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On The Most Boring Videogames Of All Time
Thanks to 1UP.com for its feature documenting what the writers consider to be the most boring videogames ever. The intro explains the criteria: "These ten games weren't necessarily bad or good -- they were just really, really dull", before pointing to titles like Donkey Kong 64 ("a mediocre platformer bogged down by forty hours of useless doodad-hunting"), King's Field ("It's kind of like an RPG, and it's kind of like an FPS, but mostly it's like falling asleep"), and Aquanaut's Holiday ("...doesn't really have a point -- it's a blocky, dithered simulation of what it's presumably like to go deep sea diving.") What would your pick be?
This Penny_arcade comic pretty much sums it up: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2000-11 -15
Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?
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Well I know that it is not always true that "worst = most boring".
But, Barbie for the C64 can definitely qualify for both! Get this:
Ken calls Barbie, asks, "Would you like to go to dinner?". She says "sure", and he replies, "Great! Pick you up in an hour." So she drives around and goes shopping for clothes for dinner, gets her hair done, etc.
Ken calls back, "Barbie, plans have changed! Would you like to go to the prom? Pick you up in an hour." She drives, shops, Barbisizes some more.
However, when she gets home, Ken is again indecisive: "Barbie plans have changed! Want to go to the movies? Pick you up in an hour"
Finally Ken makes up his f*ckin mind and they goto whatever final destination he chose after Barbie has spent several hours answering to his every whim!
Not only is this the worst game, but what does this teach our children? To be ready for whatever demands Ken makes, not having any input for the decision, and making unreallistic demands like getting ready for "a Prom" in an hour?!?
This was one of the most boring games I've played in a long, long, long time.
Sure, it looks pretty. But the gameplay consisted of me basically holding down the 'A' button to shoot.
I got through the first level, and to the first bossfight. Basically I circled some big ship for about 10 minutes until it finally blew up.
Then the next level I was flying up some river, and went past some butterflies- then the butterflies started to attack me in some way, so I held down the A button there. Then finally two giant caterpillars started attacking me.
I didn't have the patience to hold down A long enough to see what was next.
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I always thought Peasant's Quest sucked even worse than Rabbit Algebra. It only featured 16 colors and 2 bit mono internal PC Speaker sound.
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Also, Strongbad reviewed the games he would make if he could. They all sucked too.
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Myst has a devoted following and some people must enjoy it for them to keep making it. But, from game one, I never understood what all the hoopla was about. It was as boring as a Hypercard slide show. Oh wait...
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on the XBox. I could never find anyone on Live to play. I think I was the only one stupid enough to buy it.
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