10 Worst Games Of 2021

Let's face it. 2021 has been the latest in a series of not very good years. World affairs were mostly to blame for that, of course, but the video games industry also had a pretty good go of making us unhappy as well. Shall we look at its best attempts? From the catastrophic "remastering" of the GTA Trilogy to the disaster that was eFootball 2022, here are the 10 Worst Games Of 2021!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin)
Script: Cat Elliot (@cat_elliott_)
Video Editor: Ciaran Henry (@CiaranHenry268)
#eFootball2022 #GTATrilogyDefinitiveEdition #BalanWonderworld
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[@DE-GEN-ART]

Also, i miss the xbox days where you could play your own music on a handful of titles. The mechanic was few and far between, but it was nice

[@METALisLIFE89]

Loved giving wrestlers their real themes if they weren't in the games

[@Will28S]

You can with Spotify. I was doing it the other day on Forza.

[@simplyhuman3982]

Would be awesome for Tetris.

[@robmortimer4150]

Also on the Wii. I used to love playing Excitetruck while playing metal from the SD card

[@RelentlessOhiox]

It ain't hard to download Spotify and play it in the background.

[@abw1317]

So tired of all the public apologies from Devs who know they're releasing garbage.

[@ddgnp1057]

Sorry we got caught

[@RelentlessOhiox]

You mean publishers.

[@modernmobster]

@@RelentlessOhiox yes, publishers are the ones apologizing, devs are the ones calling fans racist and sexist for calling out their shitty games.

[@The_Starscourge]

And then they barely do anything to fix it

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

Blame fans as well. They want state of the art open world games released YESTERDAY and at a cheaper price. The companies pressure the devs to work harder and longer to release a game by a ridiculously tight deadline.

[@mryetibanana]

Putting gta trilogy on number 6 was a gift, it really deserves to be on number 3 at least. The gta San Andreas that has "less bugs" than the other two, is unplayable because it doesn’t even let you resume your game closing the game in the proccess.

[@wes788411]

FMV games have definitely had a resurgence recently, I think because of Her Story. I haven’t played any, but I have seen a bunch on digital stores.

[@missmoanypants]

There are 2 I highly recommend called Late Shift and The Complex, when I have friends over I have them play just to see what choices they make compared to mine.

[@setdamn]

After seeing how messy the newest PES is, I bought used copy of PES 2017 because I miss playing that version specifically. I ended up having a great relaxing time playing Master League.

[@pspcow]

You don't know what you have until it's gone

[@TechOrigami]

Before the video even completes, for me Battlefield 2042 was the worst game of the year. It was so bad. I wasn't disappointed. I was astonished as to how they even thought of releasing it in that state.

[@TechOrigami]

Oh yeah, GTA Definitititititititve edition. What a ducking mess it was.

[@princemwamba5230]

Cause they had gotten away with it before thats why

[@HanDaimond]

_Don't be sad, this is just how it works out sometimes!_

[@Vokunos]

i actually wanted to have a shooter to play for this year and i thought its going to be either the new battlefield or the new cod, cause atleast one of them must be good right ?... and now they both suck and i am playing forza lol

[@sbrsnndbd284]

@@HanDaimond lmao the cringiest quote I heard for real

[@onyx3856]

I liked Necromunda..it wasn't perfect but it wasn't one of the worst games of 2021 by any stretch.

[@AquaShibby3000]

Yeah, it's a mess for sure, but it's a fun one.

[@KimSjopi]

For how small the developer is and keeping in mind it's a budget title it's a really decent shooter with good ideas and great atmosphere

[@Laneous14]

Yeah, I was confused. Multiple reviewers I trust (re: youtube people not IGN or Kotaku) praised it. Certainly not one of the worst.

[@moonsaves]

I loved it. I played PC, so maybe that made a difference.

[@jaxsonharper9091]

Necromunda isn’t a bad game I agree with you, GMans review on it is 100% accurate it’s a good game with some shit stained polish basically.

[@s4tchm0j0n3s]

You've actually done Balan Blunderworld a service by NOT showing the Switch version. That footage actually makes it look like quite a fun game. I tried the demo and as soon as I saw the character run I knew it was going to be a shit show. Shame really as I wanted it to be good. Aesthetically it's rather lovely.

[@Dystnine]

The music is good IMO. That is always a plus. Games I don;t like always have good music.

[@s4tchm0j0n3s]

@@Dystnine Cheers for the recommendation. I'll see if I can get my hands on the OST.

[@russmawson6744]

I don't like the art style of the game but it's way better than the gameplay

[@odioalospoopers]

as someone who absolutely loved billy hatcher and nights, i REALLY wanted balan to be good

[@s4tchm0j0n3s]

@@odioalospoopers Same here. I do love a good plaformer from time to time and with such a heritage it could have (and should have) been at least a good game.

[@damian597]

25% is a great score considering how bad efootball is. You didn't begin to scratch on how deeply things are wrong with it. Such as they changed the run fast button from R1 to R2. Every single pes game ever the run fast has always been R1. Also remember soft tackling with X. Good luck with that.

[@kyleholloway3470]

A sports game on a list of worst games from any given year is really, really not a surprise.

[@The_Starscourge]

Ay

[@dyldar4732]

Especially modern sports games cause the people who make them stopped caring

[@iBallz_]

13:23 - 1. E-Football 2022 11:58 - 2. Balan Wonderworld 10:31 - 3. Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood 9:15 - 4. Taxi Chaos 7:58 - 5. Of bird and cage 6:36 - 6. GTA: Trilogy - Definitive Edition 5:17 - 7. I saw black clouds 3:56 - 8. Arkham Horror: Mother's embrace 2:40 - 9. Demon Skin 1:20 - 10. Necromunda: Hired Gun

[@joedkat]

I wonder if TripleJump will ever start adding this type of stuff to their descriptions...especially for videos with spoilers. It'd be nice if they warned us of the titles that were being spoiled ahead of time..

[@darrinfromvault801]

Thanks for the time Big Ben

[@milodoiing2280]

Balan Wonderland had a book you needed to read to understand it. It is kinda like reading a magna to understand a anime.

[@victim2077]

I'm still in awe at konami how they f...ed up with efootball, considering PES 2020 was best football game I've played since PES6. Also I recommend buying physical versions of Balan it smells like future "cult classic"/"hidden gem".

[@allandavis8667]

highly doubt that with balan tbh lmao

[@tutunaku]

@@allandavis8667 yeah some people thought the Spice Girls game would become a cult classic back in the day

[@user-bw7tc4lh5y]

Necromunda between the worst games of the year?? It looks like we had VERY good year for gaming))

[@cryptog7175]

@@Gatorade69 yes

[@TucBroder]

I actually liked Necromunda... It never crashed on me, but it did have some weird glitches and bugs.

[@RelentlessOhiox]

CDPR had such a salty year knowing they are never going to come close to the success they wanted for CP.

[@Laneous14]

It was one of the highest selling games of the entire year?

[@walker1984]

The problem with releasing a game like GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition in a buggy mess and just patching it away is when those servers necessary for the patches go down in less than a decade the game will be forever a buggy mess for future Angry video game reviewers who might happen on the game.

[@jvc85]

Did GTA: Definitive edition get a physical release? Patches should not be a problem if it is digital only as it will be updated from the get go. Either way so is it still a buggy mess.

[@walker1984]

@@jvc85 yes it has gotten a physical release. Once the servers get shut down that game is useless

[@quickman2663]

I haven't played EFootball 2022, but i've played the version made by EA, does that count?

[@ChaseMC215]

Fifa 22? It's the same as every other Fifa game that EA released from their ass.

[@sculpturex]

@@ChaseMC215 at least it doesn't suck. They just remain mostly the same, that's the main criticism of FIFA. With PES/eFootball however.... well, LMAO

[@ChaseMC215]

@@sculpturex EA is exploiting children to use pay 2 win mechanics to drain the balance of their parents credit card!!

[@kellypaul9940]

Of course "Footy mad" Peter Austin finds a way to bring up England in a video about 2021 video games

[@actorben]

The, "Werewolf," game was a HUGE disappointment! If only White Wolf Games followed the same formula w/,"Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines," we would've had a much better game!

[@geogantart]

Necromunda is actually decent.

[@TucBroder]

Yeah, I liked it.

[@mauri4060]

Agree, i have it for my PS5, super fun and stylistically speaking beautiful

[@dannybuttafuoco9529]

Agreed.

[@doctor0827]

do you also like the Warhammer stuff? the game looks unique but I know nothing of that lore

[@mauri4060]

@@doctor0827 not really, i m more into Warhammer Fantasy than 40K, that is why I love Vermintides, but i love cyberpunky stuff and necromunda fits right in it

[@witecatj6007]

I had no idea the Invisible Man was a pro soccer star.

[@DeadlyFredXXX]

Necromunda wasn't great but It's pretty harsh to put it on a worst games of the year list.

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

It's based on metacritic scores, so it isn't really a case of being harsh. Based on the chosen metric, it's one of the worst games of the year, that's just a fact.

[@DeadlyFredXXX]

@@Gordon.Pinkerton metacritic is garbage, not facts.

[@TucBroder]

I never trust critics. If a game looks fun to me, I buy it. That's what I did with Necromunda. And I actually liked it.

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

@@DeadlyFredXXX the point is that metacritic is the chosen metric for this list, so that's what dictates the entries in this video. There's nothing harsh about it as Triple Jump are literally just following the average review scores

[@Alchemistice]

"Balan Wonderworld? More like Bland and Underwhelmed!" -Past me

[@SinCity2100]

I played the Demo Version of E-Football 2022 and I saw the UI design of this game, it looked more of a Kids game that was made in 5 minutes... and I said to myself "Ohhh, this one is going to be great.."

[@KMEECHY]

Massively simplified UI with large buttons. Konami are like “it’s not a mobile game! Honest!”

[@llpalm08]

This is another reason why TripleJump is better than Wh*NameRedacted*re. The worst game of the year list is actually based on reviews and not just opinions/things that will make people click the video. Does show that we've had a good year for gaming this year with these games being the worst 10 of the year.

[@michaelanderson6394]

*Sees Necromunda as the first entry* Well, made a mistake asking for this for Christmas, didn’t I?

[@Revealingstorm.]

I'm kinda shocked its on the list. I haven't really heard bad things about the game

[@SeanyBabes508]

no, its great on pc but buggy as hell on ps4

[@mauri4060]

I have it on ps5, it is a fantastic frenetic and beautiful fps within the Warhammer world. Not perfect but a lot of fun.

[@TaraLoverNo1]

Worst Game of 2021 is definitely "Battlefield" Twenty Fourty Poo!!!! An absolute Insult to all Gamers in general!

[@Chattosaurus]

I ordered a pair of headphones and a controller charger from a website and they threw in a free copy of Battlefield 2042. Kind of rude of them to throw their trash in my package.

[@jaymzx2587]

Nice video but.. 1080p50 really? Maybe update your hardware in 2022? Would be great!

[@Vishkala]

Werewolf gets more flak than it deserves, its not gonna win any game of the year awards but it's good solid beat em up fun

[@86wezza88]

I almost bought the Taxi game on the weekend as it was on sale and I loved Crazy Taxi. Glad I didn't now LOL

[@NickBLeaveIt]

What’s frustrating about the way they pick a “Top 10” is that since Necromunda is lower on Metacritic, that makes it, even though both The Unexpected Quest for Switch and Pixeljunk Raiders for Stadia got the same score.

[@Exidel]

I just came up with the most insane idea for a game as a spiritual successor to Crazy Taxi. A high-budget driving game set in a near-future where most of taxi service is replaced with various competing ride-share services. You start out as a rookie, trying to up your number of stars and rides, competing with other NPC drivers and adding increasingly chaotic and wacky upgrades to your car as things progressively grow more crazy through the game's story and open world. The title? Rideshare Royale.

[@sonicmaiden2871]

That's a cool idea!

[@browncoatkevin]

Would it be better or worse with multiplayer servers? More human players always makes things more chaotic, but not necessarily better.

[@joshuastedford1670]

I actually really like that! Could work as a great mobile game too 💭

[@sonicmaiden2871]

@@joshuastedford1670 you're right! The mobile port of the original crazy taxi already works well on mobile. A concept like this might work even better!

[@AlienDenzil85]

As far as I See Black Clouds goes, I've not played it, but the publisher Wales Interactive has done quite a few FMV games, and some are them are actually pretty good - shame this isn't one of them!

[@sirkiljaoswindmane8901]

Quite odd that Battlefield 2042 and D&D: Dark Alliance weren't on this list. Were they really ranked higher than Necromunda: Hired Gun?

[@bencritterson640]

It’s funny that Taxi Chaos is on here because for me it’s the 2nd best game of the year behind Psychonauts 2. Everyone’s biggest problem with it is that “it’s not crazy taxi and it tries to be” which would be a legitimate complaint if Sega hadn’t given up on the series years ago and we were still getting Crazy Taxi releases. Either way great video, just shows how one mans trash is another mans treasure.

[@SeanyBabes508]

i dont think necromundas review was very fair, they only counted ps4, on pc its great

[@DE-GEN-ART]

The taxi nissan skyline with a chopped top reedems taxi chaos

[@petrolheadentertainment2620]

If they stuck with the game a bit longer, they would've gotten the fastest car in Taxi Chaos, and also learn all of the shortcuts, from alleyways, to even buildings. That sure helped with my high score.

[@Gruntvc]

Despite the bugs, I liked Necromunda Hired Gun. Definitely isn't AAA budget, but I'll take it over most boring, greed filled, and broken AAA FPS games that released in 2021. They have no excuses.

[@auritone]

I liked it too, but stopped playing it after its 9th crash at the end of a mission, forcing me to completely replay it. That’s when I decided I had had enough.

[@moobslikejagger5653]

Tbf, the first PES of each new generation is usually shit, it just takes them time to get new ideas/hardware right. It'll probably be awesome again in a couple of years.

[@theonlybilge]

3:04 But only at one shop.

[@fangy6443]

Oh, Lewandowski. Look at what they've done to my boy.

[@merkcityboy834]

I wonder when these game developers will stop trying to make these games so realistic to our world it’s not meant to be that long it’s called video games.

[@dylanogg347]

00:27: Peter, I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you.

[@toddthesweatynerdguy1450]

The Castlevania Advance Collection that came out this year is really good. The PC version of Asterix & Obelix Slap Them All! got a lot of hate, but I think that's mostly because of the total lack of any Options. None of the graphics, controls or sound could be changed or altered at all, other than that I really enjoy Asterix & Obelix Slap Them All! I find it to be a fun beat 'em up but that said there're more people that hate the game then there's people that like the game.

[@jackgoodwin125]

Every year has bad games

[@roryk101]

Where can we buy Billy Bux TM C R?

[@boru1982]

Master of Puppets? lol I never took you guys to be in your mid-teens!

[@FunBunChuck]

At first I was wondering why Madden 22 didn't make the list,... then I remembered that EA only allowed the most lenient of reviewers to even touch Madden before launch. Metacritic Proreview score: 67%. Metacritic User review score: 0.2%. I have to say that uh,... the trustworthiness of professional video game critics these days is,... hmm,... well,... I'll say *suspect* and leave it at that. 😁

[@RadiShineAmigo]

I quite enjoyed Taxi Chaos. Wasn’t the best but I had fun with it as a Crazy Taxi fan

[@PatMagree]

Necromunda.. Has a couple bugs and isnt perfect. So its one of the worst of the year...?

[@andorius]

Love it that the subtitles said 'eyesore black clouds'.

[@onekie5787]

0:24 damn he predicted the future.

[@scotthamilton9515]

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[@deepblue8143]

That soccer game has incredible graphics.

[@theonlybilge]

6:44 Sprunk moment

[@theguy1233]

I think that battlefield should have a lower rating

[@SkeeLoGreene]

What happened to "Oh yea, here we go, Sports time!"??? I love yall regardless of what you do, but I live for that lol

[@Xenowolf8]

Most AAA games suck these days, so I’m asking everyone to play Xenoblade DE instead.

[@mattcraven8214]

Glad I didn't pick up I Saw Black Clouds, I'm a huge FMV fan though and if you are too, pick up The Shapeshifting Detective, it's a lot of fun.

[@mauri4060]

Necromunda and werewolf on the PS5 were fun and i enjoyed them quite a lot. Necromunda, frenetic, warhammer and beautiful; Werewolf, easy and simple gameplay, decent graphics and overall old school fun imo. Metacritic really is pointless

[@andrewl8514]

Werewolf had pretty fun combat and cool music. If the entire game wasn't based inside the same boring yellow factory complex doing the exact same thing to the same enemies it could have been decent.

[@mauri4060]

@@andrewl8514 yes I agree on the repetitive gameplay/locations, but as brainless easy game it was fun, at least for me, especially when discounted

[@warrenbeer2737]

Like this guy has listened to Master of Puppets?!

[@SpikeOnaBike]

Ask him if he knows the lyrics to Orion!

[@RealCaptainJaws]

Yes, suffer the worst for our pleasure.

[@hendrixonwheels]

It did come home in 2022, you were right!

[@coreybartmess9297]

Mr. Potter! I've finally found you! Lol

[@starstudiosRPG]

What do you mean my characters head isn’t supposed to decapitate

[@jazzx251]

lol = "gift cards" For my birthday, my parents gave me a "universal gift card" that can be used in ANY shop! (wow!!) It was more like a piece of plastic paper really - it had the queen's face on it as well as its value

[@MasterCrumble]

That eFootball 2022 has a 14% score on steam, so it's even worse than that 25% mentioned.

[@browncoatkevin]

I think they were going by professional reviews only, not player reviews. That would have sunk some games far lower.

[@walcodebruyn2135]

6:50 I'm actually enjoying the games on my switch i grew up with those gta games and the patches fixed most issues i had i beat all 3. Twice already but yes I'm nostalgic and i think it should've been way cheaper.

[@tambatime615]

I'm with you but on PS4 pro there are a few things especially in vice city. But overall I love it playing them with better colors and the cars look so much better

[@ArkaneStephanie]

To show how bad I Saw Black Clouds was as a choice based game. There was one part where I made a decision then the game reversed it and said it wasn't the right one.

[@Infamousuk]

The apocalyspe is amazing.

[@speedwaynutt]

OH YEAH, HERE WE GO, WORST SPORTS TIME EVER !!!!!

[@britneyspearsvillarosa]

I love Konami Castlevania and TNNT IV Turtles In Time SNES

[@jadedheartsz]

Werewolf is a pretty good game IMO, it's too bad that godawful Bloodrayne remaster didn't get more critical reviews as otherwise it would've been a shoo-in for #1.

[@mauri4060]

Werewolf was great, i really enjoyed it on my ps5. I don't understand the hate ts

[@VertPlaysGames]

I was waiting for you to say "It's less Crazy Taxi, and more.... LAZY Taxi".... But you didn't 😔

[@mushroomhead3054]

I'm enjoying GTA.

[@maxcady360]

Gotta hand it to them, I don't know half of these games.

[@Knuspermonster]

Hired Gun was one of my best games in all of 2021 xD

[@MorrisseyMuse]

Necromunda is good fun! and BF 2042 feels like a clone of every others game in the series to me lol

[@TottiMessiTorres]

Saddens me how far PES has fallen. PES 6 for PS2 remains, imo, the best footy game of all time.

[@drgonzo123]

You know I love your channel when I hit the like button before even watching the video. Shitty year for real life, great year for worst games ever! (And some pretty good games too).

[@TheLemonyBard]

I “played” _I Saw Black Clouds_ on Switch, and it really is awful. Garbage nothing story that has a plot twist that feels more exploitative of real life issues and like a messy cop out than it feels interesting, and the morality system and other stats are basically just a jpeg suggesting how your character SHOULD be as opposed to how she actually is.

[@johnwrath3612]

Necromunda? Really? It wasn't anything special but it's not bad at all.

[@panterarosa4325]

Oh yeah here we go, sports time

[@Andulvar]

I don't get why this channel insists on thinking "game reviewers" matter. Majority can't figure out how to jump over a pillar in a game

[@TayRich93]

Lmao ikr

[@cadensauerbrey9005]

Demon Skins looks like high fantasy Metroid Dread just, well, worse.

[@panterarosa4325]

just loved re village with my brother seen the trailer and looked so awesome along with returnal❤❤❤❤❤

[@FishesFlyTillTheWorldDies]

Leave TellTales alone.

[@Mightywhiskaz]

Battlefield 2042 is my personal worst game last year.

[@odioalospoopers]

aaaand there goes the one good franchise left from konami

[@albertodemo658]

It did not come home

[@mizzy8788]

I was thinking demon slayer not demon skins 🤣🤣🤣

[@Marc_Araujo]

I'm surprised FIFA 22 didn't make this list (especially the Switch version).

[@sculpturex]

Switch version, maybe. But no way FIFA 22 is going to be in the list of worst game. At least the game works as intended & playable.

[@Marc_Araujo]

@@sculpturex True.

[@lenkagamine4145]

@@sculpturex yeah but so are the first few entries on this list

[@milodoiing2280]

Madden 22 will appear at end of year on next list.

[@rodolfohernandez3303]

Battlefield 2042, Call of Duty Vanguard and Grand Theft Auto Remastered Edition the first places for this three

[@roguerifter9724]

I had fun with Werewolf the Apocalypse: Earthblood. It was very short and had little replay value though. I'm pretty sure diligent players can get every skill in the game on one run. (I almost maxed out all the skill trees but one of the ways you get skill points is finding hidden spirits around the maps, and I didn't get close to finding them all only doing so in one or two missions) plus there are two endings based solely on a choice made in the final chapter and continuing the game after beating it takes you to the beginning of the final chapter. Despite the flaws I don't see it truly being nearly as bad as reviewers claim, or deserving a spot on this list.

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

I'm not a gamer much these days. Il play the odd Wii Sports game at a party or classic Fifa or a Dreamcast game around Christmas time. Or il replay an old Resident Evil game for nostalgia. So when I see a shit list for new games and I see how amazing the graphics are and hearing the games are shit, shows how out of the loop I am lol

[@kellinwinslow1988]

Didn't know there were even enough games this year to make a list about. Then again the newest game I played this year was already 3 or 4 years old. Since collecting games from the second generation on I've gotten so sick of Triple AAAAAA crap that I'm done with the industry. I have enough older games to last a lifetime.

[@haroldjoseph8296]

Necromunda is awesome

[@FusionGamerElite]

Your joking right? I dont see shit for good games in 2021...