(01-02-2011, 01:25 AM)Someone else Wrote: BTW: It's kind of fun how this thread evolved.
From "Notch bought Amnesia" to "Why some games are bad".
Am I alone in thinking that a game can be bad but still amazing?
Like if a game breaks all the rules and is horrible on a technical level, it can still be great fun, so I would consider it a great game. Conversely, a game can do everything right and just be bad because it's boring, or something like that.
Perfect example is the recent Fallout games, they break a lot of rules in terms of what you can and cannot do (killing major characters? bamf!) and it is really glitchy. Yet it is great, because beyond the technical stuff it has great concepts and lots of stuff to do.
An example of the opposite would be Wet. A game with probably the best idea ever. (Over the top action with a hot lead female, plenty of slow motion, a sword, and acrobatic feats that would have Nathan Drake blushing) Yet it is extremely boring. It is not horrible on a technical level, but it is just not challenging or interesting in the least.