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[Phediuk]

Our 2016 GOTY thread will be showing up shortly. Unfortunately, not all games can be winners. Pick the worst game you played that was released this year.

For me, I think it has to be Homefront: The Revolution.

Not only is it completely ludicrous that Homefront, of all games, got a sequel this year, but the game looks and plays like it was sitting on a shelf for the last few years and was released just now. It is the epitome of the grimdark, grey military shooter from circa 2011, offering nothing new or notable other than being possibly the worst-performing PS4 game I've ever seen. It's also probably the most jingoistic game of the year, with its unironic celebration violence against "the other" resembling the murderous fantasies of a bored 13-year-old scribbling in his binder during math class.

now it's your turn, GAF.

 

[georly]

Mighty number 9

 

[oti]

FF XV

Spoiler

Chapter 13

 

[simatron3000]

Last Guardian.

 

[Greddleok]

Guess I'll say it. No Man's Sky.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Mighty no.9 for sure

 

[Regiruler]

Thinking back, it's probably Jotun.

Such a boring, empty world.

 

[Rellik]

Whatever your favourite game was, that's the worst.

 

[AdmiralMikey]

Mighty number 9

I backed this game at the $60 tier back in 2013, and barely could stand playing it for more than 20 minutes. Easily the least likable game I played all year.

 

[Toadthemushroom]

Hate to say it, but probably Zero Time Dilemma. It wasn't *bad* but the writing and overall narrative were extremely flawed, and the execution left a lot to be desired even if I appreciated that they were trying something new.

 

[dinoroar]

This is all about opinion right? 'Cause I gave up on Dishonored 2 after 3/4 hours. I now feel totally averse to trying it again.

 

[Zombie James]

I played some of the Fallout 4 DLC, so Fallout 4 (again).

 

[dugdug]

Played plenty of bad games for only an hour or so, but, the worst game I completed was Quantum Break.

 

[georly]

I backed this game at the $60 tier back in 2013, and barely could stand playing ti for more than 20 minutes. Easily the least likable game I played all year.

Same here buddy. I quit after 10 minutes. Worst of all i backed on wii u.

 

[Begaria]

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness.

While not a bad game, it was just terribly average and I just couldn't bring myself to finish it even though I had all summer to do it. It's still sitting on my PS4, waiting for when I basically have nothing else to do but play it.

 

[dark10x]

This piece of shit

 

[Godcannon]

NES remix 2 is the biggest scam ever.

Got it on black Friday for $15 as an impulse buy.

Turns out, it has like 10 levels from each game, and when you finish, it has a store icon that takes you to where you can purchase the full game. I feel fucking robbed.

 

[Aaron D.]

Lovely Planet Arcade

Completely nerfed the first game by taking away free-look and jumping. What an abomination.

 

[wild wild rice]

Tie between Uncharted 4 and Federation Force.

The former was relentlessly dull, serious and has zero respect for the player's intelligence. The latter is essentially useless since there is no community. Not sure which is worse.

 

[spekkeh]

Probably one of my students' projects, but in terms of actually released full games that weren't hacked together by novices in eight weeks, I think Ratchet and Clank.

It looked incredibly beautiful, but the game itself was just kind of there. Not bad, but also nothing interesting. Would rate 5/10.

 

[Donniewahlberg]

This is all about opinion right? 'Cause I gave up on Dishonored 2 after 3/4 hours. I now feel totally averse to trying it again.

For sure, I think it's totally fine if you didn't like it, everything can't be for everyone.

For me it was Titanfall 2. Picked it up off the strength of the reviews and comments online about the quality of the campaign and was sorely disappointed. Multiplayer was fine but didn't really captivate me. Only game this year that got an instant trade in upon completition, I knew for sure I'd never want to replay it. Worth saying though that I tend to only really buy stuff I'm fairly confident in already and that was one of few gambles this year, so don't read it as too damning. Purely my own opinion and appreciate a lot of folks think it's good. The title mgiht be "absolute worst" but as my worst game, it was just very meh, not a total piece of trubbish or anything.

 

[KodaRuss]

Thinking back, it's probably Jotun.

Such a boring, empty world.

Hmm was thinking about picking that up on the PSN sale this week.

I honestly am not sure what would be my worst game. Maybe No Mans Sky because I barely played it but I am going to go back to it someday I believe.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Life's too short to play bad games.

 

[superjona]

Alekhine's Gun. Absolute garbage.

 

[Loksar]

FFXV is simultaneously the best and worst game I've played this year.

 

[misses bull]

Battleborn, Bought it from humble bundle thinking it would't be that bad. I was wrong

 

[georly]

NES remix 2 is the biggest scam ever.

Got it on black Friday for $15 as an impulse buy.

Turns out, it has like 10 levels from each game, and when you finish, it has a store icon that takes you to where you can purchase the full game. I feel fucking robbed.

Isn't that the normal price? Weren't they each 15 on eshop when they launched, with the 'complete' version (both combined with SOME extras) coming to retail later for 30 bucks~?

 

[BluenoseGames]

The Walking Dead: Michonne

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Zero Time Dilemma's story was bad, and the gameplay and overall tone/atmosphere just felt so depressing and hollow. Definitely the one I had the least fun with and I felt like I was forcing myself to slog through it, out of obligation to see the trilogy to the end.

I guess Mighty No. 9 too. It's not a terrible game but i played it for about 30 minutes and have never felt like playing it since.

 

[Aizen.S.Kennedy]

Tmnt that terrible platinum game. It beat out let it die and furi .

 

[-Mutsukki-]

Project X Zone 2 is easily the worst game I played this year

NES remix 2 is the biggest scam ever.

Got it on black Friday for $15 as an impulse buy.

Turns out, it has like 10 levels from each game, and when you finish, it has a store icon that takes you to where you can purchase the full game. I feel fucking robbed.

...Huh? What did you expect? I don't think it was ever advertised as having the full games and the first one is exactly like that too. It was always WarioWare but with NES games.

 

[Rellik]

Life's too short to play bad games.

This is why my worst is probably Far Cry 4. Played for an hour, almost fell into a coma (I loved Far Cry 3 as well) and just moved on to something I'd enjoy. No time for games I'm not enjoying.

 

[Rymuth]

Platinums Ninja Turtles. I got some enjoyment out of MN9.

This was practically a chore to finish

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

Final Fantasy XV or God Eater Resurrection. havent decided yet

 

[Ala1995ginobiko]

FFXV is simultaneously the best and worst game I've played this year.

Makes sense if you played only FFXV.

My vote is for Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. Not a bad game, but I expected it to be better

 

[Nocturnowl]

Haven't really played anything too vile this year, if Mighty Number 9 ever drops to a fiver I'll play it and hate every second for masochistic reasons I expect.

Whatever your favourite game was, that's the worst.

At times Overwatch is the absolute worst so I guess you're right!

 

[pieface]

Quantum Break

 

[dno_1966]

No Man's Sky

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

One of the worst Nintendo games I've ever owned/played.

 

[Seth]

Bloodbourne

 

[vikkemon]

REcore is okayish but it's the worst I've played this year.

 

[Godcannon]

Project X Zone 2 is easily the worst game I played this year



...Huh? What did you expect? I don't think it was ever advertised as having the full games and the first one is exactly like that too. It was always WarioWare but with NES games.

I didn't know anything about it....I suppose it's my fault. Like I said, I just saw it on black Friday and thought it looked awesome. Regardless, it's still piece of shit!!!

 

[foppy79]

Funny how polarizing Final Fantasy XV and The Last Guardian are to be considered some of the best and worst games of the year.

With that said, I've been pretty lucky with my purchases this year. Probably Far Cry Primal, bored me to tears.

 

[Jake2by4]

Bloodbourne

Bloodborne didn't come out in 2016. Mine had to be IW

 

[Pie and Beans]

No Man's Sky.

The sheer amount of PS4 crashes made it mysteriously seem like it didn't go through QA at all.

 

[Primethius]

Didn't really play any bad games this year so I don't want to attach the worst label to any of them.

Even least good is kind of iffy for me. So I'll say:

Battlefield 1

A really great game. I enjoyed it a ton. But I just spend all my time in R6: Siege that it was pretty much collecting dust. I ended up trading it in.

 

[Icolin]

Bloodbourne

Last Guardian.

 

[Castef]

Actually I haven't played much games this year, focused on a selected list of online games such as Titanfall 1/2, Rocket League and Smite.

Yet... I'd say that among the ones I've played and completed, the worst one was Layers of Fear.

Also Knight Squad...

 

[MarkMclovin]

Seeing as these threads always make people come out with absurd posts, I'll say:

Doom.

 

[shiba5]

No Man's Sky - the first game I've ever traded in. Buggy as hell and boring.