Your Top Ten (Worst) Games Ever!!

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The Daley Thompson game came out later in 86 or 88 on the C64, CPC and Speccy.

Nope, I had it back in 84,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daley_Thompson's_Decathlon

It was the killer of many joysticks because of all the waggling.
The Quickshot 2 was a huge hit in those days, cheap and slightly cool looking (by 80's standards) all the kids had them,


It used crappy contacts though and Daley Thompsons killed most of them, I used to fix them!

I had a far better Competition Pro stick, with a Kempston interface, and this thing is still on the go, the recent C64 in a stick was a replica of one.
They had microswitched contacts and a steel shaft (wa hey!) much more robust.

I didn't like Far Cry 2 the first time around, but returning to it 6 months later it was a different story.
The respawning enemy checkpoints are about the only irritating thing about the game, it looks gorgeous, the physics are solid, the story is good, it lets you take your time and make your own adventures or follow the slow burning main story.
The vehicles are good, perfect given the setting, and what a setting, Africa has never been rendered so well.
So, don't just take cars, take the bus to save time, or try to get around the gangs by taking a boat down one of the many rivers.
I was very impressed with it second time around, not expecting the wonder game promised by the early previews but very entertained by the grown up and mature gaming experience it provided.
It really isn't a FarCry title though and this may have mislead many folk, a new name would have perhaps been better.

I really like the N64 controller, and seeing as I do indeed have three hands it's perfect for me.
I constantly feel marginalised by controllers with a two handed setup as my third hand gets bored and wanders off to find trouble, especially when playing COD:MW2 or Halo, this has never happened when playing Super Mario 64 or Pilotwings 64 thanks to the three handed approach pioneered by Ninty.

Thanks Nintendo!

You kids are spoiled by the likes of GTA III and IV.
Grand Theft Auto and GTA:London were revelations compared to all that went before, I bought the original at launch for my PC and was blown away.
I mean, a top down perspective at first looked very retro, retro looking for the mid 90's too! But then you see it for what it is, a living city, in 3D as well, but for your point of view.
Sliding cars around corners, between lorries, ducking along pedestrian walk ways, whilst watching your pager, rushing for a ringing phone box on the other side of town and with a bomb timer ticking in the corner! Brilliant!

And then of course there was the "KILL FRENZY", where things got interesting, running down lines of monks etc.

I have it still for the PS1 and it's still got it's charm, as reflected in GTA:Chinatown which is much the same mechanics of the earlier game, despite being separated by 12 years, in fact, I reckon the PS1 could do a fair job of a version of GTA:Chinatown.

As for the criticisms of GTA:London, they would be fair enough if DMA were pedaling it as a new game, but they didn't, it was sold as a mission pack, presumably the first of many but for the development of GTA II and then ramping up to GTA III.

So, don't be so hard on the original GTA and the mission pack GTA:London, and realise the revolution they represented in 97, compared to what was available elsewhere at the time.
And remember that the long time series competitor Driver wasn't released for another 2 years on the PS and PC.

Ok, so you didn't like it, fair enough.
One thing though, while the characters and cars were sprites the city itself was 3D, in fact they had an inhouse version running from the first person perspective!
I have it for the PS and GBA and have to say it's still fun, sure it's not a patch on the more modern GTA titles in terms of depth and visuals but in it's day it was revolutionary, and the features that made it so can still be appreciated now.
And fair enough if you are a retro fan, but you were about 9 when the original came out, so perhaps the buzz passed you by.
GTA 2 was not really all that hot, while the different gangs and loyalty was well implemented, the futuristic world grated a bit.
I think GTA sold very well actually, not sure if you mean it sold well in Europe, Ireland or Limerick!
Speaking of which....