Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Bad Day L.A.

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
2.8
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
2.8
1 Ratings
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
21
10
Rate This

Rate This

2.7/10
IGN

Initial release date
  
2006

Platforms
  
Microsoft Windows, Xbox


Mode(s)
  
Single-player

Designer
  
American McGee

Bad Day L.A. American McGee presents Bad Day LA 2006 Windows box cover art

Release date(s)
  
NA: September 6, 2006 AU: October 27, 2006 EU: November 24, 2006

Developers
  
Enlight Software, Aspyr Media, The Mauretania Import Export Company

Genres
  
Action-adventure game, Third-person shooter

Publishers
  
Enlight Software, Aspyr Media

Similar
  
American McGee games, Action-adventure games

American mcgee presents bad day l a all cutscenes


American McGee presents: Bad Day L.A. (Chinese: 洛城大灾难; pinyin: Luò Chéng Dà Zāinàn) is a 2006 third-person action video game by American McGee. Players assume the role of Anthony Willams, a former Hollywood agent turned homeless man in Los Angeles. During this time LA is ravaged by both natural and man-made disasters. Anthony only wishes to save himself, though through the course of the story he becomes an unwilling savior. The game's attempted tone is one of political satire, targeting all spectra of politics.

Contents

Bad Day L.A. Bad Day LA PC Screenshot 214264

The game was featured in the film Half Nelson months before its release. Both deal with themes of urban decay.

Bad Day L.A. American McGee39s Bad Day LA gameplay YouTube

While the game was set for world release on September 6, 2006, it first saw the light of day as part of the 9/2006 issue (released at the end of August 2006) of the Polish video game magazine CD-Action.

Bad Day L.A. httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenbb3Bad

Good old games american mcgee presents bad day l a gameplay


Characters

Bad Day L.A. Bad Day LA Review IGN

  • Anthony Williams: The protagonist, a homeless man and former Hollywood agent forced into being an unwilling savior.
  • The Sick Kid: Exposed to a biological agent, Anthony must get him to the doctor, though he takes his time about it.
  • Juan the Yard-worker: A Mexican yard worker with amnesia and a chainsaw.
  • Beverly of Beverly Hills: More or less a clone of Paris Hilton obsessed with fashion, nails and getting to Hawaii.
  • The Sergeant: A dedicated soldier full of George W. Bush quotes, an unending cache of grenades, and a missing arm.
  • Reception

    The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.

    Bad Day L.A. Bad Day LA Xbox IGN

    GameSpot gave it a 3 out of 10, and called it "an abject failure" and a "spectacular failure in almost every facet of its execution". IGN gave it a 2.7, saying that "it's terrible". G4's X-Play gave it their lowest rating, a 1 out of 5, and also gave it a "Golden Mullet Award" for the year of 2006. PC Gamer gave it a 20%, saying it was "so tasteless that I wanted to scrub myself with Lysol after getting up from the computer" and "being a bad Postal clone". GameSpy "awarded" the title the "Coaster of the Year" award for 2006. GamesRadar awarded it the "collateral damage" award for the Anti-Game Of The Year claiming that it seemed to be "designed to end up on this list. If so... congratulations, guys, you did it!" But the game lost the award to Sonic The Hedgehog as that was apparently "the most disappointing" rather than "the absolute worst game of the year." Ben Croshaw of Zero Punctuation briefly described it as "fondly remembered alongside botched prostate surgery." GamesRadar ranked it as the 25th worst game ever made.

    Bad Day L.A. Bad Day LA IGN

    References

    Bad Day L.A. Wikipedia