Thread 11802574

What’s the difference between an endearing kusoge and a bad game that’s just unfun and a total slog?

bad taste

>>11802574 (OP)
if a bad game has just enough redeeming qualities or charm that it's still somehow an enjoyable experience, its lovable kusoge
this is wildly subjective so most people will have different opinions as to what counts as what
people tend to hold games they played as children in much higher regard, for example I played the shit out of that Garfield game on genesis as a kid so it's lovable kusoge to me, even though anyone playing it for the first time today would justifiably call it a bad game

>>11802574 (OP)
>Endearing Kusoge
Trio the Punch, bad but has charm.
>Unfun and total slog
Takeshi's Challenge, actively antagonizing you for playing it.

>>11802574 (OP)

It's the same thing.

There are well made games that aren't just for You, which are neither.

>>11802574 (OP)
>endearing kusoge
Western trash :|
Japanese trash :O

>>11802680
This boards attitude towards bad games summed up. Shit but jap it’s le epic soul, shit but euro it’s a war crime, shit but burger not talked about that much. Not a single one of you on here will ever be Japanese btw.

the language

>endearing kusoge
you fucking faggots, kek

>>11802685
>shit but euro it’s a war crime
Must be a /vr/ thing, it's the complete opposite on /v/ where eurojank is massively overrated

>>11802685
I enjoy all kinds of bad games.

>>11802609
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Although I will say that some games are objectively so bad, that they don't even have any charming or redeeming qualities. Look at Action 52 or Big Rigs for example. They're not even betas yet they charged money for that shit. Sure they were memes for a bit, but they are genuinely bad games that have no right to exist.

>>11804851
>/thread
and yet you kept typing

>>11802574 (OP)
I'd say the key difference is your personal preference... what you're willing to forgive, for the sake of what you may like, about what you're playing, it's also often the difference between a 1* title and a 2* one, both below average, but one has something to like in your eyes, enough to give it an extra star at least, and the other gets a minimum rating because you disliked all of it, or because the few good things were completely overshadowed by the bad ones. It's something that comes down to details often.

I'd say things like childhood memories, like (>>11802609) mentioned, and licensed titles for licensed IPs you're fond of and/or grew up with, or even a console's specific title of graphics and/or sound, can twist the bias in its favour when being judged.