I just finished playing Wanted:Dead and while it has a lot of issues I had fun with it. It had campy cutscenes, bad voice acting, and bugs galore. But I liked what it was going for. It was like a mix of 360 era 3rd person shooter and a PS2 era slasher action game.
It reminded me a lot of games like Wet, Lollipop Chainsaw, and Killer is Dead. There is a lot of Japanese B-Grade action games I’ve enjoyed over the years. Games with poor reviews and low budgets, but also great style and unique gameplay.
What’s your favorite so bad it’s good B-Grade game?
There’s a ton of great ones, but Darksiders has to be the king of the AA space. Love that game. All 4 of them are good, actually. And pretty different.
I was thinking about getting that game. Haven’t played a good God of War clone since Dante’s Inferno and Marlow Briggs.
Before the Echo (pka. Sequence) is a Dance Dance Revolution RPG using music by Ronald Jenkees. The story is some real cringe, I don’t remember if there was voice acting but if so I’m sure it’s no better, and anyone super into Stepmania would probably find it too easy. Also there’s more fights than songs so you get some repeats.
But damn I loved it. There’s some interesting mechanics like casting spells requiring you to combo a specific section of notes, and every fight has a time limit because you have to do enough damage to kill the enemy before the song ends. Well worth the $5 it’s at now. (And just noticed it’s got a recommendation from TotalBiscuit, RIP.)
Does Shadows of the Damned count? Man, that game is ridiculous but fantastic.
I’d count anything from Grasshopper Manufacture. They are the kings of B-Grade games.
