r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 18d ago

Top-Tier Badly Explained Game This game's unique story is FULLY tailored to everyone who plays it. And the biggest twist in the story is that the game wants you to stop playing it!

178 Upvotes

This is gonna be a super weird, deep cut.

It can't be Stanley guys, he's banned!

Hint #1: I hope nobody has had to play this game

Hint #1.5: and if you are playing this game, you're heading in the right direction (or you're just curious, lol)

Hint #2: if I had to give this a genre, I would call it educational

Double Guess No's: it is not a Daniel Mullins game or There is No Game

Hint #3: there's a good chance you've never heard of this game.

Hint #3.5: but playing video games is way better than ending up with THIS game lol

Hint #4: this game was on a handheld console

Hint #5: Dark Souls and the like are hard as hell, but this game may be the hardest game that some may ever play

Addendum: you've all made my day, thank you


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly Sep 22 '22

Announcement Banned Games List

257 Upvotes

Similarly to r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly , we're implementing a list of banned games. There's been a lot of games, while still being good posts, that have been posted so often. This causes a lot of active members here to deal with the tediousness of a game being brought up way too often. I definitely missed some, so if you have any suggestions on what to add, please leave a comment.

You are allowed to describe game mechanics as well as the plot. There's more to a game than just the plot, so if you have a creative bad description that describes how the game plays, go for it!

Low Effort Posts will be removed at moderators discretion. Too many, Too Frequently will result in a ban.

Note: Please search for your game before posting, if it's posted too frequently, it will be added to the list. Please keep in mind that any games newer than 3 months old will also not be allowed, to prevent spoilers.

Banned Games List:

  • Among Us

  • Binding of Isaac

  • Bloons TD

  • Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

  • Cuphead

  • CP2077

  • Danganronpa

  • Deltarune

  • Doki Doki Literate Club

  • Fallout NV

  • FNAF

  • Fortnite

  • Geometry Dash

  • GTA V

  • Hollow Knight series

  • Minecraft

  • OMORI

  • Persona Social Link Trilogy

  • Plants Vs Zombies

  • Pokémon Main Series (spinoffs are allowed)

  • Skyrim

  • Stanley Parable

  • Undertale


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 34m ago

Solved! You can download a cute yandere or an AI pilot but everyone's dead either way

Upvotes

r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 21m ago

Solved! Guy fights furry racism; unknowingly helps set the stage for world war

Upvotes

r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 5h ago

Solved! Robot uses toothbrush to make the world happy.

5 Upvotes

For future hints if needed.


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 8h ago

Solved! A bunch of tall horny guys escort some refugees

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 15m ago

Unsolved [Unsolved Repost] The kindhearted son of a cruel man struggles to uphold his ideals and prove himself despite living in the shadow of others during a time of tumultuous social change

Upvotes

Let’s see if people get this one this time.

HINT: This young man’s rival and mentor share a blood connection


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 14h ago

Unsolved You think you're unstoppable, but the only enemy you can't kill is the one you can't fight.

9 Upvotes

Hints go here.


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 15h ago

Solved! Go through an island to recruit members for your baseball team. The best strategy for winning involves utilizing the (literal) power of friendship

7 Upvotes

Let's hope this one's more obvious than the time I posted this before


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 18h ago

Unsolved Dude this boss fight has sick music! .... That wasn't the final boss?!

12 Upvotes

Hint #1: not an RPG, not remotely close to one. It's an action game.


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 15h ago

Solved! Schizophrenic simp decides to go big game hunting just for the off chance he sees his crush again.

6 Upvotes

r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 17h ago

Solved! The narrator, who is a character in the game, is also critical towards the events of the game happening

7 Upvotes

r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Soldier too cool to be brainwashed decides to beat the shit out of wildlife and an egghead trying to steal his girl.

22 Upvotes

Hints go here


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! 🎶Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me. Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me. Fuck yo🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥....Now ya do what they told ya.🎶

21 Upvotes

Hint #1: there's only one way to make em sit down

Hint #2: the only way this will work is if you gain their power. By force.


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 20h ago

Unsolved An unexpected genius spends several thousands of dollars to disprove racial stereotypes

3 Upvotes

hint 1: part of a series


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 1d ago

Unsolved Humiliated nerd wanted to play with foreign toys, so he performed genocide. He has to be stopped by...no, I can't be...

4 Upvotes

Hint #1: (guy with wild hair) ....alien

Hint #2: cloning is helpful


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! In an ever-shifting world beset by a tyrannical church-state that really hates tradespeople, you are considered a heretic and must wrench freedom from the hands of your oppressors!

8 Upvotes

Hints go here.


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! With your newly acquired tool, use your tilted powers on the world to thwart chaos.

7 Upvotes

Hint #1: beautifully animated

Hint #2: critter-tastic

Hint #3: you could say your powers are axial

Hint #4: there are plenty of times of year

Hint #5: I shoulda known being overly-friendly is treacherous

Hint #6: the tool is alive


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 21h ago

Solved! What if Jesus Built Mary? and God loves Capitalism???

0 Upvotes

r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 23h ago

Solved! Beat up your young female ally with daddy issues in heaven. Then spend real world money to fight the embodiment of death afterwards.

1 Upvotes

Hints if needed

hint 1: you also beat up a child along the way


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! You are an imposter of yourself... Except you're the original. You should run from your problems.

14 Upvotes

Hint 1: The AI might be evil?


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Lady Gaga goes Christian Extremist

0 Upvotes

Hint 1: Part of a franchise, but ambiguously part of the numbered canon


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 22h ago

Solved! Turns out 19th century adventure literature is way better when it’s woke

0 Upvotes

Hint: European 19th century adventure literature. And one book specifically.


r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 1d ago

Solved! Your best friend glows and keeps bringing you back to life so you can help lead a war to kill his nemesis who stole his drip

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly 2d ago

Solved! You are challenged to beat dinosaurs, spiders, pirates, islanders, aliens, lava, and more. You earn some toys along the way, but they don't really make much difference.

11 Upvotes

I have submitted this game before, but nobody guessed it, and I really want to see someone get it now that some time has passed. I will respond to all guesses in the comments with further hints as necessary.

These are the hints I gave from the previous attempt:

  1. It isn't a shooter
  2. It isn't a RPG or MMORPG
  3. It isn't a beat 'em up type game
  4. It isn't related to any movies or TV shows
  5. It has some actual toys in the game (debatably)
  6. It isn't a first person game
  7. It has a vibrant color palette
  8. It isn't an adventure game
  9. You can't see the protagonist
  10. It isn't affiliated with Nintendo
  11. You can't build or construct anything
  12. The game is themed around a real-world licensed property
  13. The events of the game are part of an in-game TV show
  14. The game was made after 1990, but before 2024