PS2Home: "This game was one that many were excited about, however, it failed to impress. The best thing about this game is the soundtrack - everything else is poor. Avoid!"
Zach writes: 'I love music-influenced video games. Nothing quite compares to slaughtering hordes of zombies to the sounds of Sabbath and Slayer, and nothing quite compares to gunning down street thugs whilst bumping some Boogie Down Productions.'.
Ever heard the saying “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”? Well here’s 5 games that have some of the worst review scores that we thought totally kicked ass.
NARC was sooo bad lol I'm surprised it scored as high as it did. It was some dumb fun though.
I thought it was an interesting read, but maybe a certain explicative was used a little too much. You did mention the reason you like Manhunt 2 though haha
This article would be better if the author would go into detail as to why he would disagree with a review score. Perhaps articulate what flaws people have previously found with Manhunt 2 and then highlight some great gameplay elements that he feels made up for it.
If i had the ability to approve I wouldn't. I would encourage the author to go back and take a little more time being descriptive. Merely saying:
"Something about putting a plastic bag over someone and beating the living shit out of them was so satisfying."
Doesn't make the argument as to why the game is good. Anyone with a keyboard could plunk down a list of any five games with the same headline.
Well the point wasn't on why I disagree with the actual review score or why it's a good game, but rather simply portraying the review score and offering a brief description on why I enjoyed the game despite the actual score. If I was to actually write about why I disagree with the review score (which in some cases I don't, like NARC for example) I might as well write a review for each one. Then it really wouldn't be a list. Thanks for the suggestion though. I will keep it in mind.
Well i wouldn't say that you need to write a review for each one individually. That seems to be going from one extreme to the other.
I think on a site like this having a little more content to the article would go a long way. You want to give the reader a reason for reading. Here you had an opportunity to both sell people on the games and likewise sell people on the quality of your piece. It reads like it isn't finished.
Next time spend a little time to flesh it out a bit. Since this isn't late breaking news there is no time restraint on submitting it. :)
Half these games suck.
This blog is terrible --why do we keep approving rubbish like this from a wordpress blog?
To give people a chance so that we are not stuck with the major sites maybe? I think there is nothing wrong with it and if you are not interested don't read or comment.
There was no way of knowing that it would be a terrible list until after clicking it, all it says (in better terms) is top 5 underrated PS2 games. So you can't exactly tell him not to read it, he had no idea how bad the list was.
As for my opinion, these are all very, very similar games that I have no interest in. If the creator did, that's perfectly fine - I don't care. I would have preferred to see some varying genres, but it doesn't matter, it's not my list.
Start of the title "5 of the worst rated PS2 games"
You're reply "Half these games suck"
That's kind of the point. Most people thought these games were terrible, but we think they're kick ass. I'm sure you have a game which bombed in the review department but you think it's awesome.
The greatest part about this site. You're not forced to read anything. Everyone's got to start somewhere :)
EDIT: @Cheeseknight28
I tried finding the lowest rated possible games that I thought were pretty good. However, there's really isn't that many that I enjoyed that scored that low.
I'm interested in seeing a list of a few games you enjoyed despite a low review score though.
I wasn't huge with PS2 gaming, except for JRPGs and second-party Sony exclusives. I'd love to give you an all PS2 list, but my library is only about 50-60 games, none of which I recall being poorly rated.
So far as other consoles go, I can give you a scrapped together list:
Nier (360): 68
Kirby Air Ride (GCN): 61
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (XBLA): 67
Overlord (360): 76
Mischief Makers (N64): 72.9% (Gamerankings)
It's not the best list, but it's what I got for now. Again, can't really remember any mediocre games I own on PS2.
These are not the worst games of the PS2. These are rated “mediocre” ranging between the 60 mark. The worst games are rated somewhere between 20 to 40. Manhunt got 67, this isnt “worst rated”, its mediocre. Dont you know the difference between bad and mediocre? Grow up you little attention wh0re
the memories....
To see ANY thing about this game resurface is so crazy. Wasn't a great game but the online was fun. If I recall correctly it came out at $50 but then a few weeks later dropped to $25 dude to all the negative news.
After watching Matt and Woolie from the Best Friends Zaibatsu play this, couldn't help but read the article. That surge of "street life" video games in the early 2000's...what a weird time it was.