What's the absolute worst game of 2014 you played?

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Octavia

Unconfirmed Member
Not including forgettable tablet games, the games I've played this year were:


Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Retail
Dark Souls II
Mercenary Kings
Risk of Rain
Metro Last Light

And my pick is Mercenary Kings. Not worth the price at all. All the guns are completely pointless except for one type and it just wasn't fun at all after the initial 'figure it out' period ended (which was like an hour).

Metro Last Light is close though. It's not bad, but it has some really annoying design flaws and the fact that you can bork your save thanks to unwanted auto checkpointing is fucking stupid.
 
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quetz67

Banned
Can't remember any bad games...OK...I played Godus for an hour or two and it was totally boring, but I just wanted to see myself.
 
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bebop242

Member
antitrop said:
Shadow of Mordor is a basic-ass, Ubisoft-inspired open world game with a terrible story, terrible mission design, flat world with nothing interesting to see in it (Oh, look, another Orc stronghold!), ripped-off Batman combat that becomes trivial with a few important and easy to get upgrades, and one of the worst endings in modern gaming.

The Nemesis system was neat, until your character becomes so powerful that you just don't die anymore. Then you wonder what the hell you're doing with your life.
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This is sadly more true than the overhype this game gets, but I still enjoy it.
 
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chrominance

Member
Starlight Inception. It was a Kickstarter space sim that promised PC, PS3 and Vita versions--why not, right? And to its credit, it actually released and got some support from the devs.

Unfortunately, so many things seem poorly thought out or just busted that it's hard to recommend to anyone. Everything from the story presentation to the flight model to the half-busted joystick support to the poor mission design to the overuse of military jargon for "authenticity" to the substandard graphics screams failed ambition, which is a shame because clearly the devs put their hearts into the game. It just doesn't work very well and is a struggle to enjoy.
 
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crimsonheadGCN

Banned
Postal 2

I remember really liking the original Postal when I was younger and I have always wanted to play Postal 2. I did and it was not good. The AI, the graphics, the story, and the objectives were all terrible.
 
DJ_Lae

DJ_Lae

Member
DarkOneX said:
Probably Need for Speed Rivals. The game could have been great but everytime I play it and get pulled over or crash out and have to load back to the garage and then load back out to the map and it takes forever it reminds me why I hate it, and that's the reason! Also that and it would randomly disconnect you and reset you while in the middle of doing some online race.
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I haven't been able to finish the second (or third?) tutorial race because whoever the game has designated as host always seems to leave and that even boots me from my singleplayer race to assign a new host, which is annoying as hell.

I've had that happen four times. I understand that it's an EA Access freebie for me, but the fucking thing is unplayable.
 
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antitrop

Member
bebop242 said:
This is sadly more true than the overhype this game gets, but I still enjoy it.
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I got 15 solid hours of Orc head-cutting action out of it, but the game is what it is. A cheap thrill without a lot of substance.

I don't think the game is bad, I just think it gets a bit more credit than it deserves.
 
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Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
Thief.

Shitty level design, shitty gameplay, buggy as fuck and a genuinely abysmal plotline.

Trash top to bottom.
 
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Marjar

Banned
Wolfenstein: The New Order was such a major disappointment for me that I'd say it falls under this.

The people calling it old school have no idea what an old school shooter is. It's closer to CoD than the likes of Doom or Quake and is just boring. Doesn't help that the sound mixing is atrocious and the enemies are massive bullet sponges.
 
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Celestia

Member
Hubbl3 said:
My personal worst 2014 game starts with a D and ends with a Y.

I won't beat a dead horse, but seriously. My biggest gaming regret this year.
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OT: I guess the MCC.
 
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Hoje0308

Banned
antitrop said:
Shadow of Mordor is a basic-ass, Ubisoft-inspired open world game with a terrible story, terrible mission design, flat world with nothing interesting to see in it (Oh, look, another Orc stronghold!), ripped-off Batman combat that becomes trivial with a few important and easy to get upgrades, and one of the worst endings in modern gaming.

The Nemesis system was neat, until your character becomes so powerful that you just don't die anymore. Then you wonder what the hell you're doing with your life.
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This is essentially how I feel, except that I really didn't see the negative consequences associated with the Nemesis system. I died two or three times, once from a glitch and the other because I mistakenly thought I'd paused the game when I went for a piss. The combat never made me feel like I was in danger, except for the moments in which I became bored enough that I'd decide to run into a stronghold loaded with captains. But even then, you can simply run and find a bush to hide in. That, combined with the tiny, uninteresting map and beta-level glitches I encountered hampered my enjoyment of a game that had a lot of potential.

Edit: I find it odd how many people are willing to describe perfectly competent games as garbage simply because they didn't like them. Superman 64 was garbage, most games are not.
 
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Kazerei

Banned
Tomodachi Life. There are some fun moments, but once you've experienced everything, which doesn't take long, it's just ... meh. Animal Crossing stays interesting because there's so much more to do, you're building and customizing an entire town, and the actual gameplay is more engaging than Tomodachi Life. It's not completely terrible, I mean it is kind of entertaining to see the random relationships and breakups that happen. It just gets old too fast. I'd put it on the same level as Nintendogs+cats; really fun for about a week.
 
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CecilRousso

Member
Godus

A horse with a fake horn that they called a unicorn. And by horse I mean a F2P iOS title, and by unicorn I mean a $20 PC strategy title.
 
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Syder

Member
Definitely Watch_Dogs. Didn't pick up the other 'controversial' games of 2014 like Destiny, Unity, Titanfall, Master Chief Collection etc.

Dark Souls II although a damn good game was definitely my biggest letdown, it just doesn't touch the euphoric experience that is the best moments from Dark Souls. (can we use euphoric to describe things again yet?)
 
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One-Shot

Banned
baekshi said:
the last game worst game i played was the last of us on ps3

overrated garbage.
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I guess amazing story, gameplay, and graphics aren't for everybody.


I really don't play bad games. I guess my least favorite was pixeljunk on PS4. Luckily was PS+, but just didn't do anything for me.
 
kutthoat5150

kutthoat5150

Member
Monument Valley on iOS. Guess I got sucked up into the hype for this one, puzzles weren't that challenging and it just got boring after a short while. I can see the appeal of it but it just wasn't for me.
 
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Nick

Junior Member
Halo: MCC - My most anticipated game, probably of all time, completely botched and still not working. I'll never play another Halo game after this.

Destiny - Game bored me to tears. I can't believe the people who made my all time favorite video game (Halo 2), made this boring mess.
 
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b0bbyJ03

Member
Assassin's creed Unity. I don't know why i want to like this series so bad... its got everything that I think would make an awesome game (graphics, cool character, cool concept, most of all the time periods/locations) yet I find it such a chore to play. Its the 3rd one i've bought and i've hated them all. wtf is wrong with me?
 
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Blackquill

Member
dark souls 2

(not played a lot of game this year though)

Edit : I forgot I played Professor Layton X Ace Attorney, that means a lot.
 
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13thStep

Member
Watch Dogs was the worst game I played this year. It just bored me to death after a few hours, I didn't care about the main character.
 
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antitrop

Member
b0bbyJ03 said:
Assassin's creed Unity. I don't know why i want to like this series so bad... its got everything that I think would make an awesome game (graphics, cool character, cool concept, most of all the time periods/locations) yet I find it such a chore to play. Its the 3rd one i've bought and i've hated them all. wtf is wrong with me?
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Maybe you should start adding "good gameplay" to your ideas of what makes an awesome game.

Then you will realize Assassin's Creed isn't for you, and move on to something you enjoy.
 
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Conkerkid11

Member
Alien: Isolation

Got stuck near the beginning because it wasn't obvious to me that you had to pull the panel up in one of the first rooms and descend into the floor. Then I hated the androids. Then I hated the actual alien. The game very much relies on moving slower than a keyboard's keys will allow. Basic collectibles are easily missable because they blend in with everything else in the environment.

The AI is just absolutely terrible, and the game's too unpredictable where it shouldn't be, and scripted where it shouldn't be to top the Amnesia games.

I'm measuring this based on the game I bought, but played the least.

Lords of the Fallen and Civilization: Beyond Earth are runner-ups.
 
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TomShoe

Banned
Call of Duty on PS3. The constant stuttering and frame rate drops made the game unplayable. I really only enjoy CoD for the competitiveness, anyway.
 
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Goldenroad

Member
Mercenary Kings by far. I'm a huge Contra guy so I figured that game looked great for a PS+ freebie. Now I just want those hours of my life back. Destiny and Watch Dogs seem like masterpieces compared to that piece of garbage.
 
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TriangleMasher

Member
I'm relishing at the Mordor dislike in this topic.

For me, it's also Mordor. Subjectively, it's my least favorite game that I played this year that was also released this year by far.
 
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darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
Bravely Default.

2nd half of the game is complete garbage, 1st half is just really bad. Characters are dull, the art is pretty terrible, the "dungeons" are uninspired, the gameplay is nothing to write home about - its not challenging and its really simple to break the system. It's a thoroughly mediocre old school Final Fantasy game and I think I'm being generous. If this was the supposed to be the savior of JRPGs then the genre is better off dead.
 
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antitrop

Member
Goldenroad said:
Mercenary Kings by far. I'm a huge Contra guy so I figured that game looked great for a PS+ freebie. Now I just want those hours of my life back. Destiny and Watch Dogs seem like masterpieces compared to that piece of garbage.
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Mercenary Kings was garbage, but I played it in 2013.

It's one of those games that looks like it should be perfect, but after you spend just a little bit of time with it, it's nothing but "Fuck this".
 
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m_dorian

Member
Up to NOW (16/12/2014) WoW Warlords of Draenor but i it is as much my fault as the game's because real life happened. So maybe i ll have anoter try on it and see how it comes.
 
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