Worst game you have played?

I've decided that it wasn't Daikatana but was in fact Rise of the Robots. That game was that bad that my memory in fact virtually wiped all knowledge of the fact I ever played it on release :(. The amount of hype in the release of a game that looked and played worse than the C64 game IK+ was ridiculous, it made me :mad:
 
Rise of the Robots I bought that game second hand cheap an still felt ripped off wow it was bad thats was another life time ago cant even remember what system I played in on lol.

Yes had the Amiga with Rise of the Robots an lots of other similar systems good old days of gaming.
 
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Asking the impossible of some of the more mature gamers, or those fortunate enough to have grown up with gaming

Couple examples from recent memory however (and one a bit further back)

Duke Nukem Forever
Command and Conquer 4

If its not broke, don't fix it.. I am a huge advocate of innovation and evolution of a product but in these 2 cases they should had stuck to what they know
The fact these were both triple A titles being retailed at £5 each within months of release speaks volumes

Ultima Online - I'll elaborate a little on this, I specifically mean the "cut-off" point where EA went in with their heavy handed care bear approach, got rid of Garriot (may be an eccentric arse today, but he was integral to the games early success), and basically took what I could only describe as the "World of Warcraft" of its time and ruined it, most folks that played actively during the good times may fondly remember the early era as "pre-trammel" as I do

I consider the last one significant, because this action had an indirect impact on the mmorpg genre as a whole, it basically all but killed the element of risk in games (aside from a few "hit and miss" offshoots, EVE and darkfall spring to mind) and put us where we are today.

Though I expect the mileage on my "risk vs no-risk" to vary, obviously for every person of simular thinking, theres one that likes that it took that direction
 
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For recent-ish games that i can actually remember...Dead Island gets my vote.

Terrible repetitive gameplay with boring missions..and also to note the constant crashing everyone had when it first come out.
 
I will beat anyone who tries to tell me to forgive it because it's an Indie title with a wet towel, but Hydrophobia definitely takes the cake for me as the worst game I've ever played. Everything about it just made me want to turn it off and uninstall it immediately - most noticeably the voice acting, the story, and the characters. I thought maybe people were being overly critical and it couldn't really be that bad, but I quickly saw that they weren't joking.

Some aspects of the gameplay were pretty cool like, especially the water, but that alone couldn't really keep the game afloat for me.

Edit: The team behind the game had some really petty and pathetic reactions to the negativity too, link here for anyone who wants to see the train wreck.
 
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This year? Deus Ex HR, just can't get into it, everything about it is just clunky imo (yes yes I know its not a new game, but it is to me. Go go steam sales!).

Ever? easy pick that is, Vangard SoH. Given my own levels of hype, the team working on it, and the Vision™, it was a mess of a MMO. Warning signs where there mind you, couple of guys on the then FOH guild forums were confirming how bad it was, and when a lot of the older posters on their offical forums just stopped posting their certainly should have triggered some flashing lights..

Anyway, just really glad the Rainforest screwed my CE order up and I had to settle for a normal box, saved me 30 odd quid at least.
 
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Got to agree with Deus Ex HR got it free thankfully with a AMD card but I just cant get into it and having not played other Deus Ex games I don't have the incentive to. Thankfully I got a shed load of other great games with that card to keep me happy!
 
Dambusters on the BBC 32bit.

Waiting months for it to be released on the BBC catalogue club back in the days. When I finally recieved it, it was dire. So bad that as a 14 year old lad I had coded better myself. Wrote a letter to the catalogue club explaining as such and got a voucher for 2 games of my choice.

Recent games, mmmm,

the new Elite = Pants
BioShock Infinate - Nice looking but boring as hell.
FarCry 2 as said before, just stupid with checkpoint after checkpoint respawns.
 
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