Bram Stoker’s Dracula
According to its page on “Crappy Games Wiki,” the 1993 SNES and Genesis game Bram Stoker’s Dracula is ass for eight reasons. The general sentiment boils down to this bog-standard platformer’s levels being unbalanced, mindless, and lacking in artistry.
That last point is especially shameful. The game is meant to be based on Francis Ford Coppola’s sensually gothic 1992 movie rather than Bram Stoker’s actual 1897 book (which is still pretty sensual). But in the developers’ defense, it must be difficult to make a Genesis game seem luxuriously hedonistic.
What critics said: A Classic Games review gives Bram Stoker’s Dracula an apathetic five-out-of-10, saying, “Dracula could have been good but is another bad licensed title. They should have made a Castlevania clone, license be damned.”
