So, here's one for you. Everyone's seems to have one; that game that you know is fundamentally flawed or outright terrible, but you just love it anyway. Whenever you're between 'good' games or you need an intellectual palate cleanser (damn that's pretentious-sounding), you pick it back up and tear through it for the bazillionth time, even when that angry OCD game critic in your head is frothing and fuming in the background, and you're loving every minute of it. I'm not talking about really nerdy masochism; I mean you're honestly enjoying that crappy game and having a total blast despite the crappy-ness.
So air it out, drag that skeleton out and let's make it tap-dance. Tell us about 'that' game, why it sucks, and why you love it anyway.
One of mine (yes, I have several) is Star Wars Demolition for the PS1. It's a bizarre, half-baked effort to make a Twisted Metal-style death race game, only without the racing and using Star Wars vehicles. The roster has a few big names (Boba Fett, undercover Lando Calrissian, and Darth Maul as a secret character), but is mostly filled with third-rate, one-off, glorified fanfic characters. The vehicles themselves are horribly unbalanced, the secondary weapons even more so (the primary 'blaster' is just crap all-around), with the added problem that 'mirror' matches are not in the game. if you play the campaign mode, hope that Boba Fett (if you don't pick him yourself) comes in the first or second match, otherwise he is nigh-impossible to beat for some reason.
The litany of problems goes on. But you know what? I love this game. You actually get to tear around in a speeder or swoop or chicken walker and unleash flashy death upon the unworthy. Launching homing concussion missiles should be boring, but it's loads of fun. The fully charged proton torpedo is really just a huge death-ray zorcher right out of a shmup playbook. My favorite character isn't Darth Maul (he sucks in this game) or any of the A-listers, but Lobot. Yes, that random bald cyborg guy that does Lando's bidding without saying a word. In SW Demolition, he's given a Cloud Car (with a supermove that does the carbonite freeze to an opponent) and more to the point, speaking lines. He spouts gloriously cheesy stuff like "I am the future!" with absolute sincerity. The dichotomy of the stoic, efficient Lobot wrecking faces and channeling Captain Gordon is just plain hilarious.
Oh, and you can show enemy vehicles into the Sarlacc Pit and watch them get nommed a bit. Always good for a laugh.
Well, that's mine. Let's see yours.