What are some genuinely bad games you enjoy?

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Major League Baseball on NES is tiresome, broken and annoying... and I love playing it with friends just for a cheap laugh.

 

[UnDubious]

I genuinely like Beat Down and don't think it's a bad game at all. It's kind of like the Yakuza series with less story and more violence. I even beat it with every character IIRC.

I don't think I like any bad game, that doesn't really make sense to me as a concept. I definitely like some janky games, but that's because I value their qualities enough to overlook their flaws, and because I've been playing games for too long to be prissy about small stuff.

The closest thing to a so-bad-it's-good game I've beaten is Earnest Evans on the Genesis. You really have to play it to understand. The character is made up of a bunch of separate sprites and he seems nearly uncontrollable at first, which I found hilarious for a while. I wouldn't say I like the game though, the comedy wears off eventually.

 

[Ikagura]

The closest thing to a so-bad-it's-good game I've beaten is Earnest Evans on the Genesis. You really have to play it to understand. The character is made up of a bunch of separate sprites and he seems nearly uncontrollable at first, which I found hilarious for a while. I wouldn't say I like the game though, the comedy wears off eventually.

I think that a multi-segmented body would've worked better in a 32-bits game since sprite rotation was possible. It's like a proto-ragdoll.

At least it's graphically okay for its time, the music is surprisingly great (thanks Sakuraba) and the story is a bunch of animated cutscenes (but since I don't understand japanese I'm not fully sure of the plot).

Also Earnest has a rolling animation that is cryptic to use...

The thing I dislike the most is that there is 0 invulnerability frames upon getting hit, it's constant damage.

 

[Prism_Red]

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory







on N-Gage.

 

[RedNin3]

If you haven't tried FlatOut 3, you don't know what BAD means.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory







on N-Gage.

I almost feel like the N-Gage itself could be listed here. I find it fascinating, but actually playing it? Nah.

 

[Prism_Red]

I almost feel like the N-Gage itself could be listed here. I find it fascinating, but actually playing it? Nah.

Tomb Raider is the only notably good ones, the rest are pretty much restricted by hardware limitations, you'd be playing in 15fps most of the time. It was cool to have that tho back in the day.

 

[Jeff]

Fester's Quest. It's bad due to the difficulty, but the music is really good. Also, the PAL version is a bit superior than the US release.

 

[Korova]

Clock Tower: Ghosthead, Blade and Overblood. I enjoy the soundtrack in all games.

 

[Stingy Perry]

Shinobido Way/Tales of the Ninja
Splinter Cell Essential

 

[ZombieFish]

Borrowed it from a friend over Summer break one year. Nothing else to play I hadn’t beaten a dozen times, so I learned to love the pain. Bet I could still beat the Aggro Crag in one go.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

Shinobido Way/Tales of the Ninja
Splinter Cell Essential

I'm pretty hesitant to call Shinobido Way of the Ninja a bad game, but I could be biased. I've heard the PSP game is jankier, but I haven't gotten to it yet.

 

[Stingy Perry]

I'm pretty hesitant to call Shinobido Way of the Ninja a bad game, but I could be biased. I've heard the PSP game is jankier, but I haven't gotten to it yet.

The PSP one is like Tenchu Time of the Assassins but worse.

 

[Llyw]

Second Sonic 06, an objectively flawed game with a story I love (I always maintain Sonic shines best when it takes itself too seriously until it gets jarring) and technically it’s a Shadow story which I appreciate. I hope to get Project 06 on my Steam Deck OLED if it finishes

 

[stealthRUSH]

Essentially jank games not outright terrible. I omitted a few like Mega Man Battle & Chase, Ghen War, Bomberman Fantasy Race, Riglord Saga, and Sonic R for example some may consider 'bad' I wouldn't.

- Advanced V.G.
- Scud: The Disposable Assassin
- Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
- Extra Bright
- Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
- Terra Cresta 3D
- Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth
- Final Fight Revenge
- Planet Joker
- Future Racer
- Cosmic Race
- Johnny Bazookatone
- Spawn: The Eternal
- Browning
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
- Ragnagard
- Countdown Vampires
- Fantastic Four
- Floating Runner: Quest for the 7 Crystals
- Autobahn Tokio
- BoomBots
- Sol Divide
- Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage
- Vampire Hunter D
- Pax Corpus

 

[AxeHammer]

Limbo of the Lost, it's an old PC point-and-click that's full of plagiarized assets from other video games that were popular around the time, awful pre-rendered 3d graphics, hilarious voice acting and some of the weirdest pixel-hunting puzzle logic that i couldn't solve without looking at a walkthrough even when i had another person helping me.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

Essentially jank games not outright terrible. I omitted a few like Mega Man Battle & Chase, Ghen War, Bomberman Fantasy Race, Riglord Saga, and Sonic R for example some may consider 'bad' I wouldn't.

- Advanced V.G.
- Scud: The Disposable Assassin
- Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
- Extra Bright
- Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
- Terra Cresta 3D
- Tama: Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth
- Final Fight Revenge
- Planet Joker
- Future Racer
- Cosmic Race
- Johnny Bazookatone
- Spawn: The Eternal
- Browning
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
- Ragnagard
- Countdown Vampires
- Fantastic Four
- Floating Runner: Quest for the 7 Crystals
- Autobahn Tokio
- BoomBots
- Sol Divide
- Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage
- Vampire Hunter D
- Pax Corpus

A whole lotta (fools) gold here. Final Fight Revenge has to be one of my favorite fighters for a poverty kusoge session. I've still never met anyone IRL that has heard of Countdown Vampires. I kinda like FF:WA and SS:WR too.

 

[peachGummiez]

I've been stoned out of my mind and had genuine fun playing Superman 64 and Bubsy 3D.

 

[iamthemilkman]

not actually ''bad'' games, but more like, janky/cheesy ones, which can still provide lot of cool moments, especially some of them, like dpremonition or fatal fury 5

in no order

- fallout new vegas
- ff7: docerberus
- ultra age
- wanted dead
- sliterhead
- fatal frame 5
- dpremonition 2
- original nier
- gungrave (2022)
- alan wake 1 (original)
- witcher 1
- orphen (ps2)
- just cause 2
- turok 2008
- uncharted 1 (it really aged)
- blacksite area 51
- the amazing spiderman 1 game
- shenmue 2

I preferred Alan Wake to Alan Wake 2. While Alan Wake 2 can be visually spectacular, I preferred the storytelling, the characters, and the gameplay of the first. While there were probably too many repetitive shootouts in the first with The Taken, I found the sequel to have far too little of it. There was a whole lot walking and a lot less action. Whereas I've replayed the first game many times, I've only played Alan Wake 2 twice and I can't see myself playing it much more than that. By comparison, I've replayed Max Payne 1/2, Alan Wake 1+DLC, Quantum Break and Control many times. I've only played American Nightmare a few times, though.

I agree with Wanted: Dead and Slitterhead. Those are two of my more recent favorite weirdo games. By the way, while I'm talking about Wanted: Dead, you reminded me of another "bad game" that I love:

 

[stealthRUSH]

A whole lotta (fools) gold here. Final Fight Revenge has to be one of my favorite fighters for a poverty kusoge session. I've still never met anyone IRL that has heard of Countdown Vampires. I kinda like FF:WA and SS:WR too.

I like how they added destructible crates in matches. I remember reading about Countdown Vampires in a VG magazine back in the day staff giving it low scores and such. Only recently I finally decided to get around to playing it, so far its noticeable bad but isn't abysmal (yet?). FF:WA, and SS:WR have that busted charm to them.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

I'm curious about why DKC 3 and Sonic Advance 3.

Both have some design decisions that hold them back. Advance 3 especially with the crusher spam, terrible team combos, the 7 minute long Chaos Angel Act 2, the boss of Twinkle Snow, and the locations of Chao. Though now looking back at it, I may have stretched with DKC3, that game's just kinda odd. Sonic Advance 3 not so much, though it's way better off than Sonic Advance 2, which I didn't mention because I legitimately hate that game.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

I preferred Alan Wake to Alan Wake 2. While Alan Wake 2 can be visually spectacular, I preferred the storytelling, the characters, and the gameplay of the first. While there were probably too many repetitive shootouts in the first with The Taken, I found the sequel to have far too little of it. There was a whole lot walking and a lot less action. Whereas I've replayed the first game many times, I've only played Alan Wake 2 twice and I can't see myself playing it much more than that. By comparison, I've replayed Max Payne 1/2, Alan Wake 1+DLC, Quantum Break and Control many times. I've only played American Nightmare a few times, though.

I agree with Wanted: Dead and Slitterhead. Those are two of my more recent favorite weirdo games. By the way, while I'm talking about Wanted: Dead, you reminded me of another "bad game" that I love:

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I loved my time with Devil's Third. It's so stupid, over the top, and fun, a true Grindhouse Video Game. I enjoyed Wanted: Dead as well, but it leaned into the silliness and lost a bit of that B Movie charm in the process, whereas Devil's Third was more sincere.

It's kinda like comparing the original "So Bad It's Good" movie that was trying to be genuine to the sequel movie that's in on the joke and winks to the audience, it's not quite the same.

 

[dfizzlio]

Perfect Dark Zero
The game has so many issues, and controls like hot ass, but oh my lord is it charming. The weapon sandbox is incredible, the gadgets are fun, the levels are vast and varied, the music is bangin' and the multiplayer is endless fun. I don't even consider the game bad.

 

[iamthemilkman]

I loved my time with Devil's Third. It's so stupid, over the top, and fun, a true Grindhouse Video Game. I enjoyed Wanted: Dead as well, but it leaned into the silliness and lost a bit of that B Movie charm in the process, whereas Devil's Third was more sincere.

It's kinda like comparing the original "So Bad It's Good" movie that was trying to be genuine to the sequel movie that's in on the joke and winks to the audience, it's not quite the same.

I agree with that. While Wanted: Dead's a lot tighter all around, I loved how over-the-top and corny Devil's Third was. The fact that the game starts with you playing drums in a bunker and there's musical instruments all over your character's walls is so dumb and fun. Also I love how he's always drinking from his flask during gameplay. It reminded me of the main character always smoking in Vanquish.

 

[Stare best girl]

I enjoyed more Xenosaga 2 than Xenosaga 1

good stuff:
-scenarios and mechas models look great
-the story is good
-combat is good especially in bosses
-themes by Kajiura

bad stuff:
-characters models look awful except Albedo, Jin and Ziggy
-some GS Campaings are ass!
-despite story being good actually is not Xenosaga 2's original plan as reuses the stuff that was planned for Xenosaga 1 and only uses Jr. and URTV stuff from the original plan
-sometimes you are forced to do a very sick grinding if you don't want suffer in some parts