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I loved the concept behind Rumble Roses. I swear the meeting went like this:
Producer: "Alright, we're gonna try this new idea for a game, it's an all-female cast of wrestlers, so like there's tits everywhere." Developer: "Okay, but what about the gameplay? We need to make sure it plays smoothly, or nobody will buy it." Producer: "You're not getting this, man, tits dude, tits!" Developer: "But-" Producer: "TITS!"
And so Rumble Roses was born.
I'll never quite get why people think that we want to see games solely about sexy girls wrestling. I mean, there a dozen websites that I can go to to see something like that, I don't have to pay money for it, and I get to see some actual sexy action going on. Why would I buy an awkwardly controlled, poorly handled video game for the express purpose of not seeing any real boob action, and I can't do the boom she-nasty without putting down the controller?
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Oh. I forgot another game I hated along the lines of Rumble Roses.
Dead or Alive: Beach Volleyball. It's a massive lie. Volleyball is not even in it that much! Even when you are playing Volleyball, the mechanics are crap.
Who wants a game where you do nothing but put hot chicks in skimpy outfits and have them pole dance? Not me. I came for the volleyball, Dammit!
Every Normal Man Must Be Tempted At Times To Spit On His Hands, Hoist That Black Flag, And Begin Slitting Throats.
I think those who bought Brink must've left their brains in a bucket under their desks... or next to a bin
On Spore, it depends what you wanted from it. I own a copy and i find it great fun until you push the wrong button in the Space Stage Damn you Gravitation Wave replacing the Laser No, Spore is one of those games that you have to really get into and personalise somewhat to get something out of it. It's no good creating a random monster then progressing through the stages not really liking your monster or houses for said monster or the vehicles it drives about.
On topic: Worst game I have bought & played would have to be Space Marine, only because when I tried to replay the campaign it felt poorly paced and somewhat tedious when you remove the ideology of seperating an Ork from his innards. However this cannot be compared to the worst game I have recieved and played. No, that little award goes to the Terminator Salvation game. I actually thought this game was going to be alright - you shoot Terminators and it would probably have a decent story and gameplay. Oh no, this one drove me mad. The cover system is obsessed with hidng you behind a wall, the guns are underpowered, navigating from cover is downright slowed and the story is nowhere near what the film story was (as if it was going to be similar).
@Locclo - For me Rumble Roses, was an interest as in my RPG games I have a lot of female characters, and I was looking for a game where women where the focus so I could recreate some of my fave npcs.
When I got it, your board meeting note is pretty accurate, had they made the gameplay on par with the WWE titles at the time, put in multiple belt options, tag teams that worked, and speciality matches like Cage matches, and rip off of Hell in a Cell, elimination chamer etc, it would have been a fave game for me.
Sadly it was lacking in all departments. Hell if WWE would allow female characters to play in all match types I could at least play one of those, but sadly they've restricted what matches they can be in for a number of years.
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"That's not an Ork, its a girl.." - Last words of High General Daran Ul'tharem, battle of Ursha VII.
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Chowderhead wrote:Who wants a game where you do nothing but put hot chicks in skimpy outfits and have them pole dance? Not me. I came for the volleyball, Dammit!
I am unsure of your motives, sir.
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Prestor Jon wrote: Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
Chowderhead wrote:Who wants a game where you do nothing but put hot chicks in skimpy outfits and have them pole dance? Not me. I came for the volleyball, Dammit!
Prestor Jon wrote: Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
Melissia wrote:I think people are just using this thread to spout off against games they marginally dislike, as opposed to THE WORST GAMES EVER.
Note the title one more time.
Both of those are wrongs.
What the the worst games you have purchased? I COULD list a few games that I think are far worse but I didnt buy them so Im not including them and the worst games ever I have never played because Im actually careful with my purchases.
Manchu wrote:I played the crap out of BoME and it was far from excellent. I'll give it to you that of all the schlock branded with the LotR name that I've played, this might have been the best. But it's a low bar. I can't speak to War of the Rings because I did not play it. I learned my lesson from BoME.
I don't know, I pretty much ignored the LotR action games like i've been ignoring movie licensed "action" games since the late nineties.
I mean have ANY of them been good?
Though rarely are any of them truly offensive. They're just bland.
winnertakesall wrote:What was wrong with EVE? It was the best MMO I have ever played.
It's an MMO for people who like spreadsheets, so it's not for everyone.
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winnertakesall wrote:
What was wrong with EVE? It was the best MMO I have ever played.
Zaps rock.
Zaps rock.
Zaps rock.
It had the same problems that every preceding MMO had, primarily focused on the existence of a grind. Though, really, every MMO I've ever played has been awful. Chat rooms with graphics, basically.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
blood reaper wrote:AVP for the Xbox, truly the worst game of all time.
Yes that was pretty terrible. Was the first and last time I have ever bought a game without reading a review first. Asked the guy working in the shop for his opinion on it, he said it was fine. I was back in the store an hour later for an exchange, and he wouldn't make eye contact.
Perhaps some of the most truly awful games were from the 8 or 16 bit era. Had a football game on the NES (World Cup Soccer or something?), absolute gak even by the somewhat lower standards of the time. I think if anyone played it now they would probably have an aneurysm.
However I think some of the truly worst were some of the Arcade ports of new arcade games which developers tried to port onto ageing home machinery. Probably the one that I remember the most (or rather was disappointed by) was Space Harrier on the ZX Spectrum. Absolutely appalling, just found a video of it on Youtube actually if anyone wants a laugh.. (watch the arcade version then go about 1:25 in for the Spectrum version).
I am shocked no one has mentioned the infamous Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde NES game. It should go down in history as the worst game ever created.
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any call of duty ever, with so many good shooters out there im suprised that tripe actually makes money, ok maybe MW1 was ok, but the rest are pure garbage
CoD1 was so good it saved Activision from Bankrupcy and this was back when 'Activision' was the butt end of a joke and no one ever took them seriously XD
BlueDagger wrote:I am shocked no one has mentioned the infamous Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde NES game. It should go down in history as the worst game ever created.
There are plenty of worse games than Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.
Hunted: The Demon's Forge. I was so excited for the game because it had so much potential, I didn't listen to reviews. I tried to like the game, I tried so hard, yet, it just gathers dust.
Demon's Souls. I spent twenty dollars on it, I still regret it. I don't like it when games frustrate me like that!
To be controversial... Marvel versus Capcom 3. Yes, you heard me. In my opinion, it shot for the stars and fell flat on its face. Every character essentially plays the same, just are faster or slower and have different "acting" moves. Maybe I was too young to remember, and MvC 1 and 2 were the same way (forgive me if that is the case), but I like a fighting game like Soul Calibur or Mortal Kombat, where each character feels unique. I even brought it to play with a good friend who was extremely excited for it, after one match, he said it was too simple and it bugged him.
I'm surprised someone said Gears of War 3. I thought it was by far the best in the series, and I absolutely loved 1 and 2. Sure, online is full of ridiculous people, but what game isn't? Not to mention, Horde and Beast are incredibly fun!
Kingdom Death Fanatic. Dark Eldar: Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Dark Elves: Allegiance to the Black Crown. Also, Masons, Cygnar, and Legion of Everblight. All unnamed.
Manchu wrote:
The Fragile Breath wrote: . . . something but I was distracted by the username.
Holy gak that is an awesome username. Please tell me your army is called Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Morathi's Darkest Sin has some competition here for best handle, I think.
Reloaded on PS1. I had never played Loaded. I thought it would be good. How wrong I was.
Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot black coffee.
Brink wasn't bad. The only reason I traded it in was all my friends did and FPS games can only keep my attention when I'm playing with friends.
Now the Worse game I've ever bought was Tales of Symphonia 2.
That game was SO damn bad I almost gave up on the Tales Series completely (I did give up on them for a while, then they ported Tales of the Abyss to the 3DS. Swear to god I just need to sign my paychecks to GW and namco.)
The Characters from the first Symphonia made quick pop ins, for no other reason to say, "HI, My name is....". Every conversation the characters would say each other's full names at least 4 times for each person in the conversation. EVERY. SINGLE. CONVERSATION. and the Story was absolute gak.
"Lloyd(main character from first game) saved us from the Apocalypse. KILL HIM!" was the WHOLE premise of the game. The graphics looked horrid for a Wii game (they would have looked bad for a Gamecube game.) and to top it all off, the controls sucked more than....I'm so fired up about how bad it was I can't even think of something to compare it to.
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Without a shadow of a doubt, the worst game I have ever purchased was Two Worlds on the Xbox.
That game was completely unplayable. I had just been on an RPG kick, and all the previews said it was going to be such a great game with so much to do.
That load of **** was so godawful I don't know how it shipped. Everything lagged, combat was terrible, the sound effects and voice acting were the most wooden garbage I've ever seen. This is one of those games that could have benefitted from NEVER having anyone speak.
I traded it in the very same day I purchased it. The clerk was confused, and I told him, "You are not allowed to sell this crap to anyone. EVER."
I only got half the money I paid for it back in credit, but that was fine, as I knew as soon as word got out about how terrible that game was, it would be worth fifty cents in a few more days.
"-and all that time in Paris, when you were wallowing in debauchery with your doxies, tarts and pirates... you were trying to convince me you were a disgusting, swinish, lecherous, drunken sot... Well I want you to know it worked.
The Fragile Breath wrote:Demon's Souls. I spent twenty dollars on it, I still regret it. I don't like it when games frustrate me like that!
I bought the game a while before I actually figured out how to play it. I would put it in the PS3, die 20-30 times, get frustrated, then put it away for a month.
Turns out, the first area (after the tutorial) requires more than simply "walk forward, hit guys". You have to dodge, attack from the side, and avoid the enemy. But once you get to the first 'checkpoint', you'll likely be hooked. It really is an excellent game.
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I made the mistake of buying magic the gathering: battlegrounds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_%E2%80%93_Battlegrounds Was installed for about 1hr before I got bored of it. Doesn't really share any mechanics with the card games and the storyline told in text boxes in between increasingly repetitive battles...
It's about the only game I've ever regretted purchasing
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
Mr Mystery wrote:Suffice to say, if any of this is actually true, then clearly Elvis is hiding behind my left testicle, and Lord Lucan behind the right.
Kal'reia Sept Tau - Farsight Sympathizers 
Da Great Looted Waaagh! 
The Court of the Wolf Lords 
Damn you Gravitation Wave replacing the Laser 
No, Spore is one of those games that you have to really get into and personalise somewhat to get something out of it. It's no good creating a random monster then progressing through the stages not really liking your monster or houses for said monster or the vehicles it drives about.
