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

[trickybus]

Aw I love that game!

To be fair, I genuinely liked the cutscenes. The mo-cap theatrics are charming and deep down, I wish that style flourished and became its own thing.

 

[Logi]

 

[Viviana Santos]

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[King Koopa's iconKing Koopa]

Probably Ninja Bread Man. I got it for less than a dollar at Gamestop and the employee was actually relieved to see it finally go so I knew I was in for a ride trying it.

 

[Deleted member 171852]

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Deee em see too plssss

 

[Viviana Santos]

Deee em see too plssss

 

[cjl8336]

Not just the worst MK game...

"We have Twisted Metal at home" - not the worst, but certainly not the best

 

[Tezca]

Worst game? Hmm.

SNES Lion King comes to mind. Though it could've been a skill issue, idk.

 

[HexGramarye]

If you know, you know, 'kay?

 

[Tezca]

If you know, you know, 'kay?

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Oh man. That game.

 

[MistHunter]

. . .
It is not the worst for me...
But this is the cringiest I have ever played.

Hardhead (for Arcade)...
Even has a sequel!
Regretful to this day o_o

 

[trickybus]

Popping back in to add Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen. MandaloreGaming has a fantastic essay on it if you need a formal introduction. The following is an informal intro:

I couldn't find a version without the meme music; all the other weirdness is purely the game

 

[SolemnlyDoc]

Assassins Creed Unity

To release this as the sequel to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag was the most disappointing experience I've had with gaming. From clunky mechanics to a story that doesn't bear remembering, it was the first missed step on the flight of stairs Ubisoft pushed the Assassin's Creed franchise down.

Honorable mention goes to Cyberpunk 2077 on release. Paid full price and was hyped only to be horribly disappointed by the performance. It was completely unplayable at that time. Went on to become one of my favorite games of all time though.

 

[Scum Of Orion]

Bound by Flame

I listened to some guy talking on YouTube about how more B level games need to be given a chance and he recommended this one to fans of Fantasy or games like Fable.
I still agree that cheaper and lower quality games are often just as good as triple AA or more often than not far better for even exploring new ideas that they don't.
This game is not that. It is a very mindless slog where what choices you make don't matter and all combat is the same boring combat.
I even wasted time trying the PS$ re-release to see if it was better, the naivety was bad.

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I only played the demo on 360 but it was an experience.
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Is basically what happens if Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid made the Fusion dance but they made it wrong and the result is a stealth game that punishes you a lot for little errors, the Vampires basically kills you in one hit when they discover you.

Does that say Rain Vampire or Vampire Rain? either way not a great title

 

[Viviana Santos]

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[trickybus]

Assassins Creed Unity
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To release this as the sequel to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag was the most disappointing experience I've had with gaming. From clunky mechanics to a story that doesn't bear remembering, it was the first missed step on the flight of stairs Ubisoft pushed the Assassin's Creed franchise down.

Honorable mention goes to Cyberpunk 2077 on release. Paid full price and was hyped only to be horribly disappointed by the performance. It was completely unplayable at that time. Went on to become one of my favorite games of all time though.

Do you remember the online PvP play for an earlier AC game? I don't quite remember which game. The one where players picked an assassin character, entered a map populated with NPC clones of the players, and tried finding other players to assassinate while not blowing their own cover. At the time, that was the most creative mode I'd seen out of an AC game in a while, so Ubisoft did fuck all with it

 

[Boo Man]

Diablo 4
somehow it was even worse than Diablo 3

 

[Antihero]

In my opinion dynasty warriors 6 is the worst game I ever played, they replaced the combo system with renbu system which really sucks!

 

[PhrawzT]

In my opinion dynasty warriors 6 is the worst game I ever played, they replaced the combo system with renbu system which really sucks!

I stopped playing the series for years after that. Eventually I did pick up a used copy of DW7 and was glad it got rid of the renbu garbage.

 

[CausticDisco]

Normally, the games considered "the worst ever" have some redeeming humor factor to them that I find enjoyable. Action 52's psychedelic graphics and games that don't work and Bubsy 3D's charming Primitive 3 Dimensional Graphics prevent me from calling them the "worst of all time".

So instead I raise this; No More Heroes. A game that I genuinely hated from the minute I started it. The "jokes" are terrible and I genuinely hate Travis as a character and an MC. Not cause he's a loser or nothing (I like "loser" characters FYI) but because he is, for lack of a better word, a REDDITOR. He acts exactly like every annoying redditor from the early 2010s. I half expected this guy to tell me that the Narwhal Bacons at Midnight.

And the gameplay... good heavens... perhaps the worst shit ever. I already dislike Character Action games but this spins it in a way to specifically make me feel like shit while playing it. The way the blade controls feels so damn flimsy and constantly recharging feels more like an annoyance rather than a mechanic that makes you play wisely. Now granted, I was playing the PC version which I heard is inferior to the original version for the Wii, but I doubt I would have enjoyed it anyways. I quit at the Shinobu boss fight, I was fed up with that game already but this battle in particular was like pouring molten sewage on my face. From that moment on I just realized I didn't like Suda Goichi's games... Killer7 wasn't too bad though.

But hey, it inspired that one Hi-C song, so everything has a bright side to it lol.

 

[RebelofDaNeonGod]

I absolutely loathe Inscryption. There is no game dev I think needs to be slapped until they understand what they make and what they write is nothing, but vapid dogshit than Daniel Mullins. Every single word that this rancid creature writes is like nails on chalkboard, like dirt in the eyes. Ever game he makes is just "oooOOOooo the game is possessed!!!", but Inscryption just takes this vile and redundant premise to the next level by having a community do some dogshit arg to find out that HITLER is a villain within Inscryption. It doesn't help that the part that people love (the card game) is the most limp-wristed card game known to man

 

[MajesticSiN]

Pit Fighter on the SNES. Absolute donkey butter.

 

[trickybus]

Ever game he makes is just "oooOOOooo the game is possessed!!!"

This is precisely why I ended up removing it from my wishlist lol

having a community do some dogshit arg to find out that HITLER is a villain within Inscryption.

Holy shit, I dodged a bullet

 

[Deleted member 7989]

I absolutely loathe Inscryption. There is no game dev I think needs to be slapped until they understand what they make and what they write is nothing, but vapid dogshit than Daniel Mullins. Every single word that this rancid creature writes is like nails on chalkboard, like dirt in the eyes. Ever game he makes is just "oooOOOooo the game is possessed!!!", but Inscryption just takes this vile and redundant premise to the next level by having a community do some dogshit arg to find out that HITLER is a villain within Inscryption. It doesn't help that the part that people love (the card game) is the most limp-wristed card game known to man

you said Adolf?

 

[Nidoking's icon Nidoking Nidoking]

As far as major releases are concerned, it really might be Pokemon Sword & Shield. Like... it's really that inexcusable. Far from the worst game at all, though.

That title... probably goes to...

It just kind of fails on every possible level. It's ugly to look at, the sound effects are annoying, and the music is repetitive. The gameplay is incredibly clunk and super sluggish, with really awkward physics paired with one-hit deaths and a character model that's waaay too big for the type of game it is. Even if you're perfect at it (I cannot imagine how many deaths that would take) it still takes an eternity to even get through each screen.