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<\/p>\nI’ve come to realise that we at MyGaming are rather nice when it comes to reviewing games.<\/p>\n
No game is perfect – and games, even some of the bad ones, often have a specific audience in mind that isn’t us, or has some other purpose in the market.<\/p>\n
But every now and then, a game will come along that’s just bad. Plainly, and purely horrible – so much so, that their very existence is simply to fill lists like this one.<\/p>\n
Broken, messy code; graphics that make your eyes swell with confusion and disgust; mechanics that seem put together by monkeys banging on keyboards – all characteristics that have but one redeeming quality – the fact that they give us something to rip off.<\/p>\n
Let’s check out 5 of the worst games we’ve had the displeasure of playing this year, so far.<\/p>\n
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5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n Average Score: 58% Movie-to-game adaptations: need we even say more?<\/p>\n The adaptation of the third Transformers movie (that’s the one without Megan Fox in it) isn’t the first horrible attempt from a game to milk the media-consuming public dry – nor will it be the last.<\/p>\n Vague plot, shallow gameplay and lasting about as long as it takes me to do my hair – not everyone thought the game was bad; but around here, we care little for this half-arsed excuse for a game.<\/p>\n Developers, High Noon, are also responsible for Transformers: War for Cybertron which was actually a good game – proving, once again, that the only reason Dark of the Moon exists is because it’s a rushed title to cash-in on the popularity of a movie.<\/p>\n Defining review<\/a> quote: “It’s just another vapid, instantly forgettable sequel that seems to have missed the point of what made the first game fun”<\/p>\n 4. Duke Nukem Forever<\/strong><\/p>\n Average Score: 49% When Duke Nukem Forever finally launched, the gaming community was split – half* of us expected the game to bomb on a monumental scale, while the other half* had eyes lit up with anticipation of a game that would rock the world so hard it would explode.<\/p>\n What we got was a bare-average romp filled with “meh” gameplay, lame “adult” humour and a plot and feel that was straight out of the 90s – but not in a good way (wait, can there be a good way?).<\/p>\n Duke, in the end, just came too late – and the reason he has a place on this list is because no one cares anymore.<\/p>\n As far as we’re concerned, developer 3D-Realms should have just left him in gaming purgatory – he at least had some sort of memetic legacy going for him over there.<\/p>\n Defining review<\/a> quote: “It’s utterly disappointing to think that after 14 years of development, not a single design document or even a good solid gameplay idea emerged from the mire.”<\/p>\n * possibly maybe true<\/span><\/p>\n 3. X-Men Destiny<\/strong><\/p>\n Average Score: 48% What is it with companies getting great IPs and then not really doing anything with them?<\/p>\n Yet another game that fails to do anything at all, X-Men Destiny gives you the chance to play as your favourite X-Me- oh, wait. It doesn’t.<\/p>\n Nope, with a wealth of popular, established characters at their disposal, Activision and Silicon Knights decide you should rather play as 3 new characters, as they repetitively battle it out with people you don’t care about, making decisions that are ultimately meaningless – contrary to what the blurbs will have you believe.<\/p>\n The game is so unappealing and deliriously drab, that it takes a session of self-pep-talk to actually sit down and play it.<\/p>\n Expect the MyGaming review to reflect this next week.<\/p>\n Defining review<\/a> quote:”mindless combat and meaningless choices combine to create a new mutation of boredom.”<\/p>\n 2. Call of Juarez: The Cartel<\/strong><\/p>\n Average Score: 45% Wasn’t Call of Juarez about cowboys?<\/p>\n Dropping the Wild West for modern-day LA was probably the first mistake made by Call of Juarez developers, Techland.<\/p>\n But definitely not the last.<\/p>\n The other mistakes include, but are not limited to, rushing a game out and making it buggy, frustrating and derivative in almost every single way.<\/p>\n Stupid AI, frustrating driving, hollow plot; the list goes on and on about the things that make this game worth giving a skip.<\/p>\n Defining review<\/a> quote: “A rushed game with a clear lack of polish, Call of Juarez: The Cartel isn’t worth half its asking price – steer clear.”<\/p>\n 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Average Score: 42% If it were up to me (let’s pretend that it’s not) this top 5 list of the worst games this year would just be this game – one spot for every platform.<\/p>\n Bright Light’s Harry Potter franchise had everything going for it – an established IP, hugely successful movies and characters – basically a road map to potentially awesome games.<\/p>\n But like a rich kid who was born with a diamond spoon in his mouth, wasting his inheritance on snorting cocaine off of toilet seats in seedy clubs – they threw all that potential away.<\/p>\n
MyGaming Score: 40%<\/p>\n![](\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Transformers_dark_of_the_moon_screenshot_4_458755757.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
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MyGaming Score: 25%<\/p>\n
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