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Certain video games have gained an enduring negative reception, otherwise considered as "bad games", often related to issues such as having low-quality or outdated graphics, many glitches, or poor controls. Such games are identified through overall low review scores including low aggregate scores on sites such as Metacritic , frequent appearances on "worst games of all time" lists from various publications, or otherwise carry this reputation in analysis by video game journalists or through popular social media personalities, such as James Rolfe of the webseries Angry Video Game Nerd.

The list is not comprehensive, but represents the most visible examples of games principally recognized for their enduring negative reception, or in the case of Final Fantasy XIV and No Man's Sky , at their original launch before they were reworked.

The list mostly omits licensed tie-in games for movies or television shows, which are generally accepted by the industry as shovelware and not expected to have high production values as they are typically produced by non- AAA development studios. With certain exceptions, this list also omits controversial video games in which the negative reception for those games revolves around the controversies they started and is not related to the quality of the game itself, including those that were subject to review bombing by users for non-gameplay related issues.

For similar reasons, the list mostly omits indie games , which are developed by smaller teams that typically lack the ability for full quality control of their product, as well as mobile games , of which there are countless developers with the ability to self-publish on app stores and frequent copycats of more successful games driven by unpopular microtransactions.

In addition to being widely considered offensive due to its plot involving the apparent rape of a Native American woman, [2] the game was also poorly received for its quality. It was listed as the most shameful game of all time by GameSpy , [2] as the third-worst game of all time by PC World , [3] and GameTrailers [4] and the ninth-worst game by Seanbaby in Electronic Gaming Monthly.

In , the University of Calgary professor Tom Keenan cited "the hideous Custer's Revenge game", 26 years after its release, in an op-ed piece about current video game violence issues for the Calgary Herald.

Pac-Man , a port of Namco's popular arcade game for the Atari , was altered from the original in order to meet the 's limitations. Some of these changes included simplified graphics, a modified maze layout, and "flickering" ghosts—a result of the game rendering one ghost per frame on screen, due to the limitations of the Atari hardware.

Next Generation called it the "worst coin-op conversion of all time" in and attributed the mass dissatisfaction to its poor quality.

Industry analysts often cite Atari's Pac-Man as a major factor in the drop of consumer confidence in the company, which partially contributed to the video game crash of Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton of Gamasutra stated that the game's poor quality damaged the company's reputation.

While Pac-Man was the best-selling title on the Atari , selling about 7. The revenue from selling these console games did not reverse Atari's decline and the company went further into debt. It is the only game to make the list for having a negative impact on the video game industry. Jekyll and Mr. Gameplay alternates between the characters of Dr. Hyde based on the player's ability to either avoid or cause damage. While getting decent reviews when released, the game gained largely negative retrospective reviews, with reviewers criticizing bad graphics, confusing gameplay, and poor use of the characters and setting.

Hyde is possibly the most unplayable garbage available on the NES. The writers complain that nothing is explained to the player and that some characters harm the players, but some do not. They called it a frustrating and confusing experience and said: " Dr. Hyde almost unplayable".

It contains 52 original games covering various genres, from shoot 'em ups to platformers. It was the first interactive movie released for the system, and had initially received mixed reviews. Critics praised its smooth video animation and humor, but disliked its shallow gameplay.

These ports were reviewed more harshly; critics felt the game had not aged well and considered its gameplay dull. Next Generation gave the 32X version a one-star rating [47] and GameFan called it a "so-so game that got a lot more attention than it deserved.

The first two games, Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon , were developed in tandem by Animation Magic a Russo-American animation company , using the same game engine, and were released on the same day.

When first released, the games received some positive reviews; [61] [62] however, critical re-assessment from the s onward has been largely negative. The two games gained notoriety in that decade when attention was brought to their animated cutscenes , which were developed by Animation Magic's Russian studio; in the midst of a review of the Zelda cartoon , an IGN reviewer described the games as being "infamous" [63] and Matthew Castle of Computer and Video Games considered the cutscenes to be "terrifying, rendering Link as a rubbery limbed freak with a face that swims all over his head".

Further criticism was brought to Zelda's Adventure , a third game developed instead by Viridis, which used a top-down approach, and shifted to a live-action visual style with digitized sprites instead of a cartoon look. According to Castle, "what [ Zelda's Adventure ] lacked in hideous toons it made up for with live-action FMV -visits from a beardy wizard not a professional actor, but the game's music composer whose shambolic preamble makes Knightmare look like The Lord of the Rings.

Beyond the cutscenes which soon became popular internet memes alongside Hotel Mario , [65] reviewers at GameTrailers have also ascribed modern negative criticism to "barely functional controls, lackluster gameplay, and numerous bugs". Philips' deal with Nintendo for the three The Legend of Zelda games also gave them the rights to use characters from the Mario series. The game received primarily mixed reviews upon release; GamePro called the game fun to play, but believed it would bore players and would only appeal to core Mario fans.

Retrospective reviews of the game, however, have been negative, with the game facing criticism for unresponsive controls and the animation of closing doors.

IGN , while claiming that Hotel Mario was better than the Zelda CD-i games, slammed the game for being "dull", stating that there was "no reason" for anyone to play it.

Shaq Fu , a fighting game starring American basketball player Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal , received mixed reviews by critics upon its release, who praised the game's graphical style, smooth animations, and robust gameplay, but criticized its low difficulty and small character sprites, and also questioned the relevance of O'Neal's presence in the game.

Levi Buchanan of IGN argued that Shaq Fu had received ridicule from contemporary critics because of its connections to the phenomena surrounding O'Neal, explaining that "[his] ego had reached such critical mass that it developed its own gravitational pull. And when an ego gets that large, the people that fed the ego to begin with love to turn on it.

Bubsy 3D , a platform game in the Bubsy series for the PlayStation , was negatively received due to its disorienting camera, poor graphics, sluggish controls, and the titular character's voice clips.

Upon release Sushi-X of Electronic Gaming Monthly declared it "my first coaster award", and remarked, "Pretend your controller is filled with mud—this is how Bubsy plays. Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero , a platform game spin-off of the Mortal Kombat franchise focusing on one of the main characters, Sub-Zero , received mixed to negative reviews for its poor controls, outdated graphical appearance, and unforgiving gameplay.

Mikel Reparaz of GamesRadar opined that while the concept of giving Sub-Zero a spin-off game was interesting based on his popularity, the game "ended up a terrible mess of ugly sprites, cheap deaths and a button you had to hit just to change the direction you were facing, and the less that's said about it, the better.

Midway Games had planned further Mythologies games featuring different characters, but the mediocre reception resulted in their cancellation although Mortal Kombat: Special Forces stemmed from a similar concept. Based on the show Superman: The Animated Series , Titus Software 's Superman for the Nintendo 64 often referred to as Superman 64 has the player control Superman as he is challenged by his nemesis Lex Luthor to help save the people of Metropolis.

Upon release, the game was heavily panned for its unnecessary repetitiveness, difficult and confusing objectives, poor controls, numerous glitches that interfere with gameplay, and poor graphics. Superman was listed as the worst game of all time by GameTrailers, [4] the worst game on a Nintendo platform by Nintendo Power , [98] and as the worst video game adaptation of a comic book by both GameSpy and GameDaily.

Its sales were so low that Midway placed the series on hold in preparation for Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance The Simpsons Wrestling is a sports game based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The Simpsons Wrestling received widespread negative reviews from critics; primary criticisms for the game were directed at its simplistic, unbalanced gameplay and bad graphics.

It holds an aggregated score of Based on the DC Comics character Batman , Batman: Dark Tomorrow received very negative reviews from critics for its confusing gameplay, repetitive mission modes and awkward camera angles. The end of the game was also criticized because there is no direction to the "fulfilling ending" of the story beside using an outside game guide.

GameSpot gave the game a score of 2. Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness , the sixth installment in the Tomb Raider series, which acted as a direct sequel to Tomb Raider Chronicles and The Last Revelation , received mixed to negative reviews for its poor controls, gameplay, and various bugs, although the graphics and original soundtrack were praised.

He also added multiple examples of good level design, smooth character models, surface textures and lightning, while feeling more mixed about Lara's unrealistic figure and hardened appearance. Game Revolution ' s A. White stated that while the game's darker story was an improvement compared to its predecessors, it never "[managed] to build to a captivating crescendo", [] while the reviewer for GamesRadar called it "bountiful but confusing and ultimately of GCSE-standard creative writing.

Paramount Pictures faulted The Cradle of Life ' s lackluster box office performance on the poor critical reception the video game received from reviewers and fans. Drake of the 99 Dragons holds an aggregate score of 22 on Metacritic, ranking it as the second-worst game for the original Xbox.

IGN's Aaron Boulding gave the game a 2. The player competes in road races with semi-trailer trucks. Big Rigs was released in a pre-alpha state: most objects lack any type of collision detection , allowing players to drive through other vehicles and obstacles, and its physics system was so problematic, it allowed players to drive up a vertical incline or accelerate to a maximum speed of 1. The launch version lacks computer artificial intelligence , meaning computer-controlled vehicles do not move at all during the race, thus making the game impossible to lose; a patch was released in an attempt to solve the problem but only enabled computer-controlled vehicles to race until they reached the finish line where they simply stopped without crossing it.

The adult adventure game Lula 3D was criticized for its monotonous gameplay, poor puzzle designs, low-quality graphics including animations, an inconsistent frame rate, and re-use of character models , its voice acting, the quality of its English translation, and low-brow humor that was too childish for its target audience.

Jolt Online Gaming gave Lula 3D a 1. In conclusion, Jolt felt that "if you like good games, Lula 3D isn't for you. If you like sexual humour, Lula 3D isn't for you. If you have no qualms about pulling yourself off at the sight of dreadfully rendered computer characters shagging, then you need to check yourself in at your local therapy centre.

Eurogamer gave Lula 3D a 2 out of 10, jokingly declaring that its low quality and immature humor such as the " Bouncin' Boobs Technology " advertised on its packaging made the game feel like it was developed by and intended for year-old boys. PC Zone gave the game a 3. Ninjabread Man , a budget game released by Data Design Interactive and published by Conspiracy Entertainment , was criticized for its poor camera, controls, graphics, and its short length; critics noted that the game could be completed in half an hour.

IGN gave Ninjabread Man a 1. This, in turn, caused the games to exhibit exactly the same issues as Ninjabread Man. IGN felt that the games were " shovelware at a science" and representative of a bulk, quantity-over-quality approach to video game development. Rip offs at budget price. We deserve more than this. I've heard people perking up at Ninjabread Man because of its punny name.

Don't be fooled. On Metacritic, Ninjabread Man has an aggregate score of 20 out of from six critic reviews.

A reimagining of the Bomberman series, Bomberman: Act Zero received negative reception from critics for its long loading times, bad collision detection, forgettable soundtrack, use of the same textures and graphics for every stage, tedious and repetitive gameplay, lack of a save feature, unbalanced A.

The "First-Person Bomberman" mode was criticized for its bad camera angles and the fact that it is played in a third-person perspective.

It holds an average score of 34 from Metacritic. Games ' Mike Smith felt that the designers did not understand what made Bomberman great. He criticized its "generic, gritty brushed-metal-and-armor heroes". Produced to celebrate the franchise 's 15th anniversary and relaunch the brand for the next generation, Sonic the Hedgehog commonly referred to as Sonic '06 was released in late for the Xbox and PlayStation 3 ; in the midst of production, publisher Sega pushed the deadline forward to meet the forthcoming holiday season, and split the development team in half, with one half assigned to Sonic '06 , and the other developing Sonic and the Secret Rings for the Wii.

Sonic '06 received unfavorable reviews from critics and casual gamers alike for its sensitive controls, poor camera angles, numerous glitches, poor storyline riddled with plot holes, voice acting, extremely lengthy loading times, and level design, while its visuals and audio received a more mixed reception.

IGN stated that "it offers a few good ideas, and a handful of exciting moments, but none of this helps the game recover from a catastrophic loss in control", [] while GameSpot lamented the gameplay, the number of glitches, camera problems and the supporting cast, stating "only the most blindly reverent Sonic the Hedgehog fan could possibly squeeze any enjoyment out of Sega's latest adventure". GameTrailers and GamesRadar considered Sonic the Hedgehog one of the most disappointing games of Club , [] Kotaku , [] Game Informer , [] and USgamer called the game the worst in the Sonic series, [] and the staff of GamesRadar named it among the worst video games of all time.

The next main Sonic game, 's Unleashed , ignored the gritty and realistic tone of its predecessor. Club wrote, "the series rediscovered its strength for whimsical tales with light tones.

Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust , the eighth installment in the Leisure Suit Larry adult-oriented adventure game franchise, was developed by Team17 , and published by Codemasters —who acquired the franchise's intellectual property from Activision Blizzard.

IGN declared Box Office Bust to be "frustratingly unpolished, devoid of any kind of wit or charm, and packed with tiring, at times infuriating challenges", also featuring "uncomfortably unfunny dialogue spewed from the lips of entirely unlikable characters".

In conclusion, it was explained that "the lowest rating numbers here at IGN are reserved for games with nearly no redeeming qualities or interesting ideas, with next to nothing enjoyable to offer players, and which under no circumstances should be purchased by anyone.