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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stryke 9 on February 24, 2002, 03:21:42 pm
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As a semi-refreshing change from all the "Best game" threads that used to plage the forum, I offer up a different sorta poll- one that allows much refreshing whining, too.:D
The worst game I ever played would have to be... well, aside from the screechy-PC-speaker types that go beyond the beyonds and lock my computer as well, I'd have to say Nocturne. Only FPS I ever bought, had this wierd setup with cameras off in some corner so that as soon as you were attacked by, say, a horde of werewolves, you would immediately switch to a lovely view of, say, the main character's feet, which would shortly be joined by several of the main character's giblets.
A close second- whaddaya know, I just went and bought Outforce. It was worth the $1, but just for the cutscenes. The only "strategy" I've ever seen to actively encourage the tank (or, in this case, fighter/destroyer) rush.
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X-com. That game sucked **** through an Area-51 novelty straw.
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Half-Life; Blue Shift
Very short, screwed up my Half Life, and it dident give me any new effects or weapons, its just the high deffition pack that was good
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Originally posted by an0n
X-com. That game sucked **** through an Area-51 novelty straw.
:doh:
pff, worst game? no idea... too many of them I guess...
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Originally posted by Dr.Zer0
Half-Life; Blue Shift
Very short, screwed up my Half Life, and it dident give me any new effects or weapons, its just the high deffition pack that was good
:wtf:
Ever think the High definitions pack was the new effects and weapons? About nearly every gun was redone in higher detail..
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If this is restricted to retail games that are bad for their time, I would say Extreme Paintball. (or was it paintbrawl?) Good thing I only played it on one of the computers at the local best buy outlet (they have some display machines there with the latest games running) and did not actually buy it...
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Originally posted by Zeronet
:wtf:
Ever think the High definitions pack was the new effects and weapons? About nearly every gun was redone in higher detail..
Im talking about Blue Shift without the high definitions pack
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sw: force commander - horrable controls and akward gameplay, and all around just not fun
Mech Warrior 3 (MW2 Adv), not much better gameplay, but the intro movie was cool ("Die clanner")
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Pokemon? :D
Well, seriously at least it worked... the worst game I've played would be... um... technically Tachyon:The Fringe, it doesn't run on my comp and when it does it crashes and screws up seriously.
Gameplay wise: uhhh Macross VFX-2, it looks as if the valkerie (or vertitech) is suspended in air with it rotating to shoot. Very funny to look at and hard to play/boring to play. It was cheap though. (got it at book off, no don't get any wierd ideas, a japanese used game/book whatever shop. Got it when I was in Tokyo)
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x-com the worse came ever my ass - i have x-com enemy unknown - think you called it something different in the states but anyway teh first one and terror from the deep and interceptor and what was it apocalyse? something like that - i loved all of them but my fondest memorys were the original - hunting down mutons - screaming in frustration as a single etereal desimated your troops getting them to shoot each other and drop there weapons adn run away - i ended up putting backup weapons in there back packs and if very newrvous placing there primary one there too so they couldn't shoot my own men certainly thouse left in the transport never had there weapons in hand if there were eterals around
ah am i remember the joy of my first blaster cannon - could pretty much destroy smallish ship in 1 hit and could blast an enterance in the tops of the big ships then flying up and in - ahhhhhhhhh i think i will go install it again
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Originally posted by KillMeNow
x-com the worse came ever my ass - i have x-com enemy unknown - think you called it something different in the states but anyway teh first one and terror from the deep and interceptor and what was it apocalyse? something like that - i loved all of them but my fondest memorys were the original - hunting down mutons - screaming in frustration as a single etereal desimated your troops getting them to shoot each other and drop there weapons adn run away - i ended up putting backup weapons in there back packs and if very newrvous placing there primary one there too so they couldn't shoot my own men certainly thouse left in the transport never had there weapons in hand if there were eterals around
ah am i remember the joy of my first blaster cannon - could pretty much destroy smallish ship in 1 hit and could blast an enterance in the tops of the big ships then flying up and in - ahhhhhhhhh i think i will go install it again
An english teacher would scold you for a run-on that long...
Worst game? hmmm... I'd say StarWars: Force Commander as well...
The sides were totally unbalanced, the Imperials owned all (well, as they should; but its no fun. It was just a game thrown together to make $, and it totally sucked. I am never gonna buy a StarWars strategy game again I don't think(unless its some 'commander' type game in a Star Destroyer :D)
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Originally posted by Kamikaze
Pokemon? :D
Well, seriously at least it worked... the worst game I've played would be... um... technically Tachyon:The Fringe, it doesn't run on my comp and when it does it crashes and screws up seriously.
Gameplay wise: uhhh Macross VFX-2, it looks as if the valkerie (or vertitech) is suspended in air with it rotating to shoot. Very funny to look at and hard to play/boring to play. It was cheap though. (got it at book off, no don't get any wierd ideas, a japanese used game/book whatever shop. Got it when I was in Tokyo)
what's the computer specs, tachyon runs fine on mine.
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Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw
An english teacher would scold you for a run-on that long...
Worst game? hmmm... I'd say StarWars: Force Commander as well...
The sides were totally unbalanced, the Imperials owned all (well, as they should; but its no fun. It was just a game thrown together to make $, and it totally sucked. I am never gonna buy a StarWars strategy game again I don't think(unless its some 'commander' type game in a Star Destroyer :D)
Ever played Star Wars Rebellion? Twas impossible to beat and got boring pretty fast...was bad :doubt:
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the secret to ti was cheating :nod: and building death stars :nod: :nod:
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you know cheats for it? cuz I never found any...what are they? (this might get me interested again) :D
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go to www.avault.com/cheats/
i'm sure thats where i found them - you can get death stars that only take 2 days to building and likewise ssd and stuff too so you can swarm the rebleiion with thousands of cool ships and deathstars around ever planet ensiring loyatly same with troopers and stuff - heheh then you can blow away the rebel head quaters with a death star heheh =) best not to use it too much just to get you established then save the game and disable the cheats cause it becomes to easy but use it to set up what the emipre was supposed to be (or the rebels as they would have wished to be) then go back to normal
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Originally posted by Turnsky
what's the computer specs, tachyon runs fine on mine.
It's not the specs, it's the program.
I meet all the specs and it used to run, but the game's is really buggy. When it did run it was quite fun. (good graphics too)
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I tried tachyon. Looked good, but the game would screw up my joystick every once in awhile. It would sort of lock itself going one direction (the game, not the joystick). This seemed to happen if i was to close to an explosion. The only way to fix it was to reset my comp and try again.
I might try it again soon. I reformated my comp, so maybe it will work better.
The worst game in my opinion is tied between Birth of the Federation and SW: Force commander. Luckily i only played the demo of FC...
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Originally posted by KillMeNow
x-com the worse came ever my *** - i have x-com enemy unknown - think you called it something different in the states but anyway teh first one and terror from the deep and interceptor and what was it apocalyse? something like that - i loved all of them but my fondest memorys were the original - hunting down mutons - screaming in frustration as a single etereal desimated your troops getting them to shoot each other and drop there weapons adn run away - i ended up putting backup weapons in there back packs and if very newrvous placing there primary one there too so they couldn't shoot my own men certainly thouse left in the transport never had there weapons in hand if there were eterals around
ah am i remember the joy of my first blaster cannon - could pretty much destroy smallish ship in 1 hit and could blast an enterance in the tops of the big ships then flying up and in - ahhhhhhhhh i think i will go install it again
I think I will too... I loved the original X-Com UFO Defense! I remember way back when you could rent computer games, I rented it and installed it on my old 486. I got a CD-rom version and runs great (usually)... *sniff* memories! Ok, now I'm really gonna go install it again. :nod:
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Originally posted by Dranon
I tried tachyon. Looked good, but the game would screw up my joystick every once in awhile. It would sort of lock itself going one direction (the game, not the joystick). This seemed to happen if i was to close to an explosion. The only way to fix it was to reset my comp and try again.
I might try it again soon. I reformated my comp, so maybe it will work better.
The worst game in my opinion is tied between Birth of the Federation and SW: Force commander. Luckily i only played the demo of FC...
BOTF is a good game, a game i like playing :)
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yup botf is great too - the klingons wule though - 9 heavy crusiers and arrive cloakked and borg cubes die before getting a shot off
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BOTF was ok, but the combat was terrible (not that that was the point of the game but still...) and it suffered bad memory leaks on my machine which made playing for more than an hour without a reboot impossible.
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Mig alley
I bought it w/ 2 other games on the cheap, thniking it would be interesting to have a (highly rated) proper flight sim.
It's crap. There's no collision detection on the ground(?!), there's no zoom in the cockpit, so the enemy fighters are tiny and nigh impossible to hit, and there's no useful HUD options. Ok, realisims good, but funs' better. :sigh:
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Mig alley
I bought it w/ 2 other games on the cheap, thniking it would be interesting to have a (highly rated) proper flight sim.
It's crap. There's no collision detection on the ground(?!), there's no zoom in the cockpit, so the enemy fighters are tiny and nigh impossible to hit, and there's no useful HUD options. Ok, realisims good, but funs' better. :sigh:
if you want fun over realism, don't buy a simulation you droofus :p
i guess collision can be turned on in the menu anyway.
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I personally haven't bought any crap games. I have enough sense to at least read a few reviews before bying one.
But out of all games I've played... Prince of Persia 3D. Utter tripe. A close contender would be Cutthroat Island for the Genesis. Outdated even when it was released.
No wait, E.T for the Atari 2600. EVIL!
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I'm not really sure... if I have played a game that was real crap... it must have been really bad since I can't remember it :doubt:
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Mine Sweeper :D :D
now thats one imposable game, even if you follow the paddern there is always going to be one annoying spot that you click and then that neat little :) guy gose :snipe: :headz: and then you go :mad2: :mad: after 50 retrys and no result
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Minesweeper?
I stopped losing that game years ago...:D
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Viewpiont for the playstation.
for pc.............mmmmm..........i have no idea.
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Most Disappointing game in recent memory--
Red Faction
(Volition, stick to space shooters)
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Originally posted by Stryke 9
Minesweeper?
I stopped losing that game years ago...:D
Yeah, after I made it soo big that if you are lucky enough you could just click one box and you win ;)
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Stupid Intercrap game, Starfleet Academy! That is one game that shouldn't be in my house.... :mad2:
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Stupid Intercrap game, Starfleet Academy! That is one game that shouldn't be in my house.... :mad2:
Never played it.... but it sure looked like crap! :nod:
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anyone got a copy of ufo: enemy unknown (defence, in the states) cause i just tried to install mine and its gone =( age and bad care has killed it but it cant be that big hell first time it was release it was on only 2 floppys or something.
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Originally posted by ZylonBane
Most Disappointing game in recent memory--
Red Faction
(Volition, stick to space shooters)
For the PC anyway. I was extremely disappointed. With all the features and gameplay elements in every other 3rd Generation FPS, I would have thought that RF would be a new 4th Gen game. I really didn't like it.
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Originally posted by Corsair
Ever played Star Wars Rebellion? Twas impossible to beat and got boring pretty fast...was bad :doubt:
Yup... played it, was able to win quite a lot actually... but never bothered with multi-player... games took way too long without saving. Overall I think it was nicely balanced, however it still sucked in my opinion, the 3D battles were... horrible.
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It really did take forever to do anything, and when you sped up the time compression then everything happened too fast and you couldnt respond quick enough
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Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
For the PC anyway. I was extremely disappointed. With all the features and gameplay elements in every other 3rd Generation FPS, I would have thought that RF would be a new 4th Gen game. I really didn't like it.
as far as i see it, red faction seemed a little rushed, i mean compare it to the likes of the new generation of FPS's, as much as i hate to say it, RF doesn't hold a candle to the likes of RTCW or MoH: Allied assault, or the upcoming new generations of Unreal, it needed work, in other words, console ports are bad mmkay.
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I liked Force Commander.
You want the worse game: Starship Creator! (and the Deluxe version and the Warp II version My god that is bad! It makes you wonder if it was ever tested before it was released.
Please note the only reason I have 'Starship Creator Warp II' is that is I brought DS9:The Fallen in a double pack with it, the pack cost £20. If I brough DS9:The Fallen on its own, it cost £30. Work that out if you can.
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as far as i see it, red faction seemed a little rushed, i mean compare it to the likes of the new generation of FPS's, as much as i hate to say it, RF doesn't hold a candle to the likes of RTCW or MoH: Allied assault, or the upcoming new generations of Unreal, it needed work, in other words, console ports are bad mmkay.
I never played the PC version of RF but was not very impressed by the PS2 version. MOH:AA is an awesome game, and Unreal 2 looks like it is going to be great as well...;)
Please note the only reason I have 'Starship Creator Warp II' is that is I brought DS9:The Fallen in a double pack with it, the pack cost £20. If I brough DS9:The Fallen on its own, it cost £30. Work that out if you can.
Maybe even the publishers realized what a bad game it was and decided to give a discount to those who had to go through the experience of playing it.:p
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:D My friends a trekkie so he bought that Starship creator Warp II by itself.
I could never understand his reasoning, that game seemed as fun as staring at a wall on a cold winter day without proper heating. :p
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Originally posted by KillMeNow
x-com the worse came ever my ass - i have x-com enemy unknown - think you called it something different in the states but anyway teh first one and terror from the deep and interceptor and what was it apocalyse? something like that - i loved all of them but my fondest memorys were the original - hunting down mutons - screaming in frustration as a single etereal desimated your troops getting them to shoot each other and drop there weapons adn run away - i ended up putting backup weapons in there back packs and if very newrvous placing there primary one there too so they couldn't shoot my own men certainly thouse left in the transport never had there weapons in hand if there were eterals around
ah am i remember the joy of my first blaster cannon - could pretty much destroy smallish ship in 1 hit and could blast an enterance in the tops of the big ships then flying up and in - ahhhhhhhhh i think i will go install it again
Damn right! I loved this game - the first was best second was apoc. Early on was great - a alien battleship might come down and it would kill your little intercepters in one shot!
those pistols and the rifles - ammo, diffrent types, squad command, item gathering, base building, reasurching, EVERTHING! almost. I like the snake men best - shoot them down boys! Auto cannon was cool but it was pretty useless at hitting things... (Selling enemy heavy plasma guns for 250 000 a unit! I was rich! (and whoever bought them was gonna win some fights!)
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Originally posted by vadar_1
Mech Warrior 3 (MW2 Adv), not much better gameplay, but the intro movie was cool ("Die clanner")
Hey don't diss the game that was a classic, if you want to know crap games are the ones that were pc but they put them on consoles and they come out bad, Starcraft awesome game on pc but n64 version...woh big mistake
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i liked the laser rifle since it was acurate shot cost want't to bad could do the mulit shots and have reasonable chance of hitting and had enough killing power to kill most things- but i alwasy had heavy plasma units neary too and plasmas in the backpacks to incase they were insolated and eneded heavier firepower but someone witha blaster cannon in the ship was normally enough support
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Originally posted by KillMeNow
i liked the laser rifle since it was acurate shot cost want't to bad could do the mulit shots and have reasonable chance of hitting and had enough killing power to kill most things- but i alwasy had heavy plasma units neary too and plasmas in the backpacks to incase they were insolated and eneded heavier firepower but someone witha blaster cannon in the ship was normally enough support
which game you talking about?:wtf:
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ufo: enemy unknown in britian - ufo:defence in the states
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o that i HATE turn-base games to slow for me
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Originally posted by KillMeNow
i liked the laser rifle since it was acurate shot cost want't to bad could do the mulit shots and have reasonable chance of hitting and had enough killing power to kill most things- but i alwasy had heavy plasma units neary too and plasmas in the backpacks to incase they were insolated and eneded heavier firepower but someone witha blaster cannon in the ship was normally enough support
I beat the game with only lasers. why? no ammo :D
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yup thats the other reason lasers ruled forgottne that
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Whats the point when you got 30 mil in the bank 4 bases 9effective total world radar covarage and 3 troop transports each with a full team of 12 with a tank? You can AFFORD ammo!
(I used to blow up whole buildings with those cools explosives, SO much fun!
What? Mr President, That farm building had at least 1 small slime thing... 1 slime thing = way more than 5 civilans...
What do you mean your gonna knock of $150 000 from my monthly payment????
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your forgetting that plasma ammo used up elerium and while once you had that set up you descrived getting elerium wasn't to diffucvilt - assult those are avengers and yoru men have flying suits then just go stealing large ufos all the tiem =) but anyway in the earlier stages i tried to horde my elerium for poweing my ships
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Originally posted by LAW ENFORCER
Whats the point when you got 30 mil in the bank 4 bases 9effective total world radar covarage and 3 troop transports each with a full team of 12 with a tank? You can AFFORD ammo!
(I used to blow up whole buildings with those cools explosives, SO much fun!
What? Mr President, That farm building had at least 1 small slime thing... 1 slime thing = way more than 5 civilans...
What do you mean your gonna knock of $150 000 from my monthly payment????
what's the point? lasers are powerfull enough to waste anything with enough shots. So w/o ammo, you don't waste your points mvt recharging, uyou shoot, and you kill. voila :p And that gives more space in theinventory to carry more usefull stuff. Guided missiles yeeeehaaaaaa!
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Originally posted by venom2506
what's the point? lasers are powerfull enough to waste anything with enough shots.
Two words: big damage