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What's the absolute worst game of 2020 you played?
- Thread starter Phediuk
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Battletoads. It's not outright awful or anything, but it definitely has some awful bits in it. That bobsled section was stupid as hell.
Fall Guys. The novelty wore off quickly and the team games just felt like a coin flip to progress.
Good choice right here. I immediately refunded the game after 30 mins of playing it. What a diaster beyond belief.
But as you mentioned, people who had no intention of buying reforged were forced to update and replace the old client. the new client went with a terrible battle net interface, removed clans, bots for custom and not to mention riddled with bugs, glitches, crashes..
I didn't play anything truly bad this year, but out of the games I did play, Cyberpunk was the most disappointing.
I still kinda liked it, but it was a hollow husk of the RPG game they kept promising us.
I still kinda liked it, but it was a hollow husk of the RPG game they kept promising us.
Aside from the obvious worst != bad statement, it's probably West of Dead. It's got a neat art-style and a cool unique cover-based combat system...but that's really all the good I can say about it. It's really repetitive. What landed it in the worst spot is my game bugged out as I was about to enter the final boss fight - it was totally broken even on a restart, and I just put the game away and watched the ending on youtube. It's a rougelite but I literally couldn't stomach 1 more run, especially after feeling cheated out of a win.
Behind it follows Alwa's Legacy which I thought was just way too slow with passable level design and unrewarding exploration. Made me question my like of the first game and I only got a few hours in before dropping it. Third place is Black Mesa which kills the best, most timeless aspect of the original for me - its pacing. I'll take a 1 hour long bad final area over a 3+ hour long mediocre final area. All the 1:1 areas are good though and some remade areas are definitely improved, and I liked it enough to finish it.
Behind it follows Alwa's Legacy which I thought was just way too slow with passable level design and unrewarding exploration. Made me question my like of the first game and I only got a few hours in before dropping it. Third place is Black Mesa which kills the best, most timeless aspect of the original for me - its pacing. I'll take a 1 hour long bad final area over a 3+ hour long mediocre final area. All the 1:1 areas are good though and some remade areas are definitely improved, and I liked it enough to finish it.
I don't really try and seek out bad games so for me it would be between Cyberpunk, FFVII and Avengers. Cyberpunk for just being a big old bland pile of nothing, turns out a 3070 card doesn't fix the issues with that game. Avengers for having nothing to do in its live game portion and just running like crap (was on a 2060 at the time). FFVII for being extremely boring (except for that Airbuster fight, that was dope).
Again not so much bad games just games I really disliked.
Again not so much bad games just games I really disliked.
Guild wars 2 ruined WoW combat for you? How? How in the world? GW2 combat is atrocious compared to WoW (at least from back when I played it from original through WoTLK). If anything WoW ruined GW2 for me. Just couldn't get into it cause WoW was superior by every measure.
Worst game I played for the first time this year: Halo 4. Garbage combat encounters and level design cannot be made up for by any story bits. I play games to PLAY them so I just can't forgive the brain dead AI and awful encounter design. So boring to play.
I mostly played good games this year. If I had to choose the one I had the least fun with it was WoW Shadowlands expansion. Already cancelled my sub as I'm realizing now that I just don't have it in me to do these longterm commitment style of live service games anymore.
TLOU2. The graphics were great. I didn't like the story, pacing and most of the characters. The gameplay felt a little tired as well. Very disappointing sequel.
Other than that I only played stellar games this year, like Wasteland 3, Ghost of Tsushima, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Xenoblade Chronicles: DE and most recently Cyberpunk 2077 (PC).
Other than that I only played stellar games this year, like Wasteland 3, Ghost of Tsushima, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Xenoblade Chronicles: DE and most recently Cyberpunk 2077 (PC).
It's a sort of tie between FF7 and RE3.
RE3 was just very tensionless. Going for more of a linear action game, loses a lot in the process. Not too mad because at least we got RE2.
FF7, for every good thing there were ten things taking me out of it. The lack of visual polish in key scenes, bland towns/environments that should be much more grand, grating anime grunts, nonsense let's go batshit insane at the end but in a bad way story, constant slow walking to load but the areas are tiny, static corridor environments, weak puzzles and sidequests, setpieces overstaying their welcome.
It's like a 7/10 that I have a lot of problems with. I think about giving it another shot for the story/characters and to come in with more balanced expectations, but I think those things will end up bugging me again.
RE3 was just very tensionless. Going for more of a linear action game, loses a lot in the process. Not too mad because at least we got RE2.
FF7, for every good thing there were ten things taking me out of it. The lack of visual polish in key scenes, bland towns/environments that should be much more grand, grating anime grunts, nonsense let's go batshit insane at the end but in a bad way story, constant slow walking to load but the areas are tiny, static corridor environments, weak puzzles and sidequests, setpieces overstaying their welcome.
It's like a 7/10 that I have a lot of problems with. I think about giving it another shot for the story/characters and to come in with more balanced expectations, but I think those things will end up bugging me again.
Doom Eternal and I finished it:
It's not the worst game I played. I'd say most disappointing game.
Where Doom 2016 was THE power fantasy, the enemies FEAR you.
Doom Eternal Was a constant strategic battle, of Running away, figuring out what can you do to hurt your foes? It takes the Power Fantasy off. Now You are scared, that constant fighting puzzle. I didn't feel brilliant at the end. It's not what I expected I'd get. Like it was Meant for a very specific crowd.
It's not a bad game But god damn it was disappointing.
It's not the worst game I played. I'd say most disappointing game.
Where Doom 2016 was THE power fantasy, the enemies FEAR you.
Doom Eternal Was a constant strategic battle, of Running away, figuring out what can you do to hurt your foes? It takes the Power Fantasy off. Now You are scared, that constant fighting puzzle. I didn't feel brilliant at the end. It's not what I expected I'd get. Like it was Meant for a very specific crowd.
It's not a bad game But god damn it was disappointing.
Forgotton Anne. I can appreciate what they were trying to do, though. The story was decent and the voice acting was great. The controls and platforming elements were just such a fucking chore, though. I genuinely hated having to boot the game up each time, but it was on my backlog list so I had to finish it.
Final Fantasy VII.
Hardly a bad game. I enjoyed it very much. I just enjoyed every other game I played this year more.
Hardly a bad game. I enjoyed it very much. I just enjoyed every other game I played this year more.
Maneater
The novelty of playing as a shark is fun for a few hours but then you realise it's a generic Ubi style open world game, only even more repetitive with far less variety or things to do. It's also got the dad from Rick & Morty narrating over the game, he's a lot funnier on that show.
The novelty of playing as a shark is fun for a few hours but then you realise it's a generic Ubi style open world game, only even more repetitive with far less variety or things to do. It's also got the dad from Rick & Morty narrating over the game, he's a lot funnier on that show.
FIFA 21.
PES gets a pass because they released what is basically just a squad update for half price, and acknowledged it as such. FIFA was the same recycled shit and the next gen patch felt like it wasn't even a half-step up from the PS4/X1 game. The laziness from that series is astounding and it's time people start calling them for their nonsense.
PES gets a pass because they released what is basically just a squad update for half price, and acknowledged it as such. FIFA was the same recycled shit and the next gen patch felt like it wasn't even a half-step up from the PS4/X1 game. The laziness from that series is astounding and it's time people start calling them for their nonsense.
Probably Doom Eternal. I thought the platforming parts were terrible, and having to constantly chainsaw enemies for ammo was super fucking annoying.
Animal Crossing. I didn't expect myself to like it but I gave it a decent shot (although as a secondary citizen) and I ended up disliking it a lot more than I thought. I don't get how people like doing the same tasks over and over and over again with the same button inputs every time. I was at least expecting mini games for stuff like the fishing and bug catching but nope.
Fight Crab, to sum it up:
Pretty sure WWE 2K Battlegrounds would've taken this if I bothered opening it and playing it, but I didn't, so it lucked out.
Pretty sure WWE 2K Battlegrounds would've taken this if I bothered opening it and playing it, but I didn't, so it lucked out.
Avengers by far
One of the worst AAA experiences i remember. The sad part it's that the story was fine and the performance by the kamala khan VA was amazing but everything else was absolute trash for me. Didn't like the gameplay or the other actors or the progression.
One of the worst AAA experiences i remember. The sad part it's that the story was fine and the performance by the kamala khan VA was amazing but everything else was absolute trash for me. Didn't like the gameplay or the other actors or the progression.
13 Sentinels or Avengers.
13 Sentinels because jumping through hoops to explain the nudity is embarrassing and an excuse for usual anime style tropes (which it's full of). I like VNs and this is something I'd be embarrassed to play or talk about.
Avengers because the gameplay is solid, the game is not. It's a major shame and had so much massive potential.
13 Sentinels because jumping through hoops to explain the nudity is embarrassing and an excuse for usual anime style tropes (which it's full of). I like VNs and this is something I'd be embarrassed to play or talk about.
Avengers because the gameplay is solid, the game is not. It's a major shame and had so much massive potential.
Cyberpunk 2077 . It had characters that I liked and a serviceable story but good lord was the gameplay mundane and the world was lifeless even as detailed as it was. And good lord the bugs ! From me having to rebind my keys on startup or even death to Delamain or whatever harassing the ever living fuck outta me I surprised I managed to finish it. I dont think I've been harrassed by phone calls that much since I put my name/number into a dodgy site trying to win a giveaway
In terms of what came out this year? I....guess One Piece Pirate Warriors 4? It felt like a step down from 3 & there was some changes that just seemed "off", plus I felt little reason to change characters this time around & there isn't as much to do. But I wouldn't even go as far to call it "bad", just "eeeh, it's alright for $20".
In terms of what I played this year, probably a tie between Code Shifter, a game so mundane & boring I have felt no desire to finish it, and My Hero (Academia): One's Justice in that everyone's movesets are rather simplistic while others feel undercooked & just make you question why not just make them a support character, leading to extremely repetitive combat with a story mode that's the usual "let's just condense the anime/manga story to people who already know it."
I imagine if I gave in & bought it for $20 or less, One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows might've been up there despite knowing anime arena brawlers by Namco aren't the highest of quality but damn it, I'm into OPM & I just gotta see for myself.
In terms of what I played this year, probably a tie between Code Shifter, a game so mundane & boring I have felt no desire to finish it, and My Hero (Academia): One's Justice in that everyone's movesets are rather simplistic while others feel undercooked & just make you question why not just make them a support character, leading to extremely repetitive combat with a story mode that's the usual "let's just condense the anime/manga story to people who already know it."
I imagine if I gave in & bought it for $20 or less, One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows might've been up there despite knowing anime arena brawlers by Namco aren't the highest of quality but damn it, I'm into OPM & I just gotta see for myself.
Funny how you could take a list of the best games of the year and find most of them in this thread, lol.
That I played any amount of? Human Fall Flat.
It was included with Stadia pro so I gave it a try. Big meh. The 'Lol Physics' genre just isn't for me.
That I finished? Doom Eternal.
It was actively aggravating to play, and I don't really gain any joy from beating a 'hard' game, just the sense that I had my time wasted in a way that was unpleasant, and I learned nothing from it that I can use elsewhere. Even the story was complete drivel that had nothing to say other than "Demons are, like, bad and stuff OK".
Waste of £50 and 26 hours of my life.
It was included with Stadia pro so I gave it a try. Big meh. The 'Lol Physics' genre just isn't for me.
That I finished? Doom Eternal.
It was actively aggravating to play, and I don't really gain any joy from beating a 'hard' game, just the sense that I had my time wasted in a way that was unpleasant, and I learned nothing from it that I can use elsewhere. Even the story was complete drivel that had nothing to say other than "Demons are, like, bad and stuff OK".
Waste of £50 and 26 hours of my life.
Sadly it's Dream. I bought it to support Media Molecule but I found the game to be nothing but a glorified tech demo. The MM-made sp campaign is shallow and short. While once in a while I saw some mind-blowing user-created contents they still feel like a cool tech demo. For someone who has no desire to create, I had no reason to keep playing and dropped a game a few weeks after I bought. Such a shame, really.
I didn't play anything bad this year out of all the games I played, I'd have to count but around 30'ish game. Worst game for me was TLOU2, thoroughly mediocre and nothing in that game resonated with me.
I tend to manage to stay from bad games but unfortunately I had the displeasure of playing Watch Dogs Legion.
Yeah, OP, be prepared to be ashamed of your words and deeds.