12 Terrible Video Games That Actually Had Great Ideas

Omikron is what happens when David Cage (of Heavy Rain fame) actually tries to make a game rather than an interactive story with QTE bits attached, or whatever you want to call his more recent efforts.

This oddball adventure was nothing if not ambitious, as you traversed a futuristic city in search of a killer-demon... thing. The gameplay bounces around like an egg-shaped pinball between different styles - going from fighting game, to RPG, to first-person shooter at different points.

Oh, and David Bowie is some kind of interdimensional spaceman in it, which is fitting because, you know, it's David Bowie.

Rough and clunky though it all feels, there's some cool stuff at play. It's a vast world filled with decent lore and plenty to interact with. The bespoke Bowie soundtrack is decent (and a great curiosity for Bowie fans), and its mish-mash of genres is something that few other developers have been brave enough to try - not least of all David Cage himself, who's reverted to games with minimal actual gameplay in recent years.