The Worst Games Of 2009

by · July 4, 2024

A trip down memory lane to 2009’s most disappointing video games. From murky
A trip down memory lane to 2009's most disappointing video games. From murky

Ah, 2009. A year of great hopes, dreams, and unfortunately, some really bad video games. Everyone makes mistakes, right? The gaming industry isn’t spared from this truth. As much as we’d like to remember the gems, we can’t help but recall the stinkers that year brought. So, let’s dive into the digital abyss and revisit the gaming nightmares of 2009.

1. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Oh boy, where do we even begin with this mess? Imagine a horror movie set in pitch darkness—now amplify that darkness until you can’t see your own hand in front of you. That was the complaint about Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. Everything was murky. Gameplay mechanics? Clunky. Controls? A nightmare. It’s all there, wrapped in a bland package that left fans feeling like they were the ones being hunted.

In “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem,” the battle between extraterrestrial titans is swallowed by impenetrable darkness, leaving viewers struggling to make out the action and feeling more like prey than spectators.

2. Rogue Warrior

Rogue Warrior deserves a special mention. It’s not every day you come across a game so bad it becomes legendary for its failings. This one had it all: terrible AI, sluggish controls, and a storyline that felt like it was pieced together by someone who read a spy novel once. To top it all off, the protagonist’s dialogue was so laughably crude, it felt like he learned his vocabulary from a particularly edgy teenager. We’re talking cringe in motion.

The legendary “Rogue Warrior” stands as a testament to how not to make a video game, with its awkward controls, laughable dialogue, and a storyline that feels barely stitched together. A true cult classic for all the wrong reasons.

3. Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

If “Trainwreck” was a game genre, Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust would be its poster child. Fans of the series were hoping for a comeback, but what they got was a collection of bizarre mini-games, awful jokes, and graphics that looked like they were straight out of a bad acid trip. Imagine walking into a comedy club expecting a night of laughs, only to be subjected to awkward silence and the sound of crickets chirping. That’s the Larry experience.

The latest installment in the infamous Leisure Suit Larry series, “Box Office Bust,” fails to deliver the laughs or entertainment, instead offering a mishmash of poorly executed mini-games, cringe-worthy humor, and subpar graphics.

4. Terminator Salvation

When you hear “Terminator,” you think high action, relentless pursuit, maybe even some thought-provoking questions about humanity’s future. What you got with Terminator Salvation was a lackluster shooter with repetitive gameplay that made you want to terminate the game instead. The missions were bland, and enemy AI? Almost non-existent. It’s a wonder how you take such an engaging franchise and churn out something so utterly forgettable.

A screenshot from the game Terminator Salvation shows a protagonist armed with a futuristic rifle, standing in a desolate, war-torn urban landscape with crumbling buildings and thick smoke in the background. The atmosphere is grim, but the character’s stance suggests readiness for combat, despite the lack of visible enemy threats.

5. Tony Hawk: Ride

We all wanted to feel like Tony Hawk for a day. Tony Hawk: Ride promised that and delivered, uh, something else entirely. It came with a skateboard peripheral that was more of a tripping hazard than a gateway to virtual kickflips. The controls were so unresponsive that skaters spent more time frustrated on the floor than they did on the board. Instead of grinding rails, you were grinding your teeth.

Grinding teeth rather than rails – “Tony Hawk: Ride” promised to turn us into skateboarding legends but left us tripping over unresponsive controls and frustration.

And there you have it, folks! The bottom of the barrel, the cream of the terrible crop. These games serve as a reminder that not every digital adventure is gold. Sometimes, they’re just… well, bad. If you dare, here are some additional insights:

  1. IGN Review of Terminator Salvation
  2. Gamespot Review of Rogue Warrior
  3. Metacritic page for Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

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