Top 10 Worst Video Games of 2014

If Kim Kardashian can have a video game, why can’t the Robertson family? Well if any reality TV star can make a gameout of their 15 minutes of fame, stop this boat now and let me jump off. This game is about as good as you would expect. Come in with the lowest of expectations... then lower them some more as gameplay is pretty much drive in truck or boat to location, murder all of the wildlife then go to another location and do the exact same thing. There are some other minigames like fishing scattered throughout, but honestly it’s not worth your time or money.

World War 2 shooters aren’t anything new, so they have to be really unique to stand out. However it seems developer CIGames didn’t get that memo because the game is as generic as it gets, with its the cons far outweighing the pros -- if there’s any pros at all. We like seeing new additions to the FPS genre, but as it stands, this game is an unpolished mess with its so-so graphics, poorly told story, and disastrous A.I. This has been done so much better, so many times before.

Video games based on movies have a history of being terrible, even those with the promise of web-swinging (0:24). Hopes were still relatively high for this one, seeing that the Spiderman 2 game released in 2004 was actually pretty good. Sadly, the only thing amazing about Amazing Spider-man 2 is how it botches everything up. The story barely follows the movie, and the gameplay is tries so hard to be Arkham Asylum and fails so bad.

Hey remember “Ride to Hell: Retribution”? A game that was so bad, that it made our “worst games” list? Well, the developers behind that train wreck decided to tackle the “Warhammer” franchise. They failed. Miserably. Terrible A.I., yawn-inducing gameplay, and a backdrop that makes no effort to be interesting. Tagging on the “Warhammer” name on this poor excuse of a tower defense game feels like an attempt to garner interest, but it just adds more permanent injuries to an already long list of insults.

Oh Dead Island, nobody’s really ever forgave you for that reveal trailer fisco have they, but at least your core games are relatively entertaining. In Escape, however, the key components of a good ol’ fashioned zombie fest are glaringly absent in this title. The gameplay is a repetitive bore, the horror is non-existent with lazy zombies, health that regenerates, and plenty of ammo if things get too tough. As for the story? There’s nothing to write home about, it’s neither so bad that it’s good, or so cheesy that it’s hilarious. Better luck with Dead Island 2, though to be honest this series is really testing our patience.

It’s nice seeing classic series being revamped. It’s also nice seeing developers show old school hits such love and affection. Maybe they add a bit of flare to make them feel current in these new gaming times, but maintain the game’s dignity so that fans of old can enjoy it with new fans. Or maybe the developer could turn an underappreciated classic into a pay to win disaster. That’s pretty much how EA treated this cult classic gem, a textbook example of the very worst aspects of mobile gaming and corporate cash-grabbery.

Another highly established franchise that tried to jump onto the Free To Play bandwagon, but overshot the wagon and fell off a cliff. We should be thrilled with a free fighting game, but instead, we’re heartbroken. This isn’t the brilliant fighter that it should be, it’s a strange, single player quest-a-thon for items with dumbed down gameplay, removal of ring outs and an inexcusably tiny character roster. And yes, you heard that right: Single. Player. A fighting game without multiplayer, is kind of missing the point. Soul Caliber and its fans, certainly deserve better.

The ninja is stealthy. The ninja is deadly. The ninja... has panties being rained down on him? This is “Ninja Gaiden,” right? Did we put the wrong game into our consoles? Nope, it’s “Ninja Gaiden,” complete with zombie clowns and... wait, zombie clowns? And that’s not even taking into account the erratic gameplay that moves so fast that it very difficult to keep up with, not helped by the terrible camera which seems to have a mind of its own. This tries way too hard to be stylish. You can just imagine the creators thinking, “This is what the kids like these days, right?”

You know that kid who tries really hard not to get an F but gets a D, maybe even a C-? That’s not Sonic. Sonic certainly deserves that F. We though Sonic games couldn’t get any more terrible than the disastrous Sonic 06, boy did Rise of Lyric change all that. We’d be fine with the new direction if the game wasn’t really boring, with Sonic moving at a slow jogging pace, Speed sections that feel ripped from a bad Temple Run clone, and combat that’s dull button mashing. Not to mention frequent framerate issues and glitches that allow you to skip large portions of the game. If anything those duct taped limbs are more symbolic to this franchise than they were intended to be.


Before we get to our number one, let’s check out some dishonorable mentions:

“Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark” (2014)

“Basement Crawl” (2014)

“Deus Ex: The Fall” (2014)

“How to Train your Dragon 2” (2014)

“Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle” (2014)

We can’t figure out why this was even made. Was there a high demand for Rambo to have his own game? Is there an upcoming movie we don’t know about? Whatever the case, the game is here, and Rambo’s never looked so piss-poor. The gameplay is pretty much a rail shooter, with Quicktime events, and even for a rail shooter these sequences are borderline idiotic at times. They couldn’t even get Sylvester Stallone to reprise his role in this game, instead having dialogue ripped right from the films. I guess it goes without saying, but you’re far better off watching the Rambo films than attempting to play this game.


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