(03-05-2026, 06:07 PM)Whooly Shambler Wrote:Yeah! All their games are priced 1 dollar now and are mixed or mostly negative in Steam, makes me curious in what other "surprises" are in their catalogue(03-05-2026, 05:48 PM)srnickolas Wrote:(03-05-2026, 05:41 PM)Whooly Shambler Wrote:(03-05-2026, 05:34 PM)srnickolas Wrote: Another totally ridiculous game i kind of liked is "bizarre Earthquake", it's subpar in all levels, especially the writing. In no way I am suggesting this, but I think it's the definition of "so bad is good"
Oh, I actually played that. I remember it was another one of those East European games that's both very buggy and badly translated.
Yeah I think it's Turkish, I am surprised you played it. This thread is full of masochistic players!
I can't even really complain - it was like $0.89 on Steam, which is why I bought it in the first place. From memory I kind of went on a cheap point-and-click binge and it just came ended up in the basket.
I also have no guilt about my pleasures, but I rather enjoyed Jazz and Faust, which is rather widely considered a steaming turd. Of course, it probably helped that I was playing with my young nephew, who was enthralled by his first-ever adventure. (Strangely, he's grown up and doesn't play them anymore. Whoops!)
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(03-05-2026, 09:57 PM)Jackal Wrote: I also have no guilt about my pleasures, but I rather enjoyed Jazz and Faust, which is rather widely considered a steaming turd. Of course, it probably helped that I was playing with my young nephew, who was enthralled by his first-ever adventure. (Strangely, he's grown up and doesn't play them anymore. Whoops!)
I haven't played Jazz and Faust, I always found it enticing on paper and screenshots look nice, but reviews were awful. It' a good candidate for my next "so bad is good" play. I played Necronomicon: the drawing of darkness not long ago and it was also pretty bad but enjoyable enough in its occasional cringiness, absurdity, bad writing and awkward gameplay.
I don't feel a bit guilty about liking Adventure at the Chateau d'Or, despite the wine cellar puzzle, the history quiz, the poor acting, and the silly story.
A day without books and games is like...just kidding. I have no idea.
This thread makes me remember Legacy: Dark Shadows.
Strangely, the ideas for each separate game location weren't bad: Mars colony, underground city, cargo spaceship going insane a la HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the asteroid - it could have worked if not for far-fetched scenario, bad puzzle design and extremely linear gameplay.
Strangely, the ideas for each separate game location weren't bad: Mars colony, underground city, cargo spaceship going insane a la HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the asteroid - it could have worked if not for far-fetched scenario, bad puzzle design and extremely linear gameplay.

