What's the absolute worst game of 2014 you played?
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aGuyInaBearSuit
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It's not a "bad" game, but I was so, so disappointed by inFamous: Second Son.
cpp_is_king
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Came here to post this. It's either Don't Starve or Binding of Isaac for me.
MidgarBlowedUp
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Paid $6 for Assassins Creed Freedom Cry and still feel ripped off. I can't recall one ass creed game I ever liked, but I thought "how bad can it be?" .. well, pretty bad.
Krappadizzle
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I completely agree with this. It did many things better than GTAV(it's only real competition) but it wasn't enough in my mind. No memorable characters, predictable plot. Hopefully it's sequel is better.
Halo MCC for me. The night it was announced me and 3 friends went and traded our ps4s for an xbox one. We were all so excited for Halo 2 on xbox live. Then we all ended up getting refunds. I really wish they had pushed it back. It was supposed to reinvigorate the Halo franchise, but now I don't trust 343 to even give them a preorder for Halo 5.
Twin Tails
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The Evil Within
Lumpy Onion
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Depending on how many games those people played in 2014 it could be their worst. It's not like saying it was the worst game they played in 2014 is calling it an objectively bad game.
Would you play a game that consisted of nothing but shooting a stationary sofa, but the weapons felt good to shoot?
'Good gunplay' alone is absolutely meaningless.
I've had enough. I have no desire to play it again. I heard it gets better but I don't want to muscle through the chapters to get to the good part.
Version 3.0
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It has to be a game that came out in 2014? Then I guess...Don't Starve.
...I gotta let my PS+ expire. I download all the games, but hardly play any of them. And of the ones I've played, I don't think I've liked any enough to finish, except Resogun, and I would've bought that outright if it weren't a freebie.
...I gotta let my PS+ expire. I download all the games, but hardly play any of them. And of the ones I've played, I don't think I've liked any enough to finish, except Resogun, and I would've bought that outright if it weren't a freebie.
Gunplay don't mean shit if the rest of the game is basically not there. Not only that but the gunplay is taken straight from their other games. Destiny is a husk of a good game and when compared to Bungies previous work is abysmal.
Benzychenz
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Destiny.
I wish I could 100% delete all traces of it from my trophy list and account and pretend I never bought it.
I wish I could 100% delete all traces of it from my trophy list and account and pretend I never bought it.
Chozo_Lord
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AC3. I played AC2 and loved it. Brotherhood was pretty good and Revelations was okay. I saw AC3 on the PS3 was finally $20 so I decided to grab it. Pure garbage. One of the worst games I've ever played. I really had to force myself to play the whole story to give fair judgement. It's like they forgot that games are supposed to be fun. The gameplay was a buggy frustrating mess. It didn't feel like in terms of gameplay my character (whatever the hell his name was) improved any at all. The side-quests were boring and I felt like they were almost completely useless. Everything you do in a game should have some sort of meaning. The story was pretty terrible so that made things even worse.
I've yet to play 4 but heard good things about it. I not surprised whatsoever at how bad Unity is because of how bad AC3 was.
Edit: Thought it said in 2014 not of 2014.
I've yet to play 4 but heard good things about it. I not surprised whatsoever at how bad Unity is because of how bad AC3 was.
Edit: Thought it said in 2014 not of 2014.
I was going to say Doki Doki Universe but apparently it came out in December 2013.
So, Binding of Isaac Rebirth it is.
-Horrible, loose controls. Poor feedback when your 'shots' hit an enemy. Terrible sound effects play a huge part in this.
-Dull, randomly generated rooms and floors. I have never seen an interesting room.
-No puzzles or anything requiring the slightest bit of thought.
-Boring enemies with ugly designs.
-In fact, unbelievably horrible art style overall. Imagined by a coprophiliac, then pixelated for no good reason, it's impossible to see why the game is as ugly and disgusting looking as it is; why anyone would choose to make it that way; or why anyone could look at it and say 'Yes, I like this. This is good.'
-The game relies on you getting good items far more than surviving on your own skill. There are so many items that you don't start recognising or caring what you have unless you put hour after hour into it.
-The beginning of a run before you get a couple of items is always painfully boring.
-The game relies on you 'unlocking' things, rather than everything being there for you on your first run if you're skilful enough. This arbitrary locking of content is just to force you to replay the game again and again and again to hide the fact that there's no depth to either the combat or dungeon navigation.
-Even if an item is fun combat feels so weak and lame that there's no real fun in using it.
-It's so easy to become massively overpowered or ridiculously weak, which makes that run instantly boring. (Or more boring than the game is at its base level, anyway.)
-The music is awful, which is hugely important in a roguelike which you'll be playing again and again.
My jaw hit the floor when I realised that shooting these weak tears into pixellated pieces of poop to root for coins was actually part of the game design of this revered game. It was literally 'shit game design' to me. I mean, there are lots of games that aren't for me, I usually say 'Eh! Whatever.' and walk away. But there are a few that make me strongly, strongly dislike the game from the moment I start until the moment I've had enough. I had a strongly negative reaction to BoI. Awful game.
So, Binding of Isaac Rebirth it is.
-Horrible, loose controls. Poor feedback when your 'shots' hit an enemy. Terrible sound effects play a huge part in this.
-Dull, randomly generated rooms and floors. I have never seen an interesting room.
-No puzzles or anything requiring the slightest bit of thought.
-Boring enemies with ugly designs.
-In fact, unbelievably horrible art style overall. Imagined by a coprophiliac, then pixelated for no good reason, it's impossible to see why the game is as ugly and disgusting looking as it is; why anyone would choose to make it that way; or why anyone could look at it and say 'Yes, I like this. This is good.'
-The game relies on you getting good items far more than surviving on your own skill. There are so many items that you don't start recognising or caring what you have unless you put hour after hour into it.
-The beginning of a run before you get a couple of items is always painfully boring.
-The game relies on you 'unlocking' things, rather than everything being there for you on your first run if you're skilful enough. This arbitrary locking of content is just to force you to replay the game again and again and again to hide the fact that there's no depth to either the combat or dungeon navigation.
-Even if an item is fun combat feels so weak and lame that there's no real fun in using it.
-It's so easy to become massively overpowered or ridiculously weak, which makes that run instantly boring. (Or more boring than the game is at its base level, anyway.)
-The music is awful, which is hugely important in a roguelike which you'll be playing again and again.
My jaw hit the floor when I realised that shooting these weak tears into pixellated pieces of poop to root for coins was actually part of the game design of this revered game. It was literally 'shit game design' to me. I mean, there are lots of games that aren't for me, I usually say 'Eh! Whatever.' and walk away. But there are a few that make me strongly, strongly dislike the game from the moment I start until the moment I've had enough. I had a strongly negative reaction to BoI. Awful game.
Interface23
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Actually no, not LoS2. Metrico was the worst game I played. I just had no fun at all.
Lady Siara
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Even when you disable the speaker? If so, that seems like a pretty huge oversight.
I'd somewhat cautiously cast my vote on Alien: Isolation as I have yet to play through the entire game. Some might consider the AI to be good; I just consider the AI to be unpredictable. As it turns out, in stealth-games, I like my AI to be predictable. As it stands, it's just a frustrating experience for me.
Not everybody might like the gunplay either. Because opinions.
Not everybody might like the gunplay either. Because opinions.
not_so_special
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man..people have insane high standars here on neogaf
nephilimdj
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Sniper elite 2
Really disappointed after years of hearing praise
Really disappointed after years of hearing praise
People why did you buy it ?
There was an open Beta. I've seen the boring grinding in it and the respawning of the same enemies on the same place after minutes I've killed them and I have seen nothing that was interesting in the story either.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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I feel this way too. I think it's a good game while still being very disappointing since Dark Souls was the game of the generation.
I actually chose not to get the platinum because to me platinums feel kind of like a review, saying a game is so good it's worth doing absolutely everything in it. So I platinumed Demon's Souls and Dark Souls but then stopped short of the platinum with DS2 because I felt like going all the way and platinuming would be like saying DS2 is worthy of those titles.
I didn't go back to DS 1 though. I was super duper addicted to that game like crack. Getting off it was a big step for me. To pick it up and start murdering fools again would be tumbling down a rabbit hole that would have ramifications in my personal life.
Hearing about the PC version migrating to steam sends a shiver down my spine.
JigglesBunny
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I have millions of reasons why each of these games disgusts me but I'll keep it as brief as I can possibly can.
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark: After growing up with Transformers, loving the Cybertron games, hating those damn awful Michael Bay movies, and wishing for a next-gen conclusion to the Cybertron trilogy, High Moon kicks the bucket because of Deadpool and gets forced into the CoD machine, a port studio gets handed a collection of jumbled assets from the previous games to work with, and Paramount Pictures pays Activision a pretty penny to work the universe into the Bay-verse canonically.
The game is bland, ugly, unoriginal, all held together by vile looking Earth segments and a paper thin excuse for a story. What trash this was.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: I actually really liked The Amazing Spider-Man game
but this was trash. It was soulless, devoid of story, and really was just a collection of assorted Spider-Man villains in a dead NYC open world with poor acting, graphics, and just about everything else.
Rambo: The Videogame: You nailed it, OP.
Destiny: Halo is one of my favorite series in the entire industries existence, I was ready to follow Bungie wherever they wanted to take me. Unfortunately, they took me to barren, lifeless worlds to play "Defend the Dinklebot" and get randomly generated loot that never felt earned. The game is a snooze fest and is completely lacking in any compelling content, especially in regards to story and PvP. Destiny is a joke and the investment I made in it monetarily will haunt me forever. I won't give Destiny 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 a chance and I'm not giving Bungie a chance ever again.
It's a bad, poorly made game and it's pathetic that a once respected team published this in confidence.
Warface Xbox 360: Thank God this was free. Call of Duty: Modern Warface would have been a more suitable title. Broken, clunky gameplay, generic... everything, and it was straight up ugly. Usually Crytek can at least get that right.
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark: After growing up with Transformers, loving the Cybertron games, hating those damn awful Michael Bay movies, and wishing for a next-gen conclusion to the Cybertron trilogy, High Moon kicks the bucket because of Deadpool and gets forced into the CoD machine, a port studio gets handed a collection of jumbled assets from the previous games to work with, and Paramount Pictures pays Activision a pretty penny to work the universe into the Bay-verse canonically.
The game is bland, ugly, unoriginal, all held together by vile looking Earth segments and a paper thin excuse for a story. What trash this was.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: I actually really liked The Amazing Spider-Man game
and movies...
Rambo: The Videogame: You nailed it, OP.
Destiny: Halo is one of my favorite series in the entire industries existence, I was ready to follow Bungie wherever they wanted to take me. Unfortunately, they took me to barren, lifeless worlds to play "Defend the Dinklebot" and get randomly generated loot that never felt earned. The game is a snooze fest and is completely lacking in any compelling content, especially in regards to story and PvP. Destiny is a joke and the investment I made in it monetarily will haunt me forever. I won't give Destiny 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 a chance and I'm not giving Bungie a chance ever again.
It's a bad, poorly made game and it's pathetic that a once respected team published this in confidence.
Warface Xbox 360: Thank God this was free. Call of Duty: Modern Warface would have been a more suitable title. Broken, clunky gameplay, generic... everything, and it was straight up ugly. Usually Crytek can at least get that right.
BlanketFort
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Easily - Destiny. I felt duped and even though I was frustrated with several other games throughout the year - nothing made me feel more cheated as a consumer than Destiny.
I did learn the lesson to be more discerning of day one /week one purchases moving forward. A lesson that has already paid dividends as the barrage of 4th quarter issue plagued games has overwhelmed the market.
I did learn the lesson to be more discerning of day one /week one purchases moving forward. A lesson that has already paid dividends as the barrage of 4th quarter issue plagued games has overwhelmed the market.
I haven't played any games this year that I could call outright bad, but I was most disappointed with Dead Rising 3 because of how poorly it ran on my PC and Forza Horizon 2 on Xbox 360 because of how visually ugly it is for its respective platform. I could add Destiny and The Evil Within to the list too, but again, not games I could call bad, just games I was disappointed with.
Dr. Black Jack
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That would be my pick. Every other 2014 release I've bought has been fantastic.
MichaelFassbender
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Velocity 2x
Thank you, but no. It was awful.
Thank you, but no. It was awful.
SavoyPrime
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Destiny. I've never been more disappointed in a game. Never.
Lol I know the feeling, but I needed to leave the series on a high note. It was worth it, but hard to put down again!
crazy monkey
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red dead redemption actully. i have no idea why everyone liked it. i am still in town in the game. the game keeps repeating same mission and i have no idea how to progress to i gave up.
revolverjgw
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Probably Call of Duty Advanced Warfare. Which isn't a bad game at all. I do not play bad games.
Matrix XII
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CoD: AW
A completely competent game that doesn't click with you is garbage? Please tell me what issues the game had that would earn it such a title. The variable frame rate was nearly always above 30, the graphics were fantastic and the powers varied. Maybe you didn't care for any of that, or found the story/world/design uninteresting, but to say that it's garbage is just nonsense.
AmaterasuOni
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The Crew and Watch Dogs might tie for this one. Both are horrible in different ways.
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