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List of Bad Games with Good Graphics
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 4:48 PM Author: cowgod 1990: NONE 1991: NONE 1992: Night Trap 1993: Dragon’s Lair (SNES), Sewer Shark 1994: NONE 1995: Phantasmagoria, Cyberia 1996: Rise of the Robots, Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal 1997: Blade Runner, Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi 1998: Trespasser, Blasto 1999: Omikron: The Nomad Soul, Shadow Man
2000: Daikatana, The Bouncer 2001: Star Wars: Obi-Wan 2002: Enter the Matrix, Minority Report: Everybody Runs 2003: Driv3r, Dead to Rights 2004: Killzone, Catwoman 2005: The Matrix: Path of Neo, Advent Rising
2006: Perfect Dark Zero, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ninety-Nine Nights 2007: Lair, Haze, Two Worlds 2008: Too Human, Alone in the Dark, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty 2009: Resident Evil 5, Rogue Warrior
2010: Final Fantasy XIII, Quantum Theory, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, Medal of Honor, Naughty Bear 2011: Rage, Duke Nukem Forever, Brink, Bodycount, Dragon Age II, Homefront 2012: Resident Evil 6, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, NeverDead, Inversion, Ninja Gaiden 3 2013: Beyond: Two Souls, Ryse: Son of Rome, Remember Me, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Fuse, Knack 2014: The Order: 1886, Thief, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Watch Dogs, Driveclub, Bound by Flame, Assassin’s Creed Unity
2015: Star Wars Battlefront, The Crew, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5, Evolve, Battlefield Hardline, Devil’s Third, Alone in the Dark: Illumination, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Rainbow Six Siege, The Division 2016: ReCore, Homefront: The Revolution, Umbrella Corps, No Man’s Sky, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, Mighty No. 9, The Technomancer, The Division, Watch Dogs 2, Ghost Recon Wildlands 2017: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Agents of Mayhem, LawBreakers, Knack II, Friday the 13th: The Game, Assassin’s Creed Origins, For Honor, South Park The Fractured But Whole 2018: Agony, Fallout 76, Metal Gear Survive, State of Decay 2, The Quiet Man, Extinction, Far Cry 5, The Crew 2, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 2019: Anthem, Crackdown 3, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Left Alive, Jump Force, Generation Zero, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Gears 5, The Division 2, Far Cry New Dawn, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 2020: Godfall, Marvel’s Avengers, Fast & Furious Crossroads, XIII Remake, Predator: Hunting Grounds, Bleeding Edge, Hyper Scape, Watch Dogs Legion, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Immortals Fenyx Rising 2021: The Medium, Balan Wonderworld, eFootball, Battlefield 2042, Back 4 Blood, Biomutant, Necromunda: Hired Gun, Halo Infinite, Far Cry 6, Riders Republic, Rainbow Six Extraction 2022: The Callisto Protocol, Saints Row, Babylon’s Fall, Gotham Knights, CrossfireX, The Chant, Steelrising, Ghostwire Tokyo, Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Roller Champions 2023: Forspoken, Redfall, Immortals of Aveum, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Crime Boss: Rockay City, Starfield, Atlas Fallen, The Day Before, Payday 3, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, Skull and Bones 2024: Skull and Bones, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Alone in the Dark, Unknown 9: Awakening, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, Sand Land, Foamstars, Star Wars Outlaws, XDefiant, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2025: Concord, XDefiant, Avowed, Judas, Project Mugen, ARC Raiders, Spectre Divide |
Date: February 22nd, 2026 5:55 PM Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( ) ARC Raiders I’ve played about 42 hours with “friends”. It’s not bad for what it is. It just has that distinctly Western dopamine-drip feedback loop where you are constantly managing your inventory and then going back to the map to Extract with Better Loot. Is this what people mean by “gacha”? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687591) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:09 PM Author: cowgod gacha is Japanese-only. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687608) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:13 PM Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( ) also I resent your inclusion of Phantasmagoria because it is generally well-regarded as an exemplar of that weird early 90s FMV experiment with PC point and click mechanics (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687614) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:21 PM Author: cowgod the point I am making itt tbh is that "bad games with good graphics" only existed theoretically for a long time. People used to argue about graphics vs gameplay, particularly in the millennial graphics whore era. but meanwhile the Best Games like OOT and MGS2 and Half Life 2 had the Best Graphics. There were only a few random outliers ime.
but now, it's the NORM. meanwhile people care about graphics less than ever, other than that good graphics are "normalized" which makes pokemon look ridiculous. |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:34 PM Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( ) it's the obsession with photorealism today that mediates the discourse on "graphics". no one thought or cared about how "real" OoT or HL2 looked iirc. but as existence becomes increasingly ignominious for Losers, they demand that their virtual worlds mirror this one for suspicious reasons.
meanwhile kids are playing Minecraft and Roblox and don't even know or care what God of War is. |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:39 PM Author: just say the word i think the big push on graphics has actually been studio-driven. it's something that's a measurable metric and a technical rather than design vector. so the MBAs/management and people building the games both love it
it takes actual Talent to design a good game - story, characters, setting, etc. but any jeet or troon hack can graphicsmaxx if they spend enough hours and throw enough resources at it |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:47 PM Author: cowgod there are metrics iirc that show that perception of a game's story quality greatly varies based on graphical quality. The western audience just sees Games as either AAA, Indie, or gacha. you can't come out with a Game with PS3 graphics and be like "sup guys, want to play this Game?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687670) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:49 PM Author: just say the word wasn't that "silksong" game a 2-D side scroller that looked like some ugly shit from 1995 and redditors absolutely loved it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687677) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:52 PM Author: cowgod it fits into the Indie bucket. and tbh Indie Graphics are their own thing, especially when they aren't pixellated. they're appealing to look at the same way a Cartoon is. that's the thing about Indies, they aren't really a compromise. like you can look at a lot of indies and think that their graphics are subjectively "better" than something trying to look photorealistic the same way that you can admire an anime more than a live-action Film. |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:52 PM Author: just say the word hmmmm you very well may be correct about this Clique Theory for game genres
i will Ponder this some |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:45 PM Author: cowgod I played the PS3 God of War game and the gameplay felt bad and western af. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687667) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:51 PM Author: incel adams It's the current friendslop game, people will play any trash that lets them got online with friends and shoot the shit for a few hours with tjeir women out of their hair. It replaced Helldivers which was also dull and probably GTA 6 is next (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687771) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 5:56 PM Author: just say the word Every single game released in the last 10 years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687594) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 5:58 PM Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( ) I’m enjoying Black Myth Wukong with Full Path Tracing. It’s like a Chinese Buddhist version of Dark Souls. Buddhists believe that Life is Fundamentally Meaningless iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687595) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:32 PM Author: cowgod http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835229&mc=2&forum_id=2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687644) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:10 PM Author: Big Clique Energy Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace are the kings of this category (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687610) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 6:29 PM Author: cowgod The NES and/or SNES versions of these don't have good graphics iirc. And the arcade versions are just, idk, cartoons who cares (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687638) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:50 PM Author: incel adams Comix Zone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837295&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49687768) |