What game made a seriously bad impression on you?
4-Sep-23 10:45pm
#1 SupremeSarna
We all take games seriously here—maybe a little too seriously sometimes. A game you were excited for can become a point of hatred with enough missteps. What game have you hated in the past or hate currently?
#1 SupremeSarna
We all take games seriously here—maybe a little too seriously sometimes. A game you were excited for can become a point of hatred with enough missteps. What game have you hated in the past or hate currently?
4-Sep-23 11:00pm
#3 SupremeSarna
I’ll start, I guess. I was (and still am, technically) an admin on Kirby Wiki for a decade, and when Kirby: Triple Deluxe launched, I was pumped. It was a sequel to Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, the best traditional platformer IMO. It had new Copy Abilities to use, giant bosses to bash, a new story to experience in a whimsical world, and so much more. What could go wrong?
Then I played it. At the time, I was disappointed. The new Hypernova ability that replaced KRtDL’s Super Abilities was pretty dull and repetitive, and not optional at all. The story didn’t really go anywhere until the last two cutscenes, where both villains reveal themselves to be two-dimensional. The world itself was pastel-colored to an annoying degree, with the volcanic area looking like neon ketchup rather than boiling lava. KTD dug up as many references to past Kirby games as it could, almost feeling afraid to have its own identity. And the Dedede’s Drum Dash mode was a rhythm game that I couldn’t get good at. I was unimpressed at first, angry by the end.
Since I was an admin on the site, though, I couldn’t just stop playing it. I had to help write articles and facilitate our coverage efforts. So I didn’t get a respite from it for about four months, and as a result, I ended up hating it for years. I’ve since softened on it and even like the game now, but I can still remember why I despised it all those years ago.
#3 SupremeSarna
I’ll start, I guess. I was (and still am, technically) an admin on Kirby Wiki for a decade, and when Kirby: Triple Deluxe launched, I was pumped. It was a sequel to Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, the best traditional platformer IMO. It had new Copy Abilities to use, giant bosses to bash, a new story to experience in a whimsical world, and so much more. What could go wrong?
Then I played it. At the time, I was disappointed. The new Hypernova ability that replaced KRtDL’s Super Abilities was pretty dull and repetitive, and not optional at all. The story didn’t really go anywhere until the last two cutscenes, where both villains reveal themselves to be two-dimensional. The world itself was pastel-colored to an annoying degree, with the volcanic area looking like neon ketchup rather than boiling lava. KTD dug up as many references to past Kirby games as it could, almost feeling afraid to have its own identity. And the Dedede’s Drum Dash mode was a rhythm game that I couldn’t get good at. I was unimpressed at first, angry by the end.
Since I was an admin on the site, though, I couldn’t just stop playing it. I had to help write articles and facilitate our coverage efforts. So I didn’t get a respite from it for about four months, and as a result, I ended up hating it for years. I’ve since softened on it and even like the game now, but I can still remember why I despised it all those years ago.
4-Sep-23 11:46pm
#5 Bleed_DukeBlue
Twelve Minutes. I don’t even know where to begin, but the true ending is all kinds of messed up.
#5 Bleed_DukeBlue
Twelve Minutes. I don’t even know where to begin, but the true ending is all kinds of messed up.
4-Sep-23 11:55pm
#6 Slickriven
Oh Twelve Minutes - what utter trash. It sure got lots of hype thanks to the voice actors they swindled into their dumpster fire of a joke.
#6 Slickriven
Oh Twelve Minutes - what utter trash. It sure got lots of hype thanks to the voice actors they swindled into their dumpster fire of a joke.
4-Sep-23 11:59pm
#7 mattyg00013
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
#7 mattyg00013
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
5-Sep-23 12:00am
#8 SupremeSarna
Slickriven wrote:
Oh Twelve Minutes - what utter trash. It sure got lots of hype thanks to the voice actors they swindled into their dumpster fire of a joke.
What’s Twelve Minutes, besides the average Super Mario Land playthrough?
#8 SupremeSarna
Slickriven wrote:
Oh Twelve Minutes - what utter trash. It sure got lots of hype thanks to the voice actors they swindled into their dumpster fire of a joke.
What’s Twelve Minutes, besides the average Super Mario Land playthrough?
5-Sep-23 12:01am
#9 Slickriven
mattyg00013 wrote:
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
Ouch, that stinks. I think I knew about the bug and made sure to play on a different platform, but maybe I'm not remembering correctly. I actually liked Arkham Origins - it wasn't as good as City but I felt it was decent enough and maybe would've been better received had it come out before the superior City title.
#9 Slickriven
mattyg00013 wrote:
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
Ouch, that stinks. I think I knew about the bug and made sure to play on a different platform, but maybe I'm not remembering correctly. I actually liked Arkham Origins - it wasn't as good as City but I felt it was decent enough and maybe would've been better received had it come out before the superior City title.
5-Sep-23 12:01am
#10 SupremeSarna
mattyg00013 wrote:
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
A friend recommended it as more Arkham. Is it significantly worse than the Rocksteady ones?
#10 SupremeSarna
mattyg00013 wrote:
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
A friend recommended it as more Arkham. Is it significantly worse than the Rocksteady ones?
5-Sep-23 12:04am
#11 Slickriven
SupremeSarna wrote:
A friend recommended it as more Arkham. Is it significantly worse than the Rocksteady ones?
It's more of Arkham Asylum with some open world like City. It's likely the worst of the whole series, but only barely. I loved Asylum and City and Knight was solid. Origins was good enough that I wasn't wasting my time, but Rocksteady was the better studio. The studio that did Origins went on to do Gotham Knights... so the quality is a step down for sure.
#11 Slickriven
SupremeSarna wrote:
A friend recommended it as more Arkham. Is it significantly worse than the Rocksteady ones?
It's more of Arkham Asylum with some open world like City. It's likely the worst of the whole series, but only barely. I loved Asylum and City and Knight was solid. Origins was good enough that I wasn't wasting my time, but Rocksteady was the better studio. The studio that did Origins went on to do Gotham Knights... so the quality is a step down for sure.
5-Sep-23 4:35am
#12 benstylus
Samurai Legend Musashi - the sequel to my favorite PS1 game of all time.
It was just... so... bad.
Even IGN gave it a 5.2. And they are so famous for inflated review scores that earlier this year they actually published an article trying to explain why they have so many games scoring 7 or above...
https://www.ign.com/...
#12 benstylus
Samurai Legend Musashi - the sequel to my favorite PS1 game of all time.
It was just... so... bad.
Even IGN gave it a 5.2. And they are so famous for inflated review scores that earlier this year they actually published an article trying to explain why they have so many games scoring 7 or above...
https://www.ign.com/...
5-Sep-23 7:57am
#13 Gypsy
mattyg00013 wrote:
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
Damn. I had two glitches I remember where I couldn't progress the game at all as-is (can recall other times where I was able to power through). Assassin's Creed 2 (shortly dropped the series after this anyway) and then Red Dead Redemption which I did like enough to attempt to patch which worked and I was able to play the game.
benstylus wrote:
Samurai Legend Musashi - the sequel to my favorite PS1 game of all time. It was just... so... bad. Even IGN gave it a 5.2. And they are so famous for inflated review scores that earlier this year they actually published an article trying to explain why they have so many games scoring 7 or above... https://www.ign.com/...
A 7, the lowest score a video game can receive.
Complete agree with this one. Was actually talking about it recently and said I'd give BFM a 9 and SLM a 5.5. I didn't know about the IGN review at all so that's kind of funny..
#13 Gypsy
mattyg00013 wrote:
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
Damn. I had two glitches I remember where I couldn't progress the game at all as-is (can recall other times where I was able to power through). Assassin's Creed 2 (shortly dropped the series after this anyway) and then Red Dead Redemption which I did like enough to attempt to patch which worked and I was able to play the game.
benstylus wrote:
Samurai Legend Musashi - the sequel to my favorite PS1 game of all time. It was just... so... bad. Even IGN gave it a 5.2. And they are so famous for inflated review scores that earlier this year they actually published an article trying to explain why they have so many games scoring 7 or above... https://www.ign.com/...
A 7, the lowest score a video game can receive.
Complete agree with this one. Was actually talking about it recently and said I'd give BFM a 9 and SLM a 5.5. I didn't know about the IGN review at all so that's kind of funny..
5-Sep-23 9:43am
#14 Kommie
DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue - Encountered a game breaking glitch at the end where I couldn't beat it. Didn't want to start over either.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Just a bad game compared to the first.
#14 Kommie
DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue - Encountered a game breaking glitch at the end where I couldn't beat it. Didn't want to start over either.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Just a bad game compared to the first.
5-Sep-23 9:50am
#15 Scott
Super Mario Sunshine. I want to love it like I love all of the other Mario games, but I just don't. I think if I had played it when it first came out, I probably would have enjoyed it (not sure if I would have LOVED it though). But, since I wasn't really gaming much during that time and didn't even own a GC until after the Wii was already out, it took a long while before I finally found time to try it, and by then, it just didn't hold up. I tried again a few years ago and this time really tried to power through, but I still ended up quitting in the 2nd world because I just wasn't enjoying it. I'm going to give it one last chance on Switch. Playing SM64 on Switch felt like a huge upgrade with the controls, so I'm hoping the same will be true for Sunshine. A large portion of my frustration was the controls, so if they can be improved, it would help a ton. I still think the level design sucks though.
#15 Scott
Super Mario Sunshine. I want to love it like I love all of the other Mario games, but I just don't. I think if I had played it when it first came out, I probably would have enjoyed it (not sure if I would have LOVED it though). But, since I wasn't really gaming much during that time and didn't even own a GC until after the Wii was already out, it took a long while before I finally found time to try it, and by then, it just didn't hold up. I tried again a few years ago and this time really tried to power through, but I still ended up quitting in the 2nd world because I just wasn't enjoying it. I'm going to give it one last chance on Switch. Playing SM64 on Switch felt like a huge upgrade with the controls, so I'm hoping the same will be true for Sunshine. A large portion of my frustration was the controls, so if they can be improved, it would help a ton. I still think the level design sucks though.
5-Sep-23 10:32am
#16 ued222
Saints Row 2022 the game wasn't as fun as the previous 4 games and the spin offs. The gameplay wasn't an improvement and the story and forced side activities were a drag. The dialogue and characters were also lacking. The game wasn't as bleak as previous games and lacked weapons as well.
#16 ued222
Saints Row 2022 the game wasn't as fun as the previous 4 games and the spin offs. The gameplay wasn't an improvement and the story and forced side activities were a drag. The dialogue and characters were also lacking. The game wasn't as bleak as previous games and lacked weapons as well.
5-Sep-23 11:18am
#17 Orlandu
Plants Vs Zombies 2. The original is still fun to play. The sequel is mobile fremium garbage.
#17 Orlandu
Plants Vs Zombies 2. The original is still fun to play. The sequel is mobile fremium garbage.
5-Sep-23 1:14pm
#18 Otaku100
benstylus wrote:
Samurai Legend Musashi - the sequel to my favorite PS1 game of all time. It was just... so... bad. Even IGN gave it a 5.2. And they are so famous for inflated review scores that earlier this year they actually published an article trying to explain why they have so many games scoring 7 or above... https://www.ign.com/...
I never knew Brave Fencer Musashi had a sequel...
For me I guess a good example would be Lunar Dragon Song; I had played the PS1 remakes of Silver Star and Eternal Blue, and went in expecting this game to be amazing, but instead it ended up being quite possibly the worst RPG I've ever played.
#18 Otaku100
benstylus wrote:
Samurai Legend Musashi - the sequel to my favorite PS1 game of all time. It was just... so... bad. Even IGN gave it a 5.2. And they are so famous for inflated review scores that earlier this year they actually published an article trying to explain why they have so many games scoring 7 or above... https://www.ign.com/...
I never knew Brave Fencer Musashi had a sequel...
For me I guess a good example would be Lunar Dragon Song; I had played the PS1 remakes of Silver Star and Eternal Blue, and went in expecting this game to be amazing, but instead it ended up being quite possibly the worst RPG I've ever played.
5-Sep-23 1:24pm
#19 Sun
shadyfozzie wrote:
State Of Emergency for PS2.. SOOOO Much hype... SOOOOOO Terrible..
This.
#19 Sun
shadyfozzie wrote:
State Of Emergency for PS2.. SOOOO Much hype... SOOOOOO Terrible..
This.
5-Sep-23 2:51pm
#20 PizzaTheHutt
I remember not liking Super Mario Galaxy at all.the first time I played it for like 30 minutes. I thought the controls were crap and so was the camera, and I was convinced that Nintendo would never learn how to get the camera right in a 3D platformer. I went back to it a couple of weeks later though and my whole opinion changed and now I would rank it in the Top 5 of 3D platformers on Wii.
The opposite was true for Super Mario Sunshine. I rented it in summer of 2002, this was when Blockbuster had this pass promotion thing going where for the whole month you could rent a game and return it for something else as many times as you want for the entire month instead of being stuck with a game for 5 days. I played Super Mario Sunshine for a few hours and kinda enjoyed it despite the camera sucking moose nuts, never finished it though, I returned it to Blockbuster 2 or 3 days later to get Madden 2003. I revisited Super Mario Sunshine almost 20 years later when Nintendo released it on Switch as part of Super Mario 3D All-stars and I played a couple hours and refused to play more, I don't know how I ever liked it. The camera is just bad and I feel the game in general, like Super Mario 64 which is also included on the Super Mario 3D All-stars collection, it simply didn't age well.
#20 PizzaTheHutt
I remember not liking Super Mario Galaxy at all.the first time I played it for like 30 minutes. I thought the controls were crap and so was the camera, and I was convinced that Nintendo would never learn how to get the camera right in a 3D platformer. I went back to it a couple of weeks later though and my whole opinion changed and now I would rank it in the Top 5 of 3D platformers on Wii.
The opposite was true for Super Mario Sunshine. I rented it in summer of 2002, this was when Blockbuster had this pass promotion thing going where for the whole month you could rent a game and return it for something else as many times as you want for the entire month instead of being stuck with a game for 5 days. I played Super Mario Sunshine for a few hours and kinda enjoyed it despite the camera sucking moose nuts, never finished it though, I returned it to Blockbuster 2 or 3 days later to get Madden 2003. I revisited Super Mario Sunshine almost 20 years later when Nintendo released it on Switch as part of Super Mario 3D All-stars and I played a couple hours and refused to play more, I don't know how I ever liked it. The camera is just bad and I feel the game in general, like Super Mario 64 which is also included on the Super Mario 3D All-stars collection, it simply didn't age well.
5-Sep-23 2:59pm
#21 PizzaTheHutt
mattyg00013 wrote:
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
What were you playing it on? I played it on Wii U originally, got around 75% through it, then during a boss fight cutscene the game froze while in the middle of autosaving my progress. I had to power off the system and then when I started it up again the data was corrupted. A few weeks later I restarted it on Steam this time and had no issues with it. It's not a bad game at all, but if I didn't already own it on Steam as well, I never would have given it another chance on Wii U.
#21 PizzaTheHutt
mattyg00013 wrote:
Batman Arkham Origins - I hit a game breaking glitch, I cant recall how many hours in but my save file was corrupted so the only option at the time was to restart the game. I enjoy every other game in the series but I have never gone back to Origins.
What were you playing it on? I played it on Wii U originally, got around 75% through it, then during a boss fight cutscene the game froze while in the middle of autosaving my progress. I had to power off the system and then when I started it up again the data was corrupted. A few weeks later I restarted it on Steam this time and had no issues with it. It's not a bad game at all, but if I didn't already own it on Steam as well, I never would have given it another chance on Wii U.
What game made a seriously bad impression on you?