Top 10 Worst Games of 2024 (So Far)

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If you didn't pick up these games yet, you made a good decision. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today, we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 most broken, boring, and befuddling games to have released in 2024 so far.

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Most Broken,

00:13Boring and Befuddling Games to have released in 2024 so far.

00:23Number 10.

00:24Alone in the Dark

00:34There was a ton of hope riding on Alone in the Dark.

00:36The franchise hasn't seen a quality entry since the 90s when it was still on PC.

00:40For this reboot, it seemed as if things were looking up between the visuals, environments

00:44and story.

00:45Alas, it just wasn't in the cards for THQ Nordic and Developer Pieces Interactive.

00:56Between the janky combat and myriad of bugs and glitches, Alone in the Dark played like

00:59the survival games of old in the worst ways possible.

01:02Honestly, we're starting to wonder if the IP is just cursed at this point.

01:13Number 9.

01:14Phantom Fury

01:22Ion Fury was one of the coolest FPS games released back in 2019 with its unique premise,

01:27frenetic action and absurdly violent weapons.

01:29The same cannot be said with Phantom Fury.

01:32What happened here?

01:33Was it poor technical performance, awful UI, softlocks in the worst spots?

01:37All of the above, plus the general lack of imagination here.

01:47Not only does Phantom Fury pull the same tricks we saw in the previous game, it does so with

01:51half-hearted attempts.

01:53It doesn't help that some staff members at publisher 3D Realms attempted to dismiss any

01:57negative feedback with empty accusations, especially when it came to criticism being

02:01made by prominent members of the boomer shooter community.

02:11Number 8.

02:12Killer Clowns from Outer Space – The Game

02:23Considering this came from the same team behind 2017's Friday the 13th – The Game, Killer

02:28Clowns should have been a step forward, right?

02:31Maybe in technical performance?

02:32The big problem with Killer Clowns is that the pacing and game balance is so out of whack

02:36that it makes every match a slog to play.

02:48By the time a clown player meets a human player, the fight ends within mere seconds with no

02:51strategy outside of running away or spamming the same attack until you accept your fate.

02:56Sure, you may have fun playing this with your friends, but at $40 for a copy, you're better

03:01off jumping into other asymmetrical multiplayer horror games.

03:12Number 7.

03:13Contra – Operation Galuga

03:21Speaking of $40 games that fail to live up to expectations, Contra – Operation Galuga

03:25was supposed to revive one of Konami's many, many dormant IPs.

03:29Unfortunately, this proved to be one of Konami and developer WayForward's laziest outings

03:34yet.

03:41It runs fine, for the most part.

03:43There are some collision detection issues occasionally.

03:45However, the action is far too slow, making it more painful to play than the original

03:50Contra.

03:51Plus, no online multiplayer?

03:53What the hell?

03:54If this is the level of corner-cutting and lack of investment Contra gets, who's to say

03:58the rest of Konami's upcoming games will be any better?

04:07Number 6.

04:08Star Wars Hunters

04:09When a game is given little to no marketing right up until launch, that is rarely ever

04:20a good sign.

04:21Case in point, Star Wars Hunters.

04:24We only got a teaser trailer way back in 2021, with a little bit of gameplay shown a few

04:28months later.

04:29So, what happened in the three years since?

04:31Not much.

04:32The free-to-play game was released for Switch and mobile and is one of the most boring hero

04:36shooters you can play.

04:43None of these characters have any personality, dialogue is uninspiring, gunplay is unsatisfying

04:48with its lack of oomph behind every shot, and the selection of maps is unreasonably

04:52lean.

04:54That goes without mentioning the obscene grind to unlock characters and the egregious monetization.

05:06Number 5.

05:07Jujutsu Kaisen – Cursed Clash

05:17Another fighting game for another mega-popular anime.

05:20Can we get something different for once?

05:22And can it be a quality title, please?

05:24Jujutsu Kaisen – Cursed Clash should have been an easy win for Bandai Namco Entertainment.

05:28This is a fighting game based on an anime where people are using ghostly powers to fight

05:32each other.

05:33How does that not spark an ounce of imagination here?

05:35No pun intended, but there is absolutely no soul in Cursed Clash.

05:39Not in its graphics, not in its story, not in its mechanics, and certainly not in the

05:44online functionality.

05:54Critics quickly pointed out how this game was merely a desperate cash-grab attempt to

05:58capitalize on a hot new IP, and honestly, it's not hard to see that.

06:08Number 4.

06:09Skull & Bones

06:16Skull & Bones started development in 2013.

06:192013!

06:20Over a decade ago, with six of those years being spent constantly delaying the game while

06:24trying so hard to keep the hype going with buzz terms like quadruple A game.

06:29And what did we get?

06:30A game centered on repetitive combat, arbitrary survival and crafting mechanics, awful map

06:35design, and horrible monetization.

06:43Credit where it's due, Ubisoft did launch the game in a more technically sound state

06:47than most of its games in recent years.

06:49But when you have a competitor like Sea of Thieves, or a predecessor like Assassin's

06:52Creed IV Black Flag with more meat on its bones in terms of mechanics, presentation,

06:56and exploration, a game like Skull & Bones is simply unacceptable.

07:08Number 3.

07:09MultiVersus

07:16The live-service trainwreck keeps on wrecking and MultiVersus quickly became a recent victim.

07:21Pulling the beta for a year was a questionable decision, but when we heard it was to move

07:24the game to a different engine, cool, understandable choice.

07:28And the improved visuals made us more excited about other improvements possibly being made

07:32if there had been any in the first place.

07:34Not only did MultiVersus relaunch with more bugs and glitches than ever before, it relaunched

07:39with an even worse netcode, steeper prices and microtransactions, and an even more grindy

07:43progression system that offered less XP than before.

07:52In other words, MultiVersus took a year off for a little more spit and polish, but forgot

07:56to polish.

07:57Now, it's just spit.

08:06Number 2.

08:07South Park – Snow Day

08:14With Stick of Truth and Fractured But Whole establishing what a South Park game should

08:18be like, one would hope Snow Day would follow suit.

08:20Ladies and gentlemen, Cartman's cereal bombs are more appealing than this.

08:31South Park – Snow Day is just like those awful PS1 and 64 games we got back in the

08:3690s.

08:37Mundane gameplay, shallow combat, and worst of all, it just isn't a funny game.

08:41Hardcore fans may get a chuckle from one or two bits, but even at $30, 6 missions, a half-ass

08:46skill tree, and random bullshit cards do not make this game fun.

08:51And yes, this did come from an internal development team at South Park Digital Studios.

08:55Had our final entry not released this year, or ever, this would have easily taken top

08:59spot for this list.

09:04But what beat it out?

09:05You can probably already guess.

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09:23Number 1 – Suicide Squad – Kill The Justice League

09:36Once upon a time, Rocksteady Studios was a developer built on innovation, helping pave

09:40the way for licensed video games and superhero games with the Batman Arkham series.

09:45After being away for almost nine years since Batman Arkham Knight, what has Rocksteady

09:48come back with?

09:49A live-service third-person shooter with some of the most abysmal mission structure, the

09:54poorest attempt at making end-game content, a lackluster story with an abrupt ending,

09:58and post-launch support that has only under-delivered to what few players remain.

10:10Suicide Squad – Kill The Justice League has become such a massive flop, it has contributed

10:14to Warner Bros. suffering from a loss of $200 million.

10:18As for Rocksteady, Sefton Hill left mid-development, a skeleton crew is working to finish whatever

10:23post-launch support is left, and the rest of the staff are now working on a special

10:27edition of Hogwarts Legacy.

10:29What an upsetting fall from grace.

10:39What's the worst video game you've played this year?

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