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arranmc182
19-05-2008, 11:18
Come on. Tell us the 2 games you hated on the Dreamcast and tell us why because we know the Dreamcast kicked ass but there were a few poor games.
Well, I will start things off:
1. MTV Skatboarding - Beacuse its so s**t & never know if you going to land a trick and just a poor rip off of Tony Hawks games.
2. Pod series - because they are the worlds worst racing games in my opinion. Just boring and just as bad as Carmageddon racing games.
richarddavies
19-05-2008, 13:29
This is a hard one. You tend to forget the bad and remember the good. Even tried jogging my memory by going on Wikipedia to get a list up of all Dreamcast games but I think I managed to dodge most of the bad ones. Chef's Love Shack wasn't too good though. It was when they were making South Park everything and it blowed.
I don't think I had enough DC games to ever think of a worst one so of all the games I owned hmm
WWF: Attitude - I prefered it on the N64
Worms World Party - Load times on the DC were just terrible pratically made the game unplayable.
Alecs MacDonald
19-05-2008, 21:29
Jeremy Mcgrath Supercross......Don't ask. I remember Hoyle Casino being unplayable too.
WWF: Attitude - I prefered it on the N64
Strangely enough, I agree. It would've been superior if it had all the content ported, but the First Blood mode was oddly removed, even though it was listed in the manual as being in the game.
Very strange.
Strangely enough, I agree. It would've been superior if it had all the content ported, but the First Blood mode was oddly removed, even though it was listed in the manual as being in the game.
Very strange.
Yea I noticed that, what the hell was with that anyway? I thought you had to like unlock blood in the game or something.
elheridelchacon98
19-05-2008, 22:54
KISS Psycho Circus
Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire
Mr. Domino
19-05-2008, 23:40
Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire
This should be half of anyone's list in this topic. It's the second game which would be up for debate. Not sure if Seventh Cross: Evolution's great concept gives it enough of a boost to avoid being my own second "worst Dreamcast game." Otherwise, that spot could be given to South Park Rally or any of the other bottom feeding licensed games.
Yea I noticed that, what the hell was with that anyway? I thought you had to like unlock blood in the game or something.
You did, it was an unlockable once you'd finished one of the PPV events.
It's exclusion was so odd though, because even Dreamcast cheat mags/sites included it in their WWF Attitude article as being in the game, yet it never was.
SuperMatt723
20-05-2008, 00:50
Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire
That sounds like fun:p
Actually, Who Wants To Beat Up a Millionaire with 4 friends was OK, not great by any means, but there were worse. Take The Ring please, and use it as a coaster, or Fighting Force 2 or Soul Fighter as well.
The Dreamcast was blessed with many fine racers, but there were a few turds, one has already been mentioned. No, not South Park Rally, as at least it was funny, and even though the controls were a little off, and it was confusing as all get out, it was still fun. Whereas, Test Drive 6 and Spirit Of Speed both had no redeeming qualities other than being a Dreamcast game on a GD-Rom.
elheridelchacon98
20-05-2008, 23:56
Fighting Force 2 sucks big time!
sonicfanRICH
21-05-2008, 05:47
Worms World Party - Load times on the DC were just terrible pratically made the game unplayable.
Yeah, It's better on the PC. The rumble was all the same and the graphics were not as good. I only like it for its funny worm movies and sometimes multiplayer.
sonicyoda
26-05-2008, 15:26
Sword of the Bezerk
This is a strangely popular title that is ruined by stupid 3rd person battles, long cutscenes, a save system which doesn't make any sense and a stupid, naked, pixie... thing.
I'm surprised this hasn't come up yet. Blue Stinger I remember as having the worst review score of any game I've known really. Not sure if I played it or not, usually stayed away from it.
Sword of the Bezerk
This is a strangely popular title that is ruined by stupid 3rd person battles, long cutscenes, a save system which doesn't make any sense and a stupid, naked, pixie... thing.
It's popular because it's based on one of the most awesome mangas ever! See that giant sword? Yea that's freaking awesome and the manga came before Final Fantasy VII.
I've not played it but I heard The Ring: Terror's Realm is pretty bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8g8wdOW1I
"Like hey man what’s happening here"
Best intro everXDXDXD
I've not played it but I heard The Ring: Terror's Realm is pretty bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8g8wdOW1I
"Like hey man what’s happening here"
Best intro everXDXDXD
I agree that intro is awesome the game probably goes down hill from there if it's rated poorly.
Hmm, I think I've heard of that one. I'm not sure though. Did it ever come out in PAL regions?
According to Gamefaqs the Ring was not released in the Pal region so they had to find another source for coasters, as it is a very fine coaster and not really good for anything else. Mind you, it was good for putting you to sleep, how could I forget it's other redeeming quality.
Killer French Bread
29-05-2008, 01:13
Maken X and Shadowman get my votes. The most terminally dull games I've ever come accross. Sometimes I contemplate the prospect of buying and playing them through, a kind of challenge to see how much punishment I can take, but this macabre ruse only lasts as long as a few chin strokes thankfully.
SegaMark
29-05-2008, 02:52
Maken X was turd, but Shadowman wasn't so bad, but the graphics let it down a lot, probably as it was also developed for PSX and N64. WWE Attitude is another example of developers not taking advantage of the DC if they're making a game for various platforms. WWE attitude was also wank to boot.
Isn't Maken X that game made by Atlus and had character art drawn by the Shin Megami Tensei dude? A bad atlus game? God that shouldn't be possible. D: Not that I regret constantly not buying the PS2 version when I used to see it in Forbidden Planet (though I still might pick it up if I can find it).
Really? I heard that Make X for the DC was a faily good game. Only played the PS2 remake, but that one was pretty bad.
Maken X and Shadowman get my votes.
I love Shadowman, own another 2 copies of it side from my Dreamcast version. The Dreamcast version could have been better but at least it's not as bad as the PSX version.
Killer French Bread
29-05-2008, 13:20
My criticisms with Shadowman are not that it is a badly made game, but that it is so depressing and overbearing. I like colourful, cheerful games (that's why I play so many sega games) so playing Shadowman for me us like a personal Ludovico technique session.
Maken X I dislike because it is so utterly souless. Again, a fairly well made game, doesn't do anything drastically wrong but it doesn't do anything right either. It's not fun to play at the end of the day. If a game isn't fun to play then there's no point in it existing, imo.
TheCoolinator
29-05-2008, 15:41
1. Armada - Horrible controls, extremely boring, Graphics make you wanna barf
2. Evil dead - All kinds of bad, I can't even describe the amout of sadness it can create for an unsuspecting gamer.
Stay far away from these two if you value your sanity.
July - Try out this game and you will see why I listed it here. It was only released in Japan.
Toy Racer - I think this is one of the worst online racing games I have ever tried.
Killer French Bread
22-06-2008, 14:08
Toy Racer only cost a godiva though and was one of the first online racing games for the DC. In fact I think it was the only racing game I ever played online, excluding that ghost data guff on F355.
Toy Racer - I think this is one of the worst online racing games I have ever tried.
Disagree. I loved Toy Racer, it was brilliant. Definately a game that should be re-released on PSN or XBLA, or maybe even an updated version for WiiWare. A real gem.
sonicyoda
25-06-2008, 18:34
Sword of the Beserk is easily the worse thing I've played on the DC. It gets loads of hype aswell for being satisfyingly violent. But it's just plain crap.
Spirit of Speed 1937 is pretty terrible too.
Extaticus
28-08-2008, 17:45
Yeah, It's better on the PC. The rumble was all the same and the graphics were not as good. I only like it for its funny worm movies and sometimes multiplayer.
BETTER?!?!?!?!? All you who hate WWP on the Dreamcast and like it on the PC are insane. :mad: The loading times were never that bad and the DC controller suited the game more. Shut me up if I'm wrong, but I believe the DC version also had more arenas (the menu screens were certaintly easier to navigate).
SegaShinja
19-03-2009, 07:54
Sydney 2000, and Carrier. They just took too much hassle to do the smallest tasks. Though I will say that Carrier made me laugh on many occasions.
sonicfanRICH
19-03-2009, 11:51
BETTER?!?!?!?!? All you who hate WWP on the Dreamcast and like it on the PC are insane. :mad: The loading times were never that bad and the DC controller suited the game more. Shut me up if I'm wrong, but I believe the DC version also had more arenas (the menu screens were certaintly easier to navigate).
Wow, this was a while ago. Didn't realize there was a response here.
I didn't exactly say the dreamcast version was bad or anything. Have you ever tried it on the pc before? The graphics are more crisp, you can make your own stuff like levels, and controls were much easier. You need quick access to shortcuts on the keyboard and the mouse for pro movement such as if you were roping. I also noticed on the dreamcast version that some effects are missing such as fire particles, etc.
IceHedge
14-04-2009, 03:25
Ah.. Top Worst? I don't like these, especially if I'm the one doing the list. >.<
But.. hm.. I'll go ahead and give it a shot. I'm ranking these based off the ones I played.
#2 Worst: Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Adventure title at its core. The graphics were insanely good and the story was admittedly engrossing, but man were the controls CLUNKY. It was very difficult to distinguish where to go 99% of the time as well, especially given the setting is a confusingly large futuristic city.
#1 Worst: Cannon Spike
When I went in to an EB to purchase this game, I was really young. So young in fact I remember I was shorter than the top of the counter. Anyway, the EB guy had told me to not even play it it was so horrible, and he went on and on..
So, I got a little mad. I stormed off to Gamestop just around the corner and bought it there instead.
So, I get home to play it.. and yeah, I admit it was fun the first playthrough.. but all of the characters felt the exact same. The sound-effects were incredibly annoying. The music was TERRIBLE. Just..ugh.. this wouldn't even be fun with a friend. >.<
These two games aren't -BAD- persay, I guess they're more-so my least favorite.
Aww, I liked Omikron. I must say it's one of my favourite DC games. I can agree with you about the controls though, they were a bit crappy.
HardcoreGamer
12-08-2009, 13:12
None of the games mentioned are the worst. Freestyle Scooter is one though. One of the last games released for the DC, a PSone port with no graphical upgrades and is so easy a 3 year old could complete it. It's basically a terrible Tony Hawks rip off.
1.Test Drive 6...the baddest racing game ever..
2.Spirit of speed 1937....no comment
blkbrdsr71
13-08-2009, 02:37
TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat & Pod Racing :(
ShoShoKid
28-08-2009, 08:32
TrickStyle and Evil Dead: Hail to the King get my vote.
^ Funny you mention TrickStyle, it was a very well received game when it came out. Granted, I can't say I was too fond of it either, but that was when it got stupidly difficult towards the end and I felt there was no possible way you could actually complete the damn thing!
Prior to that though, a rather solid racer. Didn't it get a semi-sequel on PS2 called Airblade, before Criterion went on to make Burnout?
sonicfanRICH
29-08-2009, 07:02
Oh, I didn't realize they made a spiritual sequel of that game.
ShoShoKid
31-08-2009, 10:05
^ Funny you mention TrickStyle, it was a very well received game when it came out. Granted, I can't say I was too fond of it either, but that was when it got stupidly difficult towards the end and I felt there was no possible way you could actually complete the damn thing!
Prior to that though, a rather solid racer. Didn't it get a semi-sequel on PS2 called Airblade, before Criterion went on to make Burnout?
That's the thing. The game was fine until you reached the last level, which after weeks of trying I can confirm it is impossible to finish.
Oh, I didn't realize they made a spiritual sequel of that game.
Mm, it's worth checking out. Never played it myself, but I have seen a few videos of it in action and it doesn't look bad. Might be worth giving it a go.
Killer French Bread
03-09-2009, 12:00
Toy Racer was a godiva! Bit harsh to call it one of the two worst games when it was little more than a benevolent project aimed at raising money for charity.
And you could play it online.
tezzalodge
05-10-2009, 11:24
i agree, toy racer was ok at best but not worst
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