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boxoto
04/14/23 7:29:05 AM
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according to CBR.

before I post the list, I feel it's kinda unfair to add anything from fighting and Sonic games, lol.

in descending order:

10. Metroid: Other M
09. Bioshock Infinite
08. Soulcalibur V
07. YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG
06. Fire Emblem Fates
05. Heavy Rain
04. Twelve Minutes
03. Duke Nukem Forever
02. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
01. Ride to Hell: Retribution

https://www.cbr.com/worst-video-game-plots/#sonic-the-hedgehog-2006

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sauceje
04/14/23 7:29:50 AM
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boxoto posted...
according to CBR.
Who?

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pegusus123456
04/14/23 7:30:09 AM
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boxoto posted...
09. Bioshock Infinite
Yeah, fair.

But really, they'd all be some terrible 2/10 games no one's ever heard of.

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pinky0926
04/14/23 7:30:39 AM
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Metal gear solid, all of them

Yeah I fucking said it

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BurmesePenguin
04/14/23 7:32:50 AM
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Where's DMC2?

boxoto posted...
06. Fire Emblem Fates
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boxoto
04/14/23 7:36:32 AM
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sauceje posted...
Who?
I'm not 100% sure.

I sometimes get recommended their articles, but I rarely click on them. I'm assuming they post video game content, but it could just be entertainment in general.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


it had a cool start, at least, but yea.

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/14/23 7:39:25 AM
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boxoto posted...


10. Metroid: Other M
08. Soulcalibur V
07. YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG
06. Fire Emblem Fates

Fair

09. Bioshock Infinite
05. Heavy Rain
04. Twelve Minutes

These are written fine, they just have some flaws
03. Duke Nukem Forever
02. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
01. Ride to Hell: Retribution

These are bad games but the writing is fine

RE4 should definately be up there

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pegusus123456
04/14/23 7:41:12 AM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
RE4 should definately be up there
You shut your whore mouth

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action52
04/14/23 7:43:28 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
Yeah, fair.

But really, they'd all be some terrible 2/10 games no one's ever heard of.
Yeah making a "worst stories" list seems so pointless. "Most disappointing" would be better. All of these (that I know, at least) have a base quality level that puts them above all the games I've played with REALLY bad stories.

Any of you ever played the shareware Hugo's House of Horrors series? That's one that popped into my head as having a much worse story than any of them. You're saving your girlfriend, there's a mad scientist, you go from random setpiece to random setpiece and nothing makes sense.

I'm sure if I put any thought into it there are lots more.

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Garioshi
04/14/23 7:46:08 AM
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These guys haven't played I/O

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hyperskate65
04/14/23 7:48:24 AM
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Heavy Rain absolutely does not deserve to be on there.

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cjsdowg
04/14/23 7:48:29 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Heavy Rain is worse than IP. IP goes off the real because of that stupid twist. Everything about HR depends on the a story giving us false information or just BS.

Also my mom hated Jason lol.

hyperskate65 posted...
Heavy Rain absolutely does not deserve to be on there.

Heavy Rain should be on there for that Junk Yard fight alone.

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Ratchetrockon
04/14/23 7:48:34 AM
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BurmesePenguin posted...
Where's DMC2?


it pretty good

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BurmesePenguin
04/14/23 7:52:02 AM
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Ratchetrockon posted...
it pretty good
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Guns_of_Verdun
04/14/23 7:56:04 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
You shut your whore mouth
Have you played RE4?

The plot makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

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Ratchetrockon
04/14/23 8:01:43 AM
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BurmesePenguin posted...
Phunny
I-I'm serious

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AnsestralRecall
04/14/23 8:04:11 AM
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The 3rd Birthday isn't #1-10 so bad list
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Turbam
04/14/23 8:04:31 AM
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There is no way in hell that Sonic 06 should be that high.
The story was mediocre, but it wasn't terrible.

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MaxEffingBemis
04/14/23 8:11:05 AM
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FE Fates was really fucking stupid plot-wise. Jesus.
AnsestralRecall posted...
The 3rd Birthday isn't #1-10 so bad list
Also this

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ROBANN_88
04/14/23 8:12:09 AM
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I assume we're not counting in those Steam games that cost 0.03 dollars and took four hours to code total, that exist in the thousands?

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/14/23 8:15:44 AM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
I assume we're not counting in those Steam games that cost 0.03 dollars and took four hours to code total, that exist in the thousands?
Its weird

It's mostly major releases but then they throw YIIK in there

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hyperskate65
04/14/23 8:25:12 AM
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Turbam posted...
There is no way in hell that Sonic 06 should be that high.
The story was mediocre, but it wasn't terrible.

Sonic 06 gets put on these lists all the time for 2 reasons:

1. The meme of hating 06
2. The fact the story is completely retconned by itself at the end since nothing really happened

Only one of those reasons is worthy of adding it.

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/14/23 8:43:39 AM
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^It's about the journey not the destination

Really the only bad thing about 06's story was the romance angle between a young girl and a hedgehog

Other than that all the problems with the game were gameplay and performance based.

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masterpug53
04/14/23 9:15:56 AM
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If you isolate the Main Quest, Fallout 3 deserves a low-10 spot; but a handful of the sidequests are genuinely well-written, which helps elevate the game overall.

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CassandraCroft
04/14/23 9:44:34 AM
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What no Shadow Of The Tomb Raider?!

Shame! Shame! shame!

The game may be excellent by my goodness the story is freaking horrendous.

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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
04/14/23 10:30:24 AM
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Bioshock Infinite is a weird game. Some people swear it's the best in the series and other people swear it's the worst in the series. I remember really enjoying it.

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Questionmarktarius
04/14/23 10:31:13 AM
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Blue Dragon needs to be in there somewhere.
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Crimsoness
04/14/23 10:35:15 AM
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Any From game

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Slayer_22
04/14/23 10:37:12 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

My favorite part of that game is when the whole game is treated like a very simple murder mystery, then suddenly my dude does some fuckin john wick crouching tiger hidden dragon batman shit and is talking to ghosts and he's like some monk nomad or some shit to homeless people or whatever and then he's doing it with the Detective who's suddenly head over heels for him

it's hilarious. Talk about whiplash.

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DeepFriedSquid
04/14/23 10:48:00 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
Metal gear solid, all of them

Yeah I fucking said it
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crayola555
04/14/23 10:50:47 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
Metal gear solid, all of them

Yeah I fucking said it

Metal gear games were good right up until mgs4 the scene between Johnny and Meryl. The series just jumped the shark right there from that scene on.

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bigblu89
04/14/23 10:50:52 AM
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I haven't played it since I originally played it on PS3, but I don't recall the Heavy Rain story being all that bad.

It was actually my favorite of all the Quantic Games, although I never played Nomad Soul

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alphagamble
04/14/23 10:55:03 AM
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Some good picks but Fire Emblem Fates is getting off lightly there

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AnsestralRecall
04/14/23 10:55:37 AM
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Crimsoness posted...
Any From game

This is kind of a bad answer. The story may not be communicated in a way you like, but it's never been actually bad.
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Smashingpmkns
04/14/23 10:56:47 AM
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12 Minutes story was pretty bad.

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CADE_FOSTER
04/14/23 10:57:50 AM
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boxoto posted...
according to CBR.

before I post the list, I feel it's kinda unfair to add anything from fighting and Sonic games, lol.

in descending order:

10. Metroid: Other M
09. Bioshock Infinite
08. Soulcalibur V
07. YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG
06. Fire Emblem Fates
05. Heavy Rain
04. Twelve Minutes
03. Duke Nukem Forever
02. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
01. Ride to Hell: Retribution

https://www.cbr.com/worst-video-game-plots/#sonic-the-hedgehog-2006
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RchHomieQuanChi
04/14/23 11:00:54 AM
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masterpug53 posted...
If you isolate the Main Quest, Fallout 3 deserves a low-10 spot; but a handful of the sidequests are genuinely well-written, which helps elevate the game overall.

I'm inclined to agree. And I loved Fallout 3 when it came out

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pinky0926
04/14/23 11:10:02 AM
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DeepFriedSquid posted...
I thought you were cool bro

I thought you were cool

I enjoyed those games but don't tell me a machine is a better machine just because it has 2000 extraneous moving parts

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DementedDurian
04/14/23 11:14:14 AM
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I've played YIIK.

The story is...bizarre and full of psychobabble.

While not a good game, it's interesting and has a few stand-out moments like Michael becoming Proto-Michael and the pre-patch Golden Alpaca battle.

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Supaitwo
04/14/23 11:15:45 AM
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cjsdowg posted...
Heavy Rain is worse than IP. IP goes off the real because of that stupid twist. Everything about HR depends on the a story giving us false information or just BS.

Also my mom hated Jason lol.

Heavy Rain should be on there for that Junk Yard fight alone.

It should also be there for its dumb as fuck opening that needed to fucking retcon a person into it for the ending to work.

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TechnoTerminato
04/14/23 11:34:22 AM
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When I think bad videogame stories, I think:

Pokemon Sword and Shield - Chairman Rose can't wait one day for a tournament to end before averting a disaster that won't be a problem for years.
Metal Gear Solid V - Abrupt ending with so many holes, Quiet breathes thru her skin, awkward silent car ride with Venom Snake and Skullface.
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy - So bad it's good. "Oh hey, a wanted fugitive who is also undead. Let's have sex!"
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DementedDurian
04/14/23 11:38:09 AM
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TechnoTerminato posted...
Pokemon Sword and Shield - Chairman Rose can't wait one day for a tournament to end before averting a disaster that won't be a problem for years.


Rose is a hubris villian. From a perspective standpoint, they're always going to look like idiots and no one is going to take them seriously because of it.

It's similar how Fallout's highest villians always tried justifying nukes for whatever reason.

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dancing_cactuar
04/14/23 12:23:27 PM
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All of you listing Indigo Prophecy for being shit after it goes off the deep end harder than someone on the worst batch of LSD clearly never played Beyond Two Souls, a game so shit that not even Elliot Page or Willem Dafoe could salvage a single aspect about it. Usually there's at least one good scene in a Quantic Dream game, this has literally none.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Literally everything about that is true.

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Lost_All_Senses
04/14/23 12:27:21 PM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
Have you played RE4?

The plot makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

This is why I feel people are overdramatic when criticizing 6's story. It's not like we were working on a high level before. If you wanna hate it for completely ditching the slower paced horror elements, sure. But, let's not pretend it wasn't more focused on the action set pieces rather than the story since 4. 4 getting to Michael Bay level action 2 games later isn't a huge surprise everyone pretends it is.

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ViewtifulJoe
04/14/23 12:28:57 PM
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DMC2 has the bit where Arius yells a bunch of really funny stuff so there's no way it belongs on this list.

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