Popular games (that really suck)

[Donkbaca]

Lets keep this arcade only, and yes this is a direct ripoff of popular movies that suck.

Pop games that suck

1. golden tee - the only thing more boring then watching golf is watching someone play golden tee
2. UMK3 - Lets face it, MKII was the pinnacle of this series
3. Primal Rage - Anyone remember the hype behind this game?  Remember how the game just completely disappointed you?

[ChadTower]

All SF/MK style fighters. 

[RayB]

Sonic

[Mikezilla]

No way Chad cmon now. Not ALL of em suck. I agree with Donk though, 2 was indeed the best. I always thought the Silent Scope games were super overrated. Always got a case of eye strain even if I played it for 2 mins...

[Bootay]

I know people will hate me for this, but I always felt Killer Instinct was way over rated. I never really cared for it.
I prefer ALL Capcom fighters...Sorry Chad =)

As for MK I agree that II was the last good one. MK3 was too jokey...II introduced some comedy elements but 3 just went overboard with it...

[Mikezilla]

I know people will hate me for this, but I always felt Killer Instinct was way over rated. I never really cared for it.
I prefer ALL Capcom fighters...Sorry Chad =)

As for MK I agree that II was the last good one. MK3 was too jokey...II introduced some comedy elements but 3 just went overboard with it...

I agree with you Bootay. I fired up ol Killer Instinct in MAME the other day and MAN was that game terrible. You gotta keep in mind when we played the game though we were kids.

[Bootay]

I know people will hate me for this, but I always felt Killer Instinct was way over rated. I never really cared for it.
I prefer ALL Capcom fighters...Sorry Chad =)

As for MK I agree that II was the last good one. MK3 was too jokey...II introduced some comedy elements but 3 just went overboard with it...

I agree with you Bootay. I fired up ol Killer Instinct in MAME the other day and MAN was that game terrible. You gotta keep in mind when we played the game though we were kids.

Hey...Donkey Kong was what I played as a kid and I still like it. Not sure age really has anything to do with it. Killer Instinct came out when I was in my early 20s anyway. I really wasn't a kid, but I just never liked it. At the arcade near my house there was a KI and 2 machines down was X-Men Vs. Street Fighter...that's the one I played instead. But that's all I could hear was the screeching of the werewolf coming from the KI machine. LOL

[SNAAKE]

call of duty series. its a joke compared to REAL online shooters like MGO.

first time I played COD it was pretty hilarious. I kept saying to myself "THATS IT?? this is supposed to be fun and I am supposed to keep playing for more than a day??"

[Donkbaca]

SNAAKE - 5 minutes in the penalty box for not mentioning an arcade game. 

[Bootay]

LOL..yea it's supposed to be arcade only. maybe there should be one for consoles separate. 

[Donkbaca]

Too easy with console games...  There are way more popular console games that suck then popular arcade games that suck.

bad dudes

[SNAAKE]

oh I didnt read anyone's post. was too excited about hating on COD. seriously those games are really lame/boring.

[Bootay]

I also agree on the Golden Tee...although I am not a sports guy so I tend to not like most sport games.

[saint]

Every single fighter and FPS ever made except the Simpsons and TMNT.

[Mikezilla]

Blitz sucked too IMO.

[DaveMMR]

I think all the MK's were overrated and am willing to take my lumps from those who think otherwise.   But I understand the appeal of I and II - III was a step backwards and Ultimate was a gross "double-dip".

Also, pretty much most games made in the last 10 - 15 years.   Too many clones of each other:   fighting, driving, shooting (obviously excepting the NFL Blitz and Golden Tee machines).   The last semi-unique arcade game that I can even really remember in that time frame was Gauntlet Legends.   I also wanted to give props to Crazy Taxi but it's still, ostensibly, a driving game.

[RayB]

Every Konami arcade fighter. (*winks at Saint*)
They were just mindless button mashing with no skill required, relied on continues, and the graphics were behind the times.

[abispac]

virtual fighter.....what an awfull game....it really suck, grafics,moves and all....just ugly

[leapinlew]

Pacman Jr with it's half pinball half arcade game and no fun

[Ginsu Victim]

Pacman Jr with it's half pinball half arcade game and no fun

You mean Baby Pac-man.

[shmokes]

No Mortal Kombat has ever been good.  The suck starts at the title - ooh sub a K for the C in combat . . . clever!

Also +1 on Sonic if that's ever been in the arcade.  There's never been a good Sonic game unless like Mario and Sonic at the Olympics was any good (and even counts as a Sonic game, which seems doubtful).

[SavannahLion]

I'll probably get shot for this but....

Not a specific game but I never really liked rail shooters. You know the kind I'm talking about. You're on a fixed path through the game and the goal is to blast anything that moves into giblets.

I get the idea and I admit I played a couple of them for a while (generally on the console though). I just don't see the long term appeal. I think I'm spoiled by games by the likes of Quake, Duke Nukem 3D and Half-Life (not arcade) where you actually have some degree of freedom and exploration (for what it's worth).

The second type are the "Pick Your Own Death" adventure type games. If I mention Space Ace, that should be enough.

The problem with those games is well... re-playability really. There really isn't a whole lot there. Push up here. Push down here. Push left there but if you're too late you'll die. Once you burn through the game there really isn't a whole lot of reason to play through again, hence the lack of appeal for me. This unlike say.... SFII where you have the potential to play against (hopefully) a good opponent or like SMB where you can make up some random goal depending on how drunk you are.

While games like Space Ace are reasonably fun the first time through, the game starts sucking major if the damn op on that owns the circuit is slow to change the cabs out on his route.

[Bootay]

The Sonic games on the Genesis were good.

I get the point on the Dragons Lair/Space Ace type games. But for their time the graphics were unlike anything anyone ever seen so it was amazing and exciting (at the time).
20+ years later they aren't very impressive. But I have a love for them just because of growing up around them.

As for Baby Pac-Man....the problem with that game is I was constantly trying to get it to go to Pinball mode. I didn't care about the "Pac-Man" part of the game because by the time that game came out I was way over Pac-Man. I actually wouldn't mind owning a Baby Pac-Man cab.

[shmokes]

The Sonic games on the Genesis were good.

No they weren't.  They were retarded fast and that novelty put stars in people's eyes.  The gameplay is awful.  The music and sound effects are like having your brain run over a cheese grater.  The story makes the mario series seem literary.  The art direction is garish.    The whole thing just sucks.

[Donkbaca]

Altered Beast, totally sucks...

[Howard_Casto]

With the exception of golden tee, primal rage and KI you guys couldn't be more wrong with your complaints. 

(I'll ignore the console-based posts as they weren't supposed to be in here)

Fighters are awesome, they saved the arcades in the mid-90's (and killed them, but hey nobody's perfect).  You can't say a genre sucks just because you don't care for it.  Regardless, fighters have never been really popular in the US except for that small time in the early 90's. 

Bad Dudes might be the greatest/worst game ever created.  I mean you and your friend go around wearing matching outfits all oiled up to akwardly punch and kick not only ninjas, but Karnov to save the president.  What's not to love?

All MK games are awesome, but some are better than others.  I would gladly admit that mkII is the best one, but UMK3 is the second best.  The difference between 1 and 2 is like the difference between sf 1 and 2 (sf1 was barely a game).  While mk3 was down-right terrible, because they removed the best characters, umk3 fixed it by putting them back in.  Still not as good as mkII, but that's a long way from sucking.

I've gotta agree with jim on this one... as far as arcade games go the popular ones don't suck... the ones that do suck were never popular.  It makes sense really.  Unlike TV, arcade games have the most direct consumer approval system.  If it sucks, people don't put their quarters in it and thus they don't make any more and it isn't popular.  Golden tee can be simply written off as not a real arcade game though.  It's a sport simular they put in sports bars.

[ChadTower]

You can't say a genre sucks just because you don't care for it. 

No no no.  I say I don't care for it because it sucks.  You have to get your causality in the right direction.

[Malenko]

Robotron, blasphemy? maybe it might be that Im not good at it, but I'd rather play Smash TV

Joust. It might be unfair to say "it sucks" but to me, its just not fun.

[Donkbaca]

I actually find most fighters to be fun.  Except Primal Rage.  I think Time Killers is even charming.  (man I remember being totally pissed putting in a quarter and losing in like 30 seconds because someone cut my head off.) But hey, that's my generation.

[Bootay]

The Sonic games on the Genesis were good.

No they weren't.  They were retarded fast and that novelty put stars in people's eyes.  The gameplay is awful.  The music and sound effects are like having your brain run over a cheese grater.  The story makes the mario series seem literary.  The art direction is garish.    The whole thing just sucks.

Shmokes: Well we have to agree to disagree there. I loved the first couple Sonic games. And I really don't pay attention to story with those types of games, but I found them fun. But like someone already mentioned...Sonic is not an arcade game. 

[Mikezilla]

I actually find most fighters to be fun.  Except Primal Rage.  I think Time Killers is even charming.  (man I remember being totally pissed putting in a quarter and losing in like 30 seconds because someone cut my head off.) But hey, that's my generation.

I love me some good fighers. My favorites are Marvel Vs Capcom 1/2. I liked the idea of primal rage, and I liked it at the time, but now, it just sucks. Same with Killer Instinct.

Also tried to play Dark Stalkers. The framerate on that game makes my eyes feel weird.

[saint]

With the exception of golden tee, primal rage and KI you guys couldn't be more wrong with your complaints. 

(I'll ignore the console-based posts as they weren't supposed to be in here)

Fighters are awesome, they saved the arcades in the mid-90's (and killed them, but hey nobody's perfect).  You can't say a genre sucks just because you don't care for it.  Regardless, fighters have never been really popular in the US except for that small time in the early 90's. 

Bad Dudes might be the greatest/worst game ever created.  I mean you and your friend go around wearing matching outfits all oiled up to akwardly punch and kick not only ninjas, but Karnov to save the president.  What's not to love?

All MK games are awesome, but some are better than others.  I would gladly admit that mkII is the best one, but UMK3 is the second best.  The difference between 1 and 2 is like the difference between sf 1 and 2 (sf1 was barely a game).  While mk3 was down-right terrible, because they removed the best characters, umk3 fixed it by putting them back in.  Still not as good as mkII, but that's a long way from sucking.

I've gotta agree with jim on this one... as far as arcade games go the popular ones don't suck... the ones that do suck were never popular.  It makes sense really.  Unlike TV, arcade games have the most direct consumer approval system.  If it sucks, people don't put their quarters in it and thus they don't make any more and it isn't popular.  Golden tee can be simply written off as not a real arcade game though.  It's a sport simular they put in sports bars.

Fighting games suck.

[Bootay]

I actually find most fighters to be fun.  Except Primal Rage.  I think Time Killers is even charming.  (man I remember being totally pissed putting in a quarter and losing in like 30 seconds because someone cut my head off.) But hey, that's my generation.

I love me some good fighers. My favorites are Marvel Vs Capcom 1/2. I liked the idea of primal rage, and I liked it at the time, but now, it just sucks. Same with Killer Instinct.

Also tried to play Dark Stalkers. The framerate on that game makes my eyes feel weird.

I love all Capcom fighters...I always wanted Capcom to do DC Vs. Capcom so that one day we could see Marvel Vs. DC...that would have been awesome....but instead we got Mortal Kombat Vs. DC ...oh well.

[NiN^_^NiN]

Altered Beast, totally sucks...

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!!!!

I liked altered beast even if it's pretty short


And i prefered bubsy over sonic but i still like sonic

[abispac]

Altered beats sucks but i find it entretaining, i always play one game everytime a fireup a mame cab. Sony adventures are very stupid,and nonsence too me.

[Bootay]

I didn't mind Altered Beast...but it is short and there really isn't much of a story behind it.

I like Golden Axe too, but I always hated the ending.

[Gray_Area]

Every single fighter and FPS ever made except the Simpsons and TMNT.

Those are 'beat 'em-ups'. And most of them suck. Back in the day, I had fun with Double Dragon. And Simpsons is pretty cute. Overall, my favorite is Caveman Ninja.

[Mikezilla]

I didn't mind Altered Beast...but it is short and there really isn't much of a story behind it.

I like Golden Axe too, but I always hated the ending.

I dont think I ever beat Golden Axe. What happens in the ending?

I did however beat Xmen the other day. That was the biggest let down EVER. 

[Bootay]

I didn't mind Altered Beast...but it is short and there really isn't much of a story behind it.

I like Golden Axe too, but I always hated the ending.

I dont think I ever beat Golden Axe. What happens in the ending?

I did however beat Xmen the other day. That was the biggest let down EVER. 

At the end of Golden Axe a kid is playing the Golden Axe arcade game and the characters from Golden Axe come out of the screen causing the kid to run...or something like that. Pretty stupid to have such a heavy, non-comedic medevil game end in such a goofy way. I mean if the entire game had comedy elements or jokes throughout it would be one thing...but they play up the whole game as serious...and then that.

[Howard_Casto]

You can't say a genre sucks just because you don't care for it. 

No no no.  I say I don't care for it because it sucks.  You have to get your causality in the right direction.

Oh I see you are confusing your personal opinion of a genre rather than the actual quality of a genre  (in other words, not an opinion).  you can think it sucks, but that doesn't mean that it sucks.  The quality of a genre is quantifiable, if you like it or not isn't.