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.
Reader Comments (46)
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 12:07PM Warlock said
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).
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 12:12PM (Unverified) said
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
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oh and why is marathon on the chopping block if anyone owns it hit me up. XBL GT = Tycho Bob
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 12:18PM (Unverified) said
Yaris is free and is Toyota publicity therefore it can stay.
Talking about publicity games I always wanted to try Sneak King.
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Talking about publicity games I always wanted to try Sneak King.
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 12:26PM (Unverified) said
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.
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(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.
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:11PM ChooChooCharlie said
@ 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.
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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.
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 2:53PM (Unverified) said
The funny thing is, I bought my Yaris before I had ever even heard of this game... So much for advergaming...
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 12:22PM Burritoclock said
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!?!?!?
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 12:34PM (Unverified) said
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.
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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.
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 12:25PM (Unverified) said
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
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:14PM baby sea tuna said
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.
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Failure.
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 3:29PM (Unverified) said
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.
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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.
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:14PM baby sea tuna said
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".
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Also, I'm pretty sure you meant "when".
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:09PM John Z said
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.
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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.
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:19PM (Unverified) said
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.
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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.
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:34PM (Unverified) said
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.
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:35PM (Unverified) said
Ha! And I didn't even see the previous two comments when I wrote that. So respect to Van Dozier and Baby Sea Tuna.
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:47PM (Unverified) said
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.
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:47PM (Unverified) said
I chose Super Contra. Because it ain't super...and it ain't Contra!
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 1:55PM The Fuzz 53 said
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.
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 3:06PM (Unverified) said
MS was PAID to put it on there, so its not only that its free. Its a TOYOTA ADVERTISEMENT you retards.
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 2:07PM (Unverified) said
Soltrio Solitaire
If this game has multiplayer, I would buy it just to get a good laugh everyday.
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If this game has multiplayer, I would buy it just to get a good laugh everyday.
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 3:02PM schwal said
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
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http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=phZdLD4qgIK7UYZ9NgY6BXg&hl=en
worst: novadrome
best: fatal fury special
Posted: Jun 5th 2008 3:45PM mietha said
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.
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Posted: Jun 5th 2008 5:41PM Supermanisdead said
36% of us like clicking buttons for no reason! ROSS MILLER = BEST ANALYST EVAR! WHOSE GONNA WIN THE CONSOLE WAR BY 2012 ROSS?
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