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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Remember those Burger King Xbox 360 games? Those. And just because they were memes, cheap, but then we started getting into them! We were playing I think it was Sneak King (I just now realized it's called that 'cause "sneaking" πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ) and we were 3 hours into it, it was 1am or something, my friend had work later and had to drive home, but we were determined... Almost want to buy them again.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yep! I have Big Bumpin' in my collection, got it for free after I was specifically requesting a retro game shop owner if he had any of the three Burger King games in stock. He was actually surprised that someone was actually looking for these games, and he opened a drawer, and handed me a copy of Big Bumpin'. Dude threw it in as a bonus game and only made us pay for Watch Dogs: Legion. He was the nicest and coolest retro shop owner I have ever met. A few months before he gave me that for free, he gave my sister some free PlayStation headphones and stated that he wasn't sure if they were working or not. And guess what? It worked. Flawlessly.

Dude is still around, still kicking ass at that retro game store even to this day.

[–] whostosay 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I envy this, our retro shop closed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Dang dude that sucks. =(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I got all 3 games for $10 when BK was trying to dump them. Pocket bike Racer is surprisingly fun.

[–] whostosay 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I have gifted Sex With Hitler 2 on many occasions. The '2' is the funniest part to me.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The full name is hilarious to begin with, but the β€œ2” really sells the punchline

[–] whostosay 3 points 4 months ago

It's established at that point, what can you do?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it as good as the first one?

[–] whostosay 6 points 4 months ago

I truly have no idea, but likely.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Will I be totally lost if I haven't played Sex With Hitler 1 first?

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[–] saltesc 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

My friend made Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015. He explained it to me and I was like, "who tf showered with their dad growing up!?" Surprisingly the friend group was split in half on that one and it was common.

Anyway, I told him I'd grab it just have it appear in my library, but it's half fun. I remember unlocking the Inglorious Bathdads mode, thinking he was genius.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Only $1!? Okay, yeah, I am definitely picking this up later on. I love weird and wacky games and your friend made something very, very special to the point it was played by big YouTubers such as PewDiePie. Tell your friend I said hi, too! :D

[–] saltesc 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah that blew his mind. Then he got invited to game dev conferences and said along the lines of, "It felt weird being there and introducing myself to actual game developers."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

He should be proud of himself. =)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Haha i played that game so much. It was my go-to for when we waited for games to be downloaded or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I wasn't going to comment because I don't buy bad games on purpose but then you reminded me that I gifted that specific game to a friend as a joke.

[–] Hudomi 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hentai vs Furries on Steam. Exquisite game with deep lore and a narrative rich with turns and twists at every corner. 11/10 powers of friendships

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Well, that's a heck of a title... 😳

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

I made Diarrhea 4 as a joke. Does that count?

I bought and played many a bad game but never as a joke.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Didn't buy it perse but Chex Quest.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Oh my God I actually played that!!! A weird kid-friendly version of DOOM that actually was pretty damn solid and had an actual interesting story for a kids game. It wasn't like Pepsiman, where the entire game was littered with Pepsi advertisements, it was an advergame that had an actual story about aliens threatening Chex and Earth. Thank you for reminding me of this. =)

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[–] TootSweet 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Maybe not quite the answer to the question you asked, but I have a relevant story.

My very favorite YouTuber is named "Any Austin". (Just stay with me here.) And he has a show called "VG Wham" in which he goes to some e-store for video games (the Switch eStore, the PlayStation e-store, Steam, whatever) and purchases a game priced $2 or under and plays/reviews it.

Fully expecting it to be terrible, mind you. He does honestly review the games and gives his thoughts about them, but it's still mostly comedy content. Not generally the sort of show you'd watch to find good games to potentially buy and enjoy.

But one game in particular he clearly loved was "Radiation Island" by a studio called "Atypical Games." The episode of VG Wham in question is here. But he loved this particular game so much he streamed a full playthrough that itself is a masterpiece. And throughout he constantly flip flops from deriding it ot praising it to praising it ironically. It's like nothing else I've ever seen.

And the game itself makes zero sense, it's absolute purchased assets trash, kindof minimum viable product as a game, really just churned out in about 5 minutes for a buck. And it's evident from Any Austin's stream.

I rewatched that stream just recently and decided to go ahead and purchase the game. I'd seen it played, but didn't really know what it would be like to play it myself. I really didn't know whether it was going to be crap or awesome.

If anyone else picks it up, I highly recommend the hardest difficulty.

I haven't yet played the sequel "Radiation City." Any Austin streamed it, but didn't like it as much. I bought a copy and intend to play it at some point, but I haven't started it yet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Fps chess - not bad really, the mechanics are but thats part of the charm

Muck - made for a game jam, fun with friends

Retail royale - ikea themed battle royale, no more than 12 players online typically

The looker - satire game based on the watcher

Leaf blower revolution - cookie clicker style idle game with more engaging mechanics. Not bad really but a time waster fs

Unturned - just a classic but still silly

Lunch lady - group survival horror game, played it once, not great

Pearphone.io - fps game where you play as a pear shaped phone with a pear logo, no comment

Peasant royale - self explanatory I think

Rust

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Pearphone.io - fps game where you play as a pear shaped phone with a pear logo, no comment

I was wondering if that was based off of the fictional phone in iCarly, and I was correct. Also, it is allegedly malware/a Bitcoin miner according to some Steam reviews, but this is unverifiable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Honestly I wouldn't be shocked about it being malware lmao. I dont think I have ever ran it tho tbh

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Goat simulator. Which as we now know is pretty fun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I vibe with you. I frickin' LOVE Goat Simulator! Just a hell of a fun game where you can cause as much chaos as you please as a goat. I have played the original and every one of its DLC packs, and I pre-ordered Goat Simulator 3 as well, and I am gonna be picking up the Multiverse of Nonsense DLC at a later point. An all-time favorite game series of mine.

Currently waiting for the Re-Maa-ster of Goat Simulator 2... (ba dum tsss) πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

This guy goats.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

I bought BioFreaks for PS1 because it looked fun. I knew it would be janky and have weird physics, but it's also got a weird dystopian story too!

To be fair, I was 8 or 9 at the time, but it's an entertaining piece of shit, like Pitball (also for PS1).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Now, this one may surprise you, but I recently bought Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League as a joke. And no, I did not pay $70 for the game. In fact, I bought it for a far more cheaper price on CDKeys since they were having a huge sale for North American/European game keys. Was on sale for roughly $16, a huge steal in my eyes. Like bro, $70 USD for this game? Yeah, no, I'm not paying that much if this game is in this state. Capped it only because I wanted to get it to laugh at it. I originally was planning to get it through the free Prime Gaming offer, but through past complications with Amazon charging us even after repeatedly cancelling our Prime subscription, I went against getting a free trial for Amazon Prime and we just ended up buying a digital Steam key.

I have been loving the game, in a very ironic way. I'm serious. I only bought the game to see how bad it truly was and to laugh at the game's bad design choices (mostly the lackluster story). I just wanted the game for shits and giggles, nothing serious. I only like the game because of how goddamn bad it is. Literally wanted to laugh out loud while I was playing through the first 2 hours. It's so bad, but hilariously bad. The story doesn't make sence, either - why was the Suicide Squad recruited by a literal FBI agent? I get that it's about the Justice League becoming evil and all, but it still doesn't make any sense to me.

Needless to say, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a guilty pleasure of mine. Because I like laughing at it.

EXTRA NOTE: In short, save your money until there's a huge sale or another free offer. God save Rocksteady.

[–] mercano 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am so sad this was Kevin Conroy’s final time voicing Batman. The man deserved to go out on a high note.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, I agree. It is extremely disappointing to know that this was Kevin Conroy's farewell. His swan song. The man deserved to have a much better end to his career. Heck, even Orson Welles had a much better one when Netflix dropped his unreleased movie "The Other Side of the Wind". Kevin Conroy deserved to go out with a bang. Not a mere whimper.

The game's concept was good but the execution of it was terrible in so many departments.

It's another one of those "great concept with bad execution" examples.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also, of COURSE I got Garfield Kart: Furious Racing. My Steam library truly didn't feel complete until I got gifted the game.

I only wanted the game as a joke, not for any serious reasons. But dang, it's actually a fun time-waster.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I've bought that game quite some time ago as a meme

The devs behind it appearently started hosting contests for it so joined them for the heck of it.

[–] sunbrrnslapper 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

My kids' favorite game after pikuniku and before Bugsnax.

[–] Whitebrow 6 points 4 months ago

Bad rats show is still a personal favourite of mine to gift on steam.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Sharknado VR. Got it on sale for half a dollar. Not bad for the price. It was about what I expected and with a playtime of about 30 minutes it didn't have the time to get stale.

BTW check out this playlist (and the rest of the channel too)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

GO GO GO GO GOGOGO

RUN AWAY FROM THE SHARKNADO

IT'S YOUR GREATEST FOE FOE FOE

DON'T WANNA GET EATEN BY THE SHARKNADO

BY AIR, BY LAND, BY SEA

I SEE THAT SHARKNADO COMIN' FOR ME

I CAN'T RUN, I CAN'T HIDE

I JUST DON'T WANNA DIE

SHARKNADO!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Quite a few, I'm one of those people. In fact, I could answer this question in so many different ways. The game I feel is the "prize" of my collection, though, is Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude.

I like the classic point and click Leisure Suit Larry games; I think they have a certain charm about them, and though they're drenched in sleaze, Larry in his quests for sex more often than not ends up the butt of the joke. Raunchy, sexual, but most importantly, mainly making fun of our protagonist desperately trying to get laid. The gameplay was fun too, point and click games have a certain feel that you don't see too much today. On top of all that, when the series moved into a more higher resolution art for LSL 4, 6 and 7 the series genuinely beautiful with an unforgettable style

LSL: MCL does not have much of this. You play truly horribly designed minigames over and over to progress. These range from bad to worse, and you will become the best virtual quarters player of all time by the end of it, I promise you. The comedy is reduced to 2000s boner comedy level, and it seems as though Larry (or Larry's nephew, Larry, in this case) is an unironic protagonist on a real quest, rather than failing upwards, accompanied by the constant mockery of our witty narrator. What once was a series about a hopeless sleazeball constantly petitioning and getting rejected by women out of his league got turned into a unironic college boning simulator. To top it all off, our beautiful art has been replaced by the early-2000s-est of 3D models and textures

I played it for 22 hours or so. Couldn't stop. It's like a car crash. Not only does it If any game deserves "so bad, it's good" status, LSL: MCL is at the top of the list.

For those kind enough to read my rant, here are some runners up from my shelf in which I assume you'd also be interested:

BCFX The Black College Football Experience: A college football game where only Historically Black Colleges and Universities are selectable. Only part of the game is really about football, because you also play as the band at halftime in a Rock Band-style minigame. It's such a niche game, with such a niche audience. Who probably won't even like the game because it doesn't play well at all.

Sneak King: C'mon, we all know this one. Premium, refined jank.

Fight Club: A fighting game based on the movie based on the book, where you can play as Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit and also Abraham Lincoln should you so desire.

MTV's Pimp My Ride: PBG fans out there, time to represent. Basically just a minigame collection with some driving between. It did, however, teach me how to Ghost Ride the Whip, for which I am eternally grateful.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Among Us, Nintendo Switch, cause I had a $5 BestBuy gift card I wasn't sure what else to do with. Never even booted a session yet.

[–] Webster 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not a bad video game, but I thought I had zero chance of liking it. I bought American Truck Simulator for $2 and it's such a good zone out video with something (radio/e-book/etc) on in the background. When I'm too exhausted to think, but want to be slightly more engaged than just throwing something on TV, it's now my go to right now. I bought it on the most recent steam summer sale and have 20 hours into already. All of it on the Steam Deck.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I bought Ace of Seafood, in which you can play as many kinds of fish that all shoot lasers out or their mouths at other fish.

It's absolutely baffling but probably not how you'd expect.. I found it pretty technical and demanding. It's like a very serious game where you fly F16s and dogfight and destroy aircraft carriers except everything is fish. It's Japanese to the max.

I paid about Β£6 for it on the Switch, did not play it enough to get my moneysworth. But I think once you hear the concept, you will never stop thinking about it until you try it, so I was glad to be able to stop thinking about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Bad Rats frequently goes on sale for $0.25 and is somehow worth less than that. But it's become a meme to gift it to our friends

[–] JusticeForPorygon 3 points 4 months ago

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator. Best game I've ever played.

[–] semperverus 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Ah, yes, the infamous Sonic the Hedgehog Xbox 360 game (Sonic '06). Weirdest fricking Sonic game in existence. And not weird as in bad, but weird in general. Why was Sonic having sensual moments with a human princess? Why are we running around aimlessly in a city? Why are the controls so bad? All of these weird design choices just makes it... interesting, to say the least.

I'd pick it up just for shits and giggles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

KrzyΕΌacy - Knights of the Cross. But then it turned out it's not only hilarious but actually also have good gameplay, so i can recommend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death.

It’s not as bad as I expected.

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