Worst. RPG's. EVER!

[Raedon]

What tha hey.. it's been a shitty week, lets list out the shitty RPG's. This is a Public Service Anouncement really.. :)

[MankeyMan]

DC Timestalkers. Even typing its name makes me want to spit in disgust.

[Alex Kidd]

Is TimeStalkers REALLY that bad?
I heard some bad things about it, but nothing directly stating any points, just "it sux".
I seen it online for 2.99 used... if igured what the hell, why not?

Can you tell me what so bad about it? I've haven't played it yet, haven't gotten it.

Alex Kidd

[MankeyMan]

Too many things to list. Firstly, everytime you finish a dungeon, your level resets. So you can go from level 20 or so, back down to 1. Next, the storyline is a piece of complete turd (yo uare summoned to an Island by a magic book for no apparent reason, and then lots of other pieces of land appear from nowhere to make the island bigger), and storylines make RPGs.
You can only take one main character with you at a time, and are restricted to taking 4-6 items into a dungeon at one time, so you can't go in with a fully equipped armour settings.
There is a hell of a lot more wrong with it too, but I think you get the gist of my argument.

[Tempest]

How about Quest 64? -_-

Tempest

[EnemyZero]

hmm believe it or not i enjoyed TimeStalkers..i admitt it was lame but i liked it lol...it was a neat concept just....horribly done....what about Guardian Crusade....lol that was lame

[Raedon]

How about Quest 64? -_-

Tempest

Good lord.. O_O It's just to horrible to think about..

[ManekiNeko]

That Treasure RPG, Light Crusader, was ass. Treasure hasn't made an RPG since that disaster, which should tell you something. The game was so badly designed that you could actually push non-player characters around as though they were crates in Sokoban.
And of course, we can't forget about Hydlide. I was tricked into renting the game because "Hydlide" sounds a little like "Hyperdyne", the subtitle of Capcom's shooter Side Arms. It was nothing at all like Side Arms and about 1/1000th as good as any other role-playing game released on the NES. Nothing quite matches the sheer excitement of endlessly pushing your character into wasps and slimes, crossing your fingers and hoping he doesn't die during each encounter. The graphics were majestically awful, too... the nigh invincible black dragon you have to fight near the end of the game looks more like a tiny, misshapen gecko.

JR

[Tempest]

And of course, we can't forget about Hydlide.

I disagree, I like Hydilde. Of course I'm one of the few...

Tempest

[Alex Kidd]

I played Super Hydlide on the Genesis before Hydlide... it was fuckin sweet... graphically a little ugly.. but a fun and well thought game.

So while browsing roms I figure, why not give the original a try...
God... not good... maybe if I had taken the time to get into I might have liked it... but I just couldn't...

Alex Kidd

[maxlords]

Super Hydlide is the only decent Hydlide.

As for shitty RPGs....I HATED Legend of Legaia (PSX) with a passion. Absolutely could NOT stand that game. Same goes for Saga Frontier (PSX), Sorcerer's Kingdom (Genesis), Rings of Power (Genesis), Tecmo Secret of the Stars (SNES), and Lufia I and II (SNES).

[Queen Of The Felines]

The Legend of Dragoon. I bought that thing while waiting for Chrono Cross to be released, and good GOD did I hate that thing. From the extremely boring storyline to the "push the buttons eight hundred times to make a decent attack" to the fact that it was just too damn long, it just drove me up the wall. And when I finished it, I immediately sold it on ebay just so I wouldn't have to look at the damn thing.

Kristine

[Sylentwulf]

Maybe not worse, but some of the most over-rated:
Final Fantasy X
Threads of Fate
Saga Frontier

[ubersaurus]

I was not a fan of Final Fantasy 8, nor did I like Beyond the Beyond much at all.

[Li Wang]

Not the worst, but the most dissapointing RPGs ever:

Secret of Evermore - Hey, let's take The Secret of Mana and make it boring! There's a real sequel already? Bah! It probably pales in comparison to the awesome storyline and magic system the American team is working on.

Seiken Densetsu 3 - Certainly not as bad as Evermore, but after drooliing over pictures in magazines for years it was a big dissapointment when I finally played it. Most people complain about the storyline, but for me what killed it most of all is the battle system. It's just so sluggish and awkward compared to Secret of Mana's.

Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete - After playing the remake of The Silver Star, I came to the conclusion that the first game was vastly inferior to the second. It turns out the overrated remakes just really, really suck. I still haven't played the original version of The Silver Star, but I have had the Sega CD version of Eternal Blue since it was originally released. The remake is a travesty. Take the original and replace the dungeons with boring cakewalks, make the music sound extremely muted, emotionless, and out of tune, throw in some grainy anime FMV, and you have Eternal Blue Complete. The Lunar remakes also both contain the worst kind of non-random battles. The kind where actually avoiding battle is impossible half the time and the other half you spend more time trying to run around the damn sprite than you would killing the thing or running away.

[Kid Fenris]

Ephemeral Fantasia. Sweet Sophia, that one sucked beyond all measure. The graphics looked like a PSOne game, the characters and dialogue were insulting (stick to writing awful anime, Riku Sanjo), and the battle system was the most wretchedly boring thing I've ever seen in an RPG. And the storyline makes you sit through the same lifeless scenes at least twice, with only minor variations in them. Ugh.

And let's not forget Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. It's not awful, but it's a tedious disgrace to the series. I'll never understand why Square decided to make a "beginner's RPG" when the regular Final Fantasies have a learning curve fair enough for any player to enjoy.

And how is Threads of Fate overrated? I hardly ever hear about that one.

[Tempest]

What about Dragon Warrior VII? Any game where you can play for 3 hours and not fight a single battle is crap in my book.

Tempest

[CrazyImpmon]

I'd hoped no one would bring up Quest 64. :puke:

[hydr0x]

Seiken Densetsu 3 - Certainly not as bad as Evermore, but after drooliing over pictures in magazines for years it was a big dissapointment when I finally played it. Most people complain about the storyline, but for me what killed it most of all is the battle system. It's just so sluggish and awkward compared to Secret of Mana's.


wtf???? seiken densetsu 3 is one of the best rpgs i've ever played, SoM has a shitty battle system, not sd3! and i really do like the story of sd3 and just look at the graphics

[gamergary]

Quest 64 was a good game. Final Fantasy 8 sucked 7 sucked at the temple part.

[Starcade]

Guardians crusade for PSX....ug I have said enough.

[ashbourn]

Timestalkers and Quest 64 are the worst i can think of.

[Griking]

For years I wouldn't play RPGs on consoles, that's what PCs are for after all. But I just picked up a PS2 and decided to get Suikoden III after hearing raves about it here. While the graphics are "ok" and the music is nice it's frustrating the living hell out of me its so slow. Having to click a button every time a character says something is the most annoying thing in the world, especially <click>when<click> they're<click> rambling<click> on<click> about<click> absolutely<click> nothing<click>of<click>importance<click>

Give me the Ultima, Bard's Tale, Wizardry, and Might & Magic series' anyday.

[Sylentwulf]

Having to click a button when they say something? What are they supposed to do, just keep going before you're done reading? Or even worse, NOT let you speed it up?

[Anonymous]

I can't believe no one's mentioned GranStream Saga yet. That was one of the handful of games I've actually traded in for credit.

[kainemaxwell]

Max, how come you didn't like Lufia 1 or 2?

For me the worst rpgs I played:
Tecmo Secret of the Stars
Secret of Evermore
Final Fantasy 8 (didn't feel like a FF title, too sci-fi)
Final Fantasy X
Dark Cloud count?

[GENESISNES]

BLECH! i bought timestalkers a while ago at funco, and MAN DID IT SUCK! The monster system was terrible, not letting you carry more than 2 monsters, and whenever i would get an upgrade point, i would choose to upgrade something, then it would go right back down again! At one point, they were selling minigames to put on your VMU, which didnt FREAKIN WORK AT ALL!! oh, and i cant forget the terrible debugging job done up the ass for that game!

Quest 64 was extremely boring and tedious. dont even want to talk about how i spent 20 bucks for it.

and QoF, i actully like LoD! i like how you actully do something when battling!

I also like Secret of Evermore. I think it is a very fun game, but sure as hell not as fun as mana.

[Aswald]

In a way, but not in a way, Dragon Warrior for the NES.

If you were very patient, all you had to do was fight the minor enemies near your home castle until you had enough experience levels to safely go to wherever you had to go. It would be slow and tedious, but you could do it. Also, the DragonLord never gained any power, so you were never rushed. Using this method (once I caught on to the game), all I had to do was build myself up to the 26th level, and so, easily gaining the "final sword," fight and defeat the DragonLord- he never had a chance. Try that in Lord of the Dungeon; you're in danger in the lower levels no matter how powerful you are! There also wasn't too much variety in the monsters, unlike Wizardry.

Yet, when playing it for the first time, Dragon Warrior was fun. And requiring you to figure out the clues was a good touch.

[kainemaxwell]

Quest 64 sucked...especially beating enemies with your staff.

[lionforce]

Wow I like alot of the RPGs that were mentioned :/ oh well everyone has different tastes :-D but I would have to agree that Quest 64 and Timestalkers were pretty low, it amazes me that RPGs like those are released in the US and yet so many better made quality RPGs never make it to these shores from Japan, hmmmmmmm O_O

[maxlords]

Max, how come you didn't like Lufia 1 or 2?
I don't know...never gave them a chance really I suppose. Maybe they're good, but the battles in Lufia 1 were FUGLY! :)

[brandver3]

I'm going to go with FF8. I tried really hard to like that game. So very hard, but alas to no avail. I turned out to be one big pile of suck. Which is a shame really cause Squall was cool.

[kainemaxwell]

Max, how come you didn't like Lufia 1 or 2?
I don't know...never gave them a chance really I suppose. Maybe they're good, but the battles in Lufia 1 were FUGLY! :)
The battles in Lufia 1 reminded me of the battle equences in the SNES DQ titles actually in a sense.