10 Worst Games Of 2002

there are a lot of things that happened in 2002 we can all look back on with fondness apple released the second generation ipod that boasted a whopping 20 gigs of storage cinema lovers got to enjoy lord of the rings the two towers and spider-man and video game fans were treated to the likes of metroid prime grand theft auto 3 and time splitters 2. sadly though we can't have nice things all the time and although there were a huge number of classic video games released in 2002 there were also some horrible titles as well so we're back once again to rifle through the dirty laundry basket of both game rankings and metacritic and publicly air the filthiest of video game garments you're probably sick of hearing this by now but games are only eligible for these worst of year lists if they've received seven or more professional reviews it's very important that we set out these rules because otherwise the whole thing would be chaos i'm peter from triple jump and here are the 10 worst games of 2002. number 10. shrek super party xbox 33 we're kicking off this list with a game that proves the year 2002 was one where the bad games started coming and they didn't stop coming we did nearly end up with a shrek double bill actually however since shrek extra-large managed to scrape an average score of 33.89 percent on game rankings it just missed out on being included like many other party games shrek super party sees players competing in a number of different mini games with the overall aim being to collect as much bug juice as possible so that the wish of the character you've chosen can be fulfilled its technical aspects actually aren't too horrible and if you discount the somewhat disturbing aesthetic choice for the characters i mean honestly who thought that giant heads would be visually appealing oh god the graphics don't actually look too bad we haven't stuck shrek's superparty on this list for no reason however and it finds itself in the game gulag for committing perhaps the most heinous crime imaginable for a video game it's boring the mini-games might be entertaining for small children but they are definitely neither fun nor challenging for adults and yet the bug juice mechanic is far too complex for the kiddos to wrap their head around who was this game actually aimed at suffice it to say that shrek superparty is one title we definitely don't want in our swamp some number nine mike tyson heavyweight boxing ps2 33 back in 1987 nintendo developed mike tyson's punch-out a game that received universal critical acclaim and is considered by some to be one of the best games of all time not long after that however tyson was convicted of sexual assault and was no longer fit to be associated with a family-friendly brand like nintendo still that wasn't the end of his foray into video games as the license to use his likeness was picked up by codemasters who released not one but two pretty pants boxing games in the early 2000s one of said games was mike tyson heavyweight boxing a game that really had no idea what it wanted to be the problem was it was trying to appeal to fans of fighting games with its combo-centric approach but it was also trying to be a realistic boxing simulator and naturally it failed at both other complaints were leveled at the unbalanced ai which would be stupidly easy to defeat one moment then knock players out the next as well as the wonky collision detection and the fact that the whole screen looked like it had been squashed in short being punched repeatedly in the head in real life would probably be more fun than spending an afternoon with mike tyson heavyweight boxing number eight demon world dark armies pc 33 here we have yet another game rated 33 on average only this one was described by one reviewer as being so incredibly bad that it must have been the work of the devil even satan himself has standards though and we can't imagine that he will be willing to endorse this steaming pile of demon world dark armies was based on the war game demon world but failed to capture any of the charm of its tabletop counterpart graphically the game is a joke and sports some of the worst frame rates that players had ever seen the controls were clunky and confusing the ai was riddled with issues and the actual gameplay was needlessly difficult due to the fact it costs gold to replenish your units but gold is really hard to come by so little care was taken by the developer and publisher that several parts of the game had not been translated leaving players baffled when it came to understanding the plot and even the title of the game was inconsistent between the box art and the menus with the latter claiming it to be called demon world 2. thankfully demon world dark armies is the only game of its kind and no one had to be subjected to any sort of sequel number 7 bruce lee quest of the dragon xbox 32 oh bruce what have they done to you they've massacred my boy dramatic reenactments of the first time i played bruce lee quest of the dragon aside it's not unfair to call the game disappointing after all there was a great deal of pre-release hype attached to it but when it was finally published players were left feeling like they'd been karate chopped in the face bruce lee quest of the dragon follows a young bruce as he attempts to rescue his kidnapped father and retrieve the mysterious golden relic from the hands of mobsters as interesting a concept that might be unfortunately the execution was totally bungled quest of the dragon was universally panned by critics who complained about everything from the graphics which were poor even for the time the wonky controls and combat lock-on mechanics and the game's frequent loading screens it's also badly voice acted the plot didn't make sense and it didn't even give the player any tutorials meaning they were left to fumble their way around the controls until they could just figure it out for themselves what should have been a triumph of a fighting game ended up being a shoddy mess one that no doubt had the legend himself rolling over in his grave number six nfl blitz 2003 gameboy advance 29 it's really rather tragic to see nfl blitz 2003 on this list as on most platforms it was a decent game garnering respectable reviews on playstation 2 xbox and gamecube the gameboy advanced version on the other hand was torn apart by almost every critic that had the misfortune to play it unlike its less portable counterparts players found the graphics were horrible and though the capabilities of the system could be blamed for a degree of downgrading it's impossible to declare the game by advance to be completely at fault after all there were plenty of far better looking games available for the console at the time even if players could get past that however it was still awful to play not only did the game's frame rate render the thing darn near unplayable but the hideously unbalanced ai meant that even the most determined players were unable to win a game perhaps the most galling thing though is that the same developer had been responsible for the horrible game by advance edition of nfl blitz 2002 and not only had they not learned from their previous mistakes but they'd somehow managed to make things worse for the 03 outing touchdown more like let down am i right number five sneakers xbox 28 even before players managed to take the sneakers disk out of its case and load it into their xboxes they probably should have known that something was amiss owing to the fact that it could only be purchased at toys r us still it isn't fair to judge a book by its cover nor a game by the circumstances surrounding its distribution however in the case of sneakers any suspicions of crappiness that players might have sensed from its exclusivity were not completely unfounded those unfortunate enough to end up with a copy of sneakers were forced into the shoes no pun intended of mouse protagonist apollo and the aim of the game was to eliminate all of the local rats with the ultimate goal of finding apollo's friend's brother admittedly the game's target audience is young kids but even so this lacks any semblance of challenge and both the hide and seek and the squad based battle modes are insultingly easy the controls whilst simplistic are often unresponsive and although the graphics aren't bad the sound design very quickly cheesed off the audience okay i know it's not my finest joke but i mean look what i'm working with here jesus christ number four go die elemental force ps2 27 we can only assume that godai elemental force is so named because of the impression it had on its audience i.e this game is so terrible i wish it would go die the game's plot follows hiro a young ninja who must master the magic of the elements and prevent the evil akunin from taking over the world whilst that might sound quite epic go die elemental force is completely botched from beginning to end aside from the usual suspects i.e poor graphics a wonky camera and clunky controls godai's main problem stems from the fact that it seemingly attempts to draw from the cultures of the far east but without giving the impression that those behind the game had anything more than a very basic knowledge of what they were actually trying to represent the fact that sushi is used to replenish health for example feels a bit lazy and the characters all look like they were designed by someone whose only information about far eastern cultures came from watching about half an hour of m night shyamalan's awful version of the last airbender partner all of that with godi's numerous technical failings and you're left with a game that really does write its own insults number three legends of wrestling 2 game boy advance 24 here we go boys and girls it's time for the good name of another okay game to be sullied by the game boy advance version hooray fairness the xbox ps2 and gamecube versions of legends of wrestling 2 weren't the most amazing games in the world receiving an average score of 62 percent at best however they were still more than twice as good as the game boy advance edition at least if the numbers are anything to go by the only positive thing about legends of wrestling 2 for the gameboy advance was that developer powerhead games did manage to include the full roster of wrestlers that were available on other platforms sadly though this is where the compliments end as no one was able to find anything else good to say about the game the horrible art and animation meant it was difficult for players to see what was going on in the ring the collision detection was poorly implemented and regardless of which game mode players chose they still ended up with roughly the same mishmash of indistinguishable pixels thankfully some lessons were learned though and by that i mean the game's sequel showdown legends of wrestling simply stuck to the ps2 and xbox and stayed well clear of the gba entirely just as well number two hooters road trip pc 24 our writer claims not to have heard of huta's road trip prior to researching this list and after further digging they have a number of questions the main one being why sadly despite having heard of the ps1 version of this game connoisseur that i am i don't have an answer to that question but what i can tell you is that hooters road trip whatever platform you play on is an outstandingly bad game any player who decided to give it a go ended up with a pretty poor driving game with just a load of hooters branding thrown in for good measure hooters road trip was one of the last games to be released for the playstation but when compared to other racing games for that platform the graphics look pretty shoddy in fairness it was released as part of ubisoft's budget range so if the graphics had been the only thing wrong with it players might have been inclined to give it a pass unfortunately they were the least of its worries as not only did huta's road trip suffer from poor controls and a severe lack of any sort of challenge but it's peppered with bizarre fmv segments featuring hooters waitresses often scantily clad in bikinis who will congratulate you on your victory that's nice thanks but we really are just here for the wings and number one gravity games bike street vert dirt xbox 23.33 percent not only does gravity games bike street vert dirt sound like something you'd be able to order off of wish owing to all of the unnecessary words in its title but it's also of the approximate quality of a game you'd be able to order off of wish the idea of a gravity game's bike street vert dirt is to complete certain goals by doing various tricks on your bmx bike but unlike other popular trick based sports games of its time such as the tony hawk's pro skater and ssx series this one carries all of the classic signifiers of a bad product its controls were unresponsive the collision detection was a joke and it had more bugs than your average bush tucker trial naturally the response to the ps2 and xbox versions of the game was diabolical and it's rumored that this is the reason for the cancellation of the gamecube edition it was so bad in fact that chris roper of ign stated it was easily one of the worst games he'd ever played and noted this was really saying something considering he once owned e.t the extraterrestrial christ can someone get some cold water we're gonna need it for that burn

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Length: 15min 3sec (903 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 25 2021