Metacritic Limbo - how low can you go?

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Destroy all humans: Path of furon (xbox 360)
Metascore: 34
User score: 6.3 (?)
Payment: £1.79

Ugh. Terrible. I only wish it wasnt digital, so I could at least feed it to my scurvy ridden rancor. The GI tract on one of those babies really knows how to corrode even the most resiliant matter within nanoseconds.

 

[CrystalShadow]

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
PC
Metacritic: 8
User: 3.8
I paid nothing.

A friend of mine gave it to me to get rid of it. I took it just to be able to say I own a copy. Though I do feel Big Rigs is kinda cheating at this.

Well from what I can see Big Rigs is officially the lowest scoring game on Metacritic so we've gone straight to the bottom, and on that basis I think we have a winner - unless anyone knows differently. However keep fighting it out for second place - anyone want to admit to owning "Family Party 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade" (for the Wii U) or "Elf Bowling 1 & 2" for the DS - the next two lowest entries.

Huh. Really? Because having seen videos of them, I'm surprised air control isn't lower than it. Fairly sure Big rigs is amazing by comparison... XD
Oh well. No accounting for taste I suppose...

I... Don't really feel like checking the metacritic scores of anything I own... I will note I can match someone else here in having Alone in the Dark for Wii, but... I have something like 300 or more games, and not much of a clue which ones might have absurdly bad metacritic ratings...

Metacritic is evil though. It's existence is basically a kick in the teeth to both reviewers and developers alike, but... You can never undo the damage anymore... XD

 

[dragoongfa]

Soldier of Fortune Payback

Metacritic score: 45
Paid: 20 euros

One of the two games that taught me to read reviews before buying something. The metacritic score is too high as it is.

Honorable mentions:

Star Wolves 2, a buggy mess that wasn't reviewed at all. It would probably get a 25 to 35

Age of Pirates, Caribbean Tales. A metacritic of 56 but a mockery and a downright insult of the fans of Sea Dogs, its predecessor.

 

[Mattiator]

Ninjabread Man
Wii
Metacritic: 20
User: 1.7
$15

I bought this sad piece of crap as a joke, mostly after reading IGN's scathing review of it. I don't think it was even worth that price. It's... playable, and that's the best thing that can be said about it.

 

[vledleR]

Enemy Front

Meta:35
User:56

Paid $20

I don't thinks it's that bad. I have games I consider far worse, such as Sacred 3 or Bodycount.

 

[Redd the Sock]

Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust (PS3) score of 17. (don't know why it's 8 points lower than the 360 version) placement 11th from the bottom. Paid $10 for it.

Opinion: My thoughts really echo the above version. Magna cum Laude was the textbook guilty pleasure offering fairly decent retro gaming experiences mixed in humor so shameless is was funny on that level alone (you'll never be able to listen to Summer Days (Grease) again after their parody version), yet it had a certain charm to it as well. Nothing from that survived into the sequel. The writing = crap. Jokes were rare and not funny when they came up. The platforming might have been excusable in the 90s shortly after Mario 64 came out and everyone was desperate to copy it, but by the PS3 days those kind of camera and control problems should have well been addressed. And yeah, the one possible saving grace might have been a fun raunchy romp, but no nudity, toned down sex humor, character models no human should find attractive, and even the pick up game has no fail state (just pick a different choice with no penalty).

I'll admit to having played worse, but such a letdown.

 

[FoolKiller]

I was honestly surprised it wasn't Sonic '06, but no, with a Metascore of 35, it's Dead Space Ignition.

For what it's worth, one of my younger brothers owns Sonic Boom: Rise Of Lyric which beats mine with a Metascore of 32.

Hey.... my worst is Dead Space: Ignition with a 36. Apparently its soooo much better on PS3

I like it. It's a bit of a puzzle/minigame game. It's enjoyable enough.

 

[Bad Jim]

I own Daikatana. That game where John Romero was going to make you his *****. Surprisingly though, it's rating isn't that bad. There are no critic reviews listed, and several users have posted positive reviews for some strange reason, giving an average of 4.2 out of 10.

I paid 50p for it.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Ride to Hell: Retribution (PS3) - 13
Free - Gift (I wanted it though and could have bought it for about $12)

Yeah, I have some stinkers but the only other game I have that comes close is Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis on the Xbox (26). Aquaman for the Xbox is apparently twice as good as Ride to Hell and I find that hilarious!

 

[duwenbasden]

POSTAL 2 (PC) - 50/100 - $3

Drags. on. forever. It's a game about patience (or lack of)

 

[direkiller]

I own Daikatana. That game where John Romero was going to make you his *****. Surprisingly though, it's rating isn't that bad. There are no critic reviews listed, and several users have posted positive reviews for some strange reason, giving an average of 4.2 out of 10.

I paid 50p for it.

It's seen in better light after the state of some games now, and it has a good sound track

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing

A friend of mine gave it to me to get rid of it.

That, good sir/madam/talking pumpkin pie, is not something a friend would do. A true friend would have buried that game a thousand leagues away, and salted the earth so that nothing would grow there for a hundred years.

Huh. Really? Because having seen videos of them, I'm surprised air control isn't lower than it.

Air Control at least has some unintentional humor value (cola and meal please, no bread). BR:OtRR is just mind-numbingly BAD.