Whether it is for the Xbox 360, the WII, the PS3, even PC, or any other video game console... what is the most POINTLESS video game that you have read about, have seen, or have played?

All of the "Street Fighter 2" sequels, such as Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Super Street Fighter 2, Ultra Mega Super Street Fighter 2 EX Turbo Series SP8 Build 9000, etc.

Action 52 on NES is the pinnacle of pointlessness, though.

to me it is the flash game: QWOP

Spore's a good contender. There was all this amazing, optimistic talk about how everything was going to be procedurally generated, that how you developed your creature would affect how well it can walk, how capable it is at fighting and all that.

Then it all gets reduced to just a dressing for some of the most shallow game mechanics ever by making it so that only the stats of the body parts you use matter.

And then the rest of the game is a single player MMO.

Portal.

</trolling>

Seriously though, I'd say Gauntlet: Dark Legacy for the GBA. That game was such horrible crap.

Tic Tac Toe. Granted not really a game since there're easily known distinct solutions..

ET.

My college project.

The Guy Game.
I win.

The Adventures of the Retarded Goat

swamprootwolf said:
The Adventures of the Retarded Goat

that's a real game?

Pong.

Tetris.

So wonderfully, wonderfully pointless.

KloH0und said:
Tetris.

So wonderfully, wonderfully pointless.

^^ This game, oh, and so wonderfully made by a communist who never got paid for it.

minecraft

Real Life

Kitsu~ said:
Real Life

This.

JustFrame said:
minecraft

i dare say. this.
one minute your playing, and the next SSSSSS BOOM hours of work, Up in smoke =D

JustFrame said:
minecraft

Kitsu~ said:
Real Life

These.

JustFrame said:
minecraft

Nope.
Thrill of exploration. Satisfaction of creation. Tense battles, a competent modding community, regular updates, reasonable price, robust multiplayer components...

shadow_wolf_james said:
i dare say. this.
one minute your playing, and the next SSSSSS BOOM hours of work, Up in smoke =D

Punch trees GET WOOD. Green man? BLOWS UP YOUR WOOD.

9Dragons.

Grind monster fights to get better stuff... so you can grind better.

KloH0und said:
Tetris.

So wonderfully, wonderfully pointless.

I dunno... It comes in handy when your packing things for moving/long trips...

But as for the most useless game.... I'd have to say any and all Barbie games...

Little girls freak out over Barbie games, so it gets them to shut up. That's priceless.

There is no such thing as a "pointless" video game. They were all designed and created with some form of a point to them. Now, if you meant the greatest time-waster? tetris still reigns supreme.

ippiki_ookami said:
Nope.
Thrill of exploration. Satisfaction of creation. Tense battles, a competent modding community, regular updates, reasonable price, robust multiplayer components...

and all a waste of time

JustFrame said:
and all a waste of time

Why is it a waste if it provides personal entertainment? Because you don't get anything else out of it, like with virtually every other video game?

Stop feeding him.

I'd have to say runescape. Used to be fun, but can be addictive & eat alot of your time away.

most POINTLESS game? hmm, that's tough...
I'd say World of Warcraft is pretty pointless. After you've grinded your way to level 80 and go on epid raids with 8 other nerds who refuse to talk about anything outside of the game itself, you still have nothing to show for it except for fewwer friends and several months less left to live. It's neither mentaly nor visually stimulating. It's just about repetative actions slowly turning your brain into a grey goop!

or maybe one of the billions of WoW knock-offs out there, as they lack the same scale of "community" and have poorly designed UIs.

Hat said:
Spore's a good contender. There was all this amazing, optimistic talk about how everything was going to be procedurally generated, that how you developed your creature would affect how well it can walk, how capable it is at fighting and all that.

Then it all gets reduced to just a dressing for some of the most shallow game mechanics ever by making it so that only the stats of the body parts you use matter.

And then the rest of the game is a single player MMO.

good choice, but i wouldn't say it was pointless! it had a lot of good ideas and, if nothing else, exposed just how soul-crushing EA is to its developers :V

elad said:
most POINTLESS game? hmm, that's tough...
I'd say World of Warcraft is pretty pointless. After you've grinded your way to level 80

85

and go on epid raids with 8

9. Well, for me it was 8, but that's because I always played with my nerd-husband.

other nerds [who refuse to talk about anything outside of the game itself,

really? huh. Let me see... I think my last raiding guild spent more time talking about football then gaming, even while raiding. we had a guy who coached football, 2 DJ's, a web developer, a pair of security guards, I think, a guy who works in a printshop.. hmm... and a chef, I think.

Those are totally the most nerdy professions in existece.

Also, I'm totally loving the football minigame in wow. yep. as well as the talk of kids (new minipet!), magic (next expansion: bard class) and other life related topics.

you still have nothing to show for it except for fewwer friends and several months less left to live.

Except I still talk to some of those people, even though I've quit playing wow. I may not have the nights I spent killin' arthas back, but I have a lot of good memories as well as the confidence that, yeah. That thing I decided I wanted to do for a few months? I did it good.

Also, I have ALL THE MONEY I saved from not going out to movies, bars, buying new xbox games, and so forth... considering any one of those things would cost more then the n 15$ subscription fee, I think I'm doing pretty good.

It's neither mentaly nor visually stimulating. It's just about repetative actions slowly turning your brain into a grey goop!

One could say that about many things. Television anyone?

but I, personally, do find the game and playing it to be interesting. I work better with people, I have gotten better at verbally communicating with people in short circumstances (this is actually something I have always had problems with), I often stopped and stared in awe at the beautify of the digital world around me.

Maybe my opinion is a bit different because I always play with a friend and we find a lot of joy in reading the quests, and taking part in the story being told. Maybe it's because I don't see the game as 300 more XP, 2 more intellect, 5 more endurance, etc.

But I think wow's at least as worth while as other past times out there.

or maybe one of the billions of WoW knock-offs out there, as they lack the same scale of "community" and have poorly designed UIs.

Ah, but, as long as you have your fun with it.. isn't it worth it? paying to go see a movie, to go buy a book, or Television or any number of things..

more on topically, I think this is the most pointless game: http://www.kongregate.com/games/pitergames/trollface-launch

SnowWolf said:
words

U mad bro?

elad said:
U mad bro?

Translated: I don't have an effective retort.

walk it out, a wii title i believe and you have to, you guessed it, walk. but wait! there's a catch. you have to do it, TO A BEAT! with over 100 tracks this game promises mind-numbing yawn-inducing boredome that will make you want to grab your mp3 player and go for a REAL walk outside.

elad said:
U mad bro?

Not really, no. Why? Are U? :P

ExplosiveBlaziken said:
Translated: I don't have an effective retort.

I lol'd :D

ROBLOX. STFU and GTFO, I won.

elad said:
U mad bro?

I think he's pointing out that WoW players aren't the stereotype that the media makes them out to be.

Valence said:
I think he's pointing out that WoW players aren't the stereotype that the media makes them out to be.

Which is true.

Helo im new, i hope im ok to join this chat, most pointless game ever i wood say "Lost" the vido game, as it litraly prity much grafix copy of tv show, in fact if u even complet like 30 mins of game time it forces u to wach a "Previously on lost" cut scen of all the thing u did 30 mins befor that u carnt skip. all so i found that it wos game that all the way along wos like playing pacman with invisabule walls, and pusles that u all ready knew the ancer to from the tv show. hope this wosent to long a post not used to forums. thanks for reading :)

0904255 said:
that's a real game?

Indeed it is! And not just any game, the most pointless boring game of them all unless there's a game called Do Nothing.

http://www.brothersoft.com/games/adventures-of-the-retarded-goat.html

there are even sequels.

<Fluttershy> said:
Stuff

Welcome to E6! That horrid game sound like a contender to me.

Yep its real

omg sorry roung link lol

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/adventure/lost/review.html

im being a real feather head this moring sorry that links right now

swamprootwolf said:
Indeed it is! And not just any game, the most pointless boring game of them all unless there's a game called Do Nothing.

http://www.brothersoft.com/games/adventures-of-the-retarded-goat.html

there are even sequels.

Well that game was... interesting. To say the least.

ther is a game called ship simulater exream thats prity self exsplantery why is pointles:P

MGS4

It's got 4 hours of actual gameplay and 10 hours of cutscenes.

Riversyde said:
Well that game was... interesting. To say the least.

Were you able to win?

swamprootwolf said:
Were you able to win?

Does getting to the hamburger mean I won? If so, yes.

sonic and the secret rings..meh ir's all sega's new bosses fault but still>_< and then theres conker live and reloaded not completely pointless but not completely worth getting all the same curse you microsoft >_< conker(and banjo) belongs to rare>_<

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-shit-your-pants

I Wanna Be The Guy

Riversyde said:
Does getting to the hamburger mean I won? If so, yes.

Now all their bases are belong to you!

:33 said:
I Wanna Be The Guy

Hard/frustrating =/= pointless

:33 said:
I Wanna Be The Guy

post #136136

swamprootwolf said:
Now all their bases are belong to you!

But... it's just a hamburger :/
I threw a lot of bananas trying to get the hamburger too.
I'm beginning to doubt the effort was worth the reward.

Riversyde said:
But... it's just a hamburger :/
I threw a lot of bananas trying to get the hamburger too.
I'm beginning to doubt the effort was worth the reward.

Blasphemy! But seriously, you now see why I nominated it for "most pointless game ever made". I also think they made a 3D version of the game. And I use the term game very loosely.

:33 said:
I Wanna Be The Guy

That game brings back memories... *sigh* i still remmember me just sitting in my room screaming at my computer...

0904255 said:
That game brings back memories... *sigh* i still remmember me just sitting in my room screaming at my computer...

I won, I am so the guy.

Aurali said:
I won, I am so the guy.

did you really? How hard was it to kill "The Guy"?

0904255 said:
did you really? How hard was it to kill "The Guy"?

IMO he's not that hard, it's pretty much memorization.

I had so much trouble with Dracula because his pattern is random :/

Aurali said:
I won, I am so the guy.

You gender confuses me.

Bck said:
You gender confuses me.

lol

I'd say Minecraft, Angry Birds, real life and... Minecraft.

:33 said:
I Wanna Be The Guy

I downloaded this game and spent a half hour on the first screen trying to dodge spikes. What hath science wroth!!!