26 Infamously Bad Games You Probably Shouldn’t Play
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When you’re looking for video games that top-notch quality, combine revolutionary gameplay with award-winning storytelling, and are a showcase of high-end technology, you’re kind of spoiled for choice these days. Then there are those games that were scraped off the bottom of a barrel, and are associated with misery today. There’s, unfortunately, no shortage of these games either, and while it would have been tempting to grab a dozen random titles from the Switch eShop this week, there are other better examples of straight-up bad video games.
Our list of 26 infamously bad games is organized in no particular order. Though some of these games are technically still available today, we don’t recommend giving any of them a go–unless you are morbidly curious, of course. The list spans a wide number of genres and includes video games that became infamous in part due to their ties to major media properties (hello, Superman) as well as disappointing attempts to create new franchises or capitalize on the zeitgeist at the time of release.
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