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The Worst Version of a Good Game
- Thread starter Araujo
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Dude, Myst is one of the least cult games to ever be made. It was the best-selling PC game of all time before The Sims came out. It played a significant role in the adoption of the CD-ROM format. People used it in arguments of games as art.
Yup, it was really really rough.
I still got the platinum trophy though.
I think Durante made patch for it? And apparently GOG version is somewhat better as well.
Oh, certainly, and I enjoyed the game on PS3. But that first big patch made some big improvements and I never played it pre-patch.
I imagine pre-patch a lot of people didn't get far because of how bad it was.
This is immediately what I thought of when I saw the thread.
I really think this is stretching but
Rocket League with KB+M (pc) is purposefully gimping yourself. Playing like that for over a year then switching to a controller....my GOD I felt like piccolo taking off his heavy ass armor, I was sandbagging it the whole time
Rocket League with KB+M (pc) is purposefully gimping yourself. Playing like that for over a year then switching to a controller....my GOD I felt like piccolo taking off his heavy ass armor, I was sandbagging it the whole time
PS1 MVC1 is even worse than the preceding two Vs games in my opinion, especially if you liked in Europe and had 50Hz PAL releases of the games. MVC ran incredibly slow when I played the game, when doing air combos the game actually slows down very noticeably (hard to hammer home just how slow) to make it super easy to land each blow of the combo, where as the DC/Arcade versions were lightning fast by comparison. It was a mess. Add on the lack of proper tag, animation, load times etc. that the previous Vs games suffered from on top.
And as has already been mentioned in the thread, SFII was awful on most computers at the time. The Amiga port of SFII really wasn't any better in many regards. It looked nicer sure, but it was over 4 disk so load times were usually minutes for one fight. And trying to play the game on a two button joystick made it basically unplayable.
And speaking of unplayable - Final Fight for the Spectrum felt completely unplayable for me when I played it somewhat recently. Could barely move or attack anything. Which is a pretty huge problem for a scrolling beat em up!
Vita version of Jak and Daxter =( Capped at 20fps...
The handheld versions of game are almost always the worst version by default, but certainly there are some ports that are so fucked up that they deserve recognition in this thread, while other ports I think are a miracle of engineering that they even got them running.
Jak and Daxter is in the former category, Borlerlands 2 is in the latter, IMO.
But while we are on the subject we could talk about God Of War Collection on Vita.
It's certainly the worst version of the games. On the other hand, the performance isn't any worse than the highly-regarded PSP games.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus is another consideration.
yeah I had a blast with the whole "gee whiz" effect of playing ninja gaiden on a handheld in bed, but i finished normal mode and that was that.
I'm glad the new accessories look like they were designed 5 minutes before the game went gold. if they actually looked cool, i'd be pissed instead of just dismissive of them lol
This thing, however:
It's certainly the worst version of the games. On the other hand, the performance isn't any worse than the highly-regarded PSP games.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus is another consideration.
probably shouldn't have been shipped. I don't even want to know what performance was like on Mentor and MNM, it was not worth finishing on Normal. Honestly, I feel like it's a glimpse into how the PS3 version would've performed if it had NG2 360 gore. I'm still convinced the purple mist was a technical performance decision but presented as a ratings-related consideration so they didn't have to publicly bash the ps3 while giving their reasoning for taking out blood.
I'll see your street fighter 2 on gameboy and raise you a mortal kombat. I had the misfortune of owning this one. Ran at about 5fps and had THE worst input lag.
Wow. Good on Capcom for making a PS1 port well after the fact.
I was never into Splinter Cell, so I never played the games, but HOLY SHIT! The difference is insane for consoles of the same gen.
I'm not so sure RE4 PS2 is worse than the Ubisoft PC version. The PC version had this really ugly sterile took to it, plus some technical issues as a result of being a quick and dirty PC port iirc. PS2 version on a CRT still at least retained the atmosphere.
The power difference between the two consoles was huuuuge. It's not always such a dramatic difference with multi-plat games but there was still always perceptible differences with Xbox coming out on top aside from a couple one-off cases iirc.
The power difference between the two consoles was huuuuge. It's not always such a dramatic difference with multi-plat games but there was still always perceptible differences with Xbox coming out on top aside from a couple one-off cases iirc.
I am surprised no one has mentioned Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis for GBA. They took what should have been a simple port of Sonic the Hedgehog 1, and ruined the frame rate, music, physics, add added many bugs.
I realize ports are never as simple of "Press the 'port to x console' button" but they could have done much better than that.
I realize ports are never as simple of "Press the 'port to x console' button" but they could have done much better than that.
Wait the PS2 version is a side scroller? Dafuq? The PS3/360 version is legit great, but it looks like supreme ass, so I'm legit shocked that the PS2 version is an entirely different game, because I just assumed it was cross gen when I saw that PS2 case on the shelf a long long time ago.
the original PC version was abhorrent, they fixed it with the later re-release for the most of it though.
Not in the least. First person "tiptoe" peeking while lying in the grass, which you can't do on 3DS, is way more useful then crouch walking, when the level design isn't designed to where you can really take advantage of it, i.e. you might as well just run around like a madmen, gets you spotted just as easily but at least you're faster.
ah, forgot about Ultimate Edition. edited to make clear i'm talking about the ubisoft port.
Oh yeah I made it through chapter 3 and never touched it again. Truely abysmal performance, probably the worst I've seen in a shipped game in over a decade.
Like you, I can't even imagine what mentor and MN looks like. I hate the word "unplayable" and the hyperbolic cockpiddle that comes along with it, but I can't see the game functioning at all over 10fps on mentor once the rocket launcher dudes start popping up in force, much less master Ninja. I imagine someone plat'd it, and man my heart goes out to the suffering those poor bastards had to go through to get it.
Even the Wii one was openworld. PS2/PSP got this crap...
Final Fantasy VI on mobile and PC.
I'll submit Grandia 2 for PS2 I guess. Not as bad as most of the ones mentioned here of course. Also all the PS1 ports of the old FF games and Chrono Trigger with the added loading. At least FFVI doesn't look like THAT though.....
First and still the greatest gaming disappointment of my life.
Pac-Man 2600 is looked back on as a kitschy but still kinda charming relic of the past. People have become more kind to it over the decades, perhaps due to nostalgia.
But at the time? At launch? I was completely gutted.
After months of anticipation, at the height of Pac-Man Fever...Atari dropped this garbage. When I got my copy it took me less than a minute to realize with growing horror that the game was utter trash.
Oh man I remember the PS2 port, one of the worst parts was the really gimped version of the multiplayer, which was one of the best aspects of Chaos Theory. I can't remember how much was changed, but one thing I do remember is the Mercenaries in the PS2 version only got the assault rifle, while the mercenaries in the other version got the assault rifle, but also a shotgun and SMG. I think there was fewer maps in the PS2 version too.
Holy crap that's insulting. Why even bother if you're just going to churn out a turd like that?
I'd guess license obligation, or enough of a market existed for a dusted off old game with new graphics to work out
Well there it is. I figured I should read through the thread first before posting this and sure enough someone has mentioned it!
No More Heros on the PS3... I love the franchise and they are good games not great. But man if you were to tell me you didn't like the series because you played the Ps3 version I wouldn't blame you. Combat becomes even worse since you are not using a Wii mote. They tinkered with the shaders and made the game uglier. And somehow made the game an even worse slog to get through. Like the port almost feels like the developers wanted to make it worse. Can't imagine what conditions they were given when they were told to port it. Must have been really bad for the game to come out feeling half baked like that.
