20 Most Disappointing Games of the last 20 YEARS

We’ve had plenty of bad games over the last 20 years but only a select special few disappointed us. We’re not mad, just disappointed.
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[@Oneforgettable]

The fact that Anthem didn't make this list is insane to me

[@rolandohiebert2144]

It was so bad they probably couldn't remember it

[@elenvrag_1690]

The game had literally only a life time of 1 week

[@L0R3NZ0W]

100% agree

[@SinfulSaint0102]

I thought No Man's Sky and Cyberpunk 2077 would be here Edit: Everyone replying to me saying "Both of those games are good" completely missed the point of this video. This isn't a video about BAD games it's one about DISAPPOINTING ones. Both of those games were absolutely horrible on release. Whether it was a completely buggy mess or they over-promised and didn't deliver. It DOES NOT matter if they've redeemed themselves over the years. The games weren't good on release and DID NOT live up to the massive hype they received.

[@PoneyChad]

Exacly

[@timjones7303]

When I heard “20 years ago” I subconsciously figured that we would be going back to the early 90s or so. Imagine my groan of desperation when I was reminded that 20 years ago was actually 2003.

[@nostalgigamer]

It was a little jarring for me too. Getting old is a bag of dicks.

[@manaash4316]

Hard relate.

[@TheJollyGreen]

Aww I wonder if 5th Element will be on here *Let's go allll the way back 20 years ago to 2003* Hrmmm...

[@otakufreak2617]

Born in 95.. so yeah, I know

[@someferalkid]

Ouch... right in my youth.

[@johnray527]

I feel like I've paid pretty close attention over the last 20 years, and more than half of these are games I would not have had any expectations for.

[@Pestokeitto]

I love how much trust gameranx have had in films based games over the years

[@Mektek19]

He may be the only one. These games didn’t break anyone’s hearts. Most people weren’t looking for any of these games. Maybe 3 at max.

[@diizzii]

​@@Mektek19absolutely, it was a personal list by the narrator, throughout. You can't make a video like this. Maybe extend it to the month of each year?

[@dr.loomis4221]

The GTA Definitive Edition Trilogy was soul crushing for me. I'm still blown away by how little respect Rockstar has shown for those games. They wouldn't be where they are without them.

[@GlennDavey]

And the worst part: it's like the Special Edition Star Wars. That's the ONLY edition they want you to have going forward.

[@seanrafabagass]

It's not fully rockstar fault, the company that made the game old have expirience in mobile game so they have little respect for it and they have to rush the game

[@GlennDavey]

@@seanrafabagass Rockstar fully at fault for hiring them

[@astro.8888]

@@seanrafabagass Not really a point in playing the originals when the remasters exist now

[@damarfadlan9251]

@@GlennDavey what about NFSMW 2005 Nintendo DS and NASCAR 21 IGNITION and all Madden games since 15? All of them were also disappointments.

[@eternyti]

to balance this out I'd love to see a "20 Most Surprisingly Good Games of the last 20 years" Games that either surpassed expectations or that were expected to be awful but actually turned out great much love to the gameranx team

[@MPHswayze]

Titanfall 2!

[@puppysoda7062]

Don’t forget Days Gone!

[@TheDamnedCook]

Don't forget No Man's Sky

[@spike5499]

@@TheDamnedCook that's the opposite lol, it was expected to be great but was awful, but then it became great

[@treswolves5512]

@@TheDamnedCook Yeah, NMS was pretty horrible at launch. Don’t forget the lawsuit over false advertising because of how different the game at launch from what they showed was.

[@aaronisblack1]

Definitely feel like Anthem deserves a spot. The impact that game had on me...i had so much buyers remorse from purchasing it and till this day i get anxiety when it comes to getting games just because i don't ever wanna be as disappointed as i was with that.

[@brianemerich2524]

the thing is anthem had very very good gameplay, and a very solid foundation. where it massively failed, similar to outriders which was the identical class of game, was that no one seemed to know what to do with a roadmap. anthem had so much room to turn into a great game, but everyone in the last decade trying to beat destiny has unfortunately crashed and burned in the live service market. basically every single live service game has failed recently cause no one seems to actually have a plan other than generic vague things that will exist. it is why anthem failed, why avengers failed, diablo 4 isn't doing that great, why the new suicide squad game will probably fail. most normal gamers already have a job and don't want a game to be one as well.

[@georgeleslie7307]

Does anyone else remember Brink? I remember in 2011 people were calling it the “TF2 Killer.” I remember playing it and being the most disappointing experience ever had playing a game. A decade later they made it Free to Play and the servers are still dead.

[@SpecieOp]

I actually kind of liked Brink. I really liked the setting and the parkour. It had some good ideas but it definitely felt like content was missing. It's the last game I've ever preordered and I wanted to like the game, but it was a mediocre game at best. Also the player base died off very fast and playing with the AI killed it for me.

[@JakenBake-JP]

Was wondering where that game was on this list

[@JaredHarris-lw5bj]

lol put this in the comments. I waited for a midnight release for this and it was disappointing to see

[@DamienDarkside]

Whenever I play Fallout: New Vegas, and pick up a Fire Bomb from the Honest Hearts DLC I am reminded about Brink. The image for that weapon the Vault Boy holding it above his head, slightly jumping, with a bandana on like the cover from Brink.

[@daspitty5872]

I played Brink for a while and really liked and premise and art style. Sad this world died after the first game. :c

[@Anaphriel]

I remember renting Fight Club from my local Blockbuster. I walked home, beat the game and walked back within an hour and a half. So the clerk let me just go choose another game to get my money's worth. Simpler times.

[@majipan2719]

Well if it isn't some clue of the game's quality. Even sellers don't want their money for the crap.

[@Zeemas]

@@majipan2719 Or Chris has elite e-sports worthy skills for Smash bros or something to beat the game that fast lol

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

I miss going to blockbuster on a Friday night to rent a game for the weekend for my N64 then my PS1

[@jeremyzak654]

​@@ROT4RYfc3sI hear that.

[@fondue4kill]

I think the funniest thing about Mighty No 9 is that the game takes less time to beat than it takes to watch the credits of all the backers

[@akl2k7]

They got the guy who brought the donuts that one day on there too, huh?

[@SENTlNEL]

is that true lol

[@user-oc9is8ge7q]

I remember being so excited for Order 1886 leading up to it and being so overwhelmingly let down

[@KMM-br1ny]

Yeah that was another who’s trailers looked very cool

[@conahscreations]

I had such a blast with Marvel nemesis as a kid. Really distinct memories of it. Kinda shocked it made this list

[@austinball7073]

Same

[@JakenBake-JP]

Same

[@Bloodspilla28]

The 2 player aspect was amazing and playing as light/dark characters was the best and they had so good maps for 1v1

[@conahscreations]

@@Bloodspilla28 I played tons of 2 player with family. Sometimes I'd even launch 2 player by myself and leave the other controller on the floor so I could see what each character could do. Compared to what we have no, i thought it was pretty damn unique

[@thomasmullaney5791]

Marvel Nemesis is one of the formative games of my childhood. Absolutely unforgettable

[@mcbdllc2848]

Bro, that game wasn't popular, but it was fun af facts

[@VoidByDarkness]

It was mad fun

[@Willy-Nilly.]

Agreed

[@tatsuya94]

Played it for so many hours but I forgot what it was called until this video 😓

[@alexandrerocha7918]

Man I had played him a lot too, when I was young. Not disapointed at all

[@wyeteepaleface9199]

My heart was broken by Fallout 76. It didn't just divorce me from Fallout. The way it highlighted a lot of the worst things about the industry that are unlikely to change killed something about games for me.

[@wastelander1015]

I feel you

[@Npotter14]

Underrated comment

[@BarbellThor]

I tried Fallout New Vegas a few years ago, and it was even worse. Both were clunky, and you can't shoot. I played maybe an hour of Vegas. With 76, missions devolve too far into a drain that never ends so you can't finish any of them, and Jesus almighty who thought leveling difficulty was a good idea. There's literally no point to leveling except locking weapons that won't eventually make any difference anyway and I guess to give some perks. MEH. Fuck that. Waste of time.

[@KiraOniiChan]

I still remember when I was ready to hear "FALLOUT 5" but heard Fallout 76 and online only, was so disappointed

[@spectrawolf3504]

@@KiraOniiChan this hurt me

[@EmergencyInductionPort]

My biggest disappointment was easily Mass Effect Andromeda. I'm a massive Mass Effect Trilogy fan. 2 of my cats are called Tali & Zorah 😂 They hyped the game up SO MUCH. It looked amazing in all the stuff we got to see leading up to release then when it finally released... it was brutal. I played it on release day, and holy crap its scarred me for life. I haven't preordered any game since then because im still not over the disappointment, and you see hugely disappointing big triple A games all the time these days.

[@Mr-Rinn]

Was it the animations for you? I could overlook those but I know a lot of people can't, and I actually liked the setting.

[@PeterTeal77]

@@Mr-Rinn it's also the writing, the acting, the art design/colors, and the gameplay. But yeah the animation was pretty bad.

[@Mentulator332]

Tbh, i actually enjoyed Andromeda. yes, i played it after the patches and paid like 10/15 bucks for the game.. but i enjoyed it. More than the third which at the time i didnt like it.

[@jekw23]

@@Mentulator332same, I quite liked it. I also liked ME3

[@seanharrison3482]

Andromeda ruled. Had a rough release for sure but the game is still one I go back to every once in a while.

[@youknowhuwitis]

The most recent gaming disappointment I've had would go to The Callisto Protocol. It had such a cool premise. you're stuck on a prison moon where something happens and all the inmates become hideous monsters and you have to fight your way out annddd... the lead developer was the guy behind Dead Space. It was super buggy upon release, had annoying weapon switching animations and limited enemy types and was a very underwhelming experience.

[@BuzzRain]

Totally agree. I bought the hard copy on day 1. It crashed three times in the first hour, the auto dodge didn't work, the monsters were boring. They rushed out a patch the same day. I persevered, played to the near end and gave up. Traded it in next day.

[@chaaaater67]

i remember not beeing able on my 2nd playthrough to go through the vents anymore bc not an action button showed up like in the previous playthrough which made it unplayble .. easily fast uninstalled

[@bajo3582]

Man that makes me sad to read. Thankfully I didn’t experience any of the bugs with the game and had a real fun time playing through it. It was a great game and I had fun getting the platinum

[@bajo3582]

Callisto is game of the year compared to forspoken haha

[@NickyNicest]

Eh it was overhyped but wasn’t that bad. I don’t think I’d play it again but it wasn’t awful. However I do agree the state of the game on release was definitely unacceptable.

[@NyteMyre]

0:25 - Batman Dark Tomorrow (2003) 1:45 - Fight Club (2004) 3:18 - Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (2005) 4:33 - Sonic 06 (2006) 5:44 - Hour of Victory (2007) 6:39 - Too Human (2008) 7:25 - Tony Hawk Ride (2009) 8:08 - Kick Ass: The Game (2010) 8:49 - Duke Nukem Forever (2011) 9:39 - Game of Thrones (2012) 10:45 - Alien: Colonial Marines (2013) 11:40 - Rambo: The Video Game (2014) 12:28 - Alone in the Dark: illumination (2015) 12:59 - Mighty Number 9 (2016) 13:56 - Road Rage (2017) 14:45 - Metal Gear Survive (2018) 15:39 - Contra: Rogue Corps (2019) 16:34 - Fast & Furious: Crossroads (2020) 17:41 - Battlefield 2042 (2021) 18:55 - Saints Row (2022)

[@akhilkurup4368]

Thank you, man.

[@lindah6954]

Thanks. Saves me from watching this pointless video.

[@megyskermike]

You're the man now dawg

[@midnightjay]

Thank you kindly.

[@NyteMyre]

@@lindah6954 I mean... you can still watch it

[@honorablejay]

The funniest thing about Aliens: Colonial Marines is that one wrong character in the code was the reason the Xenomorph's AI was so bad.

[@HL3AlcAida]

Yes and some random guy found the fix that Sega could not find...

[@FWSBASH]

@@HL3AlcAida finding stuff like that is a needle in a haystack sometimes. but it's sad they didn't find anything and left it doa.

[@Sajgoniarz]

@@HL3AlcAida because it was in the released config files. Devs use different version... without the bug :D

[@CallsignWulf]

@@Sajgoniarz I love when devs do this. They should just run the damn release version of things. Had to argue with devs saying "game should not do that", when it took literally starting the game up to see that it does. Hours of arguing then they finally realize. "Oh, non-shipping override that".

[@MB-rt9dq]

Apparently Colonial Marines is actually fun with some mods to correct those easy to fix bug (pc only)

[@EccentricGentelman]

For me it was Spore. I waited on tender hooks for 2 years, looking out for any new videos. For those of you who don't know it was a game where you created a new life form, decided on it's appendages and skeletal structure and then guided it through evolution to a space-faring civilization. And it would be automatically filled with user-generated content. But the finished product was actually less advanced than the demonstration model. I read somewhere that the software was to complex to be pressed on to disks. I got a seriously simplified version of what I was expecting. More like a series of minigames with above average customization then the multi-layered life simulator I thought it was going to be. But the most heart breaking part was when the user-content stopped flowing in and nothing I did would get it going again. And speaking of which, there was no filter of quality for creator content coming in. The new SimCity was a bust too.

[@fabe61]

I was too young to remember any advertisement for Spore but when I first played it as a kid I loved it! It was so exciting

[@EccentricGentelman]

@@fabe61 Wow, you know how to make a man feel old. When I was a kid, they hadn't released the Sims.

[@empire0]

Spore was a dud for sure, had massive hype around it too

[@EccentricGentelman]

@@empire0 Remember when they launched the adventure DLC and the props appeared as the alien buildings?

[@jekw23]

Yeah I remember the hype. One of the few games I actually bought on release. Found it very simplified, like a few mini-games stitched together. I’m sure the screen shots were massively different than the released version. Played for a few hours then put it down, never played since.

[@matthewbridgewater9235]

Nothing will ever beat Dynasty Warriors 9 in terms of disappointment for me. Enormous fan of the series and DW9 was the biggest kick in the crotch we could have ever asked for. Hoping they get the series back on track and don't double down on whatever the hell that game was

[@KMM-br1ny]

Maybe that’s the only one I’ve played. Cvs games

[@cordellwalker-wn7nq]

Facts

[@covertyankee]

The Saints Row reboot was a stab in the heart for me. Over the years I've played through SR2 at least 20 times.

[@GijzzzBlackEyedPeas]

Same with SR2, haven't played the reboot yet

[@kylecyr8999]

That one was a hug dissapointment as a huge SR2 fan i was pumped to see they were bringing it back and i figured they would follow suit since SR2 was prime saints row nah just a average free-roam game that after my save file got deleted on pc where i was about 10 hours in I haven't really made an effort to go back.

[@odarnet]

I still play Saints Row: The Third. This reboot made see that there will be no more like it... :(

[@Kharnix]

The reboot was such a disappointment. Coming from someone who played SR 2 all the way to 4, it just broke my heart with how it ended up. One of my favourite game franchises ever and it was all destroyed just like that. While I do hope someone can bring it back and do it justice, I sometimes think that maybe it shouldn't and just serve as a reminder of what happens when game devs try to milk a popular franchise with no clue on what they're doing and what made it popular in the first place.

[@joshryan9735]

I'm replaying sr3 atm but sr1 was defo the one tho it was the only other game I played consistently with San andreas

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Battlefield 2042 is an all time embarrassment for EA

[@amilyon553]

Nah Anthem is the worse for EA

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

The new cod isn't too far down after Anthem and BF

[@irishheadhunter6]

IMO BF2042 is making a steady redemption arc at the moment, compaired to mw2 and im a fan of both and have been for 15 years but I find myself playing BF more so than Cod at the moment

[@enclave6982]

EA is a embarrassment to the gameing community

[@0210mick]

68 on Metacritic. There are much more worse games than better ones

[@Daniel-nn8mr]

Zsasz should get more recognition, he's genuinely a scary villain with those markings on him.

[@grumpyginger7475]

Tony Hawk goes to the coffee shop by my house every week. Should I let him know his game is on this list? 😂

[@ClintChocolateChip]

I appreciate you guys going back so far as 2003. It doesn't feel as if it were 20 years ago to me personally, but while the gaming industry may be aging it's still great to have individuals like you, Jake and Falcon, who grew up alongside all that and can speak on it firsthand. Plus, it helps me to not feel old 😅

[@nas8141987]

Lmao I know how you feel. I like watching the old g4 shows with Tommy ouiyamico, the tech back then was exciting

[@HardwiredMike]

We're not old we just have a lot of XP

[@inyourgranmaass3605]

@@HardwiredMike 😄🤣

[@Alex-kx6kw]

Bro I was born in 2003. I'm 20 years old. I've got one foot in the grave bro. Mid life crisis

[@willrun4fun]

IKR, the scariest part of the whole video was "lets go waaay back 20 years to 2003" wait that was how long ago?

[@sirrelyk3463]

Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects was my brother and I’s favorite game as a kid, we’d play it any chance we could on our PS2. Hearing Spider-Man say “We call that a web slinging ass-kicking” was so badass to us at the time.

[@coconutfarmdan8053]

I loved that game to!

[@TylerBoyette]

Yeah idk like I have never really heard anyone disliking that game I probably would’ve found another game

[@tylermenard7398]

Same! So good

[@ShinSpooder]

It was fire that was an L take

[@jermaineturner458]

its all about mind over matter, i dont mind and you dont matter.

[@SoupSultan]

My dad and I loved Marvel Nemesis, played it all the time. We still talk about it sometimes, so definitely not a disappointing game to me lol.

[@HITTN]

I legit said “whoa whoa whoa” out loud cause I was just playing that earlier😂 & I was shocked

[@diggityd4n16]

Nemesis was great for its time, it doesnt deserve this slander.

[@HITTN]

@@diggityd4n16 exactly!

[@rileymcphee9429]

I remember that Orca level being the one they had for the demo game and I'm pretty sure that's what sold more copies than sonic '06 ever deserved.

[@chrisharmon1985]

Cyberpunk broke my heart. I downloaded the very first trailer for it on my PS3. This was before the PS4 came out. I waited so long and was saddened by the state of the game.

[@FacelessKill3R1]

you should hop in again, its a great game now. most people still have the first initial impression that was launch but they fixed most of the issues

[@Trucha1327]

Yup I got it for my PS5 and it’s amazing now, would def give it a go

[@terang5189]

@@FacelessKill3R1 I think most people who are still disappointed by the game is because we can't role-play. You know, D&D or TES kind of role-play. And also how dead the open world is.

[@Mondlunar]

I never got me the game for various reasons. One of them being how stupid it is to have a character creator where you can decide the tiniest thing about your appearance, only to play in first person the whole game. That's just so dumb.

[@imitenotbe]

@@terang5189 exactly. it was never the bugs for me, the game is a bad RPG and a worse action game

[@mongrels5345]

Marvel's Rise of The Imperfects will always be a classic for me. I would play it for hours with my brother. The story was disappointing and it hurt not being able to get the other console exclusive characters but throwing cars and running up walls and smacking each other around was so much fun and I still play it on occasions. Would actually love a sequel

[@thanx4theclips]

Definitely!!!! I love that game, yes from a older mind standpoint it’s rough lmao but at childhood 🐐

[@TheBlackBantha]

I remember playing hours of that game when I was a kid wondering when it was gonna start being fun 😂

[@patrick8116]

I remember being really excited about Black & White, but it really wasn't that good and the spell system was very frustrating as you had to use the mouse cursor to cast them.

[@MonsieurExist]

It wasn’t the worst letdown overall, but I was really looking forward to Scorn. I think the main thing that was a disappointment for me was the shoehorned combat that was slow and painful, but everything else was okay. Not as good as I hoped, but still good.

[@teamofone1219]

There definitely needs to be a part 2 to this video.

[@abbyfields9815]

As a huge franchise fan, I remember being really let down by Mass Effect Andromeda

[@Galiant2010]

Andromeda was amazing. The gameplay not being restricted to a single class was awesome. The story was pretty good, though admittedly you had to dig into the lore bits to get the full story which it seems like a lot of people didn't do and so they were just left feeling confused or underwhelmed at the villains.

[@gin.gefilms]

@@Galiant2010 it was a good game just wasn't Mass Effect 1, 2, or 3 good

[@rochahouse4883]

​@@gin.gefilms me3? Lmao 🤣

[@gin.gefilms]

@@rochahouse4883 are you saying Andromeda is better than 3?

[@rochahouse4883]

@Ginge Films By miles, me3 was so terrible. I still vividly remember being so disappointed on release day as soon as I gained control of Shepard and that autist sprint animation, and then there's the rest of the game. 🤣 Edit: the only good thing to come out of me3 was multiplayer

[@TheR3DSniper]

Out of all the disappointing games released in the last 20 years, the Saints Row reboot is the only one that made me want to slit my throat.

[@thenubisonfirehenderson9201]

Conflict: Desert Storm and C:DS2 were fun for the times. They released a “spec ops” version that totally didn’t hit the mark the first two did.

[@aophoenix7448]

I loved Rise Of The Imperfects. Just felt like a cool game overall to me. My ONLY complaint is how they did Hulk dirty and basically killed him in the opening cinematic right away, but there was props to making his transformation back to Bruce look insanely painful knowing that the life was drained from him

[@thomasraines1396]

The zoom in on Bruce’s hand was really messed up

[@jonathant8575]

I had a lot of fun with it. Didn't get especially far with the single-player campaign, but it still let me unlock several characters and it was something to play with family.

[@solidsnack352]

Marvel RotI was a different breed.

[@voicecrack7951]

My man

[@seusstherapscallion6758]

Agreed. I audibly said "whaaat??" while smoking on my front porch at 2am when the title card popped on screen. I absolutely loved this game as a kid, and actually even have it on an emulator on pc now. Its definitely not the cleanest combat or controls by todays standards, but for that era it was totally an awesome game.

[@cowmousedog]

There needed to have been more AAA games on this list. A lot of the more recent games one would have been able to figure out it was bad at a quick glance.

[@notsosecretsnacker5218]

I'm going to jump the gun and say a CoD in recent years or fallout 47 or Cyberpunk Edit: huh I was wrong I see your point

[@LegendBuzzy]

@@notsosecretsnacker5218 ANTHEM!

[@IDeltic]

@@notsosecretsnacker5218 Yeah I was definitely expecting Cyberpunk considering the hype and the state in which it released. CoD: Ghosts would have made my list, I was on a run of liking every CoD since I got into the series at CoD 3, but Ghosts ended that and instead started the run of me not buying a CoD game until the Modern Warfare reboot (for multiplayer, I did buy WWII but only for the campaign as I was missing WW2 as a shooter setting)

[@Dwayndibb]

FO76 which definitely isn't AAA.

[@cesarkopp2]

@@IDeltic I played CP2077 and it was a cool game with a lot of glitches. The plot was cool, combat was cool, dialogues was cool. Very buggy but it worked as a game at least.

[@nailahprincessofhokuto2024]

Shocked theres no We Happy Few, No Mans Sky, Fallout 76, Anthem, Avengers or Evolve. At launch all of these games were the definition of disappointment

[@AndDeathForAll82]

You showed one of the best Batman games ever (Batman Returns-SNES) when you talked about the “misses up until Arkham Asylum”.

[@LucieOne]

I didn't even know there was a Fight Club game. The idea of it just sounds cool. This list probably took a long time to get together; your research and work is much appreciated.

[@jacksonteller3973]

I heard about on Waz and Larry's Top 10 many years ago.

[@dread1262]

Neither did i. I've been following games since the 90s and would have noticed. I don't think it ever existed and this is just a case of mandela effect. Same with that batman game, I remember it being cancelled.

[@SoberAddiction]

The only reason I'd be interested in this game is being able to beat Fred's ass repeatedly.

[@LucieOne]

@@dread1262 I looked it up, it's currently for sale on Amazon... kinda thinking about buying it. I have a PS2 lol.

[@dread1262]

@@LucieOne I'm curious too. It's something that definitely would have been in my collection

[@beachjn86]

You should do a list of games that failed at launch, but ended up making changes and being really good games. No man’s sky is a perfect example

[@Anupam8448]

There's a video abt tht in this channel already, where No Man's Sky was ranked as first. "10 games tht failed nd became grt again."

[@ColdFear6666]

Yeah, it's awesome that a AAA priced game became actually playable after 3 years. Very good job!!!

[@thesituation5315]

@@ColdFear6666 While I agree it's really bad what they did, it wasn't really AAA at the time, just an indie.

[@pavan2391]

Assassins creed unity

[@ColdFear6666]

@@thesituation5315 it's still not an AAA game, it never was. It was "AAA priced".

[@tgc93]

It was actually Battlefield V for me. That was kind of the nail in the coffin to my interest in online first person shooters. It had already been declining but I thought that game might bring me back

[@lesmilesdehunger5964]

Number 18 was the one and only game I got to rent as a kid and I swear for the last 12 years I have been convinced that it wasn’t real, thank you gameranx

[@al3xb827]

Time Stamps: 0:26 Batman Dark Tomorrow 1:47 Fight Club 3:18 Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects 4:34 Sonic the Hedgehog '06 5:44 Hour of Victory 6:40 Too Human 7:26 Tony Hawk Ride 8:08 Kick Ass 8:50 Duke Nukem Forever 9:38 Game of Thrones 10:46 Aliens Colonial Marines 11:41 Rambo: The Video Game 12:28 Alone in the Dark: Illumination 12:59 Mighty No. 9 13:55 Road Rage 14:46 Metal Gear Survive 15:39 Contra Rogue Corps 16:35 Fast & Furious Crossroads 17:41 Battlefield 2042 18:55 Saints Row Reboot Finally, after forgetting to watch this Video I watched it after it got uploaded 2 weeks ago.

[@botetta]

Thanks for the timestamps

[@al3xb827]

@@botetta no problem. Actually thought it would be unnecessary but maybe some just want to se the ranking. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@residentof2547]

GAMERANX ARE LAZY TO PUT CHAPTERS IN THEIR VIDEOS ... That's why I unsubscribed. It's so long to sit through a 20 min video.

[@al3xb827]

@@residentof2547 yeah actually I didn't knew this channel before. After I did the time stamps I thought they don't have more than one million subs. Now I feel like an idiot. 😂 They are really lazy af.

[@ni7aa425]

The fact that cyberpunk isnt on this list is insane

[@jedinova67]

You guys could do a part 2 to this. Antem, Fallout 76, Cyberpunk, Battlefront, Watchdogs and that's just a few of the top of my head.

[@RobDaKid87]

Oh yeah, Watchdogs. Damn

[@harinandanrnair6768]

Watchdogs 1 is a pretty good game tbh, it’s the sequels that really fkd up

[@latinoheat612]

I agree with you, but watchdogs was not terrible in my opinion kinda gave me few good minutes tbh

[@mikespike2099]

Around 50% you have to be honest and say Gameranx were the only ones hyped for these games.... Alone in the Dark Illumination, Kick-Ass the game, Tony Hawk Ride..... seriously there are much more worthy contenders out there... I would say 2009/2010 was Final Fantasy 13 (bid disappointment), and recently Final Fantasy Origins (cheap Souls like cash grab), Biomutant was another hyped-up game that when released kinds disappeared, Dynasty Warriors .... I think Gameranx are going to have to do the most disappointing games of EACH GENRE ... otherwise, there are just too many!!! Like FPS, RPGs, Fighting, Sport etc

[@jedinova67]

No I know that watch dogs, ended up being good, but if we're talking about disappointment then it definitely qualifies. Just look at what was advertised vs. What was delivered. The same could be said of No Man's Sky. And please don't come at me with but they fixed it. No, I do not accept that as a norm. Gamers were lied to, flat out. Period.

[@vatiguti]

Game that broke my heart was 007 legends. It was so horrendous that they haven't come out with another bond game since.

[@johnsullivan937]

Dude I'm honestly surprised to see marvel nemesis rise of the imperfects on this list! I freaking loved that game. I remember first getting my hands on it on one of the xbox magazine demo disks and playing the absolute hell out of that vs mode. A year or so later I finally got it and wore the disk out so hard over the years with how much I played it, eventually it became one of those games you loved to play... but was scratched to shit and couldnt play anymore. The arena style gameplay with destructive environments and a fully featured single player story where you got to play as all the characters.. there really was nothing else like it at the time. The game I remember disappointing me most was homefront the revolution. I remember E3 and gameinformer magazine hyping up that game so hard with huge epic multiplayer battles, a crazy campaign where US is invaded. Hell I even went to the midnight release! Then I got my hands on it and it just felt so half baked. Multiplayer wasnt anywhere near as fun as battlefield 3 or cod modern warfare 2, the gun play wasnt satisfying, single player was pretty short and lackluster, and the multiplayer was dead after like a month. That was the game that made me stop pre ordering games.

[@tomi210210210]

Cyberpunk was a huge one for me. Thankfully it's awesome now, but on release it was heartbreaking.

[@Snoozy96]

It was still a good game tho. Sure it was buggy, but thats all. The only real issue was PS4. On steam the game was rated 78% positive with 400,000 reviews. That is good.

[@Snoozy96]

It is now rated 79% with over 500000 reviews.

[@Skegfromcraigslist]

Absolutely. Release on ps4 was the most disappointed I’ve ever been in gaming

[@tenryuta]

@Average flatulence enjoyer my ps3 was bricked by dragons dogma(different matter, but still bought it again on pc>:D), i think they knew by the time it would release theyd be scrutinized for it being last gen(ps4), versus pushing to current gen limits(and saying it cant be played on them now), and readying it for next(nextnext?) gen of ps5 and pc. and who knows if theyll add BD's to game(current and future) as content. multiplayer from cdpr is rumored from what ive been reading, and a mod group are working on it as well.

[@StrangeTripNH]

I just got it (FINALLY got a ps5) out of morbid curiosity, I had to see what ppl were dealing with at launch so I looked it up on YT and it’s almost unbelievable

[@dragour8723]

2014 had Sacred 3 released, I was obsessed with Sacred 2 for years, the character customization, the open world, the different races to interact with.. then Sacred 3.. just broke my heart

[@FallBrandyn48013]

Weird that Anthem, any of the Star Wars games, or even cyberpunk at one point isn’t on here. Just weird that you named a lot of games most have never heard of lol.

[@frankkennedy6388]

You didn't like "STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED"? or "Battlefront 2"(2005)?

[@vasilisxerikos2179]

Game of Thrones is actually a hidden gem. It has arguably the best plot in the history of gaming (Martin wrote the script and appears in the game) , acting is good and the gameplay is flawed but satisfying. It is the most underrated game of the '10s

[@gonzalvarodri]

it so does not have the best plot in the history of gaming, be serious.

[@vasilisxerikos2179]

@@gonzalvarodri i am serious. the highest metacritic pro score it has is from myself from 2012 when i was still a PC games journalist for a print magazine. The game has the best plot I have ever seen. Deus Ex games come close but that's about it.

[@gonzalvarodri]

@@vasilisxerikos2179 have you ever played a metal gear solid game?

[@vasilisxerikos2179]

@@gonzalvarodri yeah and their story is convoluted for no particular reason so I do not rate them all that high plot-wise. Have you played the GoT game?

[@gonzalvarodri]

@@vasilisxerikos2179 i wont lie to you, i haven't. im just in denial because i have never heard somebody praising this game in that sense

[@almostanchovy2735]

Marvel Nemesis was me and my friends' favourite fighting game for years. We easily dropped Tekken for it. I don't even remember it's campaign, but it's 1v1 mode was awesome.

[@uncleshorts7948]

facts

[@ab-soulblacklippastorzestg8148]

Frfr

[@GodlyIAN]

Me and my brothers favorite fighting game for sure. Spent hours facing each other! Had whole tournaments with friends 😂

[@AbyssionQC]

Still play it every now and then with friends, it's an incredible 1v1 experience

[@obadiahstane2057]

Bro fr that shit is one of my favorite games of all time

[@EdwardBryan]

I remember being so hyped for Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness in 2003. It looked amazing and they did a great job of marketing it beforehand, the game turned out awful. It was so bad the developers didn't ship review units so they could try to score a few weeks of good sales.

[@interlace84]

Bought a Radeon 9800Pro back then just because my gf was a big tomb raider fan 🤦‍♂ neither worked out as intended.

[@johnshea7871]

Not to mention it caused Core Design to close their doors and then Crystal Dynamics had to reboot the whole franchise

[@pizzaparkerhotdogmaguire3225]

Cyberpunk 2077 should be on number 1.

[@johnshea7871]

@@pizzaparkerhotdogmaguire3225 It is the modern equivalent to Daikatana which I heard was overhyped because John Romero was involved and the game was a massive flop

[@Whalewraith]

Crazy bugs. I got her boobs stuck on a display case during the museum level. I could still do the level but her lady bits remained anchored to the case wherever I went.

[@lifestereotype7320]

The past 5 or so years have had such massive disappointing games cyberpunk, anthem, no man's sky, GTA collection, lotr gollum, fallout 76, battlefront 2, Resident evil 3, Diablo 4, back 4 blood

[@Offical_RemyKWNicholls]

This is the SECOND time Durst has appeared as a playable character, he also appeared in WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It, following hall of Famer The Undertaker switching to Limp Bizkit’s “Rollin” for his entrance music

[@tylermenard7398]

I actually really enjoyed Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects as a kid. For the time, it was a good 3D "superhero" fighting game with a dark tone.

[@jjechavarria7692]

Yeah I think it’s inclusion is more in the realm of his personal disappointment bc it’s definitely up there for marvel games

[@BurntOutEddy]

yeah that game was awesome

[@sevenlexar]

I remember enjoying Rise of the Imperfects. Inasmuch as one could when your older sister hides the manual so you don't know how to use the super/special moves. I remember Paragon had a special move that drained the enemies health while healing you. I didn't know how to activate it. My sister did. Made for many one-sided fights...

[@alainmilette6460]

2005 feels like a time you couldve googled it! Not to reactivate childhood trauma or anything but.... 😂

[@sevenlexar]

@@alainmilette6460 Oh no worries you're probably right-! I just most likely didn't think of it at the time tbh~ 2005 feels still in the range me and my sister still had limited computer time, so I probably just never considered that looking it up was an option.

[@burakardaaksoy6339]

I was too, until I had to beat my favorite heroes as a some lame ass unknow man in story.

[@presslee6693]

Sonic ‘06 (as a lifelong sonic fan) was such a damn good game for its time, although a little buggy, as a kid it was 10/10

[@Krauvando]

I am so missing Mass Effect Andromeda, No Man's Sky, Evolve and Cyberpunk 2077 in this list

[@TheBloobster]

Honorable mention for Twisted Metal (2012)... the original series from the 90s was tops. We waited so long for the reboot.

[@csmith9684]

Oh man TM was so fun to play -Simple but fun game TM2 yea never got into it I can still here that ice cream 🍦 clown

[@amasalbert3790]

Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem, Cyberpunk 2077 and Super Mario Strikers Battle League also deserve to be mentioned

[@clutchestgamer6724]

This comment need to be pinned 📌

[@sshunt2987]

cyberpunk easily shouldve made the list

[@user-ni7qv1nd8o]

@@sshunt2987 Just because some neckbeards were ready to throw away their real life to start living in Night City doesn't mean the game was bad. It was still better than most AAA games. Andromeda wasnt a bad game either, just another cast of people expecting too goddamn much.

[@tobiassteindl2308]

@@user-ni7qv1nd8o But the list is specifically not for the worst games, but the most dissappointing games. Sure, CP2077 wasn't as bad as some other games, and it has improved significantly with patches and updates, but it nevertheless was quite the dissapointment for many at launch.

[@jontaffersliver1299]

@// the key word is "disappointing". You cannot deny that it was very disappointing. Some people waited 5+ years for an incomplete mess that has hardly picked itself up.

[@JerBear117]

2016 was No Man's Sky for me. Even with fixes and whatnot, I was so disappointed when I started playing it and was let down by the false advertisement.

[@anthonylmclay5697]

Keep it up love the content! Been playing bg3 bg3 and more bg3. Just got act 3 and working around figuring out how to get into the city

[@DuchessofPangu]

I liked Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects as a kid, and went back and replayed a bit of it here lately. It's not great, but I still have a soft spot for it.

[@M3talhound]

I am the same way. It wasn't the best, but not being constrained to typical 2D (MK) or rotating 3D (Tekken) and actually being able to move freely around a map was what made it enjoyable.

[@MariNate1016]

I loved it I was so scared of it as a kid

[@matthewboer8279]

Felt so edgy as a kid seeing Spider-Man fatalitie another hero.

[@BenFrankDig]

i was looking for this comment cause i loved it when it came out lol hearing spider-man catch phrase always stuck with me 😂

[@uncleshorts7948]

same i actually enjoyed nemesis and i herd plent of people asking for this game to come back idk why that was on this list and not anthem and i played fight club and it seem like a fun game as a kid you get to break people arms on there and they wont be abkle to use said arm

[@DarinRWagner]

Can't believe you didn't go with Fallout 76, No Man's Sky, Anthem and that last Avengers game.

[@duardo_bru]

Fallout 76 and No Mans Sky got better with all the updates through the years, same with cyberpunk. The point is that thats why I think theyre not in the list

[@jaratii5448]

Yeah I fully expected Anthem to be on the list. I was so excited for that game and it was absolutely horrible.

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

Yeah I could see avengers game or anthem, especially since avengers game is now giving all dlc away for free before it shuts down

[@LCInfantry]

Because those game are good now. Idk about avenges though, never heard of it. No man sky was not a bad game at start….. it didn’t have any huge bugs that I could remember. Everything worked on it. It just was advertised very very wrongly.

[@seanx2350]

@@duardo_bru well he did say that this is a video about the most disappointing game and not the worst game of the last 20 years, so even though games like no man sky and cyberpunk has been updated and stuff it was still the most disappointing game of it's year so it should've been on the list

[@Skravla]

The fact that cyberpunk 2077 isnt 2020 most disapointing game blows my mind. It was one of the biggest ball kicks in the history of gaming

[@LaMontMartiaN]

The Sword Art Online games broke my heart. I love the gameplay, in between the eternal cutscenes. They never switched up the formula, sadly

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

Glad to see Alien Colonial Marines on here. I am still bitter about it to this day. I got the collectors preorder, even got one of the giant gaming door posters from GameStop, only to turn it on an immediately see a massive graphical downgrade from the E3 demo. So sad how 1 single typo in the code ruined the entire AI.

[@josephedge88]

Tell me about it, I was hoped for ACM, but after the graphical stuff, and the whole "teather" issue, yeah disappointed was i

[@imitenotbe]

Recently replayed it with some mods and it's pretty great now

[@lolapersonal1701]

Honestly one of my biggest personal let downs was Halo 5, seeing the trailers and how it seemed to be about a really cool kinda rogue Spartan hunting down Master Chief just seemed to awesome to me, only to purchase it and go through an awful campaign that felt extremely short and honestly shitty multiplayer was just a massive let down and kinda killed the entire Halo franchise for me

[@captainkade3585]

I LOVED Halo 5 mulriplayer, but the story was a hodge-podge mess

[@roggonval]

Xbox in a nutshell

[@RoachCatJr]

facts gang

[@brandonreeds9587]

I actually bought Halo 5 on release bc the trailers were so great, thought surely it had to be better than 4... I paid 60$ I believe, turned it back in same day not even finishing the first level. It wasn't Halo anymkre. They only gave me 20$ for it but I didn't care 😭

[@user-um8jr5vv8g]

Have you played infinite? Man, if not… you should. I’m 25 and have literally played halo my whole life, yeah H5 was a miss story wise, but multiplayer to me was great. Infinite has both.

[@epic_donut2.5]

3:30 dude you crazy that game was nuts

[@VerdePenguin]

With the Tony hawk pro skater game, if they would have done something like top skater in the arcade it would have been really fun

[@ethananderson7552]

Marvel Nemesis was one of my brother and I's favorites growing up. Disappointing maybe, but it had some of the funnest fighting game mechanics out there for the time.

[@backonlazer791]

I had forgotten the game, but seeing the clips I remembered that I used to play it a lot and rather enjoyed playing and messing around with my brothers.

[@B_TheInspector]

I was never disappointed.. I still have that game lol

[@ultimate-venom-games]

I still have that game. I grew up playing games alone most of the time and still loved that game. I played it many times, something I don't often do.

[@XTexxX]

For me I was honestly heart struck when I heard the Cancelation of the Silent Hill game. Otherwise known as the P.T. demo awhile back. For a demo that showed sooo much promise and atmosphere just for it to be cancelled. We really just got blue balled

[@kevindurst3348]

@scavar I said turn around

[@harrissongeorgiou2955]

Till this day i deem it to be in the top 5 greatest horror games of all time despite it being a demo lmao

[@XTexxX]

@@harrissongeorgiou2955Oh definitely on that list for me as well! It had unique elements that are still extremely hard for today's games to replicate. Not to mention the horror itself when the demo glitches out to trick you

[@DKSON1337]

The fact that they wrote "Saints Row The Third" in the timestamp of the video at 19:00.. 💀

[@Soulfit57912]

“Not the worst games ever, just the most disappointing ones”. Proceeds to put only the most buggy, bad games on the list.

[@kingcronecker]

It's a shame we didn't get the planned follow up Tony Hawk's Park. The game would have come with a to scale, plastic wireless skate park.

[@manusuarez3640]

What I really love about your videos is that you go straight to the subject. No 3 minute bullshit or begging for subscribers.

[@killininstinct343]

How was Cyberpunk not named here? Like over 8 years in the making and the lackluster release. Added to that, that Playstation dropped it from it's store and accepted refunds even. Disappointing because CD Project Red was like one of the last few trusted Studios and they broke that trust like other studios have done in the past.

[@deshaecole9118]

Honestly glad that Sonic got better love in the later years. It's said that if you wanted to have fun playing sonic, your best choice was older games or Smash Bros for a while.

[@danybloke1]

For aliens marines they found a typo in the script that fixed a lot of the NPC problems

[@lilwombat]

Cyberpunk was the game that made me never preorder again. I had been so interested in the world from the original trailer I'd check like every year for info. I got it on PS4 assuming it would work since they put it out. Right at the start I'm glitched into the floor of the car for the whole cutscene only to get 20fps after. I played it last year on pc it was pretty good but damn did that feel bad

[@msg4672]

For me that game was No Man’s Sky.

[@theeboy72]

For me Cyberpunk was the 2nd game I pre-ordered after Sekiro and probably last (besides From Software). And for me it wasn't even the glitches, but all that false advertising and missing features. Still even now, after all these updates, the game is not what they promised and never will. It's like trying to fix a house, while the whole foundation is shaky.

[@hoodietiger2178]

For people who just want the list, here it is: 20. Batman: Dark Tomorrow 19. Fight Club 18. Marvel Nemesis: Rise Of The Imperfects 17. Sonic The Hedgehog ‘06 16. Hour Of Victory 15. Too Human 14. Tony Hawk: Ride 13. Kick-Ass: The Game 12. Duke Nukem Forever 11. Game Of Thrones 10. Aliens: Colonial Marines 9. Rambo: The Video Game 8. Alone In The Dark: Illumination 7. Mighty No. 9 6. Road Rage 5. Metal Gear Survive 4. Contra: Rogue Corps 3. Fast & Furious: Crossroads 2. Battlefield 2042 1. Saints Row: The Third

[@dannywetzel5973]

Mannnnn Marvel Rise of the Imperfects was one of my childhood favorites. I loved the fighting physics. I loved the characters as well that were added. Very dark theme for Marvel

[@4W0RD5]

Wow I completely forgot about Marvel Nemesis. I barely remember anything about the game, but I remembered loving it as a kid lol

[@blokin5039]

Your memory being shot already? ..not good.

[@YoutubeHandle98]

@@blokin5039 he played it when he was a kid, you good?

[@joshwittman6267]

Wait, did I just see Batman Returns on the screen when you were talking about misses? That game was freaking great in its day.

[@AndrewAnstrom]

I would argue that most of these games aren't high profile enough to be disappointing... some of them fit the criteria but others were never going to be great.

[@Rogue615]

I remember I made myself like that Game Of Thrones game because I loved the show so much. It actually wasnt that bad but could of been really good

[@kenrick4360]

No mans sky broke my heart when it originally released

[@christians2898]

Yeah, not sure how it wasn’t on this list tbh

[@garou9335]

@@christians2898 I thought for SURE cyberpunk would have been on here, I mean the game was still good but the amount of negative press and overhype It got felt like it should be on here

[@voidcmplx]

@@garou9335 the reason cyberpunk and no mans sky arent on here is because both games are no longer disappointing, both have been continually supported by the devs to the point of them becoming actually good games.

[@DuckOfRubber]

No Man’s Sky has improved significantly but to call its launch a disappointment would be quite an understatement.

[@808KicksATL]

Def Jam Icons was heart breaking after Fight for NY.

[@FluckitJJM]

Saints row was only “bad” because people expected it to be on the same level as GTA 5. It was never gonna happen. Pretty good game tbh.

[@mavvynne444]

Gameranx is a legend for consistently produce and upload some of the most best gaming contents on KZbin. Mad respect for you folks.🤙🏼💯📈

[@gameranxTV]

🤝

[@mavvynne444]

@@gameranxTV 🤝

[@Jam-xg3qx]

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[@MoeJetz31]

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[@chrisdutcher564]

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[@arthurperalta104]

I actually love Marvel nemesis and I played probably once every two years it is one of the most nostalgic pieces in my collection though I do agree it could’ve been better

[@millasboo]

Exactly it has charm

[@arthurperalta104]

@@millasboo Everybody who I have ever talked to is play this game has said the same thing really don’t know why we never got the sequel that was teased

[@DeeGeeG]

I remember seeing a trailer for Too Human and then it got stuck in development hell, never even knew when it released

[@kevinmalcolm3694]

Crazy looking at some of the games in the 2010’s and comparing them to what rockstar did with gta v

[@doctoreuphoria213]

Watching those Batman dark tomorrow clips makes me feel blessed to have experienced the Arkham games growing up 😂

[@masterbertgamma]

Was surprised Cyberpunk 2077 didn't get picked for 2020. They've definitely been working to fix things since then, but those initial expectations vs. reality were pretty rough.

[@wolbing9948]

Cyberpunk 2077 is not disappointing, it's just horrible because of all the bugs and performance issues, however, the game design, gameplay loop and story are not too bad; On the other hand, if you remove all the bugs and performance issues in BF2042, it is still disappointing because the core game design is disappointing (it was originally designed as a hero shooting like apex after all)

[@jacksonteller3973]

well that game just got rushed out too early, now that it's been patched it's actually pretty good.

[@borissand3891]

It went from buggy mess to dull open world game.

[@marzialalfonzocanada888]

well there are a lot of worse games than cyberpunk 2077 at 2020....like fast and furious was a lot worse lol

[@thelegendofstonecoldstevea3205]

@@wolbing9948 speak for yourself. CP2077 was disappointing as hell. The game is nowhere near what they promised.

[@christopherflux6254]

The Day Before: Hold my beer

[@frankkennedy6388]

"Sh*t happens"

[@bonchetho]

I think kingdom hearts 3 could potentially be on this list. If nothing else, the dlc def could have. It was obv talked about for many years and hyped up. But the actual game seemed like it was just full Disney until you got to the very end. The end was the only real *kingdom hearts* meaty bits. There wasn’t a whole lot of final fantasy in it either The dlc was basically just a repeat of the ending. I actually had to Google whether or not the dlc had been installed because it was the same exact sequence. Yea they added onto it a little at the end but having to do copy pasted end game battles/ cutscenes was really lame