your favorite "mediocre/bad" game..

post a game you enjoyed or even loved even when it got pandered by both critics and players alike..

For me first thing I think of and about the only game is Deadliest warrior i dont care what anyone says the ninja and pirate were hella unbalanced but the rest of the game was INCREADIBLY fun and by far the best value and most fun i have had out of a XBLA game (one of the only games i can actually say was worth it) and it was preety great for only a measily 10 dollars. 8? fighters all which played differently/tourneyment online play mode/mortal kombat exq minigames/unlockable weapons and costumes. I dont really see why it was pandered so badly..

Haze was what I would call fun crap. I did like Star Wars: Episode 1 (PS1) when that released but I wasa kid who didn't know any better.

Star Wars: Shadows of The Empire for Nintendo 64. I probably enjoyed it so much because I loved the book.majadamus

i dont think shadow of the empire was technically bad i mean hell i loved that game as well

if were gonna go the game that was underrated compared to alot of crap made in there time i would say lost odyssey its like if you took final fantasy 13 and made it by the actual final fantasy creator and it wasnt crap

Not sure if it counts but by bad review scores I would say the new Medal of Honor. I really enjoyed that game. Also to what some others said I'm not sure if shadows of the empire was a bad game but to this day it's in my top 3 star wars games.

post a game you enjoyed or even loved even when it got pandered by both criticsand players alike..

fl4tlined

Suppose that cancels out Mario Kart 64. To this day I have no idea how Gamespot gave it a 6.4, but everyone loved it.

Following your criteria, I'd have to give it to Juiced. Most reviews criticise its flow, but the driving is solid, if a bit stiff. The soundtrack was epic. I myself spent countless hours customising cars on it. Races were good because there was no traffic, making it more realistic (even though it was an arcade racer). Might play it tomorrow.... :P

post a game you enjoyed or even loved even when it got pandered by both critics and players alike.

fl4tlined

Pandered? I think you mean panned. :P

Anyway I quite enjoyed the new Wolfenstein and Aliens Vs. Predator. They're pretty standard fare and I can no doubt see why they weren't viewed kindly but I thought they were pretty enjoyable.

Possibly Two Worlds? A few buddies and myself had so much fun playing on that P.O.S. lag-infested game and we can never explain why. The shier silly-ness of it all was amazing.

Shadowhearts got average reviews and i loved it.

Lego Rock Raiders was amazing.

Final Fantasy XIII.Kaiinel

That too.

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post a game you enjoyed or even loved even when it got pandered by both criticsand players alike..

paranoidpixie95

Suppose that cancels out Mario Kart 64. To this day I have no idea how Gamespot gave it a 6.4, but everyone loved it.

Following your criteria, I'd have to give it to Juiced. Most reviews criticise its flow, but the driving is solid, if a bit stiff. The soundtrack was epic. I myself spent countless hours customising cars on it. Races were good because there was no traffic, making it more realistic (even though it was an arcade racer). Might play it tomorrow.... :P

lol mario kart 64 i know people praise that as THE kart game but i never played it i always enjoyed diddy kong racing more and i wish that took off....

the power ups were more balanced and you could pilot a variety of vehicles from hovercraft to planes...

Either Frontlines: Fuel of War for PC or Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style for PSX. Frontline is a poor man's FPS, but something about it just made me plow through the single player and I actually had a blast with it. As for Wu-Tang, well... I don't know, I didn't even like Wu-Tang so I can't fathom as to how I enjoyed the game so much... flipin_jackass

code of honor 3: desperate measures

its not a bad game though technically speaking as its two prequels were so bad it hurt your head to thik about it.. the third one is jolly decent and i HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the SP of CoDMW or CoDMW2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es9j0SN0u9w&feature=related

its very fun.. and full of thrills chills n spills

another one i liked alot was sniper: ghost warrior

its a great game and considering it too has roots in code of honor and SAS: Secure Tomorrow it offers alot more than its predecessors

Enslaved Odyssey to the West, a lot of people call it a mediocre game but I had so much fun with it not to mention it looked pretty damn good.

Dantes Inferno

Ehrgeiz. It had a lot of potential. Also, The Bouncer.

Enslaved Odyssey to the West, a lot of people call it a mediocre game but I had so much fun with it not to mention it looked pretty damn good.

Ballroompirate

There are a few recent medicore to bad games that I really enjoyed

1.) Fuel (PS3) - While this was not the most polished racer, I felt the game was fun offline if you got into it. There was enough depth and a ton of content to keep you playing and the gameplay was fun. it was an an interesting game that I think was trying to go with over the top action but fell somewhere in between a an arcade and simiulation racer. You could not just hit turns are full speed during races, you had to use proper turning mechanics and racing inside corners on tracks was a must.

2.) Splatterhouse (PS3) - Yes the game was unpolished, there were some annoying issues with core gameplay, long load times, touchy control issues during 2D levels, and the levels at times got repetitve. But it was actually a fun game to play through and I actaully went back to play through on the hard difficulty. It had a trowback feel to it, a certian sense of art and if you didn't expect to much from it, the game delivered a fun experience.

3.) Sniper Ghost Warrior (PS3) - I know the reviews for this game were pretty low, but the overall gameplay was not bad. The game was far from broken, and it actaully portrayed the Sniper gameplay pretty good. On the higher difficulty, the AI was ridiculous, but on the normal and easy settings, the game was fine. The AI still had a knack for being insanely accurate at very far difference, but once you got used to this, the game was not too hard.

I picked both Sniper Ghost Warrior and Fuel for 14.99, pretty cheap and it was not wasted money. Splatterhouse I paid full price for, so I expected more from that title, but I was not disappointed at the end of the day with that purchase

Dynasty Warriors 5 and Timeshift.LightR

I rented timeshift back around its release and I thought it was solid too. I am guessing the game is super cheap right now, I might look for it and purchase it to play through it again

Rumble Roses XX

Critics complained it has no story... name on wrestling game that has been helped by it's story. I still play it and enjoy it over all the UFC and MMA games.

post a game you enjoyed or even loved even when it got pandered by both critics and players alike..

For me first thing I think of and about the only game is Deadliest warrior i dont care what anyone says the ninja and pirate were hella unbalanced but the rest of the game was INCREADIBLY fun and by far the best value and most fun i have had out of a XBLA game (one of the only games i can actually say was worth it) and it was preety great for only a measily 10 dollars. 8? fighters all which played differently/tourneyment online play mode/mortal kombat exq minigames/unlockable weapons and costumes. I dont really see why it was pandered so badly..

fl4tlined

I agree with you on Deadliest Warrior, for 10 dollars its a really fun game to play with your friends. Although the ninja was kinda op imo :P

Enslaved Odyssey to the West, a lot of people call it a mediocre game but I had so much fun with it not to mention it looked pretty damn good.

Clive Barker's Jericho.

I'm biased since i'm a Clive Barker fan, but i still enjoyed it. I play it every now and then.Nowhere near as good as Undying though.

Ghost Recon on the PS2. Bad reviews, but I love it.

code of honor 3: desperate measures

its not a bad game though technically speaking as its two prequels were so bad it hurt your head to thik about it.. the third one is jolly decent and i HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the SP of CoDMW or CoDMW2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es9j0SN0u9w&feature=related

its very fun.. and full of thrills chills n spills

another one i liked alot was sniper: ghost warrior

its a great game and considering it too has roots in code of honor and SAS: Secure Tomorrow it offers alot more than its predecessors

ionusX

Deadly Premonition. Hands down.

Kirby air ride for gamecube. yeah!

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post a game you enjoyed or even loved even when it got pandered by both criticsand players alike..

paranoidpixie95

Suppose that cancels out Mario Kart 64. To this day I have no idea how Gamespot gave it a 6.4, but everyone loved it.

Following your criteria, I'd have to give it to Juiced. Most reviews criticise its flow, but the driving is solid, if a bit stiff. The soundtrack was epic. I myself spent countless hours customising cars on it. Races were good because there was no traffic, making it more realistic (even though it was an arcade racer). Might play it tomorrow.... :P

Record of the Argrest War

The most recent for me would be the Splatterhouse remake. Graphical bugs galore, bad pacing, and every time it tried to deviate from the reasonably enjoyable (but sloppy) core combat it became an unplayable mess. But despite that I still found the game mindlessly fun to play.

Timeshift

I thought Army of Two was decent especially with a friend even though there wasn't online mode and I don't think it had trophies. I believe it got a 6 on gs or close to that.

And while I wasn't in love with FFXIII, I thought it was decent. It had meh characters and linear maps but I thought everything else was good. Except for the level-hormonal monsters that seem to go from incredibly easy to having so much hp, I would fall asleep playing them.

Conflict Desert Storm 1 & 2. Had a great time playing those games all the way through on 4 player split screen co-op.

gunmetal for the xbox. too bad its not backwards compatible

My vote would go towards Tench: Fatal Shadows if we're talking about official reviews.

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows isn't a bad game, but it's definitely mediocre. I wouldn't play it if not for the fact that I'm a huge Spidey fan. Unfortunately, it's also one of the best superhero games, which says a lot about the genre.

It's the only game that comes to mind right now because I've played it recently most "mediocre/bad" games fall out of memory quickly.

Damn everyone that said NIER. The game is amazing, not mediocre/bad therefore it doesn't belong in this topic. For me, Ninety-Nine Nights & Tenchu Z.

Jurassic Park Trespasser by far.