memorizing attack patterns, if it had more content and the combat was more polished it could be a great game, as it is it feels really "cheap", probably had a minuscule budget.

 

[BlissfulBandit]

Gungrave Overdose sucks.

It's too long for it's own good and genuinely unfair with the amount of enemies it throws at you + how your shield melts away in two seconds AND won't regenerate while you attack, making you take cover and drop your Beat Count.

Some of the Demolition Shots are also borderline useless/ so situational you'll probably use them once and never again, the levels 2 and 3 of the Slowdown for example, are complete wastes and you'd be better off using any other ones.

There is exactly one good boss in the entire game: Bunji, everyone else is either too easy (all the goons from the early game, Sherry, Zell and his army) or annoying (the Millenium Amalgamation, the Don, Fangoram)The final boss is also nototorious for how long it takes to kill and how braindead the fight is, you're unkillable during the whole thing anyways so it's all spectacle and no substance, I hate it. I've also beaten it five times already and will beat it more in the future.

 

[RanmyakuIchi]

Hoshi wo Miru Hito for the Famicom. This game is an absolute car crash from the moment you press the Start Button, and only manages to get more hilariously embarrassing from there. There's like 15 things about the game that makes you go WTF in the span of just 10 minutes (from the first town being literally invisible, to the cheapest weapon being worse than your bare hands, to saving the game being a 35-character long password that doesn't save everything as intended, and everything you can imagine in between).

There's a real good reason that it keeps its title as the "Legendary Shitty Game".

Ah yes, THE Kusoge!

Gungrave Overdose sucks.

It's too long for it's own good and genuinely unfair with the amount of enemies it throws at you + how your shield melts away in two seconds AND won't regenerate while you attack, making you take cover and drop your Beat Count.

Some of the Demolition Shots are also borderline useless/ so situational you'll probably use them once and never again, the levels 2 and 3 of the Slowdown for example, are complete wastes and you'd be better off using any other ones.

There is exactly one good boss in the entire game: Bunji, everyone else is either too easy (all the goons from the early game, Sherry, Zell and his army) or annoying (the Millenium Amalgamation, the Don, Fangoram)The final boss is also nototorious for how long it takes to kill and how braindead the fight is, you're unkillable during the whole thing anyways so it's all spectacle and no substance, I hate it. I've also beaten it five times already and will beat it more in the future.

I just replayed this like 3 weeks ago and your thoughts echo mine pretty much one to one. Overdose is a mess and I love it.

 

[bjork]

Directly Drink Milk from Cow on PC, but I feel bad saying it's genuinely bad? It's probably made by one guy, and it's just a game about trying to work on a farm. There's a guy who tells you how to do the things you need to do, and you can kinda do them, but the game seems to be doing whatever it wants while you try to do them. Some commands work and then they don't, some things have collision and some don't, and yes, you can even directly drink milk from cow. The guy gets on his hands and knees and straight mouth-to-udder time. But it's fun to just see what the game is going to do, or how you can exploit things. There are cars in the game, and if you park at an angle, your character will stand at an angle when you exit the car. So I spent a lot of time trying to flip the car upside down and exit before it self-corrected, and... well