Games that definitely suck, but you really want to like

[Jisho23]

I think we all have a couple of games that are beyond saving (they are BAAAAD) but there are bits and pieces that are good so you desperately try to like them.

My game like this Lord of the Rings Book 1 (SNES). Probably one of the worst RPGs I've ever played (not quite as a bad as Hillsfar on the NES).

Unfortunately, it has some really, really great audio and while the graphics are bad the animation is fairly good; when you attack things it actually LOOKS like you are attacking (not just one animation frame of your character holding out a sword). So, the game feels like a terrific waste of terrific ambiance (I do love how much detail was put into things like grass that actually sways, ambient sound effects like dripping water and wind).

[Emperor Megas]

Silent Hill 4: The Room I'm one of the biggest Silent Hill fans out there, but the series really jumped the shark with the release of this game. It's got just enough Silent Hill atmosphere to make me want to finish it, but it does way too many things wrong. They should have just kept the game a separate project, independent of the series, which is how it started out. If it didn't have the name Silent Hill in the title I'd have probably loved it.

Alone in the Dark 2: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge was one of my earliest let downs as sequels go. The original on the 3DO was my first survival horror game. It introduced me to the genre and I absolutely loved every minute of it. When I got around to playing the crappy sequel I couldn't believe how terrible it was. Even still today after The New Nightmare, the terrible Uve Boll movie, and the current gen installment (which I haven't played yet, but am told is pretty bad), I'm hoping again hope that they'll produce another AITD experience that comes close to the quality of the original game.

Kolibri for the 32X is another one. I was really excited about this title was I first heard about it, but when I actually played it I put it down within minutes and haven't touched it since (except to dust). Maybe it's better than I remember though; I don't know. I'll have to give it another shot one of these days.

[baraka]

Silent Hill 4: The Room I'm one of the biggest Silent Hill fans out there, but the series really jumped the shark with the release of this game. It's got just enough Silent Hill atmosphere to make me want to finish it, but it does way too many things wrong. They should have just kept the game a separate project, independent of the series, which is how it started out. If it didn't have the name Silent Hill in the title I'd have probably loved it.

Thats kind of how I feel about Metroid Prime 3

[Steven]

Power Moves for SNES.

Could have made a decent game, but it's pretty lame especially considering it came out months after SNES SF II.

[Robocop2]

Silent Hill 4: The Room I'm one of the biggest Silent Hill fans out there, but the series really jumped the shark with the release of this game. It's got just enough Silent Hill atmosphere to make me want to finish it, but it does way too many things wrong. They should have just kept the game a separate project, independent of the series, which is how it started out. If it didn't have the name Silent Hill in the title I'd have probably loved it.

I have to agree wholeheartedly.

[PresidentLeever]

That Transformers game for NES. One of the first games I tried when I discovered NES emulation. Why, well it was the only Transformers title for a long time

[Kitsune Sniper]

GOD HAND.

Awesome style. Godfuckingawful control.

[megasdkirby]

Silent Hill 4: The Room I'm one of the biggest Silent Hill fans out there, but the series really jumped the shark with the release of this game. It's got just enough Silent Hill atmosphere to make me want to finish it, but it does way too many things wrong. They should have just kept the game a separate project, independent of the series, which is how it started out. If it didn't have the name Silent Hill in the title I'd have probably loved it.

I loved Silent Hill 4, but it must be given a chance. It has to be taken not as a Silent Hill game, but a different game entirely. If you try to compare it to Silent Hill, you may not like the game, but as a different entity, it rocks. I also love the ending song. But it takes time to get used to.

For me, I have to say Evil Dead: A Fistfull of Boomstick. I really, REALLY want to like the game. But the battle system is terrible in so many ways, it's not funny. But every time I play it, I try my best to give it a chance.

[Emperor Megas]

Gunvalkyrie is another one. Worst controls ever.

[buzz_n64]

Chex Quest (PC)
Double Dragon III (GEN)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (GEN)

[DDCecil]

Time Lord for NES. Awesome premise and music, but the gameplay is crap, and the boss with the sombrero makes no sense. Sometimes you can defeat him, but most of the time you can't (Time always runs out!).

Should of added a current boss lifebar, RARE...

[Hawksmoor]

Wartech: Senko no Ronde (360)
Dark Cloud 2 (PS2)
Last Battle (Genesis)

[Baloo]

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Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (GEN)

Anyway, the game for me would probably be...Pokemon Heart Gold. I wanted to like it, looked like a great game. Played it, then after a few days it was just....boring old Pokemon.

[Richter Belmount]

Valkeryie profile , but I never wanted to like it

[thom_m]

We had threads like this before. But I'm happilly in before the lock, and will be everytime a new one show up, just do redeclare (is that a real word?) my unconditional love for Heavy Nova (GEN), that steaming piece of shit.

[eskobar]

Despite its SUCKYNESS i always enjoyed DRAGON BALL GT FINAL BOUT for Playstation.

The movements were awful, slow and didn't have a combo system .... the flying mode sucked ... and the Japanese intro song was cut ....

There was something about the graphics that captured the magic of the characters that made me love it. Every time i charged my energy it felt pretty cool.

[davepesc]

We had threads like this before. But I'm happilly in before the lock, and will be everytime a new one show up, just do redeclare (is that a real word?) my unconditional love for Heavy Nova (GEN), that steaming piece of shit.

That's my vote for worst game of all time. What could you possibly like about it?
To stick with the theme, I loved Zero Tolerance on the Genesis. I didn't care for a second that all the action takes place on about 1/5 of the screen!

(And I love King's Field/Eternal Ring)

[BHvrd]

Link: The Faces of Evil.

Yep the animations are laughable, the music is cheese and the gameplay is stiff as a board, but I just can't help it, the game has a charm I can't deny. I go back to it and have beaten it about a dozen times even though I know it stinks, something odd attracts me to it, maybe cause it is like a short dose of platforming done a bit differently.

[Eyedunno]

The best I can do is Clay Fighter. It's not a very good fighting game, the music is mediocre (aside from the main theme, which rules), and it seems like a lot of corners were cut (even on the Tournament Edition, which is nonetheless a slight improvement). But the huge sprites (huge for SNES, anyway) look quite good, and the characters and voices have a charm that makes me love it overall.

None of this applies to C2: Judgement Clay though. That game just sucks.

Hey, watch the hair, man.

[Diatribal Deity]

Way of the Warrior (3DO)...'nuff said.