Shadowrun for the Sega Genesis. I play through it when I feel bad about myself...

Red Alert 2. Or is that a good thing? I think it may be....
Anywho, nobody in my family really cares that I still love Sim City 3000.

HyperReaper33:

Dectilon:
Öuhm... It'd have to be this strategy/rpg game a friend sent me once. It's great fun and very deep (deeper than... say Bahamut Lagoon) with lots of challenging levels, advanced strategic options, class changes and the like. The problem is that it's simultanously a hardcore hentai game : P

I believe that would be Porindama?.....I know, I'm a nerd <_<

I think mine would beeeee...Diablo 2. Is it a waste of my time? Yes. Is it addicting? YES.

there is nothing to be ashamed of playing diablo2

I got a huge load of old games when the library I did some IT work for a library. When they got rid of the game section I volunteerd to take the whole treasure trove home for 50 bucks. It was like finding a Dragon's Hoard.

Including such gems as:
Oni, Homeworld, Homeworld2, Alpha Centauri, Civ3, Pax imperium, The neverhood, Fragile Allegiance, Outpost 2, Planescape Tornment, KKND, Populous, Ceasar 3.

And pieces of manure, such as:
Empire of the Ants, Firewarrior, Machines, SimEarth, Starwars: The gungan frontier, Breed, Startopia, SW: Droidworks, G-Police, Dark colony, Arx fatalis, Thunder Brigade and a load of others i've yet to try.

So my list of dreadfull games is quite long, some I even liked.
Maybe liking Pax Imperium and Fragile Allegiance would be consideren a bad thing. I also liked Far Gate, possibly as the only living human being. I might also be the only person who made a win98 dualboot to get them working ;)

Creatures 1, 2, 3 and Docking Station. You tend to lose much respect from your FPS buddies in high school for merely knowing this game exists.

wartech: senko no ronde for xbox 360. it's shooter meets fighting game meets giant robots, but I feel like a weeaboo when I play it.

also crush, for the psp, because there's a general opinion going around that it isn't as good as portal, and some of my friends might kill me for saying that it is.

Pokemon games, Runescape, i dunno really, i only have like, 4 or so friends and only one likes gameing so i have a massive veriety, runescapes the worst for me though

Blitz: The League. I love football but lack the patience for Madden. Plus I can name my custom team the Cleveland Steamers.

[quote=[HD]Rob Inglis]I Wanna Be the Guy![/quote]
I'd say that making an entire thread based on the fact that you played it through to completion disqualifies you from naming it your "dark little secret."

Sims2 for sure... Tell anyone in the real life you're playing it (and enjoy it too) and they'll laugh in your face.

..sigh... rumble roses xx..

Theori:
Barbie's Undersea Adventure. Enough said.

(Yes, I am male, and no, I have no idea why I played it. In my defense, I was really bored at the time, though that still doesn't really absolve me.)

That game was awesome and I hated Barbie. x333

Strafe Mcgee:

There's a reason for that? I'm intrigued, what is it? Not taking the piss, I'm genuinely intrigued!

Holy crap, someone quoted me! =D

Sorry for posting again, but I have to answer this.

Rayman's main body, as portrayed in the first game, is made of electoons ( I have no clue what those are, I was talking with a friend who likes Rayman and she said the word ). I think the electoons in his main body might attract the ones in his hands and feet and keep them from falling off ( if they have them, Ubisoft is pretty tight-lipped about that ).

My friends won't stop asking this question, so I did some research and asked around.

conkers bad furday
pokemon red/gold (havnt played them in years but still fond memories of them)
and WoW... i have been clean since "October 20, 2007 5:23 PM PDT" according to the website

Puzzle Quest.

Yeah, I did. ><

mine is "mickeys safari in letterland"... i think i enjoyed it so much because it was extremely easy... sorry i dont have anything more recent, ive been without any kind of console or pc game since before the supernintendo...

Spyro 1-3, Echo the Dolphin, Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon red and blue, and...actually I'm kind of proud of it: Oregon Trail.

Phear teh cute. It sucks you in.

As has already been noted, most of the 'dirty little secret's listed so far are pretty... well, non-dirty. If I was ashamed of enjoying games like Viva Pinata or The Longest Journey I would presumably be filled with self-loathing, as they're great games. Hell, me and two flatmates all had our own gardens in VP (though I ended up hating the game due to the incredible glitches that afflicted it), and I tried to get as many people as I could to play TLJ.

The only game I can think of that I was ashamed of was Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, but I was always open about enjoying it (it's a compulsive game. Even when using both hands). That being said, I've had to stop myself buying the 360 sequel, on the basis of the many negative reviews of it. I fear that one day, however, I shall give in, and have a real reason to be ashamed.

Mad Maestro! for the PS2. Everyone I hang out with loves rhythm games but anytime I try to pop in this old gem I get shot down.

No. Halo's okay. Enjoying it is your perogative.

THUG 2. I don't get why I like it. I should hate it as passionately as I hate Guitar Hero 3 (with its slutty character designs, sleasy, cluttered and stupid level designs and poor songlist, containing maybe 10 good songs, including Before I Forget and Cult Of Personality) and its about as stupid as a game can get.

King's Bounty for genesis, as a kid i rented it every week (cause i got to rent one game a week), and to this day still throw down for a few hours every now and then.

Sigh. Harvest Moon. Planting...talking to digital chicks... so addictive.

Adventure Quest.... im so ashamed....

Sims 2.....I just love making people and pretending I'm a God now and then.

EntropicWit:
Spyro 1-3, Echo the Dolphin, Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon red and blue, and...actually I'm kind of proud of it: Oregon Trail.

Phear teh cute. It sucks you in.

Hey! What's wrong with Oregon Trail? I would barely refer to the game as "cute."

As for myself... I actually take a lot of crap for liking the No One Lives Forever games, though I talk about and defend them so it's hardly a secret. Actually, the only thing I've ever kept secret is my copy of Deus Ex: Invisible War. I hate the game but I don't want to just, you know, throw it away either.

Mine is probably Okami. This is a conversation I had with one of my friends about it:

"So what's this new game you got like?"
"Well, you play as the sun goddess of ancient Japanese mythology in the form of a wolf."
"...cool... um, so you can probably pwn the bad guys pretty well since you're a god."
"Well, yeah, but mostly you draw stuff with an ink brush."
"....."

Startopia

When I was tired of crappy games I'd install Startopia again and play the sandbox mode until the whole station was full of crap; maybe I should step back one day and look deeper into their formula because it worked for me. Too bad it was a sleeper, I think everyone should try the game.

I played alot of the Elder Scrolls games, Homeworld, Unreal Tournament, and Total Annihilation, but those are regarded as good games. I'd play Pokemon if an RPG came out on the Wii.

When I was young it was Harvest Moon for the SNES, kinda awkward playing it around someone and they go "So uh... You plant potatoes?" and then getting into it and talking about how you take care of livestock and get married and how all of that works... I always married the blacksmith chick.

But now it's Sims 2, I was never ashamed of playing Harvest Moon but Sims 2 actually gives me a fine measure of shame right up you-know-where.

I have 3 games.
Grandia for the Playstation.

Super baseball 2020 for super nintendo. I have a wii and Xbox 360 and i throw this in at least 3 times a week.

and Lords of the relm for the PC. love it

Hm... I'd say DnD. Not the console versions, the actual tabletop game. It's just so awesome!

Oh, and Star Fox: Assault, which wouldn't be a bad thing until you consider the reason why I play it.

*Hint: See my avvie.*

Champions of Norrath. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. I'm trying to drum up the resolve to spend the significant amount of money needed to buy Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2. Reason has prevailed for now, but how long can it last?

I'm into The Sims and Harvest Moon (the girls' version, natch), but I have two X chromosomes so I feel slightly less shame than I might there. Similarly, the fact that I enjoyed the crap out of FFX-2 I blame on the fact that I would still volunteer to be a Sailor Scout if you asked me.

Also about a year of my life, some distant bunch of years in the past, essentially WAS EverQuest.