What is the worst game you played but actually enjoyed?

With all the junk floating around in the world of gaming, have you ever found something that everybody else slammed, but that you loved despite any flaws it had.

One game that comes to mind for me is Elf Bowling: Hawaiian Vacation. It's full of terrible puns and pop culture references that no-one should remember, it also runs at a very low resolution with no option to increase it or change any graphical setting whatsoever.

But blowing the annoying little elves of the level with a powered-up bowling ball was just satisfying enough to keep me coming back for more and I ended up spending hours playing it. Some of the power-ups you got were quite fun, and some could even be used against your opponent.

Another game that falls into this category would be Future Cop: LAPD. The name probably says it all, but you basically played as a cop in a futuristic hover car that you could transform at any time into a mech. Unfortunately I was never able able to finish this game, as it got too difficult for me at some stage, and I was never able to get it to work on more modern computers, but I had a lot of fun with it regardless.

So, please tell us all about any such games you enjoyed, why they sucked and why you loved them.

Don't be shy.

TL;DR: Have you ever enjoyed a game that everybody else thought was garbage, and why?

I don't know about enjoyed, but cookie clicker is probably the worst game I've played

Not going to mention Cookie Clicker...

Okay so for me the worst game I enjoy would be Sing Star Afrikaans on the PlayStation... Yes ladies and gentlemen I do enjoy the occasional Afrikaans karaoke...

Cookie clicker except I hate the game also

According to "critics", haunted hellsreach.

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Originally Posted by hideinlight

According to "critics", haunted hellsreach.

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Can you elaborate?

Patricians.

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Originally Posted by HavocXphere

Patricians.

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:rolleyes:
Can you elaborate?

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Originally Posted by Eugene

:rolleyes:
Can you elaborate?

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? It really was. Buggy as hell and crap all round. Unless I'm thinking of the wrong game. Nope just checked...patrician 4 steam edition.

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Originally Posted by HavocXphere

? It really was. Buggy as hell and crap all round. Unless I'm thinking of the wrong game. Nope just checked...patrician 4 steam edition.

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I'm not judging, I just want people to elaborate.

We have dozens of threads where people just reply with a name of a game or two. We need to have more discussions, so can you tell us why you liked the game, and what the problems with it were?

I thought the new Duke Nukem was all right. I had never played it so went into playing it without any expectations.

Apparently tiberian sun was a complete let down but it is my fav game. :D

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I thought the new Duke Nukem was all right. I had never played it so went into playing it without any expectations.

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Yea, it wasn't too bad. Yes, so it was dated technologically, but a solid shooter nonetheless. There were bits of it I enjoyed. I wouldn't say it was the worst game I've ever played (I'd actually have to go and sift through my games to find that one), but definitely a game that many others thought was garbage, critics above all.

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Apparently tiberian sun was a complete let down but it is my fav game. :D

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I love Tiberian Sun. I played it not too long ago. I prefer Red Alert 2 though. I think I prefer the RA series in general.

I suppose there have been a few. Most recently though it was this one, Gaea Mission Carrier Command: http://store.steampowered.com/app/65740/

It didn't quite scratch the itch for HD Hostile Waters, but was still good enough to sink 15 hours into. Stupid story and FPS elements though.

The other was this one: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/delta-force-xtreme

Once again, I was looking to scratch an itch. This time it was for another Joint Ops. While it didn't quite do it, I rather enjoyed that Delta Force. Unfortunately, that was the last one. The sequel was hooooorible.

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Originally Posted by Eugene

I just want people to elaborate.

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Well you could have elaborated on your ":rolleyes:". :p

No but essentially its an economic simulator like Anno. Except more horrible in every conceivable way. Also...seems to have been coded in German & translated...but the missed a few spots. I can speak German so not an issue, but still doesn't exactly scream quality.

I'm sure there are worse ones that I played, but those I drop fast. According to steam I've got 22 hrs logged on Patrician. Equal parts amazed & suspicious. :eek:

Tiberium - SP was very atmospheric. Nice. MP was legend...until it transparently replaces your LAN buddy with an AI & doesn't tell you. Half an hour later you realize you're not playing against each other anymore (flame tank rush :wtf:).

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Think it scored a 3, 5, 5 from gamespy, IGN, and gamespot.

Bad reviews, and THQ going under meant the end of that game's development.
No the license is stuck in limbo and the original devs don't make a cent from it.

All of the reviews were rushed, heavily inaccurate. Most of the complaint were also about the difficulty even though that got "fixed" later, although it was never really broken.

Think those reviewers all spend like 10 mins on that game, and that's pushing it, probably the most technical inaccurate, lack of substance reviews I've seen in my life.

I was (probably still am) a big fan of the Still Life/Post Mortem adventure series. It had a great soundtrack (can't go wrong with Mozart's Dies Irae)...:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqaARDsiJv4

...and it had a fantastic atmosphere and a great story (basically another take on Jack the Ripper).

It received "average" reviews (75% on Metacritic) so it didn't exactly do terribly, but it was one of those series that was released under the radar and it's a genre (adventure) that very few people care enough about to actively follow.

It had a few incredibly frustrating puzzles but the story made it completely worthwhile.

So... if anyone's interested in a detective-based adventure game, give the series a look. It's by Microïds, the same developer who did the Syberia series (again, if you haven't heard of Syberia, you're missing out on a wonderful adventure).

Utopia Kingdoms on facebook such a simple game yet was fun while it lasted :p

NFS The run

Lots of people where complaining about the game and saying how they never had the right car for the stretch of road, either not very fast for the straights or didn't take the corners. I didn't mind that so much since the idea was you driving across America and last time I checked most people don't have a garage every 5ks with the same set of 20 cars. Plus any advantage of the new car is taken by the time spent switching.

The handling was ave for a NFS and if you sat down for 7 hours straight then the story and gameplay all seamed together nicely. The challenge mode was also a clever addition to keep the game alive after you finished the story. Plus play that avalanche scene with the lights out, headphones on load and you will love that finale.

I'm quite enjoying the new Simcity. I don't really mind the small city limits and so on. I created a new private region and I play in all the cities, making different specializations for each of them. So they basically compliment each other. This way my 'city' is actually bigger than it seems:)

I would have to say Battlefield 2...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xanjGFcFQm4

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...jQ7mdPp2B-0vcQ

Temple of elemental evil. Didn't do so great with scoring full of bugs. But a mod came out and made it very fun. Remember buying it and playing it not getting very far years later I downloaded the mod and finished it.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...ZMrAm8caqicncQ

Pool of raidence ruins of Mythdranor. Claimed it used third generation rules but it was 2.5 rule set lol. also had a bug when you uninstalled it it would delete a windows file. But I really loved it. My first proper rpg game.

Starship Troopers from 2005 (the fps)

man so many problems in that game. and yet strangely fun

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http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...jQ7mdPp2B-0vcQ

Temple of elemental evil. Didn't do so great with scoring full of bugs. But a mod came out and made it very fun. Remember buying it and playing it not getting very far years later I downloaded the mod and finished it.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...ZMrAm8caqicncQ

Pool of raidence ruins of Mythdranor. Claimed it used third generation rules but it was 2.5 rule set lol. also had a bug when you uninstalled it it would delete a windows file. But I really loved it. My first proper rpg game.

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Loved both of them.

Really hope that Pool of Radiance makes it onto GOG before too long, I'd love to play it again.

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Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

Loved both of them.

Really hope that Pool of Radiance makes it onto GOG before too long, I'd love to play it again.

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Yeah same would love to play it again. Deserves an hd remake :p

The Walking Dead FPS. Yes, I know, you can throw me with rotten fruit and veg now.

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Originally Posted by Clive Woofer

The Walking Dead FPS. Yes, I know, you can throw me with rotten fruit and veg now.

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I don't know, you're probably too heavy for me :(

I really enjoyed Alpha Protocol even though it had an unfavourable reception for being buggy and unpolished. I didn't play it at release so they might have ironed out a few of the bugs by then but I enjoyed the whole secret agent theme and the fact that your decisions had significant consequences, impacting who would be your ally and who would be your enemies. I even remember feeling a bit remorseful for making a selfish decision on one of the missions.

The gameplay could be frustrating, especially if taking the stealth approach. And the game made the same mistake with the bosses as Deus Ex Human Revolution, BEFORE DR:HR did. Despite this, the story line had some interesting twists and a few interesting characters and the gameplay had some good moments. Overall I enjoyed the 20+ hours I sunk into it.

Bulletstorm...fun and crap at the same time....what fun

Test Driver Unlimited 1 and 2: To be fair they both got mediocre scores from critics, but I really enjoyed the fact that these games gave you over 1000km of open road to explore, and a whole host of awesome cars to drive. Yes it was buggy and yes the races were not very varied, but I still spent hours just driving around the country side buying houses.

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Bulletstorm...fun and crap at the same time....what fun

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I wouldn't say Bulletstorm qualifies for this thread, it was a very good, fairly highly rated game.

Hellgate:london

Even played the new online version,the nice thing was that you could sell things on the market that could be bought with real money (the only things being level tickets which you needed to get to higher lvl areas).Most people waited for events and collected tokens so they could sell them on the market for level tickets.

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Test Driver Unlimited 1 and 2: To be fair they both got mediocre scores from critics, but I really enjoyed the fact that these games gave you over 1000km of open road to explore, and a whole host of awesome cars to drive. Yes it was buggy and yes the races were not very varied, but I still spent hours just driving around the country side buying houses.

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I'd agree there. Fun game, but arguably the worst bunch of douche bag characters in a game, ever.
It earns it's moniker of "Sim Douche".

The bureau: XCOM declassified

Lots of hate going towards the game because it's not following the XCOM roots.
Critics hammered it being a multi-genre game that didn't excel in any department (wtf? thought that was the point of a multi-genre game) and dumb AI.

In my opinion, it's a good take on tactical squad shooter. The AI requires a lot of micro-management, which does get in the way doing the shooting yourself.

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I wouldn't say Bulletstorm qualifies for this thread, it was a very good, fairly highly rated game.

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the end? :eek: was bitterly dissapointed...

Clive Barkers Jericho - Got horrible reviews but wasn't all that bad in my mind, yes ending was silly but loved swapping between the different guys.
Remember Me - Got an average of 7 out of 10, maybe due to it's combat, but the setting, the story and just the main character were all pretty good.

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Clive Barkers Jericho - Got horrible reviews but wasn't all that bad in my mind, yes ending was silly but loved swapping between the different guys.
Remember Me - Got an average of 7 out of 10, maybe due to it's combat, but the setting, the story and just the main character were all pretty good.

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Also loved Jericho,the graphics were mind blowing at the time and i loved the music and gore.

I'm not sure why it got such bad reviews because it was simply amazing,the ending was rather underwhelming as you said though (2 of your team just dying in an instant)

Hmmm, well in my circle of friends I get teased every now and then because I like the Legend of Zelda series, Mario party and Super smash bros and how it's supposedly kiddie and not hardcore. And.... that's about all I can think of at the moment.

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Hmmm, well in my circle of friends I get teased every now and then because I like the Legend of Zelda series, Mario party and Super smash bros and how it's supposedly kiddie and not hardcore. And.... that's about all I can think of at the moment.

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You need new friends :p

I would have to say Alpha Protocol. For all its flaws it had a really good story.