While getting decent reviews when released, the game gained largely negative retrospective reviews, with reviewers criticizing bad graphics, confusing gameplay, and poor use of the characters and setting.

Retrieved September 21, Future US, Inc. Archived from the original on April 7, Digital Trends. The game was heavily panned due to its monetization practices. March Street Fighter 2 had been around for years before this came out and the quality gulf between SF and this is vast. February 2, Seriously, we know he's a cyborg and all, but a little personality outside of a foul mouth and disrespecting women would've been great. Over the next few years, IDC predicts that sales of desktop and tablet devices will take a sharp dive, with shipments of the latter falling 7.

The gameplay of Power Gig was criticized for being nearly identical to its competitors, even with its dedicated guitar which only enabled the addition of basic, two-note power chords to songs , and for making little effort in providing any education on the instrument's fundamentals in contrast to the similar "Pro Guitar" modes of its launch competitor Rock Band 3. July 2, Retrieved May 24, Retrieved May 22, The Telegraph. See comments. See also: Atari video game burial. Retrieved February 8,

Archived from the original on June 15, Bethesda rebooted the project with Rebellion Developments taking over development. Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust , the eighth installment in the Leisure Suit Larry adult-oriented adventure game franchise, was developed by Team17 , and published by Codemasters —who acquired the franchise's intellectual property from Activision Blizzard. The next main Sonic game, 's Unleashed , ignored the gritty and realistic tone of its predecessor. The game itself is pretty rotten too, but the musical number at the end has to be seen and heard to be believed. September 21, It was intended to serve as a reboot of the Dungeon Keeper series directed and designed by Peter Molyneux. PlayStation Magazine. See comments.

Originally planned to commemorate SEGA's mascots' 15th anniversary, Sonic turned out to represent the terrible monster the franchise had become. And the story is nonsense, performing numerous narrative backflips to squeeze as many fan-pleasing moments in as possible. Retrieved April 22, Well stick with Ryu Hayabusa in our Ninja Gaiden games. Bethesda rebooted the project with Rebellion Developments taking over development. BBC News. Archived from the original on October 11, If the litany of Sonic titles from the past ten years or so doesn't convince you, playing only an hour of Sonic will be reason enough to be wary of the character from now on. International Business Times. Retrieved August 11,

Players started noticing that its backgrounds were retouched screenshots from Oblivion and Thief, which led to further revelations of plagiarism. January 30, Martians is "obviously a parody, which sometimes gets close to being a satire " and is "halfway to becoming a trash icon of gaming industry for years". Let's face it, bad games are brilliant. Retrieved March 31, Eurogamer gave Lula 3D a 2 out of 10, jokingly declaring that its low quality and immature humor such as the "Bouncin' Boobs Technology" advertised on its packaging made the game feel like it was developed by and intended for year-old boys. Upon release Sushi-X of Electronic Gaming Monthly declared it "my first coaster award", and remarked, "Pretend your controller is filled with mud—this is how Bubsy plays. IDC says it expects the PC market to decline as businesses and consumers continue to deal with the economy uncertainty brought on by the pandemic. Retrieved March 20,

Particular criticism was directed towards discrepancies in the game's quality between pre-release builds demonstrated at events and in promotional materials—the former purporting to feature "actual gameplay", and the final product, including lower graphics quality, missing levels, and other regressions. However, the initial release of the game was met with poor reviews, with critics describing grind -heavy gameplay, poor controls, and a confusing user interface. The game received generally unfavorable reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. I hope the Hollywood B-listers that make up its cast were suitably ashamed. Talk about actual giant, steel-plated balls. Archived from the original on February 18, Archived from the original on March 22, A repetitive isometric shooter with braindead AI that is, ultimately, completely forgettable. No problem, right? Archived from the original on June 5,

Kotaku Australia. GameSpy gave The War Z a half-star out of five and considered it "a bad game that deserves all the controversy it's drawn", criticizing the broken state of the game and its use of microtransactions, but complimenting its overall atmosphere and far draw distance. Don't be fooled. And the characters just looked weird in 3D. Retrieved March 20, PC World. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer. Retrieved October 11,

Pray you never play this mess. Noid, One Step Beyond, Spot You deserved its scorn. Retrieved January 24, Archived from the original on February 1, He criticized its "generic, gritty brushed-metal-and-armor heroes". Superman was listed as the worst game of all time by GameTrailers, [4] the worst game on a Nintendo platform by Nintendo Power , [92] and as the worst video game adaptation of a comic book by both GameSpy and GameDaily. February 2, Retrieved May 7, Retrieved January 6,

Not even the cheap thrills can save Lula and her pals. You drag your mouse cursor over a bunch of out-of-work actors in ten-gallon hats and shoot them before they shoot you. Receive mail from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors? Retrieved November 12, November 17, The Daily Telegraph. The kind they keep in a padded cell to stop him picking fights with Batman. Jolt Online Gaming gave Lula 3D a 1. Archived from the original on February 16, If you have no qualms about pulling yourself off at the sight of dreadfully rendered computer characters shagging, then you need to check yourself in at your local therapy centre.

Archived from the original on August 10, Retrieved March 16, Retrieved October 12, Gaze upon them and repent! Eurogamer Network. December 14, Hotel Mario at its core is a platformer like other Mario games, but the comparisons end there. October 16,

July 2, Just add a bit of yellow saffron! Several promotional facets of Fallout 76 failed to meet original expectations. Retrieved April 17, Archived from the original on August 21, PC World. Despite a great soundtrack, the combat is plagued by poor animation, a lack of depth, and a wonky camera. Retrieved May 9,

Westport, Conn. Retrieved November 25, Future PLC. The real culprit here, though, is the fact that Sonic just isn't fun. We love alternative takes on our favorite franchises, but only when those new perspectives are done well and have some understanding of what makes the franchise popular. Retrieved September 25, Aside from classic gods and fantasy, games typically avoid religion in the name of an easy life. Hardcore Gaming Retrieved October 24,

Vox Media. Paramount Pictures faulted The Cradle of Life ' s lackluster box office performance on the poor critical reception the video game received from reviewers and fans. FlatOut 3 is just plain bad. Retrieved September 4, Nintendo Life. Retrieved April 22, Retrospective reviews of the game, however, have been negative, with the game facing criticism for unresponsive controls and the animation of closing doors. Archived from the original on April 7, Retrieved August 19,

March IDG Communications. Archived from the original on April 23, Announced in as a Grand Theft Auto -styled game set during the late s , the eventual release of Ride to Hell: Retribution in June was universally panned by critics. The best thing about all this craziness? The suit argued that these differences, along with a press embargo on publishing reviews of the final product until its release date, deceived those who pre-ordered the game based on the pre-release promotional materials, amounting to false advertising. The Ultimate History of Video Games. GameSpot gave the game a score of 2.

Based on the DC Comics character Batman , Batman: Dark Tomorrow received very negative reviews from critics for its confusing gameplay, repetitive mission modes, awkward camera angles, and the lack of Kevin Conroy 's and Mark Hamill 's voices. Retrieved June 29, Eurogamer Network. Ars Technica. Archived from the original on January 17, Retrieved October 25, Retrieved September 21, November 17, Retrieved September 17,

Archived from the original on January 23, The Escapist. In , PC Gamer listed Rogue Warrior as being among "the worst PC games of all time", considering it "truly one of the worst first-person shooters in living memory", and akin to "one of those straight-to-video action movies you'd see on a DVD rack in a garage, but somehow dumber. Produced to celebrate the franchise's 15th anniversary and relaunch the brand for the next generation, Sonic the Hedgehog was released in late for the Xbox and PlayStation 3. IDG Communications. Retrieved November 11, Next Generation. Retrieved April 22,

Jolt Online Gaming. Trickstar Games tried to build a brand new system from the ground up to capture every aspect of the sport of cricket, but nothing that they created worked at all. The game received generally unfavorable reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Such games are identified through overall low review scores including low aggregate scores on sites such as Metacritic , frequent appearances on "worst games of all time" lists from various publications, or otherwise carry this reputation in analysis by video game journalists or through popular YouTube personalities, such as James Rolfe of the webseries Angry Video Game Nerd. Retrieved June 29, Martians Announced". Retrieved May 24, Archived from the original on March 25,

Retrieved November 14, The comic book art is pretty cool, maybe, and I like the idea of a city being struck with every natural and unnatural disaster imaginable. White stated that while the game's darker story was an improvement compared to its predecessors, it never "[managed] to build to a captivating crescendo", [] while the reviewer for GamesRadar called it "bountiful but confusing and ultimately of GCSE-standard creative writing. And the story is nonsense, performing numerous narrative backflips to squeeze as many fan-pleasing moments in as possible. GameSpy gave The War Z a half-star out of five and considered it "a bad game that deserves all the controversy it's drawn", criticizing the broken state of the game and its use of microtransactions, but complimenting its overall atmosphere and far draw distance. Tedious puzzles and a completely forgettable world aside, it put its cards on the table early on by constantly insulting you for playing it. December 13, Archived from the original on March 29, Rogue Warrior was initially developed by Zombie Studios under the title Rogue Warrior: Black Razor : it would have been an Unreal Engine 3 -based game with drop-in four-player cooperative play, and player competitive multiplayer using randomly generated maps based on a unique tiling system. Developed by Bethesda Game Studios , Fallout 76 represented the studio's first foray for a fully online game, as well as the first time multiplayer is included in a Fallout game developed by Bethesda Studios.

Archived from the original on October 14, Archived from the original on January 23, The Simpsons Wrestling received widespread negative reviews from critics; primary criticisms for the game were directed at its simplistic, unbalanced gameplay and bad graphics. Retrieved October 5, Retrieved February 1, Archived from the original on July 2, September 30, InfoWorld November 8 : 1,7. December 14,

Piggyback Interactive. Retrieved February 8, Retrieved December 30, International Business Times. The You Testament Receive mail from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors? And when an ego gets that large, the people that fed the ego to begin with love to turn on it. Basic movement can crash the game!

Archived from the original on April 16, Archived from the original on May 24, Hyde — Review — allgame". Retrieved July 13, See comments. IGN gave the game a 3. The game's environments were criticized for their poor aesthetics, unmemorable level themes, small size, dull challenge tasks, lack of NPCs , and for not containing as many hidden secrets as those in previous Tony Hawk games. Retrieved October 12,

Archived from the original on April 16, This is the latest accepted revision , reviewed on 7 October Current page: Page 1. Please refresh the page and try again. Oh, and you can bet that this game is filled with Hooters girls. October 1, Retrieved September 6, In , PC Gamer listed Rogue Warrior as being among "the worst PC games of all time", considering it "truly one of the worst first-person shooters in living memory", and akin to "one of those straight-to-video action movies you'd see on a DVD rack in a garage, but somehow dumber.

The comic book art is pretty cool, maybe, and I like the idea of a city being struck with every natural and unnatural disaster imaginable. Over the next few years, IDC predicts that sales of desktop and tablet devices will take a sharp dive, with shipments of the latter falling 7. Retrieved April 27, It has an average score of The Gamer. Retrieved June 8, Don Saas of GameSpot noted that "through a combination of unwieldy controls, a broken camera system, and a total lack of responsiveness, the platforming and exploration elements of Rise of Lyric are totally unworkable. The first two games, Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon , were developed in tandem by Animation Magic a Russo-American animation company , using the same game engine, and were released on the same day.

In addition to being widely considered offensive due to its plot involving the apparent rape of a Native American woman, [2] the game was also poorly-received for its quality. Archived from the original on April 16, Retrieved May 14, February 2, Animal In-game advertising makes everyone cross, but what if the game itself was the advert? But, ultimately, Bad Day L. While such loot crates were an established mechanism in video games, the approach used by Battlefront II during its pre-launch beta period was found to be problematic to players. The scorn of a game about a sausage mascot, which you'd actually gone out and bought with real money. Future Publishing Just add a bit of yellow saffron!

IGN declared Box Office Bust to be "frustratingly unpolished, devoid of any kind of wit or charm, and packed with tiring, at times infuriating challenges", also featuring "uncomfortably unfunny dialogue spewed from the lips of entirely unlikable characters". Rise was actually quite good-looking for the time but the limited movesets and clunky movement controls made it miserable to play. Basic movement can crash the game! May 19, Upon release Sushi-X of Electronic Gaming Monthly declared it "my first coaster award", and remarked, "Pretend your controller is filled with mud—this is how Bubsy plays. Seriously, we know he's a cyborg and all, but a little personality outside of a foul mouth and disrespecting women would've been great. In an interview with PC Gamer , executive producer Sergey Titov who was also listed as a producer for Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing claimed that its servers were temporarily capped at 50 due to player feedback, and that its marketing team had misinterpreted information about the current state of the game. Paramount Pictures faulted The Cradle of Life ' s lackluster box office performance on the poor critical reception the video game received from reviewers and fans.

Trickstar Games tried to build a brand new system from the ground up to capture every aspect of the sport of cricket, but nothing that they created worked at all. Martians Interview". GamesMaster : As such, nudity levels in Lula 3D are sky high, but the games lack of fun is rivaled only by its lack of respectable clothing. Seriously, we know he's a cyborg and all, but a little personality outside of a foul mouth and disrespecting women would've been great. Retrieved January 9, Big Rigs was released in a pre-alpha state: it lacks any type of collision detection , allowing players to drive through other vehicles and obstacles, and has abnormal physics, including allowing players to drive up a vertical incline or accelerate to a maximum speed of 1. Retrieved October 11,

Archived from the original on December 16, January 17, Nintendo Life. Retrieved April 25, Retrieved October 20, Monsters, Inc. We just needed to read the instruction manual to do figure out how. Upon its release, Power Gig received negative reviews from critics. Club wrote, "the series rediscovered its strength for whimsical tales with light tones.

Games Today. No Man's Sky was announced in as a space exploration game that features over 18 quintillion planets in its virtual universe each with their own set of flora and fauna, all formed in-game through procedural generation. There's a sequel. Retrieved January 8, Instead, EA opted to use loot box mechanics called Star Crates in-game believing this would help maintain its player community; players could earn Star Crates, containing a random collection of in-game items distributed by rarity, over time by playing the game, but could also spend real-world funds to acquire these. Lists of works considered the worst or otherwise known for negative reception. Martians is a parody real-time strategy video game developed by Black Wing Foundation, Dreamlore and N-Game, released on April 29, Drake of the 99 Dragons holds an aggregate score of 22 on Metacritic, ranking it as the second-worst game for the original Xbox. Its sales were so low that Midway placed the series on hold in preparation for Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

Hellboy had an entire room of journalists rolling in laughter from the first line of dialogue. Retrieved December 1, Retrieved November 4, Retrieved July 5, IGN gave Ninjabread Man a 1. Retrieved April 8, Game Rant. The only problem: it's not a comedy. The global lockdown and move to working from home continued this trend, leading to increased sales for much of the year so far, before IDC estimates that figure returns to what the firm calls a "long-term decline". Games ' Mike Smith felt that the designers did not understand what made Bomberman great.

Zero Punctuation. These are broken messes, games without value. The Onion. Retrieved May 7, In April , a class action lawsuit was filed against Gearbox Software and the game's publisher, Sega. Retrieved October 24, Retrieved February 1, The Guardian. Retrieved April 20,

Produced to celebrate the franchise's 15th anniversary and relaunch the brand for the next generation, Sonic the Hedgehog was released in late for the Xbox and PlayStation 3. The game, developed by a small team from Hello Games , quickly gained significant attention and media hype across the gaming media due to its expansive goals, which was boosted further when Sony announced it would help to publish the game for the PlayStation 4 alongside a Microsoft Windows version. The only problem: it's not a comedy. Released during that now so long-ago period when nobody cared about Doctor Who, this is a pitch-perfect example of how not to do a tie-in game. Retrieved April 4, Archived PDF from the original on May 11, Specifically, there appeared to be no multiplayer, and other features demonstrated in promotional videos and Murray's interviews were absent. It is not bad in the way that a game like Boiling Point is bad, where things coalesce into a kind of awful greatness.

When the developer offers refunds to anyone who purchased the game, as they did with Ashes Cricket, you know there are big problems. Retrieved August 8, The initial server issues created enough negative user reviews at retailer Amazon. Retrieved May 7, It was eventually released on April 5, as a digital download for the Xbox via the Xbox Live Arcade service. Retrieved November 14, I speak no hyperbole when I say that releasing every box with no disc inside would have been less of a mistake. Retrieved September 17,

Rogue Warrior was initially developed by Zombie Studios under the title Rogue Warrior: Black Razor : it would have been an Unreal Engine 3 -based game with drop-in four-player cooperative play, and player competitive multiplayer using randomly generated maps based on a unique tiling system. TechRadar pro IT insights for business. Retrieved March 21, InfoWorld November 8 : 1,7. The gameplay is basically the same as Trials; try and complete a track while jumping over obstacles and traversing big gaps. The only problem: it's not a comedy. February Retrieved January 14, Announced in as a Grand Theft Auto -styled game set during the late s , the eventual release of Ride to Hell: Retribution in June was universally panned by critics. After apparently vanishing, it hid in shame for years, aside from a demo with some of the worst voice over work this side of House of the Dead, until a reader finally tracked down a copy for its long-overdue scourging.

The game itself is pretty rotten too, but the musical number at the end has to be seen and heard to be believed. As such, nudity levels in Lula 3D are sky high, but the games lack of fun is rivaled only by its lack of respectable clothing. A terribly jumpy camera, lousy collision, and an uninspired and downright creepy story are three things that Triple-A titles should avoid at all costs. This is the latest accepted revision , reviewed on 7 October Game Revolution. GameSpy gave The War Z a half-star out of five and considered it "a bad game that deserves all the controversy it's drawn", criticizing the broken state of the game and its use of microtransactions, but complimenting its overall atmosphere and far draw distance. Retrieved August 8, Yuke's role in development was gradually diminished over the years, and they were removed as the lead developers for WWE 2K20 , though affirmed they would provide Visual Concepts and 2K with support for the game's engine while they pursued a new wrestling IP.

Retrieved September 25, Yuke's role in development was gradually diminished over the years, and they were removed as the lead developers for WWE 2K20 , though affirmed they would provide Visual Concepts and 2K with support for the game's engine while they pursued a new wrestling IP. Think on that and realise you'd never scrub away the shame, even if you used a wire brush. Retrieved June 21, Archived from the original on June 29, Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero , a platform game spin-off of the Mortal Kombat franchise focusing on the main character Sub-Zero , received mixed to negative reviews for its poor controls, outdated graphical appearance, and unforgiving gameplay. Retrieved February 12, Philips' deal with Nintendo for the three The Legend of Zelda games also gave them the rights to use characters from the Mario series. Retrieved September 17,

If you feel like punishing yourself, you can currently play the whole thing on YouTube thanks to in-video links. People these days are dumb; they were talking about this ten years ago with Unlimited SaGa. The cool cut scenes are completely missing, replaced by static screens that look like Super NES rejects. As a result, the game was hastily developed within a few months and released unfinished with little promotion. In retrospect, critics often cite Atari's Pac-Man as a major factor in the drop of consumer confidence in the company, which led to the North American video game crash of Further criticism was brought to Zelda's Adventure , a third game developed instead by Viridis, which used a top-down approach, and shifted to a live-action visual style with digitized sprites instead of a cartoon look. According to analyst firm IDC , sales of PCs and tablets will begin to decline in , despite enjoying a positive few quarters due to worldwide changes in working habits. Upon release Sushi-X of Electronic Gaming Monthly declared it "my first coaster award", and remarked, "Pretend your controller is filled with mud—this is how Bubsy plays. Yoshida stated that they felt it was necessary to rebuild the game from the ground up to regain the trust that they lost from fans of the series for the original game, and not strictly as a business decision. Retrieved May 14,

March 25, When the developer offers refunds to anyone who purchased the game, as they did with Ashes Cricket, you know there are big problems. Yoshida stated that they felt it was necessary to rebuild the game from the ground up to regain the trust that they lost from fans of the series for the original game, and not strictly as a business decision. Download as PDF Printable version. The game's story also drew criticism for its lack of a consistent continuity with the Alien films, despite claims from the developers that the events of the game were supposed to be canon to the film series. Nintendo World Report. Rare adult adventure game, Plumbers Don't Wear Ties, is unearthed to everyone's regret. Categories : Lists of worsts Video game lists by reception or rating Film and video fandom.

Retrieved September 6, See also: Atari video game burial. December 2, In conclusion, it was explained that "the lowest rating numbers here at IGN are reserved for games with nearly no redeeming qualities or interesting ideas, with next to nothing enjoyable to offer players, and which under no circumstances should be purchased by anyone. September 27, In conclusion, Jolt felt that "if you like good games, Lula 3D isn't for you. Philips' deal with Nintendo for the three The Legend of Zelda games also gave them the rights to use characters from the Mario series. June 24, Retrieved February 17, Archived from the original on July 21,

The game received "generally unfavorable" reviews on all platforms according to review aggregator Metacritic. Nintendo Power. It's sad to see a classic game brought back in such a fashion. Archived from the original on March 29, Archived from the original on July 2, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Awful cutscenes, a nonsensical story, and some of the dumbest quotes ever pulled from video games As they say, "a toaster toasts toast! We're ready to give hate a chance.

Retrieved November 22, It was eventually released on April 5, as a digital download for the Xbox via the Xbox Live Arcade service. After searching the darkest depths of gaming, we now have the 50 worst games of all time in one place! Three Rivers Press. This is the latest accepted revision , reviewed on 7 October The sixth installment in the Alone in the Dark franchise was published by Atari in centering around a team of four cooperative characters investigating a mysterious figure in a haunted house. And when an ego gets that large, the people that fed the ego to begin with love to turn on it. May At least modern Doctor Who games are awesome, right?