Worst game evar?

[Murgos]

Dungeon Keeper was a bit of a dissapointment, considering what it was meant to be.

Yeah, I still liked it but there was some serious disappointment once I figured out what was really involved instead of what was hyped.

[Prospero]

I loved that game. What was it hyped as? Maybe ignorance was bliss with that one.

[Yegolev]

I totally missed the Dungeon Keeper hype and thus found it to be good entertainment for a few nights.

[Prospero]

Worst game evar for me is Lost In Blue. I kept looking for the fun and all I got was more fucking log fetching. I hate logs. I didn't even get the joy of killing my people off with dysentery and syphilis like I did in Oregon Trail. The worst part is a walkthough can't even help you because you're constantly baby sitting your worthless companion. Ya just have to keep fetching, and fetching, and fetching. It's like someone saw the MMO fetch quests and said "I bet I can make that more tedious." And he did.

Also you make a bed and your folks don't get it on. Even the Sims had the love bed with pixel bumping. If I have to play a game where I'm watching the incessantly boring lives of shipwreck survivors at least add a little boom.

[Sky]

I missed the DK hype. Oh, wait. I do remember, it was supposed to be one where other players could come in and play your dungeon as a first-person hack-n-slash while you controlled it from the RTS viewpoint, right? Nobody ever delivers on that kind of stuff.

[Yegolev]

Everything Prospero said is why The Sims 2: Castaway doesn't really suck much.

[Murgos]

I missed the DK hype. Oh, wait. I do remember, it was supposed to be one where other players could come in and play your dungeon as a first-person hack-n-slash while you controlled it from the RTS viewpoint, right? Nobody ever delivers on that kind of stuff.

Yeah that, and there would be something more to do than sandbox to no real purpose.

[UnSub]

The most disappointing games I can remember playing were Whale's Voyage (Amiga) and BloodNet (PC).

Whale's Voyage sounded great - a mix of FPS ala Captive, space travel, trading and RPG with a storyline. The character creation system was innovative (a simple set of options that described your characters' lives up to that point and gave you abilities based on your answers) and some of the features were nice enough (outfitting your ship) but combat was ridiculously hard and it was a game that only allowed one save at a time. That save must have corrupted on me at least 6 times, meaning I had to start again over at the beginning. I gave up on it.

BloodNet was a cyberpunk vampire game where it was entirely possible to kill key characters when you met them thus making the game impossible to finish. Since it wasn't exactly easy to work out a key character from a non-key character, you'd often end up restarting the game again and again and again when you worked out you shouldn't have killed that jerk in the bar because you needed his help 4 hours from when you met him. Another game I gave up on.

[Baldrake]

Earth and Beyond. I played the open beta for its few hours and loved the quest-based gameplay. I camped EB Games waiting for a real copy. And then found out that I had already played through pretty much all the quests there were, and that afterwards the game devolved to sheer tedium. What a disappointment.

But I did get a shiny "Founders Federation" ship.

[Ixxit]

Ultima Online. 

Opening day.  The lag was crippling, the client was so choppy in almost induced vomiting, I got killed by a bird, I got killed by a deer.  Someone stole something out of my backpack and laughed at me.      Ow00ooOOooo WoooOOOoooooo

Fuck that shit. Worst game experience ever.  Cancelled and went right back to Meridian 59, then eventually Everquest.

[rk47]

my top3 worst would be
Ultima 9
Might n Magic 9
and Star Wars: episode 1

[Selby]

Ultima 9
Might n Magic 9

Yes.  Might and Magic IX was the worst ending to one of the best computer gaming series ever.  I was worried after Might and Magic VIII appeared to be a semi-"get it out the door" product but still managed to be a somewhat decent game, but IX just completely blew.  It was the last game I ever ordered before playing first.  I think I truly lost my gaming spirit and barely managed to become anything more than a jaded bastard regarding new game releases because of this one.

I tried the demo for Ultima IX.  Let's just say they never saw my money based on that alone.  All of the angst and venom people talked about for the game?  All true.

[Sky]

I missed the DK hype. Oh, wait. I do remember, it was supposed to be one where other players could come in and play your dungeon as a first-person hack-n-slash while you controlled it from the RTS viewpoint, right? Nobody ever delivers on that kind of stuff.

Yeah that, and there would be something more to do than sandbox to no real purpose.

Eh, I actually /like/ sandboxes without real purpose. Thus my comment earlier about how trying to shoehorn a game into Spore is the only real way I see it getting fucked up. Just like B&W was, because B&W was an excellent sandbox (the first level) until it tried being a game.

[Roac]

I think this is actually harder than the top 20 list.  There are plenty of games I've played that sucked, but I can't think of any that I had huge expectations for that let me down.  Maybe I'm too cynical.  B&W for example - I heard the hype at the time, but nothing ever captured my interest about it.  I glanced at a pirated copy, decided it sucked, and moved on.  I've a bunch more games that people have bought me that wasn't on any list, and turned out to suck.  But since I never had any expectation that FamilyGamePurchaseWithAMovieLicense_004 would be anything but a shitfest, so no loss.  I thought UO was awesome at the time.  Graphical MUD.  Well, I was playing/building a MUD at the time, so that was sweet.  On Shadowbane, I had a good idea of the issues it was going to have well in advance, so expectations were tempered accordingly.  Never viewed it as the Holy Grail of PvP, but I did enjoy it for what it offered.  Never played Ultima 9 because of the terrible reviews I heard.  I never really got into the Ultima series anyway, although I did enjoy one of them (4?  Came out on the NES). 

[WayAbvPar]

Oh crap- I forgot about Ultima IX. What a steaming pile of shit that was. I am getting angry just remembering it. I eventually used the CD for a coffee mug coaster, and later fired it over the fence of my apartment into the pool area, IIRC. I want to kick LB in the sack now.

[grebo]

I could never really figure out what to do in the game. Sometimes I would fall into a hole and then I could float out, and sometimes the hole had a flower in it or something...what the hell was the point of the game?

My aunt in Chicago, who we would visit once a year, had a 2600.  She had Spider Fighter, River Raid and this gem.  Since her house, once a year, was the sum total of my first three years of video game exposure, I have fond memories of this game.

You had to assemble a phone... thing, so you could phone home!  You also had to avoid the scientists and I think get m&ms from your boy friend to keep from running out of energy?  When you found all the phone pieces, your mothership would come and save you.

[Miasma]

Most everything that would be a "worst game evar" you wouldn't be able to remember because the game either wouldn't have worked at all or was so bad that you threw it away and promptly forgot about it.

That said, Final Fantasy X-2.

[Tebonas]

Oh yes, Ultima 9. I really buried that pile of crap in the back of my head. But since the decline already began with Ultima 8, the disappointment was somewhat dulled.

[geldonyetich2]

I actually finished Ultima 9.  It could have been a lot better than it was if they had more time, as they had some content that was truly epic in it (at least by 1999 standards).  I'm talking, "Brought Ultima 4-7 back into focus and justified the Pegan debacle and finally tying up the entire Ultima series in a reasonably coherent ending" epic.  Instead, we got an inefficient, buddy game that was mostly jumping puzzles and third person combat.  It played more like a kludgy Zelda: Ocarina of Time than an Ultima game.

Oh well, at least there's always this.

[Tebonas]

I finished it as well. And that added to the frustration. There were hints of the original plot all over the place (they didn't even bother to remove characters no longer in the game at that point from cutscenes), and that wasn't a bad plot at all.

The engine and the closed-off areas (if you ignore engine exploits) would still have made it a bad game that had nothing to do with the original open world games, though.

[geldonyetich2]

While we're on the topic, I could also bring up the Ultima games that were the worst because they never happened: Ultima Online 2 and Ultima X.

[grendl]

I was a hugantic WWII Online fan, & would probably re-up today if it weren't for the fact that you have to invest in a $150 flight stick to be able to enjoy any parts of the game past infantry.  That would include AAA, ATG, tanks, transports, boats, & planes.  Oh, & the over the top control configuration.  Like an earlier poster I give huge props to CRS for the effort they have put into this stinker.  The game is heaps better than it was... Tons of UI improvements & spawn point improvements...  but until there is a better option than blowing a huge wad of cash for a decent flightstick, I am not paying the MSC for this one again.  I would pay a reduced rate for the infantry game though!

Another game I will freely hate on is Anarchy Online.  Hideous launch & gameplay.  Planetside was terrific for two months, then I realized how tedious it was & quit.  Tabula Rasa is a fantastic example of how much NCS sucks.  How much waste can they pump back up the pipeline before they choke us all on crap? 

The #1 turd in the sewer is going to Hellgate.  Looks are ok, game is crap.  Maybe I missed the boat on this, but its a heap.  Runs ok, looks average, combat is visceral, content SEEMS like it would rock, but its vacant.  This game promises a cool backstory, sweet cinematic, & repetitive stress injuries.  BUT WAIT! THERES MORE!!!  You can pay an additional MSC to wear unique hats! 

gar
bage

[Litigator]

World of Warcraft.

9 Million People. All the same shit we've seen.

It's the diet crystal clear pepsi of games.

<<<Season 2 Diet Crystal Duelist. Now with 458 resil, but still zero calories.

[geldonyetich2]

I'm noticing an interesting pattern here.  It seems the real worst games 3v4r are the ones that were good enough to get our attention, but bad enough not to deliver what they should have.

"Now... it's personal!"

[geldonyetich2]

Also,

[Amaron]

Hmm I think NWN was the most disappointing for me.  To throw in one I don't think anyones mentioned yet in the "very disappointing" category though: Freespace.  I liked that game but I could of lived without it to get what was originally planned and hyped.

[Velorath]

I'm noticing an interesting pattern here.  It seems the real worst games 3v4r are the ones that were good enough to get our attention, but bad enough not to deliver what they should have.

Go back to the first post.  That's what this topic is about.

[grendl]

Hmm I think NWN was the most disappointing for me.  To throw in one I don't think anyones mentioned yet in the "very disappointing" category though: Freespace.  I liked that game but I could of lived without it to get what was originally planned and hyped.

I enjoyed the hell out of some NWN persistant servers.  Sadly they were/are mostly occupied by crazy basement dwellers, & were/are destined for failure. 

[schild]

Someone locked this by mistake. Fixed.

[Lum]

I love CRPGs, and I couldn't finish this. I think I literally fell asleep.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionheart:_Legacy_of_the_Crusader

[geldonyetich2]

Go back to the first post.  That's what this topic is about.

That's what I get for skimming.  (No, in retrospect, I've gotten far worse things for skimming.)

Lets see, already covered Battlezone 2 and Ultima 9...

Return to Krondor.
 

[WayAbvPar]

I love CRPGs, and I couldn't finish this. I think I literally fell asleep.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionheart:_Legacy_of_the_Crusader

I would have totally bought that for the box art alone in my teens.

[lamaros]

Return to Krondor.

Ah c'mon. It wasn't that bad. I enjoyed it. Nothing special, but certainly not the worst game ever.

[rk47]

I love CRPGs, and I couldn't finish this. I think I literally fell asleep.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionheart:_Legacy_of_the_Crusader

FUCKING good pick! Holy crap HOW can i forget that!?!
I tried to like it , it was Fallout Medieval..with Diablo combat?! I couldn't finish it cause I spent too much time running which results in less levels to take on the end game mobs.

[geldonyetich2]

I don't know, I just couldn't get into Return to Krondor because it was so fundamentally different from the previous game.  I didn't even play the retail, I just played the demo and it didn't click as being at all related.  It was trumped up as a sequel to Betrayal at Krondor but it was anything but.  So the whole thing pans out as a one-hit-wonder.

Lands of Lore 2 was similarly a let-down.  Extremely ambitious game, very artistically advanced and (like everybody else then) was having a lot of fun with CD-ROM video integration, but it had neither the charm nor mechanics of the original Lands of Lore.  Then there was Lands of Lore 3 which was, again, something else entirely that didn't have the charm of its predecessor.

Lionheart definitely had my attention as well.  Interesting plot, what with your being the demon-possessed escapee needing to hide yourself from the Spanish inquisition around every corner.  Game mechanics put together from some of the talent behind Fallout.  However, somehow it just didn't come together.  I'm not surprised many of us spaced it, it's a thoroughly forgettable game.

Two Worlds... I liked Two Worlds, in a Gothic sort of way, but it was  slap in the face of anyone expecting another Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.