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[Vyrance]

Tie between Sim City and Dragon Age 2

 

[Dion Blaster]

I don't play that legitimately bad games thanks to the internet. I would put Kid Icarus up there but admit that I just couldn't adapt to the control system. I maintain that the 3DS hardware was a bad match for it though (the triggers and buttons made my hand so cramped).

But the game I genuinely enjoyed the least that I paid money for last gen was Fallout 3 for the PS3. Not my type of game and the controls were horrible, I assume it wasn't so laggy on PC/360? I only put a couple hours into it before returning. Same deal with MGS4 but the reason for return was that I hadn't played the previous games (at the time) so I can't really hold that against it.

Edit: How could I forget Pokemon Platinum? Holy crap idk how I actually beat the Elite 4, I must have been bored out of my mind. Possibly exaggerated due to the contrast after playing HeartGold.

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Street Fighter x Tekken. In best/worst lists I generally have a "close second," but not when it comes to this piece of horse doo-doo.

 

[Josephl64]

I actually liked FFXIII and Other M...but this is the worst game I have ever played. Half surprised it wasn't made by LJN:

 

[RangerBAD]

 

[10k]

Red Steel 1.

 

[KillerIsJed]

I know the Wii U isn't 7th gen, but people sure as hell treat it like it isn't "current gen" either.

But literally the worst purchase I've made in years was Sonic: Lost World. I've never been so pissed off I bought a game, until I bought that.

 

[Yoda]

I must beaten DA:O 20+ times.

 

[Sinoox]

Wow OP, it's like you read my mind. I still almost feel cheated for having paid $50 on Far Cry Vengeance despite it being years ago since I bought it! It looks even worse than I remember it!

 

[Squozen]

It's a tossup between The Darkness and Oblivion for me.

 

[Dysun]

Prince of Persia 2008 - Terrible combat, wrapped up in no-fail platforming consisting of climbing 5 million things and collecting all this shit.

LA Noire - Had promise, but literally failed to deliver at all facets of the game. Interrogations, detective work, shooting, open-world, characters/narrative

 

[Hollycat]

Easily Two Worlds 2. Bought it because of hype, and hated every minute of it. I only played for a few hours, but the graphics on the PS3 gave me a headache, the motion blur was horribly implemented, and all of the "codes" that were supposedly able to be entered to fix my complaints made the situation worse. Awful, awful game (though I've heard the PC version is decent).

This is mine as well. I bought the "game of the year" edition on PSN. When your character model is so poorly designed it makes people quit your game, you should be fired. Why the heck are the protagonists arms like a foot long?

Edit: FF13 really disappointed me as well. As a huge FF fan (my first RPG was ff2) this game devastated. It's the only non MMO entry I haven't finished besides 3.

 

[Hades Hotgun]

Brink.

A friend of mine sold me on the game. I had never before purchased a brand new game at launch based only on a recommendation and I never will again.

The bastard sold his copy back within a week, but last Christmas we did a Secret Santa and when I pulled his name, I knew exactly what to get him.

 

[Forsaken82]

Perfect Dark Zero by far... and I bought that POS on the cheap to.

 

[Nalsh]

I paid $60 for Madden 12, and it just didn't click for me. I haven't paid $60 for a game since.

 

[Bo Knows GAF]

I bought most of the DBZ games on 360. I don't know why since every game is essentially the same. Same fighting mechs, same graphics, same characters and same moves. Lol I have no idea why I expected anything else. Ever. So theres money not well spent.

As for worst game; it's Two Worlds. Hooooolllyyyy shit that game was bad on 360. I had never returned a game on the same day I bought it until then, and I haven't since. What a giant load of poop.

 

[Riedinizzo]

People are seriously saying Halo 4? Wat?

 

[Barzul]

What was I thinking?!

 

[Currygan]

what am I seeing here, KIU?

why are you making me cry Gaf

 

[Roto13]

More evidence that nobody on the internet has actually played a bad game in their lives.

 

[Mass Effect]

worse than sonic 06. what a piece of shit.

This. Thought it would be a legitimately good Sonic game. Classic Sonic Cycle case.

Though I wouldn't call it Sonic '06 bad.

 

[Luigi87]

Damn, definitely this for me as well.
The trailer, and the voices of both Will Arnett and NPH sold me... but, ugh... So terrible. I got the Plat in it for the sake of getting a Platinum trophy (competing in counts against a friend of mine), but... I'll never get the time or money back.

 

[Dambrosi]

I dunno, people in this thread posting actually passable games as "teh wurzt ov all time OMG LEL" like it's supposed to be funny or some shit. Like you've suffered for your art and shit. Pffft.

Y'all don't know suffering until you've played Eternity's Child, brah. £2.99's worth of SYPHILITIC SHIT-ENCRUSTED HELLHOUND SCROTUMS right there.

 

[Currygan]

More evidence that nobody on the internet has actually played a bad game in their lives.

I played a lot of truly shitty games, but well thread asks for gen 7 examples, which I agree are OOT level compared to the really awful games around

 

[Forsaken82]

More evidence that nobody on the internet has actually played a bad game in their lives.

More like evidence that your opinion is not the same as anyone on the internet?

 

[LKSmash]

Loathed the controls. Couldn't get into the story. Quit maybe 2 hours in and never looked back.

 

[oconnomiyaki]

I haven't bought Golden Axe Beast Rider yet, but one day I will for fun

I enjoyed that game enough to finish it.

 

[Asmodai48]

Even the turd Sonic 2006 was more enjoyable than this pos Imo (dead serious).

Yup same here

 

[RustyO]

Does the Wii count? Because that's my absolutley biggest regret of last gen.

From a full retail point of view, probably GTAIV (X360). Got this day one, $100, and hated just about everything about the game, from the boring city, crap story, missions etc

Standard pricing would be a tie between Bayonetta (PS3) and Shadows of the Damned (PS3), got both based off postive views on GAF, but I must be missing something serious here, got about half an hour in to each of them, and turned it off in disgust. I really need to either give them both another go, or trade them away.

Download award goes to Limbo by a long way, really disappointing for me.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Bleach : Shattered Blade on the Wii.

Masturbate for 1 minute as fast as possible then do your power attack with a 20 second cutscene, then watch your opponent cutscene, then your cutscene, then his.

Fun fact : I actually 100% the game just to get the last character, who was a game exclusive Arrancar called Sōkyoku which I never used since I could not stand the game for one more minute.

Really, my worst experience of last gen.

Probably this. I imported a Japanese Wii early on last gen when I was in my huge anime-obsessed phase, and I got this game with it. I paid a pretty penny for a pretty shitty game.

Luckily, the first two Bleach games on the DS were amazing.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Beyond Two Souls, Skyrim or Demon’s Souls.

 

[Dugna]

Loathed the controls. Couldn't get into the story. Quit maybe 2 hours in and never looked back.

Same except I finished it but will never touch it again, after the Jak series this game just felt bland. Also platforming in Uncharted games is horrible which is surprising when ND went through both PS1 and PS2 making I believe to be good platformers that felt right.

 

[Robot Pants]

L.A. Noire

 

[Wynnebeck]

God, I regret buying this game. Terrible controls, predictable story, and an image quality that of Vasoline, I finished the game and promptly traded it in post haste. Definitely not surprised with it being one of the worst selling Zelda titles.

 

[njean777]

 

[Kimppis]

Loathed the controls. Couldn't get into the story. Quit maybe 2 hours in and never looked back.

You're not a missing a thing, believe me. Actually it just keeps getting worse. Give Uncharted 2 a go, though, if you haven't already. I have no idea how it got 96 ( or something like that, even 90 is a stretch, IMO) on metacritic, but at the same it's one of the best sequels ever and a great game.

 

[10k]

You're not a missing a thing, believe me. Actually it just keeps getting worse. Give Uncharted 2 a go, though, if you haven't already. I have no idea how it got 96 ( or something like that, even 90 is a stretch, IMO) on metacritic, but at the same it's one of the best sequels ever and a great game.

uh...Uncharted 2 is excellent and all, but fundamentally its the same type of game as UC1. UC1 can't be trash and unplayable and 2 be fantastic. The core of it is the same lol. Unless the story really matters to you.

 

[Hale-XF11]

This piece of crap right here:

I've desperately been wanting a decent portable snowboard game for years now, but it just hasn't happened.

 

[JumpJeff84]

Black Ops 2 on PC. I bought it on Steam, figured it had been a few year since I'd played COD and people were saying this one was good.

I thought hell, no time like the present, and seeing as how I hadn't played a COD on PC before, I was excited.

Made it about 90 minutes into the campaign before getting bored. Played about 20 minutes of multiplayer before getting bored, and then played about an hour of the Zombies mode before becoming bored.

I don't think it's a BAD game per say, I guess I'm just not into COD anymore. Crazy, because when I played COD2 on 360 I thought it was one of the best games I'd ever played. And I liked the first modern warfare, but now the series does nothing for me.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Bayonetta.

 

[10k]

Bayonetta.

I can see why someone wouldn't like it. It can get too hectic and too much going on in the screen at times.

*Resists urge to yell "wtf is wrong with you"*

 

[sjay1994]

Skyrim asides from the massive problems the PS3 version had, the game world, characters, etc was boring as hell. I felt incredibly ripped of because I bought this broken POS for full price.

Fuck this game. Fuck everything about it. I was so hyped for it. And it is hands down the biggest disappointment for me this gen. Terrible story, only 4 hours. Not to mention I bought the collectors edition of it, the USB broke after one use. And to really add a cherry to the shit sundae, I did this.

Because I lost all my old VHS copies of the movies when I moved houses, and my DVD's of 2 and 3 where in terrible condition, and the blu ray set didn't come out yet. It was the only thing I had that was in pristine condition.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Probably JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle. I really wasn't expecting an amazing game or anything, but it was just a terrible game. Framerate was really bad, the actual game was broken (Valentine had an infinite that was just walk, 2A over and over), the netcode was bad, and the story mode was just a series of CPU matches with a text dump in front of them. I don't play fighters for story modes, but I would expect CC2 to do something cool there after hearing so much about their Naruto games.

I have a feeling I've played worse, but the fact that I paid to import it day one makes ASB really stick out to me. I cannot recommend this game to anyone, not even a JoJo's fan.

 

[Hatchtag]

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. The super-only kills system is the dumbest thing I've ever seen put in a game. None of this hits feel satisfying, it doesn't have the fun platforming of a fighting game that's clearly largely inspired by platformers, and the roster is god awful. I only paid $20 for this thing, too. But man, just, easily my most hated game this generation. Just so bad.

 

[rokkerkory]

sigh

 

[BolognaSoup]

Fez.

Though it would have been SimCity but fortunately I could kind of see the coming train wreck from the demo and never bought it. Most disappointing product in gaming history.

 

[antitrop]

Most disappointing? Child of Eden. Unfun, lame remixes used for the stages (the original songs were so much better), and it made you replay the game over and over and over and over.

At least we got Rez HD.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

That I bought for FULL PRICE?
Street Fighter X Tekken, FFXIII, L.A. Noire or Skyward Sword.
Not awful games, I did pretty good.

 

[DonMigs85]

It wasn't really a bad game, but probably Dead or Alive 5. They screwed us over releasing a new edition the following year. Shoulda gotten Tekken Tag 2 instead

 

[Doominated]

Gears of War 2