Worst Obscure game you've ever played?

[SomewhatMystia]

So, @ Minato , since you're part of the fighting game folks, what was the general reception of Decapre? I've heard a fair amount of jokes of it (Skullgirls' Fukua basically being a giant parody of Decapre and all that), but have no idea if that's what the community wanted or not.

 

[Booster]

Most of the people who rag on Street Fighter don't actually play it and are just repeating jokes they've heard before.

Not me, I ****ing hate Street Fighter 4, it's actually in the top 5 list of my most overrated games and is an incredibly frustrating game for me to play, I deleted it from my drive after ranting about it to all of my Xbox friends and some strangers.

 

[Twewy]

I deleted it from my drive after ranting about it to all of my Xbox friends and some strangers.

Why would they care, though?

 

[Minato]

So, @ Minato , since you're part of the fighting game folks, what was the general reception of Decapre? I've heard a fair amount of jokes of it (Skullgirls' Fukua basically being a giant parody of Decapre and all that), but have no idea if that's what the community wanted or not.

People were mad at first. There was a reaction video showing people not too pleased, especially since they hated Cammy.

In the same event though, people saw the character in action and actually thought she was really cool. The people that still weren't happy were because they thought she'd be too good. Then they figured out how she worked, and she wasn't like that at all. There isn't any Decapre hate anymore.

The latest version of SF4 is the way it is because people just wanted another balance update. Capcom wanted to do at least more. Without having the original developers to help out since they were busy at the time, that's why there's a lot of reused assets when they added things.

The SG Fukua thing was great though lol

 

[Knife Myths]

Not me, I ****ing hate Street Fighter 4, it's actually in the top 5 list of my most overrated games and is an incredibly frustrating game for me to play, I deleted it from my drive after ranting about it to all of my Xbox friends and some strangers.

Because you can't do the special moves?

 

[Booster]

Because you can't do the special moves?

Honestly yes, too hard to pull off and even on easy the CPU uses them like they're nothing. I'm not a casual gamer but god damn, I haven't been this mad at a game since Dark Souls. It was just a miserable experience for me, I'm going to stick to Street Fighter 2 HD thank you.

@ Minato Sorry if this Street Fighter 4 hate is making you upset. I understand what it's like to have someone hate a game/system you enjoy.

 

[Knife Myths]

Really? They're pretty much the same commands as they were in SF2. Ultras can be tough on a pad but you can assign an unused button to Punchx3 or Kickx3 so it's virtually the same as throwing a hadoken.

 

[Booster]

Really? They're pretty much the same commands as they were in SF2. Ultras can be tough on a pad but you can assign an unused button to Punchx3 or Kickx3 so it's virtually the same as throwing a hadoken.

I'm not touching that game again. There are 5 games I will not touch even if a friend wants me to:

Street Fighter 4
Phantasy Star 3
Final Fantasy 12
Sonic Labyrinth (This game is bootleg quality)
Dark Souls/Souls series.

I may be an asshole, but I'm not a masochist nor do I like to hurt anybody or animals irl. Those 5 games are my least favorite games. I like to atleast have my friends play these games when they're over because they all say games like Call of Duty are the worst game ever, so I show them something worse to make them feel better about Call of Duty.

 

[finalark]

Final Fantasy 12

That's a shame, FFXII is a horribly underrated game IMO.

 

[Minato]

@ Minato Sorry if this Street Fighter 4 hate is making you upset. I understand what it's like to have someone hate a game/system you enjoy.

Nah, it's just opinions anyway. I don't really play SF4 much now since it doesn't click with me.

Opinions in LH is fine since it leads to discussion (at least it should rather than trolling/flaming). As long as it doesn't get to a point where it's harassing users for liking something, I'm okay with it.

 

[finalark]

I'm actually surprised at how civil these opinion threads have been. Good work everyone.

 

[FirestormNeos]

correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't obscure mean "not many people have heard of it"?

So why are we talking about stuff like Street Fighter and other games that absolutely aren't obscure by any stretch of the mile?

 

[Octillus]

Sub-Terrania

I know some people like this game, but I thought it was absolutely vile, and a terrible take on Lunar Lander. Dull, uninspired, difficult as hell and with weird image comics aesthetics.

I hated it.

I hated every Sega game my Uncle Steve got for me but, I had to be extremely polite about it. He got me James Pond 3 (easily the worst of those games), Revolution X, Sonic 3D Blast and ****ing Bubsy. Bubsy was the best game on this list.

 

[SomewhatMystia]

It's really saying something when Bubsy's the best game on a list.

Not that Bubsy was horrible, but it was just so... bland. And let's not even talk about Bubsy 3D.

 

[Twewy]

Dark Souls/Souls series.

As a guy who loves the Dark Souls games, I'm curious why you don't like them.

 

[Booster]

As a guy who loves the Dark Souls games, I'm curious why you don't like them.

When I play a videogame I want to get away from the struggles of real life, go into a bright and colorful fantasy world. Not only is Dark Souls ugly, but the game itself is a huge struggle, I've beaten the Statue Escort Mission in Resonance of Fate, I don't know why I can't get to the third level of this game.

This game is way too hard and has a ton of issues. Weapons break, The Average Enemy would be considered a boss by any other games standards, too many enemies, Other players can come **** you up, the bosses in this game would be considered Super Bosses by any other games standards. Long story short it's as frustrating as life itself and I don't want that in a game. Street Fighter 4 and Final Fantasy 12 are just as frustrating, only two games are more frustrating and unbearable: Phantasy Star 3 and Sonic Labyrinth. Phantasy Star 3 is worse, BUT it's not really an obscure game.

 

[Twewy]

All those complaints (aside from the graphics, you really seem to like judging games on those) really just boil down to "I'm bad at the game.". Have you ever thought of not rushing in and getting killed while fighting a boss, but instead learning it's attack patterns and forming a strategy? Same goes for the enemies. And there are literally four solutions to dealing with a broken weapon. And with invaders, you do know you don't have to turn human every chance you get, right?

I respect your opinions and all, but those really aren't valid complaints from my view. If you said something like "This game is buggy" or something along those lines, I could understand. You just sound mad the game prvides a challenge.

 

[finalark]

I actually don't think Phantasy Star 3 is that bad of a game. Yeah, it tried to do a few things differently from the rest of the series, things that really didn't work, but it's not as horribly as everyone makes it out to be.

 

[Booster]

All those complaints (aside from the graphics, you really seem to like judging games on those) really just boil down to "I'm bad at the game.". Have you ever thought of not rushing in and getting killed while fighting a boss, but instead learning it's attack patterns and forming a strategy? Same goes for the enemies. And there are literally four solutions to dealing with a broken weapon. And with invaders, you do know you don't have to turn human every chance you get, right?

I respect your opinions and all, but those really aren't valid complaints from my view. If you said something like "This game is buggy" or something along those lines, I could understand. You just sound mad the game prvides a challenge.

There's a difference between challenge and the game being intentionally designed to piss people off.

 

[Twewy]

There's a difference between challenge and the game being intentionally designed to piss people off.

Yes, and Dark Souls was designed around the former. You can't really call yourself a "hardcore gamer" if you can't make it to Ornstein and Smough.

 

[Booster]

Yes, and Dark Souls was designed around the former. You can't really call yourself a "hardcore gamer" if you can't make it to Ornstein and Smough.

I'm not a casual either though, I beat the Statue Escort Mission in Resonance of Fate...it's easily the hardest thing I've ever finished in a game, I've beaten Super Bosses that were easier then that nightmare...Seriously it's that bad, go try it out yourself the game is $20 at Gamestop for PS3 or Xbox360

 

[Twewy]

That's nice, but I'm debating Dark Souls.

 

[Lythium]

Dark Souls is not a game for everyone, but that doesn't necessarily make it bad. It's a pretty deep game once you get into it, and the atmosphere is incredible. It's definitely harsh in punishing you, but it's also fair because it was your mistake.

Booster, if you can respect that it's not a game for you, I imagine you'll be a lot happier about it.

 

[FirestormNeos]

Other players can come **** you up.

>saying this in a fan forum for a multiplayer game played competitively
>mfw

 

[Booster]

>saying this in a fan forum for a multiplayer game played competitively
>mfw

Yeah but Dark Souls is difficult enough as it is without other people coming into the game to **** you up. I really hate that game <.<

 

[Lythium]

I would also like to point out that you can summon other players to help you.

If you really don't want to be invaded you could a) play offline or b) stay hollow (at least in the first one).

 

[Booster]

I would also like to point out that you can summon other players to help you.

If you really don't want to be invaded you could a) play offline or b) stay hollow (at least in the first one).

That's just it, if I have to be constantly playing with a friend to have even an iota of fun in a game I don't like it's not worth it, I'd rather invest my time with a game I enjoy, like Smash, Bayonetta, Pokemon, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (The customizations are lulzy), Tales Of Abyss (My favorite Tales game) or any Tales game for that matter (Except Symphonia 2) or better yet play a game with a friend that we BOTH enjoy, like Marvel vs Capcom 2 or Splinter Cell Convictions (Co-Op Stealth game? **** YES!!!)

 

[Lythium]

You don't "play with a friend" in Dark Souls, it's not that type of game, haha. It doesn't have that kind of multiplayer. I'm just pointing out that you can summon other players who are online to help you fight bosses and such. And NPCs as well.

I don't think you really get what I'm trying to say, so I'll leave it be.

 

[Twewy]

Where's that cartoon where the demonic voice yells at the player "THAT IS NOT HOW THE GAME IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED".

Because that would really come in handy right now.

 

[Booster]

*Holds up Ninja Bread Man* While not as miserable of an experience as Sonic Labyrinth or Phantasy Star 3, this is still a pretty bad game. I bought this piece of **** for my little brother when he was 6 (I think 6) because it was $10 and I could get him other things to as opposed to one game. Boy was I ****ing stupid. When I asked the cashier if I could get this, he looked like he wanted to tell me not to buy the game, but just rang it up as $11.

So my brother played it on his birthday and told me to come beat the level for him that it was too hard. He was wrong. It wasn't too hard, it was a broken game with PS1 quality graphics and constant lag. I'm not kidding I couldn't get past the 2nd level. So we told dad that the game sucked and he tried it, he tried not to get mad and didn't. He was better then the both of us...not at the game he couldn't get past the 2nd level either.

We took it to Gamestop and got 50 cents for it. The Gamestop guy clearly didn't want the game, seeing as he had 10 other copies of it on the shelf.

 

[Twewy]

it was too hard.

I'm not kidding I couldn't get past the 2nd level.

Now, I'm not defending Ninjabread Man, because that's one of the last things I'd do, but...

 

[El_Mariachi]

Sonic 06 is the stuff of nightmares.

 

[Booster]

Now, I'm not defending Ninjabread Man, because that's one of the last things I'd do, but...

You try playing that broken piece of **** and getting past the second level, it's the most broken game I've ever played. Not as miserable of an experience as Sonic Labyrinth, Phantasy Star 3 or Desert Bus, but the controls are butchered. Seriously go get the game at Gamestop for $2 (They will never run out of copies) and try to get past the level after the tutorial, it requires precise jump platforming, something this game is extremely incapable of. It's part of the Popcorn Arcade line and it got a 3.0 on IGN which is incredibly generous and is also the highest rated of the Popcorn Arcade games...I'd hate to play the worst one, it might top Sonic Labyrinth and Phantasy Star 3 as the worst I've played...not touching Desert Bus.

They WERE going to make a sequel (I'm not kidding) but thankfully Data Design Interactive went bankrupt and presumably everyone working for that company got what they deserved *Insert Spare Change picture here*

 

[True Blue Warrior]

So, @ Minato , since you're part of the fighting game folks, what was the general reception of Decapre? I've heard a fair amount of jokes of it (Skullgirls' Fukua basically being a giant parody of Decapre and all that), but have no idea if that's what the community wanted or not.

It was really bad when she was revealed. Trust me, I witnessed a lot of hate.

 

[FirestormNeos]

Sonic 06 is the stuff of nightmares.

Sonic 06 is also not obscure.

Seriously, it's capitalized on the thread name!

 

[El_Mariachi]

Sonic 06 is also not obscure.

Seriously, it's capitalized on the thread name!

My bad I should've read more.

 

[finalark]

Sonic '06's demo was actually surprisingly awesome. Too bad MS took it off the market plcae.

 

[Twewy]

I remember hearing that Omega's gameplay is the least buggy of the 9 playable characters.

 

[Booster]

I remember hearing that Omega's gameplay is the least buggy of the 9 playable characters.

I lost patience with Sonic 06 so I didn't get too far (The first boss was unusually buggy even by Sonic 06 standards the hit detection took a vacation) but I had a friend who got to other characters.

Knuckles and Rouge are ****ed up when it comes to climbing/getting off of walls, but Knuckles is worse due to needing to do Melee combat, something this game should not have attempted.

Tails was slippery
Omega was much better then everyone else, but at the cost of a badass voiceover.
Amy was a ****ing nightmare, she controlled so badly and her Double Jump is very poor other then vertical range
Blaze was kind of fun.
Shadow was better then Sonic (No Mach Segments!) but his levels are nearly unplayable
Silver is somewhat overpowered if you have an unbreakable object. He can also catch enemy projectiles
Sonic is more slippery then Tails, but has notorious Mach Segments

Also there IS one thing obscure about Sonic 06...The Multiplayer. That's right, Sonic 06 had Multiplayer and it's worse then the full game (But not as bad as Sonic Labyrinth). Basically you can choose between 3 characters (Sonic, Shadow and Trunks knockoff), whoever chooses Silver is guaranteed to win in vs matches, it lags more then Brawl Wifi and due to it being Split screen hinders gameplay giving the illusion that the controls are even worse.

There's a reason why no Online reviewer has touched the multiplayer, it would be boring for viewers to watch and makes the actual game look like Sonic the Hedgehog 3. While nowhere near as bad as Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic R and Sonic Shuffle, the game and the multiplayer need to be avoided...also do not click this link if you are sensitive: This is how much money Gamestop wants for Sonic My ***** http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/games/sonic-the-hedgehog/61044

 

[The Last Great Adventurer]

There's a reason why no Online reviewer has touched the multiplayer, it would be boring for viewers to watch and makes the actual game look like Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

HONK