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Biggest Video Game Flops 2022

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Ranking 2022's worst video games, featuring new titles and sequels for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and more. Despite promise, some games flopped due to poor graphics, stale gameplay, or aggressive micro-transactions. Huge budgets and talented staff couldn't save them. Poor mechanics, storytelling, bugs, and dull characters doomed these games from the start. Some had it all - and more problems. Which 2022 game do you think is the worst? Vote up your pick and check back for updates on the year's biggest flops.

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    Horrifying graphics meet mind-numbingly generic storytelling. The combat system stays repetitive and stale.Babylon's Fall appears on the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.The game does something remarkable. It creates a joyless, maddening gaming exercise. Babylon's Fall is not broken or clunky. It is so mediocre in every aspect that it makes one of the most bizarre, boring video games in years.

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    Diablo Immortal

    We all knew this game would be on the list. Some hoped it wouldn't be.Diablo Immortal made the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.Diablo Immortal lived up to everyone's expectations. Now, it is not.Diablo Immortal made the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.Diablo Immortal is a bad game. It is masterfully made and fun to play. The problem lies where every consumer knew it would come from: the ludicrous, manipulative monetization of 'free to play.' Locking necessary items and skills behind paywalls that might not work, disastrous equipment RNG, and a feeling of greed ruined what could have been a masterful mobile game. We have phones, after all.

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    🔥 75 up · 6 down▼ 1 below editor

    Also ranks #4 on Most Controversial RPGs · #9 on Best Diablo Games · #45 on Best New PC Games 2022

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    Somehow, CrossfireX made the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.CrossfireX made the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.Broken, ill-conceived, microtransaction-bombarding multiplayer is topped by a dull, incomplete, incompetent single-player experience. Players will question their sanity. Mediocrity meets mess. The few fun moments come from the game's bugs and sloppiness; players laugh at the game more than enjoy it.

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    🔥 44 up · 3 down▼ 1 below editor

    Also ranks #87 on 2022's Most Popular Action Games

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    Chocobo GP

    Good games often get stuck by microtransactions, battle pass gimmicks, and grinding to earn more money. They rarely start with these tactics.Chocobo GP is on the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.Chocobo GP is a fun, if not inventive, cart-racing game. Outside sources destroyed it. It seems like nothing more than a cash grab.

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    Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong

    Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong tries to have its cake and eat it too.Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong is on the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong had many ideas, concepts, and ambitions. The game fell under its own expectations until it became more mediocre than moving. Dull story and childlike puzzles remain in this disappointing entry in the franchise.Vampire: The Masquerade is on the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.The graphics for Vampire: The Masquerade look utterly atrocious. They look like the developers used 2001 technology.

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    In what seemed like a unique and fun idea,Deadcraft is on the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.Deadcraft got its originality and promise tangled in video game making. Mismanagement bogged it. Repetitive level design, poor graphics, and basic flaws made the gameplay bleak and tedious. This created a dreadful game that simply lacked fun. Bizarre controller ports made playing the game much harder than it needed to be.

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    A wonderful little free-to-play shooter.The Cycle: Frontier appears on the list of Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.The Cycle: Frontier does not fail as a poorly made game. What happened after its release destroyed this indie game. Hackers and cheaters hit the servers. Creators gave them no jurisdiction. They got immunity to roam the gaming scene and make this a mind-numbing, controller-smashing time for anyone entering a lobby.

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    🔥 13 up · 3 down▼ 2 below editor

    Also ranks #49 on Best First Person Shooter Games On Steam

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    Tour de France 22 was a lackluster, buggy, glitchy, and generally dreadful follow-up to the relatively well-received TTour de France 22 joins the Biggest Video Game Flops 2022 list.Tour de France 22 was everything a sports follow-up game should not be. It packed a ridiculous amount of bugs.Cyberpunk 2077 is listed among the Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.Cyberpunk 2077 would blush.Tour de France 2022 made the Biggest Video Game Flops 2022 list.Tour de France 22 was nearly impossible for newcomers. Those who beat the bugs got a cut-and-paste version of the previous game. They made the bike racing feel clunky and stiff, which was fine if this wasn't a game entirely about bike racing.

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    Poorly designed combat systems, clunky and confusing characters, and shameful graphical glitches sabotage a game that seemed unique and possibly fun.ELEX II is included in the Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.ELEX II is more disappointing because players see a remarkable and interesting story in this campaign mess. This makes it painful when gamers see the final product they received.

    Games
    🔥 10 up · 18 down▲ 1 above editor

    Also ranks #17 on Most Popular PC Games 2021 · #46 on 75 Best PS4 Role Playing Games · #57 on Best PS4 Open World Games

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    Running With Scissors built Postal 4: No Regerts with the intent to satirize a bad game. Developers created arguably one of the worst games ever withPostal 4: No Regerts is on the Biggest Video Game Flops 2022 list.Intentionally bad or not, disgustingly bad graphics, a mind-numbingly dumb and immature story, and gameplay mechanics that made fans beg to return toPostal 2 is listed in the Biggest Video Game Flops 2022.The entry for Postal 4: No Regerts is present.

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    Loopmancer

    Loopmancer appears on the Biggest Video Game Flops 2022 list.Loopmance is strikingly gorgeous in its graphics. That covers all the positives on this cringy, unfinished mess of a video game. In what seemed like a fun and interesting game, somehowLoopmancer is on the Biggest Video Game Flops 2022 list.Loopmancer missed the target on every part of its creation. Bizarre and boring gameplay, bad character animations, some of the worst voice acting in a while, and a laughably poor story add up to one of the biggest disappointments of 2022.

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    The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition

    This post-apocalyptic dystopia requires players to build a better future to survive the present. A Minecraft-style world gives players huge creative freedom; the world becomes whatever they want.

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    🔥 1 up · 13 down▲ 1 above editor

    Also ranks #46 on 2022's Most Popular Action Games · #52 on Best PS4 Action Games

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    Kao the Kangaroo

    Bringing back a beloved franchise always involves tricky moves, and when...Kao the Kangaroo appeared on the 'Biggest Video Game Flops 2022' list.Tate Multimedia announced Kao the Kangaroo. Many fans hoped for it. Trailers built hype. Release brought gamers ready. Four hours later, the game ended. The game's absurd length, high price, poor voice acting, and repetitive levels made the expected hit a major flop. This caused big disappointment for all fans.

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    If something isn't broken, don't fix it. This feeling may work in life, but it fails when making a video game.Shadow Warrior 3Shadow Warrior 3 is fine, but that is the issue. It does not earn praise, nor does it earn severe criticism. The game just exists. In a world favoring only the newest and best, making something mediocre is nearly as bad as making nothing.

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