Bad games that you finished anyways. [Archive]

jdc

12-21-2004, 09:20 AM

The torture is over.

I just finished Driving Emotion Type-S, which was Squaresoft's attempt at a racer on the PS2. I don't know HOW I did it. The game was frustrating. They forgot to add physics to the engine and so the cars felt helium filled no matter what tunings you did.

I remember that the game was quite expensive when it was launched....and it took me less than 8 hours to finish it in it's entirety....all cars unlocked and all levels won.

Today I'm trading it in to help pay for the dualshock controller that I smashed. :angry:

Has anyone else persevered to finish a game against all odds?

thehistorian

12-21-2004, 09:52 AM

I finished Ultraman for the SNES.

Nez

12-21-2004, 09:59 AM

Star Wars Masters of Teris Kasi oh what ever the hell that shit game is called. The only reason I beat it was becouse I wasted a free rental back in the day.

autobotracing

12-21-2004, 10:40 AM

mario is missing and marios time machine on the snes

even did it without looking it up . X_x 8-)

it290

12-21-2004, 11:24 AM

Blue Stinger. Although it wasn't really a 'bad' game per se, I played it through to completion four or five times, which was certainly more than enough. ;)

XxMe2NiKxX

12-21-2004, 11:51 AM

I finished Half-life and Half-life 2.

Mr.FoodMonster

12-21-2004, 01:05 PM

I finished Half-life and Half-life 2.
You anger me.

I think I'd have to do with Earthworm Jim 3D on N64. The game wasn't so bad, it was just that it has the WORST camera in any game I have EVER played.

Dire 51

12-21-2004, 01:14 PM

Predator (NES). Yeah.

MegaDrive20XX

12-21-2004, 01:38 PM

Mario's Missing, man I was so disappointed in finding out this was educational and american made Mario game.......Misleading title!

Hexen, many people hated this on N64, but I finished it and grew to appericate it.

Brain Dead 13, many people I knew at the time wouldn't even get past Frankie. I finished it one night, the ending was actuallly decent

The 11th Hour, talk about a brain teaser, I ended up finishing the final puzzle by pure luck....

Li Wang

12-21-2004, 03:00 PM

Menace fucking Beach.

NeoVenom

12-21-2004, 03:04 PM

Hmmm...I tried beating Rocketeer and it'z too hard. I've only made it to the second level. At first, the very first level was really hard, but then I beat it. If I find a way to beat the second level, I think I would be suck on the third.

Someone said Half-Life and Half-Life 2? @_@

I guess everyone has an opinion. Half-Life rocks! :D

WiseSalesman

12-21-2004, 03:08 PM

Oni (PC).

Brilliant concept, absolutely terrible execution. I finished it anyway. What torture. The PS2 version was even WORSE, but I didn't finish that one.

WiseSalesman

12-21-2004, 03:09 PM

Querjek

12-21-2004, 03:20 PM

I finished the SNES and Mac versions of Mario is Missing.

NeoVenom

12-21-2004, 03:22 PM

Crush Crawfish

12-21-2004, 03:25 PM

I actually managed to play through this crap:

GBA
Ninja Turtles
Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective

Richter Belmount

12-21-2004, 03:25 PM

zelda ocarina of time

Crush Crawfish

12-21-2004, 03:27 PM

zelda ocarina of time

:Smacks richter with a frozen sea bass:

please resume the thread! LOL

Richter Belmount

12-21-2004, 03:29 PM

Still thinks it is =P = / played left me with a meh didnt make a big deal like everyone and magazines about it = / .

Sotenga

12-21-2004, 05:15 PM

Ummmmmmmmmmmm...

Revolution X on the SNES. Several times. Back when I thought it was cool. You may egg me now. >_<

Also, I guess some would consider the Castlevania Adventure to be a bad game, but I can't say the same for myself, and I did beat it at least twice, sooooooooooo... yeah. Revolution X is all I got.

soniko_karuto

12-21-2004, 05:35 PM

simons quest.

<ducks>

hey it does suck!

<dodges>

stop it!

<makes neo movement to dodge bullets>

oooh, you're so gonna get so<ouch>

<falls on the floor, victim of a stray fliying shoe>

TheRedEye

12-21-2004, 05:38 PM

hay guys i didn't particularly enjoy half life 2 or ocarina of time so despite its critical acclaim im going to call it a bad game without stating why

XxMe2NiKxX

12-21-2004, 05:43 PM

Someone said Half-Life and Half-Life 2? @_@

I guess everyone has an opinion. Half-Life rocks! :D

I think he's probably confused. If you hated Half-Life, and forced yourself all the way thorugh it, why would you then go out and by Half-Life 2 brand new and force your way through that? I think, from the context, that XxMe2NiKxX probably thought that this was a thread about difficult games, as opposed to flat out horrible ones.

No, I think Half-life and Half-life 2 are horrendous, over-rated games that, while they added to the genre, had horrible execution and gameplay. Half-life was easy. Half-life 2 wasn't much better.

I got Half-life 2 from a voucher that came with my video card. It was free.

dbiersdorf

12-21-2004, 06:07 PM

P.N.03 I practically forced myself to beat it.

shai hulud

12-21-2004, 06:44 PM

Gauntlet something or other on PS2 - finished it just because two of my friends wanted to play it and then it becam a battle of wills

Sylentwulf

12-21-2004, 06:48 PM

I'll second zelda OOT, but didn't quite finish it, so I can't say that.
Horrible level design IMO. I haven't liked any of nintendo's games that much since the SNES honestly. Talk about going downhill.

izret101

12-21-2004, 07:04 PM

mario is missing ... on the snes
Beat it.
I was like 6 so i don't remember much except it took me under an hour.

Ummmmmmmmmmmm...

Revolution X on the SNES. Several times. Back when I thought it was cool. You may egg me now. >_<
Beat it tons of times liked it and still do.

Shaqfu on Genesis MANY times.
Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal on Xbox.
Mortal Kombat Gold on DC. Alot of people hate it i don't.
Mortal Kombat: Special Forces on PS. Could have been so much better.
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil on N64
Duke Nukem 64 on N64(duh)

There has to be so many more but i can't remember the crappy games i have rented or borrowed and beat.

DynastyLawyer

12-21-2004, 07:12 PM

hay guys i didn't particularly enjoy half life 2 or ocarina of time so despite its critical acclaim im going to call it a bad game without stating why

Nice bandwagon fallacy there, slick.
Nice bandwagon fallacy there, chief.
Nice bandwagon fallacy there, ACE!

More on topic, I plan to finish Final Fantasy X-2, although it infuriates me to no end currently.

"I'm just a kid! I'm gonna keep your sphere, after beating you in an unfair mathematical fight 15 minutes away from your last save point!"

Screw Yu Yevon. That kid is pure, concentrated evil.

TheRedEye

12-21-2004, 07:13 PM

evildead2099

12-21-2004, 07:45 PM

Mortal Kombat Gold.

Mortal Kombat 3.

Wolfenstein 3D. I played this game to the end despite the fact that I own installments from the Doom trilogy which my PC is more than capable of handling. Finishing Wolf3d was more a chore than a pleasure since its bland and indistinguishable rooms become an eyesore. The lack of a map doesn't help matters any.

o2william

12-21-2004, 09:11 PM

I've finished Deadly Towers and Jaws for the NES (although finishing Jaws is not much of an accomplishment). These are usually considered bad games, even though I happen to like 'em both. DT is a passable action/adventure title, and Jaws is an Atari 2600 game in NES clothing. (But I like Atari 2600 games, so...)

Then there's A Nightmare on Elm Street, which I probably like better than most, although I didn't really like it much either. I've beaten that multiple times. I don't know why.

Now Legacy of the Wizard... there's a game that was nothing but torture. How I made myself play all the way through that one, I'll never know.

What is it with the NES? Seems like I've spent a lot of my life playing using it to play bad games...

Nez

12-21-2004, 10:00 PM

Jaws Wow I can't belive I forgot that game. Oh man I actually liked that game as a kid, I don't know if I beat it though.. God I remember gating really scared when jaws was on screen when I was swiming in the ocean. Freaky stuff for a 5 year old. LOL

Frankie23

12-21-2004, 10:02 PM

Robotica for the Sega Saturn. 30 levels, all randomly generated. All almost exactly the same. Square, blocky robots that took way too long to kill, all practically indistinguishable from eachother. the music is ambient, whispery, but with a metallic, industrial tone. Kinda cool, if you like listening to Einsturzende Neubauten at really low volumes. No save function either, so you had to do it all in one go. It was purely an act of virtual masochism.

Ironically, I rather enjoy the memory of it. :)

crazyjackcsa

12-21-2004, 10:35 PM

Batman Forever on the Genny

Daria

12-21-2004, 10:57 PM

*casts a weary eye towards Red Eye*

I'm going to say Final Fantasy 7 although I didn't technically beat it, I got to the crater and said fuck it, despite three trips to target just so I sould swap out scratched disks just to progress farther in the game. (Ugh... long story, they wouldn't let me return the game, so I had to exchange even though their entire shipment was damaged.)

But as for why it sucked despite it's overwhelming popularity? Well for one the script was atrocious, but mostly I have to say I just didn't realize how bad the game was at the time. I mean I enjoyed myself, but having played other PSOne RPGs since (I didn't even have a PSX at the time I just bought the pc version) I can look back and admit it just wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

And it's not even like I fell in love with the game at the time. My cousins recomended it to me and I just remember coming away from the game with the overall feeling of "meh...".

Now a game like Ocarina of Time I'll admit I just don't like, but I can't in all honestly call it a bad game. Because it's not. It is a very good game, I just don't happen to like it. Final Fantasy 7 is the opposite, a crappy game that most people love. :P

Not that it's the worst game ever made mind you, I just don't happen to try and play those. Much less beat them.

Dr. Morbis

12-21-2004, 11:01 PM

I recently played through NES Rambo in its entirety. It thoroughly sucked throughout, but something compelled me to keep plodding on right to the end. Maybe it was that one catchy song that loops every 15 seconds. When I finished the game, I couldn't get that damn song out of my head.

Anyway, Rambo's biggest problem is that it suffers from what I call "random confusion disorder". This problem plagues many NES games (and Milon's Secret Castle is the best example of all time). I can only imagine what today's "lead me by the hand mamma" generation of gamers would do with this game.

Quintracker

12-21-2004, 11:13 PM

Aidyn Chronicles on the N64. Anyone who has played this game knows the hell i went through to finish it.

FlufflePuff

12-21-2004, 11:14 PM

I'm going to third Zelda: OOT. While I loved the graphics of the time, the control scheme was too difficult, there was no logical progression from level to level (that is to say, how you figured out where to go after beating a level), and I had to use the godawful N64 controller. I have it on the Cube and I keep meaning to try it again to see if the Wavebird helps, but I just really don't want to. Also hated Bloodrayne on the cube and Silent Hill 2 on the PS2. Hated them both for control/camera issues.

scooterb23

12-21-2004, 11:44 PM

Does rolling the score on Journey Escape for the 2600 count since it technically doesn't end? :)

I also defeated Dash Galaxy and the Alien Asylum on the NES

I don't waste time anymore on games I hate, so I never finished any Metroid, any of the Zelda's, Half-Life, Final Fantasy anything, or Mario 64. :)

retroman

12-21-2004, 11:53 PM

i beat RocketRanger for the Nes...that was a very bad game...see for yourself

izret101

12-21-2004, 11:59 PM

Aidyn Chronicles on the N64. Anyone who has played this game knows the hell i went through to finish it.

O yes that was quite possibly the worst RPG i have ever played.

Arcturius

12-22-2004, 08:13 AM

zelda ocarina of time

Glad I'm not alone on that one. I still feel that game was over-rated to the extreme.

BUT

'TAXI 2 Le Jeu' on the Dreamcast - because I'm actually trying to complete all the games as well as collecting them }:)

Lord_Magus

12-22-2004, 10:15 AM

I actually finished Dragons Lair on the SNES. :sob:

NESaholic

12-22-2004, 10:17 AM

Friday the 13th for the Nes,it's a crappy crappy game, didn't plan on beating it, but when i killed Jason 3x the end just popped up surprisingly!

Aussie2B

12-22-2004, 11:47 AM

I beat Quest 64 AND Quest: Brian's Journey. I'm kind of proud of it in a sick way. o_O The GBC game is tolerable, though.

I played all the way through Phantasy Star 2 even though I pretty much hated it from the very beginning. I still don't see how anyone can think it's a "classic". Must be nostalgia misleading people and the ungodly amount of money they likely paid for it.

Also disliked Final Fantasy 7, but there's already recent topic in which I discuss that. Chrono Cross was boring too.

I beat Donkey Kong Land on a blurry original Game Boy back in the day even though I could barely see what the hell I was doing. I think my obsessive Donkey Kong Country love at the time made me lie to myself and think it was good. Same could sort of be said about Castlevania Legends, but then again, I kind of like it. o_O

Actually, there are a ton of crappy or so-so Game Boy games I put up with back in the day. I beat both Dragon Warrior Monsters and Harvest Moon GBC even though they were dull as hell. Final Fantasy Legend was rather a painful experience as well.

s1lence

12-22-2004, 01:17 PM

More on topic, I plan to finish Final Fantasy X-2, although it infuriates me to no end currently.

"I'm just a kid! I'm gonna keep your sphere, after beating you in an unfair mathematical fight 15 minutes away from your last save point!"

Screw Yu Yevon. That kid is pure, concentrated evil.

So true, that part sucks!! I want to shoot that kid. :hmm:

WiseSalesman

12-22-2004, 01:32 PM

I'm going to say Final Fantasy 7 although I didn't technically beat it, I got to the crater and said fuck it, despite three trips to target just so I sould swap out scratched disks just to progress farther in the game. (Ugh... long story, they wouldn't let me return the game, so I had to exchange even though their entire shipment was damaged.)

But as for why it sucked despite it's overwhelming popularity? Well for one the script was atrocious, but mostly I have to say I just didn't realize how bad the game was at the time.

.....

Final Fantasy 7 is the opposite, a crappy game that most people love. :P

Also disliked Final Fantasy 7, but there's already recent topic in which I discuss that.

*hugs Daria and Aussie2B in a 'I'm not alone!' kind of fashion*

EnemyZero

12-22-2004, 01:37 PM

i second blue stinger, the game WAS pretty bad by all standards...but the music gave it such replay value lol

Daria

12-22-2004, 01:39 PM

*hugs Dahne and Aussie2B in a 'I'm not alone!' kind of fashion*

You may be hugging Dahne but you're quoting me. ;)

sharc

12-22-2004, 04:01 PM

i slogged through the entirety of enter the matrix, though i really don't know why. for every minute of badass fights, there was twenty of buggy audio, missions that made no sense, pointless objectives, enemies that materialized out of nowhere, and lame bosses. game had its moments, mostly in busting up the merovingian's mansion, but overall it was just dragged down by so many other poor elements. oh, and the driving sequences were seriously horrible.

i remember reading something years back about how it was easier to knock down the scale of a hero's powers than to make enemies and environments to challenge superhuman abilities. the author said something like "if they ever make a matrix game, they'll give you 'bullet points' or something to keep you from enjoying any of your cool powers."

-sharc

dsullo

12-22-2004, 04:16 PM

Crusaders of Might and Magic for the PSX. It got horrible reviews, but I actually liked it.

daikaiju

12-22-2004, 04:58 PM

I just recently finished playing through Dragons Lair 3d on the Xbox - which admittedly is a beautiful game, but controls like a 747 plunging straight towards the ground like a dart. Still, there was something strange and compelling about seeing all my fondly remembered environments in 1080i cel shading. A classic case of style over substance, but for some reason I had to play to the end...moreso just to see all the environments rather than being hooked on the gameplay.

dethink

12-22-2004, 05:22 PM

ecco the dolphin on the genesis. i don't know why i hate this game so, but i do. i did play it through like a good sport though.

i can't really recall that many games that were so bad they were unplayable from the 2600/8/16 bit days. even the really horrible ones are sort of charming nowadays via emulation...i.e. Mr. T, back to the future on the NES, etc.

Psycho Mantis

12-22-2004, 10:06 PM

mort the chicken. worst game ever. i still havent recovered from the suffering.
I could write poems about how bad this game is, but i'll save myself the time.

Promophile

12-22-2004, 10:08 PM

Dead to Rights. It's not really a "horrible" game, but I played through it just to finish the story.

Frankie23

12-22-2004, 10:24 PM

Dead to Rights. It's not really a "horrible" game, but I played through it just to finish the story.

I beg to disagree. It is a horrible game. I enjoyed Azurik more.

DynastyLawyer

12-23-2004, 02:34 AM

I beg to disagree. It is a horrible game. I enjoyed Azurik more.

What are you talking about?

Promophile

12-23-2004, 02:40 AM

Dead to Rights. It's not really a "horrible" game, but I played through it just to finish the story.

I beg to disagree. It is a horrible game. I enjoyed Azurik more.

I have to agree with you. I replayed the game a bit tonight, and man is it a stinker. It gets god awful around the prison area. So boring and annoying -_- .

WiseSalesman

12-23-2004, 05:15 AM

*hugs Dahne and Aussie2B in a 'I'm not alone!' kind of fashion*

You may be hugging Dahne but you're quoting me. ;)

What are you talking about?

*hugs Daria and Aussie2B in a 'I'm not alone!' kind of fashion*

You must have misquoted me! The great WiseSalesman does not make mistakes!

:P

Yeah, right.....

12-23-2004, 07:40 AM

dsullo wrote:
Crusaders of Might and Magic for the PSX. It got horrible reviews, but I actually liked it.

You must be a glutton for punishment. That was the WORST game I ever owned for 2 days.

DynastyLawyer

12-23-2004, 04:01 PM

I have to agree with you. I replayed the game a bit tonight, and man is it a stinker. It gets god awful around the prison area. So boring and annoying .

I have to say you are full of it. Dead to Rights is probably the Playstation's best action game. Just because you can't make it past the second level doesn't mean a damned thing.

WiseSalesman

12-23-2004, 04:34 PM

No, no. Dead to Rights is mediocre at best.

DynastyLawyer

12-23-2004, 09:42 PM

No, no. Dead to Rights is mediocre at best.

If it was so mediocre, and so horrible, why did Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas pretty much steal ideas strait from it?

Daria

12-24-2004, 12:57 AM

Frankie23

12-24-2004, 05:10 AM

No, no. Dead to Rights is mediocre at best.

If it was so mediocre, and so horrible, why did Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas pretty much steal ideas strait from it?

Because even good ideas can be exacuted horribly?

Note: I haven't played either game, but the smartass answer just seemed so obvious.

And WiseSalesMan: :P

Precisely, smart-ass answer or not. DtR had lots of great ideas, most of which were implemented badly, along with all the ideas it ripped off from other games, which were also implemented badly. I thought that game was so damn cool at first, but it just kept getting sloppier and sloppier as I went along. The prison was definitely a major interest killer, though I did slog through it. Why sell a game on it's wicked gunplay, and then yank that factor out of the game for a good chunk? A poor design decision, which fit perfectly with the rest of the poor decisions made in the creation of that game. It is, indeed, a pity.

AFGiant

12-24-2004, 11:48 AM

When I was little my cousin and I beat Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle for the NES. Wasn't a terrible game, per say, but it was repetitive. And easy. Thankfully, it only took us like an hour.

DynastyLawyer

12-25-2004, 03:05 AM

Precisely, smart-ass answer or not. DtR had lots of great ideas, most of which were implemented badly, along with all the ideas it ripped off from other games, which were also implemented badly. I thought that game was so damn cool at first, but it just kept getting sloppier and sloppier as I went along. The prison was definitely a major interest killer, though I did slog through it. Why sell a game on it's wicked gunplay, and then yank that factor out of the game for a good chunk? A poor design decision, which fit perfectly with the rest of the poor decisions made in the creation of that game. It is, indeed, a pity.

First off, if you're just going to repeat what Videogames.com said about a game, give them the intellectual credit and give us a link to them.

Gotta disagree with you all on what you are saying about the game. Don't like the Prison? Skip it. You'll find there are quite a few levels left. The game gives you an option to skip levels after you beat it for a reason. Yeah, the Prison was pretty bad in my opinion, but I must have played through China-town (the level after it) about 40 times. That's where the game is at it's best: Blazing gunplay, smart-alec dialogue, and pure insanity. The story was good with lots of twists and turns along the way, the bosses were interesting (while I can't say I beat them easily, I can say that no other video game had a collection of boss fights like that). Sloppier as it goes along? I could say that about Xenogears, and that's my favorite game of all time. In the end, a good time was had, by at least me, and some other people that I know. Wherefore the calling it a "terrible" game?

Because even good ideas can be exacuted horribly?

Note: I haven't played either game, but the smartass answer just seemed so obvious.

Correct about two things: That you gave me a smartass answer, and that you haven't played the games. Now you want to tell me why the execution of DTR was horrible, having NOT played the game? Your premise itself leaves the other possibility for good ideas that we like to see: That they can be executed beautifully.

Trust me, I can come up with smart-assed opinions on games I haven't played all day. But I wouldn't expect people to respect them.