What are the best and worst games you have ever played?

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:15 pm

Best- Super Mario World (SNES), Battlefront II, Final Fantasy series.

Worst - Can't think of a game that makes me think "wow, this is the worst game I'll ever play"

Ecksem Diem · Post by **Ecksem Diem** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:22 pm

Best: Although I couldn't really pick a single best, or even a group of games I could say for sure were among the best, I can say that year after year, I've found myself coming back to Virtua Fighter 2 for the Sega Saturn (note that I was never able to get my hands on the original game or 3 back in the day, and my copy of 4 was short-lived, having gotten it right before "quitting" video games). It is infinitely playable. Final Fantasy VIII and Chrono Trigger also come to mind as far as "great" games go.

Worst: Luckily, I seem to usually have no interest in the games that wind up getting the poorest reactions, though I haven't been entirely immune to them. The most extreme example I can think of comes in the form of Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, and it's my contention that my experiencing this utterly horrendous piece of Grimace's excrement is absolutely no fault of my own, but rather PSM's, who, a few months prior, ran an article that went on for pages about all the zany adventures that Jax and Sonya would be having on their hunt for Kano, detailing how many obstacles and enemies would require brute strength and puzzle-solving on Jax' part and agility and puzzle-solving on Sonya's part (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). In the end, they made a game, starring Jax, about hunting Kano, which excluded Sonya.

P. S. - Hey Jones, twelfth in Wisconsin? Nice. Is that in a particular game or catagory or is it just a general accumulation of your various scores in various games?

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:34 pm

Plumbers Don't wear ties goes laps around anything mentioned for worst so far.

jedi knight · Post by **jedi knight** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:58 pm

dudex77 wrote:
jedi knight wrote:Best-Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy 7
Worst-Superman 64, Lego Island 2
What's so bad about Lego Island 2?

I hated that game! The load times were horrendous and the game was not fun at all in my opinion

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:15 pm

jedi knight wrote:
dudex77 wrote:
jedi knight wrote:Best-Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy 7
Worst-Superman 64, Lego Island 2
What's so bad about Lego Island 2?
I hated that game! The load times were horrendous and the game was not fun at all in my opinion

I remember the bad load times and some of the minigames being total crap but just wandering about on the skateboard was quite amusing and enough to make sure it wouldn't be someones worst game

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:46 pm

One of my favorite games ever is super mario world. I have also been getting into halo 2 lately even though I am horrible and usaly only get a few spots up from last in the tournaments, but hey I only started playing about a month ago.

Its funny all of you seem to say ET for worst game ever, how many of you actually played it and thought it was the worst game ever. It just seems the whole internet has decided it was the worst game ever so you all carry that torch over as your own opinion.

Just my 2 cents

benol · Post by **benol** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:48 pm

It's actually not THAT hard to get out of the pits in ET, but it just isn't fun.

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:07 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:One of my favorite games ever is super mario world. I have also been getting into halo 2 lately even though I am horrible and usaly only get a few spots up from last in the tournaments, but hey I only started playing about a month ago.

Its funny all of you seem to say ET for worst game ever, how many of you actually played it and thought it was the worst game ever. It just seems the whole internet has decided it was the worst game ever so you all carry that torch over as your own opinion.

Just my 2 cents

See, that's what I had figured, and then I bought the game. It actually is that horrible and the entire internet deciding it is horrible is for the benefit of anyone who wanted to play the game.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:08 pm

Best- Super Mario 64 (N64) and Super Mario World (GBA, I like the 2 face buttons instead of 4).

Worst- Can't really think of a specific one, but movie games generally suck 9/10 times.

jones · Post by **jones** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:18 pm

wallydawg wrote:Plumbers Don't wear ties goes laps around anything mentioned for worst so far.

I remember that one being an "Adult" game for the 3DO. Never played it... Apparently not playing it was to my benefit.

Ecksem Diem wrote:P. S. - Hey Jones, twelfth in Wisconsin? Nice. Is that in a particular game or catagory or is it just a general accumulation of your various scores in various games?

It is just based on the cumulative Gamerscore, but still fun. That is actually a leaderboard done by the folks over at http://www.xboxamerica.com. So it is only based on those who sign up. I think there are a little over 30 people from Wisconsin signed up so far.

If you really want to see something ridiculous, check this out...

http://www.360voice.com/tag/jarjarisgod

The things people come up with in their spare time.

And... Total Recall for the NES was terrible. Somehow I overlooked it earlier.

Twisted Warthog · Post by **Twisted Warthog** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:36 pm

Best- Its a tie between Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, and the Donkey Kong Country Series.

Worst- Superman 64, I rented it as a kid one day, and even at that age I knew it was a steaming pile of crap.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:45 pm

Best: To many to count, probably gears of war, guitar hero, halo, oblivion, or one of the really old zelda games (the new ones are all terrible since after majora's mask in my opinion)

Worst: Bubble bath babes. AHHHH!!! (yes, me and my friends thought we were bad ass downloading the rom)

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:46 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:Its funny all of you seem to say ET for worst game ever, how many of you actually played it and thought it was the worst game ever. It just seems the whole internet has decided it was the worst game ever so you all carry that torch over as your own opinion.

Actually, thousands of copies of this game were buried as landfill and it cost the company concerned a fortune!

Yes, forgot to mention another great game someone else mentionied, Banjo Kazooie - I haven't played Banjo Tooie yet (I have it).

Limewater · Post by **Limewater** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:00 pm

gamemasterAS wrote: Its funny all of you seem to say ET for worst game ever, how many of you actually played it and thought it was the worst game ever. It just seems the whole internet has decided it was the worst game ever so you all carry that torch over as your own opinion.

I've played it on my brother's VCS. It really is horrible, but, to be honest, I think there are plenty of other games that are just as unplayable-- like the 2600 version of Double Dragon. I think the awfulness of the game is largely magnified due to the legendary landfill story and as one of the earliest examples of movie licenses with horrible video game cash-ins, as well as the fact that many more people played it than some much worse games without a hit movie counterpart.

So, I confess to feeling some pressure to mention it. I did hate it before I knew one was supposed to hate it, though, and it really is among the worst I have personally played.

You see something similar with movies. The movies that are held as the worst are the ones people actually watched. There are worse movies out there, they're just really obscure. Not many people have seen "Crazy Fat Ethel 2".

deepfriedNES · Post by **deepfriedNES** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:56 pm

best:goldeneye for 64,every f-zero game,srb2 jte(if fangames count)

worst:simant(THE POISON! THE EYE POISON!!)