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What's the absolute worst game of 2018 you played?
- Thread starter Phediuk
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Actually, I just thought about it. I played that Yoshi puzzle game on Switch virtual console-thing this year. What the fuck even is that game? EASILY the worst game I played this year.
Well it's not bad and I plan to revisit it, but Octopath Traveller? I thought I was craving an old school JRPG fix and though it def brought that out a bit, I really didn't like the animation and the gameplay loop began to grate on me.I did like some of the characters tho, so I want to retry it sometime.
EDIT: whoops, i misread this as the worst game you played in 2018 but I already posted, so here you go: I don't generally make a habit of playing bad games, but this year I sat down and played through Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back on my PS4. I kind of sort of like the SNES ones in a nostalgia drunk sort of way (every game is great when you play them at 6-years-old!), so I was curious and I got it for like 11 bucks.
Here's the thing: it's not a bad game really, but it is an extremely boring game. It's entirely playable. The levels though, are basically just straight lines completely covered in collectable yarnballs. You can run from beginning to end fairly easily with little obstacle, in every single level in the game, in the span of like 1 to 2 minutes. As a result, you can easily beat the game in like 45 minutes. BUT there's a big caveat to this game's fine-ness. The bosses. The bosses in this game suuuccck. Bosses with extremely monotonous and long attacking phases with a limited moment of vulnerability at the end. At the end of the game these phases can last minutes before you get a very limited window to hit the boss one time. And if you miss the window, which you often easily can, you have to wait for it to cycle again. It took me damn near 15 minutes to beat the final boss, and it was an entirely boring 15-minutes too.
4-5ish out of 10 on that one from me.
Here's the thing: it's not a bad game really, but it is an extremely boring game. It's entirely playable. The levels though, are basically just straight lines completely covered in collectable yarnballs. You can run from beginning to end fairly easily with little obstacle, in every single level in the game, in the span of like 1 to 2 minutes. As a result, you can easily beat the game in like 45 minutes. BUT there's a big caveat to this game's fine-ness. The bosses. The bosses in this game suuuccck. Bosses with extremely monotonous and long attacking phases with a limited moment of vulnerability at the end. At the end of the game these phases can last minutes before you get a very limited window to hit the boss one time. And if you miss the window, which you often easily can, you have to wait for it to cycle again. It took me damn near 15 minutes to beat the final boss, and it was an entirely boring 15-minutes too.
4-5ish out of 10 on that one from me.
This probably would have been my choice at least for games that came out this year except for how much I enjoyed the battle system. Battle system aside the story just seemed kinda boring and I like learning about characters in a Persona type of way but for some reason the characters in Octopath just couldn't grab me.
This thread has only proven that Era is just really good at avoiding games that are actually bad.
Almost every game on the past couple pages is good. Haha.
Almost every game on the past couple pages is good. Haha.
RDR2
The open world is incredible, but it's largely wasted due to poor game design. The writing is the best ever in a Rockstar title, but I just couldn't bring myself to suffer through the restrictive story missions to experience it all.
Worst controls I've encountered this gen.
The open world is incredible, but it's largely wasted due to poor game design. The writing is the best ever in a Rockstar title, but I just couldn't bring myself to suffer through the restrictive story missions to experience it all.
Worst controls I've encountered this gen.
Unironically RDR2. I didn't enjoy it at all. Between the slow as molasses gameplay, the terrible controls, the inconsistent 'realism', the boring as fuck gunplay, the awful bounty system and the poorly designed story-missions that tell you what to do every step along the way, it was an absolute chore. Never felt so at odds with the critics before.
And the ridiculous thing is I really enjoyed the first one! And only played it for the first time in January. RDR2 is straight up mechanically inferior to it though.
And the ridiculous thing is I really enjoyed the first one! And only played it for the first time in January. RDR2 is straight up mechanically inferior to it though.
I found the dual protagonist structure of Yakuza 0 to be a repetitive grind for the most part. It was a fun, zany, melodramatic story for the first few hours, but then story beats, gameplay mechanics and the ensuing tutorials would start to repeat creating tedium and boredom and just mashing the X button to get to non-filler text. Kiryu was also just not fun to play as and the obvious copy-paste water downed real-estate mini-game was just frustrating compared to the cabaret. If I want zany Yakuza stories I'll just watch a Takashi Miike film; there's not really a limit on Yakuza media out there.
Horizon Zero Dawn was just kind of a corny exposition dump video game plot; I was bored by the protagonist, I was bored by the antagonist, I was bored by the side characters. Didn't find the loot grind and equipment upgrading very fun. So not only was I bored by the story; I was frustrated by the mechanics.
I mean I scaled back exponentially on the number of games I played/beat this year, so out of the following they were the experiences that really dragged:
1. Night in the Woods
2. Hollow Knight
3. Nier: Automata
4. Horizon: Zero Dawn
5. Pikmin 3
6. Dishonored 2
7. Yakuza 0
______________
8. Exapunks (haven't completed)
9. Spider-Man (haven't completed)
Dont think ive played a single bad game this year. But there some thar didnt gel with me or i found just mildly dissapointing.
Fortnite: tried it on switch but legit didnt enjoy it. I guess this kind of genre mashup just wasnt for me
Megaman collection: I love megaman in amy shape or form but that input lag is really noticable and its infuriating at times..
Fortnite: tried it on switch but legit didnt enjoy it. I guess this kind of genre mashup just wasnt for me
Megaman collection: I love megaman in amy shape or form but that input lag is really noticable and its infuriating at times..
It comes down to four games on which l cannot decide.
Beyond Two Souls
Titan Quest
The Evil Within 2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Beyond Two Souls
Titan Quest
The Evil Within 2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
I completely agree. I will never argue that the game is not a technical masterpiece, because it damn sure is. But holy shit what a boring game. Its so bad gameplay wise.
I played a mobile gatcha game (game where you roll slots to get rare characters) called Terra Battle 2.
It was so bad, it shut down for good three months after launch!
The game was so bug ridden, the most exciting part of "playing" was waiting for the servers to randomly shut down and award players with free energy as an apology, which happened constantly.
Performance was bad, the systems and gameplay were inferior to Terra Battle 1, the events learned all the most annoying lessons from other gatchas with super grindy events, and the maps were a pain to traverse.
The art, music, and UI were aces though which was why I grit my teeth and awaited the fixes Mistwalker promised would revitalize the game but then the NA server was unceremoniously shut down.
Bummer.
... Lucky me though, saved me from getting deep into another mobile gatcha game!
It was so bad, it shut down for good three months after launch!
The game was so bug ridden, the most exciting part of "playing" was waiting for the servers to randomly shut down and award players with free energy as an apology, which happened constantly.
Performance was bad, the systems and gameplay were inferior to Terra Battle 1, the events learned all the most annoying lessons from other gatchas with super grindy events, and the maps were a pain to traverse.
The art, music, and UI were aces though which was why I grit my teeth and awaited the fixes Mistwalker promised would revitalize the game but then the NA server was unceremoniously shut down.
Bummer.
... Lucky me though, saved me from getting deep into another mobile gatcha game!
Bayonetta 2
Blazblue Cross Tag Battle
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Dark Souls Remastered
God of War
La-Mulana 2
Lumines Remastered
Monster Hunter World
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Octopath Traveler
Pokemon Let's Go: Eevee
Red Dead Redemption 2
Soul Calibur VI
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
These are the games from 2018 that I've played and honestly, God of War is near the bottom of the list with Blazblue.
Blazblue Cross Tag Battle
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Dark Souls Remastered
God of War
La-Mulana 2
Lumines Remastered
Monster Hunter World
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Octopath Traveler
Pokemon Let's Go: Eevee
Red Dead Redemption 2
Soul Calibur VI
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
These are the games from 2018 that I've played and honestly, God of War is near the bottom of the list with Blazblue.
Storm Boy, over in 10-20 minutes, and barely even a game. The first refund I've ever requested.
At least no one managed to get Re—
Ah, dammit.
Fortnite. After friends asking me to try it for months, I gave it a shot and absolutely hated it. I actually did well at it but ugh, no more.
Far Cry 5, I feel like Ubisoft dropped the ball hard with a lot of things about this game, the story being the main one. I'm curious about New Dawn, but FC5 was enough for me to be a little wary of future Far Cry games for the time being.
The game I would have given the lowest review score is Super Mario Party. So many mechanical frustrations and also a notable shortage of content.
I also cringe even saying it but red dead redemption 2. I even went in with only mild expectations but it's a miserable game. Pains me to even say it, given how incredible an achievement it is on a technical level and how long this team toiled on it.
Even though RDR2 is my most disappointing game of the year, it's not by any stretch a bad game - you can still gain a lot of value from the content.
My actual bad game(s) are a couple of cheap games off the eShop, absolutely terrible and deleted after half an hour. They really should implement some sort of ratings, and perhaps more curation.
My actual bad game(s) are a couple of cheap games off the eShop, absolutely terrible and deleted after half an hour. They really should implement some sort of ratings, and perhaps more curation.
probably mahjong pretty girls battle, but you know it's not the worst mahjong implementation i've played
I tend to not buy games I'm pretty sure I won't like, so there's probably a bunch of actual bad games. Of the games I've played this year, RDR2 was probably the least enjoyable overall.
Warframe. Nothing but trash. Dishonorable mentions include Far Cry 5, Monster Hunter: World, Metro Redux, and Ashen.
Ni no Kuni 2 without a doubt. And it's not that bad, but I mostly play games that I know I'll enjoy. 2nd place for worst 2018 game is shared between Mario Tennis Aces, DQ XI and RDR2. The three games are fine, but I enjoyed them far less than the other games I've played (even games that are far less polished like Darksiders 3) for different reasons.
Oh right that was a thing this year too... I played it for an hour and when I got the pop ups of activities to do in the game (liberate camps and other such rote nonsense) I literally went "I have zero desire to do any of the things you just said" and quit the game forever. Ubisoft manages to trick me into becoming somewhat interested in their games from time to time and against better judgment I try them out every now and again and end being angry at myself for falling into their trap again.
Right now I'm still contemplating maybe trying out AC Odyssey because the setting looks really cool, but it's fucking AC. The ones I've played were so fucking boring and repetitive I couldn't play for more than a few hours. Everyone just keeps saying Odyssey is so much better, but I look at gameplay and I just see the same boring Ubisoft game over and over again. So I should probably just leave it and save myself the frustration.
I am... actually surprised that you play Ni no kuni 2. Seems like a game that only JRPG enthusiast would actually buy and play and don't think I have ever pegged you as a JRPG gamer, both from GAF and in here, hahah. Maybe I'm not paying attention enough.
Anyways, I don't particularly recall any bad experiences in my 2018 gaming memory.... need to think about this one.
Just bought the game, this is going to be my first Monster Hunter. I hope I like it. And damn at all the Ninokuni 2 mentions. First game was amazing. What happened? It's in my backlog, hope it's not as bad as you guys say
Bombing Busters.
Free with PSPLUS, it looked like a clone of Bomberman, that I really love, so I was happy.... until I played it.
I really tried hard to make me appreciate that game, but then I gave up after a while...
It's a clone of Bomberman, but it's a really bad one... on every way.
Free with PSPLUS, it looked like a clone of Bomberman, that I really love, so I was happy.... until I played it.
I really tried hard to make me appreciate that game, but then I gave up after a while...
It's a clone of Bomberman, but it's a really bad one... on every way.
Worst game I beat no matter release date was Where's Waldo for the NES. It took about 15 minutes to do so but it was a horrible 15 minutes, it was just a blurry mess we were 3 grown up who had collaborate to try find this Waldo.. sometime it didnt even look like Waldo. Colors where messed up. Someone paid premium money for this some 27 years ago.
Worst game I beat released in 2018 was Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn on the Switch (got it for free) It wasnt terrible.. it wasnt at all memorable though, luckily quite short.
My biggest dissapointment was Ni No Kuni 2... It was so flat and boring I couldnt even finish it so I sold it. It looked like a dream though so it sucks that it was so meh.
Worst game I beat released in 2018 was Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn on the Switch (got it for free) It wasnt terrible.. it wasnt at all memorable though, luckily quite short.
My biggest dissapointment was Ni No Kuni 2... It was so flat and boring I couldnt even finish it so I sold it. It looked like a dream though so it sucks that it was so meh.
Subjectively? As in "it's a good game that's not for me"? I guess Pokémon Let's Go! Pikachu. Game Freak took everything I liked about Pokémon, got rid of it and replaced it with trash. It's "core", so be ready for Gen 8 to incorporate most of the mechanics from PGL.
Objectively? Chasm. It's a metroidvania that misses all the points about being a good metroidvania. It was so busy trying to replicate Symphony of the Night that it forgot to do something interesting to set itself apart from all other metroidvanias.
Objectively? Chasm. It's a metroidvania that misses all the points about being a good metroidvania. It was so busy trying to replicate Symphony of the Night that it forgot to do something interesting to set itself apart from all other metroidvanias.
When I look at the responses I come to the conclusion that either I play not enough videogames or that people here play WAY TOO MUCH videogames because I did not play even a single bad videogame this year.
Out of the ones I´ve tried (not bought) I´d say it´s Hyrule Warriors DE but that game is far from being "the worst", I just do not like it.
Out of the ones I´ve tried (not bought) I´d say it´s Hyrule Warriors DE but that game is far from being "the worst", I just do not like it.
RDR 2 is actually more understandable because I can see certain people hating it. Spiderman was pretty disappointing to me but I can't see how you can see it's the worst. God of War was solid at worst too.
