The worst video game of 2009 has been all but decided, with 2ch’s 2009 “Kusoge of the Year” award being handed down to a title so buggy as to barely be playable, in fact possessing even more bugs than were present in the PC original.
The sure winner (or possibly loser) of the award, 戦極姫～戦乱に舞う乙女達～ / Sengoku Hime -Senran ni Mau Otome-tachi-,” is a substantially remade PS2 port of an adult game for the PC, a title with such notoriously bad art that it became somewhat infamous.
As the award is given only to console titles, the atrocious PC original, as well as several other dire titles, are spared from competition.
Complaints centre on the amount of game-breaking bugs introduced into the game despite it having had “a fee-paying alpha-test” with the PC release.
The game is summed up as “replacing all the ero they took out with new bugs.”
The characters do however exhibit a significant improvement in character design, being now only mediocre instead of atrocious:
Not that this is saying much:
The erotic parts can be seen in the original article.
Other awful games of 2009 cited barely compare to this, mostly being obscure titles unworthy of mention, with the worst of Japan’s gaming industry easily shielding any undeserving top sellers from inclusion.
With the possible exception of Nippon Ichi’s “Let’s 全力ヒッチハイク!!!!!!!!! / Let’s Full Power Hitchhike!!!!!!!!!,” a title evidently intent on redefining Wii quality:
Yuika Itano Newcomer AV Promisingly Sexy
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Dubbed “Brilliantly”
Ninja Training Courses: “Be Just Like Naruto!”
Dimension W An Emotional Roller Coaster
Valkyria Chronicles Remaster Masterful Indeed
Hibike! Euphonium Goods Strike A Tranquil Chord
Top 20 Most Charming Anime Siblings
Afterschool Hypnosis Club Hypnotic Indeed
Utawarerumono Bathes Harder
Samurai Vader VS Kamen Rider Black RX
Final Fantasy Explorers Gameplay Action-Packed
Koukaku no Pandora Cuter Still
Lively Nozomi Tojo Figure
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round x Tatsunoko
One Piece: Burning Blood Busting It Up
Extended Valkyria: Azure Revolution Trailer Calls to Battle
Atelier Shallie Plus “Ayesha Returns!”
Gate “Endlessly Tragic…”
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi Distressingly Melancholic
Cooking Mishap Asuna Figure
Umaru Ero-Cosplay by Asami Hamsterific
Goddess of 2ch: “Pink & Soft All The Way!”
Kuroneko Cosplay by Mikehouse Full of Life
Busty Hotaru Cosplay Delightfully Delectable
Adorable Ati Cosplay by Kaieda Kai Kemonomimi Chaos
Momo Velia Deviluke Cosplay Bursting With Bridal Beauty
Skimpy Sonico Cosplay Barely Contained
Kumiko & Reina Cosplay Hardly Blows At All
Skimpy Elf Bikini Cosplay by Saku Supremely Sexy
Gothic Lolita Hatsune Miku Cosplay Busts Out
I like image number 3 :X. Or 2 if you're going by order rather than the address.
Yep, Epic Fail ^^
It almost looks like a visual novel by ZUN.
ZUN has no visual novel
silly troll
OMG, that game video in the end..
Always makes me wonder if Wii game designers especially these types need to smell weed and drink ten bottles of whiskey in order to come up with such ideas or concepts..
Looks like Mahou Shoujo Ai San dodged the bullet by about 15 days. Still won the worst gusoge of 2008 though.
They should have picked Final Fantasy XIII as the worst game.
They should have selected you for most useless existence.
This shit suck me balls! I haet yu gays! Eat shet!
No Final Fantasy XIII?
Wheelchair chicks ftw. that's all I am going to say.
I'm surprised that they did not include a pic of the guy with the horse mask. There are few characters who can look that pathetic and badass at the same time.
#O21 is the only design that's not totally an eyesore...
O.O wtf!
Come on now... Badly drawn fat chicks in samurai armor need lovin' too...
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*snickers*
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OK, I lost it, so I can't even pretend this is marginally acceptable.
The remake does not look horrific, just cobbled together, like someone created a base model and one guy said 'hey, lets give her a SWORD!' and copy/paste photoshopped one in, then another said, 'well now she needs ARMOR' and so on.
Just a patchwork of one bad idea after another...
YOU'RE WINNER!
Well the character design art looks pretty good, so how bad can the in game ar- OH GOD NO~!
Is it me, or do some of their heads look WAY to small for their bodies. Designs aren't that bad, I've seen much worse. But still...
Goran no arisama dayo!
oh holy shitt
I guess that's what happens when you try to turn Sengoku Basara into an eroge. *shrug*
OMG!, the last images were pure win (fail), just imagine playing an adult game that looked like that.
who cares japanese games are always crap. exept for ninja gaiden 1 and 2 those are the only good ones. i mean look at this shit all those japanese characters have huge boobs for no reason. maybe because people jerk off to it and live in a box.
Just like you?
Is it just me or pic 16 looks like haruhi and pic 19 looks like nagato for some reason...?
wow #15 looks like a loli with big boobs...
i want the hitchicking game XD
"...replacing all the ero they took out with new bugs."
I lol'd
Art seems ok for me though, not the worst I've seen... but may be improved in the faces
the cars have no driver!!!!!!!!
Well my car DOES!!!
I think the new art at least is pretty cute...
Big or flat? It's only your choice.
I think these images are ok...except for the excessive tits. Some of those characters have zeppelins for tits...
that and a lot of the characters clothing make them look like blimps...
yes but your parents didn't buy them for you.
Is 19 meant to be pregnant?
Result of tentacle rape. Yes.
MUST BUY THIS GAME!!!
i dont know what your saying the art skills can still whip mine.
Is that a hairy sword... and did they use a Photoshop texture to render it? That's just sad...
Also, the wonkiest character designs on here remind me of a slightly better version of Fred Gallagher's art. Ew.
full power hitchhike? that game should be first since it's major flaw is it's existance. i just can't see how a game is 'too buggy' to be worse. i must play it.
It just felt out of place and weird when I look at that pictures.
i just got out of the shower but yet after seeing these... i feel... unclean...
back to the shower...
are the QC division are checking the quality with their eyes closed...or they just don't check and stamp for a go...
This is WIN
What is win? this gallery of moe girls? Aren't we supposed to hate that?
I dunno man, those girls looked cute enough for me. maybe the bad art happened AFTER they took their clothes off, I hate when that happens...
or perhaps it was considered bad art because they NEVER took them off :(
personally, all I can comment on is this art, and I have to say that for an eroge, it's got some pretty cool and sexy character designs and outfits, just going off looks... in that aspect, I think they succeded in one place where the old game failed.
Art doesn't suck in general, it just looks like they had several different people making the art, some of them sucked, some of them sucked sometimes.
The outcome is pretty ugly, but I do agree some of them don't look bad at all.
And well, some female characters look ok, ALL male characters look retarded, like they were added by someone with downs after the game was "ready"
You guys do realize that the last five pics are from the original game, and the rest are from the remake, right?
You have no taste then you fat weaboo fuck.
The art looks slapped together with not talent or direction.
Even Umineko looks miles better than the PC version... go on vndb and look it up, and check the screenshots out. They're hilariously bad.
Umineko is meant as a music novel so the visual quality wasn't too hype either.
I gotta say the mediocre design was at least normal to the eyes, unlike the PC version that just wants to make you puke.
I can't put a word in Sengoku hime... I am completely floored by that Hitchike crap... Kay, that's a game for kids, but still the worst I've seen.
No actually i didn't think it was the worst i've seen, I would say Tsukihimes art is alot worse than this if we're going purely by art standards, but Tsukihime makes up for it marginally with the plot, I haven't played this so i couldn't speak for this, though obviously nothing mind blowing if it's general stuff.
Tsukihime was a doujin game so bad artwork is to be expected. Once the remake comes out it will most likely have F/HA quality art or better.