Worst Game Ever?

[cappyboats]

Murder in the 1st Degree (Broderbund) for PC

 

[Neutraleyes]

In my opinion Terminator 3 War of the Machines (for PC, consoles are ghey).

That game wasn't even worth pirating. Daikatana was epic by comparison.


edit: not that I pirate games or anything.

 

[LoneWolf]

My list:

Street Fighter II for PC: The arcade was great. The console was good. Capcom sold the PC rights to Hi-Tech Expressions (maker of endless Chessmaster games) who churned out a game that played at one speed: slow, no matter what CPU you had (it must have been frame limited, I went from a 386DX-20 to a 486DX/33 to a DX2/66, and gained no speed). Every so often, the sound would cut out; you'd have to exit the game, re-set it up for your sound card, and maybe it'd work for awhile again. And the copy-protection scheme wasn't documented well, meaning I didn't get into the game about 1 out of every three tries. I was pretty angry that I shelled hard earned bread for this one.

Shadow Warrior: Pathetic retread of Duke Nukem 3D with infantile humor, racist Asian stereotypes, and a thin plot. The hero was supposed to be a fallen samurai, and yet he thought poo-poo humor was funny. Major suckage.

Top Gun: Fire At Will (Spectrum Holobyte). They could only get one of the original actors from the movie for the cutscenes, so they made a really thin plot with it and poor unknown third-rate acting. The game was a major CPU hog even with top-flight hardware, and pretty cheesey. Not as bad as the first two, at least the in-flight portion of the game was doable, but I had it crash out on me a number of times before I could save a game.

As for those who mentioned Carmageddon, I agree with you. That one should be buried in the desert.

 

[T0ddyH0oddy]

Shadow Warrior: Pathetic retread of Duke Nukem 3D with infantile humor, racist Asian stereotypes, and a thin plot. The hero was supposed to be a fallen samurai, and yet he thought poo-poo humor was funny. Major suckage.

I can't believe you can base Shadow Warrior's "suckage" soley on Lo Wang's low-brow humor because he's a fallen samurai but can accept duke nukem despite both games being made by the same people with an equally weak plot.

Good work.

 

[Polish Ninja]

Worst game(s) ever: any Rainbow Six game on ps2, xbox, or gamecube. No mission planning, only 1 team, AND they added a health bar (because u can't aim fast enough w/ a crappy console gamepad to not get shot).

 

[ShnikeJSB]

Anything from Sega CD... I think I vaguely remember my neighbor playing some sorta stupid Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers game on it, which was gay as all hell... That and the outrageously idiotic Kris Kross Video Maker (or whatever it is called). I also hated Turok 2 for N64.

(LOL! LMAO!!! ROFL!!!!! I looekd at that posted GameSpot review of Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, and I thought it was pretty funny, but then I watched the streaming video review, and COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING!!! Here's the direct link:

http://www.gamespot.com/live/stream...sh=&prestream=gsad_army_observe_040505&first=

Wow, I recommend that for a quick laugh)

 

[lesman]

Worst game(s) ever: any Rainbow Six game on ps2, xbox, or gamecube. No mission planning, only 1 team, AND they added a health bar (because u can't aim fast enough w/ a crappy console gamepad to not get shot).

So people don't get shot in real life? Even though real life includes twitch action movement and awesome precision?

 

[zamardii]

Maybe not "worst" but most disappointing was Half-Life.

Had nothing new graphically over Far Cry or Doom3. Doom3 at least created an amazing atmosphere. Far Cry's ability to have many different ways to solve a level plus having all the amazing graphics and physics. Half-Life came way to late and brought nothing new or interesting to the table, completely run of the mill follow the straight narrow linear path FPS game, I couldn't even bring myself to finish the game it is so god awful boring.

CS:S is pretty fun occasionally though. Its the only thing that keeps me from regretting spending my money on it.

You are talking about Half Life 2, right?

 

[Luke_Skywalker]

I don't know what the worst game ever is, but a bad one that comes to mind is Total Recall for the nes.

 

[Polish Ninja]

So people don't get shot in real life? Even though real life includes twitch action movement and awesome precision?

I guess you never played the previous R6's on pc. You see in real life a person cannot survive being shot lots ot times (sorry dude but surviving tons of hits in the console versions is not realistic), the pc R6's reflect this in the fact that 1-2 hits from a high powered weapon will kill you. Now just like in real life, if someone is dead they cannot shoot back, but you cannot kill them quickly enough with a slow ass analog stick; hence they added a health bar so noobs didnt get owned by the first enemy they see. (read: the R6 devs are pandering to the GTA crowd)

 

[Moog]

M.U.S.C.L.E.

Horrible, horrible game.

 

[SkullE]

My vote goes to Sin. Between levels i could get up, make a cup of coffee, and be half way thru it before the level loaded. And in no way is that an exageration. were talking 10 min here.

And trespasser, although i only played the demo. thats all i needed.

 

[Attean]

Maybe not "worst" but most disappointing was Half-Life.

Had nothing new graphically over Far Cry or Doom3. Doom3 at least created an amazing atmosphere. Far Cry's ability to have many different ways to solve a level plus having all the amazing graphics and physics. Half-Life came way to late and brought nothing new or interesting to the table, completely run of the mill follow the straight narrow linear path FPS game, I couldn't even bring myself to finish the game it is so god awful boring.

CS:S is pretty fun occasionally though. Its the only thing that keeps me from regretting spending my money on it.

You mean half life 2, clearly...

Im sorry I gotta call you out on this. Dissapointing is subjective but saying it brings nothing new to the table is just plain wrong. The character interaction in that game were just plain amazing and I think that alone brings something new and necessary to the FPS. The gravity gun? Striders? Dog? Alyx? Didn't do anything for you? I suggest you go back and beat the game, even if you were "dissapointed", you got to respect the amount of creativity and brilliance that went into Half Life 2.

edit: It occurs to me that you may of been joking....but I have heard people say pretty much the exact same thing before so it wouldn't suprise me if you were being serious...

 

[Attean]

Tribes: Vengeance.....Taking a dump on this game would be more entertaining(I don't speak from experience)

Man...the multiplayer of that game was horrible compared to other Tribes. But no one can deny that irrational is good at putting strong stories into their games and I think they did a good job with T:V.

 

[phatmatt]

WoW after lvl 60

 

[lesman]

I guess you never played the previous R6's on pc. You see in real life a person cannot survive being shot lots ot times (sorry dude but surviving tons of hits in the console versions is not realistic), the pc R6's reflect this in the fact that 1-2 hits from a high powered weapon will kill you. Now just like in real life, if someone is dead they cannot shoot back, but you cannot kill them quickly enough with a slow ass analog stick; hence they added a health bar so noobs didnt get owned by the first enemy they see. (read: the R6 devs are pandering to the GTA crowd)

See...they are called video games for a reason: because they're are not real! That's how you can go around in games like GTA and kill people and speed in vehicles with no real penalty...because it's fun. Try playing a game where you run a red light in front of a cop, then he sees you; pulls you over, gives you a citation, yada yada, you have a court date, you sit through court, pay the ticket, push "a" to say "I'll pay" push "b" to say, "I'll fight it at a later date, or push "c" to pull out your gun and try and kill people in the room. lets see....choose "a" and have no fun, choose "b" and have no fun or choose "c" now, most people would choose "c". Why is this? Because they want to have fun. They don't want to do these things that could be done the same in real life. In real life you cant go around and just kill people without penalty...but you can in a game, and that's what makes it so fun. Most people don't want to play a game to where you get shot once and then it's over. Mind you, some people do, and that's totally fine. But see, if you choose "c" in this "real life" or "realistic" game, then you wont have any fun either, and this is why: Right when you pull out your gun, the cops already have theirs ready. You might shoot 1 person if you're quick, but then, BOOM! One shot to you and it's over. "continue?" the dialogue would say. "No" is what I would choose, because it would be rediculous. So, all in all, in conclusion, a game not being realistic, and is a godsend, it's the reason games are what they are. If we could do everything we could do in games, in real life, then I don't think videogames would really have a purpose. But, yes, you are definitely correct when you say it is much easier and convenient to control FPS'ers with a mouse, but, being a PC and console gamer, I must say that's when it comes down to it, I do just as well with both. But, hey, that might just be me!

 

[banGerprawN]

See...they are called video games for a reason: because they're are not real! That's how you can go around in games like GTA and kill people and speed in vehicles with no real penalty...because it's fun. Try playing a game where you run a red light in front of a cop, then he sees you; pulls you over, gives you a citation, yada yada, you have a court date, you sit through court, pay the ticket, push "a" to say "I'll pay" push "b" to say, "I'll fight it at a later date, or push "c" to pull out your gun and try and kill people in the room. lets see....choose "a" and have no fun, choose "b" and have no fun or choose "c" now, most people would choose "c". Why is this? Because they want to have fun. They don't want to do these things that could be done the same in real life. In real life you cant go around and just kill people without penalty...but you can in a game, and that's what makes it so fun. Most people don't want to play a game to where you get shot once and then it's over. Mind you, some people do, and that's totally fine. But see, if you choose "c" in this "real life" or "realistic" game, then you wont have any fun either, and this is why: Right when you pull out your gun, the cops already have theirs ready. You might shoot 1 person if you're quick, but then, BOOM! One shot to you and it's over. "continue?" the dialogue would say. "No" is what I would choose, because it would be rediculous. So, all in all, in conclusion, a game not being realistic, and is a godsend, it's the reason games are what they are. If we could do everything we could do in games, in real life, then I don't think videogames would really have a purpose. But, yes, you are definitely correct when you say it is much easier and convenient to control FPS'ers with a mouse, but, being a PC and console gamer, I must say that's when it comes down to it, I do just as well with both. But, hey, that might just be me!

"Too long, Clanky, too looong! Good thing you didn't indent man, or this never woulda made it past my 2nd paragraph filter: 'Edgar Jr' "
LMAO.

[SIZE=-2]For those who didn't get that, visit here[/SIZE]

 

[Kovalen]

Anything from Sega CD... I think I vaguely remember my neighbor playing some sorta stupid Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers game on it, which was gay as all hell... That and the outrageously idiotic Kris Kross Video Maker (or whatever it is called). I also hated Turok 2 for N64.

Lunar 1 and 2 were originally Sega CD games, and arguably some of the best RPG's made. Shining Force CD and Sonic CD were decent. Although games like sewer shark, sherlock holmes, INXS, and marky mark (and most everything else) do have to rank up there with the worst of all time.

Still, worst games ever:
ET
Superman 64
Daikatana
Ultima Ascension

 

[Torgo]

I swear this thread appeared two months ago...

My answer still hasn't changed. The worst game of all time is Night Trap. Not only was it bad, it spawned Congressional hearings, gave us the ESRB and probably caused Dana Plato to kill herself. Okay, maybe not on the last one, but you can't rule it out. No game comes close to the legacy of Night Trap.

A close second is E.T. for the 2600 for heralding the collapse of '84. It didn't directly cause the crash, but it signalled the beginning of it. Not to mention the landfill of unsold cartridges which for years was rumored to be legend, but recently confirmed as being true.

Have there been games that have been even more poorly designed or filled with bugs? Sure, but nothing and I mean nothing comes close to the impact the badness these two games had on the industry. Nothing. Thread over.

 

[TheAcorn]

My answer still hasn't changed. The worst game of all time is Night Trap. Not only was it bad, it spawned Congressional hearings, gave us the ESRB and probably caused Dana Plato to kill herself. Okay, maybe not on the last one, but you can't rule it out. No game comes close to the legacy of Night Trap.

I was trying to think of the name of that game... All I could think of was "What was that game with Dana Plato in it?" because of all the hullabaloo about it... Whatever the problem was, it certainly wasn't a very interesting game, and having played through it (You all did too, don't lie) I can't even recall anything graphic in it.

 

[velusip]

M.U.S.C.L.E.

Horrible, horrible game.

No way! Muscle was awesome!

I'm gonna vote Superman 64. I know there are lots of other games I should consider, but this is the one that came to mind first...

 

[MorfiusX]

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video - I am ashamed I ever played it...

Halo 2 Single Player - My not be the worst game ever, but I was very disappointed. They threw in some new models though game play was basically the same as the first. But, what really pissed me off was the ending. Playing it felt like "Oh, playing playing playing, we're out of time, roll credits..." It wasn't even that long of a game. I had it beat in 8 hours. $55.00 for 8 hours? I have completely lost any form of confidence in Bungie for this...

 

[Optimus]

My vote for worst game ever:


Duke Nukem Forever.....bad, just baddddddddddd

I second!

Duke Nukem is either the worst game ever...
or, with 10 years development effort, the best game that will ever be.

 

[bob]

Worst game all times? I cant say for sure, since I havent played every one.

the game that made me say outloud "Man, this is som' bullshit right here, screw this" would be battlefield 2.

Single player mode is fine. Its when I get online. To boot a team killer, and require 41 votes on a 32v32 player map... That is some BS.

I keep getting kicked all the time for excessive team killing. WTF!!! Sometimes not even 5 seconds after I load the map, I get booted for TK'ing. Dammit. Didnt even get to select what type of dude I was going to be, and I get my ass booted.

takes 1/2 an hour to log in. I type my user name and password in, it just sits there. So I have to alt+tab, then go back and sometimes it will work.

sometimes the game would shit a brick and crash.


OH OH!!!

Need for speed Underground (Ricer Unleashed). I hated it. So fucking retarted, I seriously threw that game into my garbage. What a waste of money.

 

[lesman]

"Too long, Clanky, too looong! Good thing you didn't indent man, or this never woulda made it past my 2nd paragraph filter: 'Edgar Jr' "
LMAO.

[SIZE=-2]For those who didn't get that, visit here[/SIZE]

I got it it....ha ha ha, LMAO....I hate sarcasm, but you, my friend, have won me over!

 

[Vildayyan2003]

Lunar 1 and 2 were originally Sega CD games, and arguably some of the best RPG's made. Shining Force CD and Sonic CD were decent. Although games like sewer shark, sherlock holmes, INXS, and marky mark (and most everything else) do have to rank up there with the worst of all time.

Still, worst games ever:
ET
Superman 64
Daikatana
Ultima Ascension

The guy bashing SegaCD has no clue. Let me add World War III was fun as shit for the great Sega CD! Lunar: The Silver Star, Lunar: The Blue Star, Sonic CD, World War III, Dark Wizard and Shining Force made the Sega CD a MUST HAVE as those games are now classic. Stay away from all Sega CD games that involved any sort of Full Motion Video. God those were so fag-tastic!

 

[dagon11985]

All of the final fantasy games blow.

 

[SpangeMonkee]

My Hero - Sega Master System

This was one of those credit card games.

It was sooo friggin hard that one hit killed you and then you start back at the beginning of the game. No save point nothing. The graphics sucked and so did the music.

 

[TVersetti]

Need for speed Underground (Ricer Unleashed). I hated it. So fucking retarted, I seriously threw that game into my garbage. What a waste of money.

I dont think you were joking, so I figured I would point out that you spelled retarded wrong.
i didnt like the game either, and wouldnt mind calling it retarted myself!

 

[Killer69]

Q-Bert

 

[Boar-Ral]

I searched the net and searched looking for a list of the worst games ever but I wanted to know what "real" gamers here at [H] think is the worst game ever to be played by yourself and why.

Black and White:

The endless BS Peter M promised that would be in the final game are still nowhere in site.
The endless bugs
Crash saves
Cut scenes you couldn't avoid.

Other then the list stated above it was a fantastic idea.

I enjoyed Black and White, though I was frustrated that it went from moderately difficult to insanely difficult in a matter of a couple hours. I was also frustrated at the spellcasting system. While it was neat to use gestures, I never got the hang of it, while friends managed to do it with the flick of a wrist like it was no big deal. And while I am on the subject of games that go from moderate difficult to insanely difficult: Giants: Citizen Kubuto. It was a walk in the park for the first dozen missions, and I needed to retry the occasional level once or twice. Then, it went to the opposite extreme, and I was unable to complete the level even after retrying over and over. I gave up at that point and it has collected dust on the shelf ever since.

 

[Boar-Ral]

Daikatana (sp?) This game just plain sucked. It was hyped to be the next coming, and disappointed in every way imaginable.

I enjoyed Daikatana, but I had never heard any of the hype about it, either. I was living the technological equivalent of under a rock, and so when I picked it up in the bargain bin - which I understand was within just a few weeks of its release - I enjoyed it.

I would say Deus Ex 2: Invisible war comes a close second. This game was full of bugs, and ran very poorly on the hardware that was available at the time. How can you come off, one of the best games every made, and choke so bad you make Chris Webber and the fab five look good.

How? By using the same voice actor for the AI as was used for Shodan! The moment I heard the voice in Deus Ex 2, I was certain I recognized it, and with some quick research, confirmed it.

System Shock 2 should be nominated for one of the BEST games ever. LAN parties at my place still regularely include weekend marathons of all of us playing cooperatively through the entire game.

 

[Boar-Ral]

Without a doubt BY FAR the worst game all time is E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for the Atari. Literally hundreds of thousands of carts were burried in the desert when it was found out the game was bad, really, really, really bad. And thats fact, not myth! Man, it didn't even have an ending.

I played E.T. on the Atari for hours at a time. It was not a fantastic game by any means. But I was not even ten years old, and I was easily amused. Hell, I still am.

 

[Boar-Ral]

Man... it is interesting seeing other peopls opinions. Black and Whitee, Half-Life, and Shenmue were all fantastic games IMO.


It's hard for me to peg a worst game, I cannot think of any games that left that big of an impresesion on me. Recienlty, I would have to say Area 51. It got lots of hype and good reviews, and its utter shit, but it wasn't so bad that I would label it as the worst game ever. I think the worst game that I own is Civilazation III, but again I cannot label that the worst game ever. I don't like it, but lots of people love it. I think in the end I am going to have to give this award to Jet Moto 2 on PSX. The first Jet Moto was one of the best games ever, and Jet Moto 2 just sucked, but the suck was compounded by the fact that I so highly anticipated it.

I think that Area 51 is one of those games that you either really like or really hate. I am in the camp that loves it. It is one of the few games that I hurried home from work for, to sit in front of the TV until the wee hours of the morning, just to loathe going back to work, because I knew it was getting between me and making it further in the game. I admit that I bought the game just for David Duchovney's (sp) voice acting, but I really love the rest of it.

Civilization III is another sore point for me. I love the game itself, but what I do not agree with is Atari releasing one expansion after another, gleefully milking the franchise, when the expansions are little more than glorified patches. I bought the game the day it was released, and I consider myself quite a devotee to the franchise. I was upset when they released a multiplayer 'expansion,' but gleefully went out and bought it. Then when other expansions were released, I just gave up. Maybe Civilization IV will rekindle my interest in the franchise, but it will take a lot to get me back.

 

[lesman]

I played E.T. on the Atari for hours at a time. It was not a fantastic game by any means. But I was not even ten years old, and I was easily amused. Hell, I still am.

Well, you're a LOT luckier than some of the folks here having....oh, I dunno...games like Half Life 2 and Doom3 on their "worst games ever" list! ahhh, people....

 

[ThisMonsterLives]

Trespasser. Stupid arm with no elbow and if I fell 2 feet I would break my neck. Shot a dino in the head 6 times and it kept walking.

 

[Boar-Ral]

Diakatana is a "game of the year" nominee compared to Sin and Secret Service, horrible games. Battlecruiser 2000AD should also place in top 5 of worst games ever, horrible and totally not fun.

I enjoyed Sin, though I was in shock at the 115 Mb save game files. (I think it was 115 Mb, but I might be confusing it with the size of the patch. Both were enormous, especially with highspeed internet just debuting and very expensive, and with hard drives still relatively small.) Battlecruiser was enjoyable, but with a learning curve rivaled by the space shuttle, it was difficult to do anything well. I bought it and went home to play it with friends, and it took us almost an hour just to get our ship to start up. Then, we just stared as we entered a planet's atmosphere and landed in the ocean, unable to figure out how to start the ship again while we slowly sank to the bottom and our game ended. The disks are still sitting on my shelf after that ordeal. Fun? Hmm. Amusing is a better word. And a definite waste of money.

 

[Boar-Ral]

Halo for PC when it first came out.

Everyone raved about how Halo was the best game ever made so I had to play it.

I played for a few hours and there were a total of 2 different enemies the whole time. The big guys and the little guys. To Bungies credit some were different colors.

There were i believe maybe 4 weapons, although I only remember 2.

I was one of the non-Xbox owners until Halo was released for the PC. I held out, vowing never to purchase an Xbox just to play Halo. Halo on the Xbox has cooperative multiplayer, and I must be one of only a dozen people left on the planet who enjoy cooperative multiplayer games. So I held out for it to be released on the PC, running out to nab it, only to come home and find that they stripped the cooperative multiplayer from it! WTF? Another game that has sat on my shelf with no more than one or two hours of playtime. I went out within a month and bought an Xbox.

 

[Boar-Ral]

ahhh hunt the wumpus. . .guessing with 1 shot.

ugh.

I think i agree with that one.

For PC, I'd have to go with Pool of Radiance, Ruins of Myth Drannor. Horrific bugs and even after patching (sorta) still kinda sucked.

Which Pool of Radiance? The original 1980s version that used the codewheel for copy protection, or the more modern 1990s version that used erasing the hard drive as playing the game protection?

 

[Boar-Ral]

Warcraft 3... it completely ruined the Warcraft tradition. And it sucks. A lot.

Let the flamewar begin!

I enjoyed Warcraft 3, but I do not know if it lived up to the hype. I bought Warcraft 2 the day it was released, and the same for the expansion. After I played Warcraft 3, I went out and bought two copies of Warcraft 2 Battle.Net Edition for me and my fiance to play. We just never found the multiplay of Warcraft 3 to be as enjoyable. Again, not a horrible game, but definitely not up to the hype.