Worst Games of the year

[Iblan]

Hi guys, I'm the friend that helped make the list, and I'm glad this is generating all kinds of buzz. I wanted to make some clarifications, because it seems a little confusion has come up. First, to all those wondering why The Old Republic made the list, it's not because there's a beta or because it is due out this year, it is because the award it was given (if you read the description) is for next year's biggest predicted fail. This includes the end of this year because, as is the case with The Old Republic, some games we were unable to put on our list due to release dates.

Secondly, many are mentioning that this list is only games that we've played. While this is mostly true (we tried to stay away from games that we had no experience playing), there are a few games on the list that were added because of anecdotal evidence, or because we just know better. Keep in mind I am exclusively a PC gamer and my friend almost exclusively plays the 360, so while we cover the bases pretty well, there are certainly a number of games that we were unable to play (obviously Nintendo games are largely missing from our list) and therefore did not want to try and rate.

I have to give a special shoutout to the following comment, because I actually tried to get Battlelog on the award list for "Shit", but my friend vetoed me. It takes me 15 minutes to get in game, and whoever thought up the browser based launch system needs to be executed. I kid you not, I've had the singleplayer game launch when I was trying to get in a game with friends. Coincidentally that happens to be the only time that the single player has ever been launched...

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.

Props to you for putting up with it for so long. I dealt with it for 17 days, at which point Skyrim launched and all other games ceased to matter.

 

[MercenaryCanary]

Bastion.
Generic soundtrack, annoying narration, and an unimpressive storyline.
I kid.
I hope Bastion wins game of the year, actually.
Probably the worst game I've played this year...
Uh, hell. I don't really know.
I guess Modern Warfare 3, but those aren't necessarily bad games.

 

[Rolling Zeppelin]

Honestly, if Deus Ex made anyone's list, it's because they didn't play for more than an hour or two. That game starts so-so and becomes OHMYGODORGASMINMYBRAIN once you've gotten some augments.

I'm just glad there hasn't been any hate for skyward sword, that game really is better than its console would suggest.

 

[Iblan]

Honestly, if Deus Ex made anyone's list, it's because they didn't play for more than an hour or two. That game starts so-so and becomes OHMYGODORGASMINMYBRAIN once you've gotten some augments.

I'm actually one of those haters. According to Steam, I have 12 hours of play time, and I didn't really enjoy any of it. I feel it suffers from Bioware's perennial problem: the environments are stiff and claustrophobic. It is "Open World" without actually being open world. I hate that kind of feel. I am also not a big fan of the third person action game, unless it begins with "Assassins Creed" and ends with "I just stabbed you and blew your head off with a gun on my wrist that's how fucking badass I am." You might ask yourself if it's fair for me to add a game from a genre that I don't really care for, but life isn't fair, and there's a reason I don't like the genre!

 

[Iblan]

Quick thought on Bastion: The guy who does the narration must get laid on the merits of his voice alone.

 

[DesiPrinceX09]

Well the only games I have personally played have all been games that loved and wanted. I only buy games I really want and know are going to be good. For every other game, I see how well it is received and if it's not well received then I won't buy it.

 

[lacktheknack]

I never buy games that I'm not absolutely sure I'll love. Thus, the worst game I played was Terraria. It's pretty good, it's a bit confusing at first and I have precision issues, but it's still a pretty good game. Worst game of the year.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

I'm honestly scrolling down waiting to find someone claim one of those games are terrible, but no one has really claimed any of those yet.

I did.

Good to know.

And yeah, you're right. You can't have a wrong opinion.

But nowhere does it say you can't have an extremely stupid one. If you legitimately thought those were the worst games made in 2011 you either a) Played a total of about 3 games this year, or b) Doing it because you think it sounds like a shocking internet hipster answer.

I'm assuming it's B. You aren't special for saying the games are terrible. And we know you're full of it if you legitimately thought the games were the worst made in 2011.

 

[Iblan]

I'm honestly scrolling down waiting to find someone claim one of those games are terrible, but no one has really claimed any of those yet.

I did.

Good to know.

And yeah, you're right. You can't have a wrong opinion.

But nowhere does it say you can't have an extremely stupid one. If you legitimately thought those were the worst games made in 2011 you either a) Played a total of about 3 games this year, or b) Doing it because you think it sounds like a shocking internet hipster answer.

I'm assuming it's B. You aren't special for saying the games are terrible. And we know you're full of it if you legitimately thought the games were the worst made in 2011.

Be nice. Regardless, Call of Duty was actually nominated for two awards (and won one) on our list of worst games of the year, you need simply click on the link in the first post....

 

[Anthony Wells]

Our personal worst games or the games we think are the worst out of your choices? Personally my worst game of the year is Hyperdimension Neptunia. Honestly I've said so much about this I'll just summarize here and say it is the worst RPG I have ever played. Every single aspect is absolutely horrible and I would recommend a baseball bat to the head more than playing this game.

EDIT:

1. Hyperdimension Neptunia

Every time I see someone else who has played it I feel more at ease knowing someone else has experienced my suffering. Thank you for that.

i played it and am rather liking it. not nearly one of the best games not even close but not hard to play for me. though i feel your pain cause its not for everyone


OT: hmmm...well i actually havent played any bad games this year... especially since i have barely played any games released this year. if gaming as a whole this year is taken then two worlds 2 is my worst. sure it wasnt released this year but it was the worst game i played this year...but if you hasd to tie my hands together and force me to sya the game i have had the least ammount of fun with this year that was released this year it would probably be hyperdimmension neptunia...contradictory to my earlier post but i am having tons of fun in skyrim,Infamous 2, modern warfare 3, ico and shadow of the collosus collection, and then finally that game in 5th. yeah i didnt really get many games released this year all of those games i found good but hyperdimmension neptunia is the least fun of the five even though its still a lot of fun.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

I'm honestly scrolling down waiting to find someone claim one of those games are terrible, but no one has really claimed any of those yet.

I did.

Good to know.

And yeah, you're right. You can't have a wrong opinion.

But nowhere does it say you can't have an extremely stupid one. If you legitimately thought those were the worst games made in 2011 you either a) Played a total of about 3 games this year, or b) Doing it because you think it sounds like a shocking internet hipster answer.

I'm assuming it's B. You aren't special for saying the games are terrible. And we know you're full of it if you legitimately thought the games were the worst made in 2011.

Be nice. Regardless, Call of Duty was actually nominated for two awards (and won one) on our list of worst games of the year, you need simply click on the link in the first post....

Oh, it won an award on you're clearly unbiased and recognized list?

I take back everything I said.

 

[MercenaryCanary]

Bastion.
Generic soundtrack, annoying narration, and an unimpressive storyline.
I kid.
I hope Bastion wins game of the year, actually.
Probably the worst game I've played this year...
Uh, hell. I don't really know.
I guess Modern Warfare 3, but those aren't necessarily bad games.

Wasn't it one reviewer who said the two top sentences?

I'd certainly hope not.
Bastion had a beautifully unique soundtrack, a sexy smooth narrator, and a pretty good story.
Said reviewer best be trollin'.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

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.

no, i paid 120 dollars to play it on 360. The headphones broke after being switched on once (and the autotuner never worked in the first place), the game is fantastic... in its cutscenes.

 

[burningdragoon]

Out of the games that have come out this year, that I've played, I can honestly say that I really, really liked them all.

 

[Adultism]

MW3 and Batlefield were big disappointments,

Blackops was way better,

Bad Company was way better.

inb4: Get called a troll,

 

[Baldr]

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

You made it through 3 hours? Fifteen minutes and that was it for me, even after the pretty cool opening. I just glad I only got the free rental on it.

 

[Raika]

Quick thought on Bastion: The guy who does the narration must get laid on the merits of his voice alone.

I know I'd put out for him.

 

[Sacman]

Mindjack, Mindjack, Mindjack...

How anyone can possibly find this uninspired broken turd fun or even vaguely reminiscent of playable is beyond me...

called it beforehand...<.<

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Brink seemed like a total flop also Dragon Age 2.

Not bad games but fell very far short of what I was expecting.

 

[Souplex]

Worst game is a tricky subject.
It's easy to find some one-man non-functional browser game, but that doesn't really matter to anyone.
It has to be a game that people cared about for it to really matter that it was bad.
In that regard, Dragon Age: II was the worst game of the year.