Extinction for me - it might have been a work freebie that didn't owe me anything, but I was still seemed like it needed a lot of work.
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What's the absolute worst game of 2018 you played?
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider was a major disappointment and I regretted buying it day one. I still finished it, but pretty much every aspect of that game could have been better.
Jesus, the game I will mention is heartbreaking for me...
Battle Princess Madelyn
Yeah, I can't believe it either. The Story Mode of this game is a mess.
When I first saw it, I already knew what kind of game would be: A nostalgic trip to the awesome gameplay of the classic Arcade games of Ghost 'n Goblins series...
I started playing it....and the flaws started pouring inside my soul.....
Some major examples:
- The first major Boss [a giant skeleton] was a GIANT difficult spike for no good reason....
I just couldn't find a good way to do damage to it. I gave up and then I saw a video on Youtube. You must go between his legs to hit his head up with your weapon.
The problem was the feets started causing me damage and I thought it wasn't this the solution!
- When you reach the Forest [the second World] you have the ability to return back to your Castle. So I did cause I wanted to finish I think two quests.
But after that.....I couldn't reach the teleport to return to the Forest. The teleport was too high for my jump. So guess what I did: I needed to play the First World ALL OVER AGAIN just to get to the Forest! Jesus!
It have many others flaws like unfair enemy placements, stupid save system, etc.
Man I really wanted to like it because it is a beautiful game with good animation pixel art...
EDIT:
For a better game who copy Ghost 'n Goblins perfectly or even better, go and buy Cursed Castilla or play its free version:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/534290/Cursed_Castilla_Maldita_Castilla_EX/
https://www.locomalito.com/maldita_castilla.php
Battle Princess Madelyn
Yeah, I can't believe it either. The Story Mode of this game is a mess.
When I first saw it, I already knew what kind of game would be: A nostalgic trip to the awesome gameplay of the classic Arcade games of Ghost 'n Goblins series...
I started playing it....and the flaws started pouring inside my soul.....
Some major examples:
- The first major Boss [a giant skeleton] was a GIANT difficult spike for no good reason....
I just couldn't find a good way to do damage to it. I gave up and then I saw a video on Youtube. You must go between his legs to hit his head up with your weapon.
The problem was the feets started causing me damage and I thought it wasn't this the solution!
- When you reach the Forest [the second World] you have the ability to return back to your Castle. So I did cause I wanted to finish I think two quests.
But after that.....I couldn't reach the teleport to return to the Forest. The teleport was too high for my jump. So guess what I did: I needed to play the First World ALL OVER AGAIN just to get to the Forest! Jesus!
It have many others flaws like unfair enemy placements, stupid save system, etc.
Man I really wanted to like it because it is a beautiful game with good animation pixel art...
EDIT:
For a better game who copy Ghost 'n Goblins perfectly or even better, go and buy Cursed Castilla or play its free version:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/534290/Cursed_Castilla_Maldita_Castilla_EX/
https://www.locomalito.com/maldita_castilla.php
Red dead or God of War. Did spend most of my time with Fortnite and not much else. My GOTY list is short:
1. Celeste
2. Smash Ult
This year I learned that I should stop to waste money on AAA games. They just bore me these days.
1. Celeste
2. Smash Ult
This year I learned that I should stop to waste money on AAA games. They just bore me these days.
Out of 21 new games I've played: God of War
A ponderous and turgid bore, for all the talk of it being an example of the maturation of video games as a medium it's about as thematically deep as a puddle and does nothing to interrogate its own characters and world. The game is nothing but surface and even that surface is smudged by tedious and unnecessary RPG mechanics that actually ruin the whole "we're doing this whole game in one take!" conceit they're going for.
A ponderous and turgid bore, for all the talk of it being an example of the maturation of video games as a medium it's about as thematically deep as a puddle and does nothing to interrogate its own characters and world. The game is nothing but surface and even that surface is smudged by tedious and unnecessary RPG mechanics that actually ruin the whole "we're doing this whole game in one take!" conceit they're going for.
I didn't play many new games this year and while I didn't dislike them I was extremely disapointed in Pokemon Let's Go and Spiderman. Especially Spiderman, it was just such a shallow experience once you got over the awesome web slinging and played the samey combat for a few hours... The sidequests/collectibles were high in number and very low on quality, the main missions were fun, but it was just lacking... I hope the sequel builds on it as the fundemetals llike the web slinging and combatas they are actualy very good, there's just nothing that meaningful or fun stuff to do in the world.
Alright, so why did you do that? Seems obvious that they would be bad games.
The thread title specifically says "what's the absolute worst game you played this year."
Excluding any games I played this year that weren't actually released this year, it's probably State of Decay 2. While Fallout 76 is described as broken trainwreck, I didn't play it, so I can't comment on that one. And as for Sea of Thieves, in all fairness, it worked, but it was just boring.
God of War. The shonky field of view, the lack of enemy variety, the cruddy boss battles and the unconvincing employment of a sad dad narrative to try and morph a ferocious monster of a protagonist into something more relatable while totally falling flat on its face in the process. Easily the worst game of 2018.
Thankfully, almost everything I played this year I loved. There are two games that I regret getting and that's Fallout 76 and RDR2. Both of them I preordered, and I feel like an idiot for doing so.
Fallout is a game I bought to play with my friend, and I won't say we haven't any fun playing it, but it's such a lifeless, glitchy, and clunky mess of a game. A Fallout game that I can play co-op with my friend sounds great, but it's just so soulless in every way imaginable. Every time we play it I just get angry at something that's broken in the game, or get depressed by how all you do in the game is shoot stuff and then read/listen to terminals.
As for RDR2, this one hurts to put on this list. It's a game that has so much going for it with its world, great graphics and music, and interesting story, but I just despise playing the game. It plays so poorly, that not even the stellar rest of the game is making me want to power through. It's heartbreaking that it's not even going to make my top 10 list. I appreciate the great things it does, but it's just held back massively by the gameplay, which is the most important thing to me.
Fallout is a game I bought to play with my friend, and I won't say we haven't any fun playing it, but it's such a lifeless, glitchy, and clunky mess of a game. A Fallout game that I can play co-op with my friend sounds great, but it's just so soulless in every way imaginable. Every time we play it I just get angry at something that's broken in the game, or get depressed by how all you do in the game is shoot stuff and then read/listen to terminals.
As for RDR2, this one hurts to put on this list. It's a game that has so much going for it with its world, great graphics and music, and interesting story, but I just despise playing the game. It plays so poorly, that not even the stellar rest of the game is making me want to power through. It's heartbreaking that it's not even going to make my top 10 list. I appreciate the great things it does, but it's just held back massively by the gameplay, which is the most important thing to me.
I've only played two games from 2018: QUBE 2 and Gravel. I liked them both and would have a hard time picking which I liked least. Like the Director's Cut of the first game QUBE 2 has a poor narrative (or poorly voice acted one I should say) but it's still a very decent puzzle game.
For the actual worst game I've played this year, that might be Magicka, albeit the worst experience I've had with a game this year. It is a good game but in all the 19 years I've played games online I've never seen one with such a totally broken multiplayer before. Despite many attempts to get into online games I only managed it the once, every other attempt lead to error messages. I tried all of the port forwarding nonsense that is offered as a solution but none of it worked. To add insult to injury the developers were back working on the game at the time.. adding DLC (robes) for players to buy with Steam wallet funds: fix the fucking multiplayer first! It was an immensely frustrating experience.
For the actual worst game I've played this year, that might be Magicka, albeit the worst experience I've had with a game this year. It is a good game but in all the 19 years I've played games online I've never seen one with such a totally broken multiplayer before. Despite many attempts to get into online games I only managed it the once, every other attempt lead to error messages. I tried all of the port forwarding nonsense that is offered as a solution but none of it worked. To add insult to injury the developers were back working on the game at the time.. adding DLC (robes) for players to buy with Steam wallet funds: fix the fucking multiplayer first! It was an immensely frustrating experience.
My Riding Stables:Life With Horses. It's not only the worst game I've played in 2018, its probably the worst game I have ever played.
Sinner.
There is lack of originality and then there is having worse versions of Tower Knight and Old Iron King (which wasn't even a good boss to begin with).
Also, the level down mechanic mostly made the game more annoying to play than everything else.
There is lack of originality and then there is having worse versions of Tower Knight and Old Iron King (which wasn't even a good boss to begin with).
Also, the level down mechanic mostly made the game more annoying to play than everything else.
Honestly, It'd be RDR2 on my personal scale for this year.
I played many great games this year, things that just hit the spot perfectly, and RDR2 just happens to stand out as the most frustrating and irritating gaming experience. Not saying it's objectively bad but just in the pile of things I did play this year, this had the worst gameplay hands down.
I've ripped on the game a lot already but it's really only because I wanted to like it so fucking much and it gets atmosphere, presentation and its world so right. I dropped the game somewhere in chapter 4 and certainly did have my fun with it while free-roaming but looking back on it now, I think at the core it's a rickety, archaic and offensively on-rails video game wrapped in some of the most alluring presentation and production values I can think of. I found it to be one of the most frustrating gaming experiences I've had constantly thinking what could've been.
I played many great games this year, things that just hit the spot perfectly, and RDR2 just happens to stand out as the most frustrating and irritating gaming experience. Not saying it's objectively bad but just in the pile of things I did play this year, this had the worst gameplay hands down.
I've ripped on the game a lot already but it's really only because I wanted to like it so fucking much and it gets atmosphere, presentation and its world so right. I dropped the game somewhere in chapter 4 and certainly did have my fun with it while free-roaming but looking back on it now, I think at the core it's a rickety, archaic and offensively on-rails video game wrapped in some of the most alluring presentation and production values I can think of. I found it to be one of the most frustrating gaming experiences I've had constantly thinking what could've been.
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Worst AAA: Red Dead Redemption 2
Worst Indie: The flame in the flood (no idea if it was released this year on the Switch)
Worst A-AA: Darksiders 3 / Jurassic World Evolution (RCT A on Switch is a better Park Builder than this game)
Worst Indie: The flame in the flood (no idea if it was released this year on the Switch)
Worst A-AA: Darksiders 3 / Jurassic World Evolution (RCT A on Switch is a better Park Builder than this game)
FFXV , I was super excited and bought the season pass too but I was disgusted. I gave it like 5-10hrs hoping it would get better but not. It made me stop playing videogames for like a month. Never experienced anything similar.
For games that came out in 2018, probably Shadow of the Tomb Raider. It's not a bad game of course, but it's not that great either.
For games that I played for the first time in 2018, it's hard for me to make my mind between Shadow Complex Remastered, Axiom Verge, and The Mummy Demastered. Three Metroidvanias that I still can't be bothered to finish, they're just so by-the-numbers and uninspired.
For games that I played for the first time in 2018, it's hard for me to make my mind between Shadow Complex Remastered, Axiom Verge, and The Mummy Demastered. Three Metroidvanias that I still can't be bothered to finish, they're just so by-the-numbers and uninspired.
Other than the somewhat hyperbolic "easily the worst game of 2018", where is the lie?
Unconvincing employment? Totally falling flat?
This is all just total rubbish, made worse by the very hyperbolic statement. Not just "somewhat". Very.
I didn't like MHW, I stopped after probably the first few hunts.
I have friends who really dislike the pacing of Spiderman, some can't stand the side missions in RDR2, God of War was too linear, Celeste was too bland of a platformer, Far Cry 5 didn't iterate enough on previous games...
People dislike things for their own reasons, just because it won a GOTY doesn't make their reasons any less legitimate.
This, it left such a bad taste. Forsaken, even with its good approach to extending story via gameplay (time-gating) made me realise that D1 was only that good because:
- It was a new experience for console players.
- Many of my friends grabbed it too so it had a true social aspect to it and also made it fun to actually explore everything.
It does fall flat and is unconvincing, having Kratos look occasionally morose is not the same thing as character development or thematic exploration. It's a game that looks impressive and possibly deep on the surface but doesn't really do anything with its premise. It's like they tried to mimmick The Last of Us but completely stripped it of all its ugliness and moral complexity.
Probably DBFZ.
It's not "bad" but I can't think of anything bad I've played in 2018, well besides the PS4 version of Prey but that's 2017.
Biggest disappointment was Hollow Knight, after around 10 hours I stopped fighting it and just accepted that that kind of experience is probably not for me.
(It really didn't help that Dead Cells came out a couple of weeks later).
It's not "bad" but I can't think of anything bad I've played in 2018, well besides the PS4 version of Prey but that's 2017.
Biggest disappointment was Hollow Knight, after around 10 hours I stopped fighting it and just accepted that that kind of experience is probably not for me.
(It really didn't help that Dead Cells came out a couple of weeks later).
Shadow of the Tomb Raider was probably the worst game I actually played (and finished) this year. I waited for it to become good, it never did.
But man, all those people saying RDR2, lol.
But man, all those people saying RDR2, lol.
Not a huge fan of these threads as they get mired in hot takes and edginess. that said I'm not sure what I played that qualifies as "worst game" in 2018. Ni No Kuni II is probably the one I was most disappointed in, but even with all of its flaws, I don't think its a BAD game, just uninspired in some really important areas. Lots of critics seem to like it.
As far as a controversial take, the game I bounced of the hardest is Dead Cells. It just isn't for me, these run type games just seem like a waste of time. I know people are crazy over it and it will be in a lot of GOTY 2018 top 10 lists. It just did absolutely nothing for me. Its $20 I could have spent on a number of different games and would have enjoyed much more.
As far as a controversial take, the game I bounced of the hardest is Dead Cells. It just isn't for me, these run type games just seem like a waste of time. I know people are crazy over it and it will be in a lot of GOTY 2018 top 10 lists. It just did absolutely nothing for me. Its $20 I could have spent on a number of different games and would have enjoyed much more.
Hm, nothing super memorable so I'll have to look up what I played...
Core Awaken ~The Yuka~
A really crappy game that tries to be remotely like Mega Man with porn (and mechanics like sending characters on side missions to gather materials for upgrades or diving into cyberspace to change their personality for different stat boosts and stuff) but plays as bad as it looks. I didn't install the porn patch so most of the "character background" scenes were just black screens with badly translated dialog text on top. I can't even remember why I bought that, probably because Steam kept recommending it.
Runner up: Bubmarine (Oculus VR)
Control a submarine with controls that are similar to virtual analog sticks and an annoying looping gibberish talking noise from other characters... Couldn't bear playing much of it because it was just so annoying to listen to and the controls just didn't feel good in any way.
Core Awaken ~The Yuka~
A really crappy game that tries to be remotely like Mega Man with porn (and mechanics like sending characters on side missions to gather materials for upgrades or diving into cyberspace to change their personality for different stat boosts and stuff) but plays as bad as it looks. I didn't install the porn patch so most of the "character background" scenes were just black screens with badly translated dialog text on top. I can't even remember why I bought that, probably because Steam kept recommending it.
Runner up: Bubmarine (Oculus VR)
Control a submarine with controls that are similar to virtual analog sticks and an annoying looping gibberish talking noise from other characters... Couldn't bear playing much of it because it was just so annoying to listen to and the controls just didn't feel good in any way.
"Worst... FUCKING story ever told in a video game" - Michael P. Huber
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RDR2 is certainly the most frustrating game I played this year, I don't know if its the worst. I desperately wanted to connect with the game and have the same experience everyone else seemed to be having and the game just wouldn't let me. After several hours of forcing myself to play it I dropped it.
Hard to remember and don't play that many. In terms of bad things Destiny 2 by far overall worst. Hearthstone second being dropped after 3 years due to Witchwood and devs ignoring players. Third will probably be Atlas but it's not out just yet.
In terms of favorite games this year:
No Smash yet but overall highlights of the year are
Yakuza 0 and DQ11 with orchestral mod on PC. Rimworld also gets a fond mention.
In terms of favorite games this year:
No Smash yet but overall highlights of the year are
Yakuza 0 and DQ11 with orchestral mod on PC. Rimworld also gets a fond mention.
Probably WWE 2K19.
Hadn't played a WWE since 2K13 and felt like it was time to check back in.
It's shocking how frustrating and anti-fun these games are to play. It's like the worst QTE. Time a button press to the reversal prompt that appears at some point for a split second, or you get to watch your character getting pummeled until you lose. It just sucks. It's not any kind of fun. Take the creation suite, bring back story creation, and put it in a good game please.
People said the story mode was good this time, and I suppose I would agree with that, despite it looking and feeling reminiscent of a PS2 game.
So wasn't a complete waste. And the actual wrestling looks good now.
With the PC version you can import your own music. And cheat, which helps a little. User generated content is severely lacking though.
Instead of playing this game, I'd recommend newLEGACYinc
WWE 2K19 gets a 4......out of 10.
Hadn't played a WWE since 2K13 and felt like it was time to check back in.
It's shocking how frustrating and anti-fun these games are to play. It's like the worst QTE. Time a button press to the reversal prompt that appears at some point for a split second, or you get to watch your character getting pummeled until you lose. It just sucks. It's not any kind of fun. Take the creation suite, bring back story creation, and put it in a good game please.
People said the story mode was good this time, and I suppose I would agree with that, despite it looking and feeling reminiscent of a PS2 game.
So wasn't a complete waste. And the actual wrestling looks good now.
With the PC version you can import your own music. And cheat, which helps a little. User generated content is severely lacking though.
Instead of playing this game, I'd recommend newLEGACYinc
WWE 2K19 gets a 4......out of 10.
In your opinion. It's a masterpiece of a game. Easily the best game of 2018.
The whole thread is about peoples opinions on the worst games of the year. It doesn't need to be stated that it's their opinion.
Well then it would make sense that your picks are different than most, would it not :P
Lol @ people seriously namedropping stuff like RDR2, God Of War or Spiderman. If those are honestly the worst things you've played all year, you're insanely lucky tbh.
My pick has to be Time Carnage which I played on Xbox One. An already barebones VR tech demo with limited controls, no variety whatsoever and barebones gameplay loop is subsequently re-released on consoles as a non-VR game, further revealing how shallow and insufficient of a product it is. Virtua Cop 2 from 1995 had a more refined and varied gameplay, but this game came out in 2018.
My pick has to be Time Carnage which I played on Xbox One. An already barebones VR tech demo with limited controls, no variety whatsoever and barebones gameplay loop is subsequently re-released on consoles as a non-VR game, further revealing how shallow and insufficient of a product it is. Virtua Cop 2 from 1995 had a more refined and varied gameplay, but this game came out in 2018.