8 Games We Love Even Though They SUCK

2. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Let's just say there are good reasons that Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days was oh-so-cleverly nicknamed "Kane and Lynch 2: Dog S**t" back in the day.

This sequel to 2007's mediocre third-person shooter Kane and Lynch certainly wasn't a safe, workmanlike sequel, given that developers IO Interactive basically tried to make it as aggressively offputting as humanly possible.

The result is a game whose story is relentlessly mean-spirited and whose detestable protagonists are a drag to spend hours with, all while the scuzzy aesthetic intentionally apes the garish, chaotic style of '90s camcorder footage.

The oppressively nihilistic end product is very much what you'd expect your edgy teenage cousin to come up with if someone gave them a AAA budget, and yet there's something to respect about a studio-backed action game that has so little interest in catering to mainstream sensibilities.

Kane and Lynch 2's own art director, Rasmus Poulsen, described it as an "anti-game," and considering how far it tests the audience's appetite for ugliness in the pursuit of a good time, it's tough to argue with that.

Is Kane and Lynch 2 what most people would describe as a "fun game"? No, but has it aged surprisingly well in an era where most games backed by major publishers are woefully afraid of taking risks? Absolutely.