Cameraman's Day Off

A compilation of downright awful cameras. Suggestions are welcome!

Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Sunshine
Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry
Me & My Katamari
Me & My Katamari
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64
Everything from here on are suggestions from the comments.
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Earthworm Jim 3D
Earthworm Jim 3D
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6
Bubsy 3D
Bubsy 3D
Bayonetta 3
Bayonetta 3
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Castleween
Castleween
MediEvil 2
MediEvil 2
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure
Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter
Nocturne
Nocturne
Epic Mickey
Epic Mickey
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Tails Adventure
Tails Adventure
Pokémon X
Pokémon X
Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs
Jet Set Radio
Jet Set Radio
Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Frontiers
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
Armored Core
Armored Core
Bomber Bother
Bomber Bother

32 Comments


21 days ago

Mario 64's camera was revolutionary but it also still sucked and i hated controlling it

21 days ago

i have major problems with the camera in tomb raider underworld

21 days ago

Earthworm Jim 3D's camera was sent here by the devil. it is a device of some hellish miscreation.

21 days ago

feeling the pain of Kingdom Hearts' camera rn
Silent Hill 2's is notoriously difficult to grasp
I'm playing the enhanced edition, but even with the improved camera its still a pain, and my condolences for the people who played the original

Resident Evil 6 also has an awful camera which made me feel really motion sick for several hours and has a lot of camera bugs, so that's also a good contender

21 days ago

It's low hanging fruit, but Bubsy 3D has my favorite camera in the history of video games, it follows right behind you like a racing game, but if you get hit by anything it decides to swing around to show you Bubsy's overly-designed and polygon'd up face EVERY single time.

They loved their work so much, they couldn't help but let the player know how good Bubsy's face looked every single time they fucked up. It's marvelous.

21 days ago

Bayonetta 3 was almost unbearable

21 days ago

I found Wind Waker's camera to be pretty annoying

21 days ago

Shadow of the Colossus’s camera isn’t that bad

21 days ago

@Teshena It's a subjective list, there's no "true" right or wrong. I personally didn't like how Shadow of the Colossus' camera handled, so it's on here.

21 days ago

I have never experienced a worse fixed camera than that of Castleween. I was almost impressed how they somehow chose the worst angle for every situation imaginable.

21 days ago

Maybe not necessarily worst, but it was very surprising to me that MediEvil 2’s camera is significantly worse than the first despite giving you complete control of the right stick as opposed to just using L2/R2.

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13 days ago

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12 days ago

Sonic Adventure my beloved!

12 days ago

If multiple games from one series is OK for the list, I feel like Monster Hunter 1's camera is probably the worst one in the franchise. Not only do you have to use The Claw for it, it tends to get stuck everywhere, including super small things like branches. It also likes to get kinda "cinematic" at times in the worst ways possible, which makes Forest and Hills' area 9 one of the worst areas in any 3D game I ever played lmao

12 days ago

i can pretend i don't see SMS on here but seriously when is it ever a problem in wind waker

12 days ago

I love Nocturne (the Terminal Reality one) but I will not pretend the fixed angles in that are good for a moment

12 days ago

Epic Mickey 1 and 2

12 days ago

Vehemently disagree with some of these, but you included Sonic Adventure so all is forgiven.
@essemkato ask the person that recommended it, not Lem

12 days ago

@NOWITSREYNTIME17 don't tell me what to do

12 days ago

Bubsy 3d is a Masterpiece.
Sounds more like a skill problem to me.

12 days ago

I dont know what the issue with Silent Hill 2 camera is. Most of the time it just sits in a fixed position anyway or you just a press a button and it gets locked behind James. Its not something you ever have to worry about.

12 days ago

I feel like this list could use more 2D games.

Tails Adventure belongs in here.

12 days ago

Accurate.

11 days ago

I hope that whoever at Square mapped the Kingdom Hearts camera control to L2 and R2 got fired on the spot
pokemon x and y has the mythically awful lumiose city camera of course

11 days ago

Watch Dogs game me more motion sickness than gameplay

11 days ago

The camera in Jet Set Radio and Sonic Frontiers make me want to die, which they frequently assist me with.

11 days ago

My main suggestion for this would have to be The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard. Unlike all of the other Elder Scrolls game it’s a third person Tomb Raider clone that’s PC exclusive. But the game doesn’t have mouse support, so you can’t adjust at all and the auto camera is absolutely terrible and constantly gets stuck on the environment.


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