Thread 724947206

Have you ever independently bought/played one of the so called "worst games of all time" without any prior research and found out the hard way?

>>724947206 (OP)
i didnt play 2 until the hd collection. i had heard it was the worst, but didnt know why. now i do.

2 doesnt get enough credit for introducing a ton of series staples though

Me and my older brother had all of the DBZ games for PS2 when I was a kid, including Sagas. I asked him why we never played it together since all the budokai games were so fun, and he just told me it was a "gay doodoo game" without explaining why it was bad or anything. I tried it myself and it was probably the first time I was ever disappointed in a game.

I hadn't played Sonic's games for a long while, but I thought I'd return to Sonic, see what he was up to. So I bought Sonic 06 around release. That was a mistake I'll never forget.

Don't die yet.

>>724947206 (OP)
Me and my friends all pre ordered Command & Conquer 4

I've play some late 90s/early 00s RTS as a kid, had a lot of good memories with the first 5-6 levels, then dug it up later and it's was like 28 on metacritic.
It had three types of tanks (energy, flamer, ballistic?), and chicken robots like in robocop. There was a 30 minute hold out defense mission in Sudan. Big focus on aerial call-ins, one was this fidget spinner ufo thing that would drop circular energy blasts down in a pattern.

>>724951340
>preordered age of shadows for ultima online

>>724951961
hmm, never mind, found it again and the buzz seems positive. Maybe found some outlier reviews back then.

>>724951340
>>724952079
I hope you learned to stop preordering games

>>724954361
i think the age of shadows expansion was probably the first and last time i ever preordered a game.

and then later the only games i bought were ones i had pirated first and enjoyed.

>>724947206 (OP)
I actually liked this shit when it came out, I miss being so retarded that I could just enjoy anything.

>>724947206 (OP)
I played dmc2 blind (after 1, 3, 4, and 5) and it really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Yes the guns do damage and that makes the game shit but it improved heavily on movement and somewhat on swordplay from dmc1. I can't even tell you how much gamer rage the shitty movement and repetitive combat in dmc1 got me.

Other than that most of the purchases I regret boil down to
>old game gets lots of praise
>buy old game
>play old game for 20 minutes
>remember i usually don't like old games
>refund old game
Many such cases

>>724947206 (OP)
Yeah, I fell for DMC 2. Was a kid, heard DMC 1 was good. Bought the second one and it was kinda boring.

>>724947206 (OP)
picture unrelated btw

>>724947206 (OP)
I played DMC2 blind
I really liked it, I found it worse than 1 but overall a pretty strong title.

DMC2 isn't even that bad.
It's bad when you compare it to the other DMC games, sure. It's still a pretty fun game.

>>724947206 (OP)
I got the ET game for the Atari 2600, probably from Goodwill or a garbage man neighbor.

It wasn't a bad game for the 2600 compared to a lot of their shovelware, the problem was they greatly overestimated demand and rushed the development.

Later I got a Game Boy. Some games I had included Vidiots, the Ren and Stimpy game, and the crash test dummies game. Vidiots was beatable in like half an hour. I don't really remember what was bad about the crash test dummies game.

On the SNES I rented Ballz 3D and actually thought it was kind of cool.

I had a bunch of games from bargain bins. They were usually not so good but one day I managed to score Mega Man X and Plok in a 2 for $20 deal and both are awesome. Plok suffered from a lack of a save feature though. The soundtracks to both games still hold up today and Plok's was made by Tim Follin who is known for developing impressive soundtracks.

>>724956201
this
idk people have such autistic rage for meh stuff and it's so weird. i consider it sheep behavior but whatever.
I at least finished 2, I'm still struggling to finish 5 due to how shit it is.

now wait until we randomly get that one dude who's like OMG YOU GUYS ARE SAYING POSITIVE STUFF ABOUT DMC2???? YOU PEOPLE ARE CONTRINARIANS MY FAVORITE YOUTUBER MAXIMILLIAN PEGASUS SAID DMC2 WAS THE WORST GAME HE EVER PLAYED IN HIS LIFE

>>724956029
guns do more damage in dmc1 than in dmc2, but people don't know this because online discussions are made up of clueless people that parrot others opinions. i use 4chan to shitpost but i make sure to not listen to any faggot or urinalist before playing a game

>>724958050
5? Shit?

>>724958707
fair. I personally don't like it.
>don't like how the characters are old fucks
>don't like the vergil wank
>don't like nu-nero that much
>I ONLY LIKE PLAYING AS DANTE IN 4 and 5 and 5 makes you play as Dante a lot less so that already pisses me off. then they introduce another fucktard to play as.
>level design sucks
>level pacing feels way too long for just arenas

>>724947206 (OP)
Yup. Good old days.
DMC2 and GG Isuka stick out in my mind.

bump

>>724959427
Kind of valid actually. It's mechanically the best/has the most in-depth combat out of all of them and that's mostly why it's my favorite out of them

>>724947206 (OP)
DMC2 is not even remotely one of the worst games of all time, just the worst of the series. It's just lame and boring, not an active nonfunctional chore.

Devil may cry 2, ultimate alliance 2,ashuras wrath

I bought Sticker Star at launch.

>>724947206 (OP)
thank the heavens i only rented it

>>724947206 (OP)
Big Rigs

>>724958126
>YOU JUST WATCHED A YOUTUBE VIDEO
>YOU CAN'T SAY THIS GAME IS BAD DESPITE IT UNIVERSALLY BEING KNOWN AS BAD
>I AM SILLY

>>724965192
It's extra funny because it's a classic case of projection. The sudden contrarian narrative that these awful games are good, actually, is something largely pushed hard by zoomer Youtubers and e-celebs.

I honestly kind of like the idea of the guns being very powerful, they are just super boring in that particular game. Dante as a devil hunter would likely use his guns as his primary weapon, the standard option for dealing with small and average enemies. The swords and other weapons would be more suited for open battles against enemies that warrant non-human power. DMC1 did something kind of similar with the grenade launcher being insanely powerful and wiping out smaller enemies easily. The later games basically give up on guns as viable weapons and they are only useful for juggling and bringing down flying enemies. If they expanded Gunslinger to be a bit more interesting and enable serious damage while making the gun movesets more fun (e.g. the shotgun stinger is really great and there should be more stuff like that) I would have liked that.

>>724956201
I thought running on the walls was fun

>>724958521
>guns do more damage in dmc1 than in dmc2,
And? The issue is that guns do a lot more damage than melee in 2. It's supposed to be a melee-focused game but you just end up shooting way too much in 2.

And no, grenade rolling in 1 isn't a good comparison because that isn't intended.

>>724947206 (OP)
Really I've played far worse but that's not saying much.

>>724966562
Guns do serious damage in every DMC game. Did you never use Spiral in 3, Pandora in 4, DKA in 5?
Guns don't even really do much damage in 2, it's just enemies in 2 are so nonaggressive that it doesn't matter and you can just shoot them endlessly and never be at risk of taking damage yourself

>>724965192
>>724965425
oh please brits are nitpicky as FUCK. a 7/10 game will make it sound like they're wadding through torture to get through it.

people talk about the guns in dmc2 because
>the camera is fucking WORSE then the first game, enemies are constantly offscreen and in most areas the camera actively zooms in even more when a fight breaks out
>they can infinite juggle enemies by themselves instead of needing to launch them or do grenade rolling
>your style rank doesn't drop by spamming gunshots so you can get to S and just press square to get ez high scores in every level
>the melee combat feels like shit in this game where dante glides into his next animation keyframe and feels like shit. I can name 10 ps2 games that came out from the same timeframe with better feeling melee combat then dmc2

all these factors combine to a game where you're encouraged to just mash the gun button, so you end up playing a shitty version of gungrave, which is another ps2 action game from the same period that's 1000% better then dmc2. the game is fucking bad, stop bullshitting. its like saying gruel is better then starving to death

>>724947829
They were added last minute by itsuno, the game was way worse before he entered apparently

>>724966562
the highest dps thing in dmc3 is spiral guard canceling and the highest dps thing in dmc5 is rocket launcher switch canceling, both games also have shotgun charge shots that do an entire sword combo worth of damage but fast as fuck with jump cancels as long as the enemy is big enough to eat every pellet

dmc4 guns are kinda wack though outside of nero and a few pandora moves

>generic action game feels like generic action game
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Now a days I trust majority's opinion of trash sequels so I didn't play dead space 2.

>>724947829
>2 doesnt get enough credit for introducing a ton of series staples though
because they're obvious ways to improve dmc1 and they all fucking suck ass in their dmc2 versions, and exist in a game where they removed mechanics like taunting and the entire non-sword movelist

>>724947206 (OP)
does final fantasy 15 count?

>>724969263
>It's bad on purpose!

>>724969263
they made a shitty tie in movie game for the hugh jackman van hellsing movie and it's a better feeling/playing sequel to dmc1 then the actual dmc1 sequel is. in 2003 you could be playing something kino like zone of the enders 2, shinobi or viewtiful joe - or even flawed but more inspired games like chaos legion and bloodrayne but instead you're pretesting an admitted unfinished game rushed to shelves is only "generic"

>>724969458
>>724969795
TELL ME WHY CANT I GET A CUTE GIRL MY AGE TELL ME WHY IM STUCK AS A VIRGIN WITH RAGE TELL ME WHY I NEVER WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY I HAVE A BOYFRIEND

>>724969263
>>724969856
it's safe for you to have your autistic outburst here :)

>>724947206 (OP)
I was warned not to buy the game and skip straight to 3, but I wanted to experience the game by myself. And honestly, I wouldn't call it "bad", just mind numbing boring. I even played the game "normally", as in using my sword most of the time, but the almost complete lack of combos made the experience really boring, and Lucia's campaign was even worse in that regard, especially her joke of a final boss. The fact that the game ends with no credits and instead straight jumps into a DIESEL promotional outfit really seals the deal.

So yeah, it's what I could consider a "nothing" game, you will miss absolutely nothing from skipping it and nothing would change if it was deleted from existence.

>>724970524
>I even played the game "normally", as in using my sword most of the time, but the almost complete lack of combos made the experience really boring
what's fucked up is that if you beat the game like 4 times you can play as trish, who pretty much has the dmc1 movelist complete with putting your sword away to do melee punches

>>724947206 (OP)
Worst game? Oh hell no. Everyone knows that the magic number for a game franchise is 2 > 1 > 3. I hear it all the time on this board.

>>724947206 (OP)
I did that with that exact game (DMC2) after randomly seeing it in a store, wondering why I had never heard there was a sequel to DMC and buying it.

>>724947206 (OP)
I played Wind Waker thinking the only reason anyone hated it was the art style, which I found charming
Never have I been more disappointed. I never thought that Nintendo would put out a blatantly unfinished game and pass it off as full size by cramming it with padding. Suffice to say I know better now

>>724970524
>I wouldn't call it "bad", just mind numbing boring
is that supposed to be good lol haha just kidding i know what you mean

>>724947206 (OP)
yes Drakenguard for the ps2. i was baffled by how bad it was. the soundtrack alone was so horrible i couldn't stand it. And i had basically no standards as a kid lol.

>>724954361
Yep, C&C 4 was the last game I ever pre-ordered

>>724967464
You're retarded bro. E&I in DT shits out massive amounts of damage.