What games should never have been made?

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Matrix Online, Star Wars Galaxies

...I think most can agree with those disasters but what other games should never have been made ...either because of the IP (like Matrix online) or because it so damaged the genre that it's hard to recover (Sub-par medal of honor sequels etc)
 
None

If they wouldn't have been made we couldn't learn from their mistakes
 
Reaktor4 said:
Doom, rpgs, pes/fifa, zelda, mario 64, 3d sonic games.
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What the hell? I'm even going to dispute pes, which is awesome (and fifa is bollocks). The rest...well thats criminal.

Britney's Dance Beat, Simpson's Wrestling & Robot Wars: The game. Oh dear me.
 
Solaris said:
Get the **** out right now.
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Is that how you always deal with other peoples opinions?
Hectic Glenn said:
What the hell? I'm even going to dispute pes, which is awesome (and fifa is bollocks). The rest...well thats criminal.
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Pes is just as unrealistic as fifa. The only real difference is that with pes you have more control over shooting and it has a lot more features. Gameplay wise its a ****ing joke.
 
Paris Hilton's Diamond Quest, or whatever the **** it was.

Also, **** Olsen Twin, Britney Spears, and 2nd gen Pokemon.

And wasn't there some Groundhog hunting game by the NRA? **** that too.
 
Reaktor4 said:
Is that how you always deal with other peoples opinions?
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Without Doom their wouldnt really be a FPS genre...meaning no BF2 / UT2007 / HL2 etc

Why do people assume that all opinions should be treated with repect? A lot of them are just stupid :D

Only joking mate :thumbs:

My Own:
Runescape
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
The Sims expansions (should have had all that shit in the original)
 
return to castle wolfenstein was an excellent game ...at least the multiplayer was
 
Dalamari said:
None

If they wouldn't have been made we couldn't learn from their mistakes
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Very true.

However, if we disregard this for a moment...

Daikatana - Johnny boy, you should have just canned this crap instead of releasing it upon the poor public. You were an egotistical bitch throughout the whole thing, you pimped off your girlfriend to Playboy, and by the end of the whole ordeal, you had sacrificed most of your dignity. How did you expect this to turn out? It's a shame, because now your career is a mockery of what it once was.

Star Wars Galaxies - Yes, let's release a subpar MMORPG even though we seem to have no idea what in the **** we're doing. Then a few years down the road, we'll completely rehaul it into something we should have been working on to begin with.

Deus Ex 2 - A decent enough game in its own right, but a stain upon the DX legacy. The fanbase was utterly disappointed, Warren left, and the better side of Ion Storm dissolved. God knows what's happened to the DX3 preliminary work now. My guess is that it's dead, mostly due to the failure of the sequel.

Quake 2 - For all the good you've done for the gaming industry, I still have this to say: **** you. You completely abandoned the gritty sci-fi/gothic feel for aliens and "PEW PEW" laser guns. Again, **** you. Did you ever consider that I actually wanted to confront Quake himself? You left me off with an incomplete story and abandoned it for a completely different plot involving the Strogg. **** the Strogg, id. Just **** 'em. Hopefully Quake 5 won't be the lukewarm experience that was Quake 4, and I'll see some damn resolution in the first game's universe.
 
Reaktor4 said:
Doom, rpgs, pes/fifa, zelda, mario 64, 3d sonic games.
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Sweet jesus...doom should have never been made?! are you kidding? we might not have even had half life if that was the case.

Deus ex 2 should have never been made. What were the devs smoking when they thought up 'universal ammo' and load times every 10 steps. And the voice actor of the main character sounded like he was drunk and high at the same time.
 
I don't understand how any footy fan can dislike pes - the game is sublime in every way! Don't start me on Mario 64 and Zelda. Bloody heathen.

MoH and CoD 1 & 2 are as generic as fps get (and bored me to tears). This is bad enough, but they sullied the good name of ww2 shooters. There's nothing to learn from these games and as such they should be thrown into the void!!
 
Deus Ex 2 was an abomination compared to Deus Ex.
 
Battlefield Vietnam. Hell all BF games after 1942. 2142 should just be cancelled right now.

Call of Duty 2.

Daikatana.

Hmmm...

Game that should have been made:
Space Quest 7.

System Shock 3.

Companies that should die in a fire:
EA.


And you all need to understand that FPS would still exist had Doom never been made. Someone else would have done it, though it might have taken a bit longer. This is how the world works.
 
Llama said:
The Sims expansions (should have had all that shit in the original)
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Ditto. It was ridiculous to see the number of expansions they released after the original. Only to add a couple of sofa and lava lamps.
 
Doom 3 is utter crap.

Driv3r. Sorry, but putting a "3" to replace "E" isn't going to make the game any better....

Halo was a great game on the Xbox but the PC Port, terrible :X
 
CptStern said:
return to castle wolfenstein was an excellent game ...at least the multiplayer was
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Well I for one liked the single player in RTCW. I really don't get why people hate it so much.

Absinthe said:
Quake 2 - For all the good you've done for the gaming industry, I still have this to say: **** you. You completely abandoned the gritty sci-fi/gothic feel for aliens and "PEW PEW" laser guns. Again, **** you. Did you ever consider that I actually wanted to confront Quake himself? You left me off with an incomplete story and abandoned it for a completely different plot involving the Strogg. **** the Strogg, id. Just **** 'em. Hopefully Quake 5 won't be the lukewarm experience that was Quake 4, and I'll see some damn resolution in the first game's universe.
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Whatever, I hated the first quake and liked the second and if you think that id will ever continue the original quake story you're dreaming.
 
Just think about it this way, if they wouldn't have made the game, someone else would have, so it's pointless to ask what games shouldn't have been made
 
Llama said:
Without Doom their wouldnt really be a FPS genre...meaning no BF2 / UT2007 / HL2 etc
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I disagree. First of all the genre had been around for a long time before doom. Secondly i dont think doom really did anything that wouldnt have been done anyway. It is one of the worst games i have ever played.
Warbie said:
I don't understand how any footy fan can dislike pes - the game is sublime in every way!
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I think the opposite. I cant believe that people who supposedly understand football cant see all thats wrong with the game (yet mysteriously can see that fifa isnt very good). Well, whatever. There is a reason why i use another forum for serious football talk..
If people want to think its good, thats fine. I know it took me a very long time to realise how shit it is.
pes fanboy said:
omg i hate j00
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If such a comment causes you to feel like that youre gonna have some serious trouble surviving in the real world.
 
Just out of curiosity, what about Zelda? I haven't heard any explanation as to why that should never have been made.
 
Unreal 2 The Awakening - crap weapons, enemies, no real objective and challenge.
 
I think we're looking for more in-depth reasoning as to why games shouldn't have been made instead of "I just didn't like it".
 
Yeah. I mean, Ocarina of Time is my favorite game of all time, so I sometimes have trouble grasping that it's even possible to "not like it"- but that's an unsatisfactory response regarding any game.
 
Absinthe said:
Daikatana - Johnny boy, you should have just canned this crap instead of releasing it upon the poor public. You were an egotistical bitch throughout the whole thing, you pimped off your girlfriend to Playboy, and by the end of the whole ordeal, you had sacrificed most of your dignity. How did you expect this to turn out? It's a shame, because now your career is a mockery of what it once was.
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I couldn't agree more. Romero's ego pretty much devoured the entire project - forcing half of the dev team out the door.
 
Let's see what games: Quake 4, Trespasser, Tomb Rider 3,4,5... etc. , Doom 3, Pariah, Delta Force 2,3,... etc. , Projet: IGI 2, NFS Underground 1,2 & NFS Most Wanted.
 
While someone might have made more FPS games after DOOM, theres a good chance we would never have the genre as we know it. DOOM is what really brought the FPS (and PC games in general) into a lot of peoples minds and homes. It was one of the few games that people would actually become interested in just by seeing others play it. It holds a rightfully earned place next to Pong, Simcity, Mario, and Pacman for introducing millions to videogaming.

Do NOT underestimate its impact.
 
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