

Each fight yields rewards, and by that I mean, it always offered either magic power or a new teammate. You select four characters and compete against your opponent’s party. I decided to check out campaign mode because I already knew I wouldn’t be able to convince my husband to play this with me. Then it’s like, “you can only hit a prone opponent by using the ‘Hit while down attack’,” which is toward, back, toward, circle.

Then you read the controls, and things get a little dicey.Įach face button is a different attack, paired with high or low, so your fighter has a whopping 12 basic attacks.

Except it’s a fighting game, which could be cool. As its full name suggests, it’s supposedly a Dungeons & Dragons game. Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft has that stunning level of badness. Something wrought by a mind that can conceive wretchedness on a level beyond us. Or perhaps just a different kind of genius. Except, we’re talking about kusoge, so reverse-genius. Sometimes, genius hides in the most improbable places. In order to tell you about some of my favorite games, I usually have to open with an apology. It’s the same as a good game - you never know what bizarre concoction of mechanics is going to impress you. Then I got into the game and a woman with no pants on shook her butt at me, knocked me to the ground, and stabbed my character in the dick.ĭespite spending so much time playing bad games to the point where it might go past the limits of “hobby” and land in “passion” territory, I’m still sometimes surprised. One of the characters is a werewolf, so that’s always a plus for me. There’s a cheesy ‘90s CGI cutscene that seems to go on forever and doesn’t make much sense unless you read the story in the instruction manual, but the presentation seems like whoever made the UI maybe sort of cared. Initially, I thought it might not be that bad.

I just knew it was ridiculous, and sure enough, I found it based on that fact alone. As I browsed the rack of PS1 games, I couldn’t remember the name. I had never heard of it, but my local game shop had a copy in stock. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft came to me as a request from the fabulous Akeashar.
