/vr/ - Retro Games

S.H.A.D.O.W. War of Succession, often considered the single worst digitized fighting game ever made. The game's plot centers on the Syndicate of Hate, Anarchy, Destruction, and Organized Warfare, a name even a freshman creative writer assigned his first story would've rejected. The game opens with a laughably gaudy CGI gunship flying through New York City up to a penthouse and opens fire, killing Kincaid Storm, leader of the SHADOW crime syndicate. A static image with scrolling text later informs us "police refuse to speculate on the cause of the explosion" (yes, the game expects you to suspend your disbelief that police couldn't figure out a gunship flying through America's most populated city's airspace launched an assault on a high rise penthouse). With Storm dead, his remaining lieutenants must fight to the death to take control of the organization.

Allegedly, programmers were greatly behind schedule, and the attempt to program fatalities would lead to the game crashing upon execution, so they were absconded for the commercial release. Despite the game playing like a poorly developed Beta, an alleged programmer under the name TheMadViper stated, "Yes, it was created by a bunch of guys who knew nothing about making video games and they laughed all the way to the bank after selling it. They were actually one of the very few game developers that made a profit that year!"
"That's exactly what it was. We didn't know what the hell we were doing and did not get much support from 3DO either. Yeah, the game stank, but we didn't fail. It made money."

And there you have it, folks. The story of the worst digitized fighter ever made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWTQlz46aw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjUOeGz7vOo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUVmTAZKoHc