We recently summarized the results of voting in which the best matches of recent years have been chosen. But parallel to them we learned the opinions of readers about the worst projects of the year. You will find the results in our article.
The worst game of 2014 – Assassin’s Creed Unity
- Genre: Action of a third person;
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One;
- Developer: Ubisoft Montreal;
- In Russian: yes (text and speech).
Unity is far from the worst part of the series Assassin’s Creed. This is a high -quality campaign with a well -thought -out combat system and the open world, whose action unfolded in Paris The Times of the Great French Revolution. Moreover, the beautifully placed elimination of important enemies makes the missions of Hitman.
The problem of unity is in the technical condition of the release. The game brought and delayed and some insects looked very creepy, so the thick atmosphere had just disappeared. This was enough to disappoint our readers. Note that the project has quickly received various global patches, which have solved the most important problems.
The worst game of 2015 – Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Genre: first -person shooter;
- Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One;
- Developer: Treyarch;
- In Russian: yes (text and speech).
In the series Call of Duty has passed both good games and frankly. Black Ops 3 belongs to the second category. For example, there is a boring story campaign. She copies many ideas Advanced warfare, and here they are realized much worse. Moreover, the lonely regime lacks enthusiasm and variety, with which we remembered The first two black ops. And lovers of multiplayer fights were upset by a broken system for selecting players.
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The worst game of 2016 – No Man’s Sky
- Genre: Action of a third person;
- Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch;
- Developer: Hello Games;
- In Russian: yes (text and speech).
Developers No Man’s Sky failed their own promises. The huge open world with hundreds of planets turned out to be empty and monotonous, the gameplay was not omitted and the content was clearly not enough. You can add technical problems and the absence of a multiplayer, which was discussed on presentations. In 2016 there were twice as many negative reviews of users than positive.
However, the authors did not give up their project immediately after the release, but systematically applied it. For 9 years, No Man’s Sky came to updates and DLC, who added to the game what was planned for the release. Now it has a multi -user regime, the ability to build bases, ground transport and many interesting tasks. The graphics became better and critical bugs have been resolved. We spoke more about how the game has changed into a separate article.
Give a failed game of the second chance after patches?
The worst game of 2017 – Mass Effect: Andromeda
- Genre: Role -Playing Game;
- Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One;
- Developer: BioWare Montreal;
- In Russian: yes (text).
BioWare, unlike No Man’s Sky Developers, did not support Mass Effect: Andromeda. The game did not even receive any addition, although different plot -DLCs went to every studio project. They would correct the situation – a big question.
The original mass effect – trilogy was filled with a big goal – to save humanity from a disaster. Andromeda proposes to study the new Galaxy. At the same time there is no feeling that we are playing for the discoverer, because the planets are already inhabited and divided into areas of influence between the breeds. It just turned out to be uninteresting to participate in the confrontation between them. The benefits of the game include an updated combat system, but between shootings we are forced to wander for hours according to monoton locations and to scan all objects that are on the road.
The worst game of 2018 – Fallout 76
- Genre: Multi -User Role -Playing Game;
- Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One;
- Developer: Bethesda Game Studios;
- In Russian: yes (text).
In its essence Fallout 76 – Multiplayer – mode for Fourth part, which is sold as a separate game. There is no tactical break here, NPC is not found on your way and the story campaign is openly uninteresting. You can also notice a strange pumps and distribution of skills that are a set of different cards. But the biggest problem of Fallout 76 is the lack of an atmosphere of the post -apocalypse, which was felt in all the number of games of the series. Note that the situation improved somewhat after the issue of plot supplements.
Failure from 2019 – Subscription to Fallout 76
- Genre: Multi -User Role -Playing Game;
- Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One;
- Developer: Bethesda Game Studios;
- In Russian: yes (text).
As the worst project of 2019, readers chose a specific game, but a subscription service for Fallout 76. For payment it was proposed to make their own closed server for itself and seven friends, and to use unlimited storage for objects. But both functions did not work. For no clear reason, things disappeared from the warehouse and users from the list of friends that you have not invited could connect to your individual world. In addition, cleaned buildings and wound up opponents were found on new servers.
The high subscription costs were also criticized – $ 13 a month.
2020 disappointment – Cyberpunk 2077
- Genre: Role -Playing Game, First -person Shooter;
- Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One;
- Developer: CD Projekt Red;
- In Russian: yes (text and speech).
OF Cyberpunk 2077 came from a paradoxical situation – readers announced it with the best game of 2020 and the most important disappointment at the same time. This is a visual demonstration of how contradictory the latest CD Projekt Red project turned out to be. At the release we came across a mass of bugs, from graphic artifacts to the impossibility of performing individual quests. And the owners of the PS4 and Xbox One consoles were upset because of outdated images, which was much worse than in other games of that time.
The team lasted 3 years to correct the game. Version 2.0 was released in the autumn of 2023 and the addition of Phantom Liberty. To date, Cyberpunk 2077 has been put in order. Now glitches, when they meet, is rare.
The Worst Game Of 2021 – Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition
- Genre: an action by a third person, race;
- Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch;
- Developer: Grove Street Games;
- In Russian: yes (text).
Remaster GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas turned out to be a lively example of how to reprint the classics. Due to the awkward transition to a new engine and the active use of neural networks in development, the atmosphere of original games was lost. They became gray and faceless. Optimization was also poorly executed – the games managed to slow down on consoles and on powerful PC. I don’t want to remember countless bugs.
The patch, which returned the original lighting in the final edition and corrected critical errors, was only released in November 2024. And although the work on the errors has been incomplete, we now have a good remaster of the classic GTA trilogy.
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The worst game of 2024 – “Problems”
- Genre: Action of a third person;
- Platforms: PC;
- Developer: Cyberia Nova;
- In Russian: yes (text and speech).
“Problems” can go unnoticed, such as thousands of games that go on Steam every year. However, the project was actively promoted on social networks, it was discussed by bloggers and some famous personalities even participated in the development. This informative sound attracted attention to “problems”, which she clearly did not earn. At the release we have a bad game in every way. She has a failed fight, boring missions, a mediocre plot and faded characters. The benefits only include a photo that went to the project from the Unreal Engine 5 engine.
As a result, “problems” became a household name. Now this is the name of every project that turned out not to be successful. It is difficult to introduce you to a more obvious candidate for the title of the most important failure of 2024.
And which games in recent years have you disappointed? Share your opinion in the comments!
Source: VG Times
Christina Moncayo is a contributing writer for “Social Bites”. Her focus is on the gaming industry and she provides in-depth coverage of the latest news and trends in the world of gaming.