kurisu wrote:
I really think there's a small subset of games that are in a category of their own, shockingly bad to the point where it's hard to imagine the game was ever released. Light Fantasy is the king of these games, but I would also include Fist of the North Star 5, Dual Orb, Bazoe! Mahou Sekai, Cyber Knight, and 3x3 Eyes (it would escape this category if not for the ridiculous end-game glitch). Maka Maka comes very close as well.
I haven't played Secret of the Stars (and I won't) but it's hard to imagine it being as bad as these games.
Cyber Knight is not bad at all, once you get the hang of it. Plus it is short and can be beaten in under 10 hours. CK2 improves on CK in so many ways and I would recommend that one.
Dual Orb 2 is...meh, another very average game at least helped by the weapon crafting.
I hear Dual Orb is much worse though
Tecmo secret of the stars is painfully average. Not good in almost any meaningful way but it is not bad in any glaring ways either. I did come across a very odd and rare glitch, however (maybe you can see it on the snes gamefaqs board) which forced me to have to use a cheat code to aid me in beating the game. (I had to add back in an item that went missing from my inventory for no reason).
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/58 ... s/65201311Bazoe! Mahou Sekai (Ancient magic) was another one of those rare cases where I got a glitch, do not even remember what it was but I had to use one code to help me pass the glitch and beat the game. I only use codes for 1. The rare glitch such as those two cases or 2. No random encounters for a bit (which hurts more than it helps but is sometimes needed when random encounters are just tooo much!)
The only other game that I can recall glitching was Fire Emblem 3, Book 2 where the Sagittarius orb went missing from my inventory so I used a code to ad that back in.