2023 has been a great year for video games, with plenty of all-time classics launching throughout these past few months. They aren't these games.
TNS: "We're shining a light on a bunch of "bad" games that may've been left wanting when it comes to their critical or audience reception."
Good list I've had similar reactions to some games even ones on the list like the order and Callisto
Also I recently grabbed forspoken for, 5 dollars at a eb games Clarence sale and I am actually enjoying it more than I thought I would
Sometimes you just need to give critically panned games a chance
I feel like we’re finally starting to see a sea change in how we treat our favorite games. Sure, we all acknowledge that a game can suck and we can still enjoy it. Hopefully this results in meaningful review scores. Personally, I find a lot of bad games are better if you blast through them on the easiest difficulty. Callisto protocol on the image is a good example of this.
Actually, I started liking FO76 after the wastelanders DLC ... it has been my guilty pleasure
other games I can think of Order 1886, Driveclub, Resident Evil 6 (only the Leon part), Alpha Protocol (pretty unique, needs a remake), XIII Remake (after patches), Medal of Honor 2010, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Homefront The Revolution, Enemy Front, Legendary The Box, Faces of War, Conflict: Vietnam, Conflict: Global Storm & Codename: Panzers – Cold War
I loved The Order, ridiculous graphics for it's time and a very interesting setting, it was linear but not as bad as people say. Similar thing with Callisto Protocol, i admit that i played it a long time after release so maybe issues were fixed by then, but it was a fantastic Dead Space-like horror game with some of the best graphics i've seen in my life.
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I played Starfield this past weekend. I enjoyed it and overall was about 30 hours in, but as soon as I got the e-mail about the GamePass price increase, I cancelled my account and deleted Starfield, Halo, Forza and others off my Series X.
If I want to play those games, I’ll just buy them outright - and truth is, I’m pretty sure I won’t. They aren’t worth it to me.
Don't know if I have 10 but for me I was expecting more from Hogwarts, Atomic Heart started well but got boring but nothing can top the total disappointment of Starfield. Starfield the game I was expecting to play over and over for years is a broken dull mess filled with loading screens and bugs, a space rpg that has little RPG elements and the worst exploration of any Bethesda game to date.
The Steam beta has fixed the lack of DLSS and the blurry textures but everything else is still broken
Something disappointing is when you expect more from something, just something to be good, and nobody expected The Lord of the Rings: Gollum to be good!
Yeah can't say I was expecting much from Gollum and Walking Dead so they weren't dissapointments.
But Wanted: Dead, Redfall, Forespoken, Payday 3 and Starfield absolutely belong on there
I enjoyed Forspoken, Wanted Dead, Immortals Of Aveum & I'm on the last chapter of Atlas Fallen which I'm enjoying as well. The 2 games on that list I have to say were mediocre & average for me is Redfall & Starfield, with Redfall being very mediocre & Starfield being average at best. The other 4 I have not played.
For me it's
Wanted: Dead
Redfall
Lords of The Fallen
MW3
Mortal Kombat 1
Payday 3
Crime Boss
Starfield
Diablo 4
Atomic Heart
This was the year that made me stop pre-ordering games. I am big on collectibles so always tend to order CE or don't want to miss out on pre-order bonuses but after so many disappointments this year I've just cancelled anything I had pre ordered already.