10 Video Games That Are So Bad They’re Actually Awesome

6. Two Worlds

Nary a year on from when Oblivion cameth unto the scene of gaming, developer Reality Pump thunk unto itself, "Pray. Mayhap we ought try to concoct a rival to this great RPG?"

That doesn't read well, does it? Now, imagine that faux-Shakespearian language coming from the mouths of video game developers rather than voice-over professionals, and you'll get a good idea of what makes Two Worlds so awfully brilliant.

Yes, Reality Pump took it upon themselves to voice all the characters in their open-world RPG that made Oblivion's voice-acting look like Pixar. That aside, Two Worlds isn't a bad RPG, offering plenty of factions to join, a moderately interesting open world to explore, and even a multiplayer mode - which remains a rarity in open-world RPGs to this day.

Then there was the sweet, sweet bugginess, which could result in your companions slaughter entire villages of people, or wander off in a random direction never to be seen again. Combine these bits of emergent silliness with the god-awful voice-acting, and you get a beautiful, open mess of a game that's perversely enjoyable to galavant around in.

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