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Video games with god awful play control

MKB

Forum General Emeritus
What are some video games with the worst play controls that you have ever played?

Myself, I'd have to say any of the Simpsons games on NES. If not those, then definitely any of the Resident Evil games on PS1. The movement really detracted from otherwise good games.
 
Sonic 06. A slight tilt of the analog stick and you turn hard. Letting go of the analog stick you go to a complete hault with no slow down. Can't really even move well in top speed sections. That game was just horrible
 

Tony at Home

Warrior
Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Nintendo Wii.

You HAVE to shake the wii-mote in order to do a roll attack with DK, which basically means you have to suffer through input delay whenever you want to roll, because it takes longer for the wii mote to detect a shake then a button press.

I looked all over the options and couldn't find a setting to change it- I basically had to start inputting rolls EARLY in order to make sure it was detected in time- but this varied so much that it would sometimes come out too early and get me killed.

I literally had to stop playing the game because of it, and I normally LOVE Donkey Kong games...
 

Tony at Home

Warrior
On that note, you can probably just name a billion Nintendo Wii games before the wii mote plus came out with enhanced motion controls.

Like every freaking game for the console forced me to shake the Wii mote like I was fondling myself to do something. Shaking the Wii mote just to get Link to swing his sword in Twilight Princes was soooooo dumb. It's not like the motion I did to swing it was anything like wielding an actual sword. I was basically just rapidly jiggling it on my knee. No more "immersive" than pressing a button to attack, and much more frustrating...
 

BlackViper415

TYM's Head Herpetologist
The old Tomb Raider games had some really dodgy controls. You'd try to grab a pole and Lara would do a backflip into oblivion. It was like Assassin's Creed if Ezio had suicidal tendencies. Not only that, but it was often hard to tell what you could and couldn't grab.
 

mfkaoz

Banned
90% of the games I've played on the Wii have terrible game control simply because the motion sensor was dog shit.
 

VenomX-90

"On your Knees!"
What are some video games with the worst play controls that you have ever played?

Myself, I'd have to say any of the Simpsons games on NES. If not those, then definitely any of the Resident Evil games on PS1. The movement really detracted from otherwise good games.
Once you keep playing the RE games the original 3, you get used to the controls. To each heir own though.