20 Most Disappointing Games of the last 20 YEARS

We’ve had plenty of bad games over the last 20 years but only a select special few disappointed us. We’re not mad, just disappointed.

[Oneforgettable]

The fact that Anthem didn't make this list is insane to me

[timjones]

When I heard “20 years ago” I subconsciously figured that we would be going back to the early 90s or so. Imagine my groan of desperation when I was reminded that 20 years ago was actually 2003.

[dr.loomis]

The GTA Definitive Edition Trilogy was soul crushing for me. I'm still blown away by how little respect Rockstar has shown for those games. They wouldn't be where they are without them.

[johnray]

I feel like I've paid pretty close attention over the last 20 years, and more than half of these are games I would not have had any expectations for.

[eternyti]

to balance this out I'd love to see a "20 Most Surprisingly Good Games of the last 20 years" Games that either surpassed expectations or that were expected to be awful but actually turned out great
much love to the gameranx team <3

[NyteMyre]

0:25 - Batman Dark Tomorrow (2003)
1:45 - Fight Club (2004)
3:18 - Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (2005)
4:33 - Sonic 06 (2006)
5:44 - Hour of Victory (2007)
6:39 - Too Human (2008)
7:25 - Tony Hawk Ride (2009)
8:08 - Kick Ass: The Game (2010)
8:49 - Duke Nukem Forever (2011)
9:39 - Game of Thrones (2012)
10:45 - Alien: Colonial Marines (2013)
11:40 - Rambo: The Video Game (2014)
12:28 - Alone in the Dark: illumination (2015)
12:59 - Mighty Number 9 (2016)
13:56 - Road Rage (2017)
14:45 - Metal Gear Survive (2018)
15:39 - Contra: Rogue Corps (2019)
16:34 - Fast & Furious: Crossroads (2020)
17:41 - Battlefield 2042 (2021)
18:55 - Saints Row (2022)

[TihetrisWeathersby]

Battlefield 2042 is an all time embarrassment for EA

[Pestokeitto]

I love how much trust gameranx have had in films based games over the years

[Anaphriel]

I remember renting Fight Club from my local Blockbuster. I walked home, beat the game and walked back within an hour and a half. So the clerk let me just go choose another game to get my money's worth. Simpler times.

[thomasmullaney]

Marvel Nemesis is one of the formative games of my childhood. Absolutely unforgettable

[wyeteepaleface]

My heart was broken by Fallout 76. It didn't just divorce me from Fallout. The way it highlighted a lot of the worst things about the industry that are unlikely to change killed something about games for me.

[aaronisblack]

Definitely feel like Anthem deserves a spot. The impact that game had on me...i had so much buyers remorse from purchasing it and till this day i get anxiety when it comes to getting games just because i don't ever wanna be as disappointed as i was with that.

[ClintChocolateChip]

I appreciate you guys going back so far as 2003. It doesn't feel as if it were 20 years ago to me personally, but while the gaming industry may be aging it's still great to have individuals like you, Jake and Falcon, who grew up alongside all that and can speak on it firsthand. Plus, it helps me to not feel old 😅

[chrisharmon]

Cyberpunk broke my heart. I downloaded the very first trailer for it on my PS3. This was before the PS4 came out. I waited so long and was saddened by the state of the game.

[fonduekill]

I think the funniest thing about Mighty No 9 is that the game takes less time to beat than it takes to watch the credits of all the backers

[ocisgeq]

I remember being so excited for Order 1886 leading up to it and being so overwhelmingly let down

[covertyankee]

The Saints Row reboot was a stab in the heart for me. Over the years I've played through SR2 at least 20 times.

[honorablejay]

The funniest thing about Aliens: Colonial Marines is that one wrong character in the code was the reason the Xenomorph's AI was so bad.

[tomi]

Cyberpunk was a huge one for me. Thankfully it's awesome now, but on release it was heartbreaking.

[EmergencyInductionPort]

My biggest disappointment was easily Mass Effect Andromeda. I'm a massive Mass Effect Trilogy fan. 2 of my cats are called Tali & Zorah 😂 They hyped the game up SO MUCH. It looked amazing in all the stuff we got to see leading up to release then when it finally released... it was brutal. I played it on release day, and holy crap its scarred me for life. I haven't preordered any game since then because im still not over the disappointment, and you see hugely disappointing big triple A games all the time these days.