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Edit request on 20 April 2013

Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons (Xbox 360/XBLA)

Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons was developed by South Korean developer Gravity, known for being the creator of Ragnarok Online. The game was developed as a remake of the 1988 arcade title Double Dragon II: The Revenge. It has been universally panned by critics and users alike, and currently holds a 17/100 on Metacritic. It has been cited for numerous issues such as lazy graphics and animation, repetitive and unfair gameplay, (with the perfect guard draining the game's stamina meter as being one of the more outstanding complaints, as well as the requirement of not being allowed to use special moves to get the game's "good" ending) inclusion of quicktime events, a soundtrack composed of 10 second long loops, and broken English dialogue both in-game and the game's description. Many reviews claim Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons to be among the worst game they have played in years, if not ever.

174.105.248.91 (talk) 11:03, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --ElHef (Meep?) 04:56, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Bad Game I found!

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Stealth Force Edition (Nintendo 3DS, Wii)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Stealth Force Edition for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii was critically panned by critics for its very poor controls, repetitive gameplay and levels, boring story, and short length. It holds an aggregate score of 30/100 by Metacritic based on 13 reviews. IGN gave it a 2.5/10 calling it "Painful" citing "It is remarkable in its ability to make five minutes seem like five hours. Pickings might be slim on both the Wii and 3DS this summer, but Transformers Stealth Force Edition isn't diversion. It's abuse." and called it "The Worst Games of the Year". Gamespot gave it a 3/10 and NintendoWorldReport gave it a 3/10. --66.27.222.43 (talk) 23:08, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade - (Wii U)

Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade recieved overwhelmingly negative reviews. Nintendo Life gave it a 10/100. They summarised: "As clunky and poorly considered as its title, Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade is awful. Relying entirely on the shallow and repetitive waggle that should have died along with Wii, there's absolutely no reason to recommend this obnoxious, screaming, clattering monstrosity at all." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.171.128.130 (talk) 18:33, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Done. Although I'm not sure if we can call Nintendo Life reliable enough, I did find some other reviews and added it. ViperSnake151  Talk  21:37, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

101-in-1 Explosive Megamix (Wiiware) (2011)

The DS version received mixed reviews, but the Wiiware version recieved extremely negative reviews. Official Nintendo Magazine UK commented: "You'll find it tough to unlock all 101 games. Not that you'd want to bother because they're so absymal, not even the standard of your average Flash game." IGN commented: "[...] keep your cash held back from this 'value' option. It's a waste of money no matter how the math works out." On Metacritic, it currently holds a score of 16/100, making it the lowest rated Wii games on the website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.146.74.142 (talk) 07:32, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

You would be correct, rates the game 16/100 based on 5 critics but I dont wish to add it as of yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheGRVOfLightning (talk • contribs) 01:46, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Duke Nukem Forever should not be on here

The game was not so bad that it should be recognized as one of the worst games ever because it's far from one of the worst games ever, the metacritic scores say mixed or average reviews with scores around the 50% range meaning it's an average game, IGN gave it a 5.5(average), Machinima gave it a 6/10 and many other reviewers agree it's an average game, far from the worst. The game that deserves to be taking DNFs place here is Aliens Colonial Marines, that game was far worse than DNF and has a metacritic score far lower than DNF and it's not even mentioned here?

Remember that this list is for games notable for negative reception by PUBLIC and press. Some of the press were paid to give high scores! The general PUBLIC did not like it nearly as much. Honest reviewers such as Angry Joe also ripped into it. The game itself was mediocre at best but what pushed it into negative reception territory was the fact that there was over a decade long wait for it and the fact that it failed to meet even a small part of that decade+ of hype is why it got such a negative reception and why it is on this list. Let's just hope that Half Life 2 Episode 3 does not suffer the same fate! PantherLeapord (talk) 06:44, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

That being said; the turd that A:CM does also deserve to be on here... PantherLeapord (talk) 06:45, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 1 July 2013

Ride to Hell: Retribution: It currently has a Metacritic metascore of 22, and has been riffed on by multiple Youtube gaming channels. 66.152.157.65 (talk) 04:47, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Already done --Salix (talk): 07:20, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Back To The Future (NES)

Back To The Future was released for the NES in 1989. It was universally panned by critics. Lens Of Truth called it laughing stock. They said to avoid it at all costs. AVGN, a comedic reviewer also panned it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrDevilFX (talk • contribs) 19:48, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

I would'nt suggest using the AVGN as a source as when I placed in this article the episodes that some of the games were reviewed in, My contributions were deleted. TheGRVOfLightning (talk) 01:04, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Ride To Hell PC Metacritic score

I feel that it'd be a good idea to note Ride to Hell's PC Metacritic score, a 16 out of 100. Mostly because it happens to hold the "honor" of having the lowest Metacritic score of any game on Steam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.58.208.132 (talk) 01:09, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Remove "list" tag

There is a template about 2/5 down the page that reads "This section is in a list format that may be better presented using prose. You can help by converting this section to prose, if appropriate. Editing help is available. (February 2013)" This tag isn't needed, and it doesn't make any sense to be placed on an article entitled List of video games notable for negative reception. It should be removed. 66.18.219.221 (talk) 03:03, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

No, look at it in comparison to the rest of the games on this "list", that one uses bullet points. We're wanting it re-written into a paragraph more like the others. That's what it means. ViperSnake151  Talk  21:20, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

What is Naughty Bear doing here?

It was met with mostly negative reviews, but it's not notorious. Plus it got a handful of fairly positive reviews.--DrDevilFX (talk) 20:56, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Sonic 2006 shouldn't be here

Seriously. If you objectively compare it with the other games included in the article, it feels out of place. The other games received review scores of 1-3 out of 10; this ones holds an aggregation score of 46-48% at GameRankings and Metacritic, which is below average rather than extremely low, and it's not even the lower score out of any Sonic game. And the game isn't as glitchy, unpolished and lackluster as the other examples in the article. - ESE150 (talk) 10:53, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

This is NOT "List of games with low review scores", this is "List of games notable for negative reception" and Sonic 2006 has received such negative reception. Remember that most reviews back then were paid for which heavily influenced the ratings. Because the game is NOTABLE for it's clearly NEGATIVE reception from the public it is on this list. PantherLeapord|My talk page|My CSD log 11:04, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Also: Thanks for initiating discussion rather than merely reverting! PantherLeapord|My talk page|My CSD log 11:05, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

I COMPLETELY AGREE with ESE150. The game shouldn't have had been on that list, heck, it didn't deserve such negativity! But it still is quite a miserable sonic title. I may have taken Sonic's story as my bride, but in terms of gameplay that's just it. Silver isn't the worst character ever. Plus, I think about half of the review were low mixed instead of negatives. u know, 5.0, 6.5, and ben Halverson gave it a final score of 8.5! Soz, I think there should be a change to it's placement. Why isn't Shadow the Hedgehog here? SDC1998 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.39.178.156 (talk) 23:47, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

The game definitely belongs here. I mean, its simple, read what's present at this article and its own article. Or majority of the reviews at Metacritic. That's far more important than your personal feelings on the title. Sergecross73 msg me 00:37, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Ashes Cricket 2013

Shouldn't Ashes Cricket 2013 be added to the list considering it has been withdrawn by it's own publishers from sale after being described as "shameful", "embarrassing" and "farcical" which is unprecedented for a video game and having the game also mentioned in multiple sources including those outside of video games such as: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Wrh1973 (talk) 20:35, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Just added. ViperSnake151  Talk  02:51, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Someone deleted the passage about this game as "subjective to player". Fortunately, I reverted the deletion. I would like to hear your opinions about the inclusion of this game in this list, please. --George Ho (talk) 01:50, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness is surely worth a mention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.244.106.162 (talk) 20:51, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Why isn't Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly included?

Hello wiki users. I'm a fan of Spyro the Dragon series of the 3 playstation 1 games. But when I bought the playstation 2 game of Spyro 4 Enter the Dragonfly. Uggh! the game would take a freaking long time to load, it was boring sitting waiting for the dumb level to load. Not only that the during game play screen would glitch up for no reason and mess up the level. Also the music would randomly skip even with the disc not scratched.

This game was so terrible that it was rated below 5 out of 10 from gamespot, ign websites. There were youtube video rants about how crummy the game was.

I did however enjoy the high frame rates and Stewart Copelands music. But the game itself was terrible. Although the movements were way better than Bubsy 3D stiff. Anyways I haven't replayed it much because it was rushed and it nearly killed the Spyro the Dragon franchise. I wished Vivenial Universe would fix the game so it didn't load so long. But the later Spyro the Dragon games got made and were better received. let me know if I can do an article on "Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly" because it's notable for being one of the worst games ever. CrosswalkX (talk) 01:11, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

That's original research. Your opinions don't matter on Wikipedia, only that of sources. ViperSnake151  Talk  21:37, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Definition of "Bad Reception"

Is this a de facto "worst games ever" list, or a list of games with overall negative reception? If so, we should probably add Kane & Lynch 2, Duke Nukem: Forever, AMY, and maybe a couple of iOS games. 99.235.142.147 (talk) 03:26, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Simcity

How is this game not on here? 2.1 user score on metacritic, and if you ignore the professional reviews from people that obviously either barely played the game, or only played the game prior to release on Maxis own internal servers, the critics score would probably be in the 40s.

Euro gamer referred to the mechanics as "frequently contradictory or nonsense", Gamespot referred to the online component (required for 100% of the game) as a "disaster", IGN called the game "barely functional". And really it seems like the bigger review sites soft peddled the problems so as not to anger the giant, EA. Bottom line is that it was the worst launch I've experienced in 30 years of gaming, but even beyond that the game had massive bugs and is quite likely to be fundamentally flawed, there are still massive issues 9 months later.

Amazon actually pulled the game from sales (after over 1,000 one star reviews) and EA halted marketing plans.

If this wasn't a negative reception then I don't know what is, and it's far more notable than many on the list (who thinks movie tie in games are going to be amazing and sell 10 million copies?) because this is a decades old AAA franchise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.38.128.126 (talk) 10:13, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

I second that

I second the inclusion of SimCity. Mostly for being the game with the worst score in the history of Amazon. It was also one of the causes of Electronic Arts receiving the title of Worst Company in the US for the second year in a row from the Consumerist. Even peopl who do not know about games tended to have read about the SimCity launch from the mainstream press, which is not something that can be said about most of the other games on this page. Eje211 (talk) 05:12, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

The 2.1 user score on Metacritic is user-generated content, as is (to my knowledge) the Amazon score. I don't know whether it should be included on this list or not, but those two aren't reliable sources for determining if it is or not. - Aoidh (talk) 05:15, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

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• From Hotel Mario: GameTrailers Staff (2006-10-22). "The Legend of Zelda Retrospective Part 3". GameTrailers. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
• From Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon: GameTrailers Staff (2006-10-22). "The Legend of Zelda Retrospective Zelda Retrospective Part 3". GameTrailers. Retrieved 2008-04-07.

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• From Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon: Kohler, Chris (2008-03-24). "Game|Life The Video, #7: Nintendo and CD-i". Wired (magazine). Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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• From Pac-Man: Kohler, Chris (May 21, 2010). "Q&A: Pac-Man Creator Reflects on 30 Years of Dot-Eating". Wired. Retrieved July 15, 2010.

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Reference named "Allgame":

• From Zelda II: The Adventure of Link: "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Review". Allgame. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
• From Pac-Man (Atari 2600): Miller, Skyler. "Pac-Man - Overview". Allgame. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
• From Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt: "Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. – Overview". Allgame. Retrieved July 9, 2009.

Reference named "Racing":

• From Atari video game burial: Montfort, Nick; Bogost, Ian (2009). Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System. MIT Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-262-01257-X.
• From Pac-Man (Atari 2600): Montfort, Nick (2009). "Pac-Man". Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System. MIT Press. pp. 66–79. ISBN 978-0-262-01257-7. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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• From Pac-Man (Atari 2600): Goodman, Danny (1983). "Pac-Mania". Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games. 1 (1): p. 122. {{cite journal}}: |page= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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Action 52 link at the end

Did no one notice this? - "A collection of 52 abysmal video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Unlike Don't Buy This, the game collection was never meant to be a joke, but rather a collection of "52 fresh and exciting games," all of which were plagued by glitches." Isn't calling something abysmal without a source POV? SonOfPlisskin (talk) 21:40, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

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Reference named "gamasutra":

• From MobyGames: Wawro, Alex (31 December 2013). "Game dev database MobyGames getting some TLC under new owner". Gamasutra. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
• From Bubsy 3D: "News - Playing Catch-Up: Bubsy's Michael Berlyn". Gamasutra. 2005-10-03. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
• From Sonic the Hedgehog (series): Rose, Mike. "Sega Sammy profits hit by weak game sales". Gamasutra.

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The original Final Fantasy XIV

Do you think that the original release of Final Fantasy XIV could be on this list? 50.83.144.147 (talk) 04:47, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Proposed article name-change.

This is purely a suggestion, but I was thinking that perhaps the article's name should parallel that of List of films considered the worst (i.e., rename article "List of video games considered the worst"). Any thoughts? KirkCliff2 (talk) 15:02, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

We've been back and forth on names all the time. I think this one was rejected because the word "worst" is not used by critics in the majority of these. Even though the low ratings and critiques imply this, its a synthesis and that's not allowed. ViperSnake151  Talk  15:04, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Friday the 13th (NES)

Friday the 13th was released in North America exclusively in February 1989, as part of LJN's focus on creating video games based on licenses. It is considered by some as one of the worst games of all time, with Pack-in-Video's development skills often characterized as poor. It was, however, noted as a hit by the Daily News of Los Angeles. Game Informer lists the game among the worst horror games of all time. Author Andy Slaven called it a horrible translation of the films. Michigan Daily's Matt Grandstaff called it a "poor offering" by LJN. GamePro listed it as the 10th worst video game based on a film, criticizing its "repetitive music score and amazingly frustrating gameplay". — Preceding unsigned comment added by BladerPharmist (talk • contribs) 12:33, 3 July 2014 (UTC) I feel like this should be on the list as some consider it as one of the worst games of all time and this is what the list is about, right?

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Reference named "EG":

• From Mario (franchise): Whitehead, Dan (2007-03-09). "The History of Mario". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
• From Hotel Mario: Whitehead, Dan (2007-03-09). "The History of Mario". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2008-06-21.

Reference named "GD":

• From Mario (franchise): Workman, Robert (2007-12-12). "Mascots Gone Wild: Nintendo Characters' Worst Moments (Hotel Mario)". GameDaily. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
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