The Worst Games Money can buy XBOX 360

By Scott Griffiths on February 8th, 2010

Sometimes you wonder how on God’s green earth did someone not speak up during development and say ” Guys, this game is poo”. When it got to testing the quality control guy must have been drunk. Either way here is part one of Gamedot’s series of worst games ever made. In part one we start with the current generation of hardware and look at some of the Xbox 360′s stinkers. For consistancy we have referred to Metacritic to illustrate how bad everyone thought these games were

Number 5

Destroy all Humans – Path of the Furon

Whilst the first game at least had originality gunning for it, Path of the Furon offered more of the same with little ingenuity on top. Technical problems including screen tearing that was so bad you thought it was intentional and frame rate judder that again, you assumed it must have been a special attack triggered by the humans fleeing from your death rays. Many critics argued that after Pandemic gave up development on the franchise ,it was like an injured dog slowly dying a death and no one had the heart to put it out of it’s misery. Thankfully as of now no-one is looking to reboot the series, which in a way is a shame because with the right execution it could be fantastic, instead we are left with bitter memories of a B Movie rip off that never hit the mark.

Number 4

Shellshock 2: Blood Trails

In a masterclass and how to screw up an FPS game, Shellshock 2 would beat all comers. It’s predecessor managed to shift over 900,000 copies back in 2004 on the PC so expectations were justifiably high regarding the sequel. Instead what fans were treated to was a game that had no multiplayer, the single player was riddled with bugs that included enemies spawning directly in front of you. Coupled with the fact the game was so short it put TMNT to shame and the game quickly spiraled out of the charts into the bargain basement bins. The essence of the game was psychological horror to which consumers had to agree with after parting their money for such tripe.

Number 3

Jumper – Griffins Story

“Makes you want to jump off a cliff “, “Perfect in it’s failure” , ” The worst game on any console” Some choice quotes from the critic that summed up Jumper’s reception quite well. The Film did not Jump start Hayden Christensen’s career and the game likewise did no favours for the reputation of movie tie ins. Horrendous controls, a story that no one understood and graphical quality that reminded most of the Nintendo 64 days sealed the games fate.

Number 2

Rogue Warrior

Where do we possibly start here? a sure way of illustrating your games short comings is to rely on the fact you can at least listen to Mickey Rourke shout obscenities at any one interested to listen. That is really the only highlight (and that is if it floats your boat), I f you are not a fan of obscenities shouted by an Hollywood actor for 4 hours straight then you may want to give Rogue Warrior a wide berth. I’m not going to talk about collision detection, graphical quality, plot synopsis or how many games this tries to rip off and failed – Just that you can listen to Mickey F and B his way to historical greatness. Not.

Number 1

Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

Rancid Turd? Poo? Maybe we could be kind and say the only thing this game disc is good for is a drinks coaster. The franchise’s main draw has always been it’s wit. When it fails dismally there and it’s erotica content would have trouble stirring the loins of a horny teenager on a viagra rush, there is little else that can be said in it’s favour. Slammed by critics and consumers alike with everyone hoping this is the last we ever see of Larry, a character who was a product of bedroom programming in the eighties and arguably should never have survived the recession. Maybe that’s the game feels like you are playing a game from three decades ago.

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