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7 hours ago, XxEvil AshxX said:

If L.A. Noire is the worst game you've ever played, you've had a pretty good gaming life.

 

But you're asking me to dig through almost 40 years of gaming history, and I'm pretty sure there were some experiences I've mentally blocked from my memory.

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I've played plenty of bad games through emulation for curiosity's sake, including a number in the Intellivision Lives! collection in the late 90's.  It doesn't feel fair picking from those.

 

I think the worst modern game I've played is Overruled, by the developers who went on to make the Battletoads reboot.  It was such an offputting experience I was rooting for the latter to flop so these guys would switch careers.

 

 

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1 hour ago, crispy4000 said:

I've played plenty of bad games through emulation for curiosity's sake, including a number in the Intellivision Lives! collection in the late 90's.  It doesn't feel fair picking form those.

 

I think the worst modern game I've played is Overruled, by the developers who went on to make the Battletoads reboot.  It was such an offputting experience I was rooting for the latter to flop so these guys would switch careers.

 

 


I watched some and the entire thing was so bad looking and repetitive and uninspired that it was kind of hypnotic

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On 1/7/2023 at 12:51 PM, gamer.tv said:

Of games that I’ve actually bought, Shaun White Snowboarding was pretty awful, Jason and the Argonauts was also pretty shocking. Both on the 360.

SW for PS3/360 was pretty bad. The only decent ones are the Wii & PSP versions. 

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10 minutes ago, BasemntDweller2 said:

Assassin's Creed III

Counterstrike 

DOTA

 

 

 

All tied for worst I've ever played. 

Bold choices.

But AssCreed III has the distinction of a colonial talking down to Connor on the matter of 'freedom' (taxation without reparation) like a fart in the wind.

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The thing is, I don't think of the "worst game I've ever played" as actually the worst.

 

If a game actively sucks, I'll stop playing it.

 

The worse crime is even a game is juuuust good enough that I play through the whole thing only to hate myself at the end.

 

True crime: streets of LA was a great example. I'd also say Just Cause 3. Mad Max is another one. I haven't played it, but I hear that Days Gone is cut of a similar cloth.

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16 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said:

The worse crime is even a game is juuuust good enough that I play through the whole thing only to hate myself at the end.

 

True crime: streets of LA was a great example. I'd also say Just Cause 3. Mad Max is another one. I haven't played it, but I hear that Days Gone is cut of a similar cloth.

 

I'd vouch for Days Gone being good enough to finish and enjoy.  The middle third of the game is where it hits its stride.  The last zone still isn't bad, other than a mildly disappointing finale.

 

It's the 2nd area of the game where things bog down a bit.  Get over that hump and it improves.

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14 minutes ago, GameDadGrant said:


Yup, same here. 
 

LJN has been well-documented as one of the worst publishers from that era. I wonder what could be considered their “best” game? Like, an actually good one.

They also made Roger Rabbit, which I saw in an earlier post here. I ended up with that turd when Children’s Palace was out of Super Mario 3 stock. I don’t think LJN ever published a “good” game. 

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I’m sure the actual worst video game I’ve ever played is some borderline non-functional Newgrounds horseshit from decades ago, but in terms of an actual commercially released product I paid for and genuinely hated?

 

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Also, I’m objective enough to know that it doesn’t actually qualify, but I fucking hated almost every moment I put into Fallout 4.  The only game I ever finished out of pure spite.  What a piece of shit.  

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1 minute ago, LazyPiranha said:

I’m sure the actual worst video game I’ve ever played is some borderline non-functional Newgrounds horseshit from decades ago, but in terms of an actual commercially released product I paid for and genuinely hated?

 

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I rented this. I didn’t really understand at the time the difference between developer and publisher and this was rising GTA3 hype for me. All I remember is escort quest hell.

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Sure I've played some truly terrible games, but that doesn't seem like the spirit of the thread just to list the absolute worst in history.

 

Ironically, the first thought that came to mind was LA Noire. It's the only AAA game I've bought day 1 and sold immediately after. Truly a terrible game.

 

I'd also say Quest 64. Being an N64 only house I was desperate for JRPGs.

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