Annoyingly bad games

[Kriven]

I think the biggest issue Klonoa has is finding an identity that easily understandable to a mass audience. Look at him, is he supposed to be some kind of cute, Kirby-esque Animaniacs character, or is he street-smart, smooth-talking, and edgy? Just based on his design, on that first impression people are going to get when they pick up a Klonoa box at GameStop and try to decide: "Is this something I want my kids playing?"

The games aren't really made *for* anybody--they're just made. They appeal specifically to the group of people "Who Like Klonoa Games," because they're a little too difficult to take in without trying one first.

Just my thoughts on why it's a struggling franchise, anyway.

Let's see, annoyingly bad games...

How about... Man, I like a lot of games that are "rough around the edges," and every time I go to put one in this thread I think about its benefits instead. Like, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a game with some serious issues, not the least of which is its total lack of balance and priority. By the same token, there are a lot of cool things in that game and I like to visit it every so often, and I actually get inspired by what the developers did with it--I wouldn't feel right calling it "annoyingly bad," because I think it has a lot of good. Even though I can understand why a lot of people wouldn't like it.

I guess I'll go with Glover. There's no getting past how ridiculous its physics are or that requirement to escort the ball through every level. Glitches are god damn everywhere, and the worlds just aren't... "Worlds," their obstacle courses with very thin stereotypical "aesthetic" qualities that "Kind of look like" they might be something possible. And, IIRC, you can't get 100% completion in any stage without basically dying fifty-thousand times experimenting with every posible action against every possible part of the stage, just on the off-chance there's ten collectible gem thingies (or were they magic cards in this game?) hidden behind a false wall that only activates if you do some inane task around it four-hundred times.