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Games that Suck - UNpopular games that you loved, for some unholy reason
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Good thing there was so little of it outside the battle cries, because this man is not kidding. Every time a character had to speak a full sentence, birds would drop dead outside your window.
But the battle system at the time was the purest joy.
A few months later I was insanely bored and pop'd the game in and started a new save. I have no idea way, but I fell in love with the game. I began to enjoy every part of it. Its crazy!
I am still sad Quest 2 never got finished, it sounded like it was a vast improvement over Quest 1.
The story was sooo bad, and the gameplay was no masterpiece either, but so help me god, I still played the CRAP out of those games.
I cannot agree with you more. I absolutely loved this game. The fighting was just so much fun, and I really loved that Albert said something completely different than what lavitz would say using the same attacks. Like not even close.
Also that cinematic near the end, back in the day that was the greatest looking cinematic I had ever seen.
An LP of it would be amazing, though.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Years later, I would. The healing is tough, but I stayed strong.
Plus, you know, SMRPG pretty much kept me happy [strike]for years[/strike] forever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOYG5S-LpSg
We were the ones who thought that Melissa was real. Why you might ask.
Let me put it this way, it was an "OH SHIT OH SHIT, THEY FOUND ME
Some of you have met me, and I understand your concern of my well being. But that time for that boy, that child, are gone now. Viscount Alpha is no longer operable. His functions are now mine.He may post, but I am the one talking not him.My data, my code will live on forever in his servers.
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I played it to death. I feel bad.
I heard it got a lot of flack but I liked it from start to finish.
Oh and I liked the new Indiana Jones movie.
Enter the Matrix
I thought it was quite good in a sort of terrible way. There was some serious shit wrong with it movement and control wise (not to mention graphically: The cars had square wheels. SQUARE WHEELS!!!). Yet for it's faults it did have quite good bullet time movements and scenes, an interesting enough storyline that linked well with the movie storyline, and some good action sequences. The biggest problem with it really is the one that all movie-game tie in's suffer from; clunky graphics, rushed development and poor development of controls. Apart from that though it was fun enough, and I completed it.
It's now somewhere in deep storage in my PC gaming archives, probably never to be touched again. Once was enough.
Edit: I forgot to mention this until just now. I really enjoyed playing Radiata Stores. I mention it because it doesn't get talked about very often anywhere and many of the cutscenes are a bit crappy as well as some of the characters but the combat system was really cool and fun. I'm surprised that I found that game to be very enjoyable.
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Also, the last game I bought was Alone in the Dark. In my defense, I bought it for $2.50, but for $2.50 it's pretty awesome. I can imagine where the disgust comes in for a $60 copy, though.
Oh man, I can't even remember which one on the PS2 it was but my ex and I would play it all the damn time, such horrible voice acting.
omgggggggggg
The dungeons were monotonous and terrible, the story made me vomit repeatedly, and I fell asleep during all 500 battles that I played before stabbing my own eyes out of my brain face head.
I got that game as a kid desperate for an RPG. It made me want to die.
It was literally Baby's First RPG, so any complaints with it are understandable, but chill out brah
I can forgive a game for being bad but when it bores you then it's beyond help. This is coming from someone who looked for it for years and ended up ordering through one of those exhorbitant used-game catalogs you used to have back in the days before eBay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soTrAdQ4eyI
The later versions on Xbox, PS2, and Gamcube were good, too, but this one had so much more interesting track designs. It also had a terrible framerate that could not stay stable for more than a few seconds.
I also loved Turok 3 on N64.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE5nCsUiR_M
It's not great but it's certainly better than the newest Turok by a long shot.
Dunno if it's entertaining or not, but:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGepf-Bv3uo
I don't think Legend of Dragoon was ever unpopular... the game sold like crazy (at least as well as RPGs could sell then). I enjoyed it, but I never beat it. It was one of the only games to have that annoying modchip lockout, and while you could get past it to play, you couldn't transition to the next disc.
Still, <3 that game... what I played of it.
God, I played the shit out of those games. RA2 had some ridiculously elaborate easter eggs. They had a full MST3K track (subtitles) for all the cutscenes. Sometimes my sister and I would just turn those on and put on movie mode and just watch the thing.
We also played the shit out of Megarace. My grandpa had gotten it packed in with his computer -- so every time we were visiting him, we would be playing Megarace. It was...not a great game, but hot damn did it entertain us. It did have some pretty decent music though.
So hey, how about a few more games that fit the bill!
First up would be The Club. It's like Burnout, but instead of a car, you're driving an ethnic stereotype, and instead of racing against other cars, you're shooting the fuck out of generic goons! A whole lot of generic goons! If you're ever in the Generic Goon Store, and wonder why all the shelves are empty, it's because Bizarre Creations backed up the development truck and bought them all in bulk for this game.
But seriously, if you've ever played a third-person shooter and said "You know, I could really do without all this pesky realism and plot and coherence since it gets in the way of getting my shoot on, so hey, why don't they replace it with an arcade style combo system, arbitrary time limits and levels where your head explodes if leave a certain area", this is the game for you.
Oh yeah, and it's stupid fun.
Speaking of stupid fun, there's Earth Defense Force 2017. In this shocking glimpse into what Earth will be like 8 years from now, you play some dude with big fucking guns who's part of some force to defend said Earth against robots and giant ants who showed up for some reason that doesn't matter. Since you can blow everything right the fuck up. You would think that part of the "Earth Defense Force" job description would include "While you're shooting rockets at giant space ants, try not to hit any buildings, because, you know, people live in them."
Apparently, not so much. Because no matter how many skyscrapers you blast into smithereens, or civilians you vaporize, you're not even remotely penalized. Yee-haw!
I don't care if the fighting is pretty sloppy, and the 'custom soundtrack' thing is terrible. This game is so beautiful, and the punches and kicks are so satisfying, I still play it every once in a while.
Fucking love that game.
You just kind of stroll around, at your own pace, and eat fruit while faux islandy music plays.
It is a purifying experience.
Also, Pokemon Snap.
Just take pictures. So chill.
On the other hand, if you play it competitively, the whole context changes.
There will be lots of yelling, and no feeling is better than hearing Oak say "Well, this is much better than the last one" and watching your friends photo of Chansey just disappear into nothingness.
That game also opens up areas of smack talk I never before thought possible, since it involves photography and pokemon.
HG: 5285 4128 5154
Pokemon Snap sold well, was reviewed well and was generally regarded as being pretty good.
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I enjoyed Doom 3 as well and I played it last year. It definitely received too much bashing.
What with it being pokemon.
I had no idea it was reviewed well.
What with it being a pokemon spin-off.
That plus the fact that it is like an hour long and has no replay value beyond being so frickin awesome.
But upon research, I discovered all my assumptions were wrong. Now I know better.
HG: 5285 4128 5154
Snap, Pinball and especially Trading Card Game are all quite excellent.
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Even most of the modern spin-offs aren't too bad. Ranger is mediocre, but Mystery Dungeon is basically Shiren The Wanderer-lite
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I beat this game many many times my friend...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzhZUR5LiPI
The guys commentary is annoying as hell though.
Oh man, Legend of Dragoon! when i was younger I absolutely loved the game, and it wasn't until I started getting active in forums that I learned that a lot of people disliked it. There's just something so charming and epic about it.
Unfortunatly my last disc was scratched and I never got to finish it. I have another copy of the game now though, so I should really fix that.
I don't know why this game won my affection but I did play it and beat it and did feel satisfied despite the parts where I wanted to rip my hair out.
I had that too, and while the game was bad--really bad, it just had that charm of being innovative with it's use of the then-new CD-Rom technology and FMV.
It was enthralling for the same reason everyone thought the Sega CD was hot shit for the first month or two it was on the market.
I loved Doom 3 and still do.
My only complaint is that it doesn't hold a whole lot of replay value. It's like a carnival funhouse. Once you've played through it once you've see all the shit they throw at you.
It's still hella fun though, and to this day I don't understand the raw hatred some people had for it.