Shame games - the most embarrassing game in your history

We've all been there, of course. You play a game that's either so bad you don't want it sullying your beautiful list of gaming memories, or you don't want the world to know you took 50 pictures of Kasumi's pants in DOAX2 (pretty sure that one doesn't exist - last count was 647 and we've still not even got5G for it). For example, what's the odd one out here:

G-Force isn't actually a terrible game, but it just doesn't sit right next to Batman and Bayonetta. That's what happens when you buy your girlfriend the game with guinea pigs in it. And once it's there, it can never be removed (unless you didn't get an achievement in which case you can - phew).

So here we've put together your answers, which actually have a clear 'winner'. What will be the most embarrassing game in gamertag histories' history?

Games with ONE vote:

Sea Life Safari

Blacksite: Area 51
Mummy: Tomb of Dragon Emperor
Doritos: Dash of Destruction
Lost: The Game
Spider-Man 3
Bionicle Heroes
Iron Man
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe
Cars
Lego Batman
Mirror's Edge
X-Blades
TMNT
Sonic The Hedgehog
Dragon Age: Origins
Hannah Montana
Lego Rock Band
Rogue Warrior
Bullet Witch
Superman Returns
Deadliest Catch: Pacific Storm
Family Game Night
Onechanbara
King Kong
Ratatouille
Burger King Games
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2
Night at the Museum 2
Rumble Roses XX

Games with TWO votes

Viva Pinata
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Totem Ball
Avatar The Burning Earth
Dynasty Warriors 5
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Kung Fu Panda
Yaris
Prey
Jumper

And the winner, with THREE votes

(Slow clapping dies down) That's quite surprising really. It's worth noting there were two Avatar games with two votes each, so that series must comea close second. We can see why you might not want the world knowing you've been ogling the ladies inRumble Roses XX or X-Blades. But Lego Indy? It's not THAT offensive, is it?

19 Mar, 2010

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Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

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