Top 10 Bad Games by Good Studios

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When shopping for new video games you can often trust the name publisher or developer on the box to be an indication of the quality of the game. Names like Nintendo, Square Enix, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Capcom, Xbox Game Studios and Sega are world famous because they helped shape the industry by releasing some of the most defining video games of all time. Though sometimes even these great gaming houses stumble and put out a stinker."

[Gamerking82]

Splatterhouse remake . Loved the og’s at the arcade growing up . Hell the best thing about the remake was the og,s were included . And left alive by Square . That game had so much potential , but the gameplay was worse horrendous .

[Game-ur]

once Great studios getting destroyed is actually common. happened with ND and Last of Us2, Bioware and Mass Effect Andromeda/Anthem, Bungle and Destiny .

[BeRich233]

Fuse should have been on that list (Insomniac Games)

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Splatterhouse remake kicked ass

[merryja]

I personally don't like these games.

[East76lands]

I'm pretty much certain that any Sonic game that comes out will be terrible, I've not enjoyed one since the original side-scrolling days of the MegaDrive.

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

Then you might like a recent sonic "sonic mania".

[jaymacx]

For this Topic it says Good Studios that make bad games. Sonic Team hasn't been good in years.

[Truplaya]

Sonic Mania is great!

[deleted]

Lair has the best soundtrack of a major game flop that I can remember. I still listen to it from time to time on Youtube.

[FreakyFox]

I only just found out that Factor 5 reemerged in 2017, and reacquired the rights to the Turrican franchise.

[L7CHAPEL]

I love the fact that at least someone remembers,
during the PS3 era how many bad games, and studios were shuttered during that era. you get nothing but rose-colored/ perfect hindsight about that now...

[toxic-inferno]

Haze broke me. I was such a massive fan of Timesplitters that I didn't believe for one second they could make such a generic, sub-par game. It even had a couple of neat ideas, but nothing that could save it from utter failure.

I learnt a harsh lesson from that game.

[Chaos_Order]

Exactly the same for me. Timesplitters 4 is now merely a pipedream because of Haze, and that hurts the most.
Average gameplay aside, what boggles my mind with Haze is that they ruined the entire plot in every trailer, interview, and even on the back of the box. Corporation bad, Nectar make you not see things, you join the rebels. Told in a more mature way and without it being spoiled from day 1, I could've seen Haze making much more of an impact.

[toxic-inferno]

It was definitely a very clever idea! Held back by poor marketing (as you said), poor narrative, underdeveloped characters and technology that hadn't QUITE reached the standard required for that kind of twist. Such a shame.

It's an idea that now wouldn't be all that ambitious, but back in 2008 it was an interesting idea that had the potential for so much depth!

[WadeSeven]

where's naughty dog's Way of the Warrior ?