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WINDOWS XP
Jun 28, 2016

by Shine
this is a thread to discuss low-budget, poor-quality games, released in the hopes of being purchased by unsuspecting customers

for example, there's this company that made lovely ps2 games in europe then poorly ported them over to the wii, producing such quality gems as

Anubis II


or the your grandkids won't know it's not harry potter game Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing


and while there are plenty of examples of these kinds of quantity over quality games on wii, don't feel obligated to only discuss games for the one platform, there were plenty of these on cd roms back in the day, too

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Jesus Christ
Jun 1, 2000

mods if you can make this my avatar I will gladly pay 10bux to the coffers
dark souls 2

gently caress you goons who recommended that garbage

WINDOWS XP
Jun 28, 2016

by Shine
i would've thought at least one poster in gbs would be an expert in shovelware and have some better examples to share

powerofrecall
Jun 26, 2009

by R. Guyovich
3/4 of the original wii library

satanic splash-back
Jan 28, 2009

This topic is boring, not funny, and requires arcane & pointless knowledge. This is definitely a Games forum topic.

Isaac
Aug 3, 2006

Fun Shoe

WINDOWS XP posted:

i would've thought at least one poster in gbs would be an expert in shovelware and have some better examples to share

:anime:

Elusif
Jun 9, 2008

WINDOWS XP posted:

i would've thought at least one poster in gbs would be an expert in shovelware and have some better examples to share

Windows 98

nullEntityRNG
Jun 23, 2010

Mostly pseudo-random.
What about gingerbread ninja

Hell Yeah
Dec 25, 2012

monopoly sux

Hell Yeah
Dec 25, 2012

so does risk i don't have 3 months to play a boardgame, ever.

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
i found a mint in shrinkwrap copy of this really lovely 70s boardgame at a thrift shop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd6S0bVIag0

powerofrecall
Jun 26, 2009

by R. Guyovich


best known for publishing poo poo like this dressed up as a 'game'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBdvkjK92-Y

crabcakes66
May 24, 2012

by exmarx
Star Citizen

Dial-a-Dog
May 22, 2001

Jesus Christ posted:

gently caress you goons

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

WINDOWS XP posted:

i would've thought at least one poster in gbs would be an expert in shovelware and have some better examples to share

Nice try

Photex
Apr 6, 2009




Hellgate: London...rip my lifetime sub

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

powerofrecall posted:



best known for publishing poo poo like this dressed up as a 'game'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBdvkjK92-Y

lol

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

Photex posted:

Hellgate: London...rip my lifetime sub

i played hellgate london for like 20 min. it was good fun! i never bothered to play it again though

Nefarious 2.0
Apr 22, 2008

Offense is overrated anyway.

literally every video game japan has ever produced

ninety
Mar 13, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo

(and can't post for 4 years!)

if you like boring weapons, boring enemies, boring environments, and uskippable cutscenes i would recommend Official PC Game of the Millenium HALF LIFE TWO

Nonviolent J
Jul 20, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
Soiled Meat
Mario and sonic gently caress at the olympic games ceremony

AugmentedVision
Feb 17, 2011

by exmarx

Rutibex posted:

i found a mint in shrinkwrap copy of this really lovely 70s boardgame at a thrift shop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd6S0bVIag0

one time i had dysentery and i was hallucinating that everything looked tinted red like that, true story

Mahuum Aqoha
Jan 15, 2004

SHEPARD!
Do it for the universe!
Fun Shoe

smorky did a pretty good parody of this
http://www.somethingawful.com/flash-tub/dingo-pictures-cartoon/

HumanDecency
Oct 5, 2015
My friend told me to buy Battlefield Hardline. I did. We are no longer friends. A straight linear story where it's almost impossible to do the dying and the rest is just mundane repetition until I wanted to beat my head into a goddamn wall.

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
overwatch :grin:

A CISHET SHITLORD
Sep 10, 2014

LOURDE OF THE SHITS
Pillbug
Alien: Colonial Marines. It Happened to Me: I Bought This Game Because I Grew Up Watching Xenomorphs

Final answer to this thread.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

many johnnys
May 17, 2015

Nonviolent J posted:

Mario and sonic gently caress at the olympic games ceremony

Rio edition is shaping up to be a real monster

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Speedy Eggbert

Dial-a-Dog
May 22, 2001

Actually, I think you'll find that overwatch is good

The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax

Hell Yeah posted:

so does risk i don't have 3 months to play a boardgame, ever.

If your risk games take more than 45 minutes it means that everyone at the table is an idiot, sorry

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->

lol you saw this fuckin game and though "this is a game i will spend money on"

SpaceAceJase
Nov 8, 2008

and you
have proved
to be...

a real shitty poster,
and a real james
Little King's Story

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord
Johnny Jacker Vs. the Abstinence Crew

new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound
If you know someone looking at trying out the Borderlands series for the first time, recommending they start with the pre-sequel would be a cruel joke.

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



natetimm posted:

If you know someone looking at trying out the Borderlands series for the first time, recommending they start with the pre-sequel would be a cruel joke.

was the presequel just as stupid and lovely as it looked?

Sorryformybadjokes
Apr 21, 2004

I identify as a simian who pronounces the 'silent' letters in words.
Fallen Rib
Unreal Tournament is a gently caress game for gently caress boyz

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

Business Gorillas posted:

was the presequel just as stupid and lovely as it looked?
i actually really liked Pre-Sequel. granted it wasn't as good as 2, but it was still good.

also playing as Claptrap was fun and cool.

e: but yeah, playing Pre-Sequel before 1 or 2 is bad

new phone who dis
May 24, 2007

by VideoGames
Morbid Hound

Business Gorillas posted:

was the presequel just as stupid and lovely as it looked?

It should have been an expansion but they designed new characters and sold it as an overpriced stand-alone instead. The new characters are cool, but the boss fights are mostly poo poo, there's tons of backtracking over the same areas, and lots of the areas are low-gravity jumping puzzles, which would be fine if their engine didn't have the wonkiest loving hit detection ever. I can't count the amount of times I got caught on the environment in Borderlands 2 because someone put a small ramp or tiny step there. Now, imagine that poo poo with lovely low-g jumping puzzles. Also, everyone is really gratingly Australian or British because it was made in Australia. Oh, and a bunch of the crazy unique guns are just straight-up copies from Borderlands 2. They added laser guns which are meh. Also created a ton of DLC which they sold separately at regular prices which kind of sucked considering the game was something like half the size and length of Borderlands 2.

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ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
This PIECE OF poo poo

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