I thought this would be an interesting question to ask. I think everyone has at least one game that everyone else seems to hate or not even acknowledge the existence of that you just absolutely love.

For me it has to be the Deadliest Warrior series of games (The first two. I recently found out there was a third. It is absolutely dreadful). These were budget fighting titles available on Xbox 360 and PS3 based on the extremely cheesy television series of the same name. The premise of both the show and the game is to pit two historical combatants (like a knight versus a pirate for example) against each other to determine who is deadliest.

While the games were generally considered kinda mediocre by review standards, I felt there was a depth and fun factor there that really gripped me. While they have all the standard weapon based fighting game tropes present, something it did differently was to introduce body damage mechanics.

Basically, if you were struck in the legs, your character could suffer a broken bone and have to limp around. This would also effect your available move pool, with any leaping or otherwise fancy footwork now out of your capacity to perform. By the same token, you could suffer a broken arm (and lose a held shield, or the ability to use 2 handed weapons), or suffer a completely severed arm that would cause you to bleed to death if you didn't end the fight quickly.

Of course you could also just have your head cut off, with hopefully obvious fight ending consequences.

With warriors having ranged weapons at their disposal as well, the hilarity of pile driving a javelin through your opponents skull was always a possibility too.

The most fun for me though was Survival Slice mode, an endless fight to kill off as many foes 1 at a time before you ultimately die, but with 'Slice' mode enabled. This means any connecting strike at all will sever the limb/neck/your entire torso in half as well. I still load this up from time to time,just to see if I can top my record (25).

Deadliest Warriors: Legends (the second game) is basically just a slightly upgraded version of the first, and instead of your characters being generic historical warriors, they're actual historical characters like Sun Tzu or William Wallace. It's fun, and some of the upgraded features are nice, but I still prefer the first game.

So how about you? What's your guilty garbage gaming pleasure?

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Lords of the Fallen 2: New Developer Scraps Existing Work

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Star Traders: Frontiers leaves Early Access

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A Live Cinema Screening of PT Is Happening At The Rio Cinema In London On Aug 12th.

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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist and Double Agent now Backwards Compatible on the Xbox One

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Hacknet is an incredible game, even if you’re not computer-savvy

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 05:46 PM PDT

Hacknet was on sale the other day for $2, so I decided to pick it up. I figured I'd be intimidated and not actually play much, but for such a low price I wanted to see what it was all about.

Holy shit guys, Hacknet is so good.

I don't know the first thing about hacking, or about computer language in general. Initially, I was overwhelmed by the game's UI and the language it was using, but within minutes I felt like I understood the basics of what I needed to do, even if I didn't understand exactly what I was doing.

However, the game eases you in really well. It walks you through the basics early on before introducing new methods for hacking more complex systems. I still don't fully understand what all the words mean, but I understand what I have to do. I know that when I see a computer protected by a proxy, I have to run a shell from another computer in order to overload the safety measures. I know that when I see a firewall, I have to use the "analyze" command until the password is revealed.

The moment-to-moment gameplay is fun because it makes you feel extremely clever, while continuously teaching you new methods for accomplishing your goals. Actually, on a very basic level, I feel like I've learned a little bit about cyber-security and hacking.

To top it all off, the game has an awesome interface that recalls the typical "Hollywood hacker" look of action films, as well as a rad techno soundtrack to match. Its storyline involves getting recruited by various hacker groups while trying to discover the mysteries behind another hacker's death, and it's all intriguing enough to drive the player forward.

Unfortunately, the game is no longer on sale, but here's the thing; even for $10, Hacknet is an awesome experience that's well worth the price of admission. If you've slept on it up until now, or if you're worried that it'll go over your head, I urge you to take the plunge.

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Darksiders 3 Developers Show Off Environmental Puzzles - IGN First

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Dolphin Emulator Progress Report: July 2018

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Dead or Alive 6: Diego Reveal Gameplay Trailer

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