Games They'd Like Us To Forget

Posted by Zonk on Monday June 18, 2007 @05:04PM from the from-the-depths-of-the-past dept.

Games Radar has a short piece up talking about some games that otherwise very accomplished developers would probably like us to forget. They call them "Secret Shame" games, and run the gamut from cheesy cash grabs (Shaq Fu and Justice League: Task Force) to notable flops (the Miyamoto-produced Stunt Race FX). From their discussion of Justice League: "Originally, this game was to be published by Sunsoft, but was picked up by Acclaim after Sunsoft went under bankruptcy reorganization. We'd almost say they should have known better than to put this out, but this is notorious sh**-peddler Acclaim we're talking about. Thankfully, the game was rightfully ignored, and due to its relative obscurity, Blizzard is almost never subject to mockery for it. Up until now, at least."

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Gears of War by Anonymous Coward · 2007-06-18 17:34 · Score: -1, Troll

Worst online implementation EVER.
Only 8 players in tiny confined areas.
The most lag I've ever had in a game outside of one or two early modem games I played many years ago.
Server connection issues and drops.

Absolutely braindead single player.
Felt like something a 10 year old kid would make up
Terrible jaggy graphics
Tiny, claustrophobic environments
Anything more than 20 to 30 feet in distance appeared to be covered in vaseline

I guess that is what happens when you have tens of millions to blow on marketing and hype - why even bother trying to make a good game when you have an army of marketing types to hype your game.