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Top 10 "guilty pleasure" games

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We all have games that we play when no one else is around. Maybe they are game that might hurt our gamer cred. Maybe they are games that would have our significant others yelling at us if they caught us playing them. Whatever the case, these are the kinds of games that you would rather not have on your gamer profile, but you just can't help it.
Here are the top 10 guilty pleasure games (or game experiences), with number 1 being the guiltiest of all.
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Published: 216 days 21 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii | Xbox | PlayStation 2
 
 

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edgeofblade - 216 days 17 hours ago
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I really can't call playing games with T&A a guilty pleasure. My guilty pleasures revolve around mechanics. Games like GTA border on guilty pleasure, but if you add superhuman stunting and grappling hook guns like Just Cause, then you get to my real guilty pleasures.

Also, I love games that make me feel like god. That's my most guilty pleasure.
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GWAVE - 216 days 16 hours ago
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Castle Shikigami 2 for the PS2 is where it's at. Youtube some videos and...yeah.
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IdleLeeSiuLung - 216 days 17 hours ago
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Hey, if you are going to list God of War, you have to list Ninja Gaiden 2. I mean what other game do you slice and dice enemies like tomatoes?

Limbs chopped off, exploding heads and pierced bodies is all in there. Nothing as satisfying as seeing your Ninja swiftly move in all it's glory.
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edgeofblade - 216 days 17 hours ago
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I think the difficulty kills any chance of NG being a guilty pleasure for me.
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DeathroW22 - 216 days 15 hours ago
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Yeah i don't know, ninja gaiden just doesn't flow as well as god of war in my opinion.

I feel like im fighting the controls and camera on ninja gaiden, but while i'm on god of war - the fixed camera is always in the perfect position and the combat is great and flows really well.
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bloop - 216 days 13 hours ago
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I just got a loan of NG2 off a friend, never got around to getting it when it was released. The camera is driving me absolutely nuts. Everytime you get hit, it swings around and completely disorientates you >:(
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evilmonkey501 - 216 days 11 hours ago
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2.4 - dude...
I broke my ng2 because it pissed me off so bad...wtf were they thinking?
Those Japanese people like games way harder than I do. They're supposed to be fun, not torturous, right???
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IdleLeeSiuLung - 216 days 11 hours ago
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lol, I guess NG2 could be considered "frustrated pleasure". Seriously that game gives me high blood pressure, but I keep coming back.

The camera definitely takes some getting used to and I have cursed it so many times for it getting me killed while the camera zooms in on a wall. If you are persistent you will get used to it. Besides I really think the designer of the game thinking in way of the ninja, cause:

- Most games cheat because you can see the whole environment, but in a NG2 you always have to look to see it. Control the camera.
- The enemies are smart, they don't just blindly attack you.
- Enemies circle you and wait until you are vulnerable. They will also break your attack, so choose to attack wisely.
- Enemies will co-ordinate their attacks in packs

From what I could tell on GoW, the cinematics makes you feel grand and just viciously evily good. However, without all of the cinematics the game play is very old feeling and doesn't seem all that great. It is the addition of cinematics that makes it good in my opinion.
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redsquad - 216 days 16 hours ago
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CAPTAIN SCARLET for the PS2.

Good grief it was awful, but as a fan of the programmes of Gerry Anderson I just had to sample both this and the THUNDERBIRDS game (equally dodgy). But, they're proudly displayed on my shelf with my other collectables so I guess they're sort of 'guilty pleasures'!
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Are_The_MaDNess - 216 days 16 hours ago
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OMG when it did see the title i tought it was about games like sexy beach 3 or reapelay or artificial girl 3 lollollol

but noooooooooo

it was about Pokemon
LMMFAO

i did not see this O.O lol
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AKNAA - 216 days 16 hours ago
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5 - I'll confess as well....
I'm guilty of:
- The bust-a-move series
- anything Dead or alive( can't resist CHICKS WITH BIG TITTIES)
- Rumble roses( yeah, I said it!)
- Karaoke revolution( I sing great on my own! true story...)
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evilmonkey501 - 216 days 11 hours ago
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I was the only one who bought rumble roses...
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darkpower - 216 days 15 hours ago
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I think this article lost the definition of what the "guilty pleasure" label means.

What it actually means: Something that you don't want anyone knowing you like because you think it'll cause you to get laughed at.

What this article considered it: Something that you like that could be illegal in some of the lower 48 states.

Okay, now, PLEASE tell me WHICH one (besides Pokemon, which I think is a rather good and sometimes difficult RPG game to play) out of those would actually be the FIRST definition of a "guilty pleasure". Not many, if any, is it?
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Tony P - 216 days 13 hours ago
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It's all subjective. If the guy feels embarrassed telling people he likes playing those games, those are his guilty pleasures. It's just an activity you feel guilt for taking pleasure in.

I really dunno where you got this illegal thing from.
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David Hasselhoff - 216 days 13 hours ago
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I only had guilty pleasures when I had no life. For example, back in the days of GTA San Andreas, I use to go to the strip club and get hookers all the time. Nowadays, there isn't anything too drastic available in gaming. People who watch special movies, and internet pervs are the ones who have "guilty pleasures."
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ambientFLIER - 216 days 9 hours ago
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I play the XNA title "Blow" sometimes. I guess that's my guilty pleasure. Has anyone here tried it?
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Shnazzyone - 216 days 8 hours ago
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Leisure suit larry as number 1??? that game might have had one or two decent bits but it was mostly aweful go here go there gameplay. I feel like madworld deserves a place in there somewhere but it seems this list isn't so much this gen guilty pleasures.
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golden_cannon - 216 days 7 hours ago
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10 - I have three words for you all
Bust a Groove!

EDIT
scrap that, here's a more suitable one: SPACE CHANNEL 5!
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G4drake - 216 days ago
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so true about pokemon
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