Grand Theft Auto IV

Also known as: GTA IV, GTA 4, Grand Theft Auto 4

The Top 7... Worst Parts of Best Games

The most criminal imperfections of all time

Words: Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US

Nothing's perfect. Stare closely enough at anything - even a masterpiece - and you're bound to find flaws sooner or later. They might be small. They might be insignificant. They might not detract from the overall quality of the piece at all...

Except when they really, really do. With these seven games, in fact, you don't need to stare. Their flaws are so huge, so obvious, so frustrating and so effing obnoxious that you can't help but notice them, despise them and wonder how the damn things got included in the first place.

Do we usually end up loving these games anyway? Yes. Would we love them a lot more if they lanced these particular features like the foul, cancerous boils they truly are? Oh hell yes.

The best parts: Beloved Disney characters; beloved Final Fantasy characters; successfully merging the two; gorgeous animation; Hollywood-grade voice acting; genuinely heartfelt story.

The WORST part:          GUMMI SHIP 

This selection shouldn't stir up much controversy, as you probably saw it coming from the moment you read the headline.

Everyone hates the Gummi Ship. Everyone. People who try the games for a few hours hate the Gummi Ship. People who worship and adore the entire series hate the Gummi Ship. People who cosplay as Heartless and draw fan art of Sora kissing Riku (yes, they exist) hate the Gummi Ship. People who have never even played Kingdom Hearts hate the Gummi Ship.

Why? Because the Gummi Ship sections are as completely unnecessary as they are completely unavoidable. After just one taste of the mind-numbing and repetitive "Star Fox for Dummies" gameplay, you'll never want to see that blocky jalopy again... but you'll have to, because Kingdom Hearts forces you to travel by Gummi Ship dozens upon dozens of times. Sure, you can customize it, but that's about as appealing an opportunity as designing the stationary for your math homework. Besides, you usually just ended up with junk like this:


Ha. Ha.

Dishonorable mention: No matter how big a fan of Disney and The Little Mermaid you are, we dare you to make it through all five of Kingdom Heart II's Atlantica "musical challenges" without wanting to tear your own ear drums out. The video clip below might be enough to cause irreparable harm:



"Swim along, just join in the song...
A musical for everyone to have a lot of finny fun--" *GUNSHOT*

 
11 Comments
marcusfenix22 - 1 month 11 days ago
i hate the flood in halo so much and the slow elevators in mass effect SUCK!
al455 - 1 month 9 days ago
Cortana on ledgendary...stopped playing after 10 seconds of torture.
CookieMonstersCousin - 1 month 6 days ago
I played ocorania of time when i was a lil kid and i had to quit after i got to the water temple because i couldnt figure it out a couple years l8er i tried to beat it it took me a month o figure out wihout cheats...... when i played twilight princess i was afraid to play water temple because of the last water temple i played :P
tazzfalcon - 28 days 22 hours ago
The Blue Shell thing is spot on. And if you try to tell the losers whove been trailing you the whole damn race that its unfair they flame you for being a winger... ludicris.
rockykid19 - 28 days 19 hours ago
has this ever happened to you? i killed the anti-link finally after a half hour, then that sucky thing eat me, for some reason i opened the door and came back, and all my shit was gone, including my blue tunic
slapme7times - 28 days 7 hours ago
Great article... GR has the best random shit like this around...

too bad their reviews aren't has hardcore... too many high scores you bastards.
KHfan - 23 days 12 hours ago
i think the trouble of building a gummi ship in kingdom hearts is much worse then flying it and yes, the mermaid songs are really annoying!!!!!!!!
NullG7 - 12 days 7 hours ago
GR is right Legend Of Zelda + Water = Anoyingly imposible game
gudtarplaya - 11 days 7 hours ago
OMG! the time limit in dead rising is soo effin annoying! ill be like, oh i have enough time so i'll go work out, and when ur done u failed the game
Gabenader - 7 days 14 hours ago
OMG! i hate the blue shells so much! i was almost down with star cup 1st place 150cc and BAM! 4th place!and dead rising would be the best game ever without the damn time limit!
cultofbananas - 2 days 3 hours ago
Those blue shell pics are freaking hilarious!
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