What would you declare as "The Worst Game" on any given platform?

[Deleted member 13897]

Yeah, and they all suck. Not to mention the $200 USD price tag, and that was $200 USD in 1991. Adjusted for inflation that would be $475 USD today.

Imagine dropping $25 short of a PS5 on 52 games and they either suck so bad they're unplayable or they just plain don't work.

Agony and suffering :-(

 

[GundamJehutyKai]

I've been around the block and have played a LOT of really bad games, from games for the Amiga all the way up to present day. A lot of them are awful but still have a certain level of charm which makes me not hate them but many are so bad, I want to forget them. And in that list, some always remain in my mind regardless because they were just THAT DAMN BAD!!

Games like Captain Planet and the planeteers on the NES!!!
Or James Bond Jr on the SNES
Or Sword of Sodan on the MD/Genesis

But if you want a relatively recent one, I present Hyperdimension Neptunia on the PS3!!

This game was all kinds of awful and it's a miracle that such a strong series came from this abomination. This game is so bad, the company remade it later on and basically scrubbed this version out of existence!

performance-wise, the game struggled to maintain 30fps at any point.

Gameplay-wise, the system didn't allow you to use items directly, you had to set up rules so that the characters would use items when certain criteria are met, such as if the HP of a character falls below 50%, use healing item X. Or if character is KO'd, use resurrection item.

That in itself was awkward, especially since there was no other way to heal or resurrect your characters but the real kick in the teeth was that you could not use items outside of battle! I repeat, you cannot use items OUTSIDE OF BATTLE!!
So if your team needed healing, you had to go into a fight and risk further damage and KO to heal your characters!!!

The game was also a huge grindfest if you wanted the "true" ending...

 

[Hourai]

Secret Agent Files: Miami for the 3DS. It was completely and utterly nonsensical in how it worked (you had to hotwire a vehicle with no instructions on how, and it didn't even matter because if you failed it you automatically proceeded), on top of just...not saying it's a hidden object game at any point. I spent five minutes figuring that out, because the game and the eshop page didn't say that. The writing is also terrible, having the least sympathetic main characters with the least believable romance I've seen this side of Rance, and you could at least argue that Rance is fun about how horrible a person he is. It also ripped off Burn Notice, apparently. The visuals and music looked and sounded like they'd be on the GBA, not two generations ahead of it.

It was so bad that I tried getting a refund (obviously, I couldn't), and I refused to tell anyone about it solely so they wouldn't buy it even out of morbid curiosity. I'm only doing it now because the eshop is closed.

 

[BigTony]

Nothing beats The Evil Within as the worst I've ever play
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I relly enjoyed what i played of it but i got stuck and gave up at some point

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Black mesa its basically just half-life 1 but worse in every way. Every time i hear someone talk about the game i feel like an insane person because its so obviously worse than the original but it seems to get nothing but praise.

 

[Deleted member 3339]

 

[popckorn]

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One game that I appreciate in Video Dissertations, and gameplays by good gamers.
Personally I always liked its aesthetic and subtle psycho-erotic undertones in role-plays and BDSM, the contrast of innocence and morbid rituals of power and abuse is mesmerizing, but playing it myself felt like a chore, and I get stressed by playing as the one being abused. I can see it in third person, but playing it myself is triggering.

 

[Deleted member 420614]

I hate repeating my self.

Super man 64
Last if us II "I purely hate it the worst writing I ever had the displeasure to read with so many plot hole a
Swiss cheese feels shame"
Final fantasy 13 such a crappy story with crappy charters
Night trap because it´s not a game yes I played it or rather yes I watched it while pressing a button.
Bubsy on Snes worst plaformer ever.

Honestly I played allot of games I would consider bad. But these ones I named are so bad I rather end my self than play them again.

 

[Deleted member 3339]

One game that I appreciate in Video Dissertations, and gameplays by good gamers.
Personally I always liked its aesthetic and subtle psycho-erotic undertones in role-plays and BDSM, the contrast of innocence and morbid rituals of power and abuse is mesmerizing, but playing it myself felt like a chore, and I get stressed by playing as the one being abused. I can see it in third person, but playing it myself is triggering.

The thing is though you have to slog through the gameplay to get to the story and holy shit it is a miserable experience

 

[RebelofDaNeonGod]

Inscryption, it has made me look at games I've played that I hated and made me rethink every single one. It is the single most putrid waste of time, effort and money I have ever seen that is, unfortunately, propped up by dented-in forehead idiots who think anything with a meta-narrative/fourth wall breaks is the peak of subversion and writing. Actual pond scum of a game.

 

[partymembervii]

warhammer 40k dawn of war is unreadable and therefore nigh unplayable, with very limited options for changing the text size. unfortunate because the actual gameplay i really enjoy. just cant fucking read anything which i feel like is pretty important

 

[CG4R12I4N]

Superman: The New Superman Adventures/Superman 64 (N64), hands down, like some above already said. Easily the worst of all the games you all have been mentioned, OBJECTIVELY.

 

[Swagmata]

For me the worst game has to be the one that offended me the most personally so it’s got to be fallout 4

 

[WesternYokai]

Eve of Extinction for the PS2. I tried to play this as a kid 20 years ago and well, this was the worst experience I had in my childhood. Then I tried to play again recently to make a retrospective article and man... wtf. This was worst than I thought.

 

[UnDubious]

Eve of Extinction for the PS2. I tried to play this as a kid 20 years ago and well, this was the worst experience I had in my childhood. Then I tried to play again recently to make a retrospective article and man... wtf. This was worst than I thought.

I wonder if it's as bad as the PS2 Berserk hack-n-slash that was made by the same company (Yuke's). Actually even their Dreamcast Berserk game is mediocre, even though it has a good reputation.

 

[konatakonatakon1]

Cyberpunk 2077

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Black mesa its basically just half-life 1 but worse in every way. Every time i hear someone talk about the game i feel like an insane person because its so obviously worse than the original but it seems to get nothing but praise.

I would like to know why , i played HL1 but didn't try black mesa what's so bad about it?

 

[legsrjust4show]

Superman: The New Superman Adventures/Superman 64 (N64), hands down, like some above already said. Easily the worst of all the games you all have been mentioned, OBJECTIVELY.

It's saving grace is that it is very funny at how bad it is. If you manage to past the intro stages with the rings and get to the parts where you're underground or in a parking lot then you can experience the joy of just glitching through the walls by just playing the game normally.

 

[UnDubious]

So I gave Eve of Extinction (PS2 action-adventure brawler) a very fair chance, about a hour and a half... it really is that bad. The camera refuses to face ahead of you for more than a second no matter how much you try to adjust it, it really is the worst camera I've seen. The lock on is so finicky it's nearly useless. Fighting is unsatisfying, the controls are bad, including some really needlessly complicated maneuvers for simple things (ie the platforming...) and the levels feel big and aimless rather than fun to explore. Just trash.

 

[xEnakil]

It released on all major platforms as well.

I know but I meant that, they took the core of the game from mobile version. Rather than taking it from core ps2 ported pc version

 

[Firenoh]

Name a 3DO game that ISNT terrible, I dare you

Killing Time is quite good. Got a recent remaster on Steam as well.

 

[UnDubious]

Lucienne's Quest is a good RPG on the 3DO. Road Rash 3DO was dope too. There's actually a few good games.

 

[rugal]

alone in the dark to ps1

 

[Pernil]

Gone Home

 

[Amakuchi]

Maybe it was too big brain for me, but I couldn't stand Daggerfall. I was lured in by the rad box art only to be let down by an obnoxious dice roll combat mechanic

 

[garbodorman]

Digimon Adventure for PSP.
Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War.
Suikoden 3 and 5.