Joystiq Poll: Worst of the XBLA chopping block

by Ross Miller { Jun 5th 2008 at 11:59AM }

Earlier this week we presented our opinions of the best and worst of Xbox Live Arcade's potential delisters, and yesterday we asked you to vote for the best on XBLA's chopping block. Now it's time to find out what you think is the worst. You know, that XBLA game that, if personified, you'd probably gossip about and avoid at parties.

After the break, vote for your Worst of the Worst, and if you're so inclined, tell us why in the comments below. Results will be tallied tomorrow.

Tags: delist, delisting, xbla, xbox-live, xbox-live-arcade

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Warlock @ Jun 5th 2008 12:07PM

I'd vote in this, except, um... I haven't played a lot of these :) I would assume the "worst" titles would be the least downloaded (in most cases). I suppose some people may have tried the demos though (considering Microsoft has that weird auto-download thing going on all the time.. I'd turn it off, but I really don't care).

Tiptup300 @ Jun 5th 2008 3:30PM

I found another problem, there's no "All of the above" option.

Tycho Bob @ Jun 5th 2008 12:12PM

Where The F**K is yaris

oh and why is marathon on the chopping block if anyone owns it hit me up. XBL GT = Tycho Bob

Mr.ESC @ Jun 5th 2008 12:18PM

Yaris is free and is Toyota publicity therefore it can stay.

Talking about publicity games I always wanted to try Sneak King.

dabamf @ Jun 5th 2008 12:18PM

I think since Yaris is free, Joystiq didn't highlight it. It could be removed, though; Joystiq isn't 100% sure about which titles are in trouble.

Mr.ESC @ Jun 5th 2008 12:26PM

People hate Yaris with passion but at least it was a free full game .A bad free full game but well it was free.
(Redundancy FTW)

Vote for Wing Commander Arena it is a disgrace to the Wing Commander name and the piece of crap was 800p and for what I see there are like 5 levels or something, the game is bad.

ChooChooCharlie (MK 0430-8740-2222) @ Jun 5th 2008 1:11PM

@ ESC

Sneak King is OK. The intro scene is hilariously creepy and the first couple surprise food presentations are kind of funny - until you realize that is the ENTIRE game (consisting of the same exact thing a couple hundred times). I heard that the kart racer one was better.

oshin @ Jun 5th 2008 1:43PM

Slamming your knob in a car door is free too, but yet i don't see people queueing up to do it.

Shinagani @ Jun 5th 2008 2:53PM

The funny thing is, I bought my Yaris before I had ever even heard of this game... So much for advergaming...

ZenGaijin @ Jun 5th 2008 12:12PM

Rush N' Attack I didn't pay for it and I still feel ripped off.

Mr.ESC @ Jun 5th 2008 12:16PM

Wing Commander Arena

Men to the Harpoons!

Poisoned Al @ Jun 5th 2008 12:17PM

YAY! BUTTONS!

Burritoclock @ Jun 5th 2008 12:22PM

I was going to go with Wing Commander, but eventually I decided to vote for Contra because it's the worst version EVER! How do you fuck up contra!?!?!?

Mr.ESC @ Jun 5th 2008 12:34PM

Easy, with lazy programming by some guys that didn’t test their game.

If you ask me games like Contra and N+ just need patches and that’s all but in the case of Wing Commander Arena not even rolling a 20 would save it. Kill WCA with fire!

Why there are votes against ECCO? Let the Tuna fish can stay.

NitroFrost @ Jun 5th 2008 12:25PM

Yie Ar Kung-Fu Is Awesome people shouldn't vote for it cuz its da best. O and taking these games off XBL is RETARDED

brad77 @ Jun 5th 2008 1:11PM

Nice picture.

"That James Bond shit never happens in real life!"

Chase @ Jun 5th 2008 12:38PM

The answer is Ecco the Dolphin.

baby sea tuna @ Jun 5th 2008 1:14PM

Could be worse, you could have spent $8 to buy it on Virtual Console like I did. To date, it's the only VC game that I've deleted.

Failure.

Chase @ Jun 5th 2008 3:29PM

Ugh. I bought it, as I thought, "Well, maybe my past impressions of the game were inaccurate."

Ten minutes into the game, I looked at the screen, looked at the wall, and said, "God damn it."

I too deleted it off my library - it not just because of the embarrassment in admitting I bought the game.

exile142000 @ Jun 5th 2008 12:39PM

Why are people hating on Marathon

LameDuck @ Jun 5th 2008 1:39PM

To date, this is the ONLY game to ever give me motion sickness. That could be a good reason for someone to vote it off XBL Island.

AoE @ Jun 5th 2008 1:45PM

yeah, but they fixed that issue LameDuck...

schwal @ Jun 5th 2008 2:39PM

no, they just said "look at the instructions about motion sickness that came with your 360" and claimed it was fixed.

NATO_Duke @ Jun 5th 2008 1:06PM

I think having a bad Pac-Man on there was there is the better Pac-Man Championship Edition version available is pretty wasteful.

baby sea tuna @ Jun 5th 2008 1:14PM

Remember, Pac Man came out first. I don't think anyone's going to lose any sleep if that's delisted. Though, I guess that was your point...

Also, I'm pretty sure you meant "when".

NATO_Duke @ Jun 5th 2008 1:47PM

Yes, thanks for correcting the typo.

John Z @ Jun 5th 2008 1:09PM

I kinda dug Marathon, but to me Soltrio Solitaire got my vote. "Honorable" mentions should probably go to Word Puzzle, BSG, and Shrek-N-Roll.

Anyone who bought the classic Namco games deserves what they got, considering they paid $5 for one game vs. under $20 for a used copy of Namco Collection-- don't get me wrong, they're great games, but way overpriced on XBLA. Same for the Konami classics, though in my defense I only got the two that I have free with a controller.

baby sea tuna @ Jun 5th 2008 1:19PM

Admit it, Time Pilot kinda rocks.

John Z @ Jun 5th 2008 2:27PM

Yeah, no argument there-- I still pull it out now and again to try to get through the last 2 levels... but I certainly wouldn't have paid more than I did for it, and definitely would not have paid the price they're asking for it.

Von Dozier @ Jun 5th 2008 1:19PM

Yie Ar Kung-Fu

It's basically a 'what the hell were they thinking?' It's not like it was a new game that was made for XBLA. This is something they PORTED. I can think of 2,383 other classics they could port before Yie Ar Kung-Fu of all damn things.

MechGorilla @ Jun 5th 2008 1:34PM

Time Pilot? On the worst list? Really? Maybe I am blinded by nostalgia, but I love it now and I have always loved it since I played it back in the early 80s. Yie Ar Kung Fu has always been woeful though.

MechGorilla @ Jun 5th 2008 1:35PM

Ha! And I didn't even see the previous two comments when I wrote that. So respect to Van Dozier and Baby Sea Tuna.

Home Skillet @ Jun 5th 2008 1:47PM

There is only one "worst XBLA game" and unfortunately, it's not even on that list. It is known as Totemball, and it's not even playable due to its offensively horrible vision camera-based control scheme. A game that cannot be played is not a game. It should not only be taken offline, it should be beheaded and have its rotting corpse put on display on the front page of the marketplace blade as an example to any other XBLA games that even think of being half as crappy.

Jfk Aok @ Jun 5th 2008 1:50PM

So, you didn't like it then?

Home Skillet @ Jun 5th 2008 2:25PM

Yeah, it was just okay.

Jfk Aok @ Jun 5th 2008 1:47PM

I chose Super Contra. Because it ain't super...and it ain't Contra!

The Fuzz 53 @ Jun 5th 2008 1:55PM

Where is Yaris? I don't care that game was free, it fucking sucks and should be banished from existance. I'm ashamed to have that on my gamer profile.

schwal @ Jun 5th 2008 2:41PM

this is the fifth time someone has mentioned yaris in the comments of a delisting thing. it's bad, but its free so they wont get rid of it. now stop asking about it!

Ian @ Jun 5th 2008 3:06PM

MS was PAID to put it on there, so its not only that its free. Its a TOYOTA ADVERTISEMENT you retards.

animeman_59 @ Jun 5th 2008 2:07PM

Soltrio Solitaire

If this game has multiplayer, I would buy it just to get a good laugh everyday.

GibGirl @ Jun 5th 2008 2:30PM

It does have multiplayer, so time to go buy it.

Conor @ Jun 5th 2008 2:31PM

mmm buttons...

schwal @ Jun 5th 2008 3:02PM

for a cool unscientific thing based on the best and worst percentages see:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=phZdLD4qgIK7UYZ9NgY6BXg&hl=en
worst: novadrome
best: fatal fury special

Ian @ Jun 5th 2008 3:06PM

No 'Space Giraffe' on there?

mietha CAG @ Jun 5th 2008 3:45PM

I thought it would be a hard decision, then I remembered that Shrek-n-roll was on the list. Anyone who didn't vote for it, hasn't played it. It's just that simple. It is barely a game, and there are literally THOUSANDS of free, online flash games FAR better than it. It is honestly worse than Yaris. Quite a bit worse, actually.