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Post by spenoza on Jun 29, 2018 15:03:27 GMT
Guys, it's time to take nominees for a new poll I will launch when Soop's glorious best of the best throw-down completes. Only this time we'll be looking at the worst of the worst. I'm not interested in stuff you simply don't like, though. I want the games that are true disasters. The programming and design are fundamentally bad. Gameplay is so poorly thought out as to almost be broken. Consideration of fun-factor was non-existent. I want us to sort through those games that were just total cop-outs or near-disasters.
You can nominate 2 games each, but I'd also like you to include at least a sentence about why your nominee should be in the running. What does it do so badly or ineptly to earn it the honor?
Or you could tell me this is a horrible idea and why would I even want to do this. That's valid as well, I guess.
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Post by soop on Jun 29, 2018 15:10:35 GMT
I nominate Atlantean and Deep Blue. Just kidding, I'll keep Deep Blue, and I was gonna vote Energy, but let's think about it... Ok, you know what, I'm gonna play some crappy games tonight and see what I think. I tend to run from them, so let's see if I can glean some enjoyment. I know I don't like Deep Blue's sluggish main sprite, the uninspired, seemingly random attack waves, the monotony, the palette and the ridiculous eye-colour life meter. But also, I don't want to take all the low hanging fruit straight away, so I'll reserve my second pick for now. I like almost all the games I own, so it could be hard! Great idea btw
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Post by Black_Tiger on Jun 29, 2018 15:15:03 GMT
Given the qualifications, choosing games will be difficult and the results will be kinda boring. For example, Night Creatures should not qualify under these giudelines.
Is there a borderline for what counts as a game and not just software?
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Post by spenoza on Jun 29, 2018 15:39:15 GMT
It doesn't have to meet ALL those criteria. It just has to be a truly bad game. Like, if you hate sports games you shouldn't nominate an otherwise competent sports game because you just happen to not like sports games. The game should in some at least near-objective capacity be a bad game.
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Post by lukester on Jun 29, 2018 16:24:04 GMT
I don’t wanna be that guy, but there’s been so many polls clogging up the board lately.
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Post by spenoza on Jun 29, 2018 16:30:55 GMT
That's because people LOVE polls! You get to voice your unique opinion, be part of the crowd, and compare your opinion e-peen to others! Also, this thread is for nominees, and the poll that results will be only a single poll and will come AFTER the current massive voting love-fest is over.
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KingDrool
Punkic Cyborg
jlued686 or John F**KED, if you're nasty.
Posts: 245
Fave PCE Shooter: Lords of Thunder
Fave PCE Platformer: Bonk's Adventure
Fave PCE Game Overall: Bonk's Adventure
Fave PCE RPG: Cosmic Fantasy 2
Currently Playing: Red Dead Redemption 2
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Post by KingDrool on Jun 29, 2018 17:06:31 GMT
Honestly, I think the polls have been fun and I'm glad soop's been doing them. It's a fun motivation to check the forums every day.
As far as worst games go, the first one that came to mind for me was Night Creatures. Dear God I hated that game. I was so excited to play it back in the day and was profoundly disappointed by it. Shit level design, shit hit detection...just shit.
I'll have to think about a second one.
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Post by sunteam_paul on Jun 29, 2018 17:10:14 GMT
I think we should take into account 'because it's in Japanese and I can't read it' is not a legitimate reason to nominate a game.
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Post by spenoza on Jun 29, 2018 17:48:19 GMT
I nominate Drop Rock. It's not a particularly creative take on Breakout, the music is junk, and I don't understand the graphical aesthetic of the game at all. I consider Drop Rock Hora Hora to be shovelware.
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Post by sunteam_paul on Jun 29, 2018 18:12:18 GMT
My first nomination is:
BALLISTIX It's just a complete mess of a non-game with lost of balls randomly bouncing around and it feels more like a quick test someone knocked up than a game.
I'll have to consider my second one.
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Post by soop on Jun 29, 2018 18:25:51 GMT
I don’t wanna be that guy, but there’s been so many polls clogging up the board lately. Yeah that's totally my bad, I'm sorry
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Post by spenoza on Jun 29, 2018 19:34:15 GMT
My second nomination is going to be a divisive one: Shape Shifter. I think the game has a lot of really interesting qualities, but their German (? read that in an interview somewhere) programmer and his Euro-platform sensibilities rendered the platforming aspects needlessly frustrating, especially in panther form. You'd think as a lithe black cat you'd be extremely mobile and awesome, but instead you control like a high speed bathtub and cannot balance for crap. I wanted to like the game so much but instead it was rendered a frustrating "what if?"
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KingDrool
Punkic Cyborg
jlued686 or John F**KED, if you're nasty.
Posts: 245
Fave PCE Shooter: Lords of Thunder
Fave PCE Platformer: Bonk's Adventure
Fave PCE Game Overall: Bonk's Adventure
Fave PCE RPG: Cosmic Fantasy 2
Currently Playing: Red Dead Redemption 2
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Post by KingDrool on Jun 29, 2018 19:50:17 GMT
I don’t wanna be that guy, but there’s been so many polls clogging up the board lately. Yeah that's totally my bad, I'm sorry Don't be! I've been having fun with it, and the threads have been good for recommendations. I've discovered quite a few games of which I was previously unaware. Keep it rolling!
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Post by soop on Jun 29, 2018 21:24:56 GMT
Thanks I'm going to keep going, and hopefully it doesn't get too distracting, but it's gonna take a while I plan to make it more content rich after the group stages, with actual reviews of each game. Which btw @sunteam_paul you're welcome to use on the site
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Post by Lost Monkey on Jun 30, 2018 3:23:29 GMT
I can't believe there have been this many responses and no mention of either Impossamole or Darkwing Duck.
Both have shit hit detection and are impossibly broken in terms of game play.
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