Games that you knew were bad but were worse than you expected.

[Black Tiger]

I think Golden Axe on our PCE CD shoots to the top of my list.

I don't think that it's possible for the game to seem any worse than it's made out to be by so many people. If anything, it shouldn't seem as bad since too many people are overly critical of the cinemas and music.

[DragonmasterDan]

I don't think that it's possible for the game to seem any worse than it's made out to be by so many people. If anything, it shouldn't seem as bad since too many people are overly critical of the cinemas and music.

IMO the Cinema's are the best part.

[esteban]

Black Hole Assault.

I played the PCE and SegaCD versions (honestly, the music and the Sega artwork have provided 100% of my enjoyment from the game). I didn't beat the games (too boring).

I read that the game was lame, but I said,"it's gotta be fun for a few minutes."

I was wrong. 15-20 seconds into the game, you realize how lame it is.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME. STOP! I see you scouring eBay for the cheapest copy. STOP!

HISTORY: I remember playing HEAVY NOVA on the genesis and thinking it was a big load of crap....I didn't realize that BLACK HOLE ASSAULT was a sequel until after playing.

TRUTH: I thought "Heavy Nova" was an awesome title and I was so disappointed by it. For some reason, a lot of game magazines covered it as a "Coming Soon" title and I must not have been the only kid who was excited about it.

[geise]

I had low expectations going in to Sword of Sodan and Techno Cop, even thouh each time it was before any reviews had been published. In both cases I remember thinking "wow, this is even worse than I expected".

Haha!  I remember going to Toys R Us and seeing Sword of Sodan from the flyer.  I thought the graphics looked amazing!  My brother bought it and man, when we got home it was just total disappointment.  The next day he took it back saying it was defective and got Strider!

[TheClash603]

I had low expectations going in to Sword of Sodan and Techno Cop, even thouh each time it was before any reviews had been published. In both cases I remember thinking "wow, this is even worse than I expected".

I love Techno Cop...  Jelly gun is awesome.

[Tatsujin]

just watched the castlevania port for the Amiga the other day, man that game sure can't be more bad than this

[bob]

I just picked up Yo Bro on ebay, and I have a feeling it's going to exceed my expectations of BAD

[vestcoat]

Ditto on Altered Beast SMS.

My short list:

Alf - SMS
Most truly broken game I've ever played.

Ultima Warriors of Destiny - NES
Knew it was bad, but after beating FCI's ports of Exodus, Avatar, False Prophet, and Hydlide, I thought I could enjoy anything. I was wrong.

Night Creatures - TG16
I dig Tailspin, Darkwing, Ghost Manor, Turrican, and Impossamole once in a while, but not this game. The enemy of fun.

[geise]

Yeah man Night Creatures is so bad I actually forgot about it. Well, forced myself to forget about it.

[bob]

Ditto on Altered Beast SMS.

My short list:

Alf - SMS
Most truly broken game I've ever played.

Ultima Warriors of Destiny - NES
Knew it was bad, but after beating FCI's ports of Exodus, Avatar, False Prophet, and Hydlide, I thought I could enjoy anything. I was wrong.

Night Creatures - TG16
I dig Tailspin, Darkwing, Ghost Manor, Turrican, and Impossamole once in a while, but not this game. The enemy of fun.

Wait, you got through NES Hydlide?

[futureman2000]

Good call on Alf. It's really bad, then you get to the cave where you have to defend yourself against bats with a salami... And the shit hits the fan.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Ditto on Altered Beast SMS.

My short list:

Alf - SMS
Most truly broken game I've ever played.

Ultima Warriors of Destiny - NES
Knew it was bad, but after beating FCI's ports of Exodus, Avatar, False Prophet, and Hydlide, I thought I could enjoy anything. I was wrong.

Night Creatures - TG16
I dig Tailspin, Darkwing, Ghost Manor, Turrican, and Impossamole once in a while, but not this game. The enemy of fun.

Wait, you got through NES Hydlide?

NES Hydlide is actually really short, and yea- I could be put on the list of fellas that played through it as well.

Also, I played Warriors of Destiny on it's release going in with VERY VERY high expectations as I loved Exodus and QotA.  Son, I was disappoint.  Holy hell I hated that game....

[bob]

f*ck, now i need to try it again.

[jeffhlewis]

I had low expectations going in to Sword of Sodan and Techno Cop, even thouh each time it was before any reviews had been published. In both cases I remember thinking "wow, this is even worse than I expected".

Imagine racing down the stairs on Xmas morning and opening that new Genesis game and it's...Sword of Sodan. It was like my parents were punishing me.

The game looked so cool in the screenshots but was such a turd.

My vote for worse-than-I-expected was EVERY arcade-to-PC port in the late 80's/early 90's. We used to play the PC port of Double Dragon in EGA. I fired that thing up in DosBox a while back and literally have no clue how I was able to derive fun out of that game as a kid.

[esteban]

I had low expectations going in to Sword of Sodan and Techno Cop, even thouh each time it was before any reviews had been published. In both cases I remember thinking "wow, this is even worse than I expected".

Imagine racing down the stairs on Xmas morning and opening that new Genesis game and it's...Sword of Sodan. It was like my parents were punishing me.

The game looked so cool in the screenshots but was such a turd.

My vote for worse-than-I-expected was EVERY arcade-to-PC port in the late 80's/early 90's. We used to play the PC port of Double Dragon in EGA. I fired that thing up in DosBox a while back and literally have no clue how I was able to derive fun out of that game as a kid.

This is so true. The screenshots for arcade-PC ports would look decent*, but the actual games were often horrendous (scrolling, refresh, controls, lag, etc.)

*Of course, the publisher only put the nicest looking screenshots on package...unless you had the best video/sound card, you were never quite sure what you would end up with.