What's the worst game you have sunk a decent amount of time into despite knowing its terrible?

Submitted by TonyClifton323 t3_yi7zox in gaming

I probably will lose any gaming credibility for this but for me it's Garfield Kart. Bought it digitally as a joke on Wiiu to play with my best friend. I was determined to beat all the cups despite how terrible it is. Sadly I also picked up up physically cause someone on Facebook marketplace had some games really cheap. Even more depressing is I also picked it up for Switch cause I had to sell my Wiiu at one point due to my previously mention best friend being an alcoholic and not paying his end of the rent. Still havent beaten the game either

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stappernn t1_iuheb8q wrote

no mans sky.

i knew it was bad but still decided to put 80 hours into it to see IF i was missing something.

i wasnt...

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damnsignins t1_iuheooh wrote

Final Fantasy 15. Finished it but hated it so much.

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TailzoPrower t1_iuheq0u wrote

Climax Landets, all in Japanese, but despite looking bad, being cluncky and not understanding the story... I found it fun to level up and get through Dungeons.

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Peace_Is_Coming t1_iuhf7kv wrote

Battlefield V

I knew from day one there were too many cheaters and nothing was being done about it. I knew from day one there is no balancing system. But I continued in the hope that I may be less shit. What bollox.

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redditorRdumb t1_iuhgb6h wrote

War thunder, 900 hours and no sign of stopping

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Gotyam2 t1_iuhi9qd wrote

Lord of the Rings: Online.

I love LotR, but I just can’t love LotR:O

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tedioussugar t1_iuhihc6 wrote

The Crew 2. I must have put in 500 hours despite how shitty it is. Every week there’s new cars and summits and I just keep coming back to it despite having nothing else to accomplish in it.

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prguitarman t1_iuhj965 wrote

Burger King Big Bumpin’. That game was so hilarious to me at the time and a surprisingly solid 4 player party game (prob still holds up)

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rjcanty t1_iuhjmbp wrote

Death Stranding. 30 wasted hours trying to find anything redeeming and failed.

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ALurkerForcedToLogin t1_iuhkqni wrote

There was a PS2 game (can't remember name) where you are a car, and you travel from town to town unlocking upgrades and competing in races. There are many fetch side quests to get you more money for upgrades, and it just takes an enormous amount of time to unlock everything. It's very cartooney and has essentially no story besides "beat the races". Terrible racing physics, terrible dialogue, no story to speak of, obviously meant for 5-8 year olds.

Well, I paid $20, and I'm not wasting it. I beat it over the course of about 2 months. Unlocked everything, fully explored every area, completed all quests, and purchased every upgrade. I still don't know why.

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cookedball t1_iuhl010 wrote

Gran turismo, not terrible but I spent alot of time in it and my brother deleted the game.

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Tabyr47 t1_iuhlris wrote

Lords of the Fallen (2014). Even pushed myself to get the platinum. I know it's not the worst game out there, but it just felt so unpolished that it was a rough time for me, not sure why I did it haha.

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Winterplatypus t1_iuhmhvk wrote

Replying to damnsignins (#377,364)

I'm sort of the same but I also played through it again and enjoyed it the second time. My expectations were rock bottom going into ff15 the second time, but that let me appreciate it for what it actually was rather than what I wanted it to be. I had a similar experience with FFX-2, hated it the first time then came back a couple of years later with zero expectations and enjoyed it.

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tim_timmayy t1_iuhnaen wrote

Watchdogs Legion. I even got all the achievements. Guess I was desperate for the “next gen” games lol

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brian11e3 t1_iuhqo2s wrote

Fallout New Vegas.

I've got roughly 500 hours in the game since it launched. I'm actually doing another playthrough right now. It's got tons of bugs, I have to keep 3 copies of each save file because they get corrupted easily, and some of the voice acting is RE1 equivalent.

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cnedden t1_iuhtn16 wrote

Dead by daylight

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UIM_Zekel t1_iuhx16v wrote

WoW. Started off well but wasn’t enjoying it the last 3 years I played. But finally escaped after 8 years. And got sucked right into osrs which has. Been an even bigger time sink

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TheCocaineCowboi t1_iuhx7pi wrote

Assassins Creed Odessy,

It was genuinely good at the start but now it is going on for WAYY to long. Its no longer enjoyable and I'm just playing it to see the end through.

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krunchwondelta t1_iuhzt4p wrote

Shenmue 1 and 2.

Replayed both in expectation of Shenmue 3 and hoping Suzuki was finally going to give me some much-needed closure.

1 and 2 are absolute chores by today's standards, but still felt compelled to complete and collect as much as possible.

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Wobbleflopper t1_iui71ph wrote

7 days to die, it's a pile of shit but goddamn it's fun.

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MakerGaming2022 t1_iui7gf2 wrote

Massive Chalice. It was a brilliant concept but the execution was bad and lots of grinding. But I still played the hell out of it.

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Dinomaru t1_iuia3a3 wrote

Honestly RuneScape is biggest hole I went through. It’s a life-sink and I wish I got my time back. Not even max though but I’m done

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krunchwondelta t1_iuiblt7 wrote

Replying to urikayanokay (#385,068)

Not many novels have compelled me to do the same roundhouse kick 200 times in a parking lot 😅

Haha don't get me wrong - still love the story, the characters, and the visual style/feeling of the games. Even the combat is still pretty fun.

However, open world mechanics and general RPG quality of life have come a long way, and I'm pretty spoiled by now 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Zionics t1_iuidbms wrote

Life.

All of the rich "people" are just animals trying to fucking act like they're people. They don't know that others can tell the difference.

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Corn1shpasty t1_iuiffs0 wrote

BF2042. It's majorly flawed and I can agree it's not the best, but I enjoy playing it.

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RuyKnight t1_iuifvfk wrote

Dragonball Z Legacy of Goku (GBA)

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oLuciFURR t1_iuijaqo wrote

AC Valhalla . I put 2 days play time into it trying to give it a chance but just couldn’t get into it . Lifelong AC fan too and I loved the last 2 games .

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ALurkerForcedToLogin t1_iuijeya wrote

Replying to Cricklad95 (#381,214)

THAT'S IT! It took me a long time because I wasn't playing it constantly. I was primarily playing Street Fighter Alpha 3 trying to get perfects on every fight with Shin Akuma in world tour mode. When I'd get frustrated with that, I'd switch.

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Cricklad95 t1_iuimbzu wrote

Replying to ALurkerForcedToLogin (#389,579)

Definitely doesn’t deserve to be called a terrible game, I thought it was brilliant and have replayed it countless times over the years.

I’d genuinely pay money for remastered version but I can’t see it ever happening

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ALurkerForcedToLogin t1_iuims0l wrote

Replying to Cricklad95 (#390,537)

Well, whether or not something is good or terrible is subjective. I guess I shouldn't necessarily say it's terrible, I mean I did beat the thing after all, but it's far from the best game I've ever played. I guess I don't play too many different kinds of games to be exposed to the worst ones. I don't play any of the sports games for example, and I'm pretty careful about not purchasing games that don't have good reviews.

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The_Son15 t1_iuiox9w wrote

Time Ramesside. Awful indie game my friends told me to buy and played based on a Bro Team Pill video. We would get together and they would watch me play it with every new update that would completely change the game and the plot. Reused assets, buggiest gameplay I’ve ever touched, and glitches galore made that awful game an experience to be remembered every single time

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Winterplatypus t1_iuiq9cb wrote

Replying to Yis6Afraid0f7 (#391,773)

When I have a craving for a specific genre and haven't played the game in years. I can always stop playing it if I find it shit again the second time. Knowing the flaws before you start helps because you don't get fixated on them. Like instead of being annoyed how ff13 was not open world, I know it's going to be linear and it doesn't bother me. Replaying it with the right expectations stops me caring about the shit parts so I can focus on the good parts.

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Electronic-Vast-3351 t1_iuizioc wrote

Replying to xdddmann (#394,476)

I was never able to keep to one tech tree. I'm rank 4 ground with Germany and America, I'm very close to rank 5 with Britain, and in rank 3 Italy. For air, I'm now rank 5 in America, rank 4 in Britain, and have most of the research but not actually bought rank 2 Japan, Russia, and Germany.

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Zealousideal_Gur2127 t1_iuj3uq2 wrote

New World. I wanted to like this game to the point I put too much time into it. Finally common sense kicked in and I stopped playing.

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ThisMoneyIsNotForDon t1_iujayrg wrote

Replying to Aconnox (#378,624)

Yeah I absolutely loved Among Us when it got big, but it is only fun with a full lobby of friends. Public lobbies use such awful rules, and half the lobby leaves during the first five seconds anyway.

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ragengauge t1_iujfmt0 wrote

I told myself I'm only buying 1 modern madden game, and have somehow gotten one every year for the past 3 years

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honeybeevercetti t1_iujnqc8 wrote

Assassins creed Odyssey. Oh man the cheesy, poor acting dialogues were killing me but I made it through…

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Deep9one t1_iuk3tpu wrote

eve online.

It's such a depressingly lonely game i can't touch it anymore.

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