Talk:List of video games notable for negative reception

Pokémon Sword & Shield And Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
Does anyone feel like these games deserve to be on this page? 2600:6C56:6C00:39B9:E83C:BE26:E165:367E (talk) 19:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)


 * The criteria is listed at the top of the page. If you have an argument to make that takes those into consideration, please lay it out. -- ferret (talk) 19:37, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * - Well, while Pokémon Sword and Shield don’t have low review scores like Scarlet and Violet do, many of the problems presented in Scarlet and Violet, outside of the technical issues, were introduced in Sword and Shield, like the terrible animations, and the games’ gimmick, Dynamax, being far worse than Mega Evolutions and Alolan Forms, as well as the Pokédex cut.
 * - I do see them cited as the Pokémon versions of Sonic 2006 or Sonic Boom on occasion, and I have even seen them listed as some of the worst games before. And unlike those two Sonic games, which at least tried to be good somehow, there was no effort on Game Freak’s part to make them any good, or even learn from their mistakes regarding them.
 * - I’m not sure if they impacted the industry as a whole enough, but do think they left a lasting impact on the reputation of the Pokémon franchise, the Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo, Game Freak, and the Pokémon Company.
 * - It split the Pokémon fanbase in half, and many Pokémon fans now prefer the older games or even the Pokémon romhacks over them. Game Freak also doesn’t bother to patch them up and leaves them in unfinished states. I would provide sources but I don’t have any at the moment and I may search for some if requested. 2600:6C56:6C00:39B9:D4BF:9CE4:A8FB:3EBB (talk) 22:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * .... ok, but that all needs to be backed by reliable secondary sources (See WP:VG/S). -- ferret (talk) 00:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Nintendo offered mass refunds for ScVi something they don't usually do.
 * https://screenrant.com/pokemon-scarlet-violet-refund-issues-nintendo/
 * https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/11/frustrated-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-players-are-reportedly-getting-refunds
 * ScVi also has the lowest user scores of the series which shouldn't just be ignored. Cider621 (talk) 01:51, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Are we seriously going to talk about Pokémon games to be on this list? Xstronomy007 (talk) 00:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * It would be a very difficult case to meet the inclusion criteria, but just because it is a Pokémon game does not make it impossible to be on the list. --Super Goku V (talk) 08:01, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Other 2023 games
There were a lot of other games released last year that have been talked about in the same breath as not only similarly-bad games from that year, but many games on the list. Examples include games like Redfall, Kong: Skull Island, CoD Modern Warfare III, The Walking Dead: Destinies, EA Sports FC 24, Avatar the Last Airbender: The Quest for Balance or the Switch port of Mortal Kombat 1. Should we consider adding some of those to the list? Hawkatana (talk) 08:21, 22 May 2024 (UTC)


 * We need the games to meet not just low scores but have lasting impact and legacy as a game with negative reception or other impacts. Redfall might be there if that ties to the closure of Arkane Austin, but things like Kong and TWD were more treated as memes without any impact, and those others are just games with some negative scores but nothing lasting. M asem (t) 12:26, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I want to support this comment. This isn't a list of every game with a negative score, but something of larger consequence for the studio/industry. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:48, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
A new article from Bloomberg by Jason Schreier has revealed that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League cost Warner Bros 200 Million dollars, making it one of the least financially-successful video games of all time.

Also, there were barely any positive reviews of the game as far as I could see. Hawkatana (talk) 17:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)


 * It's on the commercial failure list for that $200m write off by WB, but it's hard to justify it being negative. It just didn't catch on. But I wouldn't rule it out yet if other developments like layoffs at rocksteady were to happen M asem (t) 17:38, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Duke Nukem Forever
DNF did not get particularly bad reviews, mostly mixed to negative. However, those are awful when put up alongside the game's 15-year development and hype, as well as comparing it to previous entries. Armageddon7432 (talk) 19:25, 13 June 2024 (UTC)


 * There have been discussions that it should not be included and discussions that it should be included. In any case, it was listed at one point in time.  From the archives, there was a discussion in mid-March of 2020 about deleting it and about two dozen other entries.  While that discussion didn't go much of anywhere, one of the participants brought it up at the end of March 2020.  That led to 52 entries being BOLDly deleted.  At the time, no one objected to the removal of Forever, which was part of both discussions:  and   As mentioned, the game had a long development cycle, which is why it has a standalone article about it called Development of Duke Nukem Forever.  I don't see how it can meet the current inclusion criteria at this time.  --Super Goku V (talk) 23:01, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Crash Bandicoot The Wrath Of Cortex & Spyro Enter The Dragonfly
Do these games deserve a place on the list? 2600:6C56:6C00:39B9:7D9D:8933:B21B:1194 (talk) 16:11, 22 June 2024 (UTC)