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[AJUMP23]

What have been your gaming lowlights this year?

 

[touchfuzzy]

It's been like the early 2000's all over again for licensed games out there. Still a few good ones of course (Spider-Man, etc.) but we haven't seen levels of licensed shovelware like this in a while.

 

[Mr Hyde]

I actually bought and played this for the lulz, but my god was it a stinker. Absolute shite from start to finish and no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Rise of Kong and Gollum at least gives off some "so bad it's good"-vibes but Last Hope is a unsalvageable turd of epic proportions.

 

[SlimySnake]

It's been like the early 2000's all over again for licensed games out there. Still a few good ones of course (Spider-Man, etc.) but we haven't seen levels of licensed shovelware like this in a while.

I think Star Wars, Robocop, Spiderman, Avatar and Harry Potter are better than anything we got from licensed games in the early 2000s.

 

[Robb]

Absolutely amazing year in general. I think the worst game I played was Starfield, so the lowest bar was still very high.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Redfall and The Last of Poop Switch clone are missing

 

[Damigos]

Where is Redfall ?

 

[FoxMcChief]

You forgot Quantum Error

 

[Celcius]

Starfield.
After all that massive hype it ended up being such a flop.
Coming out righter after BG3 also highlighted how outdated the game is.

 

[Kings Field]

Diablo 4

 

[RoboFu]

ehh... you can pick almost any year in the 90s and it will trounce this year.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Final Fantasy XVI was one of my all time biggest gaming disappointments. I thought highly of Yoshi P and was 100% on board with the shift to DMC style combat + darker GoT style story.

Ended up with a game that sucked as a character action game and as a JRPG. It’s the most bored I’ve ever felt in a mainline FF game and is now the only one I haven’t finished.

I’m sure it’s not the worst of 2023 but it was the biggest letdown.

 

[Doom85]

I think Star Wars, Robocop, Spiderman, Avatar and Harry Potter are better than anything we got from licensed games in the early 2000s.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

I wanna snag a copy of gollum before it becomes a collectible in 20 years.

 

[KyoZz]

I think Star Wars, Robocop, Spiderman, Avatar and Harry Potter are better than anything we got from licensed games in the early 2000s.

Still a better Spiderman game, even without fancy graphics

 

[NightmareFarm]

I know im in the minority here but I thought this year was kind of dissapointing. It was a year of high profile games but a lot of them turned out to be lackluster like final fantasy 16(yes that thread aged badly), street fighter vi, etc. I'd even say the previous couple years were better.

 

[NightmareFarm]

Final Fantasy XVI was one of my all time biggest gaming disappointments. I thought highly of Yoshi P and was 100% on board with the shift to DMC style combat + darker GoT style story.

Ended up with a game that sucked as a character action game and as a JRPG. It’s the most bored I’ve ever felt in a mainline FF game and is now the only one I haven’t finished.

I’m sure it’s not the worst of 2023 but it was the biggest letdown.

Same.

Yoshi P make some insanely weird decisions like giving most enemies you face literal training dummy AI so it wouldnt offend peoples "gamer pride". You dont even get difficulty levels because that would offend peoples "gamer pride". And the constant filler between each story beat doing pointless fetch quest bullshit. You're 100% right about it not working as either a character action game and JRPG as well. Each side compromises the other.