Taking a break from Atelier Ayesah, I bring you Part 2 of the Worst games list!

9. Halo Franchise
I'll start by saying, I am aware that I am not the kind of person that this game is targeted towards, given my tendency to prefer single player experiences. However, there are things in Halo that bother me. The big one being that it didn't really change anything about the genre outside of allowing for console shooters to be played online from a console. And for that, were I looking soley at Halo 1 here, I probably wouldn't have put this here. The problem is though Halo's gameplay isn't that good compared to other shooters out there. Halo 1-3 all felt rather lacking when compared to games like Call of Duty or Battle Field, and those are games I don't enjoy either.

None of them have good stories, though Halo both has a bad story and is piss easy as far as campaigns go. So even as far as Shooters go the games single player experience is lacking, and it neither plays as well as others, nor do I like any of the games art design. The popularity of this franchise baffles me.


8. Final Fantasy X/II
I really can't decide which game I dislike more. FF 2 is here for it's god aweful leveling system and lack luster gameplay. FF X is here because the entirety of the cast are terrible, Auron being the exception. It's hard to rate X as worse on the basis that it has a fantastic battle system, though on the same note the game is so easy it leaves all of the possibilities the system had in the dust. If I had to say X would be worse because of that, but it's my list so I don't!


7. L.A. Noire
I feel kind of bad for putting this on the list, since it was an interesting take on bringing a point and click style adventure game into that perspective. The problem is how frustrating the game can get. Not for difficulty or controls, but the execution of pressing for information. An early example was one of teh first cases that involved a pair of glasses. I immediately caught on that she was lying about the glasses, but until I keep pressing different options I can't call her out on the glasses. It also created a problem in that it was way to easy to tell a person is lying, but that was bound to happen when they told thier actors to act like they were lying.

The other thing that killed it was I cared nothing about anyone in this game. So when I couldn't get into the games cast, all I was left with was a frustrating Point and Click adventure. The game ends up offering absolutely nothing for me.


6. Xenogears
There was one accusation about me going in wanting to hate this game, but I actually am depressed I don't like this game. I will say, I can see a lot of good in this game. It has a couple of very well written characters with Fei and Citan, and a lot of great build up. However, there are three things that just kill this game for me.

Firstly, I believe it was Mirage who said this though I may be wrong, but this game takes way to much advantage of the players suspension of Disbelief. Vanderkaums arrogance was way beyond a guy stuck in his ways, that kid making it to the second round of a martial arts tournament, I could go on, but I think you get the point.

Secondly is the dungeon and monster design. Dear god, these are the worst dungeons I have ever seen an any RPG. Especially the ones where everything looks the same, and there is no map to refer to. It gets dull and boring. And the monster design isn't so much bad, as they re-use a the same desing a lot. This is some of the least variety I have ever seen in a game.

Worst of all, none of the games build up pays off. I'm sure no one will deny how sucky it was Rico's entire story got axed from the game, but this is a problem you see throughout the entire game. So much trout got cut, and this game suffers for it.

5. Dante’s Inferno
This game infuriates the living smurf out of me. I have never in my life seen something so shameless as this game. In fact, I don't think they actually developed a game. They sent a ninja to Sony to steal the source code for God of War, and what they did is ported the game and replaced the audio and visual files for the game. That was all the work that went into this game. This game is reprehensible in the fact they didn't even try to spice up the experience, or even add something trivial to it. It's as if the developers just didn't give a smurf.