Onechanbara for Xbox 360 should be on this list, too.

In Short: Bikini-clad babes with swords and guns killing zombies.

The Bad: Repetitive game play, poor textures, simple level design

The Reason it Should be on the List: Visceral sword play, hot babes, and many costumes.

Final Thought: Despite the poor graphics (although the main characters are well done), you will be surprised at how fun it is to get your blood gauge filled and enter into rampage mode. If you like achievements, this is a fun game to get all 1000 points.

I've heard Earth Defense Force is worth playing. And considering none of your reasons why it was bad had anything to do with gameplay, I may give it a shot.

EDF is awesome, Lance. Buy it if you can find it! Grab a friend for splitscreen and throw on some of your own tunes instead of listening to the in game soundtrack for an even better experience.

I am also with Oren on all these other games on this list too. They are all highly flawed, but worth checking out. If there is one I would say stay away from it would be Sonic. The werehog levels are truly excruciating.

I never played Eat Lead, so I can't comment on that one.

I was hoping EDF was on this list and lo and behold it was. I really do like the game (I even played through the whole thing).

You should add terrible enemy AI to Eat Lead's category. The enemies were atrociously stupid.

I also feel bad for at least trying to play 4 of the 5 on this list.

You hit the nail on the head with Sonic and AitD though.
Sonic's daytime was awesome, I gave up after two nighttime levels.

AitD was just frustratingly boring.

R.A.D. (Robot Alchemic Drive) for PS2 is pretty awful-good too.

Frank, while putting on some alternate tunes for EDF might be a good idea, it would be a disaster of epic proportions if anyone who played it missed out on the hilarious voice acting.  "We're on a thrilling underground adventure!"

A lot of EDF fans here. I bought it and played a few levels, but it was too frustrating at times. I would have beat it, but I guess other games were more important. EDF has one of the highest frame rates I've seen, though.

I am surprised you mainly stuck with 360 games over all ...

I've tried every game on this list except Earth Defense. I'll second what Luke said in response to Tim. Onechanbara is just plain bad. Don't play it! :) Another bad one that has to be avoided is Infernal: Hell's Vengeance. The first level gave me such a headache. I'm having a hard time coming up with anything bad worth playing. You could try Raven Squad for 15 minutes just to laugh at the bad voice acting, or Rogue Warrior for the amusing opening and ridiculous one-liners. The Lord of the Rings: Conquest isn't good either and yet I played through it from both sides. I'm not sure why I kept playing, but at least it is a short game. Secret Service is one I'll always remember because it was the first time I saw a 0 point achievement. I unloaded a whole clip without hitting anyone, oops.

I think you guys didn't give Onechanbara a chance. You have to beat the game to appreciate it. It seems like you gave up on it before you got a single rampage. It is repetitive, but the bosses have unique combat that mixes things up. Enemies are varied enough, too. Certain enemies require certain tactics. Each playable character has unique combat moves. The sword play is tighter than you think, too. At first, getting a long combo seems difficult, but once you get the timing down, getting combos is quite rewarding. And, if you are looking for achievements, this is a game where you can get all 1000 points.

Alone in the Dark for the 360 is one of the best survival horror games of this generation. I had none of the problems people claim to have had (or lied about having, since they never actually played the game). The difficulty was perfect. I probably died about 15 times throughout the entire experience and that is just about right for a 20 hour game. The controls were just like any other third person horror action game. Smooth and responsive. The item management was so simple a chimp could do it. The graphics were top notch and the story was engaging.

Some reviewers, like IGN, were WAY too harsh on the game. I don't know a single friends who didn't love the game after buying despite some bad reviews. Reviewers look for perfection and reduce points for everything that is not just that, perfect. Some of them give fantastic games like Metro 2033 bad reviews. Even Halo and Uncharted got bad reviews. Play the game before passing judgement, otherwise you are just a liar.

I definitely didn't play Onechanbara long but I wasn't writing a review. If I was I'd complete the game :) I try a lot of games so if a game starts off poorly I probably won't stick with it. I do have a friend who had to review Onechanbara and I trust his opinion which wasn't good for that one. I tried the Xbox 360 version, not sure if the Wii one is any better.

Jonathan, the whole point of this article is to pick a game that was poorly reviewed, but expose whatever good that game has to offer. If I reviewed Onechanbara, I wouldn't recommend it for the masses.

It is very easy to look at the game and say "it's bad". But, if you play it you will see that the combat is almost at the level of Ninja Gaiden. The combat is very tight. I honestly think that anyone that makes games should play it to see the combat. It is unique and should be imitated.

Hitting a long combo string is one of the most memorable moments I have had in gaming.

If you're a fan of Japanese pop culture and fan service, this is a must buy as a budget title.

"Werehog" doesn't even make sense. Wouldn't that be a guy who turns into a hog?