Have you ever bought/played/enjoyed a game even though you knew it was shit?

Have you ever bought/played/enjoyed a game even though you knew it was shit?

This isn't even about whether it's casual or not, just a generally poorly designed game across the board

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I sorta liked Blade Kitten.

I have a soft spot for musou games even though they are legit shit by any definition.

I bought my friends Uriel's Chasm for Christmas one year.
it was like 15ยข or some shit

Kingdoms of Amalur was worth the $5 I payed for it in my book. A lot of content - most of it padding - and some really fun combat - even though it was stupidly easy - with an intriguing world - that was mostly empty - and quests - which were all like ones out of an MMO. But I had a blast as Universalist inventing fancy combos.

I dont know about shit. Theyre repetitive and grindy but that makes them kind of comfy in a way. And besides that they usually have good music and decent graphics.

Sonic 06'.
I had to confirm with my own two hands that it was terrible after hearing all the trash.
Spoiler: It was

Overwatch
i'm having fun
Junkrat, Mei, D.Va, and McCree are all so fun to play as

Evil Genius. Great style and base building element, but minions AI and bugs just killed this game and make impossible to enjoy.

Lost Planet 2

Can't say it's complete shit, but god damn, did I have a shit ton of fun

fuck off overwatchfag

I enjoyed the first borderlands even though I know it's objectively awful gameplay wise.

I bought Other M for ten bux.
My old friends were bitching at me that I wasn't allowed to have an opinion of the game without having played it. So I bought it and played it.
I told them if they ever tried to pull that shit with me again, I'd drive cross-country to their house and shove their opinions up their ass.

Yes actually.

I never said it was good. The game is pure shit. But I have fun with it. Just because it's shit doesn't mean it can't be fun


But Lost Planet 2 isn't shit. It's a fucking blast. It's a shame LP3 didn't build off of what made LP2 so great, and instead we got Totally-Not-Dead-Space.

Bullshit, it's not even functional
I like laughing at how broken that game is too but there is no way you genuinely enjoy it, you can barely play it.

I beat the fucker.
lol god did I beat that fucking game.
The game is absolutely abysmal, but you know what, that dialogue and voice acting is SO MUCH BETTER than it has any right to be.

I'm sorry I have shit taste and seeing the mixed reviews stuff made me think it was

But yeah, I never played 3 so I wouldn't be let down

Also, steam sale has begun, I think I'm gonna finally buy it

I hear ya. I mean it has it's own issues, but it's pretty far from shit, but that's just my opinion.

I never played 3 either, I refused to touch it after seeing how Dead Space it was. It's kind of funny, since Dead Space 3 turned out to be more like Lost Planet than Lost Planet 3 did.

eh, I don't use my steam anymore, haven't in a while. The only reason I haven't removed it from my PC is because I have almost 300 games in my library. Have fun though!

This and Dead Island

Both were pretty shit, but co-op play was fun enough.

5 euros user

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I played Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness and everybody says is shit. It's one of my favorite Castlevania games.

I enjoyed Lego drone racers more than I had any right to

Same, and hey, at least it's better than any of the other Borderlands games


Woah that's pretty cheap. I can't even remember the last time I bought a Steam game though so that's, what, $3.50 in USD? Or is it $5 USD as well? I forget conversions but seems like steam likes to slap it all across as 5USD/5EU/500YEN etc

It think it's also 5 dollars, the lowest recorded price has been 5 dollars as well.

Also,

valve please

Ah okay, so that is how they do it.

And it'll probably correct itself in a few minutes. The Summer Sale only just started a little while ago didn't it? Steam always seemed to be a little fucked up on the first day or two of it all.

Yeah, it corrected itself,

yes
i had a guilty pleasure for all the ass creed games up to syndicate
the SJW extremeties ruined it for me; not that it was just another shitty cash grab
to be fair i haven't paid for an ass creed since Revelations though

yes

The Iron Man movie game was objectively awful, bad all around. It also was pretty buggy and ran like shit in some areas on the PS2.
It's almost certainly the shittiest game I have ever played to completion. But god damn if I didn't enjoy every second of flying around, firing repulsor beams and doing 3-point landings.

You're thinking of Lost Planet 3 the game I had in mind when I made this thread

It was worth the 2 or 3 nights it took for me to play it. Highly mediocre, but not regrettable.
I wouldn't recommend it in any situation, but it definitely has some fun inside it.

...

Is it worth a pirate at least?

I bought FE: Fates despite knowing about the cancerous censorship.
But I got the profit edition so its all good.

Take the setting, enemies, and on-foot combat of LP1, replace the small mechs with a giant rig with barely any combat capabilities, and reduce T-Eng to a currency (that doesn't go down as you walk around outside). Oh, and stop the player every so often for a scripted event, cutscene, or whatever, all working towards a story that I couldn't care less about.

Everyone compared it to Dead Space, because it portrayed the Akrid as a horror movie enemy (I got a serious Aliens vibe from the game), but the base enemies go down pretty easily. You never feel underpowered, or have to search for supplies or "survive" in any way.

The "rig" gimmick is actually kind of neat. It's not satisfying to use, but you're protected from the elements in it, you use it to get around quicker than on foot, and it also has music. However, if you don't like it, too bad, it's required to get in and out of loading zones, and to do most missions. You're basically using it 90% of the time, so it becomes your baby in a way. A baby that was forced upon you from the start of the game, whether you like it or not.

For every potentially good element, it either turns into a bad element or has another bad element to counteract it. Play at your own caution; you might regret even thinking of downloading it.

I liked LP2 better than LP1 even though your T-Eng didn't go down

T-Eng not going down for LP2 was fine, because you weren't using the T-Eng to keep yourself warm (the planet was already warm)
When the planet isn't warm, T-Eng should go down. Can't even use "technology" to explain it, because the game is set before LP1

Yes.
It's like a bad movie you watch that is so bad that you laugh and have fun with it.

Valhalla Knights 1 & 2. Still haven't bought a vita yet so I can't play 3

Coming off of Abe's Oddysee, I can see why people didn't like it.
But fuck you, I enjoyed it. I really wish I had a fat xbox so I could play it again. I was a dipshit kid and I got way more into this than Abe's games.

Just buy a used XBOX for a few bucks and hit up the modding threads. Shit's fun and has a surprisingly large list of worthwhile games, contrary to popular believe.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I've thought about it.
I'm between jobs right now, though, so I'm going through my backlog instead of buying shit.

Some boxing game for PS2. It wasn't well made but you could punch the other guy in the dick so it was one of my favorites until I found God Hand.

That's a commendable attitude to have. I wish you the best.

What? It seems like common sense to me. It would be foolish to spend money on video games when I'm unemployed.

Agreed. That's why I pirate.

Can't pirate weed, though.

I was mostly focusing on the 'going through my backlog' part. Many a user dies simply accumulating that shit never touching even half of it. Truly, the biggest tragedy of our time.


You fucking bum, pleasure comes after work.

Yeah. Mine is a prescription but without a job I still can't afford it. I pirate everything I can though. Video games, movies, books, music, porn.

I've gotten into mine lately and I'm glad I did. Some real gems. Galak-z was a lot of fun.

Oh, it keeps growing, don't be fooled.
There are always games that need to be played. Most of them will never go away, although the biggest issue there is compatibility with later operating systems.

Galak-Z is legit. Really fun game.


I can relate. I've been buying lot of old gaming systems over the last year only to mod/refurbish them while trying to get my hands on everything that looks remotely interesting.

Well, it's not like I'm ever getting married or having kids.
Guess I have more money to waste on old vidya bullshit!

I just wish they'd done a real finale instead of void mode. Being a big fan of shops and old anime, I had a blast with it. Especially once I got the ability to throw enemies into hazards.

Shmups, not shops.

Way to tank the fucking mood. But I guess you're right. We wouldn't be here otherwise now would we?


Yeah, the ending was a bit disappointing but they nailed the atmsophere and the gameplay was great so I wasn't too bothered. I wish more games would try to have a heavier feel to them, this sense of physical weight can have quite an impact.

Pff, not my problem if that bothers you. I said it in a celebratory manner.

I still maintain that this game was genuinely good in its own right, but that the slightly different design philosophy, the major shift in gameplay, and the fact that the 3d environments weren't nearly as attractive as the pre-rendered 2D screens are what scared people off. It's definitely a flawed game, but I still think it's pretty fantastic.

I really liked the aesthetics, honestly. You're right in that it wasn't as attractive as Abe's games, but it just had this weird bleakness to it that none of the other Oddworld games have. Maybe it's an Xbox thing. I'd have to play it again to really elaborate on it.

If you enjoyed playing a game then it wasn't shit. May not have been good, but it sure as hell wasn't shit.

No, it can still be shit.
Like, I enjoy watching shitty B-movies because of how awful they are. By every objective metric, they are a shitty movie, but the shitty sum of its parts is where the entertainment is derived.

I feel like that was common to a lot of Xbox games, yeah. All the colors were just slightly washed out. I think Lorne and OI had that in mind when making the game, because a lot of the environments really take advantage of that. Vykker's Labs, the spooce sewers you swim through with Munch, all the overcast and windy skies when you're in the outdoor levels, etc.

Also, Munch is hands-down my favorite Oddworld character, and possibly my favorite character to come out of an Xbox game.

The balls of this motherfucker.


What killed it for me was the god awful backtracking through the levels (which you could argue was right in line with previous the games) and the horrid controls. The fact that you are restricted to 8-directional movement makes for some rage inducing moments. Also what said. Environments look really uninviting due to their bleak- and lifelessness.

It's a nice sentiment, but some people just have shit taste. Someone, somewhere, enjoyed Bad Rats. Think about that.

i like League of legends, BECAUSE it's the casual dota
can't help it
at least it's still free
but fuck me, all the fucking champion changes feel retarded
they slapped fucking skillshots onto everything

Munch is sort of adorable, visually simplistic while still remaining memorable.
I mean, he's a weird amphibian with an oversized head, two arms, and a giant foot. And he controls little fuzzballs full of teeth and hate.
Really, he could've been the Xbox's mascot if Captain King hadn't come along.

The the sum of the shitty parts is no longer shit, even if it's still mostly shit.


No way. Shit should be reserved for the absolute worst games, not just low quality but still fun games that Holla Forumsirgins are embarrassed to enjoy.

I enjoy shit games. I have played a lot of them.

Simlife (DOS)


And finally: no matter how nice and diverse your ecosystem is, every animal is going to mutate into an immortal (yes, that is a lifespan option that can occur RANDOMLY) filter feeder. And there are pretty much zero guides on this game too. You can try to change physics to give the game a semblance of balance (e.g. lowering the food value of filter food and raising meat or fruit) but the mechanics of the shitty options are what makes them completely unusable in the first place.

I also like to go on Newgrounds and filter games by rating, playing the lowest rated ones.
I've found quite a few gems.

Creator: stewardhkarlover
GKSK Swordfun: newgrounds.com/portal/view/649122
Epicly Zoney: newgrounds.com/portal/view/651635

Creator: ghettoflower
Captain Apache's Penguins: newgrounds.com/portal/view/607497
Hillbilly Bongo School:
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He makes random shit in Game Factory just to be funny

Operation O: newgrounds.com/portal/view/275272
There's a lot of strategy in actually trying to beat it, because the physics are so shit and the design decisions are so strange

Between Humans and Furries
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Creator: InfamousD
ILLegal Enforcers 3: newgrounds.com/portal/view/553902
Big D Fighter: newgrounds.com/portal/view/509854

Zombie Ripper: newgrounds.com/portal/view/502406

Shitty games provide infinite variety. They're kind of like B-movies if you don't pay money for them

I get what you're trying to say, but based on these criteria there are no objective measures by which someone can say something is shit, since there will always be someone, somewhere, who can enjoy it regardless. Enjoyment is relative, quality isn't. I think the most practical way to handle it is to not combine enjoyment and quality. e.g. Birdemic: Shock and Terror is by every objective measure one of the worst movies ever made. But the enjoyment factor is through the roof. We shouldn't pretend it's not shit just because it's enjoyable, but we also shouldn't deny that it's enjoyable despite being a complete piece of shit.

Pic related at full price. Zero regrets. While yes the game was terrible, it hit a level of so bad it became good, to me. It's odd Duke Nukem Forever has been the only game that's gotten that reaction from me. I can't think of any other game that was so bad it became entertaining to me, most of the time it just makes me stop playing.

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Read the OP again. You can enjoy a shit game, either because of its shittiness or despite it. When you say a game is shit, its because it is objectively poorly made. Maybe due to bad level design, optimization, level of "finish", or just poorly executed mechanics. Usually these factors we can agree on that make the game itself shit. Sometimes things like nostalgia or popularity get in the way of objectively judging it, so it lives on as a "good game" because everyone who remembers playing it enjoyed it.

I read the OP fine. I'm saying enjoyability and quality can be completely independent from one another. You can enjoy a really poorly made game (e.g. playing Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde on the NES for a good laugh), and you can not enjoy a game that by all measurable standards is phenomenal (e.g. someone not enjoying Super Meat Boy because they aren't a fan of platformers). The fact that you enjoyed playing a game does not make it objectively better, it means you enjoyed it irrespective of the objective qualities in which it was shit. It's possible to split critique of a game into objective and subjective criteria. Not enjoying a game doesn't necessarily mean it's bad, and enjoying a game doesn't necessarily mean it's good. There's a definite correlation between the two factors, but they aren't always linked. That's the whole point of this thread.

I purchased this collection of 700000 games knowing full well that all of them would be shit, but a few of them are very amusingly shit. Most of it is just thousands of clones of chess/bubble/mahjong/hidden object games, but the ones that stand out are really quite funny. The best part is that all the game's files are just open for you to do whatever you want to them, so I took the liberty of covering one of the monster trucks with dumbass Seinfeld pictures. I think the little George on the hubcap is a nice touch. They all have that kind of chintzy charm that reminds me of internet flash games, and I love that kind of stuff.

I also bought at GameShop a year ago, brand new for $3 on PC. It was old stock they'd had since the game came out, I think. Even if it's far from perfect I can't help but like the game more than I ought to. It's a mediocre mess, but it's certainly a charming one.

I enjoy all of the Saints Row games except Gat out of Hell that one was completely irredeemable, and I think that they are all awful and need massive improvements in almost every area, starting with not cloning the GTA formula in a game all about making your own character.