Worst Games of the year

[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.

 

[Reverend Del]

MW3, dear lord I didn't think I could hate a game as much as MW2 but they proved me wrong. That said that's my opinion for game I hated the most, the worst game of the year in terms of pure dissapointment was DS3. I adore DS2 it's fun. DS3 is not fun. DS3 is bloody short, bad story, naff characters and limited in scope. The only thing that was good about that game was the graphics, that's it.

 

[Tomeran]

I suppose the title of the thread should really be "Worst game of the year - that you have played".

I havent really played a lot of titles this year that have been exceedingly poor. Maybe I've been lucky, maybe I've just been careful or maybe I just havent tried a whole lot of new games.

But Homefront is a 2011 title, right? If so, I suppose that game wins the category. Not a good game, singleplayer or multiplayer.

And MW3 deserves a mention for "least creative game compared to its predecessors"-of the year. Yes, I know its not unique to bash MW3 but maybe it isnt unique for a genuine reason.


Unlike many however, I really enjoyed Dragon Age 2. I wont even stretch to saying it was a poor game. I'd settle with saying that it had excellent narration and a unique story concept(which really didnt fit well for many, as it deviated far from Origins hyper-hyper-hyper cliche that was oh so popular), but of course it had flaws, especielly for a Bioware game.

Shogun 2 should also be mentioned. I might deviate from many other Total War fans, and it should be added that the game had a lot of nice touches that would be awesome in other Total War games. But there's something about Shogun's starved content that to me makes it by far the worst total war game I've played. Maybe I just dont like the setting, but I can barely bother to finish one playthrough.

Battlefield 3 is also turning out to be a growing dissapointment. I like the game in total(except the singleplayer, but im not gonna go yahtzee and judge a multiplayer game by its singleplayer), but the game is gradually turning out to be a bug-riddled unbalanced mess that can even rival the Skyrim patches. Go go origin and battlelog.

 

[ultimateownage]

Disappointed you put Deus Ex in one of your criteria. I really loved that game.

Saints Row The Third, while fun, was very disappointing. Practically everything they changed and every direction they went in the game was a bad decision.
Red Faction: Armageddon was pretty bad.
Brink was awful. I only have it because it was in a big pack of other games on Steam.
Homefront was terrible. I got it really cheap somewhere, can't remember why I chose to buy it even after knowing it was going to suck.
Duke Nukem Forever was disgustingly bad. It wasn't even the funny kind of bad, it was just annoying and exasperating.

*EDIT*
I have to mention BattleLog for Battlefield 3, too. It's not a game, but that fucking system almost ruined Battlefield for me. I couldn't stand it in the Alpha, I couldn't stand it in the Beta, and I couldn't stand it in the real game.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

I was really excited for Rage but it was a let down.
SWTOR is fun a hell, I don't see why people are crapping on it so much, its a solid game with a lot of content, I think it will be great.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

1. Medal of Honor: Now this is the true generic FPS war shooter everyone complains about CoD being. But the kicker is, its actually true. MoH was horribad. Ok ok, I know it wasn't released this year, but I got it this year and I wanted to ***** about it, and I couldn't think of any bad games released this year that I actually bought and played....

 

[The Funslinger]

My vote is torn between Brink and Duke Nukem Forever. Brink was a nice idea, and I think it would have worked out well if they'd have separated the single and multiplayer experiences. I got bored of the 'story' because it was just a sequence of multiplayer games, and I got bored of the multiplayer because it was just choosing levels of the stories, so I'd seen it all by the time I finished the Security campaign. I know how the Resistance one ended, because my brother always choose

Oh, Brink! Bethesda...


Other than that, I don't really know. I tend to be very spot on with the games I think I'll enjoy. Fact is, I only played Brink because my friend brought it round.

 

[vidirg]

I'm really surprised that only few said duke nukem, while alot of them said Dragon Age 2.

 

[Saviordd1]

Why the hate for Deus Ex from these guys? It was a damn good game, minus the boss battles.

Also, I've heard almost nothing but praise for The Old Republic so I don't see why they gave it the "Saw off your own dick award"

OT: Duke Nukem Forever, it was just so bleh, nothing really stuck out as great.

 

[joedix88]

Brink,
Naughty Bear (I know it was out last year but I really think it's that bad)
Dragon Age 2
Duke Nukem Forever
(Any 3DS launch title)
Dead Island
Dungeon Siege 3
Thor
TRON: Evolution

Sorry for the mass post, played a lot of games this year.

 

[hallow eyes]

homefront. i was promised epic story but they delivered 3 hours of absolute sh*t.

Thank you. there were plenty of games this year that where disappointing(dragon age 2, saints row the third ect...) there where a few games I just hated on principle (Duke Nukem forever). No game was as horrible as homefront, tons of single player hype for something you could knock out before dinner and online play ripped from battlefield and Cod inferior to both.

 

[TheRussian]

It's a tree-way tie between APB, Brink and Duke Nukem Forever.

 

[viranimus]

For me... It feels like I hate dragons. So I will first say Dragon Age 2 to which the consensus will agree and then I will say Skyrim and the consensus will promptly gather the torches and pitchforks.

But really truly, the most regretted purchase I made this year was From Dust. Not only did I not know it was from Ubisoft (which had I known I would have never given it a second look) it also was the most tedious copy pastad game I have had the displeasure to play.