Alright, we've already looked at the best Xbox games according to Metacritic in 2023 - and you've also given us your official Pure Xbox Game of the Year - so it's time to look at the absolute worst titles of the past twelve months as well.
This is where things get a little strange, as Metacritic only categorises games in this way if they've received at least seven professional reviews, which means the likes of The Walking Dead: Destinies and Skull: Rise of Kong don't actually make the cut, despite being incredibly low-rated titles across all platforms.
So, we'll give you the formal list first, and then we'll tell you where those games would have ranked.
- The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (34 - PS5)
- Flashback 2 (35 - PC)
- Greyhill Incident (38 - PC)
- Quantum Error (41 - PS5)
- Testament: The Order of High Human (41 - PC)
- Crime Boss: Rockay City (43 - PS5)
- Hellboy: Web of Wyrd (46 - PS5)
- Gangs of Sherwood (47 - PC)
- Loop8: Summer Of Gods (49 - Switch)
- Gargoyles Remastered (49 - Switch)
If we added TWD: Destinies, Skull: Rise of Kong and The Day Before into the mix, the list would look very different. The worst game of 2023 would be The Day Before (which originally had an average of 15 before it was recently changed to "TBD"), followed by Skull: Rise of Kong (23) and TWD: Destinies (29).
In a year that's been so rich with amazing gaming experiences, it's actually been quite a shock how many poor games we've seen as well. Unfortunately for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, that was a disaster on a major scale for Daedalic Entertainment and Nacon, with the former stepping down from game development shortly after its release. The same thing happened to the team behind The Day Before a few months later.
What's the worst game you've played this year? Do you agree with the list above? Tell us down below.
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Exoprimal is my choice. I have only played Gollum, Rockay City, and Greyhill Incident from this list but I thought exoprimal was worse. I found no redeeming qualities in that game.
Hmm.
I can think of a few but they are highly personal:
1. Wanted: Dead
2. Atlas Fallen
3. Diablo IV
4. Forspoken
5. Immortals of Aveum
How did Gargoyles go so wrong?? I almost preordered that one but I also haven't checked in on it.
For me the worst was the Story of Seasons remake. It’s like the opposite in quality to RE4 in every way.
This year, I have played some games with noticeable and frustrating bugs, some to the point I stopped playing. I have played a few games that are just not for me. But nothing I consider truly bad in terms of gameplay
I don’t know about this one…I thoroughly enjoyed Hellboy. The slow pace he moved made him feel powerful.
Quantum error name seems familiar, was there some news or controversy around them?
I feel like that list is definitely missing Forspoken (had to check it was released in 2023., seems like I've been hating on it for longer than a year) and Redfall. Both major duds!
Crime boss is wayyyy better than payday 3.
ha, no redfall, its a good game.
@Jonnybekeww Yeah it's kind of a joke how that game is so hated on, I thought it was a lot of fun. Then again this is metacritic and it seems like hardly anyone uses it anymore, most user reviews are fanboy driven, and critics often jump on bandwagons themselves.
@Scirius Are you thinking of Quantum Break? It had a lot of coverage this year when it was removed from the Xbox store before being re-added.
There were so many candidates this year. It's been wild.
@Kaloudz
Yes, made by the original creators after losing the copyright.
You'd think after typing the wrong title four times, they would get "Skull ISLAND: Rise of Kong" correct.
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