I've played some real crap in my time, but I found these the most offensive of all:
- Bomberman Act Zero. You took a franchise that needed no updating and totally fucked up everything good about it. Ever heard of the phrase 'if it aint broke dont fix it'? No? Well leave Bomberman alone for a fuckin' start. No charm, no bright colours, no child-like innocence to any of it. Just design by committee 'go with what's popular' power armoured soulless space marine wannabe with crappy high def 'wet look' visuals.
- Sonic 2006. I think the only way Sega could possibly have offended me more would have been to break into my house, eat all my food, shoot my dog in the head then shit in my mouth as I slept. Then sending me a bill for it. How did they EVER let one of the classic mascots sink this low? Nigh unplayable. I finished it in order to keep my record of finishing every Sonic game intact. This game is what it took for me to realise that such records are simply not worth the pain.
- the Aladdin LCD game. I was saving up for Super Metroid. I had about £30 saved up. My mother decides to spend that money on an LCD game for me to play in the car on a family holiday instead. She buys me Aladdin. I've never been a fan of the movies. The game actually completes itself. See, the enemies attack by throwing their swords. They hit you and you flash for a moment, then the sword flies back and kills its owner whether you dodged it or not. You have infinite health. So there's no reason to do anything. Even the final boss kills himself with no input from you. Switch the game on, start it up, go make yourself a sandwich and job done, another game beaten. Couldn't help but notice the game only cost £10. She came back with bags from River Island that day too. Hence why we don't talk any more.
There are so many bad games out there but every now and then I'll encounter one that makes me fucking sick. Generally when a once great franchise is raped, or when it falls so short of expectations I just have to laugh at it. There are some games that I expect to suck so it's no shock to me when they do, like a lot of the 'design by committe go with whats popular identical power armoured space marine cover shooters' in today's market. But sometimes I just want to punch people for making such utter crap.