Look, we know that bad games are bad games and you probably shouldn't buy them, but when something gets such negative reviews that it becomes noteworthy, it's impossible to not be at least a little curious about just how bad it is.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is one of those games (we talked about it last week), and thanks to the new Xbox sales, it's now on offer with an 80% discount. But it's not just Gollum, as both The Walking Dead: Destinies and Skull Island: Rise of Kong are also reduced by 60% and 75% respectively for the next week on Xbox.
To give you context, these were three of the absolute worst-rated games in 2023. In terms of Metacritic, Gollum had an average of 43 for Xbox and 33 for PS5, TWD: Destinies had an average of 29 for PS5 (nothing for Xbox) and Skull Island: Rise of Kong had a shocking average of just 23 for PC (nothing for any other platforms).
Were there worse games on Xbox last year? Probably somewhere in the indie section, but these were the three most high-profile flops of 2023 without a doubt (not counting The Day Before on PC!). This is pretty much the worst of what last year had to offer on Xbox, so if you're morbidly curious, you've got the next week to grab them at a discount.
Have you played any of these 2023 Xbox games? Tell us down in the comments section below.
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Funny because Telltale's The Walking Dead series is awesome. I hope that buyers don't mix Telltale's games up with Flux's game.
Hmmm worse games... Annual franchises come to mind so FC/Fifa, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed and games as a service.
Ngl, I am kinda tempted just to see for myself how bad.
@MaseSco You may not like the games you mentioned but they're objectively better than these three.
i was gonna be very upset if redfall was there cause its better than most of the recent games.
Actually I got The Walking Dead Destinies for Series X physical for a pretty good price and played a bit in the meantime.
I can't say it's that worse.
It's obvious that they didn't have the highest production value and the developers have to learn yet.
But still, as a big fan of the show, it's not that bad.
Graphics are a mixed bag, the faces aren't that good, some effects look cheap, but the overall image looks alright.
The gameplay has a few interesting tweaks and I like the idea of sometimes changing the fate.
So far I'd say, it's maybe a 6/10 - 7/10.
I'll see how the game evolves over time.
Idk Kong graphics look pretty good for an OG Xbox game. Always glad to see them add more of those to BC program.
It’s not up to the level of the best looking games on that system like Conker or HL2 or Ninja Gaiden. And obviously graphics have improved and are on a whole other level now in 2024 but the HD is nice at least.
@eSocrates I am sorry to inform you that this isn't a remaster of Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Game (2005), but a wholly original brand new game made and released in 2023.
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