User:Shadowboxer2005/List of video games considered the worst

A "worst games ever" list written in the style of a Wikipedia article; just like Wikipedia, this is written in a neutral tone to avoid flame wars; for those who like any of these games, that's fine.

Hong Kong 97 (1995)
Hong Kong 97 is an unlicensed shoot 'em up game developed and published by Kowloon Kurosawa under the title Happysoft for the Super Famicom; the game follows relative of Jackie Chan named Chin ("played" by Bruce Lee) as he attempts to wipeout all 1.2 billion Chinese people who have caused crime rates in Hong Kong to skyrocket, while the Chinese attempt to revive Deng Xiaoping (spelled as Tong Shau Ping in game) into an ultimate weapon.

The developed reportedly made it within 2 days to be the absolute worst game of all-time and, in retrospect, the game has received universal panning for its poor quality and racism. The developer has also rerated making the game due to the amount of people asking about its development. The game has since gained a cult following for its sheer bad quality and is considered a kusoge in Japan (literally meaning 'shitty game').

Sonic Adventure (1998)
Sonic Adventure is a 1998 3D platformer game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Dreamcast; created in response to the cancellation of Sonic X-treme, Sonic Adventure received critical acclaim upon its initial release of the Dreamcast, however the later 2003 GameCube and PC ports titled Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut received mixed reviews from critics. IGN and GameSpot agreed that DX failed to address the problems with the original game (i.e., poor camera) and for its inconsistent framerate, although the Game Boy Advance Chao Garden link feature was praised.

The 2011 HD version received generally negative reviews from critics for its poor porting effort and lack of widescreen. IGN stated it was "so fundamentally flawed that it borders on unplayable", though the stable framerate compared to the GameCube release was slightly praised. Destructoid wrote that the HD port wasn't horrible, but that it was a "relic of that was once considered greatness".

The negative reception has lead to both a site dedicated to the downgrades in Director's Cut, and a series of mods that restore the Dreamcast graphics to the 2004 PC release.

Daikatana (2000)
John Romero's Daikatana (more commonly referred to as just Daikatana) is a 2000 first-person shooter game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color; the game was originally intended to be released in 1998, however the switch to the Quake II engine forced the developers to delay the game till late 2000; a PlayStation version was planned but cancelled.

Upon release the Game Boy Color version by Kemco received positive reception while the Nintendo 64 and PC releases received negative reviews for its dated graphics, design, repeated sound effects, poor AI and controversial "John Romero's gonna make you his bitch" advertisement, something John Romero has not only stated he didn't say, but also stated that he regrets it as well.

GameTrailers listed it as the second-biggest gaming disappointed in the 2000s, Ben Croshaw of Zero Punctuation also called the "one of the most notorious disappointments in the entire history of first-person shooters", comparing the game to Duke Nukem Forever. Computer Gaming World listed it as the worst PC game of 2000. Jon Jafari covered it in the first episode of JonTron, where he acts more straight-forward than his later, crazy persona.

The negative reception would later lead to an unofficial "1.3" patch by a group of fans, which has received attention for its various improvements over the original.

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (2003)
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a 2003 racing video game developed by Stellar Stone and published by GameMill Publishing for the PC; the back of the box states that the player must deliver illegal cargo to their destination while avoiding the police, but in actuality the player simply races against another truck (who doesn't move at-all in the first two releases of the game, and even in release three he stops before the finish line). It and Midnight Race Club were both developed simultaneously and thusly both share similar gameplay.

Upon release reception was overwhelmingly negative; many critics noted that the game had been released in its pre-alpha state, and thusly lacked critical features such as AI or even proper collision detection for objects. On Metacritic the game has a 8/100 based on five critic reviews, making it the lowest-rated game on the site. Alex Navarro of GameSpot rated the game 1/10, stating that they usually don't give out zeroes but that they should for Big Rigs; until the release of Ride to Hell: Retribution, Big Rigs remained the only GameSpot game to get the lowest possible rating. Newspaper The Guardian ranked Big Rigs as the 27th worst game of all-time in 2015.

Driver 3 (2004)
Driver 3 (stylized as DRIV3R) is the third mainline game in the Driver series by Reflections Interactive, and was published by Atari Inc.; upon release, received mixed reviews by critics with exception to the PC version, which were generally negative. Eurogamer were particularly negative in their review for the game, calling it the "biggest gaming disappointment of all-time." Many reviews criticised the game for its buggy state and poor graphics.

Atari received heavy criticism once it was found out that two magazines by Future Publishing, PSM2 and Xbox World, had given the game 9/10s months before release. This lead to accusations among gamers that Atari had given them the early review in exchange for 9/10 scores. This, and the flood of messages on the GamesRadar forums (also operated by Future), lead to the incident being titled "Driv3rgate". Future attempted to hide the accusations by hiring Babel Media, but people noticed this very quickly as Babel only replied to negative Driver 3 comments; after being back traced, Babel Media employees only stated that they were a subsidiary and were only defending it by their own tuition. The thread was later deleted in its entirety.

Depression Quest (2013)
Depression Quest is a 2013 interactive fiction game developed and published by The Quinnspiracy for browsers and Steam; in the game, the player takes control of a depressed version as they attempt to deal with their affliction.

Depression Quest received critical acclaim by critics and won multiple awards upon release, however player reception to the game has been generally negative; even the highest scores on Steam are sarcastic. Controversy spawned when Zoë Quinn started to delete negative reviews of her game on Steam, which eventually lead to her ex-boyfriend claiming that she had cheated on him by having sex with several people in exchange for a positive review of the game; among the people listed were Nathan Grayson, a writer for Kotaku. Sites referencing the evidence had their articles deleted for unknown reasons (though, given the circumstances, it was likely bribery), which eventually lead to the Gamergate consumer revolt.

The game is currently Grust's (the founder of Crappy Games and Awesome Games Wikis) most hated game.

The Last of Us Part II (2020)
The Last of Us Part II is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4; the game takes place 5 years after the events of the original The Last of Us where the player must control two characters in a post-apocalyptic United States. Development on the game was started after the completion of The Last of Us Remastered and was released on June 19, 2020.

The Last of Us Part II was released to critical acclaim by critics for its graphics, gameplay and characters, however gamer reception to the game has been extremely polarizing; on Metacritic half of the players were highly critical of the game for its narrative direction compared to its prequel, the perceived social justice warrior themes and Naughty Dog's use of "crunch time" in order to complete the game; further controversy spawned when the game won most of the awards at the Game of the Year Awards 2020. On Metacritic the game currently has a 5.7/10 based on 157 thousand reviews, though it at one point had a 3.4/10. Laura Bailey, the voice actor for Abby, has reportedly received death threats for her involvement.

Madden NFL 21 (2020)
Madden NFL 21 is a 2020 American football game based on the National Football League (NFL), it was developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts; the game was initially released on August 28, 2020, for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions being released in early December 2020. The mobile version was released under Madden NFL 21 Mobile.

Upon release the game received mixed reviews from critics, but a universally negative response from gamers; players on Metacritic review-bombed the game shortly after release with the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 releases getting 0.4, 0.4 and 0.2 on Metacritic, simultaneously overtaking Warcraft III: Reforged as the lowest player score in Metacritic history. The negative reception lead to ScreenRant writing an article stating that players were upset with the lack of changes from previous years; days after the game's release, the hashtag "NFLdropEA" began trending on Twitter in an attempt to get the NFL to drop EA's license. Ryan Gaydos of Fox Sports and PC Gamer also responded to the reception.