2013 was a great year for games, but no one really cares about that. Lets take a look at the games that didn’t meet expectations and disappointed massively in 2013. These are the worst games of 2013.
10. Tomb Raider
The reboot to Tomb Raider was a solid game that played like an arcade version of Uncharted. Unfortunately, tonal shifts in gameplay made Lara Croft’s survival story meaningless with semi-auto bows, an awful supporting cast, and a severe lack of Tomb Raiding in this game. Lara Croft’s anticipated reboot was brought down by many split ends and not just within the hyped hair physics.
9. Ryse Son of Rome
Launch title with a Roman setting, combat similar to Arkham and Dark Souls, and stunning graphics? SIGN ME UP. It didn’t take long though to realize Ryse was a repetitive boring mess. Combat consisted of hacking and slashing the same character models over and over, while micro-transactions ruined the solid multiplayer concept. Rome wasn’t built in a day, but at least it lasted longer than the forgettable Ryse.
8. Call of Duty Ghosts
COD Ghosts almost seemed like a giant joke with Infinity Ward going on and on about the damn dog and the fish physics. Eminem’s new CD was the God damn pre-order bonus and many of the E3 press showings crashed and broke down. When it finally released Ghosts was no where close to the quality of the superb Black ops 2. Maps were too large, gun balance was off, the next gen graphics were underwhelming, and the story was a complete step backwards from Blops 2. Now will you please shut up about the stupid dog.
7. Batman Arkham Origins
–BARE BONES CASH GRAB.
6. Splinter Cell Blacklist
Sam Fisher’s latest adventure was forgettable with gameplay features that were a step backwards from 2010’s Conviction. Blacklist lacked the memorable scenarios, characters (Except Kobin), and level design of past games. There was also a severe lack of Michael Ironside in this game, which made his 30 something year old replacement seem much more out of place.
5. Beyond: Two Souls
Ugh. David Cage. Stop trying to make video games into movies, but since you won’t listen anyway at least try and make them good. The awful storytelling and characters left players with a game that had very few redeeming qualities. Gameplay was mostly nonexistent and/or super linear. Walking Dead showed everyone story driven adventure games could work, but here comes pretentious David Cage to set the genre back 20 years.
4. Grand Theft Auto Online
Broken for the first couple weeks after launch GTA Online underwhelmed with a broken economy, technical issues, missing content, and an awful community. Being spawn killed by profanity spewing 10 year olds shows GTA’s poor online design…especially after I had to wait 2 weeks to even get spawn killed.
3. Sim City
Even after the dust cleared and the horrible month long launch disaster ended, gamers were left with the 3rd worst game of the year. Sim City’s economy is a wreck, AI is random and frustrating, city sizes are too small, and people that want to play by themselves are extremely screwed. EA has become a bull in a china shop when it comes to their franchises and thankfully Sim City was their only black spot….OH WAIT
2. Dead Space 3
EA sacrificed everything that made Dead Space unique…to sell more copies to the Call of Duty audience. Dead Space 3 was a dull, generic piece of crap that alienated the series’ fanbase, while failing to obtain new fans in the process. The action heavy game was a mess in terms of story and design. The inclusion of microtransactions made things worse and easily killed one of the best new IP’s of the past generation. Way to go EA…
1. Aliens Colonial Marines.
GAME OVER MAN!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA this game. THIS GAME. We waited 6 years for Aliens and how were gamers rewarded for their patience? With a buggy unfinished mess that made no sense and graphical looked like it was from the PS2. The drama was made worse with many demos and trailers leading up to release showing a completely different game than the one we received. Some sued for false advertising, while others moved on and let the constant disappointment of the Aliens franchise fade into the void of video game history.
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