Worst Games of the year

[zombieshark6666]

Final Fantasy XIII.

Seriously, they're making their games shitty on purpose!

I hate to break it to you, but FFXIII came out March last year.

XIII-2, then.

What? It's gonna be released in Japan on December 15 of this year, it counts!

But the formula is going to be vastly improved!

I nominate Call of Juarez: The Cartel

Judging from the Extra Credits and the Giant Bomb Quick Look, this game is probably the Kane & Lynch 2 Dog Days of this year. Ugly graphics, terrible shooting, cutscenes while you're getting beat up, sloppy subtitles, unfinished menus (seriously, look it up), plus the alleged disinformation about Mexico.

The demos for DNF (pretty bad) and Bodycount (flackung horrendous) were the worst things I actually played this year.

 

[ubersyanyde]

Brink... oh lord, Brink.

On paper it was meant to be the game that would finally punch Infinity Ward in the face and tell them what a REAL FPS was meant to be like. Unfortunately Splash Damage seemed to have forgotten what they were doing since they announced the game and sat on their arses until they released an unfinished mess that barely resembled the masterpiece it was meant to be.

However I'd still recommend it more than MW3. The game industry has apparently forgot what the word innovation means.

 

[Pearwood]

My worst game of the year? Definately Dungeon Siege 2.

I assume you meant 3 I really liked DS3 personally, although it is very different from the others and I can see why some people can't stand it. A lot more streamlined than the others so you don't have to worry about a massive party or inventory management, I personally thought it worked.

For me it'd be the Playstation Move party game pack. I didn't look that closely at what I was buying, thought I was getting the PS3 version of Wii Sports. I guess it could be fun if you were about 12 and were having some friends over but I wanted the sports one...

 

[EmperorSubcutaneous]

Know it hasn't been released yet, but I've played SW:TOR beta, just a rip off everything memorable from the movies (new and old) like ship and character designs. Few original ideas have been implemented; they are even push the "loving someone will lead to the dark side" angle, kind of surprised I didn't hear midichlorians (?) or a Jar Jar rip off in there.

Honestly, that's all they're allowed to do. LucasArts gets really, really fussy when people try to add anything that George didn't already do first. And just like with most Bioware games, the premise isn't all that original and the gameplay is weak, but it's the details that set it apart. (In this case, I think it's one of their weakest games that still settles in at "above average," unlike Dragon Age 2. And some of the class storylines--Imperial Agent and Trooper--are superb, while others--Jedi Knight and Jedi Consular--are dreadful.)

On topic: I haven't played many games this year but of the ones I have, I'd say Dragon Age 2.

Also, your friend needs to understand that adding dirty words doesn't add instant funny. That blog made me cringe.

 

[Frostbite3789]

Snip

If you found just about anything you did in SR3 realistic, I either have questions about your grip on reality, or envy the clearly exciting life that you live.

 

[Westaway]

Brink. Just Brink. Never again. Never again...

 

[willis888]

Mass Effect 2
The Witcher 2
Battlefield 3

They're all pretty bad, but at least I was able to struggle through the QTE that is BF3. I was bored of ME2 by the 3rd mission, and just said "no" when I stumbled and missteped my way to the first ridiculous button-mashing mini-game in TW2.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

I tend to not buy games that I know will be bad, but I did play the demo of Dragon Age 2, and it was even worse than the first one, which is saying A LOT.

As for Homefront, Brink, Red Faction Armageddon, and Duke Nukem Forever, I loved all those, especially the last two.

 

[natster43]

Personally, Mavel Vs Capcom 3. Disappointing, small, and obsolete less than a year later. Also Thanks Capcom for thinking it was more important to remake this than anything related to Megaman.
That or Duke Nukem Forever. When a game isn't fun or engaging at all, that game has failed at it's purpose.

 

[ZombieMonkey7]

Well I never played any genuinely really bad games this year, but Dragon age 2 and Dead island sucked so much balls (haven't played duke nukem)

 

[The Wykydtron]

I tend to instantly forget bad games until someone brings them up again. Maybe it's a self defence mechanism?

Anyway, MW3 at least gets a mention. They basically said "alright CoD maps are usually small right? Why don't we take that to the absolute extreme and make every map smaller than Phoenix's life bar?" (UMVC reference)

Terribad idea guys. Don't even get me started on the reduced FoV...

Though i will begrudgingly say that the Campaign actually managed to keep up decent pacing. Congrats IW and Sledgey, you knocked BO out of the ball park with that one!

Even if all the English people occasionaly slip into American-English when they're not being overly "English."

 

[John Funchion]

3. Marvel vs. Capcom 3: not to say it was programmed poorly, but it was disappointing to say the least
2. Duke Nukem Forever: IT GAVE MY COMPUTER LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG, and the graphics look like shit!
1. MindJack: Hoo, where do I start, grey graphics, dismal appeal, awful story, unlikeable characters, poor programing, a glitch every 2 seconds. So basically, 2011's Two Worlds.

 

[John Funchion]

3. Marvel vs. Capcom 3: not to say it was programmed poorly, but it was disappointing to say the least
2. Duke Nukem Forever: IT GAVE MY COMPUTER LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG, and the graphics look like shit!
1. MindJack: Hoo, where do I start, grey graphics, dismal appeal, awful story, unlikeable characters, poor programing, a glitch every 2 seconds. So basically, 2011's Two Worlds.

 

[blokrokker]

runner up: Duke Nukem Forever
Worst: Saints Row 3. We KNEW DNF would suck. This one just LIED to us

Did you play Saints Row the Third on the PC? How? I can't get it to run, I don't even know if it sucks, I just want to know if my $60 preorder was worth it in the slightest.

 

[idarkphoenixi]

I'm suprised I havn't seen Duke Nuken Forever being mentioned more. Honestly, how can you get worse than a game which looks like it belongs on previous generation consoles?
Not to mention the bugs, insane loading times, bad story, offensive humour...

 

[NinjaTigerXIII]

Woh woh woh, I know your entitled to your opinion, but how were Deus Ex Human Revolution and 40k Space Marine bad? Deus ex was a beautifuly deep game that was really rewarding and 40k space marine was exactly what it promised, a bloody third persons shooter, a really well done one at that.