Good games that are actually rubbish.

[ndbsolar]

100% agree with Wipeout. Great music, ruined by a shit game. Why did it take 2 or 3 seconds just to change direction?? :angry:

 

[craigix]

John Maddens American football.


Wow. I never realised a game could be more boring that watching paint dry.

 

[Wintersdark]

Re: Final Fantasy: I loved the early FF games, FF3 is still one of my favourite games. Enjoyed 7 a lot, didn't like 8 for many of the same reasons that have been posted. 9, 10/10-2 were a blast, but since then they've just been borked. The MMO... well, lets not mention that. 12, despite my love for FF games, just couldn't capture my interest at all. I've tried a few times, but never managed to play it for more than an hour or two before just getting bored and putting it away. 13's story... meh. I really hope they can recapture the stories they used to have, that's what made those games so great.


Otherwise... I'd have to say a great many RPG's from back in the day. Now, I love RPG's. I've always loved RPG's. Growing up, I spend vast amounts of time engrossed in pretty much every role playing game that was released. But a lot of older ones(err, and new ones) either suffered from really, really corny plots or interfaces that where so damn difficult to navigate that they are virtually unplayable today (the old Gold Box D&D games, for example). My memories of playing Pool of Radiance, Ukrull, and such never seem to match up with the playing experience today

 

[lulzfish]

John Maddens American football.


Wow. I never realised a game could be more boring that watching paint dry.

Well, it's a football game. What did you expect?


Good music?


A story?


Exciting gameplay mechanics?


Ground-breaking FMVs?

 

[Asiyura]

FF8…


FIRST, I never understood the concept of gunblades. I mean WTF? Where is that damn cannon? How can they hit something with those blades without breaking their wrist?


SECOND, why does the hero must be a winy shemale that keeps on ruminating his "dark past".


And LASTLY, where did they find those ideas for the story? They used all the ideas scrapped from previous games?


There are other games that seemed interesting at first, then turned into crap once played…


I think my biggest deception was Airwolf on the NES

It was a real pain to land to retrieve prisoners, more than once, I exploded because I landed "too fast"

 

[ndbsolar]

Well, it's an american football game. What did you expect?

Fixed just for you


Believe it or not, I actually enjoyed Madden for a while, and I hate american football. If there was ever a "sport" invented just so fat people could play and rest every 2 seconds, that was it

 

[WizardStan]

Fixed just for you


Believe it or not, I actually enjoyed Madden for a while, and I hate american football. If there was ever a "sport" invented just so fat people could play and rest every 2 seconds, that was it

Confirmed: American football is a good game that is actually rubbish

 

[craigix]

Well, it's a football game. What did you expect?


Good music?


A story?


Exciting gameplay mechanics?


Ground-breaking FMVs?

I've enjoyed many other sports games.


JM does have good music, that's probably the best part of it.

 

[macsimus]

Final Fight port on Snes : what a bad adaptation !! only one player, and not all the characters. Too much censorship from nintendo for the orginal ladies (hey, i was 11-12 at that time, it was important for a boy )


Mac

 

[kuru]

Final Fight port on Snes : what a bad adaptation !! only one player, and not all the characters. Too much censorship from nintendo for the orginal ladies (hey, i was 11-12 at that time, it was important for a boy )


Mac

BTW, may I ask where your Avatar is taken from?

 

[Prometheus]

@macsimus - You mean Poison and Roxy? According to the MAWS entry on Final Fight;

The character Poison is actually a male transvestite and so is Roxy (although a translation error in the Capcom Classics Collection character profiles refers to Roxy as a female).

 

[macsimus]

@kuru : sorry dude, i don't remember, i found it on my hard drive, probably an old msn avatar..


@Prometheus : wow !! i didn't know that now i'm devastated.. luckily mai shiranui appears to be a real girl (man, did i really write this about a video game female character ??!! mmm.. :lol: )


According to wikipedia :

Because of the alteration to the character during Final Fight's development, her gender has been debated by both fans and media alike, and described by IGN as one of the most memorable "traps" in video games. Regardless of her gender, she has been noted as one of the most attractive video game characters by UGO.com, and praised for her design by others such as magazine editor Wataru Maruyama and GameDaily.

Kisses


Mac

 

[b1ueskycomp1ex]

Well, it's a football game. What did you expect?


Good music?


A story?


Exciting gameplay mechanics?


Ground-breaking FMVs?

Yes. All of these things are possible, and you know it! >

 

[WizardStan]

@Prometheus : wow !! i didn't know that now i'm devastated.. luckily mai shiranui appears to be a real girl (man, did i really write this about a video game female character ??!! mmm.. :lol: )

Seems to be a case example of premature optimization. The developers, in an attempt to prevent censorship, intentionally altered their character. Didn't prevent the censorship anyway.

 

[panik]

My vote goes to Wipeout. I don't like the control, too sensitive for my taste.

100% agree with Wipeout. Great music, ruined by a shit game. Why did it take 2 or 3 seconds just to change direction?? :angry:

Because it's bloody fast, that's why!


No seriously, I must disagree here. It's all about anticipation and using the airbrakes.


Wipeout's perceived level of control is excellent. It's in my top 3 'received most play-time' games (edit: mostly Wipeout2097 btw).

 

[macsimus]

yep


I always hated when there were censorship in games conversion from arcade.. this is one of the reasons i love so much the Neo-Geo AES : same games that the ones you play in the bar.. at least on the japanese one..


Mac

 

[ndbsolar]

Am I the only person who thinks that Gran Turismo 2 was crap?


I thought the 1st one was excelent, but something about number 2 was just "meh". :unsure:

 

[SoleGrave]

In regards to FF8, it wasnt supposed to be a love story. It was going to be some crazy sci fi adventure but changed halfway through development for some reasons I dont remember. I heard the original japanese text was far more explanatory. I could imagine how much was lost in translation considering how it turned out.


About those nostalgia glasses . . . I think Altered Beast has not aged well at all. I find it barely playable now. Im still trying find out exactly what the game is, brawler?, shooter?, just action?


Also I think macsimus's avatar is gray hulk's fingers around the wife's waist.


.

 

[craigix]

I thought Left4Dead 2 was horrible, no atmosphere, seemed more like a cartoon.


First one is still awesome.

 

[gruso]

I thought Left4Dead 2 was horrible, no atmosphere, seemed more like a cartoon.


First one is still awesome.

Even better in Australia, L4D2 had all the blood and corpses stripped out to appease the censors.