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'''Eurojank''' is a loosely-defined [[video game]] sub-genre that is generally classified as AA or budget titles that are extremely [[Unrealistic expectations|overambitious]] in scope and rife with game-breaking bugs and glitches. Most games that are classified as "Eurojank" are extremely over-complicated [[GTA|open world]] or [[Castlevania|non-linear]] action [[RPG]]s that are developed in [[Detroit|third world hellholes]] such as [[Poland]], [[Germany]], [[France|Frogistan]], and the [[Soviet Union]].
[[File:Eurojank2077.jpg|thumb|[[Cyberpunk 2077]] is known as the Eurojank of all time.]]
 
'''Eurojank''' is a loosely-defined [[video game]] sub-genre that is generally classified as AA or budget titles that are extremely [[Unrealistic expectations|overambitious]] in scope and rife with game-breaking bugs and glitches. Most games that are classified as "''Eurojank''" are extremely over-complicated [[GTA|open world]] or [[Castlevania|non-linear]] action [[RPG]]s that are developed in [[Detroit|third world hellholes]] such as [[Poland]], [[Germany]], [[France|Frogistan]], and the [[Soviet Union]].


Eurojank made by [[slavs]] is sometimes referred to as '''Slavclunk''' while Eurojank made by [[Americunts]] is referred to as '''[[Bethesda Softworks]]'''.
Eurojank made by [[slavs]] is sometimes referred to as '''Slavclunk''' while Eurojank made by [[Americunts]] is referred to as '''[[Bethesda Softworks]]'''.


== Identifying Eurojank ==
== Identifying Eurojank ==
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* Are the graphics two or more console generations behind?
* Are the graphics two or more console generations behind?
* Is it a third-person action RPG or a first-person shooter with tacked on [[RPG elements]] like stat progression and [[perks]]?
* Is it a third-person action RPG or a first-person shooter with tacked on [[RPG elements]] like stat progression and [[perks]]?
* Is it overly ambitious?
* Is the combat extremely clunky and/or obtuse?
* Is it open world or non-linear?
* Is it [[Unrealistic expectations|overly ambitious]]?
* Is it [[open world]] or non-linear?
* Do player choices actually have consequences?
* Do player choices actually have consequences?
* Is the game hard as balls and does it avoid holding your hand?
* Is the game hard as balls and does it avoid holding your hand?
* If you wander a few feet away from the starting area will you be murdered by level 70 dinosaurs?
* If you wander a few feet away from the starting area will you be murdered by level 70 dinosaurs?
* Is the end product a bug-filled mess?
* Is the end product a [[Bethesda Softworks|bug-filled mess]]?
* Can the enemy A.I. or game mechanics be easily exploited to make the game far easier than intended?
* Can the enemy A.I. or game mechanics be easily [[Oh exploitable|exploited]] to make the game far easier than intended?
* Is there a day/night cycle?
* Is there a day/night cycle?
* Is it actually somewhat fun to play?
* Is it actually somewhat fun to play?
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* Was it made by an [[ED]] user?
* Was it made by an [[ED]] user?


If you answered "yes" to more than half of these questions, then it is probably Eurojank.


== List of Eurojank ==
If you answered "yes" to more than half of these questions, then you're probably playing Eurojank.


* '''CD Projekt Red'''
== List of Slavclunk==
 
[[File:TwoWorlds.jpg|thumb|250px|Two Worlds was marketed as an Oblivion-killer but ended up being one of the most hilariously broken games of all time.]]
 
* '''CD Projekt Red''' 🇵🇱
** [[The Witcher]] (2007)
** [[The Witcher]] (2007)
** The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (2011)
** The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (2011)
** The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)
** The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)
** [[Cyberpunk 2077|Eurojank 2077]] (2020)
** [[Cyberpunk 2077]] (2020)
 
* '''Larian Studios'''
** Divinity II: Ego Draconis (2009)


* '''Teyon'''
* '''Teyon''' 🇵🇱
** [[Terminator|Terminator: Resistance]] (2019)
** [[Terminator|Terminator: Resistance]] (2019)
** [[RoboCop|RoboCop: Rogue City]] (2023)


* '''TaleWorlds'''
* '''Warhorse Studios''' 🇨🇿
** Mount & Blade (2008)
** Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (2020)
 
* '''Warhorse Studios'''
** Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018)
** Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018)
** Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2024)


* '''Spiders'''
* '''Reality Pump''' 🇵🇱
** Mars: War Logs (2013)
** Bound by Flame (2014)
** The Technomancer (2016)
** GreedFall (2019)
** SteelRising (TBA)
 
* '''Reality Pump'''
** Two Worlds (2007)
** Two Worlds (2007)
** Two Worlds II (2010)
** Two Worlds II (2010)
** Raven's Cry (2015)
** Raven's Cry (2015)
** Two Worlds III (2025/2026)


* '''Techland'''
* '''Techland''' 🇵🇱
** Dead Island (2011)
** Dead Island (2011)
** Dead Island: Riptide (2013)
** Dead Island: Riptide (2013)
** Dying Light (2015)
** Dying Light (2015)
** Dying Light 2: Stay Human (2021)
** Dying Light 2: Stay Human (2022)


* '''Piranha Bytes'''
* '''GSC Game World''' 🇺🇦
** [[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl]] (2007)
** S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (2008)
** S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2009)
** S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl (2022)
 
* '''4A Games''' 🇺🇦
** Metro 2033 (2010)
** Metro Last Light (2013)
** Metro Exodus (2019)
 
* '''The Farm 51''' 🇵🇱
** Chernobylite (2019)
 
*'''Ice-Pick Lodge''' 🇷🇺
** Pathologic (2005)
** Pathologic 2 (2019)
 
* '''Media Art''' 🇷🇺
** Neuro Hunter (2005)
 
* '''City Interactive''' 🇵🇱
** Sniper: Art of Victory (2008)
** Sniper: Ghost Warrior (2010)
** Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (2013)
** Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 (2017)
** Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts (2019)
** Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 (2021)
 
* '''Mandel ArtPlains/Digital Spray Studios''' 🇺🇦
** You Are Empty (2006)
 
* '''Mundfish''' 🇷🇺
** Atomic Heart (2023)
 
* '''Archangel Studios''' 🇷🇸
** Bleak Faith: Forsaken (2023)
 
==  List of Other Eurojank ==
 
* '''Larian Studios''' 🇧🇪
** Divinity II: Ego Draconis (2009)
 
* '''TaleWorlds''' 🇹🇷
** Mount & Blade (2008)
** Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (2020)
 
* '''Spiders''' 🇫🇷
** Mars: War Logs (2013)
** Bound by Flame (2014)
** The Technomancer (2016)
** GreedFall (2019)
** SteelRising (2022)
 
* '''Piranha Bytes''' 🇩🇪
** Gothic (2001)
** Gothic (2001)
** Gothic 2 (2002)
** Gothic 2 (2002)
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** Risen 3: Titan Lords (2014)
** Risen 3: Titan Lords (2014)
** [[Elex]] (2017)
** [[Elex]] (2017)
** Elex II (2021/2022)
** Elex II (2022)
 
* '''Spellbound''' 🇩🇪
** ArcaniA: Gothic 4 (2010)


* '''Streum On Studio'''
* '''Streum On Studio''' 🇫🇷
** E.Ψ.Ǝ: Divine Cybermancy (2011)
** E.Ψ.Ǝ: Divine Cybermancy (2011)


* '''Arkane'''
* '''Arkane''' 🇫🇷
** Arx Fatalis (2002)
** Arx Fatalis (2002)
** Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (2006)
** Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (2006)


* '''Hello Games'''
* '''Hello Games''' 🇬🇧
** [[No Man's Sky]] (2016)
** [[No Man's Sky]] (2016)


* '''GSC Game World'''
* '''Deck13''' 🇩🇪
** S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)
** The Surge (2017)
** S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (2008)
** The Surge 2 (2019)
** S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2009)
 
** S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl (2022)
* '''Black Forest Games''' 🇩🇪
** Fade to Silence (2019)
 
* '''Systemic Reaction/Avalanche Studios''' 🇸🇪
** Generation Zero (2019)
 
* '''Experiment 101''' 🇸🇪🦊
** Biomutant (2021)
 
* '''Gremlin Interactive''' 🇬🇧
** Soulbringer (2000)
 
* '''Dambuster Studios''' 🇬🇧
** Homefront: The Revolution (2016)
** Dead Island 2 (2023)
 
* '''Dontnod''' 🇫🇷
** [[Vampyre|Vampyr]] (2018)


* '''The Farm 51'''
* '''Delphine Software International''' 🇫🇷
** Chernobylite
** Darkstone: Evil Reigns (1999)


*'''Ice-Pick Lodge'''
* '''Appeal''' 🇧🇪
** Pathologic (2005)
** Outcast (1999)
** Pathologic 2 (2019)
** Outcast: Second Contact (2017)
** Outcast: A New Beginning (2024)


* <s>'''Hardsuit Labs''' 🇺🇸</s> lol fired and replaced by the Brits at '''The Chinese Room''' 🇬🇧
** Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (2024)


== List of Yankjank ==
== List of Yankjank ==


* '''Bethesda'''
* '''Bethesda''' 🇺🇸
** The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994)
** The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994)
** The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996)
** The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996)
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** [[Fallout: Shadow of Boston]] (2015)
** [[Fallout: Shadow of Boston]] (2015)
** [[Fallout 76]] (2018)
** [[Fallout 76]] (2018)
** Starfield (2022)
** [[Starfield]] (2022)
 
* '''Ion Storm''' 🇺🇸
**[[Deus Ex]]


* '''Troika'''
* '''Troika''' 🇺🇸
** Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004)
** Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004)


* '''Otherside'''
* '''Otherside''' 🇺🇸
** Underworld Ascendant (2018)
** Underworld Ascendant (2018)


== List of Canajank ==
* '''Terminal Reality''' 🇺🇸
** [[The Walking Dead|The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct]] (2013)
 
* '''Obsidian''' 🇺🇸
** Alpha Protocol (2010)
** [[Fallout: New Vegas]] (2010)
** [[The Outer Worlds]] (2019)
** The Outer Worlds 2 (TBA)
** Avowed (2025)


* '''BioWare'''
* '''BioWare''' 🇨🇦
** [[Mass Effect: Andromeda]]
** [[Mass Effect: Andromeda]] (2017)


* '''Compulsion Games'''
* '''Compulsion Games''' 🇨🇦
** We Happy Few (2018)
** We Happy Few (2018)


* '''Nine Dots'''
* '''Nine Dots''' 🇨🇦
** Outward (2019)
** Outward (2019)


== List of Japjank ==
== List of Japjank ==


* '''FromSoftware'''
[[File:ShadowTower.png|thumb|250px|FromSoftware is known for producing high-quality jank.]]
[[File:MetroidJank.png|thumb|250px|[[Nintendo]]'s [[Metroid]] was made out of 100% jank.]]
 
* '''FromSoftware''' 🇯🇵
** King's Field (1994)
** King's Field (1994)
** King's Field II (1995)
** King's Field II (1995)
** King's Field III (1996)
** King's Field III (1996)
** Shadow Tower (1998)
** Shadow Tower (1998)
** Sword of Moonlight: King's Field Making Tool (2000)
** Eternal Ring (2000)
** Eternal Ring (2000)
** King's Field IV (2001)
** King's Field IV (2001)
** Shadow Tower: Abyss (2003)
** Shadow Tower: Abyss (2003)
** Demon's Souls (2009)
** Dark Souls (2011)
** Dark Souls II (2014)
** Bloodborne (2015)
** Dark Souls III (2016)
** Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019)
** Elden Ring (2022)


* '''Nintendo'''
* '''Nintendo''' 🇯🇵
** [[Metroid]] - 1986
** [[Metroid]] (1986)
** Kid Icarus - 1986
** Kid Icarus (1986)
** Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987)
 
* '''Konami''' 🇯🇵
** Vampire Killer (1986)
** Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (1987)


* '''SquareSoft'''
* '''SquareSoft''' 🇯🇵
** Parasite Eve (1998)
** Parasite Eve (1998)
** Parasite Eve II (1999)
** Vagrant Story (2000)
** Vagrant Story (2000)
* '''Pack-In-Video''' 🇯🇵
** Rambo (1987)
* '''Infinity''' 🇯🇵
** The Battle of Olympus (1988)
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== List of Aussiejank ==
== List of Aussiejank ==


* '''Beam Software'''
* '''Beam Software''' 🇦🇺
** Shadowrun (1993)
** Shadowrun (1993)
== List of Fur-o-jank ==
* '''Experiment 101'''
** Biomutant (2021)


== List of Saudisuck ==
== List of Saudisuck ==


* '''Moving Dimensions'''
* '''Moving Dimensions''' 🐫
** Abo Khashem (2018)
** Abo Khashem (2018)


== See Also ==
== See Also ==


* [[RPG Elements]]
* [[Bethesda|Amerijank]]
* [[Bethesda|Amerijank]]


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Latest revision as of 19:00, 12 August 2024

Cyberpunk 2077 is known as the Eurojank of all time.

Eurojank is a loosely-defined video game sub-genre that is generally classified as AA or budget titles that are extremely overambitious in scope and rife with game-breaking bugs and glitches. Most games that are classified as "Eurojank" are extremely over-complicated open world or non-linear action RPGs that are developed in third world hellholes such as Poland, Germany, Frogistan, and the Soviet Union.

Eurojank made by slavs is sometimes referred to as Slavclunk while Eurojank made by Americunts is referred to as Bethesda Softworks.

Identifying Eurojank

  • Is it 3D?
  • Are the graphics two or more console generations behind?
  • Is it a third-person action RPG or a first-person shooter with tacked on RPG elements like stat progression and perks?
  • Is the combat extremely clunky and/or obtuse?
  • Is it overly ambitious?
  • Is it open world or non-linear?
  • Do player choices actually have consequences?
  • Is the game hard as balls and does it avoid holding your hand?
  • If you wander a few feet away from the starting area will you be murdered by level 70 dinosaurs?
  • Is the end product a bug-filled mess?
  • Can the enemy A.I. or game mechanics be easily exploited to make the game far easier than intended?
  • Is there a day/night cycle?
  • Is it actually somewhat fun to play?
  • Does the voice-acting sound like it was done by homeless people who wanted to make a quick buck?
  • Does it have a shit-ton of stupid lore?
  • Is it based on a little known series of books by some obscure author that literally noone has heard of?
  • Was it made by an ED user?


If you answered "yes" to more than half of these questions, then you're probably playing Eurojank.

List of Slavclunk

Two Worlds was marketed as an Oblivion-killer but ended up being one of the most hilariously broken games of all time.
  • CD Projekt Red 🇵🇱
  • Warhorse Studios 🇨🇿
    • Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018)
    • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2024)
  • Reality Pump 🇵🇱
    • Two Worlds (2007)
    • Two Worlds II (2010)
    • Raven's Cry (2015)
    • Two Worlds III (2025/2026)
  • Techland 🇵🇱
    • Dead Island (2011)
    • Dead Island: Riptide (2013)
    • Dying Light (2015)
    • Dying Light 2: Stay Human (2022)
  • GSC Game World 🇺🇦
  • 4A Games 🇺🇦
    • Metro 2033 (2010)
    • Metro Last Light (2013)
    • Metro Exodus (2019)
  • The Farm 51 🇵🇱
    • Chernobylite (2019)
  • Ice-Pick Lodge 🇷🇺
    • Pathologic (2005)
    • Pathologic 2 (2019)
  • Media Art 🇷🇺
    • Neuro Hunter (2005)
  • City Interactive 🇵🇱
    • Sniper: Art of Victory (2008)
    • Sniper: Ghost Warrior (2010)
    • Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (2013)
    • Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 (2017)
    • Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts (2019)
    • Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 (2021)
  • Mandel ArtPlains/Digital Spray Studios 🇺🇦
    • You Are Empty (2006)
  • Mundfish 🇷🇺
    • Atomic Heart (2023)
  • Archangel Studios 🇷🇸
    • Bleak Faith: Forsaken (2023)

List of Other Eurojank

  • Larian Studios 🇧🇪
    • Divinity II: Ego Draconis (2009)
  • TaleWorlds 🇹🇷
    • Mount & Blade (2008)
    • Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (2020)
  • Spiders 🇫🇷
    • Mars: War Logs (2013)
    • Bound by Flame (2014)
    • The Technomancer (2016)
    • GreedFall (2019)
    • SteelRising (2022)
  • Piranha Bytes 🇩🇪
    • Gothic (2001)
    • Gothic 2 (2002)
    • Gothic 3 (2006)
    • Risen (2009)
    • Risen 2: Dark Waters (2012)
    • Risen 3: Titan Lords (2014)
    • Elex (2017)
    • Elex II (2022)
  • Spellbound 🇩🇪
    • ArcaniA: Gothic 4 (2010)
  • Streum On Studio 🇫🇷
    • E.Ψ.Ǝ: Divine Cybermancy (2011)
  • Arkane 🇫🇷
    • Arx Fatalis (2002)
    • Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (2006)
  • Deck13 🇩🇪
    • The Surge (2017)
    • The Surge 2 (2019)
  • Black Forest Games 🇩🇪
    • Fade to Silence (2019)
  • Systemic Reaction/Avalanche Studios 🇸🇪
    • Generation Zero (2019)
  • Experiment 101 🇸🇪🦊
    • Biomutant (2021)
  • Gremlin Interactive 🇬🇧
    • Soulbringer (2000)
  • Dambuster Studios 🇬🇧
    • Homefront: The Revolution (2016)
    • Dead Island 2 (2023)
  • Dontnod 🇫🇷
  • Delphine Software International 🇫🇷
    • Darkstone: Evil Reigns (1999)
  • Appeal 🇧🇪
    • Outcast (1999)
    • Outcast: Second Contact (2017)
    • Outcast: A New Beginning (2024)
  • Hardsuit Labs 🇺🇸 lol fired and replaced by the Brits at The Chinese Room 🇬🇧
    • Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (2024)

List of Yankjank

  • Troika 🇺🇸
    • Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004)
  • Otherside 🇺🇸
    • Underworld Ascendant (2018)
  • Compulsion Games 🇨🇦
    • We Happy Few (2018)
  • Nine Dots 🇨🇦
    • Outward (2019)

List of Japjank

FromSoftware is known for producing high-quality jank.
Nintendo's Metroid was made out of 100% jank.
  • FromSoftware 🇯🇵
    • King's Field (1994)
    • King's Field II (1995)
    • King's Field III (1996)
    • Shadow Tower (1998)
    • Sword of Moonlight: King's Field Making Tool (2000)
    • Eternal Ring (2000)
    • King's Field IV (2001)
    • Shadow Tower: Abyss (2003)
  • Nintendo 🇯🇵
    • Metroid (1986)
    • Kid Icarus (1986)
    • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987)
  • Konami 🇯🇵
    • Vampire Killer (1986)
    • Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (1987)
  • SquareSoft 🇯🇵
    • Parasite Eve (1998)
    • Parasite Eve II (1999)
    • Vagrant Story (2000)
  • Pack-In-Video 🇯🇵
    • Rambo (1987)
  • Infinity 🇯🇵
    • The Battle of Olympus (1988)

List of Aussiejank

  • Beam Software 🇦🇺
    • Shadowrun (1993)

List of Saudisuck

  • Moving Dimensions 🐫
    • Abo Khashem (2018)

See Also

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