00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 video games
00:11that received a massive amount of hate in 2024.
00:2610.
00:27Silent Hill – The Short Message
00:28Usually, making a game free to play is a good way to mitigate bad publicity, but in this
00:36case it was not.
00:38Silent Hill – The Short Message was widely hated for not its short length or its bare
00:42bones gameplay, but rather the lack of any meaningful message behind its story.
00:47For the roughly three hour playthrough, all the game says is how depression and anxiety
00:52are awful without really conveying the true struggles behind them.
00:55It's merely a hollow shell of serious subject matter desperately trying to replicate the
01:00clever storytelling we experienced in Silent Hill 2.
01:069.
01:11Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection
01:17Credit where credit is due, Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection has gotten better since
01:22it launched in March 2024.
01:24However, the catastrophic launch has forever tainted its reputation.
01:28Battlefront Classic Collection was a trainwreck in terms of technical performance with explosive
01:33audio spikes, visual glitches, and abysmal online connectivity.
01:37Oh, and did we mention the game only launched with three servers?
01:41You could say this collection was botched in the most irresponsible manner imaginable,
01:45and so many folks were infuriated that you'd be lucky to find even one server halfway filled
01:50with players.
01:51Really, the outrage against this was far greater than the noise we saw with Star Wars Outlaws.
02:018.
02:02Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash
02:08For the most part, Bandai Namco's 3D arena brawlers have been decent cookie cutter games
02:13for various IPs, although some reached their breaking point with Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash.
02:19With its basic button mashing and lack of any substantial mechanics for its combat,
02:23Cursed Clash felt like Bandai Namco only made the game to cash in on Jujutsu Kaisen's
02:28popularity.
02:29There was simply nothing here that made the game stand out aside from its license, not
02:33its level design, not its controls or gimmicks, not even its own UI.
02:38Some gamers are even discussing whether or not Bandai Namco has an unfair monopoly on
02:43licensed games based on anime while demanding the company start investing in these properties
02:48properly.
02:537.
02:54Multiverses
02:55At one point, Multiverses did seem like a worthy competitor to take over the hole left
03:06behind by Smash Bros. Ultimate.
03:08Alas, the full version 1.0 launch could not have gone any more terribly as it did in May
03:142024.
03:15Not only did the gameplay drastically slow down with some characters getting smaller
03:18movesets, Multiverses was even more egregious with monetization than it was during the beta.
03:24Players were really expected to fork over 10 bucks for Tom and Jerry or 15 for the Joker?
03:29You're kidding, right?
03:376.
03:41Alone in the Dark
03:42After having been tormented through two reboots, Alone in the Dark returns with a third, but
03:51under a new owner, THQ Nordic.
03:54And as expected, it was anything but decent.
03:57Developed by Pieces Interactive, Alone in the Dark had ambition in modernizing the IP
04:01in a new era of survival horror, yet seemed to forget how to be a compelling game to begin
04:07with.
04:08Distant tones, uninteresting characters, flat performances, clunky controls, and awkward
04:13combat all made this revival less than stellar.
04:16Pieces Interactive was closed less than three months after the game launched, and now, everyone
04:21is left wondering why Alone in the Dark should ever come back again.
04:285.
04:36South Park Snow Day
04:43After two stellar games like The Stick of Truth and The Fractured But Whole, one would
04:47hope a third game would turn out just as amazing.
04:50Unfortunately, that was not the case.
04:52South Park Snow Day made us wish we were in school as it turned out to be one of the most
04:56boring multiplayer focus games we've played all year.
05:00Between the constant interruption of gimmicks mid-combat and the game's extremely short
05:04length, Snow Day was reminiscent of the first South Park games from the 90s and 2000s in
05:10the worst ways possible.
05:11Even at $30, this game is not worth your hard-earned cash.
05:184.
05:21Dustborn
05:26Video games do sometimes get political, as do most forms of entertainment, but get overt
05:31or even preachy with your message, and that's what will draw you extreme ire from players.
05:37Dustborn was lame in every aspect you'd expect from a video game.
05:41Gameplay boils down to wandering around hallways and talking to characters about feelings and
05:45unmitigated emotions.
05:47The story is inconsistent in tone throughout and hits its own messages over your head with
05:51a five-ton sledgehammer.
05:53And for a game themed around garage band music, one would hope the songs would be decent.
05:58Alas, no.
06:00Although some outlets claim Dustborn sold just fine, a low player count on Steam suggests
06:05otherwise.
06:093.
06:13Suicide Squad Killed The Justice League
06:21When you have a studio like Rocksteady that specializes in single-player superhero games,
06:25what do you suppose their next game should be?
06:27Well, according to Warner Bros., it should be a live-service online multiplayer game.
06:32Despite having a pretty solid story and combat, Suicide Squad Killed The Justice League suffered
06:37greatly in having an eyesore of a UI, a convoluted economy, and a mundane endgame cycle.
06:43And above all, a lazy ending that only served to somehow justify the game's live-service
06:48aspect.
06:49Killed The Justice League wound up costing Warner Bros. $200 million in losses, and even
06:53after suffering from this, the corporation is still insistent on its live-service agenda
06:58with future titles.
07:022.
07:05Skull & Bones When it was first revealed at E3 2018, there
07:15was something about Skull & Bones that seemed promising.
07:18But after suffering several delays and even an entire restart on the project, what hope
07:23was there in this game turning out decent?
07:25We'll admit that Skull & Bones was one of the most technically sound launches Ubisoft
07:29has ever seen.
07:31However, the bare-bones open world and insanely basic combat left much to be desired.
07:36With Ubisoft deeming it a quadruple-A game, this immediately made Skull & Bones, as well
07:41as Ubisoft, the laughingstock of the gaming community throughout 2024.
07:46And yet, they didn't suffer as badly as our final entry.
08:111.
08:12Concord 2024 was loaded with some embarrassing video
08:20games, but none crashed and burned in such a devastating blaze of glory as Sony did with
08:25Concord.
08:26What was supposed to be Sony's first foray into the hero-shooter genre turned itself
08:30into a self-inflicted $400 million humiliation.
08:34Players were simply not impressed with the game in any way, as players lacked any creative
08:39visual designs or personality.
08:41It received so much hate and apathy that Sony pulled the game from their storefront without
08:45warning less than two weeks after launch.
08:48The developer Firewalk Studios was shut down in October 2024.
08:52And as for Concord, this will forever be the IP Sony will never want brought up ever again.
08:58Not even for a joke.
09:04Did you try out any of these games for yourself before the internet set them ablaze?
09:08Share with us in the comments below!
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