The 2004 Xbox Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter video game
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In the case of KABUKI WARRIORS, I guess the reason I was pleasantly surprised was because I came in with the worst expectations possible. I was expecting an unplayable glitchy mess. Well, the game was perfectly functional and had a couple interesting ideas. It just didn't put any of the stuff it had to good use.
On second thought, I should probably knock it down another point or two because I really don't want to give people the impression they should be paying money for this game.
If you do bring it out again, make sure its on a 360 for best resolution + graphical cleanup.
As for enjoyment, well, I would be lying if I said I didn't get a kick out of jumping around blasting people with fireballs while playing as the final boss.
I also disagree with Gamespot's comments about the presentation...I thought the audio portion was rather appropriate. The "OooAHH!!!" yells are appropriate given the subject matter, and I like the little touches such as the heavy padding of feet on wood and the clinking of swords and armor, and of course the satisfying spraying of blood. One review also complained about how the female character sounded like a man. First time I heard that though, I thought it was intentional because in Kabuki theater women are traditionally played by men.
Prior to playing KABUKI WARRIORS, I had experienced FROM DUSK TILL DAWN for the PC, which was released just a few months before. That game struck me more as deserving total scorn. Aside from the unbelievably poor presentation and mediocre gunplay, the game was just plagued with bugs to the point where, every time I got stuck, I wondered if it was the result of a glitch. That's not counting the frequent lockups and crashes. Maybe I'll put up a review of that soon. Suffice to say, I experienced none of these problems with KABUKI WARRIORS.
I understand where you're coming from with 1/10 being technically unplayable, but I rate similar to them and I would hand out that rating to something I just hate. But I can't think of game that bad though. Oh wait on second thought, Superman 64 is the only game like that I can think of at the moment. That game is so horribly put together I wouldn't even replay it for review's sake.
I don't play PC games, but I know that's a frustrating experience.
Regarding PC games, I don't blame you. I would say playing retro, lesser known PC games is not something to be particularly envious of. I find its simply too much stress getting them to work properly in the first place. Most of us don't have time to play a lot of games, let alone solve the puzzle of how to get them to play.
In fact, I just remembered another game I would put on the list of "worst ever" would be GODS AND GENERALS, which was also for the PC.