Bad Games We Can’t Help But Love

1UP editors select the sub-par games near and dear to their hearts.

By: 1UP Staff
March 16, 2012

Not every game can be a winner; amid all the triple-A, must-play experiences, a great number of titles receive critical scorn and go on to comprise a sad chapter in The Great Book of Gaming History. Even so, whether it’s due to our own idiosyncrasies and/or undiagnosed brain disorders, each of us has our own favorite “bad” game we enjoy despite the head-shaking and constant judgment of those around us. It’s true that some of the following games might have received critical acclaim in their day, but the passing of years has given each of them a bad reputation that’s mostly deserved. Still, we can’t help but love these games, because — hey — someone has to.