Sid Meier’s Railroads!
Goddamn, is it frustrating. There is some sort of video card problem that cannot be fixed. I’ve downloaded every last patch and still it crashes like the Exxon Valdez captained by Amy Winehouse.
I learned a few tricks (like switching from the game to desktop and back again when it gets glitchy and then save before the inevitable crash) to ease a little of my frustration.
And yet I continue to play. I guess I must be a masochist.
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall. One of the buggiest games in history (you had to use multiple saves and save every couple minutes just to avoid a crash, or getting stuck forever in a dungeon or somebody’s house because the game didn’t generate a proper exit) and it was impossible to win out of the box but damn was it fun and time-consuming. The biggest challenge was completing a mission without getting dumped to the dos prompt. I won’t touch any of the sequels simply because of how much time I spent on this game back in high school.
Years ago there was a naval and air war simulator called Harpoon, that crashed almost every single game, but it was sooo cool I played it anyway and just about screamed when it inevitably crashed at some key point.
Lord of the Rings the Third Age was incredibly fun. I’m not sure if it was buggy or just because my PS2 was starting to act up, but at some point it would try to save and corrupt my save file. I just kept restarting and playing it again!
Very nice pop culture reference; a two-fer. Applause.
This was about ten years ago, but Privateer II: The Darkening. The gameplay was absolutely fantastic, from the starfighter combat to the trade routes to the actual plot line. Yet it would crash if you looked cross-eyed at it.
Age of Conan, so buggy and broken in so many ways yet so incredibly fun i keep playing it.
I’m currently playing Hellgate:London. It locks up on me at least once a day.
Me: “Hey, tech-savvy friend: how do I stop Hellgate from raping my system’s memory?”
Friend: “…stop playing Hellgate.”
Oh yeah - absolutely. I came to the thread specifically to mention this game.
I mean, yes, the crashes forced you to do each mission an average of three times, but I still had to finish it - and I’m happy I did. What amazing atmosphere that game had. There’s a reason I still think of Clive Owen as “that guy from Privateer 2.”
I just let it autosave, which it does every minute.
F.E.A.R: sometimes it loads, sometimes it doesn’t. The suspense is killing me.
I couldn’t get into Piccadilly Circus because every time I tried it would crash upon entry. Started playing on Vista instead and haven’t had any further problems.
Magic the Gathering Online. Now into it’s third major craptastic buggy release.
I had to Google Amy Winehouse. Good job. 