@@pilotmemesI guess if it was about his inner struggle between who he once was (a peaceful river hobbit) and who he had let himself become (Sméagol, who had murdered his friend and lived as an animal ever since)
@@Norinia yeah, that would have been an interesting take on his character to explore but otherwise it's just him being a little monster obsessed with a shiny object
Wanted Dead rules. You just gotta learn how to play it. It's not Ninja Gaiden. It has terrible voice acting and the story is stupid. The gameplay is great though.
I love listening to you!! Pls keep the quality of ur writing. It's so clear and to the point. Doesn't sound repetitive and is informative. Very happy listening to your content.
I'm shocked Gollum was on this list. Shocked! Okay, I wasn't as much as shocked as I was surprised. To be fair... yeah, it deserves to be on this list. It isn't a good game. Fine, what really surprised me was that it wasn't the first on the list. Given how much detail you gave about the game, it should be number 1. Oh... who am I kidding? Gollum is so bad that it should be n°1 on the full bad games of 2023. People should be paid to buy it.
the moment i clicked on this video i knew redfall and lord of the rings gollum were going to be on the bottom of this list. as for the other games never heard of them
"Crime Boss Rock Ayyy Cit Ayyy, no I will not call it anything else"... And then proceeds to just call it crime Boss for the rest of the entry, just as disappointing as the game 😂.
Wait a minute… it was somehow possible to make a worse game than Gollum? How is that possible? That’s the equivalent of saying there will be a worse show this year than Velma.
Nothing was more disappointing to me than this game tbh. Gollum wasn't interesting to me in the first place, so there was nothing there for me to be disappointed by. Greyhill Incident though.. I fucking loved Signs by M. Night when I was growing up. This was basically fixed out to be Signs: The Game, in so many ways it's not even a question that that's exactly what the devs were shooting for. But then they didn't just shoot and miss literally every possible aspect that made Signs good, they shot backwards and through a neighboring Walmart.
Unpopular opinion: Wanted Dead is pure garbage in the best of ways, I feel like it’s one of those shitty games people will appreciate more after it’s sat for a few years, hell, people seem to give a crap about Lollipop Chainsaw now, lmfao
You guys better watch yourselves. Putting Chuck Norris on the thumbnail of the video where he can easily come across it could be very dangerous for you. lol
Honestly Crime Boss did a way better job at being a 3rd Payday then Payday 3 but by god go off on it since you clearly haven’t played it since launch and it was pretty good on Xbox
Idk why I keep forgetting this a list of bad games Every entry I think "oh wow, that seems like it would really fun" then the next few sentences are spoken and I die a little inside
Crime Boss is actually a pretty decent game and does not belong on this list IMO, the voice-cast along sells it for me. That crappy Last of Us rip-off that was on the European Switch eshop should've been on this list instead and it should've been #1
Not gonna lie, other than the obvious Redfall and Gollum games, the only other game on this list I have heard of is Crimeboss.. Hell, I was a massive Settlers fan back in the Amiga days, and I did not even know that there was a new game.
I would love to see a "biggest rise and fall of games in 2023 (so far)" and i think Only Up should be number 1 as it basically took over the streaming realm for a time being then just vanished to no fault of the players but the devs themselves
Maybe the games itself arent as bad as the others on this list, but Overwatch 2, Forspoken, and Diablo 4 should be on the list considering the absolute sh*tstorm it caused
Forspoken wasn't a bad game. The shitstorm you are talking about is from, the people putting politics in it. And using the negativity around it to ride the RUclips algorithm. It sold well and was top 10 best selling. It also lasted number 2 in Japan for a month and a half. Where as FF16 only lasted 2 weeks.
@maskofacryingclown3 ff16 actually did well, but SE tends to set their expectations for FF super high, so that's why the numbers "underwhelmed", especially when you factor that it's a Play Station exclusive. Even then, it sold super well. The backlash from Forspoken was not because of politics. Sure, there are small minority, but the main issue was the writing. The main lead was unlikeable (an opinion shared by nearly everyone), and the missions felt repetitive. If you really want a poor sales record, Forspoken did badly, even SE confirmed it themselves
@@vta2265 you saying that se said it sold poorly when they think every game of theirs underperforms kinda makes that statement irrelevant. I know FF16 sold better than forspoken no doubt. But Forspoken sold better in Japan then FF16 also lasted longer in the top 10 over there. That game was pressed with hate when it's just a mediocre game. RedFall didn't even get a constant bandwagon of hate and RUclips videos like Forspoken did. When RedFall was a devastation. Forspoken was actually playable and impressive just mid in other Areas. It has the same flaws a FF16. Yet FF16 gets a pass.
@maskofacryingclown3 except SE never said FF sold poorly, but it underdelivered, while Forspoken straight up was lacklustre. Like I said in my original comment. The game mechanics aren't bad persay, but what turned the gamers against the game was its story and characters. That has always been its biggest critic against the game, while FF 16 biggest problem was hardcore fans saying that it doesn't feel like a FF game, and more like DMC
The Souls-like genre is an extremely difficult one to develop a game for, and developers shouldn't try it unless they know what they are doing. This is because a game can get away with being brutally hard only if the fighting mechanics are polished to the utmost extreme, making fighting an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Also extremely polished character animations during the fights helps a lot to the overall feeling and enjoyability. Where excessive difficulty very quickly falls on its face is when the fighting is frustrating due to bad controls and badly designed fighting mechanics. And it doesn't exactly help if the fighting animations are sub-par.
Hogwarts Legacy, Jedi Survivor, Baldur's Gate 3, dead space remake, FF16 and probably 1 or 2 im not thinking of right now were better to me then all the games you mentioned that you thought were good at the beginning of the video and you did not mention any of them.. The only one you got right was re4 remake.. Street Fighter 6, really? I might be in the minority here, but tears of the Kingdom plays like a kids game.. no voice acting and childish sound effects. I don't know how any adults could enjoy that, but thats just me I guess. I question this channels taste in games honestly. I enjoy a good deal of your videos except most of them have to do mostly with super old games and seem repetitive. There are many smaller channels that are much better and deserve the subscriber count that you have so you must be doing something right for people I guess. You just rarely do it for me but on occasion you do. Maybe you are like most big channels who were good at the beginning and then started going downhill. I don't know.. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy your humor a lot and your writing is top tier for the most part.
Oh dear Jules... How did you miss the Nadir joke? You could have said "This is the Nadir of cards based games" with Nadir being the lowest point. Pay me, I'll come write you what culture
Sleep deprived, hammed, barely interested. Yup, that’s Michael Madsen in EVERYTHING! Still something about him though that works for the movies, dunno, just might be growing up with actors like him and Nick Nolte in the 80s. Garey Busey! Would pay to see/hear him in a video game. Just take off his meds and let him go all Busey
Wanted Dead is wanted dead. 3:11 I don't like games that are purely text based. Even the original King's Quest had visuals. Colossal Cave is a colossal failure. I can't defend game companies that delay a game and still release it in a half assed state. Gollum is not the worst game of the year anymore? Gollum looked better in Shadow of Mordor 9 years ago. You should have mentioned more about this abomination. There's a lot more things wrong with the Gollum game besides the way he looks.
0:11 Halfway through? Um Jules we're almost at the end of August mate. That's more 3/4 than half. My guess is they filmed this in June then got too busy to release it maybe?
I can't get over how bad 'Gollum' looks. I don't consider myself a graphics whore, but there are GCN games from 20 years ago that look better than that. Like Metroid Prime and SF Adventures.
I got to stray blade and I'm out. It's a tiny game that barely anyone has heard of and isn't nearly as bad as half the games released this year. It's mid but we have genuinely bad games out. Bad picks, and I'm not even gonna keep trying here. Not even Jules can make me want to finish this one. Do better please
@@Bman32x - Yes, actually. Forspoken had some early hype, and was more or less expected to help move PS5 systems (as it was PS5 & Windows exclusive, no X-Box release), up until people got a closer look and were turned off by the MC's banter and the gameplay being flawed. I was personally most put off by the high asking price (the price for the base game is still higher than the likes of say, Starfield), which was very ballsy considering people were getting cold feet leading up to its release. That said, it doesn't really belong on this list. It was just a bit mediocre and way too confident for its asking price, not critically flawed. Now, it would certainly fit on a list of _disappointments._ And in fact I think it has made some lists like that, though I'm not sure if it was on this channel or others.
I remember a friend of mine trying to get me hyped up for crime boss by telling me it's got all these celebrities in it, and I replied "So? All the stars in the world won't make a game good if the gameplay is crap." Glad I didn't fall for that one.
I mean, if 'star studded cast' is brought out as a selling point, that's generally a red flag to me. I mean, sure, atrocious voice acting can sink a lot investment in a game, but 'it has excellent voice acting' never saved a bad one IMO.
Now this is a collection of hot takes. Kinda surprised so many indie games got dunked on this hard. On the other hand, it does mean this is a pretty good year for games, seeing as there's barely anything TO dunk on this year.
I think I’m gonna quit gaming. Everything is so expensive games are much worse than their advertised and they get boring too quickly. Every time I find a game that seems good it’s just the advertising I got this new game hell sweeper a VR game when I play it, it is 10 times worse than what is shown and you can’t tell what games are good and you can’t experiment with buying them because they all cost $40.
It's actually sad when you look at the rest of their library. Their strength seemed to be point and click games with some forays into other genres, and they had some fairly well received ones. Gollum was a notable divergence from their usual MO, so most of the devs would have been working outside their comfort zone. Feels like there was some executive pressure involved to use a big name (LOTR) for a game, and then go for more "mainstream" gameplay mechanics than they usually used. I feel like if it was just some random totally original game, it would have flopped but not killed the studio. Would have just been a learning experience about a new genre. But because it had a huge IP attached, the scrutiny was turned up even higher and doomed them. I just feel bad for the devs.
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how about top 10 worst triple a games? I feel like the most big companies who were legendary 10 years ago make such bad games nowadays
Oh Forspoken is already in that list somewhere 😂
Fallout 76 release, Anthem, Mass Effect Andromeda, and WWE 2k20 will likely be on that list.
If the do make it, make it for games that came out this year that are worse.
*cough Blizzard cough*
Redfall comes to mind
Disappointed Chuck Norris is disappointed
my first thought seeing the thumbnail was is that Chuck Norris playing Crocodile Dundee lol
👎
I’m disappointed in your disappointment in chuck Norris’ disappointment
The game SHOULD ended up on mobile instead…
This comment made me imagine Chuck Norris in the Hercules TV show as the title character, instead of Kevin Sorbo.
"Disa-PPOINTED!!"
I'm sorry Wanted Dead is my favorite B game of recent memory and it really a 6 or 7 out of 10 in my book. Screw all these other games.
You're funny
@@Spawnwick_Boseman82820 you sound like you've never played Devil May Cry
@@GiordanDiodato again, you're funny. DMC and no more heroes this is not
You sound like you never really played Wanted Dead @@GiordanDiodato
To be honest. After watching this. I want to play Wanted Dead.
I know lord of the rings gollum is gonna be on the list
Can’t disappoint if it was always expected to suck
@@Bman32xwho would want a game about Gollum?
@@pilotmemesI guess if it was about his inner struggle between who he once was (a peaceful river hobbit) and who he had let himself become (Sméagol, who had murdered his friend and lived as an animal ever since)
It was the worst game of the year as Gollum holds his golden popcorn trophy and gives you the finger.
@@Norinia yeah, that would have been an interesting take on his character to explore but otherwise it's just him being a little monster obsessed with a shiny object
I think Wanted: Dead was, in all its wackiness, a somewhat fun game.
I guess whatculture is going into hiding, after using that thumbnail. For Chuck Norris, unlocking god-mode is a nerf.
Wanted Dead rules. You just gotta learn how to play it. It's not Ninja Gaiden. It has terrible voice acting and the story is stupid. The gameplay is great though.
More like meh
Got the collector's edition of Wanted Dead for $18 on Prime Day a couple months back. Hard to crap on an ok/not great game at that price.
Great soundtrack too.
I've heard Wanted Dead described as a great bad game.
I mean I haven't played it but if I bought a game for 18 dollars and it was terrible I'd be pissed
@@rohuffgamingakaLea1576 I mean, I wouldn't be happy either. But a lot happier than if I paid $60 or $70 for it.
@@lancelotto475 I'm all about a great bad game I can get for cheap. Nothing lost if it turns out to be just bad. 😅
I love listening to you!! Pls keep the quality of ur writing. It's so clear and to the point. Doesn't sound repetitive and is informative. Very happy listening to your content.
Not showing even a spec of gameplay for gollum was truly savage... and correct.
I'm shocked Gollum was on this list. Shocked!
Okay, I wasn't as much as shocked as I was surprised.
To be fair... yeah, it deserves to be on this list. It isn't a good game.
Fine, what really surprised me was that it wasn't the first on the list. Given how much detail you gave about the game, it should be number 1.
Oh... who am I kidding? Gollum is so bad that it should be n°1 on the full bad games of 2023. People should be paid to buy it.
the moment i clicked on this video i knew redfall and lord of the rings gollum were going to be on the bottom of this list. as for the other games never heard of them
Wanted Dead is great
"Crime Boss Rock Ayyy Cit Ayyy, no I will not call it anything else"... And then proceeds to just call it crime Boss for the rest of the entry, just as disappointing as the game 😂.
Better add Skull Island: Rise of Kong to the list lol
And walking dead destinies 😂
Wait a minute… it was somehow possible to make a worse game than Gollum? How is that possible? That’s the equivalent of saying there will be a worse show this year than Velma.
Im shocked about Clive N Wrench, since ive only heard good things about that game so far. To each their own i suppose.
it might take too much from 90s platform games
Anamainiacs for the Game Cube is better. It also has some of the exact same levels.
They should have called "The Greyhill Incident" "Stumbling Alone in the Dark" 😁
Nothing was more disappointing to me than this game tbh. Gollum wasn't interesting to me in the first place, so there was nothing there for me to be disappointed by.
Greyhill Incident though.. I fucking loved Signs by M. Night when I was growing up. This was basically fixed out to be Signs: The Game, in so many ways it's not even a question that that's exactly what the devs were shooting for. But then they didn't just shoot and miss literally every possible aspect that made Signs good, they shot backwards and through a neighboring Walmart.
Wanted dead is brilliant.
You're funny
Yes
Unpopular opinion: Wanted Dead is pure garbage in the best of ways, I feel like it’s one of those shitty games people will appreciate more after it’s sat for a few years, hell, people seem to give a crap about Lollipop Chainsaw now, lmfao
You've been smoking crack again Watchculture; Wanted Dead is LIT
I'll just stick to the settlers on the amiga, perfectly enjoyable to play.
You guys better watch yourselves. Putting Chuck Norris on the thumbnail of the video where he can easily come across it could be very dangerous for you. lol
Colossal Cave makes me happy they never tried to create ZORK as a non text game.
There is a 3D non-text Zork game. It's called Return to Zork. It was also made 35 years ago.
@@jasonmohn1472 Also Zork: Nemesis and Zork: Grand Inquisitor. There was also the short-lived Legends of Zork MMORPG.
Honestly Crime Boss did a way better job at being a 3rd Payday then Payday 3 but by god go off on it since you clearly haven’t played it since launch and it was pretty good on Xbox
Idk why I keep forgetting this a list of bad games
Every entry I think "oh wow, that seems like it would really fun" then the next few sentences are spoken and I die a little inside
Gollum and Greyhill should of tied for the number 1 spot.
I think Gollum was worse, why? Because it wasn't only a bad game, but also destroied my beloved Lotr series
Well, for every peak there’s a valley.
Crime Boss is actually a pretty decent game and does not belong on this list IMO, the voice-cast along sells it for me. That crappy Last of Us rip-off that was on the European Switch eshop should've been on this list instead and it should've been #1
Not gonna lie, other than the obvious Redfall and Gollum games, the only other game on this list I have heard of is Crimeboss.. Hell, I was a massive Settlers fan back in the Amiga days, and I did not even know that there was a new game.
I would love to see a "biggest rise and fall of games in 2023 (so far)" and i think Only Up should be number 1 as it basically took over the streaming realm for a time being then just vanished to no fault of the players but the devs themselves
Awe, Clive n Wrench was actually pretty good for what it was; a total nostalgia trip
I can't believe there's anything worse than Gollum
Maybe the games itself arent as bad as the others on this list, but Overwatch 2, Forspoken, and Diablo 4 should be on the list considering the absolute sh*tstorm it caused
No
Forspoken wasn't a bad game. The shitstorm you are talking about is from, the people putting politics in it. And using the negativity around it to ride the RUclips algorithm. It sold well and was top 10 best selling. It also lasted number 2 in Japan for a month and a half. Where as FF16 only lasted 2 weeks.
@maskofacryingclown3 ff16 actually did well, but SE tends to set their expectations for FF super high, so that's why the numbers "underwhelmed", especially when you factor that it's a Play Station exclusive. Even then, it sold super well. The backlash from Forspoken was not because of politics. Sure, there are small minority, but the main issue was the writing. The main lead was unlikeable (an opinion shared by nearly everyone), and the missions felt repetitive. If you really want a poor sales record, Forspoken did badly, even SE confirmed it themselves
@@vta2265 you saying that se said it sold poorly when they think every game of theirs underperforms kinda makes that statement irrelevant. I know FF16 sold better than forspoken no doubt. But Forspoken sold better in Japan then FF16 also lasted longer in the top 10 over there. That game was pressed with hate when it's just a mediocre game. RedFall didn't even get a constant bandwagon of hate and RUclips videos like Forspoken did. When RedFall was a devastation. Forspoken was actually playable and impressive just mid in other Areas. It has the same flaws a FF16. Yet FF16 gets a pass.
@maskofacryingclown3 except SE never said FF sold poorly, but it underdelivered, while Forspoken straight up was lacklustre. Like I said in my original comment. The game mechanics aren't bad persay, but what turned the gamers against the game was its story and characters. That has always been its biggest critic against the game, while FF 16 biggest problem was hardcore fans saying that it doesn't feel like a FF game, and more like DMC
Totally agree about greyhill, such a major disappointment. But still got that plat!
Free For All a TV Show Not a Video Game But still one of the worst Adult Cartoons ever
Video Games have been so sad
I can give Gollum credit for meeting my expectations. It was as bad as it looked like it was going to be.
Wanted death was awful. There were no zombies either
L take
So am I the only one who noticed at 4:05 my boy from nightmare before Christmas showed up? Boogy man. Uggie buggie
I was gonna ask about choo-choo Charles but that came out at the end of last year.
Jules turned into Nandor the vampire when he said Crime Boss Rockay Citay
Where is Kong ?
Not even chuck norris could save that game.
The Souls-like genre is an extremely difficult one to develop a game for, and developers shouldn't try it unless they know what they are doing. This is because a game can get away with being brutally hard only if the fighting mechanics are polished to the utmost extreme, making fighting an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Also extremely polished character animations during the fights helps a lot to the overall feeling and enjoyability.
Where excessive difficulty very quickly falls on its face is when the fighting is frustrating due to bad controls and badly designed fighting mechanics. And it doesn't exactly help if the fighting animations are sub-par.
7 or so patches later and Crime Boss is pretty good. The hammy voice acting is hilarious and the graphics are quite good too
So basically Nadir is pretty much Genius Invocation from Genshin Impact as made by someone who doesn't understand what makes it work.
Did Sidgewick throw a hissy fit and demand you remove AEW Fight Forever from this list?
I saw Chuck Norris and remembered that he was in a game. Then i saw the title...How can Chuck Norris be disappointing?
Just passed the halfway point of the year? Lol what? There’s only 3 months left in the year 😂
Hogwarts Legacy, Jedi Survivor, Baldur's Gate 3, dead space remake, FF16 and probably 1 or 2 im not thinking of right now were better to me then all the games you mentioned that you thought were good at the beginning of the video and you did not mention any of them.. The only one you got right was re4 remake.. Street Fighter 6, really? I might be in the minority here, but tears of the Kingdom plays like a kids game.. no voice acting and childish sound effects. I don't know how any adults could enjoy that, but thats just me I guess. I question this channels taste in games honestly. I enjoy a good deal of your videos except most of them have to do mostly with super old games and seem repetitive. There are many smaller channels that are much better and deserve the subscriber count that you have so you must be doing something right for people I guess. You just rarely do it for me but on occasion you do. Maybe you are like most big channels who were good at the beginning and then started going downhill. I don't know..
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy your humor a lot and your writing is top tier for the most part.
He was just listing a couple good games its not that deep bro
Oh dear Jules... How did you miss the Nadir joke? You could have said "This is the Nadir of cards based games" with Nadir being the lowest point.
Pay me, I'll come write you what culture
A list of character builds made by players that developers didn't intend to exist.
I will play wanted ... I find the action so cool ...only game I disagree with you
Sleep deprived, hammed, barely interested. Yup, that’s Michael Madsen in EVERYTHING! Still something about him though that works for the movies, dunno, just might be growing up with actors like him and Nick Nolte in the 80s. Garey Busey! Would pay to see/hear him in a video game. Just take off his meds and let him go all Busey
i don't know if you looked at the titles of most of the channels videos but punching down at games with edgy humor is what you guys do best
Wanted Dead is wanted dead.
3:11 I don't like games that are purely text based. Even the original King's Quest had visuals. Colossal Cave is a colossal failure.
I can't defend game companies that delay a game and still release it in a half assed state.
Gollum is not the worst game of the year anymore? Gollum looked better in Shadow of Mordor 9 years ago. You should have mentioned more about this abomination. There's a lot more things wrong with the Gollum game besides the way he looks.
Colossal Cave needs an Xyzzy and sent back to where it came from.
Well, he probably not to talk about number 2.
Chuck Norris never had a bad video game. He just sets you up for the best one ever.
Except for, you know, ALL OF THEM.
Gollum should've been #1. Greyhill Incident isn't nearly as bad as Gollum
Clive N Wrench Killed the Jump n Run Genre. This is the most disgusting Openly Ripp Off of Banjo Kazooie ive EVER SEEN.
0:11 Halfway through? Um Jules we're almost at the end of August mate. That's more 3/4 than half. My guess is they filmed this in June then got too busy to release it maybe?
Also two-thirds
Soulslike games are easy to make, just make game unfair and unbalanced against player favor, thats why so many clones come out.
Wanted Dead was amazing!
ok in all fairness Arkane didn’t even want to make Redfall they were basically forced to do it
What game do they open the video with?
That's number 2?!?! What is number 1?!?? Oh, yeah.... Carry on
Where’s the Almighty game ever Rise of Kong?
Somehow they managed to put Wanted: Dead on this list (Which is good in it's own way), but not Forspoken 🤦♂️
i'm 2 mins into the video and have to disagree already: stray blade is nothing like Jules painted it in this video. highly reccommend it.
I can't get over how bad 'Gollum' looks. I don't consider myself a graphics whore, but there are GCN games from 20 years ago that look better than that. Like Metroid Prime and SF Adventures.
I got to stray blade and I'm out. It's a tiny game that barely anyone has heard of and isn't nearly as bad as half the games released this year. It's mid but we have genuinely bad games out.
Bad picks, and I'm not even gonna keep trying here. Not even Jules can make me want to finish this one.
Do better please
Simple doesn't necessarily mean bad if a formula works why change it
Timestamps discount gameranx
Opens with criticism of a Souls knockoff. Describes combat exactly like that from early Souls game as the issue.
And Chuck Norris sounds like a computer
Gollum " Look at this" nuff said 😅😅😅😅
Where has cime boss already been released? Because i work at gamestop and its still up for preorder since the release is in like october I think.
Originally released in March exclusively on the Epic Games store. Then released on consoles everywhere else in June. What country are you in?
@Spotastic9 I'm in the US and like I said, it's still up for preorder on our system. We haven't even received the games in store.
@@Spotastic9 it's so odd to me that it's not already in stores here.
@@jeffsenigma That is strange. But there are reasons I don't shop at Gamestop anymore...
Wanted: Dead sounds like taking Yakuza and make it more actionable.
Clive and Wrench is a mid platformer yes, but NOT at all worthy of this list. Its a 5/10 from me
thought from the thumbnail was a walker Texas ranger game :(
Nothing makes me happier than NOT seeing Saints Row on this list.
Gollum could take all 10 spots smh, what a dumpster fire
I. Playing wanted:dead rn and I think it's decent. It's not a 60 dollar game ( I only paid $25.00 ) but I feel it's worth the 25 I paid
You should probably add the fact it's your opinion
Why is Joan of Arc in hell? Wasn't she a saint?
Did anyone else click just to see what the Chuck Norris game was?
Me
Gollum is #2 ?! I'm shocked !
No ForeSpoken???
Great video Jules, thanks mate.
really no forspoken
Did it actually have high or good expectations though?
@@Bman32x - Yes, actually. Forspoken had some early hype, and was more or less expected to help move PS5 systems (as it was PS5 & Windows exclusive, no X-Box release), up until people got a closer look and were turned off by the MC's banter and the gameplay being flawed. I was personally most put off by the high asking price (the price for the base game is still higher than the likes of say, Starfield), which was very ballsy considering people were getting cold feet leading up to its release.
That said, it doesn't really belong on this list. It was just a bit mediocre and way too confident for its asking price, not critically flawed.
Now, it would certainly fit on a list of _disappointments._ And in fact I think it has made some lists like that, though I'm not sure if it was on this channel or others.
That game was more mediocre than bad.
Forspoken was more meh than bad.
This video didnt take my desire to try some of these games for myself.
I remember a friend of mine trying to get me hyped up for crime boss by telling me it's got all these celebrities in it, and I replied "So? All the stars in the world won't make a game good if the gameplay is crap." Glad I didn't fall for that one.
I mean, if 'star studded cast' is brought out as a selling point, that's generally a red flag to me. I mean, sure, atrocious voice acting can sink a lot investment in a game, but 'it has excellent voice acting' never saved a bad one IMO.
Now this is a collection of hot takes. Kinda surprised so many indie games got dunked on this hard.
On the other hand, it does mean this is a pretty good year for games, seeing as there's barely anything TO dunk on this year.
He forgot put Overwatch 2 in this video.
How about ten games that can be saved. Like no man's sky. Or are worth saving
Im surprised a game could be worse than redfall.
I think I’m gonna quit gaming. Everything is so expensive games are much worse than their advertised and they get boring too quickly. Every time I find a game that seems good it’s just the advertising I got this new game hell sweeper a VR game when I play it, it is 10 times worse than what is shown and you can’t tell what games are good and you can’t experiment with buying them because they all cost $40.
I really enjoy Nadir, and I don't find it too difficult at all. Challenging, for sure, but nothing I'd consider unfair.
The only redeeming quality of Gollum was that it was so bad that the developer actually retired following its release.
It's actually sad when you look at the rest of their library. Their strength seemed to be point and click games with some forays into other genres, and they had some fairly well received ones. Gollum was a notable divergence from their usual MO, so most of the devs would have been working outside their comfort zone. Feels like there was some executive pressure involved to use a big name (LOTR) for a game, and then go for more "mainstream" gameplay mechanics than they usually used.
I feel like if it was just some random totally original game, it would have flopped but not killed the studio. Would have just been a learning experience about a new genre. But because it had a huge IP attached, the scrutiny was turned up even higher and doomed them. I just feel bad for the devs.