{"id":105839,"date":"2016-10-26T08:55:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T06:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=105839"},"modified":"2016-10-26T09:39:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T07:39:31","slug":"the-5-worst-video-games-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/105839-the-5-worst-video-games-of-2016","title":{"rendered":"The 5 worst video games of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are only just hitting November\u00a0and 2016 has already been a stellar year for gaming.<\/p>\n<p>With the holiday season just around the corner, the year is only set to get better with more quality releases incoming.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately with the good comes the bad, and this year we have also seen some absolute trash.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the worst video games of 2016 according to Metacritic below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">1) Ghostbusters (Xbox One and Ps4) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/playstation-4\/ghostbusters\">30\/100<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>*<\/strong>Ghostbusters appeared twice in the bottom five. The PS4 version stands at a Metacritic score of 30, the Xbox One version stands at a score of 32.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A game that&#8217;s as disappointing as it is poor, Ghostbusters took one of the most magical movie franchises of all time and turned it into something unforgivably dull.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QLkNFCk9VR4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">2) Dino Dini&#8217;s Kick Off Revival (PS4) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/playstation-4\/dino-dinis-kick-off-revival\" target=\"_blank\">31\/100<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Billed as a football game that would take the sports back to basics, Dino Dini&#8217;s Kick Off Revival couldn&#8217;t even get that right.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pKbke9b7uso\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">3) Soda Drinker Pro (Xbox One) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/xbox-one\/soda-drinker-pro\" target=\"_blank\">31\/100<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A game that played on the &#8220;quirky&#8221; simulators popular with Twitch streamers, Soda Drinker Pro is both nonsensical and broken.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4UMF4NJ-xE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">4) Langrisser Re:Incarnation -TENSEI- (3DS) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/3ds\/langrisser-reincarnation--tensei-\" target=\"_blank\">35\/100<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A product that was quickly rushed out of the door, reviewers found Langrisser Re:Incarnation to be both an unisnpired and unpolished experience.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/os-WPLZh0PQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">5) 7 Days to Die (Xbox One) &#8211; 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