What are some truly bad games that are just ridiculous and hilarious?

Death stranding

From the ridiculous background lore, to the utterly dumb character names, the asinine plot narrative,, all on top of the most banal and idiotic gameplay loop.
 
Danjin44 said:
I don't know why they see a bad game and consider entire "game not art" even tho many different artist work on one game.

We have MANY terrible music made but that doesn't mean music are not art….just like everything made by man it doesn't always will turn out great.
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It's because people use and think of the word "art" in two different ways - "art" as a simple creative project of any sort (which fits the way you guys are using it) and "art" in the sense of something that touches on greatness or excellence in some way - "art" used as a compliment, or synonymous with "good art" or "high art" as opposed to a doodle or something produced merely for commercial gain.
 
I remember enjoying Two Worlds on the original Xbox. It ran so poorly, there were framerate hitches that lasted 6 or 7 seconds. The character design, the movement, the combat, the enemies - it was all trash, and I thought it was hilarious. I'm not sure I would have the same reaction now, 20 years later, but at the time I thought it was funny as hell.
 
I mean even though I liked it at the time lets be real....wtf is Postal 2? I had no idea what I was doing nor why I was doing it, all I knew was that I could stick a gun up a cats ass and use it as a silencer, kill and piss on anyone or just go and buy a carton of milk.


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nkarafo said:
Holy crap those character designs.

We shit on a lot of modern western games for their awful "modern audience" character designs and for a good reason, but these fan service weeb characters are just as bad.
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Yeah , I was a massive weeb back when these games came out, and I still found the cutscenes in them painfully cringy.

It's a shame too because the gameplay in these Ps3 era Tri Ace games was pretty solid (Resonance of Fate in particular had an amazing combat system), there was clearly some talent there. But the characters, writing and art direction were like a combination of everything that's wrong with anime turned up to 11.
 
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nkarafo said:
Holy crap those character designs.

We shit on a lot of modern western games for their awful "modern audience" character designs and for a good reason, but these fan service weeb characters are just as bad.
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The issue with Star Ocean 4 is not character design but rather its 3D models thats really bad.....Which is something Tri Ace is struggle with most of their games.

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2D art works is not bad at all.
 
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Order 1886. Skim any Yt longplay. It'll be about 5.5-6 hrs and half of that is cut scenes, repetitive boss battles and there's so many cutscenes some of the chapters in the game are purely a cutscene to stretch it out.

Forgotten worlds. That old ass arcade and genesis game….. something about an evil paramecium. Fantastic translation!
 
Danjin44 said:
The issue with Star Ocean 4 is not character design but rather its 3D models thats really bad.....Which is something Tri Ace is struggle with most of their games.

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2D art works is not bad at all.
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looking for this game to buy.

Which reminds me, I need to buy Resonance of Fate for PS4 again in the future.
 
Danjin44 said:
The story and character is not great but in my opinion it has best combat in modern Star Ocean games.

do it, it's one of the unique JRPG out there.
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Thanks, Danjin, I already have it on PS3 and PC.

Resonance of Fate, I remember it was the first game I bought imported online, since it was almost impossible to find and sell in Mexico.

I want to start over, but with the PS4 version.
 
Pasta la Vista said:
If you're familiar with Twin Peaks, it has that sort of vibe. Personally I never thought it was actually a good game but it is pretty hilarious.
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Yup. I've seen a few episodes and before i did I was always under the impression that it was super dark. The weirdnesses kinda threw me off when I watched it.
Humdinger said:
I think it's the sheer strangeness of it. The weirdness of the characters in particular. For instance, Francis York Morgan (lead character) is apparently schizophrenic and has conversations with a voice in his head named Zack about old movies and other nonsense. Other characters are equally weird. And the dialog is goofy as hell at times.

The game was consciously aping the qualities of Twin Peaks, a show by David Lynch. Have you seen that? If so, that is some of the "weirdness" that the game trades off. Francis York Morgan is a direct reference to the main character in Twin Peaks (I forget his name). I'm just scratching the surface here. The Twin Peaks weirdness pervades the game. Several characters are direct references.

People who say that it's "so bad that it's good" are missing this part. The game is good not because it's bad (e.g., has poor performance and wonky controls). It's good because it is so weird, so strange - and because it embraces its weirdness enthusiastically. The "bad" aspects of the game are a sideshow. The real charm is how weird and unique the game is (characters and dialog in particular).
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Hmmm, I start to see why you could enjoy something like that. I am all for weird, goofy and hilarious shit in some content. Can absolutely appreciate it in some anime and some games. I might have to just see if I can find the game for a super low price for Xbox sometime.

Hashassin said:
Oh, and Gollum! Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.
That game has 100 ridiculous and 100 hilarious. Also pitiful, preposterous, shameful, despicable, disgusting and perhaps just about any negative adjective.

If you add an apology letter for how bad your game is, you are truly bottom tier. And of top of that, the letter was filled with errors.
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Gollem, oh man. I watched some footage of that, lol. They should have just looked at Styx and made a decent enough action adventure but instead we got this shit. Gollem deserves better. It was in the Xbox sale for five bucks recently, but even for a dollar I wouldn't do it. If it ever comes to Game Pass I'll give it a whirl just for the laughs.
adamsapple said:
You saved face with that :messenger_grinning_sweat:.

Deadly Premonition is legit one of my favorite games of all time.



It's a title with great ambition made on a shoestring budget. Imagine if Kojima actually wrote likeable characters.

Game play is not the strong suit but the world but the world and characters are some of the best.

If you're remotely a fan of Twin Peaks season 1 and 2, think of it as an unofficial adaptation in terms of the broad plot and character outline. Even if you're not and want to play an ambitious AA ass AA game, it's a good choice.
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Damn, Kojima doesn't write likeable characters in your opinion? I never really thought about it I guess, but off the top of my head comes some Metal Gear Solid characters. I have Death Stranding but have yet to play it. But the characters aren't likeable there? Then what is all this immense praise for? Story, gameplay and atmosphere only?


Speaking of Deadly Premonition, didn't that creator also make D3 for Xbox One? I tried that briefly.
Alan Wake said:
The Walking Dead Destinies

This could've been decent but... no.

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Omfg, is that the one where you walk through a hallway and only at specific spots there is smoke where you can hide for zombies? The whole hallway should be full of smoke but it's just certain areas, logic and common sense 0,0%
Humdinger said:
I remember enjoying Two Worlds on the original Xbox. It ran so poorly, there were framerate hitches that lasted 6 or 7 seconds. The character design, the movement, the combat, the enemies - it was all trash, and I thought it was hilarious. I'm not sure I would have the same reaction now, 20 years later, but at the time I thought it was funny as hell.
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Two Worlds, oh yes. And the sequel too. It did have some good stuff going for it but man, overall it was just so bad.


Risen is another one. Not a bad game het any means, but in 360 it was horrible because of utterly disgusting framerate and blurry, aliased graphics, but the gameplay and atmosphere kept me hooked. There is just something about developer Piranha Bytes. Really enjoyed Risen: Dark Waters as well. But I bet if you look at it now.....sheesh.
 
Stafford said:
Damn, Kojima doesn't write likeable characters in your opinion? I never really thought about it I guess, but off the top of my head comes some Metal Gear Solid characters. I have Death Stranding but have yet to play it. But the characters aren't likeable there? Then what is all this immense praise for? Story, gameplay and atmosphere only?


Speaking of Deadly Premonition, didn't that creator also make D3 for Xbox One? I tried that briefly.
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Kojima's character are fine but too pretentious. There's a certain earnestness about DP's character progression that makes it so lovable. When the game starts, your protagonist comes off as a dick to the other major NPC's in the game and you can see that play out, you're basically an outsider FBI agent who sees everyone in the town as a suspect but they do such a great job building rapport over the course of the game that when the late-game twists start flying, you're genuinely left befuddled. Mechanically, it plays like an Xbox 360 era AA open world game but the shooting etc is not what you play the game for. It's for the world-building, plot and characters. I recommend people play the game on easy so combat is the least of the problems.

And, yeah, D3 was fine but it was an unfinished game so we never really got to see his full vision :(

Now, being a massive fan of DP (no, not that kind), I do have to be perfectly honest and say that if you ever get a chance to play Deadly Premonition, consider it a one-and-done game, don't play the sequel. They went the Highlander route and ruined a lot of the good from the first game.
 
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adamsapple said:
Kojima's character are fine but too pretentious. There's a certain earnestness about DP's character progression that makes it so lovable. When the game starts, your protagonist comes off as a dick to the other major NPC's in the game and you can see that play out, you're basically an outsider FBI agent who sees everyone in the town as a suspect but they do such a great job building rapport over the course of the game that when the late-game twists start flying, you're genuinely left befuddled. Mechanically, it plays like an Xbox 360 era AA open world game but the shooting etc is not what you play the game for. It's for the world-building, plot and characters. I recommend people play the game on easy so combat is the least of the problems.

And, yeah, D3 was fine but it was an unfinished game so we never really got to see his full vision :(

Now, being a massive fan of DP (no, not that kind), I do have to be perfectly honest and say that if you ever get a chance to play Deadly Premonition, consider it a one-and-done game, don't play the sequel. They went the Highlander route and ruined a lot of the good from the first game.
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I definitely want to give it a shot now, but I'll have to see if I can find a copy somewhere here or online because it's 20 euros in the Xbox store. But perhaps during a BC sale.
 
Stafford said:
I definitely want to give it a shot now, but I'll have to see if I can find a copy somewhere here or online because it's 20 euros in the Xbox store. But perhaps during a BC sale.
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You're better off getting it now or whenever you're willing to spend 20 euros because Deadly Premonition has never gone on sale since it was relisted on the Microsoft Store almost five years ago.
 
One night after a lot of drinking me and my friends decided to play Baland Wonderland and it was one of the most hilarious things I have ever played, game is total shit though
 
Stafford said:
Omfg, is that the one where you walk through a hallway and only at specific spots there is smoke where you can hide for zombies? The whole hallway should be full of smoke but it's just certain areas, logic and common sense 0,0%
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That's the one. :) The stealth is very... straight forward, you might say.
 
Lee49 said:
David Cage's games for dogshit writing.
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Fahrenheit has one the best intro I've ever seen in a video game then it went retarded after that. It's so well written that I thought it's gonna maintain that whole vibe throughout the game. It's like David Cage keeps losing braincells while developing the game. Shit was so baffling. The hell is wrong with that dude?
 
Some people ain't getting this thread. This isn't the thread to bitch about some popular game you don't like (death stranding 1? Seriously?). This is about games so bad they are hilarious. I mean it says right in the thread title.
 
Alan Wake said:
That's the one. :) The stealth is very... straight forward, you might say.
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I just watched this and yeah, this is absolutely terrible. The ridiculous voices and dialogue, or that fight between Shane and Rick. So, so bad, lmfao! I mean, the stuff these characters say when the zombies attack, it's really something else.

Video is definitely a must watch for some good laughs.

 
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Windle Poons said:
Too Human?
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This is not s bad pick at all!

Man I fondly remember how I was looking forward to this game - since it was in development (hell) for so long. I think early development started during the N64 days, later it became a NGC title, before getting finished and released for the Xbox 360.

While the games premise was actually super interesting, its whole momentum was killed by its janky camera, movement AND THOSE UNHOLY AND UNSKIPPABLE DEATH SEQUENCES!! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?
 
Thank god that me and my brother played the Japanese dubbed version, holy fucking shit bro!



There's a limit to what I can and am willing to put up with.
 
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